Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1929, Page 17

he Foening Stas. 'WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Society and General VACATION BECKONS AS BUDGET WORK NEARS COMPLETION Commissioner Taliaferro to Be First to Leave City, Then Dougherty. FORMER OFF MONDAY FOR JERSEY RESORT Estimates Get Finishing Touches, With Some Modifications, for Early Submission. With the District’s tentative budg- etary estimates for the 1931 fiscal year nearly completed, the Commissioners today began making preparations for a vacation. Sidney F. Taliaferro will be the first to go. He plans to leave Mon- day for a two-week rest at a New Jer- sey resort. Proctor L. Dougherty will go away upon his return, but Col. William B. Ladue, who also is a member of the Public Utilities Commission, probably will be kept in Washington most of the Summer, in view of the forthcoming hearings before the commission on the Capital Traction Co.'s application for & higher fare, which start July 29. The Commissioners spent considerable time today putting the finishing touches on the estimates, which are due at the Budget Bureau on or before July 15. Indications are, however, that they will be transmitted the latter part ©of next week. Requests Are Modified. ‘The financial requests of all of the major departments of the municipal government have been reviewed and modified, and the Commissioners now are considering the estimates of the Sewer department and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. %ese eténnlfldtli:eu!he final items to be lewed, an lanned to uj them before Commissioner. Ralaterro o B udget Breau, in written instructions to the Federal de- partments directed that the financial Tequests for 1931 not exceed the ap- propriations provided for the 1930 fiscal year beginning Monday, the Commis- sloners, it was said, probably will ad- here to their original decision to sub- mit estimates for about $48,000,000 in the tentative budget. The regular ap- priations for the District for 1930 $41,495,000, but the $3,000,000 Tecently appropriated for beginning the fiqu&ltflm 1:{‘ the nlxuniciplll center site together with supplemental appropria- mme Commhsiotnen ;nfé:d bopleek regular session of ngress in December, which will be added to the 1930 figures, will bring the total to ap- proximately $45,000,000. The District, under the Budget Bureau’s edict, there- fore, would be entitled to timates totaling that figure for 1931, Wwhich is $3,000,000 under the amount fixed for the tentative budget, Custom to Be Followed. It was pointed out, however, that it has been the custom of the Commis- sioners to send to the Budget Bureau in the tentative estimates requests for ap- propriations which are urgently needed . policy lowed this year, although the bu Jbureau may order a reduction in the $48,000,000 figure and return the esti- * mates for revision. ‘The public school items constitute the largest individual group of items in the tentative estimates. The Commission- ers, it is understood, trimmed about $700,000 from the board of education’s original estimates, but the fotal figure to be passed on to the Bureau of the Budget is said to be slightly in excess of $13,000,000. ‘The Commissioners also have made cuts in the estimates of virtually all other municipal departments, though none of them is regarded as drastic. 2 WKINLEY POOLS T0 OPEN TOMORROW Northeast Swimming Places, Cost- ing $169,000, Seen Important Improvement. The McKinley swimming pools, lo- cated in the angle of R and Lincoln road northeast, will be opened to the public at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow after- noon for the first time. Constructed _under supervision of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d., director of the Office of Public Buildings and Pub- Mc Parks, at a cost of some $169,000, the two pools are considered a material addition to the civic development of ‘Washington. S. T. Kimble of the Cen- tral High ?chlt:ol "?'zi‘hwbem manager of the pools. The " rol is 25 by 75 feet, while the larger 75 by 150 feet. The pools will be operated during the season by the Wel- fare and Recreational Assoclation of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc., & corporation of which Col. Grant is presi- dent and F. W. Hoover is general man- sger. Hours tomorrow will be from 2:30 .m. to 6:30 pm., and on week days after, the hours will be from 7 am. to 11 am. and 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 .m. Mr. Hoover explained that the urs on Sundays and holidays will be from 2:30 pm. to 6:30 p.m. Col. Grant is considering a plan to install a lighting system at the pools Awithin the next