Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1929, Page 17

Society and General WASHINGTON, D € T RIDAY, MAY 10, 1929. PAGE ~17 BEST POLICE FORGE INU.S. IS PLANNED FOR WASHINGION Representative Gibson Con-| fers With Officials on Bill to Be Introduced. ASKS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM MAJ. H. G. PRATT Measure Will Be Pushed in Regu- lar Session of Congress in December. The Washington police force will be made equal if not superior to_ the po- lice force of any other city in the coun- try in organization, equipment and training under provisions of a legislative program, the preliminary steps of which were mapped out this morning at a conference in the District Building. The conference was participated in by Chairman Gibson of the special com- mittee that has been making a compre- e study of the municipal admini Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superin- tendent of police, and Inspector William Shelby, chief of the Detective Bureau. | Actual preparation of the legislative program will be started as soon as pos- sible. Representative Gibson after the meet- ing said he has asked Maj. Pratt and Inspector Shelby to prepare recom- mendations which he expects to T ceive in two or three weeks. He will then confer with some of those who | were members of his subcommittee in the last st n of Congress and with legislative leaders, and in the light of | a_considerable volume of information | which he now has will draf# a bill to| be introduced in the December session. | Mr. Gibson pledges to the District | officials and the residents of the Capital that in the first regular session of Congress he will do his utmost to have this police reorganization bill passed. ‘The report of the Gibson subcommit- tee, on which Mr. Gibson has been working and for which special author- ity was given the subcommittee to file a report up to July 1, probably will be delayed in order that the recommenda- tions for reorganization of the Police Department may be stated specifically in this report. “We are determined to do something constructive for the Police Department,” said Mr. Gibson. ROOSEVELT MAY GAIN POST AT PORTO RICO Slated to Succeed Towner as Gov- ernor General, Say Of- ficials. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, former As- sistant Secretary of the Navy, is almost | certain to be nominated for the gover- nor generalship of Porto Rico, accord- Ing to reports-in official circles. The resignation of the governor gen- eral, Towner, is in the hands of Pres- ident Hoover, and will be_accepted, it | Is said, and Felix Cordova Davila, dele- gate from Porto Rico, yesterday cabled home to ascertain if the appointment of Col. Roosevelt would be acceptable. If the reply is favorable the nomi- nation of Roosevelt is pretty sure to follew soon. Senator Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of the committes on insular affairs, was a White House caller yes- terday, and. although declining to quote the President, believed the situation as outlined is correct. Senator Bingham said President Hoover was certain to name a conti- nental American instead of either an insular American or a Porto Rican to the post, and that unquestionably Col. Roosevelt headed the list. POLICEMAN.DISMISSED. Private Found Guilty of Being Drunk—Second Fined $20. The Police Trial Board yesterday ordered Pvt. Jeff Van, fifth precinct, re- moved from the force on charges of intoxication, conduct unbecoming an officer and leaving his beat, it was an- nounced at police headquarters today. E. H. Braxton, second precinct, was found guilty of failure to patrol his beat and entering a building, and fined $20. W. S. Brown, fifth precinct, and W. D. Davis, tenth, were exonerated on charges of conduct unbecoming an of- ficer and _conduct prejudicial to the good order of the force, respectively. | | BUS DRIVER IS BLAMED IN ACCIDENT FATAL TO 20 Report Made to I. C. C. by Director of Safety Bureau on Ohio Tragedy January 22. By the Associated Press. Blame for the collision between a motor bus and a Lake Shore Electric Railway _passenger train January 22 near Bellevue, Ohio, in which 20" per- sons were kiiled and several injured, was placed today on Edward Butler, ariver of the bus, in a_report to the| interstate Commerce Commission by W. P. Borland, director of the commis- sion’s safety bureau. The report said the accident was caused by the bus being driven on the tracks directly in front of the ap- proaching train. o The bus driver said snow restricted his view to a distance of 25 or 30 feet, but Borland reported that other -evidence indicated that visibility was from 700 to 900 feet. John F. McCarron, newly elected president of the Archdiocesan Union of the Holy Name Society