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he b ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Stat. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929. PAGE 17 CHINESE SOUGHT IN COUSINS DEATH IS ARRESTED HER Lee Din Gives Police Infor- mation Which May Lead to Another Capture. VICTIM HAD CONFERRED WITH FEDERAL AGENT Police Say Man Now Held Was One Taken in Double Killing Probe Last Fall. Lee Din, wanted in connection with the killing a week ago of Lee King, reputed Federal narcotic informer who was shot to death by two Chinese who dumped him from an automoblle near Eleventh and M streets, was arrested early today. Information obtained from Din prob- ably will lead to the arrest of the second man wanted in the murder, detectives said this morning after grilling Din for more than two hours. Both Din and | James Lee were named in the killing by a coroner’s jury. Police think now the case is cleared up. Held for Probe Din was booked at headquarters this morning for investigation under the name of Lee Loy, 31, of 318 Pennsylvania avenue. Under examination he admitted his real name is Din and that he is & cousin of the dead man. Din told Inspector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad that he had been with King until after 12 o'clock on the night of the killing. Din said he then left his cousin and never saw him alive again. Headquarters detectives obtained in- formation today that King had held a conference several hours previous to his death with a Federal narcotic agent | in Judiciary Square. ‘It was said they purposed to have King make some nar- cotic purchases for the purpose of un- covering traffic in the illicit drug here. Interpreter Is Needed. Din, although he has lived since child- hood in Washington, apparently found great difficulty with the English lan- guage and his replies became so unin- telligible while under examination that an interpreter will be employed to take his_statement. Police say that Din has been identi- fied as one of two men-arrested in a double Chinese killing October 12, 1928, when Lee Gin Yee and Lee Soo were killed in tong warfare, 4-H CLUB MEMBERS INVADING CAPITAL Delegates. From 40 States and Hawaii to Assemble in 3-Day Conference. ‘Members of the 4-H Boys' and Girls’ Clubs from 40 States and the Territory of Hawail began arriving today for a three-day conference here, with a view to acquainting themselves with various ‘problems pertalngu to agriculture .and the functioning of the Department of Agriculture. They will be addressed at the opening meeting by Secretary of Agriculture Hyde in the auditorium of the National Museum tomorrow morn- ing. While here the delegates will stay in Army tents already erected for them on the Department of Iture grounds, along Fourteenth street, near the Washington Monument. An additional feature arranged in connection with the convention here | will be an address over the radio to 4-H members by Mrs. Hoover, who will speak Saturday night from station WRC over a network including 31 stations during an hour's program. The delegates to the convention will listen to the ad- dress in the auditorium of the National Press Club Building. The program will run from 10 to 11 o'clock. Besides Mrs. Hoover's talk and the brief success stories of the represent- ative 4-H boy and girl, the radio pro- gram will include greetings from the Middle West delivered through the Chicago studios of the National Broad- ( casting Co. by Miss Isabel Bevier, pro- fssor emiritus of household science at the University of Illinois, and from the East delivered through the New York | studios of the National Broadcasting | Co. by Dean A. R. Mann of the New | ‘York State College of Agriculture, Cor- nell University. Music for the program will be pro- | vided by the Marine Band Orchestra and soloists. At the conclusion of the program all attending the Washington gathering, as well as the 600,000 mem- bers of the 4-H Clubs who will be listening in, will rise and repeat the ciub_pledge, Jed by Dr. C. B. Smith, chief of the office of co-operative exten- sion work in the department. Dr. C. W. Warburton, director of extension work, will preside. MISS BOWERI'WILL STAY IN ZANESVILLE HOSPITAL Miss Barker, With Her When Car Overturned, Is on Way to Home in Washington. Miss Cora Bowen. a_school teacher. | who with Miss Ella Barker, another teacher, both of this city == iniured Sunday night when their automobile overturned near Zanesville, Ohio, suf- fered painful injuries to the legs and body and will be confined in a hospital in the Ohio city for a week, according to advices received here today. Miss Barker escaped unhurt and is on her way to Washington. Miss Bowen is the daughter of J. Chester Bowen, chief statistician of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, and niece of Patent Commis- sioner Thomas E. Robertson. Miss Barker is the sister of Miss Adelaide Barker of the American Red Cross. According to Assoclated Press dis- patches, the machine in which the two Women were on their way to this city skidded in passing another car on a curve and overturned on a bank. Bombers End Tour. TARANTO, Italy, June 18 (®).