Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1929, Page 12

ORDERS HEARING ON PETITION FOR HIGHER CAR FARE Utilities Commission to Hold Public Session on Higher Rates July 22. MADE PARTIES TO ACTION Poard Fails to Bring Up Sale of Gas Company Stock to New York Interests. The Public Utilities Commission today ordered a2 publie hearing July 22 to/ consider the application of the Capital Traction Co. for increased cer fares. The commission also granted the eompany's request to make the Wash- ington Railway & Flectric Co. and the Alexandria, Mount Vernon & Washing- fon Railway Co. parties to the proceed- ing. The latter action was interpreted to mean thal the commission has de- | clded that street rallway fares in the | District shall be kept uniform. Their procedure in this case is dif- | ferent. to that followed the last time the Capital Traction Co. asked for higher fares. At that time the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. was not called in until after the public hear- ings had been under way for some days | and the Virginia line was not made 2 party at all Wants 10-Cent Fare, The Capital Traction Co. requested a eazh fare of 10 cents, with a sale of four tokens for 30 cenfs. i A special meeting of the Federation of Citizens' Associations has been called for next Saturday night to discuss the | Capital Traction Co.'s petition. Al- | though most. of the meeting will be | given over to discussion of the proz- pective car fare increase, the federation probably will also receive and act upon The State flag of Nevada being pre: the Post Office Building. s NEVADA FLAG PRESENTED sented to Postmaster General Brown by Senator Oddie as part of the Flag day ceremonies vesterday in the court of | —Star Staff Photo. | BRIGATWOOD RAPS CITY PAID AIRPORT Meeting Adopts Resolution report trom its committee on public welfare calling attention to the failure | of Washington milk sellers to Teduce | milk prices this Summer and suggest- | ing that the matter be referred to the | Federal Trade Commission for investi- | gation. | ‘The Utlities Commission also ordered | # public hearing on June 26 on a re- ouest from the Mayflower Hotel Co.. indorsed by several members of Con- gress, to remove the permanent loading platform located immediately opposite the hotel entrance. This question came up at a public hearing before the old commission and the request was then denied. The present commission is understood to be in favor of removing the platform. Ignore Gas Stock Sale. Sale of the stock of the Washington Gas Light Co. to New York interests, which was expected to provoke some | discussion at the commission's meeting today, was not mentioned. The commission denied the request of the Southeast Business Men's Asso- ciation to order all street cars equipped with jacks in order that they could gmmpny be raised off anybody who appened to fall under a car. The commission decided that such an order would require too much capital expense to make it reasonable. The commission had before it a letter | from the Washington Railway & Elec- tric Co., calling attention to orders recently issued to trainmen not to ex- ceed 20 miles an hour while cross! the P Street Bridge on the Georg 2 line. The company asked the commis- slon to take no action with reference to the matter of speeding of street cars over this bridge recently called to its attention by the bridge department of the District Government until the com- pany has its inspeciors check for sev- eral weeks the speeds at which the cars actually run. The commission agreed to this and instructed the executive secretary to secure periodical reports from the company on the specds at| which the cars were crossing the bridge. TYPOTHETAE OUTING AT CHAPEL POINT 200 Attend Annual Event Today‘ for Athletic Contests, Fishing, Swimming and Dinner. The annual outing of the Typothetae | of Washington and allied trades is be- | ing held today at Chapel Point, Md,, with over 200 members attending. The start was made this morning at | 10 o'clock from Peace Monument with Lew Thayer, veteran pilot of the organization, leading the long line of sutomoblies. The day will be spent in athletic contests, fishing, boating and awimming, concluding with a shore dinner in the Jate afternoon. The program includes base ball game at 1 o'clock between the printers and -supply- men of the | Capital. There are nine individual prizes for the members of the winning team. The eommittee ,’f charge of the out- ing is headed by James D. Bligh. gen- ersl chairman, with Frank T. Parsons, vice chairman. SECOND TURTLE IN 2 DAYS FOUND ON STREET HERE Piliceman 7. L. Jenkine Equals Record of J. D. Martin in Mak- ing Animal's “Arrest.” | g Treading nimbly in the footsteps of | a departed brother. the one who vainly tried