of the diocese of Maryland, was principal speaker last night at a_meeting of the society held in honor of the incoming administratior y Trinity Hall. Other speaker: were Patrick Haltigan, John Alleo, J. Earl Ready and John H. Doyle. Rev. Louis Weber, as moderator, and Paul Kinnehan, as president, presided at the meet A musical program was presented under direction of John Gartland. Sidewalk Contracts Let. The Cranford Co. of Washington, w awarded a contract tocay for constiuc- ' ewalks in various tion of concrete u The concern bid sections of the city $62,415 for the job, | | President Hoover today gave reco, ble for the development of “the lung, escape from sunken submarines. Lower who has been awarded the D. S. M. Ri D. S. M. Upper left: Frank M. Hobson, struction and Repair, awarded one year's pay. tion to the three men who are responsi- an apparatus which enables sailors to left: Chief Gunner Clarence L. Tiballs, ight: Lieut. C. B. Momsen, awarded the vilian engineer in the Bureau of Con- —Star Staff Photos. POLICE PUSH WAR ON BOOKIAKING Picketing Closes Third of | Four Suspected Places in Downtown Area. ‘The third of the four suspected bookmaking establishments in the | downtown business section voluntarily | closed today as a result of the new picketing campaign instituted by Capt. F. S. W. Burke of the first precinct. | The first two apparently went out of business soon after Capt. Burke assigned uniformed policemen to stand in front of the places and make note of all persons known to them who entered. The remaining _establishment which has not yet shown any obvious concern over the presence of the police picket, according to Capt. Burke, is on lower Fourteenth street. Capt. Burke reiterated his announce- | ment that the police would continue to picket all suspected boockmaking estab- lishments in his precinct until they either close voluntarily or the officers on duty gather sufficient evidence to present to the grand jury. BRIDGE INSPECTOR HURT | BY ACCIDENTAL FALL Suffers Skull Fracture at Arlington Structure. Condition "Regarded Critical. Benjamin Ramos, 27 years old, of 415 | Queen street, Alexandria, Va., employed as an inspector for the company con- structing the _ Arlington Memorial Bridge, met with an accident while making an_inspection near the north end of the bridge this morning that re- sulted in a fracture of his skull. Ramos, according to information ob- tained by police, fell from the bridge, possibly as a result of the breaking of a timber, landing on the pavement below. He was unconscious when picked up and taken to Emergency Hospital, where his condition is reported critical. Ra- mos’ wife and two children were noti- fied of the accident HOAGE STUDIES CASE. An intricate medical problem has been put up to Deputy Commissioner Robert J. Hoage, in_charge of the ad- ministration of the District’s compensa- tion measure concerning workers, in the | case of Dr. E. Kirby Smith. Mr. Hoage | is called upon to decide whether there was any connection between the orig- inal injury, cellulitis, and meningitis, which Dr. Smith is seeking to recover on. Testimony was heard yesterday before Mr. Hoage and he was informed that while operating on a patient at the Children’s Hospital October 7, Dr. Smith opened a slight wound in his own finger and the consequent infection so weakened the physician that he was an easy prey to meningitis. Benjamin Ramos vAdvisury Council to Meet. ‘The Citizens’ Advisory Council will | meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the office of Engineer Commissioner William B. Ladue, District Building. Toy Balloons Used At Airports in Test Of Safe Landings By the Associated Pres: Toy balloons are now being used to ald in the safety of aviator: They are employed, the Depart- ment of Commerce announced today, in determining the “ceil- ing” of airports to insure safe 1anding. “The chief concern of pilots” the announcement said, “is sui | | cient ceiling height at the tel | | minal field to assure a safe land- | | ing. the ceiling height is the height of the clouds above the surface of the landing field.” The toy balloon is inflated with hydrogen until it will support a | | weight of 40 grams and then is released. Under these conditions it will soar skyward 5% feet per second. A stop watch registers the time elapsing between the release of the balloon and its disappearance among_the clouds. After that it is a simple problem to multiply | | TEN PERSONS HURT IN STREET TRAFFIC Five of Injured Children, Re- ports to Police in 24 Hours Show. Five children were injured in traffic here yesterday and last night out o(l a total of 10 persons hurt. Six-year-old Evelyn Weber, 1242 E street northeast, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Weber, is