Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1929, Page 13

@he WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION oening Sthae. 6 ST. IS INCLUDED IN DRAFT OF BAN ON TAXI CRUISING Proposed Regulation Affect- ing F Street Designed to Relieve Congestion. RIVAL CAB COMPANIES MAY OPPOSE MEASURE Independents Will Fight Its Adop- tion, With Others Favoring Inclusion in Code. ‘The proposed regulation to prevent taxicabs from ‘crulsing” on F street between Ninth and Fifteenth streets has been drawn to include G street, it was disclosed today by Inspector E. W. Brown in charge of the Traffic Bu- reau. The legal construction of the text of the regulation has been approved by the corporation counsel's office, and Inspector Brown said he would forward it to the Commissioners within the next few days with a recommendation that it be adopted. A bitter fight be- | tween rival taxicab companies is ex- pected to precede the action of the! Commissioners, since the Black and White and Yellow Taxicab companies | have indicated they would support the regulaijon, while the independent oper- ators have served notice that they| ‘would oppose its adoption. Hope to Relieve Conges While the proposed regulation is de- signed primarily to alleviate traffic | congestion on F street at night when | the taxicabs concentrate there in search ! of fares among the theatrical crowds, Inspector Brown said it was decided to irclude G street within its provisions primarily to improve conditions on this thoroughfare during busin hours. The text of the regulation follows: “Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 midnight no public vehicle shall enter or operate on F street between Ninth and Fifteenth streets, nor on G street between Ninth and Fifteenth streets, | except to discharge a passenger or to} take on a previously ascertained pas- | senger, and for such purposes such ve-| hicles shall enter and leave by the nearest intersection to such loading or unloading points. It is Inspector Brown's intention to have the regulation added to the section | of the police regulations governing the | operation of public vehicles rather than | include it in the general traffic code. | otherwise the regulation would have to | originate in the office of the director of traffic. Moreover, Inspector Brown sald, the police regulations are the proper place for an an “anti-cruising ordinance since they already contain a section | devoted exclusively to the operation of public vehicles, Sees End of Cruising Evil. Adoption and subsequent enforcement | of the regulation, Inspector BIO\\'I\_M’} lieves, will virtually end the “cruising” | evil on two of the most congested | thoroughfares in the business section. | A recent survey, he said, revealed tha' the majority of vehicles on F street at night were empty taxicabs roaming aimlessly in the vici ity of the various theaters. A regulation similar to that drawn up by Inspector Brown was advocated in April by the Traffic Council. In a| Jetter to the Commissioners the council expressed the belief that taxicabs create “most” of the congeston on F and G streets, and because of the proximity of the numerous public vehicle stands “cruising is not only unwarranted but unnecessary.” i ! A prohibition against “cruising” on | F street was recommended to the Commissioners by Inspector Brown more than & year ago, but no action was taken. There are indications now. however, that the Commissioners intend 1o give the proposed regulation serious consideration. VISITOR ASKS JURY TRIAL ON TWO TRAFFIC COUNTS| ion. New York Architect Charged With Drunken Driving and Leaving After Colliding. Charged with driving while drunk and leaving after colliding, Le Roy Keen, New York architect, appeared in Police Court today before Judge Gus A. | Schuldt, pleaded not guilty and de- manded jury trial. Policean D. H. Jones of the eighth precinct said Keen sideswiped two parked automoblles at Nineteent's street and Flordia avenue last night. According to Jones, he parsued Keen to Twenty-ninth and Calvert streels before haiting him. Attorney John Mullen, represents the defendant. NORRIS CANNON BURIED. W., F. & P. Conductor 28 Years Rests in Glenwood Cemetery. TFuneral services for Norris Cannon, 66 years old, of 436 New Jersey avenue, a conductor for 28 years on the Wash- ington, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway, were held at the W. W. Chambers home, Fourteenth and Cha- plin streets, at 10 o'clock this morning. Burial followed at Glenwood Cemetery. | He died Saturday at Emergency Hos-| ital. v Coming to Washington from George- | town, Del., where he was born, Mr. Can- non served first gs a conductor for the Pennsylvania Railrond and_in 1901 he entered the employ of the Washington, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rallway; in which he remained until his death. Surviving are two brothers, Joseph Can- non of Georgetown, Del., and