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12 % 304 ARE ARRESTED INEFFORT T0 CURB THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1929. HIS FINES STEM RECKLESS DRIVERS l WALKS, COLLAPSES, PRONOUNCED DEAD REROUTING SURVEY OF CARLINES GOING - ON AT RAPID RATE TRAFFICACCIDENTS, Heavy Fines Appear to Have, No Effect in Reducing Num- ber of Violations. MACHINE TURNS OVER, ! INJURING 4 PASSENGERS; One of Victims in Serious Con- dition When Car Rests on Head. ‘The intensive police drive against traffic violations resulted in 304 ar- rested during the 24 hours preeeding 8 o'clock this morning, the police re- ported. Although there was a siight decrease in arrests for speading the heavy fines assessed by Traffic Judge | Mattingly apparently have had no ef- fect in the number of arresis. ‘There were 237 arrests for miscel laneous violations, 61 for speecing, 5 for reckless driving and 1 for colliding and failing to stop. Four Are Injured. Four persons were injured. one seri- ously, this morning when the machine in which they were riding overturned after being in a collision with a truck just inside the Thirteenth street en- trance to the Department of Agriculture | grounds. The injured were removed to Emergency Hospital. Harry Allen, 23, of 1106 L street, one of the passengers in the overturned car, suffeced a concussion of the brain and he may also have a skull fracture as a Tesult of his head being pinned beneath the car. He was given first aid treat- ment by Dr. J. E. McLain of the hos- pital staff, and ordered to remain in the hospital until X-ray pictures could be taken. ‘The others injured, all of whom sus- tained minor lacerations about the face and body and severe bruises, are: James Juhl, 43 years old, and his brother, Jacob, 45, the driver of the machine, and the latter'’s 15-year-old son, Richard, all of 1226 Fifteenth street. Truck Driver Unhurt. Bernard D. Donaldson, 51 years old, a groceryman of the Theological Semi- nary, just outside of Alexandria, Va., and driver of the truck, escaped unin- Jured. The machine in which the four men were riding was badly damaged. According to Jacob Juhl, driver of the car, the men were on their way to the golf course in East Potomac Park for an early morning foursome when the accident occurred. Juhl said the truck secmed to dart out from behind & clump of bushes and strike his ma- chine broadside before he knew what had happened. The impact of the col- lision, Juhl said, overturned the ma- chine. Juhl told police that he managed to crawl from beneath the overturned car and lift the side under which Allen’s hcad was pinned. According to Juhl, his brother James, owner of the car, had driven here re- cently from Los Angeles, Calif., and in- | tended spending some time here before Jolning his family at Chicago. Hearing on Monday. No one was held by police as a result of the crash, but a hearing will be held on the case in the corporation coun-| sel's office Monday morning. ‘Twe colored children were hurt in traffic accidents yesterday afternoon and last night. One is in a serious condition at Casualty Hospital. He is Edward Smith, two years old, of 236 Second street northeast, who was struck down by an automobile driven by Law- rence R. Collins of 224 First street southeast while he was playing in the street in front of his home. Collins took the child to the hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Louis Jimal of the staff. He may have fracture of the skull. Ten-year-old Elizabeth Edwards, col- ored, of 143 A street northeast, was struck by an automobile last night at Second and A streets northeast, but es- caped with slight bruises. The car was driven by Wilson C. Hefner of 327 Sec- ond street northeast. SERIES OF ACCIDENTS CAUSES 3 INJURIES| Workman Seriously Hurt as Air| Gauge on Street Construction Equipment Explodes. Three workmen were injured. one seriously, yesterday afternoon, in a series of accidents. Alvin Beck, 19 years old, of 1111 Montello avenue northeast, is in Casu- alty Hospital with an injury which may be a skull fracture. He was hurt about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon when struck by an automatic lift in front of 16 Massachusetts avenue. According to police, Beck was standing nearby load- ing material on the left when an air gauge exploded, releasing the device. He was taken to the hospital in a pass- ing automobile and treated by Dr. Louis Jimal of the staff. While washing an electric light globe on a pole at Virginia avenue near Seventh street, Holland West, 31 years old, of Sixty-third street and Eastern avenue northeast, fell to the ground, JUDGE ROBERT Photographed in Traffie Court when he continued passing out $25 penalties to break up speeding and other traffic violations. E. MATTINGLY, —Star Staff Photo. MALL WORK START TOFOLLOW CENSLS reaus