to cross vpper Sixteenth street trafic between blocks yesterday and was picked up by police, another 10- pound furtle wa'ked into the middle of | a bad mesg today—a bad mess for him, | at any rate | This turtle also encountered a- police- | man. ‘If he was Jooking for his brother,” said Officer J. L. Jenkins, who is help- ng No. 13 set up the turtlescatching record, “he had the right idea but the wrong direction. However, it's all turtle #oup in the long run.” Policeman J. D. Martin caught the first wayfarer. Put what an unidentified party wants ¥now s, what are all those turtles banging around thet neighborhood for? FIRST LADY AT PICNIC. Mre. Hoover and Party Enjoy Rock Creek Park Outing. Mrs. Hoover's idea of enjoying her- eelf away from the heat of the city is 10 go to Rock Creek Park with several friends and indulge in a plenic. Several days of the past week the mistress of the White House indulged in this recreation. Each time a picnic party was ataged near the Joaquin Mil- jer cabin in Rock Creek Park. The pienie lunch was set upon one of the picnic tables in the jmmediate vicinity and on each occasion a rTedio outfit ‘@ves.set .upfor .the picnickers. | The improvement of Ninth street and [Crash With Tree Ends Pur-j Protesvting Against Bur- | den to Taxpayers. Members of the Brightwood Citizens’ | Association, at 3 meeting last night in Brightwood Bank Building, adopted a resolution protesting construction of an airport at the expense of the taxpay- ers of the Capital. | It was pointed out that the President recently approved the expendjture ori $500,000 by the Federal Government, and that the bill providing for con- atruction of a local airport would assess all future expenditures, running into millions of dollars, on the taxpayers. The assoclation also went on record opposing the application of the Capital | Traction Co. for an increase in fare. | The association was advised that if this increase was permitted it would mean that the company would be able to pay 11 _per cent dividends instead of 7. | ‘Widening of Blair road from Soldiers’ | Home to Cedar street was urged, and also’ the extension, widening and im- provement of New Hampshire avenue | from its present terminus to the Dis-| trict line advocated. The District au-| thorities also will be requested to place Blair road on the District highway plan. Concord avenue, both of which have been wndL:ldr\ned and opened, also will be_requested. The: meeting ‘was presided over by Charles W. Ray. with Willlam D. Wil-| son recording the minutes. - | THREE UM CARS AND 2 N SEZED suit of Big Auto as Two | of Occupants Flee. Three cars heavily laden with liquor from Southern Maryland were umdi and two men w arrested after police chases yesterday and last night. Four other men, said by police to have been in the cars, escaj At about 2 o'clock this morning Policeman R. E. Burton and G. L. Earle of the eleventh precinct chased a high- powered machine across the Pennsyl- vania Avenue Bridge to Potomac ave- nue and G streets southeast, where it crashed against a tree. Two of the three colored occupants jumped out and fied. The third, Leroy Jordan, 30, giv- | ing a Holbrook terrace northeast. ad- | dress, was arrested on charges of reck-| less driving and illegal possession and | transportation of liquor. The ecar, | police reported, contained 78 quarts of | liquor, Sergt. George M. Little's liquor squad early yesterday chased a machine over roads north of Brookland into Maryland, where the colored driver abandoned the | car, cointaining 12 cases. each with 6 galions of whisky. The driver escaped. | At about 9 o'clock last night Sergt.' Little’s squad took up the chase of a | suspect machine at Florida avenue and Eighth street northeast, and after four blocks pursuit two colored men leaped from the moving car and fled. Police captured James Winston Shores, 21, in the 1800 block of Fifth street, and seized the car, containing 96 quarts. Shores was charged with reckless dri ing, illegal possession and transporta- tion of liquor. | Sergt. O. J. Letterman and Pvts. G. | C. McCarron, A. A. Mostyn and Rich- ard Cox, members of the vice and liquor squad, visited five suspected liquor places | yesterday afternoon, made five arrests | and seized 180 quarts of evidence. | Colored Woman Arrested. The largest seizure, 156 quarts, was | made in a house in the 1700 block of New Jersey avenue, where Rosa John- son, colored, 20 years old, was arrested on_charges of sale and possession. Raids were made on two houses in of each house being held to answer a | charge of illegal possession. Rebecca Edelin, colored, 39 years old. was al- leged 1o have had 10 quarts of liquor in her home, while Walter Moxley, colored, 20 years old, was accused of possessing vne quart. A raid on a house in the 2300 block of Sherman avenue netted 22 quarts, and arrest of Charles Proctor, colored, 30 years old, on charges of sale and pos- session. One quart was reported se.zed in the home of Kate Sellers, colored. 