Harrison’ Cannon of Jacksonville, Fl SERVICES AT MONASTERY. Feast of Our Lady of Mount Car- mel to Be Observed Tomorrow. slemn high mass, to be celebrated at 10:30 o'clock in the morning, and impressive ceremonies throughout the | day will mark the observance tomorrow of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the monastery of the Dis- calced Carmelite u‘Ffll{s. 150 Rhode and avenue northeast. m’l‘he Rev. Dennis K. Keenan, rector of St. Teresa’s Church, will officiate [ own motion, raise or reduce the salaries | can take up and decide on Government | | 1 BOARD IN STON Controller General’s Ruling to Stimson Reaffirms Other Decisions. Contends Group Lacks Power to Change Salary Without Department Action. Controller General McCarl today | squarely blocked efforts of the Person- nel Classification Board to reduce the salary of an employe in the State Department, over the protest of that department. A decision to Secretary of State Stimson in the case of Mrs. Consuela A. Stone made public today was in line with other ridings by the controller general, who has repeatedly told the Classification Board in so many words to keep its fingers off the salaries of Government workers, unless the de- | partments concerned asked for a | change. This is one of the big points at issue | between McCarl and the Classification Board, and has bobbed up time and again. The board contends that it| has a right under the law, to go into | the departmental records and on its | of Government, workers, without per- mission from the Government depart- | ments. McCarl Stands by Departments. The controller general, on the other | hand, has been standing by the rights | of the Government departments and | establishments. McCarl holds, and has | enforced his position on the Personnel | Classification Board several times, that | the only way the classification board workers' salaries is when the Govern- | ment departments themselves submit the cases, or when personal requests | are filed by the Government wnrkers.1 Yet, despite McCarl's continued rulings | on specific cases, the board apparently | has continued to attempt to go ahead | and reduce salaries. | The latest case in the State Depart- ment just ruled upon by McCarl con- | cerned Mrs. Consuela A. Stone of the passport division. The classification | board attempted, against the wishes of | the State Department, to reduce her al- | location, and hence her salary, from | grade 4 to grade 3 in the clerical, ad- ministrative and fiscal service. | the departmental rights in the matter, | Secretary of State Stimson appealed to | McCarl. The controller general told the Secretary of State, In effect, to ignore | ihe Classification Board and continue | to pay Mrs. Stone at the higher rate. Lack of Hearing Held Mistake. It was brought out in the McCarl rul- ing on Mrs. Stone that the board had even attempted to reduce her salary | without a hearing. which had been | promised. The board later said the lack | of a hearing was a mistake, but her | salary should be reduced just the same. | McCarl in a previous ruling on a | similar question for the chairman of | the United States Board of Tax Ap- peals luid down the law as follows: | “It has been determined that the Personnel Classification Board has no | act to review, on its own motion, in the | absence of & request or recommendation | by an administrative office or an appeal by the empldye, any allocation previous- | ly approved by it.” | The_theory and the law in the case | were both discussed with some force WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 15, 1929, M'CARL BLOCKS PERSONNEL EPAY CUT MOVE MRS. CONSUELA A. STONE. —Star Staff Photo. by McCarl in another decision on simi- lar cases to the Secretary of Wa “There has not been overlooked,” said | McCarl, “the inherent right in' some Government officers, boards and com- missions to act on their own motion on matters properly within the scope of their authority; but the very nature of the relationship between the personnel of the Government and the several administrative offices impels the view that the Congress could not have in- tended any such inherent right to have been vested in the Personnel Classifica- tion Board. Compensation schedules with a range of salary rates providing for increases of compensation for effi- ciency were established for the purpose of maintaining stability of salary rates in the Government service, which is essential for the best interests of the Government’s business and the morale of the employes. It would be most un- reasonable to conclude, in the absence of specific and definite statutory lan- guage to that effect, that the Congress intended that salary rates which had been paid over an extended period might be suddenly reduced, as at- tempted in these instances, by the voluntary action of & bos or authority entirely outstde of, and not subject to the jurisdiction