After 1930 Enumer- ation to Permit Razing. ‘The program to start razing the tem- inearnest after the taking of the 1930 census, in the opinion of Licut. Col U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. The Prohibition Burcau ard Customs activities probably wiil be plac:d in the Southern Railway building at Thir- teenth street and Paansylvania avenue. The space vacated by the prohibition and customs offices would likely be uscd by the Bureau of the Census of ihe De- pariment of Commerce, which needs ad- ditional space for the task of the decen- nial enumeracion, to be launched next year. After ‘he census-taking nas been completed, it is considerea likely that the program of clearing the remporary war-time buildings off tie Afall will be initiated. Eyesore on the Mall. The temporary structures have long been considered an eyesore on the Mall and the Fine Arts Commission has beer. anxious to have them removed at the earliest opportune time, so that the program of beautification could pro- ceed. Plans of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission call for beautiful driveways a'ong the Mall, with tree planting proposcd. Other projects are in the making, including the often- discussed plan for sunken gardens in the Washington Monument Grounds. The Navy Department and Munitions Buildings will have to be moved off the Mall at a later time, but F. S. Cur- tis, chief clerk of the Navy Department, said recently that a new department is not considered likely for another quar- ter of a century. Space Is Problem. ‘Meanwhile, the Public Building Commission is wrestling with the prob- Jem of how best to utilize the space in the Southern Railway Building, which is to be turned over for Government use on August 1, and at the same time meet urgent demands for office space by a number of important branches of the Government. It is tentatively planned to locate in the building not only the prohibiton and customs services but the Depart- ment of Labor and the new Federal Farm Board, but whether these can all be crowded in is still in doubt. The prohibition and customs units now occupy 78,000 square feet, the De- partment of Labor 119,000 square feet, and the Federal Farm Bureau expects to use 22,000 square fect. The South ern Railway Building has approximately 225.000 square feet available. The Federal agencies proposed to br placed in the building are expanding rapidly and are making insistent de- mands for increased office space, so that the Public Buildings Commission Is hard pressed to provide accommodations while the Federal building program is being carved cut. e PATENT EMPLOYE SERVES HALF CENTURY OF DUTY Charles M. Irelan Receives Felicita- tions From Associates and Offi- cials—Started as Clerk in 1879. Charles M. Irelan, 67 years old, of 1330 Twenty-first street, celebrated the sustaining minor. bruises. He refused hospital treatment. Philip Smith, colored, 29 years old, of 641 Gordon avenue northeast, fell through a skylight while he was work- ing on the roof of the Daughters of the American Revolution Building at Eigh- teenth and C streets. At Emergency Hospital, where he was taken in a pass- ing automobile, he was treated for a lacerated left elbow and a bruised right arm. STUDY OF ARMS MAKING URGED FOR PHILIPPINES Representative Would Send Men Abroad to Gain Enowledge of Manufacture. By the Associated Press. MANILA, July 20.—A bill providing for the sending of two pensionados yearly to Germany, England and France to study the manufacture of :nodern weapons of warfare was ir'.uduced in the Philippine legisiature yesterday by Representative Pecion. p] g the proposed sending of the students at the expense of the island government, a dependent nation, but we shall not be able to keep independent against foreign aggression, unless we are prepared to repell such aggression by means of arms. ‘We need trained men in the the manu- facture of modern weapons of warfare if we mean to be independent people.” !ufl':lson! !orlnol lfhcl\:'glzng the United s as & place for Ppensionados’ study were not given. completion of half a century of con- tinuous service in the United States Patent Office yesterday. The veteran employe, who received the felicitations both from his associates and from officials upon his long serv- ice, entered the Patent Office as a tem- porary clerk at $400 a year, in 1879, from which he rose to be chief clerk, and is now a member of the examining corps in the division of trade marks and designs. Mr. Irelan was born at North East, Cecil County, Md., and lived for many years in Beltimore, commuting back and forth while in Government employ, before coming to this city to live in 1893, He has been married since 1897, and is father of four children, all of this city. As a fishing enthusiast, Mr. Irelan attributes the excellent state of his