—A squadron of Italian seaplane bombers today completed here a cruise over the Fastern Mediterranean which took them to Greece, Constantinople, Rumania and as far as the Black Sea. Undersecretary of Aviation Balbo was one of*the flyers, who were under the command of the + celebrated Italian aviator Pinedo, Anal&sis at Catholic BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Science is making an approach to the chemistry of human character. 1s a quarrelsome person trustworthy? Is a highly sociable person a good worker / Such questions are answered tenta- tively, as they apply to a small group of children, in a mathematical analysis | of 33 traits of character, which seems to | indicate roughly the division into three | character groups, which has just been completed in the department of psy- chology at Catholic University by Sister Mary Rosa McDonough, a graduate stu- dent ahd member of the order of Sis- ters of Mercy. The work is based on the rating of teachers of 50 seventh and eighth grade parochial schoal pupils, all of average intelligence, on the basis of each trait. | Intricate mathematical formulae were | applied to the reports in an effort to determine the correlation between trait: and which ones tended to occur in con: junction with each other. Three Groups of Traits. Sister Rosa’s conclusion is that char- | acter traits, at least those measured, | are not entities occuring independently, | but that groups of them seem to arise | from common factors. She finds the 33 traits distributed into these three groups: Will-cheerfulness, sociability | and excitable emotionality. | Among the character traits associated with the first group are determination, attention, truthfulness, reliability, self- control, obedience, generosity, stability, | refinement, contentment, lndepcndence“ self-consciousness, cheerfulness, neat- | ness and sympathy. She found a de- | cided tendency for all these traits to occur in the same child. So she concludes from the statistical analysis that at the base of all of them | there is one common factor and that in any individual such a trait as gen- erosity is a compound of this common factor, a smaller group factor, and one | or more specific factors. Thus a truth- ful individual has the basic wlll-cheer-I fulness group factor in common with the determined or the generous individ- ual. All three traits are likely.to be found in the same person. But cases| will be found in which a person will be generous, but not truthful, lacking the specific factors which, added to the common group factor, make cheerful- ness. Sociability Characteristics. ‘The sociability group includes persons noteworthy for such traits as affection- ateness, activity, bumor, sociability, credulity and expressiveness. These traits show a decided tendency to occur in the same individual, who also rates Jow in the traits included in the will- cheerfulness group. ‘The third, or stethnic-emotionality, group is notable for such generally un- desirable traits as looking for sym- pathy, conceit, quarrelsomeness, irrita- bility, impulsiveness, emotionality and forwardness. Here also Sister Rosa finds | a probable common factor at the basis of all plus specific factors making up the different traits. There is a very low gorrelgtion between these traits and those of the will-cheerfulness group. Between intelligence, as determined by standard tests, and the traits of the will-cheerfulness groyp there is a steady but not particularly noteworthy positive relation. The sociability grou traits also show a plus relationship wit] intelligence while all the traits in the highly emotipnal group show a minus relationship. That is, the conceited, uarrelsome, frritable and impusive child seems- likely to be less intelligent than the reliable, self-controlled, gen~ erous child. The lowest relation of all is between intelligence and credulity which is a mark of the simpleton. The irritable child an the one always look- ing for sympathy also show a negative | | stronger. NUN'S STUDY SHOWS GROUPINGS OF TRAITS AMONG CHILDREN! University Revea/ls Probability of Qualities Occur- ing in Sets. relationship to intelligence, while the highest relations are those between in- telligence and contentment and re- liability. Between such qualities as quarrelsomeness and truthfulness there |. i5 a very high negative relationship, showing "that they do not generally occur in the same person. Selected Group Observed. The tables, it is emphasized, are built up entirely on_observations of school children in a selected group and it can- not be stated positively that they are applicable to the population at lgrge. The entire study is an attempt to' ap- | proach from a scientific viewpoint a | problem that has puzzled philosophers | for centuries in their efforts to unravel tae