of, the administrative office in which the employes perform service and are paid. “Prior to the classification act of 1923 changes in s 'y rates were in most instances made only by the Con- , on the recommendation of the heads of the departments or establish- 11 ments concerned. and it may not be | Knowing of McCarl's past defense of assumed that the Congress intended, | by the classification act, to establish & board which could, on its own motion and without the recommendation ol action of the administrative office, change the salary rates upward or downward. The Congress wisely pro- vided tor finality of action and a pro- cedure to protect against the arbitrary action of either the administrative office or the Personnel Classification oard by requiring the combined action of both In all cases of allocation or reallo- cations of positions. “Answering specifically the question presented in vour submission, I have to advise that if the previously approved allocations of the two positions referred to were not thereafter made the sube Ject of a request by the administrative office or the employes holding the posi- tions for reallocation by the Personnel power under the original classification | Classification Board, the action of the | “';‘:“"* the Police. Juvenile and Munic- Personnel Classification Board purport- ing to reallocate these positions in low er grades was without effect to change the salary rates of the employes, which may continue to be paid in accordance with the former allocations previously | approved.” JEALOUSY CAUSES HUSBAND TOKILL Dead, Wounds Wife, An- other May Die. Jealous of his wife and angry, so| he told police, because she had bfeni colored, 34 years old, of 545 Twenty- | fourth street northeast, fatally wounded | her, killed a colored man outright lnd[ seriously wounded a second man last night then he found the trio in his home. The dead man is Edward Hall, 30 years dld, of 313 Forty-second street northwest. He was shot twice through the head and once in the thigh. Mrs. ‘White was wounded in the stomach and | died before reaching Casualty Hospital. The second man, Willis A. Chambers, colored, 35 years old, of 335 F street, was shot in the right leg. He is being treated at Casualty. Awaited Police. ‘This morning White is in- jail at the ninth precinct, held under two murder charges and one of assault with intent to kill. He made no attempt 0 escape after the killing. When police arrived they found him sitting on his front doorstep with a revolver in his hands. He talked freely of his jealousy and of his complaint that his wife had been spending his money gambling on the | so-called “numbers” game. Two Men With Wife. He said that he is employed at night at the Washington Terminal Co. Last night he stayed home from work, in- tending to supprise his wife. When he returned to the house early in the evening, he told police, she was absent. Going to the basement, he stated, he fell asleep. He awakened about 10:30 o'clock and found his wife home with the two men, He declared Hall drew & razor before he commienced shooting. A coroner’s inquest into the affair will probably be held tomorrow morning. .S, RIFLEMEN DUE HERE TOMORROW Colored Man Shoots Visitor | Three Washingtonians Are on| CHURCH SAFE ROBBERS Tean Which Sails Wednes- day for Sweden. ‘Wearing a special uniform, the Unit- ed States Free Rifile Team, which will squandering his money, Zaccheus White, | take part in the international matches | at Stockholm, Sweden, August 16, will arrive at the Union Station tomorrow morning under the leadership of Maj. Ralph S. Keyser, team captain and Marine Corps officer, who is ordinarily | on duty at headquarters here. Com-| prising the crack shots of the country, who have been practicing at Quantico, Va,, for the last month, the team has! in its membership three Washing- tonians—Maj. J. K. Boles, U. S. A., &, member of the winning United States | team of 1924, and captain of the 1925} team: Sergt. J. P. Blount of Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, District Na- tional Guard, the youngest member of the team, and Gunnery Sergt. Morris Fisher, the Marine Corps veteran. ‘The team will leave Washington after a brief stay aboard a special car for New York, from where it will sail Wed- nesday aboard the President Roosevelt. Blount ¥s Year's “Find.” Sergt. Blount is regarded by team members as this year's “find.” He did some shooting at the University of Maryland and in the national matches, but was unknown to international fame. Other members of the team are Army Sergt. J. B. Sharp, Marine Corps Sergts. P. E. Woods and R. F. Seitzinger, Gun- nery Sergt. John Blakely and Sergt. J.