health in large measure to this sport. He is a member of the Cushing Camp, Sons of Union Veterans. FOUR HELD IN ASSAULT. Sixth Precinct Police Investigate Attack on 62-Year-Old Man. Sixth precinet police are holding four colored men for investigation in con- flon VD s s Sy m on . y Holmes, old, of 820 Slxth“;'ireelt. IHol.mes “rln l!; Emergens Hospi slowly recove (mmr‘: Icryutured jaw and other head injuries. ‘Holmes was' with his nephew, James W. Holmes of the Sixth street address, Grant Expects Moving of Bu- | porary buildings on the Mall will begin | WORKING CONDITIONS BELIEVE BIGAMIST HAS WIFEINTD. . Rose Katz Says She Married| “Samuel Berger,” Who Left | Her About a Month Ago. Samuel Bagum, 35-year-old painter, | under arrest in New York, who admits | he married several women in widely i separated American cities only to get |in trouble when he marrled two more, | both of whom lived in Philadelphia, is believed to have a wife residing in | Washington, at 1224 Seventh strect. Rose Katz, 20 years old, presumably one of Bagum's wives mentioned in New York dispatches, says she married “Samuel ~Berger” at Baltimore in November of 1927 and that they lived at 617 E street until he left her about | a month later. Later, she said, she learned he had withdrawn his money from a local bank and subsequently ~married another woman in Philadelphia. She reported the situation to_police and sought an annuiment, which is sald to be pending at_the present time. Bagum, when hailed into a New York police line-up yesterday, after wife No.| 4 had him arrested, said he had married four women and was courting a fifth. ‘Wife No. 4, Mrs. Gertrude Bagum, sald they were married in May, 1928, at Philadelphia, and since had been liv- ing in New York. Bagum, investigation disclosed, had married Beatrice Kuntz of Phhiladeiphia in 1928. Police say he was also married to Stella Berger in Cleveland in 1915, Ger- trude Refold in Los Angeles in 1925 and Rose Katz of Washington in 1927, HERE REPORTED GOOD Bulletin Says Employment Condi- tions in District of Columbia Are Favorable. The Industrial Employment Informa- tion Bulletin, just issued for the month of June by the United States Employ- ment Service, reported favorable em- ployment, conditions in the District for labor, due in a large part to the volume of Federal building, utility extension work and street paving projects. On the other hand, there was a sur- plus of clerical help that followed the closing of schools and colleges. This condition, it was pointed out, will only exist through the vacation months, dur- ing which hundreds of students and some few teachers are available for clerical positions. Resident skilled craftsmen were well employed here during June, and in- dustrial establishments in the District operated on satisfactory schedules in most instances. There was some un- employment here in the unskilled class, the report said. A slight unemplqy- ment among domestic workers and sales persons was noted. ‘The employment autlook for Virginia was generally favorable, and the major industries operated on fairly satisfac- tory schedules during the month, al- though several closed temporarily and others curtailed their working forces. ‘There was a fair volume of building in most localities and municipal im- provements and road construction work offered employment to large numbers of men. A shortage of farm help was ém'ced in several sections of the In Maryland, satisfactory operations prevailed in practically all of the major industries and resident labor was well employed in most localities. Large forces were at work on municipal im- provements and road work, while the supply of farm help approximately equaled the demand. U. S. YACHT IS WRECKED™ OFF GREENLAND COAST Crew of Three Americans on Ex- ploring Expedition Reported Safe. By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 20.— The American yacht Direction, in which Rockwell Kent and two young companions have been exploring the North, was reported wrecked last Sun- day near Godthaab, Greenland, in a telegram yesterday from that settle- ment. The crew of three were safe, but the yacht was a total loss. The yacht Direction was specially built and rigged for its journey into the North. — Rockwell Kent, American artist 4nd author, has had long ex- perience in handling small craft under similar conditions. He was accompanied on this trip by Arthur S. Allen, jr., a junior at Massa- when he was attacked by five or six { chusetts Institution of Technology, and colored men. The nephey ran for hel] and when he returned he found uncle crawling along the street. : Lucien Cary, Allen’s home is ‘The yacht left New o of Westport, Conn. Tarreytown, N. Y. York late in May. | Smith recétved | rescue squad and Emergency Hopital nd AFTER 350 VOLTS Full Charge of Conductor Rail Proves Fatal