reported by the police to have passed behind a car parked in front of her home about 3:15 o'clock in the afternoon, on her way home from Kingsman School, appearing directly in the path of the automobile of George Speakes, 40 vears old, of 3108 Monroe street northeast. Speakes said he was driving at a mod- erate rate of speed, but the child ap- peared so suddenly that it was impos- sible for him to prevent the accident. He took her to Casualty Hospital and notified the police. The child was severely shocked and suffered from con- cussion of the brain. Her recovery is expected. Another child injured was T7-year- old Richard H. Jackson, colored, 5 Free- man court. He was in front of 1031 Seventh street when he was struck by the automobile of James Glenn, col- ored, 1026 Lamont street. His left leg was fractured. He was taken to Freed- | men’s Hospital. Two boys, Clem C. Williams, 8 years old, 3922 Ingomar street, and John Snealie, 9 years old, of 5209 Thirty- eighth street, were injured shortly after 5 o'clock when a bicycle they were riding near Thirty-ninth and Liv- ingston streets was struck by the au- tomobile of Louis B. Foote, 1861 Mint- wood place. The boys were treated by Dr. William Berberick, 3725 Jenifer street, for bruises and scratches. Nine-year-old Bernard Daniels, 1019 Fourth street northeast, the fifth child victim, was knocked down at Fourth and K streets northeast about 8 o'clock last night by the automobile of Ben- jamin F. Anderson, 5500 Thirty-ninth street, and slightly hurt. He was given first aid at Sibley Hospital. Mrs. E. L. Mullen, 22 years old, of Fort Myer, Va.; S. M. Stocksleger, 68 | years old, of 606 Massachusetts avenue; Mary N. Smith, 22 years old, of 1122 H street northeast; Hilda Fernandez, 25 years old of 724 Third street, and George Nash, colored, 53 years old, of Ninth and M streets, were others hurt. {:one was reported in serious condi- on. KIWANIS GE'I:S REPORT ON ORTHOPEDIC CASES Total of 300 Children Treated Un- der Washington Club’s Direc- tion. A total of 300 child orthopedic cases have been treated under the direction of -the Washington Kiwanis Club, with 175 receiving treatment at the present time, it was reported by Radford Moses and Charles W. Pimper at a luncheon of the club in the Hotel Washington yesterday. A resolution appropriating the sum of $700, to be used in connection with the work of the committee seeking to have the international convention of Kiwanis Clubs held in this city in 1932, was adopted. Eugene R. Woodson is chair- man of this committee. The appropria- tion will be used in getting people in- terested in the convention. A program of music was rendered at the luncheon under direction of Sam Korman, conductor at the Fox Theater, and John Irving, master of ceremonies there. R. Lester Rose and Herman F. Carl were installed as new members. Edgar Morris, president of the club, presided. REMOUNT SHOW PLANNED. Army Event to Attract Many to Front Royal, Va. The Army remount service will give its seventh annual horse show tomorrow at Front Royal, Va. It is expected that there will be a large attendance from this city and nearby Virginia. Among thoss who are expecting to go from here are Col. Patrick J. Hurley, | Assistant Secretary of War; Maj. Gen. P. H. Wells of the general staff; Quar- termaster Gen. B. F. Cheatham, Maj. Gen. H. P. Crosby, chief of Cavalry, the number of seconds by 5% and ascertain the ceiling height. —_— and Maj. G. S. Patton, 3d Cavalry. The last named officer will serve as one of the judges, UNCLE SHM HONORS 3 IVENTORS OF SUBMARINELUNG Momsen and Tibbals Given D. S. Medals and Hobson One Year’s Pay. ADAMS (;:FICIATES AT CEREMONY FOR TWO Risks and Tireless Efforts Here Recalled in Making Life in Service Safer. For giving the submarine sailors of Aie United States Navy, and of the navies of the world, the “lung” which allows them to escape from their sub- mersible should it become disabled and sink at sea, President Hoover has awarded the Distinguished Service Medal to Licut. C. B. Momsen and Chief Gunner Clarence L. Tibbals, and the Navy Department has awarded one year's pay to Frank M. Hobson, civilian engineer in the Burcau of Construction and Repair. Lieut. Momsen and Mr. Hobson re- celved their awards from Secretary of the Navy Adams before high-ranking naval officers at the Navy Department | this morning. Chief Gunner Tibbals, who is at pres- net on duty aboard the U. S. §. S-4 at New London, Conn., will receive his award later from Lieut. Comdr. P. H. Dunbar, jr., commanding officer of the Mr. Hobson, whose home is in Bir- mingham, Ala., is living at 1505 Galla- tin streef, Washington. Chief Gunner Tibbals long has been a resident of Washington and was with the diving school at the