37 years, 400 block of Franklin street. She was accused of possession. Burns' ixtrndition Is. Granted. | SPRINGPIELD, Il., June 15. (#). Gov Louls L. Emmerson yesterday hon- ored a requisition from the governor of Georgla for the extradition of Rebert Elliott Burns, fugitive chain gang con- Car and Suspect Seized. | P Desmond court southwest, an occupans | ONE DEAD. 1 HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Charles Bradley, 35, Killed | When Car Plunges Off | Temporary Bridge. Charles Bradley. 35, a stock and bond | salesman for the Wardman interests in Washington, was killed, and Louis | Glavis, 36, of Washington and Larch- mont, N. Y., a special investigator for the Senate Indian affairs committee, was seriously injured when a car driven by Bradley early thix morning crashed through the railing of a temporary bridge over the Delaware Raflroad near Farmhurst, Del, about 4 miles from Wilmington, and plunged to the | tracks 25 feet below. Bradley was killed almost instantly | and his body was badly burned when | the machine caught fire Aafter the crash. : Glavis s in Delaware Hospital, Wil- mington, with a broken arm, severe | lacerations about the face and body and suffering from shock. The two men were on their way to ! New York. Bradley was going to visit his brother, in Rye, N. Y., and Glavis was going to his home, in Larchmont. ‘The -bridge where the crash occurred is a detour around a new bridge which is being built over the railroad tracks at that point. It was at-a turn in the temporary structure that Bradlews car crashed through the railing and pfi’nm to the railroad tracks below. Bradley was well known in the finan- cial district of the Capital. Glavis has been living here at the Racquet Club. COL. J. J. HORNBROOK RETIRES THIS FALL Cavalry Officer Has Served United | States Army More Than i 43 Years. Col. James Hornbrook. United | States Cavalry, at Oakland, Calif., will be retired September 2 on his own ap- plication after more than 43 years’ service, Col, Jay W. Grissinger, Med- ical Corps, at Fort Riley, Kans.. Capt. Edmond H. Levy, Corps of Engineers, at Portland, Oreg.; First Lieut. Louls J. Claterbos, Corps of Engineers, at Pasadena, Calif.: First Lieut. A. T. W. Moore, Corps of Engineers, at Cam- bridge, Mass,; Pirst Lieut. Peter P. Goerz, Corps of Engineers, at Fort Mc- Intosh, Tex.; Capt. George O. Clark, 18th Infantry, at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., and Capt. Edmund G. Steis, Chemical Warfare Service, at the War Depart- ment, ve been ordered to Hawali. Capt. James D. Andrews, ir. Corps of Engineers, at St, Louis, and Pirst Lieut, R. J. Burt, jr., Corps of "En- gincers, at Fort Du Pont, Del, have been ordered to the Panama Canal Zone, Capt. H. D. W. Riley, Corps of Fn- gineers, at the War Department, has been assigned to duty at Florence, Ala.: Capt. James E, Troupe, Chemical War- fare Service, from Hawall 1o Edge- j00d. Md.: Capt. Arthur B. Wade, Ficld rtillery, from Pittsburgh to Bartow, a.: Capt. Paul S. Jones, Infantry, from the Philippines to Fort Hayes, Ohio; Capt. Lowell W. Rooks, Infantry, from the Philippines to Fort McPher- son, Ga.; Maj. Joseph Kemp, Infantry, from Hawail to Fort Thomas, Ky.; Capt, Howard N. Frissell, Infantry. from Hawali to Fort Adams, R. IL; Capt. Glenn H. Stough, Corps of En- gineers, from Chicago to Philadelphia: Col. W. F. H. Godson, Cavalry, from Fort Des Moines to Detroit: Pirst Lieut. Edward A. Kimball, Infantry, from Fort Eustis, Va., to Fort Hunt, Va.: Capt. Lester A. Webh, Infantry, from foreign service to Grand Rapids. Mich.; Warrant Officer George Dobert. from Jeffersonville, Ind.. to Baltimore. First Lieut. Alfred A. de lotimier, Organized Reserves, has been appoint- ed a first lieutenant, Medical Corps, Regular Army. and assigned to duty at the Letterman General Hospital, San Prancisco; Capt, Oliver P, Porter, Pield Artillery, at Monterey, Calif., has been ordered to his home to await retire- ment; Cel. Percy M. Ashburn, Medical Corps, this city. has been ordered to the General Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark, for treatment. CHARLES N. WHELAN DIES. wi A Long Illness Fatal to Retired Flot- ist at Age of 73. Charles N. Whelan, 73 years old, 64 I street, retired florist, died at his home yesterday following a- long illness. Mr. Whelan, who was an employe .of C. C. Glover & Co. for 14 years, was A member of Holy Name Society. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John H. Davis of Mount, Rainfer, Md. ; John A. Whelan of and Harry D. and viet, who fled from Georgia to C‘lk‘llo and became a successful real estate prometer and magazine pub! T serving e £ ’mfl s Y ce .for . L. ufip Charles N. Whelan of this city. Funeral services will be held at the residence Monday morning at 8:30 mekv Interment. will be in | smooth and highly polished. showing | the pulpit, are two paintings on the rock, HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, NEW MEXICO GAVE GIVES UP SECRETS O ANGENT RACE Ex - Smithsonian Scientist! Reveals Story of Sun Wor- | shipers Painted on Rocks. | FINDS LARGE DWELLING | OF 18 ROOMS INTACT J. A. Jeansen, Studying His Find- ings, Attributes Remains to Taos Indians. RBY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘\ | Discovery of a hidden cave extending | into the depths of a great mountain in Northern New Mexico, which evidently served as the cathedral for the secret mystical rites of a primitive religion, has just been announced by the Smith- sonian Inestitution im itz report on archeological investigation in the Taos Valley. The work was carried on by J. A. Jeancon. formerly of the Smithsonian staffl. Among the Indians now dwelling | in the neighborhood Mr. Jeancon found | what amounted ta a conspiracy of silence concerning this ' underground chamber. Although it no longer is used for ceremonial purposes. the traditisn of the past when it must have been a | dread-inspiring place apparently still lingers, The cave opening is about 7 miles | north of the American village of Fer- nandes de Tacs at the font of Water. | fall Mountain. The opening is screened | heavily with trees and shrubs.-so that it would be practically impossible for any | one who did not know the location 1o find it. The entrance i« about 30 feet | high with a trall leading fo a chamber | about 40 feet high. At one end of this chamber is a curious rock formation | suggestive of a seat and a pulpit, Trall T+ Worn Smooth. trail, says Jeancon. The very that many feet have passed over it ancient times. In {ront of and above erudely done in white paint, probably intended for sun symbols since the an- clent people were sun worshippers. Both are circular. one being filled in almost completely, while the other has a eross marked in the circle. The cross, it was emnlned at the Bureau of American Ethnology, cannot be interpreted as due to some trace of Christian tradition i which in some mysterious manner had | crossed the ocean before the coming of Columbus. 1t is a fairly common sym- | bol in primitive religions and has some | reference to the sun. Fallihg from the rock in front of the cave is-a thin trickle -of water which | forms a small pool which Mr. Jean- con suspected also might have had | some ceremonial significance. H searched the pebbly bottom for re- ligious offerings without result, Finds 18-Room Apartment. | “Americans who have lived at Fernandez de Taos for a long time.” Jeancon states, “say that the cave was | used in comparatively recent years in connection with: -August dances and other ceremonies, but no lntnrmnu»\n‘ as to their nature could be obtained One informant said that the use cf the | cave was discontinued because the Mexican - village of Seco was built too near it.” ) i Digging into one large mound cov- ered with sagebrush Mr. Jeancon found the ruins of a large building of 18 rooms which probably served as a pre- historic apartment house for many families. This house had a commu- nity storage room, kitchen and church. The kiva, or place of the primitive re- ligious ceremonies, was almost in the center of the compact mass of rooms, | completely ecut off from the outside. Ordinarily in pueblo settlements the kivas are detached from the main ruin. When the plaza in which the kiva was located was first cleaned off it ap- peared that the area was used for dancing only. There was a hard, stamped floor, broken only by a large boulder in the center. When this boulder was ralsed a section of curved wall was disclosed which led to the ex- cavation of the kiva itself. The walls still rise 7 feet from the floor, are 8 inches thick, and are very well made, and hard, An Adobe Floor, The floor, says Jeancon, was made of hard-packed adobe, probably —mixed with blood and ashes. In about the center of the kiva floor was a fireplace filled with good ashes, evidently indi- cating use of fire in the religious ceremonies. In this pueblo the exeavators found many stone and bone objects which enabled them to reconstruct a partial picture of the life of the ancient people. They had built up a tool kit of their own, including a special implement for smoothing arrow shafts. There wére finely made stone knives and javelin heads, pipes, bright-colored stones, used as fetiches, and numerous fragments of pottery. Some of the Taos settlements were still flourishing. Jeancon says, when | the first Spanish