mystery of human character and may serve as a basis for similar studies with other groups to see if the same relations hold good. “From this study,” says Sister Rosa, sentative conclusions can be drawn as to types of character, Types of charac- ter ‘may be thought of as groups of traits linked together by necessary bonds. Which type a person belongs | to depends upon which set of traits| predominate and which bonds are the According to the data of this investigation there are among children the inhibited type, the sociable and the uninhibited. “Those of the first type have a large measure of the general factor under- lying the will-cheerfulness set of traits. They are reliable, generous, stable, contented, refined, cheerful and sympathetic. The strong will evidenced in reliability, generosity, etc., plus the tendency to restrain self seeking in order to be considerate of others, dis- | tinguish this type of child. The soci- | able type is fond of the company of others! active, expressive, gifted with a sense of humor and affectionate. The uninhibited is distinguished by quarrelsomeness, a_tendency to look for sympathy, irritability, forwardness and, in general, a want of restraint of undesirable qualities. This type sug- gests a lack of training, a want of proper guidance from earliest years. To what external hereditary or environ- mental factors the operation is due is not clear from the statistical analysis in this study: Posting types as above does not commit one to the position that every individual can be readily and correctly classified in one or the other division. Extremes are easily recognizable, but not the majority, who are mixtures in varying proportions. Practical Application. “A practical application of the results of this investigation to the study of the character of children, a matter of the utmost concern to every parent, teacher and recreational leader, would be the concentration of effort on the elemental powers of the child. Instead of trying to evaluate his character in terms of a large number of separate traits, would it not be more economical to try to find out how much he evidences of will, sociability and emotionality? A weight- ed average of the three would be a bet- ter measure of character than the com- bination of a number of perhaps unre- lated superficial qualities.” ‘The ratings of the parochial school teachers upon which Sister Rosa's ob- servations’ were based wete snap Jjudgments, but were made up: ob- servations of specific behavior of each child. There were from 5 to 14 specific questions to be answered by the teachers in connection with each trait, the pur- pose being to get a fairly distinet pic- ture of each child in relation to each trait. This eliminated to a large extent the personal reactions of the teachers toward individual children. Each child was rated for each of the 35 traits by three teachers and the ratings corre- lated mathematically. In cases where the judges disagreed markedly the find- ings were thrown out. FLY IN CHOP SUEY PUTS TWO IN JAIL Restaurant Battle Causes| Arrest of Robert Crain and Friend. A fly in a plate of chop suey was the grievance which led Robert Crain, 28-year-old son of the late Maryland politician, for whom the Crain High- | way was named, into the kitchen of| a_ Chinese restaurant in the 300 block of Ninth street last night and thex into an altercation. it was testified in Police Court today when Crain was arraigned on assault, drunk and dis- | orderly conduct charges. | When Crain appeared before Judge| John P. McMahon there was a long| cut across his forehead and other marks of batle, which were attributed | to Joe Ock, a restaurant attendant. Ock was reported to have struck Crain with a meat cleaver when he protested about the chop suey. The defendant asked a jury trial on the assault charge and was released under $400 bond for a future hearing. He asked and received a wnt!nuance‘ on the drunk and’ disorderly count. Crain spent last night in a cell at the| first precinct station house, where he | was held in lieu of $40 cash collateral In the excitement at the restaurant last night a waiter slipped to the street and summoned Patrolman H. W. Estes. Estes arrested Crain and a companion, Frank *ecegan, 29 years old, living In tb* MU0 block of Colorado avenue. -He| was charged by police with being drunk. Crain was taken first to Emergency | Hospital, where five stitches were taken | in the cut across his forehead. He was then taken with Meegan to the station house. Crain 1s a former newspaper man and a stock broker. He lives at 1855 Wyoming avenue. A year ago he was injurea critically when his auto- mobile overturned near Observatory | Circle on Massachusetts avenue. Four years ago he left a house party in Wilmington, Del, with Miss Anne Boyd, | a Washington debutante, and married | her in Elkton, Md. His wife, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. John R. Edie, is at present in Paris, France. Assistant District