Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1929, Page 13

PLANS TO EXTEND MARYLAND AVENUE 10 PARK FINISHED. Street Would Be Made Into| 160-Foot-Wide Boulevard, More Than Mile Long. HAZEN TO RECOMMEND CONDEMNATION ACTION Other Thoronghflrel Would Have | to Be Opened in Extension Pro- gram, Surveyor Says. Plans for the extension of Maryland avenue from its present abrupt terminus at Fifteenth and H streets northeast to the northern end of Anacostia Park were completed yesterday by Melvin C. Hazen, District surveyor. The plans provide for a monumental boulevard, 160 feet wide and about a mile and one-fourth long, running through a territory that now largely is undevelopéd. Aside from creating an- other entrance to Anacostia Park it also will provide an impressive entrance to the proposed ‘National Aboretum, to be on the historic Hamilton tract east of | Bladensburg road and north of M slree! northeast. ! terd-\ $500,000 in Land to Be Condemned. | bee: The opening of Maryland avenue| through the mile and a quarter stretch will involve the condemnation of ap- proximately 800,000 square feet of land at an estimate cost of $500,000. Recom- mendations for the institution of con- demnation proceedings to acquire the property will be made to the Commis- sloners tomorrow by Mr. Hazen. The extension, Mr. Hazen said, will necessitate the opening of several other projected streets in the area through which Maryland avenue would pass. One of these would be Seventeenth street from C street to Bladensburg road: the other, Twentieth street from Mount Olivet road to H street. Ultimately, according to Mr. Hazen, ft is planned to connect - Maryland avenue extended with Oklahoma avenue, which will skirt the western fringe of Anaccstia Park and form a connection with 8 road Maryland authorities have indicated they would construct from the ~ District to the Defense Highway. New Highway Would Result. Thus, a new highway would be ereated, according to the surveyor, lead- ing from Washington to the Defense Highway, which would alleviate the con- gestion at the junction of the Washing- | ton-Baltimore " Boulevard and Defense | Highway at Bladensburg, Md. | Midway of the proposed Maryland avenue extension, Mr. Hazen has urmed a circle. It would be -in the ine of Twentieth street as projected, on the top of an elevation, where it would provide a scenic outlook over Washing- ton and slirrounding hillsides. Since most of the property in the proposed Maryland avenue extension is unimproved, Mr. Hazen ‘s anxious that it. be acquired as soon as possible. Any developments in the area, he pointed out, would increase the cost of opening | the avenue. INTEREST REVIVED IN SUGAR TARIFF| Senator Smoot's Sliding Scale Re- opens Controversial Subject of Rate. ° line By the Associated Préss. Interest in the controversial sugar tariff was revived yesterday after dis- closure that the sliding-scale plan of Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, pro- vides a maximum duty of 2.40 cents a pound on Cuban raw sugar, the same | as the flat rate in the House bill. ‘The proposal calls for gradual reduc- tions in duty as the wholesale price of Cuban sugar pyramids at New York. ‘The higher and highest rates would become operative ondy when Cuban pro- duction reached excessive levels and prices declined. President Hoover favors a sugar tariff | that would serve the dual purpose of protecting the domestic producers and eonsumers. Senator Smoot's plan is de- signed to accomplish this by stabilizing the price at around 6 cents a pound wholesale, but it remains for #mjomy members of the finance - committee, ‘which he heads, to indorse the propo- sition before the chairman decides to press it. Some Republicans on the committee are understood to look with favor upon the principle of a tariff flucmnfing with prices, but they have refused commit themselves definitely until lhe Smoot plan is put before them for study. Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, reiterated that he was giving serious thought to a proposal for a bounty to the beet sugar industry as one means of solving the problem of a higher tariff | on_sugar, Borah believes that it might be much wiser to provide a fund of this kind rather than attempt to provide for what has been described as needed rehabilitation of the industry by taxing the consumer in an increased duty. He has not reached a_ definite con- clusion on the ?;.