few weeks to make available for night swimming. Mr. loover has announced the scale of rges at the pools as follows: For children, who come in bathing its and require no checking priv- dleges, 10 cents. To children, who must be supplied towel and checking privileges, 15 cents. For adults, who are supplied soap, towel, and checking privileges, 25 cents; and Rental charges on bathing suits for both children and adults will be 15 cents extra. Spectators will be admitted upon a payment of a 10-cent fee. OWNER ASKS INJUNCTION. Injunction is asked in a suit filed by Mrs. Emily C. Lawson, owner of a co- operative apartment in the Toronto Apartments, at Twentleth and P streets, against the Toronto Apartment House Co. . She claims that demand has been made on her to pay $408 as “additional calls,” which she claims may not legally ISOLATED MOUNTAIN FOLK SCARCELY KNOW PRESIDE Encountered by Survey Party on South Branch of Potomac River. West Virginia Natives Live About 125 Miles From Washington. About 125 miles from Washington, in an air line in the Blue Ridge Moun- tains of West Virginia, there are moun- taineers who have no use for automo- biles, go to town but once or twice a year, scarcely know who is President of the United States and are not aware of what State they are living in. This is vouched for by officials of the United States Engineer Office, under Maj. Brehon Somervell, U. 8. Army, who is now engaged in supervising a survey gemz conducted in the Potomac River asin. ‘These primitive mountaineers-live on the South Branch of the Potomac. They have just been encountered by surveying parties of the office of Maj. Somervell in the course of a fourfold investigation, comprising irrigation, rec- lamation, flood control and hydro- electric power, on the South Branch. Survey 21 Miles. A native guide and three engineers have just completed a survey of 21 miles through a little known gorge in that part of the country, where the mountain walls rise some 1,500 feet from the waters of the Potomac. Work- ing out of a camp where 15 men are encamped, the quartet used mules in their work, the primitive trail crossing the stream some 27 times in the course of the nine-day surveying trip. The men pitched their tents on the side of the mountains at nightfall. E. J. Merrick, jr., associate engineer in the United States Engineer's office , who has just returned to Wash- T 3 jon trip in the South Branch country, said that the area is about 215 miles by road from n. Once or twu':: a y‘c’;r ‘}he mountaineers go to Petersburg, W. Va., or Moorfield, W. Va., and that is all the semblance of urban life they see. The surveying has completed for last week’s work a survey of 80 miles on the Shenandoah River and 60 miles on the South Branch of the Po- E. J. MERRICK, JR. —Star Staff Photo. tomac as part of. the basin-wide survey. During the course of this work 20 or 30 dam sites were investigated in addi- tion to a large amount of miscellaneous information which was secured. The total of 140 miles of surveying for the past week was considered a good job by the engineers. The surveyors have not had any diffi- culty with bears, Mr. Merrick explained. Deer were seen at various times in the mountains. Plenty of copperhead snakes were killed. Black snakes were en- l:ou'nwred, but gave little or no diffi- culty. Afl the surveying parties carry a com- plete snake kit, with an antidote for snake bites. \ During the nine-day trip through the gorge there was no communication avallable between the camp and the {-ny, which was not heard from all hat period. Work through the valley was accomplished by numerous set-ups of instruments in the middle of the stream that was the only available place for a set-up. The South Branch of the Potomac is very swift, but not deep, at that point, but contains numerous pockets, which are considered treacher- ous. RAIDERS FIND RUM IN CASH REGISTER Colored Grocer Faces Charges—4 Others Arrested " in Series of Visits. Frank Lee, dispenser of groceries and pickled tidbits in the 1500 block of Eleventh street, planned to fool the police by hiding whisky where his money ought to be, and only missed doing so by the skin of his teeth. Y Sergt. O. J. Letterman and his 1 raiders went to Lee's grocery and tessen store with a warrant which stated that they believed whisky dget | was stored on the premises and that they had come to find it. Lee read the warrant, smiled in a deprecatory manner, and invited the officers to come in and hunt. One officer red the depths of a ickle barre with pickles and e. He found nothing but pickles. Another hunted among the delicacies stored on the shelves, a second explored under counter, while