Washington Navy Yard during the time of the development of the submarine escape apparatus, for which he has been decorated. Lieut. Momsen's home is at St. Paul Park, St. Paul, Minn. He has been on duty at the Bureau of Construction and Repairs at the Navy Department here for some me. Chief Gunner Tibbals, who is re- garded as the Navy's greatest authority on diving and the “bends,” the dread disease with which divers become af- flicted, already has received the Navy Cross for outstanding service in con- nection with salvaging of the S-4. Life Risked in Tests. ‘The citation accompanying Lieut. Momsen's award follows: “For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service to the Govern- ment in the successful development of the escape device known as ‘the lung.’ During the early stages of its design and development Lieut. Momsen, one of the inventors, courageously, repeatedly and voluntarily risked his life in con- ducting experiments of a nature such that there was little or no information available as to hteir probable results. “In the later tests of the device when escapes were made from the U. S. S. S-4 submerged to depths as much as 206 feet, Licut. Momsen was not only the first person to venture the escape, but also was the leading and guiding spirit in all subsequent ones. It 1s through the initiative, courage and perseverance of Lieut. Momsen that the development of the ‘lung,” which has been pronounced as the greatest single contribution to submarine escape, has reached a successful conclusion. and the device been adopted as part of the rxengulnr equipment of all our subma- Sy rines. Chief Gunner Tibbals was given the following citation: “For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service to the Government in the successful development of the escape device known as ‘the lung.’ Chief Gunner Tibbals, one of the inventors, furnished much of the information needed in the design of ‘the lung’ from the knowledge gained during his long years of experience as an expert deep sea diver, and later during the first tests of the apparatus he repeatedly courageously and voluntarily performed feats at great personal risk in order to prove the correctness of the theory and construction of the apparatus. When the practicability of the apparatus was first tested he made many escapes and assisted others in making escapes from the U. S. S. S-4, the first to depths as much as 206 feet. It is in a large meas- ure due to the knowledge, courage and high sense of duty of Chief Gunner Tibbals that the development of ‘the lung,’ which has been pronounced the greatest single contribution to sub- marine escape, has reached a successful conclusion, and the device has been adopted as part of the regular equip- ment of all our submarines.” Year’s Pay Awarded. In congratulating Mr. Hobson, Secre- tary Adams said: “It seems unfortunate that there is no reward in the,way of medal or decora- tion for civilian employes. Naturally no monetary award can be fixed which will be the equivalent of a decoration, which could be handed down in your family. However, in order that you should have some expression of appreciation for your exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in the development of the escape device, known as ‘the lung,’ you have been awarded one year's pay. May I thank and congratulate you.” Work with the then existing types of submarine escape devices was started several years ago, the big German kapok device, weighing about 35 pounds, and the metal helmet-oxygen flask device, being the two favored for study and d velopment. Both were found im- practical, both on account of weight and bulkiness, and because of the many limitations to their use. Long before the S-51 and the S-4 disasters had taken their toll of Ameri- can sailors’ lives, Chief Gunner Tibbals and Mr. Hobson were hard at work on the idea of individual submarine escape at the Washington Navy Yard. ‘The big tank in which Navy divers get their first instruction, and in which depths up to 300 feet can be simulated, was used in these tests. It was dis covered that a good mmer could simulate escape from a submarine and swim to the surface from depths as low as 40 feet, without serious effect, but that attempts to rise from greater depths would be dangerous. Designing and Testing. Followed a period of designing and testing of a number of devices, of which the “lungs” was the outcome. In these tests Mr. Hobson played the role of designer, Lieut. Momsen gave the devices its actual trials and Chief Gunner Tibbals contributed his wide knowledge of water pressures and their effects upon the human system. The first actual tests of the “lun were made at the Washington Navy Yard by Lieut. Momsen and a corps of Navy divers