explorers ~passed | through the region. Scattered over the | present, fertile agricultural valley are numerous mounds, all low and circular, | the nature of which cannot be deter- mined without excavation. Fragments of pottery are scattered all over the region. At one place about a half mile in" area the ground is strewn with thousands of pottery fragments and other Indian antiquities and there are ralsed spaces indicating ancient build- ings. The excavators dug into these without. finding any trace of walls. ‘They first concluded that it must have been an ancient cemetery, but they ‘were unable to find any human bones. The present covering of the ground is | not_the native soil. This area, says Jeancon, must T main a mystery until extensive excava- tions are possible. If a pueblo once stood there it must have been a very Jarge one and must have been com- pletely obliterated. It is almost im-, possible to concelve how this could have happened. No information could be obtained from the Indians now in | the region as to the meaning of these remains. PRESBYTERIANS TO MEET. Report of GansrklASaBRIbIS to Be | Given by Commissioners. Leading Presbyterians, both laymen and ministers, have been invited to attend an open session of Washington City Presbytery to be’ held in Fourth Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth and Fairmonit streets, Monddy evening. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the annual Teports of the six commissioners sent by Washington City Presbytery to the session of the Presbyterian General | Assembly, which met in St. Paul, Minn,, | in May. Speakers will include Rev. Henry W. Wooding, chairman of the commission- ers; Rev. Irving W. Ketchum, pastor of Peck Church; Rev. William_A. Hall of Manassas, Va., and Elders Willlam M. Terrell, William P. Mayfield and Charles T. Clayton. A motion picture film of the General Assembly will be shown. ‘The mseting is open to all of the “Church, members D.--C,, SATURDAY JUNE 15, 11929 D.C. POLICE OPEN CHNESE ROUNDLLP Detectives Scour Country for Pair Seen Here Before Lee King’s Murder. A move to round up Chinese here an in other cities was decided upon by po: lice today in an effort to clear up the killing early Wednesday morning of Lee King, alias Lee Ching, police nar- cotic informer, who was found shot down on Eleventh street between L and M streets. Efforts will be made to have useful witnesses on hand Monday at 11:30 o'clock, when an inquest into the slaying will be held by Coroner J. Ram- sey Nevitt at the District Morgue. Descriptions Broadcast. In the meantime, an exhaustive country-wide search is being conducted by police for two Chinese known to the authorities as James Lee and Lee C;lwcn. believed by police to have been the with King a short time before the fatal affair. An accurate description of the two missing men was broadcast Washington police throughout country late yesterday. Lew Ah Ngook, 27 years old. who told police she is the wife of Lee, one of the men sought, is still being held by police at. the House of Detention for question- ing. Olivia King, 24-year-old colored wife of Kine. will be called as a wit- ness at the inquest Monday morning. Believed “Taken for Ride.” In the course of their investigation members of the Detective Bureau's homicide squad, under Inspector Wil- liam S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly. chief of the squad, revealed that the two men seen in an automobile | by | it had been definitcly established that | King had been ‘“‘taken for a ride” to avenge the conviction of several Chinese recently in narcotic cases. King, in his capacity as a police “dope” informer, is | said to have given evidence recently in a Federal court in Norfolk, Va., which resulted in the conviction of his coun- trymen. 1t has also come to light that tHe dead Chinese had been actively engaged in representing himself to other Chinese in_Norfolk and Richmond as a Federal officer and had often approached his victims and displayed a badge. Just what, was accomplished on these mis- sions was not learned. Local detectives are also attempting to trace the source of the $2,500 fund said 1o have been collected by Chinese here and in Norfolk and Richmond and paid to the slayer or slayers of King. BOY, 8, CRUSHED WHEN POLE ROLLS OVER BODY Marion Smith Fisher While Playing With Chums Near Home. Injured While climbing with two small com- panions last night over some telephone poles, piled on a vacant lot near his home, 8-year-old Marion Smith Fisher of 1541 Dpuglas streef. northeast was crushed and severely injured when one of the poles rolled over his body. He is under treatment at Sibley Hospital for internal injuries, where his condi- tion was undetermined today. The child was carried home, uncon- scious, shortly