a third watched Lee's eyes in hope of catching a telltale glance toward the much sought cache. It was all unavailing and most discouraging. - Finds Cash Box Locked. Baffled, the raiders gathered behind the counter for a. consultation while Lee stood to one side and watched with just & hint of contempt in his bearing. To stimulate his mental machinery, one of the policemen began playing a tat- too on the keys of the cash register on the counter. ~To the officer’s surprise the cash drawer remained closed. An examination disclosed that it was locked. Lee was asked to unlock it. He rotested. There was nothing there, said, but a bit of change taken in on the day's sales. The officers, how- ever, were skeptical. It was the only place they hadn’t looked, so they broke open the cash box. The cash drawer slid open and revealed three pints of whisky imbedded in dimes and quarters. Lee, who is 37 years old, and colored, was charged with illegal sale and possession. Two Men Arrested. Continuing merrily on their way, the {)olicemen went to a shoe shining estab- ishment in the 1000 block of Twenty- first street, where they arrested Joseph Paterson, 19-year-old resident of Alex- ander court, and Arthur Mason, 39 years old. Both of the colored men were charged with possessing whisky and were locked up. Morris Green, colored, and 35, re- ceived the next visit. In his eating house, in the 1800 block of Eighteenth street, the police said they found a quart of whisky wrapped in an overcoat. The charge against him is illegal sale and possession. The last place visited was a house in the 800 block of Fourth street, where Pearl Morrison, colored, 23 years old, was arrested. She had one quart of whisky in her possession, it was charged. The officers decided to call it a day. Sergt. Letterman was assisted by G. C. McCarron, Richard Cox and J. A. Mostyn. - Butler Calls on Briand. PARIS, June 28 (#).—Nicholas Mur- ray Butler, president of Columbia Uni- versity and widely known for his ad- vocacy of international understanding, called on Forelgn Minister Briand yes- terday. He explained that it was just a “friendly visit.” DRIVER OF CAR THAT HIT GIRL IS MISSING Child Was Injured Fatally by His Machine, Inquest Verdict Holds. ‘Walter $. Hurtt, 49-year-old struc- tural worker of Doyl t Pa., failed to appear at a coroni lquest. today which held him responsible for the death of Katherine Davis, 4 years old, who was run down by Hurtt's' ma- chine in front of her home at 491 G street southwest on May 16, and it was sald at the inquest he is missing from his home. The child died on June 7, at Emergency Hospital from - frac- tured skull and internal injuries. ;. Hurtt, who had been released a short time after the accident in the custody of his attorney, Daniel S. Ring, has not been heard from for more than a week and efforts to locate the man at his Doylestown home by his attorney have Pruved futile. Mr. Ring said today that t was now up to the district attorney’s office to produce the man for the ac- tion of the grand jury. Testimony given at the inquest by | Louis Dent, colored employe of a de- partment store, living at 1910 Fifth street, and Howard Powell, an electrician of 502 G street southwest, revealed that while the child had been play- ing in the street in front of her home a short time before being run down, Hurtt, who had with him as & pas- senger his wife, had been speeding down the street short time before strik- ing the child. It was indicated by police after the inquest that immediate steps will be taken to find the missing man, MARYLAND AIlTHORlTIES TAKE ALLEGED BIGAMIST Raymond Hilton, 24 years old, will be tulmed overmm kville, Md. % author- itles today to answer charges of bigamy in that jurisdiction. The warrant on which Hilton was arrested at 1835 A street southeast yesterday by Head- quarters Detective Hubert Brodie. was sworn out by Mrs. Rena Mangum Hilton of 925 E street southeast. Mrs. Hilton told police she married the prisoner in September, 1928, after he had represented himself to her as a wealthy lumber king with estates in Virginia. She charged that after Hilton had spent her money he deserted her. ‘The woman further charges that Hil- ton later married Sarah F. Walker, 24 years old, of Jonesville, Ill, and since their marriage in Rockville in May, has been living with Miss Walker at the A street address. HELP UNAPPRECIATED. Directs Traffic, Fined $15 on In- toxication Charge. Willlam Scott endeavored to aid po- lice yesterday in the crusade to diminish the number of traffic violations. Sta- tioning himself at an intersection on Seventh street, he soon was directing the steady stream of traffic. ¢ Policeman