\unon, however. Borah also leaning toward the idea that it may be wise to reduce rates proposed in the House bill on both in- dustrial and agricultural commodities. He believes that higher duties on all of these commodities may not serve to help the farmer at all, while lower duties would. Senator King, Democrat, Utah, issued e statement declaring a ‘number of commodities,” which he did not name, and which have been made dutiable in the House bill, ought to be restored to the free list. COLORED WOMEN HELD FOR ROBBING HUCKSTER Beat Pleasant, ‘Md., )!Ln Charges Pair Beat Him and Took Day's Receipts. After he is alleged to have been lured | & into a house by two colored women late ubbed ““Admiral Rodney. POLICE ARREST 30 INVICE CLEAN-UP Officers Batter Door as Com- | panions Guard Exits Above Restaurant. | | [ = | More than 30 men were taken into | custody and a quantity of gambling paraphernalia was seized in two raids in downtown Washington late yesterday by members of the police vice squad and detectives of the first precinct. * In a raid led by Capt. F. W. Burke of the first precinct Louis Levi, 40 years old, who gave his address in the 1200 block of Halbrook street northeast, was charged with setting up a gaming table on the second floor of a restaurant in the 500 block of Ninth street, where members of the raiding body were forced to break down a heavily batred door which protected the entrance. The attempted escape of more than 25 was blocked as police F\lal‘ded the rear exit as well as the skylight on the roof. All were transported in three patrol wagon loads to the first precinct station, house and after being booked | as Government witnesses were released. | Levi wa€ charged with setting’ up a | gaming table and released in $2, oooi bond for his appearance in Police Court tomortow morning. Chester Louis Bum!. 30 years old, | who said he was a salesman, was ar- rested in a raid in the 1000 block of Fifteenth street, by Detectives George C. | McCarron and J. A. Mostyn of Sergt. O J. Letterman's vice squad_and charged with permitting gaming. Burns was taken to the first precinct station house and later released after posting $50 collateral for his appearance in court tomorrow morning. No one was taken in the raid. SUSPECT IN GASOLINE ROBBERY IS -HELD Youth Is Traced Through License Plates, Hidden After Crash of Car. Traced through the automobile license plates he hid in the woods early yes- terday morning after his automobile capsized and rolled over three times near Fairfax, Va., Kenneth Woolridge. 23 years old, of the 4600 block of Fifth street, was arrested here yesterday aft- ernoon on a fugitive warrant by Head- quarters Detectives Howard E. Ogle end Charles J. P. Weber. He is accused of breaking into a filling station in Fair- fax County and stealing gasoline. Wool- ridge escaped in the crash with a few scratches. Police say he removed the license plates from his car and hid them in nearby woods. A laborer observed the accident and reported the affair to Virginia authorities, who discovared the plates. FOURTEEN ARE ARRESTED IN RAID ON 14TH STREET| Police Beize Alleged Liquor and| Bix Cases of Beer in House. Fourteen persons were arrested, one quart of alleged whisky and six cases of beer seized in a raid last night by second precinct police in the 1600 block of Fourteenth street. Mae Frizzell, re- siding at the Fourteenth street address, was house. ‘Ten patrons of the establishment, which is located on the second floor of the building, were later released to ap- pear in Police Court tomorrow morning as witnesses. The raid was conducted by Lieut. J. W. Plerson, attached to the Second precinct. Garage Also Parks Dogs. A large garage in London has ro- vided a parking place for dogs. p dogs to the West End and did not know what .to do with them the managers Aarran; a room in which Ursus Sitkensis and his sister, Lady Baranof, who arrived at the Zoo yes- | They are great Alaskan brown bear cubs. The fellow shown above has | farmers” of Southwestern Kansas dis- charged with running a disorderly pf; it was noticed that many nuwl.m tmk Potol WASHINGTON, D. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1929—PART . 