Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1929, Page 17

Washington News he Foening Staf. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1929. PAGE 17 (TIZENS EXPECTED TOOK.SCHOOLPLEA FORE OO FUND Dr. Havenner Indicates Ac- tion to Be Taken by Ad- visory Council. COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE UP ESTIMATES MONDAY | i Money Would Be Used in Purchase of Sites and for Erection of ! New Buildings. The board of education’s request for £3,000,000 in the 1931 fiscal year for the | purchase of school sites and the erection of new buildings, most likely will be ap- proved by the Citizens' Advisory Coun- cil when it meets this week to prepare budget recommendations for the Dis- irict Commissioners, it was indicated | today by Dr. George C. Havenner, pres- ident of the Federation of Citizens’ As- sociations and chairman exofficio of the council The federation already is on record | as favoring a $3,000,000 appropriation for public school buildings and grounds in the 1631 fiscal year, and similar ac- tion by the council is expected to have marked influence on the Commissioners | when they undertake consideration of | the school estimates next Monday. May Trim Item to $2,400,000. There have been reports at the Dis- | trict Building that the Commissioners probably would trim the school board's ‘buildings and grounds item to $2,400,000 to conform to the finaneial allocation of Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, in his five-year financial program. The council also is expected to in- clude in its budget recommendations, several important items which Maj. Donovan omitted from the 1931 fiscal Year in his five-y signed to subsequent years. clude the elimination of the Michigan avenue grade crossing, the construction of a new ward bullding for the Gal-| linger Municipal Hospital and another public convenience station. Council Wants Action. The Michigan avenue grade crossing is one of the two remaining gradc crossings in the District, the other being the Fern street crossing across the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks. Donovan’s five-year program provides for its elimination at an estimated cost of $275,000 in the 1932 fiscal year, and the elimination of the Fern streel crossing the following year at a cost of approximately $250,000. The coun cil, however, is represented as feeling that there should be no further delay | in removing these hazards. 1 The Commissioners have fixed June | 10 as the deadline for the submission of | the budget recommendations of the council as well as those of the Washing- ton_Board of e and the Chamber of Commerce, which also are making | exhaustive studies of the financial esti- mates of the department heads of the | municipal government. As the budget | expert of the council, Dr. Havenner, has been making & detailed preliminary re- view of these estimates preparatory to calling & meeting at which he will out- line his views for the information of the | council in drawing up its budget report | for the Commissioners. The council, it was sald, probably | will recommend 3 budget totaling be- iween $50.000,000 and $51,000,000, or between $2,000,000 and $3.000,000 high- er than the total tentatively fixed by the Commissioners. The $48,000,000 fig- ure was decided on by the Commission- ers upon the advice of Maj. Donovan, who pointed out that the District could support a budget of this size in 1931, providing generous use is made of the surplus revenues to the credit of the | District in the United States Treasury. Use of More of Surplus Urged. The council, however, is expected to predicate its higher figure on the use of more of the surphis than contem- plated by the Commissioners and an increase in the annual $9,000,000 lump- sum contribution of the Federal Gov- ernment toward the expenses of the municipal government. night when it collided with a mounted policeman in the Takoma Park area. The horse was killed and Policeman William R. Sheets (below) of the thir- teenth precinct injured. 5 —Star Staff Photo. IDENTITY OF WOMAN IN CRASH HIDDEN | Man Is Released on Bond After Injuring Policeman and Killing Horse. Mystery caused by refusal of the man involved in the accident to divulge | her name, today shrouds the identity | of the woman companion of Stewart | Kinsman Hill, 26, of 3509 Fourteenth street, who last night ran down Mount- ed Policeman Willlam R. Sheetg of the | thirteenth precinct, seriously injuring | the officer and killing his horse. The | accident occurred on Riggs road near the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge. The woman, believed to have been injured in the crash, could not be located at any local hospital today. She was taken to the entrance of Emer- gency Hospital last night by Wallace Jarrett of 625 Emerson street, but jumped from his car and ran when she saw the fourth precinct