H. H. Hodges of the sec- ond precinct appeared on the scene and disapproved of Scott's efforts to assist. The self-appointed traffic director was soon lodged in the precinct on a charge of intoxication, Judge Gus A. Schuldt imposed a fine of $15 when Scott appeared before him in Police Court today. President Hoover's two canine pets— Tut, a Belglan police dog, and Engle- hurst Gillette, a setter—are to be given the first two dog tags lssued for the new dog year, which begins Monday, it was announced today by Chatham M. Towers, collector of taxes of the Dis- trict. be assessed under the terms of her con- tract of purchase of the apartment. She asks the court to prevent a threatened sale of her stock certificate because of her refusal to pay. Attor- peys Rayn nd B. Dickey and E. C. XKriz appear for the plaint Although the tags are not to be issued until Monday, Mr. Towers has set aside those numbered 1 and 2 for the Presi- dent's pets, and he plans to personally deliver them next week at the White ‘House kennels. As A & further courtesy, | M President’s Pets Will Receive First Tags, Silver Plated and Engraved the tax collector, who has supervision over the issuance of .~gs, sald he would have the tags of Tut and Englehurst Glllette silver plated and their names engraved on the back. . George Akerson, secretary to Presi- dent Hoover, noted in the newspapers this week that the license tags issued last July expire June 30, and wrote to Mr. Towers asking for renewals for the two White House pets. l’lW?nl expects ht‘u issue more than X coming year. No tags will be issued, however, until onday morning. " WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1929. z/OLD INDIAN RITUAL | OF BOILED PUPPIES 1S REVEALED HERE Bureau of Ethnology Makes Public Secret of Ancient Fox Tribe. FRIENDLY MANITOU GAVE PETS TO FIRST TWO GENS Secret of Religious Ceremony Guarded Until Death of Informant. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘The secret ritual of one of the most mysterious of primitive religions, zeal- ously guarded for generations from out- siders, has just been revealed by the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. This is the ceremonial attending the sacrifice of boiled puppies and was ob- tained more than ten years ago among the Fox Indians by Dr. Truman Michelson of the bureau staff. Its publication has been delayed for fear of revenge against his informant, an old Indian, who exacted the pledge that the material not be released until after his death. The cult constitutes what is prac- tically a secret society into which its members are born. The ceremonials are those of the Bear gens of the Foxes. While some of the old rigidity has broken down, Dr. Michelson points out, a known informer doubtless would be expelled from the soclety, subjected to jibes and insults and made to suffer socially and politically. Dr. Michelson has been working among the Fox In- dians for many years in trying to ob. tain a permanent record of their language, beliefs and customs while the present older generation is alive, The work is complicated by the variations running through the “‘gens"—i hly families, although the idea of blood relationship is not so strongly implied. Have Little Knowledge. ‘The present younger generation, ac- cording to Dr. Michelson, are so thor- oughly converted to the ways of the white men that they have only a smat- te of the old language and no knowledge of the ceremonies. Conse- quently if he did -not obtain the texts of the secret rituals they. soon would be lost altogether. The principal ceremony of the so- ciety is the thunder dance, a ritualistic performance symbolizing the Indian story of creation and the origin of some of their religious customs. The entire ritual, Dr. Michelson’s informants told him, was revealed to the tribe in the beginning by a manitou, one of those supernatural, symbolic = beings who abound in the religion of the Red Men. ‘The first two members of the gens, according to the legend of the ritual as translated by Dr. Michelson, were starving. The manitou who had cre- ated them took pity on them and made provisions for their welfare. Then he called a meeting in the skies of the other manitous, in which he urged them to respect the lives of his people. Given Tobacco. He had placed on earth an intermedi- ary between them and himself, the spirit of fire. He had also given them, as a special gift, the tobacco plant, which henceforth was their exclusive prop- which not even the manitous themselves could have unless the human beings gave it to them. Whenever they wished to share their tobacco with the gods, they were first to throw it to the spirit