| F. Hankins, civilians W. L. Bruce of Cheyenne, Wyo,, and H. N. Renshaw of Nogzales, Ariz. The staff of the team, who will not compete, include: Maj. W. L. Clay, United States Army; Maj. Per Ramee, United States Army, adjutant and in- terpreter, who salled for Sweden two weeks ago to make the preliminary rangements; Lieut. James J. McComb, United States Navy, supply officer, and erl;xe Gunner Calvin Liloyd, team coach. Two amphibian airplanes will leave Bolling Pleld today for the wilds of Northern Canada with Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Cot and two members of the crew of the Army transport ne Question Mark on its world record endurance fiight, and members of their families. the singing of the high mass. Father ;:uc;amu\ ‘u deacon, and Father iars, will assist at the mass. by . Cartwright of St. Al dei:lvlcrbethe ne:: mon. Solemn exercises w! held the evening at 8 o'clock and the papal . benediction will be bestowed by Father Bernard, Carmeiite The Rev. John K. Patrick’s Church ts to & month m’g‘l:‘e'p:;;y e in the lake coun- try northwest of Hudson Bay. will be the of Ool..ml. 03 Deeds S mer estate, north of the end of the iiroad Summer estate, line, P n::t“nelr‘:\{nost ral & e. The party will mme._‘ addition to Gen. Pechet, Capt. Ira Eaker, ‘They | cross the end of Amphibians to Take Fechet and Party To Northern Canada on Fishing Trip Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada, Mrs. Fechet, Misses Mary and Catherine Fechet, 2|#hun of the general, and Mrs. er. Gen. Fechet and Lieut. Quesada will fly in a Loening amphibian biplane and the remainder of the party will make the trip in a twin-motored which will be ted by Capt. Eaker. ‘They expect ‘make their first st at Detroit. Tomorrow they Lake Superior into Canada, Capt. Eaker flew the Sikorsky to Bolling Pield this morning from Mitchel Pleld, New York. It r a_commercial guu. which was to Gen. Pechet. o T Y Wnt O N Mitchel 2 : Sikorsky, | pist DISTRT BUDGET OF $62000 1 SENTL. S BUREAL 45-Page Report, Explaining; Increases, Accompanies Estimates. DEPARTMENTAL PLEAS FOR FUNDS WHITTLED Commissioners Cut Approximately $5,000,000 From Appropriation Requests by Officials. The District's tentative financial budget for the 1931 fiscal year, exceed- | ing $48,200,000, an unprecedented total, was transmitted to the Budget Bureau today by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer. It was companied by a 45-page supplementary report explaining the reason for the tremendous increase over the tentative 1 1930 budget, which totaled approximate- ly_$42,000,000. The transmission of the budget inarked the close of two months of tedious work by the Commissioners in | whittling down the appropriation re- quests of the department heads for the next fiscal year in order to keep the total figare within an amount the Dis- trict can support. The estimated needs | of "the department heads would have | taken more than $53,000,000 to provide. Bureau fo Act Within Month. Within another month, the Budget Bureau will notify the Commissioners | whether its tentative budget is to be approved or whether revisions and re- ductions will have to be made to make it conform with President Hoover's financial program for the next fiscal vear. If changes are found to be | necessary, the budget will be returned to _the District Building for revision. The total of more than $48,200,000 sought by the Commissioners is greatly | in excess of the appropriation for the District for the current fiscal year. ' which the Budget Bureau notified a Federal departments about a month ago | should not be exceeded in the 1931 | budget. The Commissioners, however, | | predicted the larger budget on the use | { of the surplus revenues credited to the | District in the United Statcs Treasury. Center Site Funds Provided. « Provision is made in the new budget | for completing the purchase of the | four-square area on the north side of | | Pennsylvania avenue between Third | and Sixth streets, the site selected for | . The District al- | ready has an appropriation of $3,000,- | 000 to purchase a portion of this prop- | ertv and the budget contains an item | | of $3,000,000 to acquire the remainder. | t also contains an ilem of $500,000 | for beginning work on the courts bulld- | ing, the first unit to be erected in the | center. The estimated cost of the | | building is $5,000,000. It will accom-| Courts and the office of the re- corder of deeds. School Estimates Are Largest. ‘There are many other items in the | budget for public improvements, al- | though none has been disclosed. Tt is | understood, however, that increases have | been allowed for street improvements, sewer extensions, and for the elimina- | tion of one of the remaining raflroad | grade crossings. ‘The estimates of the public schools, | totaling about $13,000.000, are the larg- est of any single department in the | tentative budget. The $13,000,000 allo- cation to the schools, however, repre- sents a reduction of $750,000 in the amount originally requested by the Board of Education. BELIEVED $100 AHEAD! Sunday Collections of John Wesley A. M. E. Congregation May _ Have Been Taken. Burglars