to Young W. R. E. Worker. RESCUE S—(;UAD WORKS 3 HOURS OVER VICTIM Youth Was on Knees After Open- ing Switch Hole When Shock Struck Him, Members of the fire rescue squad this morning worked ceaselessly for three hours in a vain attempt to revive Richard F. Smith, 24, of 707 Fifteenth street northeast, who early today re- ceived the full 550-volt charge from a conductor rail of a Washington Rail- way & Electric Co. track he had been working on at Seventh and Water streets. Smith struck the conductor rall while working with his boss, James McLaughlin, 912 Kent place northeast, a welder. The youth collapsed, revived and walked around for about five min- utes and then collapsed again, never again to regain consciousness, despite the valiant attempts of the fire rescue squad and Dr. John Schwarzman of | Emergency Hospital to revive him.| the charge at 8:45] o'clock this morning. but was not pro nounced dead until 11:45 o'clock. Members of the rescue squad who worked on Smijth were Lieut, J. A. Hewitt and Pvts,-H. F. Harding and S. B. Perry. Employed as Helper. Smith is a welder's helper on the | street railway company's track force. McLaughlin said Smith" had opened | one of the switch holes between a rail and the plow groove, and'was on his knees in the street when the shock hit him. The charge knocked him-to his feet. The helper swayed on his feet and called to McLaughlin to “come and knock it off,” evidently believing a| charged wire had stuck to him. Seeing the man was clear of charged wires, | McLaughlin ran to his aid and caught | him as he was about to collapse in the | street. McLaughlin half carried, half | led his helper to the sidewalk, where he seemed to revive, somewhat, and unassisted, Smith walked about, seem- ingly in a daze. Rescue Squad Called. McLaughlin and other track workmen | stayed by Smith as he walked about | and caught him when™the second col- lapse came. In the meantime the fire had been called, and the firemen doctors arrived on the scene shor after Smith had collapsed for the sec- ond time, and been laid on the grass be- side the Norfolk boat line station. A pulmotor immediately was put into | service and firemen kept up artificial respiration for more than an hour. | Finding life still lingered Dr. John | Schwarzman of the Emergency Hospital staff, gave him adrenalin and ordered him taken to the hospital. i Police from the harbor precinct kept back a crowd of several hundred per- sons who gathered about the scene of the accident while the firemen and doc- tors were working on Smith. FEARS ENGLAND MAY MISUNDERSTAND U. S. McClintic Asks President to Make Clear_Position in Respect to MacDonald’s Visit. Expressing the opinion that this Gov- ernment’s attitude may be regarded by England as a discourtesy, Representa- tive McClintic, Democrat, of Oklahoma, has asked President Hoover to make clear the position with respect to ex- tending an invitation to Premier Mac- Donald, of England, to visit this coun- try to discuss naval disarmament. McClintic, a member of the House naval committee, who favors naval lim- itation, cited published reports that the British premier would not be formally invited to the United States for a naval conference, “but that he would be advised that should he come, he would be welcome.” Considering that Premier MacDonald made known in England that he intend- ed to visit the United States to try to “iron out some of the difficulties that related to the naval construction pro- gram of the two countries,” McClintic wrote, “I am wondering if the attitude of our Government, as published by the press, will be construed as a discourtesy by England and other nations interest- ed in the subject CORBETT TO LEAVE MEDICAL POST HERE Army Officer Is Scheduled for Transfer to Fort Sam Houston. Maj. Sewell M. Corbett of the Army Medical Corps, professor of military science and tactics at George Washing- ton University and medical inspector of the Office of Public Buildings and Pub- lic Parks, under Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, is scheduled to be relieved from duty next Thursday. His place will be taken by Maj. William O. Wetmore, who has just completed a course at the Army Industrial College here. Maj. Corbett has had an outstanding part in the health conservation work among Washington’s Government ‘workers. Maj. Corbett was born in Virginia, in 1890. He obtained his degree in medi- cine from George Washington Univer- sity in 1913 and graduated from the Army Medical School in 1917. He entered the Regular Army in 1916 and saw service at Fort Bliss, Fort Sam Houston, commanded a base hospital at Austin and was on duty at Browns- ville and El Paso, Texas. From M20 to 1923 Maj. Corbett was on duty at the Tripler Hospital in Honolulu. Maj. Corbett lives in Arlington County, Va. About October 1 he will report