1—SECTION 2. “ADMIRAL RODNEY” ARRIVES AT Z0OO ~—Star Staff Photo. Z00’s 2 New Cubs At Home Today to Capital Children - Admiral Rodney and Lady Baranof, Baby Bears, -Brought Fiom Alaska. Admiral Rodman and Lady Baranof having arrived in Washington yester- day from Portland, Oreg., where they have been guests for six months of William L. Pinley, field photoxnpher, !or Nature Magazine, will be “at home™ today in the Zoological Park to Wash- ington children. 'he visitors are two very frisky bear | cubs, members of the dl.!fln(uuhed‘ Ursus Sitkensis family so widely known | in ‘the best animal circles of Alaska. They are among the aristocrats of the Zoo and are to be dubbed Rody and Barny. Although Admiral Rodman and Lady Baranof are of cub size now they will be monsters in a few years, for the Alaskan brown bear is the largest of all flesh-eating animals in the world, yet the cubs weigh only 12 to 20 pounds when born. Gift of Seattle Man. ‘These cubs derived their dim\fled. | names from Campbell Church, jr., of Seattle, who presented them to the Washington Zoo. They were so named because of his admiration for the ad- miral and because the cubs were taken on Baranof Island. Mr. and Mrs. | Church have made several !,xpedltlflm\] into Alaskan waters and many photo- | graphs have been obtained in that country by Finley and Arthur Nemn Pack for the magazine. The cubs were under Mr. Hnleyx care at his home in Oregon until ready | for shipment by express. Finley told about them and his trip to Alaska in a recent motion picture showing at the National Press Club. Salmon Chief Diet. ‘There will be a boom in the local salmon market when the cubs get to the Zoo because salmon is about 95 per cent of the bears' food, the other 5 per cent being grass and roots, the few ground squirrels that they catch in the early Spring and the few berries that are eaten in the Fall. ‘The great Alaskan brown bear is also one of the most powerful as well as one of the most interesting of the family. His' reputation has been that of a plun- derer and most dangerous and ferocious beast. But after long experience and assoclation he is found to be amiable and peace-loving, extremely curious, though cautious, highly intelligent and | quite unaware of his brute power and strength. FARMERS BUY PLANES WITH WHEAT PROFITS One Kansan Uses Airship for Fi ing Trips to Rocky Moun- tains. ULYSSES, Kans. (#).—Two “flying play airplanes as proof that wheat crops are profitable. Fred Fowler and James Woods n take to the air in a county that dldn' have a railroad until 1922. Both bought machines on wheat profits from a dis- trict once called the “Cimarron desert.” Last year Fowler built & plane on his father's farm. It would scoot across the stubble at a mile a minute, but failed to rise. Fowler sold his wheat for $20,000, took seven flying lessons, and piloted a new plane home from ‘Wichita. A week later Woods hrought the sec- nd plane ever to alight on the prairie known 40 years ago as a “howling go fishing,” Fowler explained. s 8 lon: Jump by nll or motor to the trout streams of Rockies.” SEASCOUTS END CRUISE. i Seascouts attached to the Twelfth stm'. Young Men’s Christi n Auocl- ation returned yesterday to after an 18 dlys‘ cruise on thz lower mac River and Chesapeake m{ their new 45-foot sailboat, Potomac. their cruise, They were under he pets are supplied with meals and a comfortable place in which they may yesterday, Albert J. Brooks, a 60-year- old one-legged huckster, living in’Seat Pleasant, Md., was beaten over the head and mbbed o( hu day’ lruelm :moum- ing to $26, he told police of precinct last A few hours after t.hs robbery was ported police took into custody Rose c-mrmd!nnecn)um both colored, of 2711 K street, on charges of robbery. Accordin, rg to Policeman J. J. Ramsay of the third precinet, who made the ar- rests, the women were traced to the K street address shortly after Brooks re- rted the robbery, through a $20 bl | enjoy after-dinner naps. The cool respite which has had Wash- ington under blankets for the past few nights will pass today with slightly higher temperatures, the Weather Bu- reau announced last night. The mean temperature for each day r:,l-m:h the women are said to have given will become mdluu.v higher until Wsd- nesday, forecasters believe, when