attached to the diving boat Crilley. Early last Summer the “lung” received its final tests in the diving tank and in the murky waters of the Potomac around the navy yard. In the latter part of August the Cril- ley was taken down the Potomac River to the deepest hole in the river, at a Jpolnt between Morgantown, Md,, and r BONGERS IS GIVEN 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING WIFE Sentenced by Justice Siddons on Plea of Guilty to Sec- ond-Degree Murder. SCHENCK, EX-POLICEMAN, ADMITS TWO ROBBERIES | Awaits Court's Judgment in Hold- Ups Involving Small Sums of Money. George Bongers, 45 years old, who shot and killed his wife. Eva Iola Bon- [ October 5 last in Judiciary Square when she refused to allow him to return to live with her and the children, was sentenced today by Justice Siddons in Criminal Division 2 to serve 25 years in the penitentiary. i Bongers, following the attack on his wife, attempted to take his own life, but was unsuccessful. He was indicted for murder in the first degree, but was al- lowed to withdraw a plea of not guilty to that charge and to plead guilty tw murder in the second degree. Mrs. Bongers was accustomed to pass through Judiciary Square on her way o work, and her husband weited there for her. He pleaded with her to take him back, and when she refused he continued to walk at her side, until she threatened to call a policeman. Angered at the threat, the man drew his gun and shot her. He then put a bullet in his right side and spent several weeks in a hospital. Assistant United States Attorney Jo- seph V. Connolly appeared for the Gov- ernment, while the prisoner was repre- sented by Attorney Edward E. Mitchell. Frederick A. Schenck, former police- man of the third precinct, pleaded guilty before Justice Siddons to two indictments charging him with robbery at the point of a pistol last February. To a third indictment charging a rob- bery af a Sanitary Grocery Store, 1301 Fourtcenth street, the former policeman entered a plea of not guilty. He was remanded to await sentence. Schenck admitted that he robbed Kenny C. Van Meter, manager of an oil station at Fourteenth and D streets, of $10 February 18 and that he took $20 from Russeil Bennett, night clerk at the Meridian Mansions, 2400 Sixteenth street, in the early morning of Febru- ary 20. DOOM LANDMARK AT GEORGETONN Commission Orders Rey- nolds to Vacate Boathouse on Water Front. Frequenters of the Georgetown wa- ter front will soon miss an old familiar landmark—Reynolds’ boathouse. W. T. Reynolds, the owner, has been served notice that the house is on public prop- erty, and must be moved within 10 days from the date of service. It has been questioned for some years whether the boathouse was on public property, according to Roland M. Bren- nan, chairman of the wharf committee of the District government, but the matter was finally settled by reference to the corporation counsel’s office. Rey- nolds has been very favorably known to District officials because of the help he always renders the Police Depart- ment in recovering the bodies of drowned persons from the river. The boathouse would probably have remained undisturbed but for the fact that the Lone Star Cement Co. proposes to put up a building on Thirty-fourth street by the river and demanded ac- cess to its property through Thirty- fourth street.” The boathouse lies on the line of Thirty-fourth street, which has never been cut through. The Commissioners yesterday _also served notice on, the Columbia Granite & Dredging Co. to vacate a frame shed also on the line of Thirty-fourth street, but this is a small portable building used to house materials while construc- tion work is in progress nearby. According to Brennan, several other houses are built on public property near the river where the streets have not been cut through, but no action is ex- pected to remove them except in a case such as the present, where access is demanded to property. This the Dis- trict cannot legally refuse. In order to establish the District's claim to the line of Thirty-fourth street, a search had to be made by the | corporation counscl's office of records | back to 1785, when Frederick street, in the citv of Georgetown, was changed to Thirty-fourth street. The boathouse has been there since 1899, ASK CONSTRUCTION BIDS. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., May 10.