Attorney Hobart | Newman said this morning that a war- rant would be 1ssued for Ock, charging him with assault. REPORTS LAUNDRY THEFT ! Mrs. Estelle Morris, manager of the Palace Laundry branch at 425 Twelfth street, told police late yesterday that $87 was taken from the establishment by unidentified parties after she be- came {1l while at work and was removed to_Emergency Hospital. ¢ Mrs. Morris, returning to her work yesterday afternoon after an absence of three hours, found the cash register AUTO LIABILITY BILL IS OFFERED, Suspension of Motor Rights Would Stand Pending Probe of Damages. Representative McLeod, Republican, of Michigan, chairman of the judiciary subcommittee of the House ~District committee, at the request of the Ameri- can Automobile Association, today in- troduced a bill providing for establish- ment of auto liability responsibility. His measure calls for revocation and suspension of operators’ and chauffeurs’ licenses and registration certificates by the director of traffic until proof is established of ability to pay ‘damages resulting from personal injury or death of any person. _This action would be taken by the director after final order of judgment has been rendered by the court or the driver shall have forfeited bond or col- lateral for violation of the following provisions of law: Reckless driving, driving while under the influence of in- toxicating liquor or narcotic drugs; leaving the scene of an automobile ac- cident in which personal injury occurs without making identity known, and such other violations of traffic acts as constitute cause for suspension or revocation of licenses. TRAFFIC TO BE TOPIC. A detailed discussion of traffic condi- tions in the Chevy Chase area and ways for their improvement will be held at a meeting of the Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association at the Brown School in Chevy Chase at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. The interest of the association in the traffic problems has become acute since the recent killing of a child at Albe- marle street and Connecticut avenue. The committee of the Chevy Chase Citizens' Association has made a careful survey of the traffic conditions and will present a report with suggestions for improvements at the meeting of the association. Arthur ~Aldeman, presi- dent, will preside. . NAMED FES:I'IVAL HEAD. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan has been named chairman of the general com- mittee which will be in charge of the first annual cherry blossom festival, to be held next Spring at the time of ‘the blooming of the double_blossoms, it is announced by Charles W. Darr, presi- dent of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, which will sponsor the event. Thé announcement was made at a meeting of the chamber executive com- NAMES OF LEGATION AIDES WHO BREAK AUTO LAWS SOUGHT Caraway Resolution Asks Capital Police to Give Senate Information. RECENT INCIDENT IN FAIRFAX CITED Senator Charges “Innumerable Complaints” of Acts Endanger- ing American Citizens. The Senate today adopted without de- bate a resolution by Senator Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas, calling on the Washington Police Department to fur- | | | | | nish to the Senate the names of all rep- | resentatives of foreign countries or em- ployes of foreign legations who have been arrested or warned while operating automobiles in the District of Columbia. In the preamble to his resolution Senator Caraway called attention to newspaper accounts telling of the inei- dent yesterday in which a representative of the Turkish legation was stopped in Fairfax, Va., while driving an automo- bile, and who, according to the resolu- tion, claimed diplomatic immunity and was released. The Caraway resolution also stated that it was alleged that the | | Turkish government will demand “an | apology. Continuing, further stated: the “And, whereas, ‘there have been in- | numerable complaints of minor officials connected with the various legations here in Washington driving while in- toxicated and otherwise s disregarding traffic regulations to the great annoy- ance and danger to the American citi- zens, ““Therefore, be it resolved by the Senate of the United States that Maj. Pratt, chief of the Washington police, be and he is hereby requested to fur- nish to the Senate the names and the nationality of all representatives of foreign countries attached to or em- resolution | 1 | | | | ployed by foreign legations who have | been arrested or warned for operating automobiles in the District of Columbia while under the influence of. liquor or | for other traffic violations.” Senator Caraway asked unanimous consent for the immediate passage of the resolution, pointing out that it merely calls on the Police Department for information. No one objected or sought to debate the question and the Vice 'President declared the resolution adopted. TESTIMONIAL GIVEN FOR MAJ. BROWN Engineer Soon to Leave on New Assignment at Fort Leavenworth. Members of the major business and civic organizations of Washington joined today in paying tribute to the public service here of Maj. Carey Brown, who next month ends his assignment of duty as assistant director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks and | as engineer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Maj. | Brown will go to Fort Leavenworth, | Kans,, under his new assignment. A token of ‘appreciation was present- ed to Maj. Brown at a joint luncheon meeting of members of the business | groups at noon at the Chamber of Com- | merce of the United States by Lieut. | Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the planning commission. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the Mer- chants & Manufacturers’ Association, presided, and an address recounting and commending the service of Maj. Brown was made by Rev. Charles T. Warner of St. Alban’s Church. Among honored guests at the meeting were Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and chief engineer of the United States Army; District Commis- sioners Dougherty and Col. Ladue and | Representatives Zihlman of Maryland, chairman of the House District com- mittee. Members of the following organiza- tions participated in the testimonial luncheon: The Merchants & Man- ufacturers’. _Association, Washington Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, District of Columbia Bankers' Associa- tion, Washington Real Estate Board, the Automotive Trade Association, Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, Optimist Club, Round Table Club, Thirteen Club, Zonta Club, Soroptimist Club, the Fed- eration of Citizens' Association, Opera- tive Builders’ Association and the ‘Women’s City Club. | The committee in charge consisted | of Gen. Stephan, Harry K. Boss, Edwin S. Hege, Lanfer P. McLachlen, Robert J. Cottrell and Dorsey W. Hyde, jr. GIRL, 22, TELLS COURT | SHE WROTE BAD CHECKS Admitting her guilt when arraigned | in Police Court today before Judge John P. McMahon on charges of issuing five worthless checks, Louise C. Walter, 22 years old, of Falls Church, Va., was re- manded to jail to awalt imposition of sentence. Detective Ira Keck testified that the girl, residing at the Grace Dodge Hotel when she was arrested, had received money and merchandise from promi- nent local department stores amounting to more than $120. There were other checks issued by her, but restitution has been made, Keck said. The young woman refused to testify in her own behalf other than to say she was unemployed at the time and a friend had promised to lend her money. | With this she expected to make the | checks good, she said. She informed the court she had been employed by the Anti-Saloon League and at cne time had worked for a former member of the House of Representatives. She expect- ed to secure employment with another former member of that branch of Con- grss this week. Probation authorities were ordered to investigate the girl's record. Universal Meat Standard. The confusion of trade nomenclature and designations for the various qual- ities of live stock and meats has been a limiting factor in the development of the industry. Following many years of study of the situation the Bureau of Agricultural Economics has formu- lated standards for live stock and meats, mittee, which also indorsed the fire- men’s annual parade and celebration, the proceeds of which are to go to the £80 short and her pocketbook, contain- +ing $7, missing. she reported, firemen's and policemen’s relief asso- clations. the widespread adoption of which is being urged by Federal and State live | | Above: One of the elephants enjoying a stream of water played on him by a keeper. Below: The polar bear takes a plunge. —star Staff Photos. BIRL, 5,15 FATALLY | | | INJURED BY AUTO Driver Is Held—Witnesses Say Child Darted From Curb to Death. Just one day less than a month after another child was injured seriously by an_automobile while crossing in the 1300 block of Massachusetts avenue outheast,” 5-year-old Mary Edna Hors- man of 1347 Massachusetis avenue was hurt fatally at ajmost the same spot late_yesterday afternoon. Two other small” pedestrians sustained slight in- juries in the afternoon’s traffic acci- dents. Calvin 8. Willett, 22 years old, of 1105 East Capifol street, the driver of the machine which struck the little girl, was arrested and held at the fifth precinct police station to await the coroner's inquest today. Residents Protest Speeding. Following the accident, .complaints concerning the speed at which motorists travel along the stretch of Massachusetts avenue southeast east of Lincoin Park were voiced by a number of residents of the neighborhood. #Witnesses told police that the little girl ran out from the curb in front of two automobiles which were going east. The machine on the right side of the street managed to stop. Willett swerved his car sharply to the left, but the child was running in the same direction and the machine struck her, knocking | her about 10 feet. Fails to Regain Consciousness. She was taken to Casualty Hospital by Ralph Tate of 25 Sixteenth street northeast, who was driving past. She died at 9:20 o'clock last night, four hours after the accident, without re- gaining consciousness. Dr. Louis Jimal of the hospital staff, said that death was caused by a fractured skull. On May 19, 4-year old Elizabeth Dorothy Thomas of 2147 Young strect southeast was hurt at almost the same place. She was on her way to Sunday school. It was thought at first that her skull was fractured, but she now has recovered. 