after 8:30 o'clock lest night, by two small boys of the neigh- horhood, with whom he had been play- | ing. Residents of the vicinity said the poles were plied on the lot at Seven- teenth and Douglas streets northeast, some time yesterdgy. MRS. SADIE PAYNE DIES. Daughter and Three Sons Survive Madison Street Resident. Mrs. Sadie L. Payne,’ 46 vears old. of 606 Madison street, died at her home yesterday after a short illness. Mrs. Payne is survived by a daughter, Nellie L. Payne, and three sons, Lewis ., W. Howard and R. Gardner, all of this city. Funeral services are being held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence. Interment will be esslo. Cemetery, r ¥ ! nal company the pald. / will | guide to the prize-winning high school POLICEMAN OUSTED BY BOARD ORDE Curtis Carter Removed From . Force by District Com- missioners. Pyt. Curtis Carter, fifth police pre- inct, was ordered removed from the police force by the District Commission- crs yesterday. The Commissioners up- held the verdict of guilty by the police trial board on charges of conduct preju- | dicial to the good order and reputation of the force. Carter was arrested by Matthew Chmylko, eleventh precinct, March 11, and charged with speeding and illegal transportation and possession of 142 quarts of corn whisky. A jury in Crim- inal Court acquitted the officer on the whisky charges, but the trial board found him guilty. 1In an appeal filed in the case, E. Rus- sel Kelly, attorney for Carter, held that the finding of the Criminal Court jury should be binding and the charges missed, but the Commissioners deci against him. CAPT. GORE CRUSHED TO DEATH BY AUTO Details of Fatal Accident May 30 Received Here by Friends. Details of the death of Capt. Frank H. Gore, manager of the United States Veterans' Hospital at Legion, Tex., and a_ Washington resident for 10 years, who was instantly killed in an auto- mobile accident May 30, have just been received by friends here. Capt. Gore, who was associated with Maj. Robert W. Imbrie in Persia, was crushed to death when his automobile skidded and overturned on the Ker; ville-Junction Highway. The chief en- gineer of the Légion Hospital, who was with him at the time, escaped with minor injuries. 2 Capt. Gore was a native of Nebraska and was 52 years old. Upon his grad- uation_fromthe PFremont, Nebr., Nor- mal College he entered the Govern- ment. service and from 1802 to 1916 served the Philippine .government. on an appointment from this country as chief of administration of the bureau | of lands. During the World War he served in the Army Finance Department. From 1920 to 1922 and on two other oce: slons he went to the Republic of San Domingo on financial assignments. His last. foreign post was in Persia, where he acted as administrator general of the finances of Persia. For his serv- | ices in that capacity he was awarded the badge of the Sun and Lion Order by the Persian minister of finance. has been business manager of the ho: pital at Legion for the past three years. He is survived by his widow and a| sister, Mrs. Dalsy Sherman of Lincoln, Nebr. . Puneral services were held June 3 in Kerrville. The remains were cremated at San Antonia, Tex. Sl WILL GUIDE ART WI_NNER. Charles Moore to Show City to Visiting High School Student. Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission, announced today he act as personal escort and student who writes the best six-word slogan in the national movement of the Art Center, Inc., of New York City to eliminate ugly advertising, beautify the wayside stands and conserve and im- | prave the country-side of America. A three-day trip to Washington is to be the reward, the Art Center, Inc., has annount nd President Hoover is to present the certificate of award. winner is to come to W July 25. This trip has. been made possible through the generosity of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, jr., and a friend may ac- winner, with all expenses n STUDY IS URGED BY f IMERCHANTS' GROUP e Upper: Robert Patterson and Fred L. Pigeon, both of Boston, making a trial run. Lower: Thomas. Malloy of Chicagn putting the finishing tonches on Jupites —SM[ S ij El—\’lovl;)r (ia; l‘;atigue Studied at G. W. Uy Students in Tests i | R | Psychologist Hopes to De- | velop Standard for | Measuring Strain. A studv of nerve fatigue which ac- companies tiding in automobiles; espe- clally- relating to the driver, is being undertaken by the psychology depart- ment of George Washington University | in eo-operation with the United States Bureau of Standards. The study is being made under the ausplces of the Soclety of Automotive Engineers and is being conducted by Prof. 8. O. Moss, head of the univer- sity’s psychology department. He will be assisted by about 14 students in the department