— Bids for the construction of shoulders along the Crain Highway through Marl- boro, from Merrick’s Bridge to Hill's Bridge, and on the Southern Maryland pike from T B to Mattawoman, have been asked by the State Roads' Com- mission, the local office announced yes- terday. The bids on the Crain Highway proj- ect are returnable May 21, and those on the Southern Maryland pike May 14. the Naval Proving Grounds, at Dahl- gren, Va. ‘There Lieut. Momsen and Navy 2 ‘vers Joseph Eiben and Edward Kalinosk}, ith the aid of & crude model of the “lung” as it is now used in the Navy, made from whatever could be picked up around the navy yard, including some old gas mask hose, some rubber sheet- ing, an automobile tire valve and other odds and ends, ascended from a diving bell sunk 110 feet down the river. They felt no ill effects from thelir tests, and so confident were they in the efficacy of the “lung” that they allowed a reporter from The Star to test out the device from a depth of about 30 feet. Similar tests were made in Chesa- peake Bay, off Solomons Island, and the “lung” worked satisfactorily when the divers wore it ascending from the diving bell sunk to 155 feet. The reconditioned Navy submarine S-4 then was taken to the decp waters off Key West, Fla., and Lieut. Momsen and his corps of gave the “lung” exhaustive tests at depths up to 200 eet. Shortly after this the Navy Depart- feathered joy-rider. Photo shows Mr. Bul Many odd pets have been observed riding in automobiles on the Capital streets, but this bantam, owned by J. F. Burrows, is believed to be the only AUTOMOBILE rrows and the bantam. —Underwood Photo. TWO ARE ARRESTED INGEM ROBBERIES Held in One Theft of Series Which Netted Loot of $5,000 or More. ‘The first arrests in the series of re- cent mysterious jewel robberies in which loot upward of $5,000 has been stolen from homes in the northwest section, were made by Headquarters Detectives Dennis Cullinane and Larry O'Dea to- day when a cclored man and woman were taken into custody in connection with the theft of more than $2,000 in jewelry from the home of Louis Solo- mon, 1613 Harvard street, early last month. Both the man, Ford Muse, 28, of the 1400 block Columbia street, and the woman, Marie Lewis, 27, of the 1300 block Fifth street, were charged with gr larceny. Home Robbed Last Month. Solomon reported to police last month that thieves had entered his home and made away with silverware and jewelry valued at $2,300 in addi- tion to a small amount of clothing. C. D. Kaufman yesterday reported the loss from his home at 3812 Garri- son street of a platinum pin set with more than 20 diamonds, valued at $2,000, and & $300 stickpin. Mr. Kaufman told police he does not know how entrance to his home was effected. 0 Thieves forced a rear window in the home of Elizabeth McDermott, at 404 I street, and stole a wardrobe trunk containing $300 in bills, gold coins and change, in addition to jewelry valued at several hundred dollars. $3,500 Jewel Loss. According to police, the robbers made their haul some time early yesterday morning. Mrs. George Walter, jr. reported to police that she lost jewelry valued at $3,500 somewhere between her apart- ment at Wardman Park Hotel and the hotel garage. She said the jewelry consisted of a piatinum bracelet with a diamond in | the center of each link, having a value of $2,500, and a $1,000 platinum ring set with diamonds and a_ruby. Miss Helen Gantley of 2726 Connecti- cut avenue told police that she lost eight silver forks, valued at $25, yes-| terday while walking between Woodley road and Connecticut avenue and Eigh- | teenth street and Columbia road. ROUSE FORMALLY RESTORED TO DUTY District Commissioners Suspend Pvt. Ezell on Charge of Intoxication. The District Commissioners today | formally restored Policeman Clyde O. Rouse to active duty with full pay dur- ing the time of his suspension from April 24 to date. Rouse was held by the coroner's jury for action of the grand jury in the death of Ottmer H. Fleming, who was shot in the early hours of April 24 in pursuit of a smoke- screen automobile which Fleming was | driving. The grand jury ignored the | charge against the officer and the Com- | missioners accordingly ordered him re- turned to duty. The Commissioners suspended Pvt. Claude A. Ezell, effective from May 7, on a charge of being under the influ- | ence of intoxicants to such an extent | as to prevent him from performing his duties. The application for retirement of Pvt. H. W. Gaither was approved, eflective May 15, and Gaither was given a pen- sion of $87.50 a month. The retire- ment was made for physical disability incurred in line of duty. The Commissioners aiso retired Lieut, C. H. Bray and Pvt. A. L. Mayhew of the Fire Department, both for physical disability. Lieut. Bray was given a pen- sion of $07.92 and Pvt. Mayhew a pen- dion of $87.50. Lieut. Bray had served | in the department for 21 years and 11 | months. He was 53 years old. PROMOTIONS ARE MADE. An- | Auditor’s Office Changes nounced at District Building. Several promotions in the District auditor's office as_a Tesult of the resignation of