of fire, who would have the first puffs and then pass it along to the other gods. This constitutes one of the chief features of the ceremony, the In- dians throwing handful after handful of wild tobacco on the fire. Handfuls are thrown in the four directions of the compass to propitiate: the four thun- derers. The friendly manitou, according to the legend, also gave them puppies as pets, which were to live with them throughout the year. But, in order to convince the manitous that they were sincere in their offering of tobacco, they should make the sacrifice of killing and bolling the puppies. This also is done relative to the four points of the com- E::".h the dogs first being clubbed to DEPARTMENTS’ PAY DAYS ARE DIVIDED Some Federal Employes to Get Checks Today, Others Tomorrow, More on Monday. One Government department will pay its workers today, most of them will pay tomorrow, but four or more will pay Monday, the last day in the fiscal ycar ending June 30, according to a survey y. The Department of Commerce was the first to pay off its employes at the end of the year, and was distributing pay envelopes today. Controller General McCarl, the ar- biter in financial affairs for the Gov- ernment, will not pay his employes un- til Monday. On the same day, the Treasury, War and Interior depart- ments will distribute semi-monthly en- velopes, while the remainder of the de- partments will pay tomorrow, w is a half-day ending at 1 o'clock. The smaller establishments of the Government, it was understood, also were divided in the practice of when they shoud pay. The reason for the wide difference is the fact that the end of the fiscal year and the last pay day is June 30, which is Sunday. VAN DEMAN COMMANDS 7TH CORPS AREA Major General Sent to Omaha From 3d Division Post at San Diego. Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Van Deman, re- cently promoted, now eommmdm,‘che 6th Infantry Brigade of the 3d Division, at San Diego, Calif., today was ordered to Omaha, Nebr, for duty as com- manding general of the Tth Area, which office has been vacan ce the death of Maj. Gen. Harry A. Smith May 26. Gen. Van Deman will have but a brief tour of duty at Omaha as he will reach the statutory age for re- tirement September 3. One of the oldest known national dances is the phyrric dance of Albania. It interprets the story of a thousand years of combat, victories and defeats— danced by the and picturesque native men in col costumes, lorful | the finer tary of the ¥ In the photograph, at the left, Olga Bergathini de Sa, who was “Miss Brazil” at the international beauty pageant, with Ambassador S. Gurgel do Amaral of Brazil. At the right: Dolores del Rio, famous Mexican moving picture star, with Senor Don Luis Padilla-Nervo, second secre- exican embassy, after a call at the White House. They called on President Hoover yesterday. —Harris-Ewing Photos. MAY MAKE SURVEY OF DRY ACTIVITIES Plan Considered to Replace Proposed Propaganda Campaign. By the Associated Press. The educational campaign planned by | { the Prohibition Bureau appeared today to be on-the point of collapse. President Hoover and high Treasury officlals have stopped the move to in- troduce propaganda into the schools, and it was said no suitable posters for use had been submitted. Commissioner Doran said today that he had about decided to use the $50,000 appropriated for the campagn to launch a general survey to compile statistics as to what the Government, the States and municipalities have done toward en- forcing the law since prohibition statutes were written. “The greater part of the $50,000 will be used for that purpose,” Doran said. “We have .been without sufficient funds to compile accurate. information on en- forcement, and now it will be ble. Many -letters reach the bureau inquir- ing into the various phases of our ac- tivities, and after the survey we will be able to furnish this data.” ‘The information, Doran said, would be furnished to President Hoover's Law Enforcement Commission as soon as it was _compiled. Treasury officlals said that it had never been the plan to try to enforce prohibition through the wide distribu- tion of propaganda but that the en- forcement . would di a businesslike way. Doran said that only a small part of the $50,000 had béen {used thus far, DOES NOT WANT SUGGESTION. Assoclation Not Receptive to Dry Law Efforts in Schools. ATLANTA, Ga., June 28 () —Uel L. Lun&tln, president of the National Ed- ucation ~Association, today declared that neither the association nor the schools would be receptive to any sug- gestions on law enforcement from the Federal Treasury Department or any other Federal officials outside the