who early today battered the combination and hinges from a safe | in the John Wesley A. M. E. Church, at Corcoran and Fourteenth streets, are believed to have obtained about $100 in cash contributions collected at the Sab- bath day services, although police had been unable to check the amount with church officials at noon today. The entryewas effected some time after 9:30 o'clock last night, when the: evening services closed, by crawling through a coal chute opening into a rear alley. The intruders also took a | clock valued at $15. ‘The robbery was reported to police of the second precinct by John R. Jas- per, church treasurer. VICE CONSULS ARE SENT TO NEW FOREIGN POSTS| Members in Training Here Receive ! Appointments for Service Abroad. Vice consuls in the foreign who have bene,r:‘ ur:d;r. tnnan:flnn A, State Departmen! ve ass] to duty at foreign stations as follow! Hiram Bingham, jr., Connecticut, to Kobe; Charles E. Bohlen, Massachu- setts, to Prague: Daniel M. Braddock, Michigan, to Medan; Dorsey G. Fisher, Maryland, Calcutta; Willlam H. Hessler, Ohio, to Bombay; William Karnes, Tllinois, to San Luis Potosi; Miss Nellie B. Stogsdall, Indlana, to Beirut, and Miss Margaret Warner, Massachu- | setts, to Geneva. Other recent changes in the foreign service include the transfer of George F. Kennan, Wi , third secretary, from Riga, Latvia, to Berlin, and Ray- mond A. Hare, Iowa, vice consul, from Constantinople to Paris, and the resig- national W. Allen Rhode, Iuryhndd vice consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador, an Raymond E. Ahearn, Tennessee, vice consul at Windsor, Ontario. MARKSMAN JAILED. Man Grazed Wife, Daughter and Self With One Bullet. { service the wl today, ability tol seventh Matting Siracing his ability n he fired it arms da ‘con! one bullet, oflu ife and e WALKOUT TIES UP WORK ON ADDITION TOPRINTING PLANT Labor Differences Blamed for | Cessation of Work on New Structure. CONTRACTORS AND UNION |MEN REFUSE TO COMMENT | S | Conference Scheduled Today May | End Possible Dispute—Four Stories Uncompleted. Work on the new Government Print- | ing Office addition has been tied up for nearly a month on account of dif- ferences between the iron workers’ union and contractors, it was dis- closed today. Conferences arranged for today between the parties to the dispute may result in the resumption of operations. Detalls of the strike could not be learned from any official quarters, as both Government officials and contrac- | tors’ representatives were silent on the matter, and union labor representatives could not be reached early today. The original cause of the “walkout” of union iron workers was understood to be that non-union plumbers were put to work on the bullding. Steel Partially Erected. The structural steel for the new Gov- ernment addition is partly erected, but | about four more stories remain to be put up before the steel job can be com- pleted. The contract was let by the Govern- ment to the Rust Engineering Co. for $863,700, and the job is to be completed in 540 days from November 6, when the contractor received notice to proceed with the work. No Statements Made. The contract for erecting steel’ for the building was let in turn by the Rust Lehigh Structural Steel Co., which is to furnish the steel and erect it. The new bullding is being erected ad- jacent to the Government Printing Of- fice to meet the need for space. At the Building Trades’ Council ef- rlt)‘l'l':i1 to obtain an official statement ailed. 13 WEEK END FIGHTS LAND 13 IN HOSPITAL Lamps, Razors, Knives, Iron Pipe, | Blackjack and Bricks Used as Weapons. ‘Two lamps, a razor, two blunt instru- ments of unknown description, three | knives, a piece of iron pipe, two vasc. a blackjack and a brick make up the list of weapons used in 13 altercations | over the week end. which began on the 13th of the month, and landed 13 un- | fortunates in Washington hospitals. In only two of the altercations were | | the combatants white persons. One was John J. Walsh, 30, of 1814 I street, who was struck on the head with a black. jack while engaged in a row with an. other at Tenth and I street. Th other was Clifton E. Lucas, 30, of Alta- mont road southeast, said to have been stabbed in the chest during a dispute with a relative. Other victims were Guy Ramsey, 22. of 624 O street; Oscar Savage, 28, 1342 R street: Aubrey Scott, 56, 1036 Ninc- teenth street; Robert Thompson, 30. 61 Navy place southeast: Arthur Mitch: 31, 169 Canal street southwest; Olistes Stovall, 36. 72 I street southwest: Ophelia Pudd, 25. 