E. E. Naylor were ordered by the Commissioners today. Simon McKinnie was promoted from third to second assistant auditor to take Mr. Naylor's place. Willlam G. Wilding, secretary of the District Personnel Board, was promoted to Mr. McKinnie's place; J. M. Cornett, stenographer and typist, was made secretary of the Personnel Board. Increascs in salary also were ordered | ment placed contracts for the manu- facture of the “lung” in large quan- Mitles, SUSPEG RUM CAR. TANEN N CAASE Southeast Section Scene of Arrest arid Seizure of 288 Quarts of Evidence. Another spectacular chase of a sus-| pected liquor-laden automobile through Southeast Washington this morning re- | sulted in the arrest of one man and the | seizure of a car containing 288 quarts of alleged corn whisky. The arrested man gave his name as Clarence Herman Meyers, 28 years old, of the 1200 block of D street northeast. He was charged with transportation and possession of liquor, speeding and hav- ing dead tags. Sergt. George M. Little and Police- men George Deyoe, D. O. Montgomery and Leo Murray, members of his liquor squad, acting on information that large quantities of liquor were being moved between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning when policemen were changing duty, waited at the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge. Shortly before 8 o'clock a machine came toward them at a high rate of speed. The officers gave chase and the car_increased its speed. The pursuit took the machine west across the Penn- sylvania Avenue Bridge to Fifteenth street, north on Fifteenth street to G, east on G to Sixteenth street to just east of Kentucky avenue, where the fugitive car darted up an alley and came to a halt. The driver fled, but was later captured when he mistook | a machine driven by Policeman Mont- | gomery on a side street for another car | and jumped on the running board. | WOMEN INDORSE LABOR PROPOSALS Resolution Barring Children Under 16 From Employ- ment Is Given Support. | { | | Resolutions supporting various aims | of organized labor were up for con- sideration today before the eleventh annual convention of the National Woman's Trade Union League here to- day, with action probable before con- clusion of the day’s session, which also was to witness the nomination and; election of officers. Legislation to take all children under the age of 16, out of employment; to abolish night work in industries, and for shortened hours to afford more employment were proposed by dele- gates meeting at the Grace Dodge Hotel. League Receives Greetings. Another proposal finding_ support is embodied in a resolution to increase the use of union-made shoss. Greetings upon the attainment of the | twenty-fifth_anniversary of the league | vere read at today's session. Telegrams were received from vari- | ous parts of the United States, and one | came from_the International Leather Workers' Organization of Nurnberg, Germany. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the Governor of New York, also wired greetings. Garment Workers Face Strike. The convention was informed yester- day afternoon that the International Ladies’ Garment Workers' Union is facing a strike, involving 30,000 needle workers in the city of New York. A resolution was submitted by the Women's Trade Union League of Mil- | waukee urging a “study of consumers’ | co-operation.” It was stated that efforts | of unions for increased wages are too often counterbalanced by increased prices. Considerable interest was aroused | yesterday by the story told by Miss Margaret Bowen of Elizabethton, Tenn., secretary of the United Textile Workers' Union. Miss Bowen gave a vivid por- trayal of the events leading up to the Elizabethton strike. , e MADDEN BUST LOCATED. Spot in Capitol for Memorial Fixed by Sculptor. A location in the Capitol was selected today for a bust of the late Martin B. DISTRICT SURVEYOR ADVISES WIDENING FOR FOXHALL ROAD ‘Street Werk Immediately Is Urged by Hazen—May Ccst Haif Miltion. PROJECT TO INCLUDE 2 OTHER THOROUGHFARES Width Would Be Increased to 120 Feet on One and 90 on Others. The first definite step to carry out plans for the widening of Foxhall road throughout its entire two-mile course from Conduit road to Massachusetts avenue was taken today by Melvin C. Hazen, District surveyor, who recom- mended to the Commissioners that condemnation proceedings be institut- ed without delay to acquire the property needed. The project, the largest of its kind to be undertaken this year, also in- volves the widening of two other thoroughfares—Forthy-sixth street from Cathedral avenue to Macomb street, and Nebraska avenue from McComb street to Massachusetts avenue. The widening and improvement of the three thoroughfares will provide