patrol wait- ing at the dcor to the emergency room. Sheets Badly Hurt. Sheets is at Walter Reed Hospital suffering from a dislocated shoulder, severe head lacerations, probable in- ternal injuries and lacerations and | bruises to his hips. Attaches of the | hospital said this morning that he| passed a restful night. | Hill was arrested at Emergency Hos- pital sbout two hours after the acci: dent, when he called to inquire whether | the woman had been treated. He was | taken to the thirteenth precinct, but later was released under $100 collateral | to appear in Police Court today to an- | swer a charge of reckless driving. H was taken into custody at the hospital by Lieut, William Holmes and Sergt. | James Lee of the third precinct, Who | had been stationed there to wait for | him He was turned over to Headquarters Detective C. J. P. Weber for question- ing, but refused to reveal the name of | his companion. He declared he was driving at a rate of about 35 miles an | hour when he struck Sheets. The officer was riding east of Riggs road. The automobile crashed into his horse from the rear. Sheets was thrown from the saddle and barely | missed falling under the wheels of the car. He landed on his right shoulder and the side of his head and was stunned. Auto Strikes Pole. The automoblle, shunted to the side, struck a telephone pole. The machine, carrying dealer’s tags, was found to be- { long to the Mount Pleasant Motor Co. There has been no intimation from the Board of Trade or the Chamber of | Commerce as to amounts they are to| recommend for the total budget. Both of these organizations have commit-| tees glving consideration to the various | items which make up the departmental estimates. The Board of Trade also| has made mimeographed copies of the | book of estimates for its members who are interested in the needs of the Dis- trict as pictured by the department heads in their financial estimates. FOREIGN ATHLETES Sheets was taken to the hospital by, a passing motorist, who was hailed by Hill, who then called Jarrett and put the woman into his machine. He then telephoned the thirteenth precinct, gave his name and said he would give him- self up as soon as he “got fixed up.” He was next heard from at 11 o'clock at Emergency Hospital. Sheets had been on mounted duty only a month. Inspector William S. Shelby, assistant superintendent of police, said this| morning that the death of the horse last night leaves 24 animals still in service. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superin- WILL SHOW SKILL tendent of police, said this morning he intended to gradually retire from service | all the horses now used by the depart- ment. When a horse dles, it will not be This automobile was wrecked last |rear of 1320 L street GIRL AND TWO MEN ACCUSED IN THEFT Three Await Action by Grand' Jury on Charges of " Housebreaking. Charged with two cases of house breaking, a young woman and two men | | vehicle requirements of that State may DRIVERS ESCAPE SUSPENSION HERE BY RECIPROCTY Can Operate Car After Los- ing Permits by Moving to Virginia. JUSTICE ROBB UPHOLDS 1921 APPEALS RULING | A BT | Removes Ambiguity in Act of 1917 | by Relieving Non-Resident of D. C. Regulations. A District motorist whose driver's | permit is either suspended or revoked | by the director of traffic can move into | Virginia and with the license tags of | that State on his car legally operate it in the District. This was the ruling today of Justice Robb of the District Court of Appeals in reversing the deci- sion of Police Court Judge McMahon, who convicted and fined Charles H. Fred for driving a motor vehicle in the District while his District operator’s permit was revoked. Follows 1921 Ruling. Justice Robb's decision, which gives District motorists this opportunity to escape the traffic director’s penalty, fol- lows a similar ruling by the Court of Appeals in 1921, prior to enactment of the trafic act. In substance, the ap- pellate court held that a resident of Virginia who complies with the motor operate in the District under the reci- procity agreement between the District and Virginia, even though his privilege to operate in the District has been de- nied. In approving the former ruling, Jus- tice Robb pointed out that the traffic act of 1925 removed the ambiguity which the court, in the King case, found to exist in the act of 1917 and expressly relieved the non-resident owner or operator of a motor vehicle who has complied with the laws of his State respecting registration and oper- ator's licenses from either registering his vehicle here or obtaining a local operator's permit, provided only that similar privileges are extended to resi- dents of the District in that State. Fred's permit had been revoked in December, 1926, and in April, 1928, he became a bona fide resident of Virginia. In August, 1928, he was given permis- sion by Virginia