field of education. The statement was made in a press conference preceding opening of the association's convention and was n answer to a_query régarding the vi of Miss Anna D. Sutter of the prohibi- tion division of the Treasury. Mr. Lampkin said he believed in State's rights in education. approved of all Federal control or su- pervision of education, but favored co- operation with Federal educational au- thorities. He advocated a secretary of education in the President's cabinet, not to supervise education, but to co- operate in its advancement. TWO SCHOOLS ALLOWED TO GIVE STUDY DEGREES Brookings Institute and College of 1 Music Licensed by Educa- | tion Board. Two additional schools have been licensed by the Board of Education to| confer degrees. They are the Brookings | Institute and the Washington College of | Music, the licenses having been granted as a result of apj al given at Wed- nesday’s meeunf. ‘The Brookings Institute, which com- prises three graduate schools, the Insti- tute of Economics, the Institute of Gov- ernment Research and the Robert Brookings Graduate School, is author- ized to confer the highest of all aca- demic degrees, that of doctor of philos- ophy. ‘The Washington College of Music will be entitled to confer degrees of bac! elor of music in theory, in voice and of fine arts in music. ARLINGTON BRIDGE BODY | STUDIES BIDS ON STONE Half a Dozen Firms Seek Contracts for Delivering Material in Capital. Purchase of granite approximal Briase e sna Lpprikch stracre.| ri an structures, in the shadow of fl’l‘!mn Memorial, was being studied today by officials of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Com- mission, which is headed by President Hoover, Half a dozen firms sought the contracts for delivering the granite in ‘Washington, and bids were opened yes- y. The granite desired falls into three classifications—for the curb and steps of the water gate, ashlar for facing, and sought for cop- ings and balustrades. Cafeteria Patrons Served Selves Rum, Camalier Charges Assistant United States Attor- ney. Renah F. Camalier today filed application for a padlock in- Jjunction to be lodged against the Mayflower Cafeteria, 1100 block of Seventeenth street. Police say the cafeteria was an “honor _system” speakeasy, in which patrons poured their own drinks and then deposited the cost in a receptacle designed for that purpose. Camalier instituted padlock proceedings when Willlam L. Morris, 34, said to be proprietor of the cafe, pleaded guilty in Police Gourt to a charge of sec- ond offense possession. A fine of $300 with an alternative jail sentence of 90 days was imposed by Judge Isaac R. Hitt. RAIN SLOWS WAR ON CATERPILLARS Four Spraying Outfits Wil Require Months to Cover Infested Area. 5 The caterpillar of the tussock moth is infesting downtown .shade trees in particularly troublesome numbers this year, and efforts to destroy them by spraying have been badly hampered by rainy wetther. 3 Clifford Lanham, superintendent of trees and parkings, said today that four crews of men with as many spraying outfits, have been fighting the pests for two weeks, but that it will take some three months to thoroughly cover the infested areas. For the most part the caterpillars have swarmed to trees ranging the streets, particularly sycamores, leaving the parks comparatively free. Most of these Mr. Lanham trees, 3 said, are in the midtown section. Dozens of appeals for relief from the pests have come into Mr. Lanham's office. and these are being answered as rapidly as’ possible. ‘The spraying crews are using a solution of arsenate of lead. e By NEXT ZONING MEETING ADVANCED TO JULY 24 Number of Applications Received Prompts Commission to Change Date. The next meeting of the Zoning Com- mission has been scheduled for 10 a.m. July 24 instead of September 18, as previously announced. The commis- slon today decided that, owing to the number of applications received and to the fact that all the members of the commission will be in town on July 24, the meeting day should be advanced. Applications for changes in zoning to be discussed at this meeting must be made by July 9. In the case of any applicant who has already arranged to present his case on September 18 and cannot do so at the July meeting, continuance will be allowed, according to the commission's announcement. SITE FOR AIRPORT BOUGHT AT BEACH Aviation Development Said to Involve $675,000 Is Announced. Purchase of the Arlington Beach property and plans for immediate con- struction of a 100-acre airport on the site of Washington Airport and the beach property by the Washington Air Terminals Corporatien, controlled by the Federal . Aviation