for duty at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with the 2nd Division. ROBBINS RITES HELD. Army Captain Buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Funeral services were held at the Cemetery this morn- ing for Capt. Ethel A. Robbins, Army nartermaster Corps, who died at Port Clinton, Ohio last Wednesday. Capt. Robbins was from Maine and served in the Spanish War and the World War. He was transferred to the Quarter- V1 Park Citizens' Association, in a special | tion to a committee of the association Hospital yesterday afternoon for a bul- The first of the massive steel girders that will support the M Street Bridge, spanning Kock Construction work on the bridge was delayed for months while the District Commissioners and the Commission of Fine Arts attempted to come to an agreement on its design. The bridge will be one of the principal links shown in position. connecting Georgetown with the downtown section of the city. reek into Georgetown, is —Star Staff Photo CITIZENS TOPROBE PLAYGROUND STE Hold Plot Near John Eaton Scheol Unsuited for Chil- dren’s Recreation. A resolution indorsing the appoint- ment of a special committee of five to investigate the need for an additional playground in the vicinity of the John | Eaton School this Summer, and to| determine whether the site selected is suitable for such a purpose, was passed by the Cathedral Heights-Cleveland meeting of protest against the play- ground, held at the Washington Cathe- dral, Mount St. Albans, last night. i Opposition to the proposed playground | at Thirty-fourth and Macomb streets, | first made by the association some | weeks ago, was voiced again last night | on the ground that an additional-play- ground was unnecessary, that it wowld be at one of the most dangerous inter- secilons in the District, that the tract selected was entirely unsuited for a playground. and that the establishment of such a playground would lead to the deterioration of the neighborhood. Maj. Layson E. Atkins of the mu- nicipal architect's department and as- sistant to the Engineer Commission, presented the views of the District au- thorities. Last night's meeting was a sequel to a hearing given by the Bourd of Educa- which protested against the propcsed playground, a few ago. Further action will not be taica until next Fall. Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders, prcsident, pre- | sided. STORIES CONFLICT IN INDIAN HEARING Red Tomahawk Volunteers Infor- mation That Complainants Are Lazy and Refuse to Work. By the Associated Press. FORT YATES, N. Dak, July 20.— Conflicfiting storfes of conditions among Indians on the Standing Rock Reservation, were presented to the Sen- ate gsubcommittee of Indian affairs, at the "hearing here yesterday. Against an array of indians, who complained that they are not getting proper food, clothing and medical care, there appeared Red Tomahawk, slayer of Sitting Bull, who asserted that the complainants were lazy and would not work. Red Tomahawk, now nearly 80 years old, said he has six acres of corn, a half acre of potatoss, two acres of beans and 40 acres of oats, but that t] 0l men, “}‘1’11: are complaining, have plant- ed_not! 3 . Oliver Igoklng Elk testified that E. D. Mossman, agent here, had threatened to “get” Indians who testified against the Indian administration. William Gayton testified that Government employes used supplies intended for the Indians and that superintendent Mossman was deeply interested in politics. A BURGLARS BAR DOOR IN RAID ON APARTMENT Foresight Enables Them to Make Getaway With $4 When Dwellers Return. Burglars' who took the precaution to barricade the front door of the apart- ment in which they were operating escaped last“night by virtue of their forethought when they were surprised at_work. Dr. and Mrs. Edward K. Smith of 2145 Californin street told eighth pre- cinct police that they returned home about 10:30 o'clock last night to find their entrance blocked by a chair propped against the door from the in- side. They said they could hear voices in_the apartment. Dr. Smith instructed his wife to call the janitor while he ran to the rear of the apartment, but by the time he reached a position where he could cut off their retreat, the burglars had escaped. A check-up revealed that only $4 In cash was stolen from a drawer. Man Accidentally Shot. Eugene Porter, colored, 29 years old, 127 E street, was treated at Freedmen's rted | let wound in his left leg. Police that the wound was accidentally flicted by & friend while the latter was examining a pistol. Porter was able to go home after receiving surgical aid. Aman-n-llnh s Backers Slain. PESHAWAR, India, July 20 (#).