to operate an automo- bile and in September, 1928, while tem- porarily in the District and while his Virginia permit was in force, he was arrested and convicted. were held under bonds of $6,000 each ! to awalt action of the grand jury fol- | lowing - their arrajgnment in Police | Court today before Judge John P. Mc- Mahon, i Thelma Wesotzsky, - 24 years old; | Richard Harlow and David Brenner are | accused of entering several establish- ments and stealing clothing and vari- ous types of machinery. The girl, through her attorney, George J. Boden, waived examination and pleaded not | guilty to the charges, as did the other defendants. ! It is said the girl formerly was a chorus_girl, a member of '8 troupe hat left Washington without her. Ar- rested on a charge of vagrancy, she was released after she appeared in Police Court and Boden informed the court that she would leave town. Later, it is said, she met Brenner at Union Station and was persuaded by him to remain here. Since that time. police say, the three have been living in the 100 block of North Carolina avenue southeast. Harlow, according to police records, previously served a sentence for house breaking and became acquainted with Brenner at Lorton, Va.. prison. | Detectives R. J. McCarthy. S. F. Graveley and F. O. Brass of the third | precinct say the trio entered a shop | owned by Rufus G. Hoffman in the ! and took 11 | storage batteries and a fire extinguisher. | According to Detective B. Jones, they |also entered a tailor shop owned by | Hugo Sylvester at 3158 Mount Pleasant | street and took clothing valued at sev- |eral hundred dollars. Police say there are other charges of | a similar nature with which the three | are connected that will be introduced when the present cases are taken be- fore the grand jury. WAR VETERANS HONORED.| Medals and Citations Awarded for| Heroism on Battlefields. | The War Department has awarded | the Distinguished Service Cross to | Christopher L. Edell of Paterson, N. J., | formerly corporal in the 303d Engineers, | A. E. Fg for extraordinary heroism in | action fiear Thiaucourt, France, Sep-| | house on returning with his wife and COLLECTOR ROBBED OF §1 500 RECEIPTS Tells Police That Colored Bandit Held Him Up in Garage at Home. | Samuel Kolker of 1316 Buchanan | street, a collector for a wholesale meat | company, reported to police about 11 | o'clock Iast night that he was held up | at pistol point and robbed of approxi- | mately $1,500 in the garage of his home | by a colored man. | Kolker sald the money represented | collections made during the day. He | had driven to the garage in rear of his i sister-in-law from a drive, and told police he encountered the bandit at the | entrance. | The man ordered him in the garage, he said, and demrnded his money. Kolker expressed thé opinion that the robber had seen him cc!l~ct money m; the day. | Meager descriptions of his assailant furnished by Kolker was the basis of & | search being_directed today by Detec- tives C. J. P. Weber and Howard E.| Ogle, assisted by police of the tenth | precinct. DEATH IN LAUNDRY HELD ACCIDENTAL! Coroner’s Verdict in Case of Col-| ored Man Killed by Piece of Flying Metal. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict ; replaced. he'n}l‘d. hThus, in a }{"’ y;:rs. b the place of the horses will have been | Eight Czechoslovakian Men Here taken by small automobiles and motor- . o » cycles. to Popularize “Daily Dozen” | | MEXICAN BEETLE Living testimonials to the efficacy of | Special Dispatch to The Star. “setting-up” exercises as a daily habit, | UPPER MARLBORO, Md,, June 3.— eight model athletes from Czechoslo- | For the second consecutive year the vakia arrived here today to volunteer | Mexican bean bettle is making its ap- their aid in popularizing the “daily | pearance in Prince Georges County, dozen” in America. | according to W. B. Posey, county agri- in America. ;iERE. tember 30, 1918, and silver star cita- of accidental death today in the case tions to Charles J. Trevail of New York of Howard Christopher, colored, of Seat | City, formerly second lieutenant, 130th | Pleasant, Md., who was killed Saturday | Infantry. A. E. F. and to First Lieut. | afternoon when a flywheel in the | Fred C. Thomas, United States Cavalry, | boiler pit of the Elite Laundry, 2119 | at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, formerly sec- | Fourteenth street, broke, a piece of | ond lleutenant, 2d Cavalry, A. E. F., for | metal striking him on the head. | individual acts of gallantry in actions in | Only two witnesses were called before | France during the World War. the jury. They were P. M. Greenlow, | — District boller inspector, and Charles | DIES OF HER INJURIES. L. Beard, supervising engineer of the | Elite Laundry Co. Both said that the | Miss Emily Semmes, 76, Was Fa- interior of the room in which the ac- cldent occurred was so