1736 Sixth stres Julia Sykes, 40, 7 Limerick court south- west; George Johnson, 58, 4 Columbia terrace ,and Haywood Warner, 22, Falls Church, Va. o COMPENSATION IS DENIED MILITARY ACADEMY CADET Controller General Rules That Vet- eran’s Dependent, at West Poft, Should Not Receive Allowance. ‘The War Department has been in- formed by the controller general that a cadet at the Military Academy, who was a dependent of a veteran of the World War, can not continue to receive the compensation allowances provided for dependents of such veterans, despite provisions that allowances to dependents may be continued after the age of 18 years, while pursuing a couser of instruction “at a school.” The controller general took the ground that as the cadet in question is receiving pay for active service at the Military Academy, at the rate of $780 a year, as well as free tuition, quarters and rations, he is precluded from receiving an allowance as a dependent at the same time, especially as the World War veterans act provided, that dependents shall not receive allowances “if they are recelving active service or retirement pay.” According to the opinion, a cadet at the Military Academy cannot be considered incapable of self-support or to be dependent ipon others while attending the West Point Academy. P Capt. Ross G. Hoyt preparing to for Mitchell Field, N Y., from where he depart from Bolling Field this morning will fly to Alaska. ~ —Star Staff Photo. LEAP OFF BRIDGE PROVES UNAVAILING Salesman Who Jumped 50 Feet to End Life Unhurt. | Engineering Co. to a subcontractor, the | Pausing long enough on his perilous SUNDAYS TRAFFC * SHOWSLIHTTOL Only Five Auto Accidents Re- ported, With Arrests Totaling 100. | | | Traffic arrests and accidents reached PAGE 13 CAPT. HOYT PLANS | RACE AGAINST TIME T0 NOME, ALASKA Army Flyer Will Demonstrate Possibility of War-Time Plane Concentration. FOUR REFUELING STOPS EN ROUTE SCHEDULED Dates Not Set for Take-off From Mitchel Field and Start on Return. Capt. Ross G. Hoyt, pilot of the re- fueling plane for the former world record endurance flight of the Army transport plane Question Mark, left Bolling Field today in preparation for an 8,000-mile, round-trip flight from New York to Nome, Alaska. Capt. Hoyt will make the trip against | time, with refueling stops at Minneap- olis, Edmonton, White Horse and Fair- banks. { _He probably will remain at Nome several days before beginning the re- turn trip. The flight is planned by the { War Department as a demonstration of the possibility of concentrating mili- tary plane in Alaska in case of emer- gency and also as a test of the standard Army airplane. Date for Take-Off Not Set. No date has been set for the take-off from Mitchel Field, N. Y., which will depend largely upon weather conditions. Capt. Hoyt expects to make several test flights at Mitchel Field before starting his trip. Capt. Hoyt will fly a Curtiss Hawk Army pursuit plane powered with a 625 horsepower water-cooled motor. | The plane was built for his use on a | proposed record flight from New York to Los Angeles. Calif. and return in 36 hours. The flight was abandoned when a record was set a few days ago by Capt. Frank Hawk in a civilian | plane. |~ Capt. Hoyt received official authoriza- | tion from the War Department today | to make the trip to Alaska. The total distance over the course he will follow from New York to Nome is 4.230 miles, perch atop a rall of the Highway a minimum over Sunday as the third| divided as follows: New York to Min- Bridge to shout “good-by” to three | unknown girls who happened to be passing, Russell Henry Tracy, 329 | Rhade ' Island _avenue ‘northeast, | year-old automobile salesman, leaped | to_the river, more than 50 feet below. | only to land in three feet of water and sink gently into the mud of the river | bottom. |e When he was finally hauled out by police, unhurt, he is said to have told the officers that he was “despondent | over love affairs.” Bridge Traffic Paralyzed. His spectacular leap and the efforts ! of fourth precinct police to get him | ashore paralyzed traffic on the bridge |and resulted in a jam of automobiles and pedestrians crossing the busy pas- | sageway between Virginia -and District. It happened about o'clock last night, the The three girls to whom he shouted | his farewell summoned police. An au- tomobile from the fourth precinct, con- taining Acting Lieut. G. T. Moran and | Acting Sergt. C. A. Strobel, and the headquarters car with Detective George Darnall responded. brought into play, but it was some time before Tracy was located as he at- tempted to climb one of the bridge abutments. Unhurt in Jump. A rope thrown to him would not reach, so John H. Schrader of 1123 | Tenth street, volunteered to take it to him. Schrader was lowered over the | side of the bridge, but when he neared | Tracy, the latter shouted a warning to | stay” awam The rescue was finally | effected, but only after a struggle be- | in the patrol from No. 11 precinct and | Beach. tween the two men with Tracy at last lcnnsen(ing to be saved. | bridge and found to be apparently un- | hurt, the police sent Tracy to Emer- | gency Hospital for a more detailed ex- | amination. Physicians there found that he had not sustained so much as a scratch. After being