— Rports from Afghanistan state that, master Col in July, 1920 and since then served as quartermaster at the National Small Arms matches at Camp Pen;i‘ Ohio, and in a similar capacity at u;' Erie Ordnance Depot at Port Hidayatullah Khan, step-brother of former King Amanullah, has been strnnsled. Three other sympathizers of the King were said to have SUES FOR DAMAGES. Joseph L. Davis Seeks $10,000 for | Death of Daughter. Joseph L. Davis, as administrator of the estate of his daughter, Catherine Davis, has filed suit in the District Su- preme Court to recover $10,000 damages {from Walter 8. Hurtt, owner of an au- tomobile which is said to have struck and killed the young woman May 16 at 'Sixth and G streets southwest. The plaintiff says his daughter was stand- ing at or near the intersection of the two streets when struck by the automo- bile, which he claims was negligently operated. Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph H. Yeatman and Austin F. Canfield appear for the plaintiff, NAVAL RESERVISTS BACK FROM CRUISE Destroyer Returns With Units; From Washington and Baltimore. Naval. Reserves from Baltimore and | Washington; numbering 100 men and| 10 officers, returned this morning when the destroyer Abel ‘P, Upshur dropped anchor in Washington ‘channel fol- lowing & two-week cruise in New Eng- land waters. The destroyer docked- at Quantico last night and continued to this city this morning. Lieut. Comdr. R. S. Field, U. 8. N, regular officer in command of the boat, reported the cruise very successful and | that fine weather was enjoyed during the entire trip. Menemsha Bight cn the Island of Marthas Vineyard was used as a base, the ship docking there each night after cruising in nearby | waters during the day. The last few days of the cruise were taken up with target practice, the men turning in good scores. ‘The Washington contingent, compris- ing 46 men and 5 officers, was in the command of Lieut. H. E. Richardson, | S. N. R, while that of Baltimore was commanded by Lieut. C. G. McKin- ney, U S. N. R. The entire crew in- cluded 12 officers and 125 men, which included the men in regular service and definitely assigned to the Upshur. ‘The Reservists manned the boat and to all practical effects .their officers were in command. The only serious illness of the trip | was R. C. Miller, fireman, second class, of Baltimore, who was operated on for appendicitis at Vineyard Haven, Massa- chusetts. His condition is reported to be ood. " Two more divisions of the Naval Re- serves from Baltimore and Washingwn will leave Washington at 11 o'clock | next Saturday for a two-week cruise on the Upshur in the same waters. HOOVER TO CONTINUE USE OF PROBE GROUPS Announces Policy of Naming Spe- cial Commissions for Fact Finding. President Hoover intends to pursue his policy of naming special commis- slons for inquiry, believing this the best method of determining the facts on any public question. Questioned yesterday by & newspaper correspondent” as to whether he pro- posed to name any more commissicns, the President replied: “I certainly do.” He added, however, that he had no more specific inquiries in mind at this time. Both the Chief Executive and his cabinet members have followed this method of fact-finding since the admin- istration took office. President Hoover has named a commission to study law observance and enforcement and an- other to inquire into child welfare. Secretary Wilbur appointed a commis- slon of outstanding educators to study education. Secretary Hyde named a body of plant specialists to inquire into the Florlda frult fly menace and Secre- | tary Lamont appointed 14 business men and economists to help formulate plans for taking the first national census of distribution in 1930. Mr. Lamont also plans to appoint three other commit- tees to aid the department in obtaining information concerning _population, manufactures and unemployment in connection with the decennial census. CARNIVAL TO CLOSE. Treasure Hunt and Band Concert Feature St. Gabriel’s Festivities. A treasure hunt and a concert by the ' Independent Band of Washington, will mark the close of the-St. Gabriel's carnival, given on the grounds of St. gl-'l"c’:‘fl":} lgl.ltm“c Church at Grant e 3 ‘The clnrnlvnl, which was given to as- sist in the raising of ‘a building fund for a new church, opened July 8, and was intended to close Thursday night. 