badly damaged | that they were unable to determine the | The athletes, sent to this country by | the Czechoslovakian Sokol Assoclation | cultural agent and tobacco specialist. Mr. Posey points out that the beetle in the interest of good health, will, proved highly injurious and difficult to cdemonstrate their physical prowess in 2 gymnastic exhibition tonight at 8 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. Several ment officials, educators and others in- terested in physical welfare of youth | will be spectators. The eight Czechs have been pro- nounced the most perfect specimens o eturdy manhood in Czechoslovakia. They are accompanied by Dr. Rudolf Krovak, counselor to President Masaryk | of Czechoslovakia; Dr. Miroslav Klinger, | cxecutive secretary of the ministry of national defense, and Viadimir Mueller, vice president of the Prague Sokol As- sociation. Today the visitors were taken on a sightseeing tour of the city as guests of the Czechoslovakian legation, More sightseeing is on the program for to- morrow. At 9:30 o'clock tomorrow the men will lay a wreath on the tomb of Woodrow Wilson at the National Cathe- dral and at 10:30 they will pay a similar tribute to the Unknown Soldler at Arlington. - | 1l | | . Suffers Fractured Skull. MARTINSBURG, ‘W. Va, June 3 (Special) —Clarence Cloud, this city, is at a local hospital with a fractured ckull sustained, evidence indicates, when he leaned too far while riding the running board of a friend’s car and his hcad sudck a tree. hundred diplomats, Govern- | control last year. According to Dr.. E. N. Cory, State | entomologist, dusting or spraying with arsenicals has given excellent results | in killing the insects where the appli- cations have been made promptly and thoroughly. Either spraying or dust- ing must be done from the under side of the leaves, as the insects feed there rather than on the upper side. | tally Hurt by Fall. | Miss Emily Semmes, 76 years old, of | 617 Otis place, died this morning at | Georgetown Hospital from injuries sus- tained May 23, when she fell from the | | first-floor porch of her home. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued a certificate of accidental death. Miss Semmes was walking along the edge of | the porch when she fell. She lived at | the Otis place address with her niece, | Mrs. J. B. Locraft. Inqucst Ordered Into An inquest will be held in Rockville at 4 o'clock this afternoon over the body of Willlam J. Lawrence, 21-year- old drug clerk, of 2911 Thirteenth | street, who was killed last night when he stood up in & roller coaster at Glen Echo Park and was thrown 40 feet to the ground as the car struck a curve. | Lawrence’s death was the first fatality at the amusement park this Summer. Two friends, Clarence King and John E. Mahaffey, both of 809 Portland street southeast, were with Lawrence in the roller coaster when he is said to have ignored signs warning passengers to re- main in their seats. Another passenger Killed in Fall From Roller Coaster Car| Death of Youth in the car will be called to testify at the inquest. Justice of the Peace A. L. Moore and State Policeman Oscar Gajther of Bethesda conducted an _investigation and the youth's body was removed to the undertaking establishment of W. R. Pumphrey & Son, at Rockville. Justice Moore later communicated with_relatives of Lawrence in Coraopo- lis, Pa., near Pittsburgh. The young man recently had been working as a clerk at the Central Drug Co., Twelft] and E streets. He had lived in Wash- ington about eight months. His parents will arrive here this after- h | tilla. constructios exact cause of the man's death. 3 ‘Three firemen, all of No. 1 rescue | squad, were burned on the face and | hands by steam escaping from broken pipes when they went into the boller pit to get Christopher, DAVIS TO TAKE OATH. | Col. Dwight F. Davis, former Eecre-] tary of War, will be formally installed | in office as Governor General of the ! Philippine Islands tomorrow at noon ‘The oath of office will be administered to him by Associate Justice Harlan F. Stone of the Supreme Court of the United States. The ceremony will take place in the private office of the Secretary of War. During a recent ceremony at West- | minster Cathedral, London, Cardinal' hB:ume washed the feet of 13 choir V. “JAGUAR” COMMISSIONED. WILHELMSHAFEN, Germany, June! 3 (#).