3-Year-Old Knocked Down. Spiro Pasaras, 3 years old, of 717 Third street, was run down by an auto- mobile, bruised and cut ‘about the face early last night while crossing Fourth strect in_the 600 block. The motorist, Charles N. Black, jr, 325 Thirteenth strect southeast, removed the child to Emergency Hospital, where his injuries were regarded as slight. John Joyner, colored, 5 years old, 2319 N street, suffered a possible frac- ture of the skull yesterday afternoon when hit by an automobile near his home. The machine was driven by Armstead Gravett, colored, 933 Twenty- sixth street. A coroner’s jury also was to inquire today into_the death of Frederick Som- | erville, colcred, 46, of 407 Smithson court southeast, who succumbed at Emergency Hospital last night to in- juries received June 14 when he was knocked down by an automobile at Four-and-a-halt and H streets south- west, Robert L. Forrest, also colored, 25, 918 Four-and-a-half street southwest, the alleged driver of the automobile, was arrested by fourth precinct police fol- lowing Somerville's death and held for the inquest. i3 MRS S Woerker Critically Injured. Edward Buckner, colored, 37, 1633 Covington street, was critically injured late yesterday afterncon when he fell from” a_scaffolding about a building under construction at Connecticut ave- nue and Porter street. The man was stock and meat specialists and by lead- ing live stock and meat ‘organizations. removed to Emergency Hospital and treated for internal injuries. THREE MEN HELD INFANNING DEATH |Suspected Participants in Brawl Will Face Coro- ner’s Jury. Shortly after the death last night at Georgetown Hospital of Francis E. Fan- ning, 28, of 1310 Thirty-sixth street, following what police describe as a brawl Saturday night at 3631 Canal road, three men were arrested and held | for action of a coroner’s jury, meeting | tomorrow. Wisconsin avenue; Joseph Fearson, 29, 2041 Bennett . strect northeast, and | James R. Dove, 27, of 1310 Thirty-sixth street. Fanning had a fractured jaw and skull when brought to the hospital. It is thought he fell headlong down an outside flight of steps. His head struck a stone wall near the base of the stairs, police say. According to Detectives N. S. Rod- kinson and F. E. Stroman, Fanning was not removed to the hospital yntil Sun- day afternoon because the alleged par- ticipants in the fight did not believe his condition serious enough to warrant it. When_friends were informed of his Uiness Panning was taken to the hos- pital. FIREMAN BREAKS LEG IN PRACTICING DRILL | Slips on Rope While Training for Emergency Rescue Work. Fireman A. C. Kefduver, attached to | Engine Company, No. 11, sustained a fractured leg this morning at the Fire Department training school, North | Carolina avenue and Seventh _street southeast, when he slipped on a rope suspended from & third-story window, descended too swiftly, striking on his right foot. The maneuver was part of the train- ing at the school, where the District firemen are put through drills pertain- ing to emergency rescue work. His com- panions said he lost his grip on the rope about, 17 feet from the ground. Kefau- ver, who lives at 640 Farragut street, was removed to Emergency Hospital. ‘They were Anthony Fennelly, 31, 1645 | Children Win Race Against Time to Side Of Father, 111 Here Three Land at Hoover Field After Flight From Louisiana. A six-day race with death to the bedside of their father, Francesco Esco- bar, wealthy Central American coffee merchant, was won just before dusk yesterday when his three children landed .at ‘Hoover Field after a dawn- to-dusk flight here from New Orleans. The plane came in while Dr. Don Carlos Leiva, first secretary and charge d'affaires of the legation of Salvador, and nephew of the sick man, waited at Bolling Field. The trio left New Orleans at dawn yesterday with Lieut. E. G. Thomas as pilot and made the (rip of nearly 1,000 miles with only three stops, one a forced landing for fuel in North Carolina, where they were held up for two heurs. Mr. Escobar has been at the Salva- doran legation, 2601 Connecticu: ave- nue, for the past two months, having come here for medical attention. He became critically ill a week ago and his children were requested by cable to come immediately. . The 'son, Carlos Escobar, and two daughters, Senora Mercedes Seadler, wife of the British vice