1t {the air-rail service from New York to HENDERSON HEADS COAST MAIL LIN Former Assistant Postmaster, General Given New York- Miami Air Post. Col. Paul Henderson, who is regarded | as the father of the United States air- | mail system, as a result of his work as second assistant postmaster general in establishing the first transconti. ! nental airmail line, again has entered | the ajrmail field in the National Capi- | tal as president of the New York-Miami Pitcairn contract airmail route. Col. Henderson will make his head- quarters in this city. His appointment to the presidency of the Atlantic coastal airmail line, which passes through the National Capital, ties the local airmail service up with some of the largest air transport operations in the United States. While acting as president, Col. Hen- derson also will continue in his capac- ity as vice president and general man- ager of Transcontinental Air Transport, s Angeles, and as vice president of National Air Transport, which holds the contract for the Eastern half of the transcontinental airmail line. Whether Col. Henderson plans any changes in the policy of the Coastal Airmail Co. could not be learned today. He is on a vacation cryise from which he will return early next month. The appointment of Col. Henderson o the leadership of the former Pitcairn line follows the recent acquisition of that lifle by the powerful Curtiss-Keys- Hoyt group of New York. The Pitcairn line nominally is the property of North American Aviation Corporation, one of a number of subsidiasies of the larger | holding corporation. - . MAIL SURVEY PLANE ARRIVES AT TRINIDAD, 800-Mile Flight Completed Mapping Extension of Air Transport. After an 800-mile flight through the | Virgin Islands and the French and Bri- | tish colonial islands between Porto Rico and the east ccast of South America, an official survey amphibian plane oper- ated by Pan-American Airways arrived at Trinided, Port of Spain, early yes. terday afternoon, according to word re- ceived here today. The survey is being made to lay the groundwork for direct air-mail service, which will connect the National Capital with Dutch Guiana, the farthest out- post of American air transport oper- ations. The survey is being made in a twin- motored Sikorsky amphibian by Robert G. Thach and a crew of four. Stops have been made at the Virgin Islands, British La Croix and Dominica and the French colonial islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.~ The party is to leave Trinidad at once to make the final in- spection of operating facilities over the international air mail extension route recently authorized by the Post Office Department through British Guiana to Paramaraibo, Dutch Guiana, Mr. Thach radioed. Regular air mail schedules over the extension will be flowh within the next four weeks, it has been announced by J. T. Trippe, president of Pan-Ameri- can Airways, the Government ari mail contractor. This service will cut the mail time between this city and Dutch Guiana from 18 days to 4 days, Mr. Trippe said. prdmes = MRS. ALICE W. WRIGHT BURIED AT ROCK CREEK Funeral Services Held From For-’ mer Home at Hotel Early Today. Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Wil- liams Wright, 61 years old, who died at her residence in Wardman Park Hotel Thursday, were conducted at_her residence there today at 1 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Charles T. Warner, rector of St. Alban's Episcopal Church, officiated. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Wright was the wife of Judge Daniel Thew Wright, former justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. He resigned from the latter position in 1914 to resume the private practice of law and has gained wide recognition in the legal profession. Dr. Bullock to Preach. At the Third Baptist Church, Fifth and Q streets, Dr. George Bullock's topic tomorrow at 11 a.m. is “The Boby and the Blood of Christ.” Holy com- munion will follow the morning serv- ices. At 8 p.m. his topic is “He Saved Others.” Bible School, 9:15 a.m.; Sun- day morning prayer meeting, 6:30 to 7:30; Junior C. E. Society, 4 pm.; I C. E. Society, 5 p.m.; Senior C. E. So- | make them public in {Hartman Refuses Comment on Merger Letter, but Dis- plays Route Plan. BLUEPRINT INDICATES OWNERSHIP OF RAILS Order Hints Higher Fares May Not Be Granted Without Re- valuation, While there was no comment forth- coming today from the Public Utilities Commission in connection with tie commission’s letter to the Capital Trac- tion Co. yesterday taking issue with the company's reasons for not resuming the merger negotiations now, thers were indications that the invcstigation into re-routing of street cars is procz:ding at a rapid pace. Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman declined to discuss the statement in the letter that the commission wzs not sat- isfied with the merger plan as approved by the Senate District. committee in a Senate resolution. He s2id that the commission has definite obj ns to certain of the features of the resolu- tion, but that if it had Intcuded to ct this time they would have been incorporated m the letter to the Capital Traction Co. Exhibits Prints of Lines. Mr. Hartman exhibited a blueprint showing all the car lines in the city which he had made last night. The blueprint indicates the ownership .of the various stretches of rail, and Mr. Hartman said it would be a very easy thing working from the plan in con- nection with a series of traffic counts to | decide which line should be changed and exactly where the changes should be made. He did not drop any hints as to what changes he has in mind. A hint that the Capital Traction Co.s petition for higher fares may not be granted without revaluation was seen in an order of the commission today call- ing for revaluation of L. L. Altman Bradbury Heights bus line, the ol other utility which has pending befor the commission a petition for an in- crease of fare. The valuation of this line will be the first bus valuation in the District of Columbia. A start was made last' year in valuing the prop- erty of the Washington Rapid Transit Co., but the valuation was never com- pleted. Order Valuation of Line. Mr. Altman recently reduced fares on his line volunterily from four tokens for 50 cents to 10 tokens for $1. At the end of an experimental period he asked the commission permission to raise his rates back to the old schedule, but the commission ordered the present rates kept iri effect until September 1 and to- day further ordered a complete valua- tion of the property to be made. In a letter dispatched to Mr. Altman the commission wrote: “Having decided to evaluate the property of your ccmpany within the District of élumbia, used and useful in public carrier scrvice, you are hereby directed to furnish the commission with the folowing data, which is to be done at vour very earliest convenience. “The commission would like to have an inventory of your properties used in rendering service within the District of Columbia, listing the property by ap- propriate’ units and_indicating as to each whether it is owned or used, under lease. contract or other arrangement. “Please give us, too, a statement of vour actual investment to date, show- ing whether the investment was made in money, securities or property.” Text of Patrick’s Letter. The text of the letter to the Capital Traction Co., which was signed by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, as chairman, is as follo: “Gentlemen: . “The receipt of your letter of the h instant is acknowledged. The com- ssion notes your unwillingness to resume merger nego.iations and to sub- mit a new form of merger agreement until Congress shall have moved in the matter. “The commission cannot agree that action on the part of the compantes, at present, would be futile, nor that in default of such action Congress may be expected to fix the terms under which a vcluntary merger may be brought about. “Furthermore, the commission could ot approve, in its entirety, the modified agreement as set forth in’ the form of the amended joint resolutiop to which you_refer in your letter. “The commission, therefore, must also disagree with your expressed opinion that the submission of a new form of merger agreement for its consiceration would delay rather than expecite the accomplishment of the desired end.” WOMAN REPORTS THEFT OF $300 AND JEWELRY Others Tell Police of Money Losses, " Burglar Breaks Into Basement. Mrs. Jennie Kaplin, 1832 Seventh street, early this morning told police of the eighth precinct of the loss of $300 in cash and her wedding ring. The money and the ring were taken irom her bedroom between 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon and 5 o'clock this morning, she stated, by thief who grmned entrance through a side win- ow. Margaret Spickley, 205 Lattimer a: nue, Clarendon, Va., reported the los of a solitaire dlamond ring, valued at $160, and a wedding ring, valued at $30. The two pieces of jewelry, she told police, were taken from the restroom of alxrfiitaurflnt on Fourteenth street last night. Leslie S. Quackenbush, 211 Whalen avenue, Clarendon, Va., asked police of the seventh precinct to investigate the theft of $110. He said the money was taken from a coat pocket in a rear room in his place of business. F. G. Wixson, 724 Taylor street, told of the ransacking of his home by bur- glars yesterday. Entrance was gained by breaking a basement window. Noth- ing was stolen. . BICYCLE KILLS BOY, 7. Child Run Over at Willow Tree Playground Dies. Struck by a bicycle July 12 at the Willow Tree playground, Willlam Ed- ward Wallace, colored, 7 years old, of 213 Willow Tree Court southwest, died last night at the Children's Hospital. Police of the fourth precinct today re- leased James Madison, colored, 16 years old, of the 400 block of E street south- west, who is said to have been riding the bicycle. The child was taken home after the accident, but when he became serjonsly il Thursday, was removed to Emer- gency Hospital and later transferred to clety, 6 p. T meeting; Tues- day, 8 to 10 p. Y. P. prayer meet- was_decided, however, to continue it through to 9 pm. the institution in which he died. Death s thought to have been due to internal injuries. =