—The Jaguar, newest torpedo boat | of the post-war German navy, was com- missioned today as the next to the last | unit in the German torpedo boat flo- program. "The Jaguar was named for a gunboat | sunk by the Japanese at in | 1914, The last unit of the construction | neon to take charge of the body. He was their youngest program, the Leopard, will be commis- | sioned July 15, ) DISTRICT GIRL DIES 1 ‘Warm nights of the Washington Summer hold no terrors for Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island and Mrs. Metcalf. The Felicla, photographed above from her mooring in Washington Channel, is the Summer home of the Metcalfs during the extra session of Congress. SENATOR METCALF MAKES HP HOME Legislator and Wife Spend Summer on Yacht Cruis- ing Eastern Waters. —Star Staff Photo. | S | | | La Follette Speech On Senate Secrecy Will Go in Record Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, obtained ~permission today to have printed in the Congressional Record the speech in opposition to secret sessions of the Senate on nominations delivered by Senator La Follette, Republican, of Wisconsin, on the radio program arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting sys- tem Saturday night. Riding at her moorings in Washing- | ton Channel, directly across from the Capital Yacht Club, is the 122-foot mo- tor yacht Felicia, the Summer home of Senator and Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf of Rhode Island. For over 30 years Senator Metcalf has turned to the sea for his Summer seasons, and no man of the entire ship’s crew is a more capable seaman or a better navigator than he. Born and brought up in Providence, Senator Metcalf, a true son of New England, has inherited the call of the sea and 'the love of the salt spray from a long line of New England ancestors, Navigation is one of his chief hobbies. He can read a chart or box & compass as well as the most confirmed old “sea- dog” on the New England coast. waters of Narragansett Bay, as well as practically all of those of the New Eng- | land coast, are favorite and familiar playgrounds of the Rhode Island Sen-| ator. Sold Yacht During War. The Felicla is by no means the first | | yacht owned by Senator Metcalf. fore the war he enjoyed many cruises on a steam yacht, considerably larger than the one upon which he is now living. When the Government sent forth its appeal for steam yachts dur- ing the war Senator Metcalf sold his favorite to Uncle Sam at the Govern- ment's price. After the war he pur- chased the Felicia, which has a gas motor, carries & crew from 12 to 18 men and can comfortably accommodate from five to six guests. She draws 6 feet of water and is capable of making 11 knots per hour. The Senator is not a spectacular | boatman and likes to cruise at a com- fortable rate of speed and never takes unnecessary chances with the weather. | He never puts out to ses when he has been warned that a gale is threat- ening. Ship Is Summer Home. Senator and Mrs. Metcalf went aboard the Felicia sbout two weeks ago with the intention of making the ship their home during the Summer season. The yacht makes an ideal warm weather home, as during uncomfortable nights ashore it can be guided down the river to places where cool breezes blow. During his vacations, when he is free to come and go as he pleases, the Sen- ator enjoys cruising in waters less fre- quented by pleasure seekers, ofttimes | putting into some inconspicuous little | port which appeals to him. TEN CHARGES FILED IN LIQUOR ARRESTS Four Men Taken in Custody Sat- urday—Police Report Place Equipped With Buzzers. Government prosecutors filed 10 charges today against four men arrested in the 1500 block of Fourteenth street Saturday night by Capt. O. T. Davis of the second precinct and a raiding squad. A pint of alleged whisky con- stituted the evidence with which police substantiated the charges. Police allege when they attempted to gain admittance to the establishment, they were temporarily prevented by barred doors, electric bells and other equipment, but finally entered. In the first room, a man sald to be Isaac Deyeu, was behind a counter and is alleged to have pushed a buzzer which sounded in a second room. Entering the second round, the officers are sald to have observed another man press a button which sounded in a third room. In the last room, police claim they found a third man, a sink and a familiar pungent odor. ., On the second floor of the estab- lishment the evidence was discovered. Samuel Goldstein, alleged proprietor, | was charged with sale, possession, con- spiracy and maintaining a nuisance. Sol Munitz and Joseph Caruso are charged with possession and conspiracy | and Munitz is also charged with sale and maintaining a nuisance. Deyeu is charged with possession, nuisance and conspiracy. GIVEN PERMANENT POST. The 1st Platoon, Troop A, 2d Armored Car Squadron, organized at Fort Myer, Va., consisting of 2 officers and 34 en- listed men, has been transferred to Fort | George G. Meade, Md., for permanent station, where it will conduct field tests to determine the suitability of modified Christie tanks for use by the Cavalry as armored cars. The 1st Armored Car Troop also was organized at Fort Myer and made a march of 2,000 miles to its present sta- tion at Fort Bliss, Tex., where it is at- tached to the 1st Cavalry Division. Women to Meet. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 3 (Special).