Corporation of New York, was cnnounced today. In the deal which was consummated yesterday the Washington Alr Ter- minals Corporation took over the en- tire holdings of the United States Air Transport Co., owners of Washington Airport; the New York-Washington Afr Line, a landing fleld at the south end of Highway Bridge, and “Mile-Square” Airport, about two miles below Alex- andria on' the Richmond-Washington Highway. _ The price for the airport property, which will be made into a six-way landing fleld and will take in all the . Beach property in addition | the already established Washington Alrport ding fleld, was set at '$675,000, it is apnounced today. ‘Work. of razing the amusement park at Arlington Beach will be begun as soon as_the present occupants of the grounds can move, it is stated. ‘The new development, according to plans formulated by -the Washington Air Terminals Corporation, will include facilities for seaplane landing off Arlington Beach, tourist and sightseeing | service expansion along the lHnes. al- ready operated at Washington Airport, operation of the New York-Washington air line ml: ?.m:umz;:: o(' a six-way landing fleld for of plnnu,' servicing of ships and m ment -of -vieiting planes. < below to center its At the “Mile-Square” Alexandria, the firm plans training activities, maintain repair and servicing shops and to develop an all- round aviation center. This will be one of the first attempts to divorce the student training activities of an avia- tion eonc‘el::l from ""Rm ngm! nll::nu ger-carrying base. done, explained, because of the dangers in- volved in the old system of having stu- dents flying around fields from which passengers and tourists are expected to take off. Students’ landings are not always what they should be, and the sight of students coming onto a fleld sloppily, washing out their landing gear or ripping a wing tip, is not expected to raise the morale air-minded traveling public. Heading the new company is Howard Sutherland, alien property custodian and former United States Senator from ‘West Virginia. On the directorate are C. Bascom Slemp, M. C. Cooper, vi president of Federal Aviation Corpora- tion; James O. Watson of Hambleton & Co., Maj. Gen. William M. Wright, U. 8. A, retired, and David K. E. Bruce of Harriman & Co., bankers, son-in-law of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, a ‘The new firm has opened offices in the National Press Building. The Washington Air Terminals Cor- poration also took over from United States Afr Transport the Washington territory agencies for Ryan, Waco and Lockheed-Vega planes. of the Capitol Police Wear Winter Uniforms When Superiors Provide No Other Garb The heavy, choker-collared uniforms of the Cn;{wl policemen, which keep out the chill winds of Winter, are being called upon again this summer to keep out the heat, after the fashion set by locomotive engineers of wearing red flannels while in their cabs to “keep out the heat.” In the latter case, however, it was a matter of preference, and in the former just a matter of their su- lors to provide anything but “heavies" the Capitol gendarmerie. Capt. Stephen G. Gnash, 70-year-old chief of the Capitol force, does not think his men er from the heat in their double-duty uniforms, thinks one uniform is sufficlent and explains that the Senate and House Office Buildings, where many of his command of 88 men are on duty, are heated in the Winter the hot spell, however, have gone so far as to report policemen are suffering T from the weather in their Winter uni- "I sergeant-at-arms forms. Jfltpho.flnd:m, of the House, and David S. Barry, ser- geant-at-arms of the Senate, are Capt. Gnash’s superiors. states he has left the matter of choice of uni- forms up to Capt. Gnash, for pur- chases within the amount of the appro- priation, $3,750 a year. Rodgers adds that there is a l‘:oel“ turnover in :: rsonnel of Capl police, due to Fact that they are political appointees, and points out that the provision of two uniforms, a Suntmer one and a Winter one, would mean more leftovers. ‘The Capitol police used to furnish their own uniforms, and when they d for them themselves Summer and iter garb were Then the House appropriations committee, on its own initiative, decided to furnish the police with uniforms and the appropri- ation was made, and the amount’ was all those in charge of the force sald was n eeded. City police, letter carriers and most groups of Government-em- PAGE 17 HOLDS PUBLICITY RESULTS IN MORE CARE BY MOTORISTS Traffic Squad, Augmented by 15 Extra Motor Cycle Men, Make Only Average Arrests. ONLY THREE ACCIDENTS REPORTED OVER NIGHT Judge Given Continues Practice of