who will undergo road tests. “The purpose of the study,” said Prof. Moss, “is to discover some ob- ective meulgeemenu of nerve fatigue which may applied to those who have ridden for several consecutive hours in automotive vehicles.” The study will extend over several months, he_said. Road tests will-be conducted on both good and bad roads. When the tests are standardized, Prof. Moss said, hey will be used as factors in de- termining the riding qualities of various equip) nblorg: financed by automobile, shock absorber and tire manufacturers. CONTRACTOR DIES FROM MOTOR HURT | William Geese, 67, of Phila- } delphia, Injured Last Satur- day, Expires in Hospital. | | | william Geese, 67-year-old contractor of Philadelphia, died last night at Ces- ualty Hospital from injuries suffered last Saturday night when the machine in which he and Samuel Louls Chris- topher of La Plata, Md., Were riding, crashed into a concrete culvert near the Maryland town. Christopher, conscious only at intervals, is still at the hospital, but physicians expressed hope for his recovery. Geese had been living with Christo- pher at La Plata while working on a construction job nearby. They were on their way home at the time of the acci- dent. Neither was able to relate how the accident occurred. Relatives of Geese have been notified of his death. Held After Accident. Benjamin L. Pittman, 30 years old, of Newark. N. was held by police of the seventh precinct on a charge of reckless driving after his automobile had been in a collision at Conduit road and Norton street with the automobtles of Raymond J. Shoemaker, 4716 Asbury place, and Henry R. Brickel, 2107 Rhode Island avenue northeast, last night. Pittman, patient at Walter Reed Hospital, was accompanied by James B. Jordan, also at Walter Reed, and the latter received an injury to his forehead. He was given first aid at Walter Reed Hospital, while Edna Alexander, 33 years old, 2121 Rhode Island avenue northeast, passenger in Brickel's car, received an injury to her left, leg and was treated at George- town University Hospital. ‘While crossing at New Jersey avenue and Q street about 9:15 o'clock last night, Minerva Day, 32 years old, of 304 Q street, was knocked down by the automobile of Roland D. Harris, col- ored, 21 years old, 987 Florida avenue, police reported, and her head severely injured. Harris was later arrested and held cident. Policeman Hurt, Motor Cycle Policeman Kenneth Greenlow of the fourteenth precinct recetved injuries to his face and left eye about. 11:30 o'clock last night when his motor cycle skidded in front of 1680 Calvert street. He was given first ald at Emergency Hospital. A _collision between a taxicab driven by Bruce Bowie. 118 B atreet, and the automobile of John G. Radin, 912 Ninth street. occurred early last evening at Illinois avenue and Upshur street. Both vehicles were badly damaged and Radin injured. Prederick Summerville, colored, 46 years old, 407 Smithson court south- west, received a severe injury to his spine late last night as a result of being knocked down at Four-and-a-half and H streets southwest by the automobile of Robert L. Forrest, colored, of 918 Four-and-a-half street southwest. For- rest took the injured man to Emer- gency Hospital. An automobile driven by Paul D. Dobrowlski, 5523 Seventh street, came in contact with the street car loading platform on Seventeenth between H and I streets about 5:30 o'clock yes- terday afternoon and knocked down James Newkirk, 15 years old, of 430 ‘Thirteenth street. The boy, not se- riously hurt, was given first aid at Emergency Hospital. Charges Against Ryan Withdrawn PARIS, June 15 (#).—Thomas For- tune Ryan, 3d, grandson of the late T. F. Ryan, New York multi-millionaire, | was formally discharged by a French magistrate today after all chary issuance of bad checks here makes of automobiles, and automobiles 'd with different types of shock rs and tires. The study is being pending an investigation of the ac-| of | Petition to Congress for Com- mission to Make Survey Is Given Impetus. MOVEMENT IS INDORSED BY MAJOR TRADE BODIES | Determination of Equitable Divi- sion of District Government Costs Is Object of Associations. The three major trade bodies of Washington, representing the business interests of the city and a great sec- tion of the taxpayers of the District, now are unanimous in petitioning for the appointment of a presidential com- mission of experts to study the fiscal | relations between the local and Fed- | eral Governments to determine the por- tion of the costs of the National Cap- | ital which should be borne by the Na- | tional Government. The petition became unanimous late | yesterday when the board of governors | of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, without a dissenting