released from the hospital he was sent home with | his father. {DRIVER FORCED TO GIVE $90 TO TWO ROBBERS 5 snlotiseith Tells Police Men Jumped on Run- ning Board of Auto Threatened Him. Forced to halt his automobile by two colored men who jumped onto the run- ning board and threatened him, Oliver Thomas Redden, 30 years old, of the first block of E street southeast, was robbed of $90, he reported to fifth pre- cinct police last night. and ing near his home at a moderate rate of speed when two colored men leaped on opposite sides of his car and ordered him to pull up to the curb. He obeyed and was forced to empty his pockets. ‘When they were satisfied they had all his money, Redden related, he was told to “beat He said he did. Joseph L. Backanac of 115 Magazine road southeast reported at the eleventh precinct that his pocket was picked of $100 while he was shopping at Center Market Saturday afternoon. ST. SWITHIN'S DAY, TO SOME, ISMONDAY ATW EATHER BUREAU And If It Rains Today—And for the Next 40 Days—That’l] Be Just _Too Soithine day story Bar Sevories to: 's . 8 T to- :fig;flm o the phone and put in a the Weather Bureau. a ka y ; the wtbo:‘f?mu? n:xttlo " he inquired lorecaster, w;'e'n ‘had been effe 5 ‘ “The next 40 days? We don't at- tempt to forecast that far ahead,” re- pl the veteran prognosticator. ‘But m know what day this is?” the pursued. 2 , of course; but what of it.” ribe cxplained, somewhat cresiiaien ser! 5 “St. Swithin?® I don't reeall hav- h&n’etmn. ‘What is he doing with a if he sees his shadow—I mean if it rains wy_'n'- going to rain-for 40 o Bad. “Uh-huh,” the reporter continued, greatly encouraged. “And if the sun shines it will— “Say,” broke in the impatient voice from the other end of the wire, “are you trying to give me the forecast for the next 40 days?” “Oh, no,” the reporter reassured. “I'm just telling you about St. Swithin ang-— I don’t want to heart about St. Swithin, With all due respect to him I tell you that he may have been saint, but as a forecaster he was 26- | 8:45 Flashlights were | Redden told police that he was driv- | the | be asked in the next d week of the safety crusade drew to a | close. “Only five automobile accidents were reported in the District yesterday and early today, and all but one of the persons involved escaped injury. During the 24 hours ending at 8 o'clock this morning police arrested 100 persons for alleged traffic violations. ‘Twenty-eight of these were charged with speeding, two with reckless driv- ing, one each with driving while drunk and hit-and-run and the remainder for lesser infringements. 68 Arrests Saturday. The figures for the 24-hour period ! beginning Saturday morning aty o'clock showed a further reduction in arrests, only 68 being booked. Most of these were speeding. Four accidents, all of minor consequence, were reported in the District Saturday and early Sunday. Three persons were injured, one seri- ously, in traffic accidents yesterday Freddie Welcher, colored, 6 years old. of 2329 Virginia avenue.fell from the rear end of a truck at Virginia avenue and Twenty-fourth street last night. re- ceiving bruises about the head and pos- sibly internal injuries. The boy was removed to Emergency Hospital. Hic condition was undetermined today. Anacostia Boy Hurt. Thirteen-year-old Bernard Overby of route No. 2, Anacostia, Md., was bruised about the arms and legs yesterday afternoon when hit by an automobile as he was crossing Good Hope road southeast in the 2100 block. The ma- chine was operated by Anthony W. Van Leer of 1815 Ontario place. He was removed to Casualty Hospital | | | later discharged. Police_ were told she darted suddenly Leer automobile. | _James Robertson, colored, 36, of 429 | Charles court southwest, was bruised | and lacerated yesterday morning when | e slipped while mounting a horse drawn wagon and fell beneath the rear wheel. The accident occurred at Fir: | street. and Wonders court southwest. | Robertson was removed to Casualty Hospital, treated and discharged. AVIATION “HELP WANTED” AD PROVES SUCCESSFUL Four Pilots Seek Position as In- structor to Students of D. C. Air Legion. in the classified advertising columns of Thursday, has been 400 per cent suc- cessful. After seeking in vain through the ordinary aeronautical channels for a pilot-instructor to give flyirg training to its students, the District of Colum- bia Air Legion inserted a brief adver- tisement in the classified columns of ‘The Star. J. A. Shaw, secretary of the legion, announced Saturday that as a result of the advertisement the organization has obtained the services of an in- structor, available to begin flying stu- dents today at the College Park train- ing field. Not only was a pilot found for im- mediate duty, but the legion was able to make its own selection irom among four pilots who responded to the ad- vertisement. The other three have been placed on the legion's waiting list. ‘The new