—At the June meeting of the Women's Club of Mellwood district, to be held at the home of the correspond- ing secretary. Mrs. John H. Traband, here tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, delegates to the recent convention of the Prince ‘Georges County Fede! of Women's Clubs, held at Mount Rainier, will report and there will other interesting features. ‘The | Be- | be | taken HONORS ARE PAID CONFEDERATE DEAD |Memorial Services Are Held in Arlington National Cemetery. Reverent tribute was paid yesterday to the Confederate dead at Arlington | National Cemetery, when flowers were strewn on the graves by little children and an elaborate ceremony was held | under auspices of Camp 171, United Confederate Veterans. orator of the day. The Stars and Stripes of the United States and the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy were used in the decorations. A large gathering assembled near the Ceibating in Gt program. whie béhind ipating e program, wi the IDJ‘I‘I sat the group of Confed- efate. ns in gray uniforms a tribute to Jefferson Davis, of the Confederacy, upon whose birth- day anniversary the services were held. Senator Heflin’s Address. ‘The veterans and children, assembling |at the Confederate gate, marched around the Confederate monument, led |by the Marine Band. The invocation was pronounced by Dr. Parke P. Flournoy of Camp 171, U. C. V. Senator Heflin was introduced by Gen. W. L. Wilker- son, brigadier commander of the Dis- trict of Columbia Confederate Veterans. Senator Heflin praised the contribu- tion of the South in the founding and building of the United States. He named Southern patriots, including Washing- ton, Madison, Jefferson, Andrew Jack- son, Woodrow Wilson and others. Addressing the veterans, Senator Heflin sald: “You noble men made a time shall fold his weary wings and lay his scepter down. The principles for which you fought have helped the Government every day. The Confederac: fell, but it put an emphasis on States’ rights, and local self government which 'will live always.” “Saddest Blow” to South Cited. ‘The assassination of President Lincoln, who was born in the South. the Senator described as “the saddest I blow the South suffered.” “I believe,” continued the speaxer. these sections back together; csstainly he would have saved the South from the ordeals suffered in reconstruction.” Referring to_what he characterized as “insidious efforts” to overthrow the foundations of government, the speak- er declared: “The time to treat dis- ease is before you get it: the time to prevent the break in the levee is to stop the leak as soon as it is dis- covered. Let us have allegiance to that ing to the Stars and Stripes. Music- by Marine Band. ‘The Marine Band and a double quar- tet furnished a musical program. Rev. John E. Briggs of the Fifth Baptist Church pronounced the benediction. As the quartet sang “Cover Them Over With Beautiful Flowers,” Daughters of the, Confederacy and children strewed flowers on every Confederate grave. The bugler, who had opened the service with “Assembly,” closed the ceremonies with “Taps.” Participating in the ceremonies were the District of Columbia Division, U. D. C.; Confederate Southern Memorial Association, Camp 305, S. C. V. Children of the Confederacy. D. C. Appeals Court in Reces: The District Court of Appeals ai journed today for the Summer recess. The court will reconvene October 7. All the cases which have been pre- sented for decision were disposed of with two exceptions. These two will be taken over to the Fall term. The undecided cases are the ap- peal of the Technical Radio Laboratory from the decision of the Federal Radio Commission and. the appeal of E. C. Bennett and associates in their suit against the United States Shipping Senator Heflin of Alabama was the | services also served as “that had he lived, he would have loved | flag, and that flag only,” he said, point- | YOUNG CANOEIST {Harbor Police Are Unable to Locate Body of Franklin Greatorex, 15. | The Potomac River claimed another victim yesterday with the drowning of Franklin Greatorex, 15, of 15 Evarts street northeast. The body had not been recovered up to this afternoon The dy occurred 100 yards off the Three Sisters rocks, about 1 o'clock yes- terday afternoon, near the location of the drowning early Thursday morning of William vendar and Miss Merla Matthews, Langley Junior High School teachers. | Misjudges Distance in Leap. | | seven other boys. Unable to swim, he became panic-stricken when the canoe | he occupied with a lad of his own age struck another boat and began to rock. | Attempting to leap to the other craft, he misjudged the distance and sank into the water between the two canoes. Eric Bombard, 16, of 17 Channing street northeast, the only boy in the group | who could swim, was thrown into the | water when young Greatorex caught