vote, adopted a resolution urging congression- al sanction for appointment of such a commission. The officers and committee chairmen | of the Board of Trade this' week went | on record urging a commiission of qual- | ified and disinterested experts to de- | termine the division of costs as bstween the local and Federal governments, and | 1azt week the Chamber of Commerce | reiterated this proposal, which it had made more than a year ago. Equitable Settlement 1s Sought. The objective of the trade bodies in making the petition, it is explained, is | to obtain facts as a basis for an equit- able settlement of the question of how much the Federal Government should contribute to the maintenance and operation of the National Capital, and to end the controversy which arises each year over the $9,000,000 !un? sum appropriation, which is made despite the fact that substantive law for the District calls for a 60-40 division of the costs. | The proposal was urged at the mer- chants’ meeting yesterday by Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the association, who pointed to the gradually rising total budget of the District of which each year the $9,000,000 Federal contribu- tion becomes a smaller portion. The merchants’ governing board yes- terday also went on record urging con- '.llz\lllutlon ;’;::‘;:1:11'“ tax r-lte on real es an le personal property, and also reiterated its peuLEm that provisien be included in the five-year tentative budget program prepared the District auditor for an armory for the District National Guard. A committee was directed to make additional study of the law proposed by Representative Gibson concerning business licenses assessed by the Dis~ trict. and favorable action was taken on the bill to prohibit the sending of unsolicited merchandise through the malls on approval by the recipient. Traffic Program Discussed. ‘There was considerable discussion of the program of the traffic director for installation during the coming fiscal year of 514 additional traffic-control i lights at a cost of .$125,000, and it was decided to call a special conference of local merchants next week to take ac- tion on this subject. Members of the board dec! in favor of more de- tailed study of the needs for the addi- tional lights before they are installed. Questions were raised as to the ad- visability of the additional lights unless traffic studies definitely show the need for them. Reports were made on the twentieth annual booster outing recently made by members of the association. TIMLE LT SET ON CONNECTICUT Rule for Motorists Becomes Effective After Ten Days. The speed limit on Connecticut ave- nue will shortly be 22 miles per hour throughout its’ entire length, follow- ing action of the District Commis- sloners yesterday in abolishing the sev- eral 30-mile limit stretches on that highway. The 22-mile limit will be- come effective as soon as the new reg- lays and the 30- limit signs taken down. i The action followed the death of 8- year-old Anne Woolard in an automo- bile accident at Connecticut avenue and Albermarle street Tuesday. Many complaints had been made about traf- fic conditions at that intersection, but ;l:e d;llh gtl the little girl is said to ve brought matters to a head. Wednesday Traffice Director n:’r‘n".fi'.i recommended that 22 miles per hour be made the limit throughout the length of the avenue. This was approved by the Commissioners at their afternoon meeting yesterday and will become law ;J;I:aon as the formalities are complied —e " CONNECTICUT BRIDGE RAIL WILL BE STRENGTHENED The base rall of the guard on ti million-dollar Connecticut Aval:::. Bridge will be encased in a 10-inch concreie strip as an extra precaution against the possibility of automobiles crashing ihrough the guard rail, the District Commissioners ~decided today. The work will start Monday. It will be done by day labor and it will not be Necessary to enter into a- contract with private contractors for the job. Eventually each third will be removed and the remaining posts en- cased in concrete balusters, but this work will not be done during the pres- ent fiscal year. The work is to be undertaken at the suggestion of C. R. xmu.hnutlr,lect bridge engineer. The lans have been approved by the Fine Arts Commission. i H JOHN KENNEDY DEAD. WINNIPEG, June 15 (#).—John Kennedy, second vice president of the United Grain Growers, Ltd. and one of its founders. died at his home here late Jlaxt night. He was born Be;lv:mn, Ontario, in 1854, le ‘was regarded as the “grand ol man” of the farmers’ movement in m‘: West. His efforts in 1906 in founding the United Gain Growers, Ltd. then known as the Grain Growers Grain Co., marked the launching of what was the first mcougulwltum of the prairie agriculturist 80 ‘Into husiness for themselvea.