the major link in the proposed boulevard drive connecting the Potomac palisades with Rock Creek Park. Road Now 33 Feet Wide. Mr. Hazen describes Foxhall road, as “an old country road.” It is 33 feet ‘Wwide and runs through a group of newly developed residential areas near the western fringe of the District—Wesley Heights, American University Park, Tenleytown and Fort Reno. The plans provide for the widening of “he road to 120 feet. Cathedral avenue and Forty-sixth street, both now 90 feet wide, also will be made 120-foot boulevards. The widening of Foxhall Road, ace cording to Mr. Hazen, will affect 30 houses, which will either have to be condemned or moved back to the pro- jected building line. It also will take parts of 190 parcels of land. Cost May Total $500,000. The cost of the three widening proj- ects has not been estimated, although it is expected to exceed $500,000. The District government, however, will not bear the entire burden of the expense, as property owners in the vicinity of the three thoroughfares will be assessed for benefits arising from the widening. Mr. Hazen regards the early widening of the three thoroughfares as of utmost { importance to the continued develop= ment of the area through which Fox= hall Road passes. As soon as the neces= sary land is condemned, he pointed out, the District will install Sewer and water mains in proper relation to the new | building line, i | BOY HELD ON BOND FOR ACTION BY JURY 17-Year-0ld Youth Is Described by Judge Schuldt as Gang Member. Albert L. Wilson, 17, of the 2200 block of Minnesota avenue southeast, de- scribed as a member of a youthful “gang,” by Judge Gus A. Schuldt, was held under $2,000 bond today pending grand jury action, when he appeared in Police Court on two charges of houssbreaking. Arrested by Precinct Detective J. J. Tolson, Wilson is said to have been a member of a gang of boys, ranging from 14 to 17, who have been connected with robberies in southeast. Wilson is ac- cused, according to testimony of hav- ing entered a grocery store in the 2200 block of Minnesota avenue on May 2, taking cigarettes, chewing gum and money. Wilson was employed by Leroy Maz- zullo, proprietor of a gasoline filling sta- tion in the 1300 block of Good Hope road southeast, and according to police he entered the establishment after it was closed for the night. Money total- ing $20 is said to have been taken., WASHINGTON CAST TAKES PART IN TOURNAMENT Columbia Players Present “The Monkey’s Paw” in Annual Lite tle Theater Competition. The Columbia Playe presented “The Monk Waldorf Theater in night New in ‘competition with other trants in the seventh annual Lit'ic Theater tournament. Little Then groups from Denver, Colo.; Dayt Ohio, and St. Augustine, Fia., also w on the night’s program. The cast of the Washington play i: cluded George Odell, Elizabeth D-c Paul Alexander, Harry Westcott Charles Gillman. *The Monkey's P> was written by W. W. Jacobs and dr-.- atized by Lous N. Parker. On Saturday the four plays adjuc the best according to tournam standards will be represented, and £ urday night the play winning the D2 Belasco Cup will be staged and the ¢ awarded. Judges of the tournament are F rest Davis, chairman: Louise Wil Dorothy Stockbridge, Percy Hutchin and Richard de Rochemon! THEFT OF BABY’S BANK BRINGS 30 DAYS IN J£ ‘Willie Howard Is Denied Clemer When Arraigned Before Judge Schuldt. Willie Howard, colored, 900 block U street, charged with petit larce was arraigned in court today on complaint of Mrs. Sophie Cahill of | 3100 block of Hyatt place, who s Howard robbed the baby's bank wi Madden, chairman of the House appro- priations committee and a veteran iegislator_from Illinols. | “Albin Polasek, o sculptor, of Chicago, | accompanied by David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, and Charles E. Fairman, | curator of art works in the Capitol. made & tour of the building today and selected a location in the main corridor near the entrance to the House cham- | ber. This is near where the two busts now stand of Champ Clark, for for Bernard J. Cain, chief of the book- keeping section, and Franklin P. Lepson, chief of the relirement sgclion, ¢ Speaker, and James R. Mann, who was, long the Republican party leader ml left at her home on the night of » 7 to care for an infant son while and her husband went to a theater. Arrested at his home, Howard mitted the theft of the bank, accord Policeman P. E. Peterson, but toc in court he asked clemency as he : the money amounted to only $2 inst of more than $5, as Mrs. Cahill clain Judge Schuldt sentenced him to sc 20 days on the recommendation of tant United States Attorney Hob Newman and warned him that un he changed his conduct he would n “steal pennies from dead men,” e