instructor is George Brinker- hoff, commercial pilot and “barnstorm- er,” who has had approximately 200 hours of student instruction to his credit, Mr. Shaw said. He will assist Chief Pilot Howard French. KEY BRIDGE ROADWAY PAVING TO BE IN SPRING First Permanent Imp}ovement on Virginia Side Following Sink- ings, Planned. ‘The roadway on the Virginia end of the Prancis Scott Key Bridge will have its first permanent paving next Spring, Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, chief en- gineer of the District, said today. Since the bridge was built the filled-in portion south of the Virginia abutment has been sinking, and the roadway has been con- stantl” under repair with tar patch. a material formed of asphalt and broken stone. ‘The money for the job probably will exciency ti- mates. The roadway will be a concrete b se topped with a sheet asphalt sur- ged | face. Estimates of the cost of the job | have not been made up. ‘The first “help wanted” advertisement | for an airplane pilot, which appeared The Evening Star last Wednesday and | neapolis, 1,030 miles; Minneapolis_to | Edmonton, "Alberta, 1,100 miles: Ed- monton to White Horse, on the Yukon | River, 1,100 miles; White Horse to Fair- banks, Alaska, 500 miles, and Fair- | banks to Nome, 500 miles. | Plane Is Given Tests. Capt. Hoyt's plane will carry 258 gal- {lons of gasoline and 14 gallons of oi! which will be sufficient for the longe of the proposed hops, even against head winds. Capt. Hoyt now is stationed at Lang- lev Field. Va. where he will become a udent in the Army Air Corps Tactical School next month. He formerly was | on duty in the War Department in the , office of the chief of Air Corps. Capt. Hoyt brought his Curtiss plane here about a week ago and has been | running tests the last few days. Be- | fore he leaves for New York, probably this afternoon, the compass will be i checked, putting the ship in final con- dition for the proposed trip. BOYS’ BAND WILL PLAY AT GAS WORKERS’ OUTING Crphans to Be Guests of Associa- tion on Excursion to Ches- apeake Beach. The Boys’ Independent Band, under | leadership of Maj. C. J. Brown, will | furnish music for the forty-first annual excursion of the Employes' Beneficial Association of the Washington Gas | Light Co. tomorrow at Chesapeake ill be St. | "'Several hundred orphans guesis, coming from St. Joh When he was holsted up onto the | across the road, running into the Van | joseph's and St. Vincent's Orphanages {and the Hebrew Foster Home. There | wiil be athletics for the children. More | than 2,000 excursionists are expected. | The arrangements committee is co | posed of C. M. Deener. chairman: Wil- |liam H. Shea, J. P. O'Neil, Earl Sizer, Charles Ahern, Edwin C. . _Spellman, Matt Donohue {and Frank Carpenter. Officers of the beneficial association are: Lewis S. Hart, president: George M. Whitwell, { treasurer, and C. M. Decner, secretary. {CAFETERIA PROFITS USED ; TO REMODEL AUDITORIUM | Effort Is Being Made by Associa- tion to Improve Acoustics of Harding Hall. Harding Hall, the auditorium m: tained as an adjunct of the Govern- ment_Printing Office cafeteria for the {use of the office’s employes. is being remodeled with money earned by opera- | tion of the cafeteria, in an effort to improve its acoustics, George H. Carter, public printer, said today. ‘The surplus earnings of the cafeteria during the last year will be used in decorating the hall in accordance with a plan undertaken by ‘the cafeteria association while the structural work incident to the remodeling is being done by the Federal Government. Efforts to learn from the cafeteria association the jextent of the plans or the decorative scheme intended for the hall were met with the statement, attributed by the chief clerk’s office to Mr. Carter, that “sufficient information” had been given out by him. Harding Hall was named for the late President Harding, the first printer to attain the presidency. LEGION AIDS IN HUNT. American Legion officials here have been asked to aid in locating Charles Soloner, former Philadelphian, last heard of-in Washing:on early in June, whose mother is now ill in a Philadel- phia hospital. Edward Linsky, service officer of the Pennsylvania department of the Legion, transmitted the request to Paul J. McGahan, national execu- tive committeeman for the District of Columbia department, who made it pulbx:le tod i h announcing that Soloner’s mother is in sore need of her missing son, f—. | McGahan requested that any informa- tion concerning him be sent to 1240 National Press Building. el e Two Hurt at Work on Bridge. Two men were slightly injured yes- terday afternoon while working nnytehe Arlington Memorial Bridge. R. C. Bailey, 21, of the 800 block of Twentieth street and Albert Breeden, also_21, of Manassas, Va., were treated at Emergency Hospital, Bailey for a laceration to his right arm and Breeden for a spjimter of steel in his left fore-