hold of the side of his canoe as he sank. | He not only was unable to go to the assistance of his companion, but re- quired help himself when he became entangled in his clothing. Harbor police have been dragging for the body since early yesterday after- | noon, but without success. A rough | bottom has done much to hamper their | efforts. It also is thought that the | current may have carried the body a | considerable distance downstream. drowned boy, the son of Mr. | and Mrs. Frank N. Greatorex, was | an eighth-grade pupil at the Immacu- | late ception School, and during his spare time was employed as a Posta! President | Telegraph messenger. | Eight Boys in Party. | According to his companions. the | eight youths gathered at 2036 Lincoln | road northeast, the home of two of | their number, about midday. The | boys making 'up the party included Hamilton Squier, 15, and Charles Squier, 13, both of the Lincoln road address; Raymond Madigan, 15, of 47 Girard street; Luther Bauplitz, 15, of 1716 North Capitol street; Charles Preer, 15, of 2705 North Capitol street: Eric Bombard, 16, of 17 Channing street northeast; Henry Lohr, 16, of 10 Evarts street northeast, and Grea- xX. ‘They rented four canoes from Cole's boathouse and paddled to the rocks | near the Three Sisters. Greatorex and Luther Bauplitz were paired in one Bombard in another. * ORDER TO MOVE STREET MARKET IS PROTESTED Pushcarts on H Street Stretch Would Add to Congestion, Salomon Asserts. Joseph Salomon, president of the | Washington Hebrew Congregation, 816 Eighth street, today wrote the Dis- trict Commissioners to protest against |an order recently issued transferring a | row of fruit venders from Seventh and | I streets to the east side of Eighth street between H and I streets. Mr. Salomon said this stand is almost opposite the Eighth Street Temple, in which services are held every Saturday morning and several other week days during the year; that H street is narrow and that to place this open market there would g:auy add to traffic con- | gestion, and t the placing of a num- ber of pushcarts practically in front of & place of worship would be unsightly. Mr. Salomon also said the fruit ven- | ders were displeased with the new loca- |tion. He asked for a hearing at an early date in order to rescind the Com- | missioners’ decree. | 2,000 TROOPS ASSIGNED. | Pageant and Exposition Plans at Camp Holabird Outlined. Over 2,000 troops of the Regular Army, National Guard, Organized Re- | serves and the United States Marine | Corps, including the 3d Cavalry at | Fort Myer, Va. will take part in the | military transportation pageant and | exposition to be held at Camp Holabird {June 12, 13 and 14. It is estimated that it will take three hours for the daily pageant, feature of the exhibits, to _pass in review. In addition to the review, the troop- ers trom Fort Myer will stage mounted drills and equestrian stunts. They will make the trip to Baltimore and re- turn by motor transportation in the | Army’s new horse motor vans. Above June RCCO June low temperature records re- mained unbroken in Washington dur- ing the present cool wave that has swept the Central and Northeastern States, although records were smashed in New York City, Toledo, Ohio, and Duluth, -Minn. ‘With a minimum temperature of 48 degrees about sunrise, the mercury reg- istered 5 degrees higher in Washington this morn! than the record of 43 degrees for e 2, 1897. Blankets were from the Summer moth balls last night and probably will be comfortable L) Mercury Toboggans to 48, Five Degrees DROWNS IN RIVER The boy had gone canoeing with | FROM INJURIES IN Zdna May Blankenship Vic- tim of Wreck of Car on Marlboro Road. INQUEST INTO bEATH IS HELD UNNECESSARY State's Attorney Parran Believes Accident, Injuring Driver of Car, Was Unavoidable. Miss Edna May Blankenship, 19, of 2215 Chester street southeast, died in Providence Hospital early today from injuries sustained when pinned beneath an overturned automobile on the Marl- boro road last night while returning from Chesapeake Beach, Md. | _ Buddy Burgess of the 900 block of | Jackson street northeast, driver of the | machine, escaped serious injury. The car is said to have overturned when it Ismmck a culvert on the side of the road when Burgess swerved his auto | sharply to avoid striking three le | who suddenly alighted from a ne in _front of him. % | _Two other occupants of the car. ! Marjorie Robey and a youth whosc name is said to be Mitchell, were un- injured. ch | Inquest Will Not Be Held. | _Miss Blankenship was first taken to ! Forestville, where she was treated by a | physician, who on finding her condi- tion serious, ordered her takep to the hospital. | The full extent of the injuries causing ! her death had not been determined by | hospital authorities up to a late hour i this morning. Miss Blankenship, how- |ever, complained - of