Imposing Maximum Penalties for Violations. ‘Traffic Bureau police augmented by 15 extra motor cycle men yesterday turned in 98 arrests in the campaign for greater highway safety in Washington organized by Traffic Director William H. Harlan and Maj. Henry G. Pratt, chief of lice, following a series of fatal traffic accidents recently. These arrests, according to Inspector E. W. Brown, in charge of the Traffic Bureau, numbered less than the average day's arrests by the bureau without the 15 additional men. Brown said he thought the widespread publicity in the news- papers about the traffic fatalities had caused a general anxiety on the part of the motoring public to drive more care- fuly, and hence there were less viola- tions as a rule than usual. Up to 8 o'clock this morning 222 ar- rests for traffic violations in all had been made, including the 98 by the Traffic Bureau. This represents about the average daily number of arrests throughout the year. Only three accidents were reported overnight, resulting in slight personal injuries. No fatalities were reported yesterday or the day before. Judge Ralph Given continued his re- cently adopted tice maximum of regulations. These include $25 for first offense speeding. the assistant corporation and Charles Driscoll, Traffic Court, declared that - the police campaign to curb traffic vio- lations had caused a marked increase in the number of persons appearing in The Traffic Court, which is usually spacious enough to handle the crowd of defendants who appear, was filled to its capacity today and many motorists who appeared to answer charges were forced to await trial in the corridors of the Police Cdurt Building. Paul O. Wax, Oxon Hill, Md., was driver of an automobile that collided with the bicycle of Edward Hawks, 15 years old, of 402 Fifteenth street south. east, at Eleventh and D streets sout] east, about 5:30 o'clock yesterday after- noon. Hawks, suffering from injuries Bl g e B vidence and treated b; enm z'u: : uel McLurkin, colored, 35 years old, 1647 Third street, was atruci by the automobile of Daniel Heffernan, 4150 Wisconsin avenue, while on S street between Sixth and Seventh streets yesterday morning. McLurkin was treated at Providence Hospital for injuries to his face and hands. sutomabile 3 Thirty-eighth street, at Connecticut avenue and N street. MRS. GEORGE NEWGARDEN DIES AT WALTER REED Wite of Retired Army Major Stricken With Heart Attack After Operation. Miss - Margaret Newgarden, 62 years old, wife of Maj. George J. Newgarden, U. 8. A, retired, died suddenly at Wal- ter Reed Hospital yesterday. Mrs. New- garden was apparently recovering from an operatibn performed three weeks :lmh Wwhen stricken with-a heart at- s Mrs, Newgarden was a native of Allentown, Pa. She is survived by her husband, two sons, Maj. Paul W. Newgarden, an instructor in the Artil- lery School at Fort Sill, Okla., and Maj. George J. Newgarden, jr., an instructor in North Carolina State College, at | Raleigh. The family home is 1633 Mas- sachusetts avenue. Funeral services will be held tomor- row morning at 11 o'clock in the chapel at Fort Myer, Va. Interment will be in Arl Cemetery. Maj. Paul Newgarden was playing in Armyl;’ennnl:‘uwegrn':nfi here yes- terday wl mother's bedside. LIONESS SHOWS TEMPER: CUB IS TAKEN FROM HER Runt of Litter of Three Is Banged Against Cage Bars by Mother. ‘The runt of a litter of three lion cubs at the Zoo has been taken away from its mother and will be brought up on a bottle following an exhibition of bad temper on the part of the old lioness yesterday afternoon. Holding the cub in her mouth by the scruff of its neck, the lioness banged it against the iron bars of the cage, to the consternation of the few visitors in the lion house at the time. Then she drop) it. Head Keeper William H. Blackburne decided to take the cub away from her. ‘The treatment of cubs born in eap- tivity by the mother always is prob- lematical, according to Dr. William M. Mann, Zoo director. She frequently will eat all of them. These cubs, however, are nearly 3 months old and beyond the stage where there is much danger of becoming a meal for their mother, who has been quite devoted to them up to the present. The runt of a litter quite often is dis- liked by the mother. CITIZENS’ BAND ELECTS. ‘The Citizens’ Band of Washington held its second meeting and rehearsal at the Y. M. C. A. Building, 1736 G street, last night. Officers elected were: J. B. Stone, nt; E. 8. Norquest, vice president; J. F. Whitcomb, secre- tary; Rodman Smith, treasurer, and L. Z. Phillips, band leader. ‘The purpose of the band is to fur- {ther band music among the citizens of Wiater uniforms for the ey