consul at San Salvador, and Senora Maria Sunha left their home in San Salvador, capi- tal of the Republic of Salvador, last Tuesday. They made the trip by tail- road to a port on the Gulf of Mexico where they boarded a steamshin for New Orleans, arriving there at 1:30 a.m. yesterday. ‘ EDISON_SCilOLARSHIP COMMITTEE TO MEET District Candidates to Be Made Tomorrow. scholarship committee will meet at 9:30 tomorrow morning at the Franklin A | ministration Building under the chair- | manship of Hérry O. Hine, secretary of the Board of Education, to make its first eliminations among the mine candidates who hope to represent the District in the Nation-wide competition. ‘The members of the committee, who over the past week end had rated the nine candidates without consultation and who tomorrow will compare notes probably with the view to picking the four’ most likely youths, include, Ste- phen E. Kraemer, first assistant super- intendent of schools; Harry Stimson, representing the private schools; James E. Cummings of the National Catholic ‘Welfare Courcil, representing the pa- rochial schools, and G. C. Wilkerson, first assistant superintendent in charge of the colored schools. ‘The nine candidates are: John Henry Willlams of Central High School, Milton Felstein, McKinley High School; John Paul Rappolt, Business High School; Reginald Rutherford, ‘Western High School; William Radford Anderson, Armstrong High School; Al- bert B. Parks, St. John'’s College; Arthur P. Hepburn, Gonzaga High School; Charles W. Hopkins, Woodward School for Boys, and James B. Clark, Emerson Institute. The survivor of this group will receive a trip to Mr. Edison's labora~- tory, where the famous inventor will give a personal examination to him and the 48 State representatives in com- petition for a four-year scholarship to an accredited technical _institution, Each of the 49 candidates for the na- tional prize will be given one of Mr. Edist;\'s phonographs and radio instru- ments. Six Sets of Twins in Ceremony. ANDERSON. Ind. June 18 (#).— When the Misses Alverta and Lavera Morgan, twins, are married in a double ceremony today, five other sets of twins will be present, as. bridesmaids, singers, organists and flower girls, Alfhough still holding that an ac- count of $44.84 incurred by Inspector E. W. Brown, in charge of the Traffic Bureau, Police Department, on a trip to New York City, Philadelphia and return in January, 1928, could not properly be charged to the appropriations for Met- ropolitan” Police, Controller General McCarl today decided that the bill could be paid from a traveling expense fund out of contingent and llane- ous expenses for the District of Co- lumbia. ‘The question had been before Con- troller General McCarl for many months and his first decision was a disallow- ance of the payment in the accounts of J. R. Lusby, disbursing officer of the District of Columbia. Lusby requested the reconsideration of the decision of January 12, 1929, and it was explained that the trip was mede for the purpose of studying traffic conditions in New York and Philadelphia, and also the regulations in these cities relative to Cost of 1928 Trafhe Inspection Trip Placed by McCarl Under Travel Fund :i}!"f handling of taxicabs and taxicab ivers. “The benefits to be derived from this trip,” said Lusby, “were considered be- fore Inspector Brown made the trip and the information so secured proved to be of great benefit to the department.” McCarl held that his previous de- cision still was sustained, “insofar as it holds that the appropriation for Met- ropolitan Police is not available for this item of traveling expenses.” He further decided, however, that “as the facts now appearing disclose that the trip of Inspector Brown was in con- nection with administrative matters, the expenses are properly chargeable to the appropriation ‘contingent and mis- cellaneous expenses D. C. 1928, sub- head. ‘traveling expenses,’ in which :&ere appear to be ample funds for this “Aceordingly,” _he _concluded, “the matter will be adjusted by allowing credit for the item and issuing the nec- essary transfer and counter Warrants to charge said appropriation.” !First Eliminations Among Nine| ‘The Distriet of Columbia’s Edison | NINE RULES ISSUED FOR TROLLEY FARE INGREASE HEARING Drawn Up by Commission at Lengthy Session and Served on Company. TESTIMONY TO BE HELD DOWN TO ESSENTIALS Sale of Gas Light Stock Is Con- sidered, but Action Awaits Legal Opinion. Nine rules for conducting the public hearing July 2 on the request of the Capital Traction Co. for an increase in car fare on all lines in the District were served on the company today. The rules were drawn up at a lengthy ses- sion of the commission yesterday. The commission also considered the sale of the majority of the stock in the Washington Gas Light Co. to New: York financiers, but took no action on the matter pending receipt of an opinion from Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, legal adviser of the commission, on the legal aspects of the sale. The rules for thec arfare hearing were mainly directed to holding the tes- timony down to essentials. Particular attention, however, was aroused by the last rule, which read: “The commission is notb ound by the rules of stare decisis and res adjudicata.” Hartman Explains. Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman explained today that this meant that the commission in the carfare case would not be bound by decisions of former commissions in any particula: This is possible, he said, in administr: tive bodies, although impossible for courts. It is understood that the rule has reference principally to the offer of the former commission, in hearing che company’s petition for an increase of fare last Fall, that the record in that case could be used in any future case. The offer is contained in a letter to the company from the commission, dated October 29, 1928, which reads, in part: “It is understood also for the sake of saving time and expense, that you will be permitted to use the record which was made in the recent hearing in any sub- sequent_hearing for so much as it may be worth, preserving the right, of course, to add to it any additional evidence which you might care to offer and at the same time permitting other inter- ;cs;q' parties to have the same privi- The present commission is believed to be dissatisflied with the record of | the previous case in several respects, {and the first rules adopted limit care- | fully the use to which it may be put. Rules for Hearing. The rules are as follows: “Excerpts from the record in case No. l201 (the first petition) will be speci- fied by page and line numbers. Coun- sel desiring to introduce such evidence will furnish the commission and oppos- ing counsel with a statement of the evidence intended to be offered. On such offer it shall be understood that if desired by the commission or coun- sel the witness will be recalled for fur- ther questioning. “All exhibits will be marked for’ identification when offered and will not be received in evidence until opposing counsel has been afforded opportunity to study them and examine the witness on matters relative to the competency of the evidence. Evidence given relative to exhibits while they are marked for identification will be received in evi- dence or excluded and treated as an offer of proof, depending upon the com- mission’s ruling as to the admissibility of the exhibit. “No matters within the scope of the ccmmission’s judicial knowledge will be received in evidence. If offered, such matters will be marked for identifica- tion and permitted to accompany the record. “All matters within the scope of ju- dicial knowledge which the parties wish the commission to &onsider shall be called to its attenton on the record. “Witnesses will not be permitted to read into the record matters which are self-evident from the face of exhibits or long excerpts from decisions or other printed documents. Argument at Close of Quiz. “/Counsel are requested to present all detailed statements of fact, so far possible, in the form of exhibits show- ing agreed statemepts of fact. “Counsel will be required to reserve all argument as to general principles until the close of the hearing. “‘Cross-examination will be limited to the scope of direct examination and will not be permitted until direct examina- tion on that phase of the case has been completed. Counsel will be required to complete their cross-examination with- out the intervention of questions by other counsel, unless such interruption ;.s m:‘pechlly permitted by the commis- “The receipt of hearsay or secondary evidence by the commission without ob- Jection or over objection shall not af- fect the weight to be accorded such evidence.” POLICE EXAMINED FOR ADVANCEMENT 250 Take Annual Tests on Which Promotions Are Based. Two hundred and fifty policemen werg busy answering questions today as they took the annual examination for promotion at the.offices of the Civil Service Commission. The examinations are for promotion to all ri up to and including cap- fain. Inspectors are appointed without regard to civil service examinations. Maj. Henry G. Pratt said that those taking the examination included prac- tically all the lieutenants, a good many sergeants and 200 privates. Headquar- ers was deserted today by the many de- tectives usually to be found there, who were at the examination. Lieut. L. I. H. Edwards, who rarely misses a day at his desk in the anteroom to Maj. Pratt's of- !il‘ge. was likewise taking the examina- n. Last year 232 policemen sat for the examination. The subjects covered are the police manual, the police tions and other laws which the pol must enforce and which govern their actions. ‘The examination this year is said to be designed along practical lines, and the auestions are expected to be somewhat different from the rather abstract queries propounded in the past. Nearly half the people in China do not eat rice,