severe ternal | pains and was also suffering from lacerations on the head and face. Miss Blankenship was employed in | the main office of the Sanitary Gro- cery Co. and was a graduate of local schools. She is survived by her father. John H. Blankenship; her mother and a brother, Cecil Blankenship, employed in Newark, N. J., who left immediately for Washington upon learning of his sister’s death. After questioning witnesses this morn- ing, State's Attorney J. Frank Parran at Marlboro decided not to hold an in- quest into the accident. It was his opinion that the crash was unavoidable. | ~Forty-year-old Lee Gum, a Chinese, |living at 1001 Eighth street southeast, | was struck by an automobile driven by Charles M. Wilson of Seat Pleasant, Md., shortly before last midnight at Pennsylvania avenue and Eighth street southeast. At Casualty Hospital, where the was taken in Wilson’s machine, it | was found his skull may be fractured. | He also is suffering from cuts and bruises. Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver. Struck by a hit-and-run driver near the Green Gables roadhouse in Prince | Georges County, Md., yesterday after- | ndon, Walter J.'Fahy, 34, of 1277 New Hampshire avenue, was brought to | Emergency Hospital, where he was \ treated for a bruised right hip. Others slightly injured included | Charles A. Gray, 28, of 318 Third street: | Archie M. Rye, 8, of 3018 R street, and { Evelyn Hill, colored, 8, of 147 L street | northeast. 'OFFERS SUBSTITUTE ' FOR DRY AMENDMENT Chenery Would Empower Congress record of valor that shall last until| cance and Charles Freer and Eric/ t0 Regulate or Prohibit Rum. McBride Hits Plan. | . Repeal of the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution and the substitution |of an amendment giving Congress the | power to regulate or prohibit intoxicat- jing liquors was urged by Willlam L. Chenery, editor of Collier’s Weekly, in a debate with Dr. F. Scott McBride, na- tional superintendent of the Anti-Sa- loon League, over WRC and the Na- tional Broadcasting System last night. Mr. Chenery declared his proposai would be merely a grant of additional power to Congress and the States, rather | than a definition of policy, such as the eighteenth amendment. Under his pro- posed substitution, any desired experi- ments, Federal, State or local, might be undertaken. The speaker declared that it would not be necessary for Congress to make laws on prohibition uniform for the entire country, but that both Congress and the individual States might be left free to deal with the ques- tion of alcohol traffic as conditions and public opinions in different sections of the country might warrant. Dr. McBride declared in opposition to any modification to the eighteenth amendment and in reply to Mr. Chenery said that “prohibition has the support | of a decisive majority of the American people.” “It was submitted by more than three-fourths of Congress,” he said. “and ratified by 46 States. For 10 years the people have registered continued emphatic indorsement of the eighteenth amendment through the election of in- creasing dry majorities in each succes- sive Congress, dry governors in nine- tenths of the States and by giving an overwhelming indorsement of prohibi- tion enforcement in the recent presi- dential campaign.” BOARD OF TAX APPEALS DECISIONS ARE UPHELD District Court of Appeals Hands Down Opinions in Four In- come Cases. Four decisions of the Board of Tax Appeals were sustained today in opin- ions rendered by the District Court of Appeals. The decisions were rendered in the cases of the Symington-Anderson Co., assessing a deficlency tax of $76,~ 174. rd, as Cold Hits East for two or three nights, the Weather Bureau reports. While the thermometer will rise very gradually, normal condi- tions will not be reached until about the middle of the week. In New York City the mercury went to 43 degrees, the lowest ever recorded officially for June. Residents of Du- luth shivered at 32 degrees, while in Toledo the mercury set a new record 96 for the year 1918; a deficiency determination as to income and profit taxes for 1919 and 1920 against the Lafayette-South Side Bank of St. Louis; a deficlency determination for the year 1922 against Henry L. Berg and his wife, Rose Berg, in which it is held that income from the sale of oil and gas from leased premises is not gain derived from sale of capital assets, and the appeal of the Paducah Water Co. In the Paducah Water Co. case the court held that under the revenue act of 1918, allowing deduction from income d profit taxes for exhaustion, wear of 38 degrees for this time of the year. There will be some cloudy weather in ‘Washington during the next few days, but the bureau forecasts “mostly clear.” + and tear of m&ny used in trade or business, the allowance is limited to m&ny depreciable in fact and ex- el assets not of that character. 4