July & groceryman in the vicinity, ‘The Seascouts, in sails only for mer. command of H. K. Howerton of the Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. About 15 boys made the cruise. heat will again set in. By “normal” the bureau means an average temperature of 11 dafreu based on a maximum reading of degrees. After deu- day, however, slightly hotter days ai in store, st ‘Washingtonians need not fear another "heat wave." ‘Meanwhile, 86 rain i in prospect. c, 1. LABOR BRANCH AETS TO BRAG XD TOBULDING STRKE gressing in Dispute at Print- ing Office Addition. | CONFERENCES ARE HELD BEHIND CLOSED- DOOR Differences Between Union and Non-Union Workmen Cause of Walkout. The United States Department of Labor has taken a hand in the labor dispute at the Government Printing Office addition, where construction work now has been tied up for more than a month. The United States Conciliation Serv- ice of the Federal department has the matter in charge, and the case, it was learned, is in the hands of Commis- sipner E. H. Dunnigan of that service. Seyeral conferences have been held on the matter, some of them at the Department. of Labor, _ “Matter Progressing.” “This matter is progressing.” said Commissioner Dunnigan, in briefly dis- cussing the case last night. Al sides are hopeful that it will be sdjusted in an amicable manner.” The difficulty also has outgrown the bounds of the local union men involved, it also was learned, and has concerner officials of the American Federation of Among these officials known to be in- terested in the matter is Willlam Mc- Sorley, who is president of the building trades’ department of the American Federation of Labor. Mr. McSorley has personally concerned himself in the dis- pute, and is understood to have taken an active part in representing the union men involved. Conferences Secret. ‘The negotiations are carefully veiled in the secrecy of several conferences which have been held. All parties to the case express the feeling that public discussion of the merits of the argu-| { ment would only hinder negotiations | which are continuing with a hope of bringing about a settlement. ‘Work was tied up when union trades- men employed by the Rust Engineering Co. walked off the job as non-union tradesmen employed by the Virginia Engineering Co. went to work on the same building. Both contractors were awarded contracts in o] bidding, the Rust Engineering Co. having the con- tract for, construction and the Virginia Co. v.he contract for me- ipment. Union interests in the matter are looking forward to a national meeting of union officials of the building trades to be held in Buffalo beginning tomor- j row. which will be attended by several union leaders from Washingten. It was considered likely that some presentation of the Government Printing Office case might be made to the meeting. FAVOR VETERANS FOR CENSUS WORK| I J Ex-Service Men's Organization tol Ask Congress to Make Appointments. lorts to obtain preference for dis- -bl:d veterans in the selection of census takers for the 1930 census in Washing- ton will be undertaken by the Dmrlct of Columbia department of the dis- abled American veterans of the World War. E. Claude Babcock, District com- mander, announced yesterday. Indica- tions are that there will be about 300 of these local positions to fill. A preference of 10 points on posi- tions requiring civil service examina- tions is exunsed to disabled veterans, but enumerators do not come- under the civil service rules. Was| having no representation in Congress, Babeock said, will have its enumerators selected by Congressmen. Because of this fact he believes it will be possible to obtain preference for disabled men here. “They are entitled to this patronage if they can produce men who can do the work,” Babcock sald. “We intend through our local organization and per- haps v.hrouxh the m!.hnll body of the D. A. V. to bring this question before Congress as & whole and before Con- neumen as individuals. Babcock explained that the quuuonndu sent out by the District department in regard to the employ- ment _situation among disabled men the District had brought a large per- eenun of rephu “We find a large number of men are not employed at all.” Comdr. Bab- cock sald. “Many others are holding positions which do mnot carry sufficient w | salary to support the veteran's family. Wives are working in many instances and there are other matters in which the District department will interest itself to better conditions for its mem- bers. We mund gradually to extend this service to e disabled veteran in the District, whether afliated with our organization or not.” ALIMONY DENIED TO CHILDLESS WIFE Mrs. Annie L. Clark of D. C. Is Young, Healthy and Has Salary, Says Judge—Divorce Given.. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCK' » Md, July —In :rmung Mrs. Annie uun Chrk of ashington _an absolute divorce trom] Charles J Ollrk of Takoma Park, this her alimony, Judge | in the it Court here, stated in the decree signed by him this morni that “only in a very lfll- usual uu opinien, should deserted, J bil" and granted divoree to e on & cross bill filed by her in which it wncmn{%dmtsh!mtmmede- according to_the 71 ll“ K Ollankw wu& . TS, itk was by Robert Peter, ir, and BUSINESS BODIES ar UNITE FOR OUTING Columbia Heights and Geor- gia Avenue Event on River 1 Wednesday. The cares of trade will be xhelved‘ Wednesday when the Columbia Heights ' and Georgia Avenue Business Men'&‘ Associations hold their second annual outing at Marshall Hall. A prominent place in this year's out- ing will be given to children’s athletic contests. The youn[sum it is expected, will flock to Marshall Hall on the first boat -n. 10 o'clock to cipate in a pro- ginning at 12 30 in which they Sil compete fix 3 Events for adults, Wlth 50 prizes, will start at 4 o'clock. Features will include the customary base ‘ball game between Columbia Heights and Georgia Avenue for pos- session of the Luders Silver ’Prophy, now held by Georgia Avenue, and th annual tug-of-war between the two associations for the Blumenfeld Silver Trolgh) now in possession of Columbia Many stores in both sections will close Wednesday afternoon on account | of the outing, and a record attendance is prflflc(cd Many public officials have been invited to be special guests. William Snellenburg, general chair- man of the Columbia Heights group, announced yesterday additional mem- bers completing the following commit- Reeept-lnn. B. A. Levitan, Alton B. cmy Lyman F. Kebler, Frank J. Sobotka, Lyh 0. Cook; athletics, H. C. Phillips, Gerald Swan, W. Francis Scott, A. L. Van Gorden. Joseph Ofano; priu, M. Schlosberg, A. T. Androus, J. H. Wolpe, G. Steven Hewitt and “Jimmie”; entertainment, Sephen Eilbacher, L. F. Collins, Nat Glasser and R. W. Neely. ‘Members of the Georgia Avenue Busi- ness Men's body designated in charge of activities were Walter Beller, gen- ral an; E. Minoux, base ball Allen C. Haight, athletics e m: man; Joseph P. Siephenson, publicity chairman; Milton R. Vollmer, tickets chairman, and other members of gen- enl committee as follu'l‘ A. P. Bo- vello, W. J. WIdmaygr lore Denekas, Prederick Luc Hamill. T0 VOTE ON BOND ISSUE. Special Dispatch to The FREDERICK, Md., Ju.l,y atnnmlwmkonAux\uuwmmfiwn ‘Theod rllnd J. David iger, J. Luther Malone lld 0. Earl elly. Each ward is repruen by !wo . Mayor C. A. COLORED BURGLAR MAKES GONFESSION 'Caught Fleeing From Gallatin Street Residence, He Ad- mits Three Offenses. Arrested Priday when he was caught flzeing from the home of R. W. Corri- don, 1344 Gallatin street, into which he had broken, Edwards Williams, colored, 1619 Pifth street, last night confessed ta three other cases of housebreaking n the thirteenth precinct during the puz two months. Williams was captured after a chase of several blocks when he was discovered by Mr. Corridon gathering together a quantity of household and about to make away with them. Several citi- zens joined in the chase which ended with the colored man nunuy running into the arms of a policem: At the thirteenth preclnct where he was questioned by Detective T. C. and _ Headquarters Detective l J. Dowd, to whom he con- ed with breaking, Daniel J. Mat- tingly, 532 Cedar street, Takoma Park, on June 11 and stealing articles valued at'$500; J. 8. Haight, 6312 Ninth m-eet July 8, where police say he took $400 worth of goods, and .Peter S. Gordon, 900 Butternut street. At the latter place he is alleged to have stolen prop- erty valued at $450. In addition he is charged with breaking into the home of Mr. Corridon. HEADS PARK COMMUNITY. H. V. Leighton Chosen President of Mountain Lake Group. Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, Mfl July 20.—The annual meeting of Mountain Lake Park Community, attended by 80 ? perty owners, m\llud in the elec- mn! of H. v Leighton as president and d secretary. J. L. Echard was n-elemd superintendent of roads janager, Chatrman; C. W. Slgworth, prizes char- | g0 Mountain Lake Park totaled approxi- mately $404,500, which at a 65-cent tax rate will produce baout $3,600, on which the buafi of the coming year was taken. | | | | l ¥ Above: Scene at Ch where the Shriners boarded a- special train. _Below: Grace Russell (left) a Lucy Hales, who saw the Shriners —Star Staff Photo. First Lady Offers White House Cars For Veterans’ Use Declaring that “some of us are prone to_forget that for many men the World War will never be over,” Mrs. Herbert Hoover yes- terday volunteered the use of her private automobile and several White House cars to transport disabled war veterans to the an- nual outing of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Rixey estate in Virginia next Sunday. “In 1917 and 1918,” Mrs. Hoo- ver said, “many of us were glad to pick up men in uniform for transportation purposes. These lads still in the hospitals need the rides now much more than they did while they were young, strong soldiers in 1917.” Veterans from the Mount Alto, Walter Reed, St. Elizabeth’s and Naval Hospitals are planning to attend the outing. SUSPECT IN ATTACK ON POLICE IS HEL Colored Man Is Belleved to Be! John Simmens, Wanted in Potomac Shooting. ©One of the colored men wanted in the recent series of attacks upon Virginia police is thought to have been captured by fourth precinct police last night in & raid upon a colored residence in the 300 block of C street southwest. The prisoner gave his nathe as John Simpson, 25, of 1219 Forty-seventh place northeast, but is thought to be John Simmons, who is wanted in Alex- andria, for the shooting of George Ww. Dnbrey. a Potomac, Va., policeman, on March 18, 1928. Furnished a tip that Simmons was at the house in southwest, Lieut. F. M. Dent immediately formed a raiding party and with Sergt. G. H. Rand and Pvts. C. A. Strobel, G. B. Reid and G. ‘T. Brown, entered the house and took the man into custody. He was in bed when the arrest was made. Given to Potomae Police, ed Simpson, or Simmons, was turne over to Pdlicemen Embrey and Walter V. Wright, both of the Potomac Police Department, and he is being h!ld in the Potomac Jail on a charge felo- nious assault with intent to kfll 'rhey identified him. ‘The attack on Embre; 9:30 o'clock the night of March 18, 1928, when Embrey and Wright an- W a call that two police were needed on Canal Hill, near the Alex- andria-Arlington County line, and they immediately went to that place, but found ev!mhln["’"flllzk Driving down ax street extended they saw an automobile running with- out lights enter the driveway of a col- ored home and drive into a garage. Embrey and Wright left their machine and called to the two colored occupants of the car to halt. One was placed un- der arrest for drunkenness, while the ! other, John Simmons, was released. Embrey Hit by 14 Shot. Simmons entered the house adjoin- the lndhn few minutes good his Gaca mhflo“‘vevfl.cg:: escape, while rushed the wounded policeman Alexandria Hospital. Wright wu eon- fined to the Alexandria institution for more than two months before he re- covered. ‘There is a reward of $200 for the arrest or information leading to the arrest and conviction of Simmons, The town council of Potomac offered”one- half of that amount, vhna the re- ered by estion of adequate fire | mainder of the reward E.| protection was’ pmenua. but no action former ulyor Wwilllam Kleyweuher of Young Couples License Is Canceled When Mother Urges Postponement clerk’s cancellation stamp, fall- nnmne Friday, ©of sorrow om_the tl\tul couple, at the same g e bride- mother of the bride- . Peake, Who 1 at 1232 G lln . nn:ew:d that her ;'n ghter, Nellie, 19 years old, and Nel: U s 3 5 - lie's intended, Howard E. Gibson, Jr. way as & m-wn fihzrmd :l;fi b~ the garage PAGE 13 NEARLY 6,000 . C. MOTORISTS TAKEN INTRAFFIC DRIVE Police Figures Disclose 5,827 Arrests and Fines of peake Junction, | 1o occurred about i MINNEAI in fers o c candidate—in the $10,000. SPEEDING HEADS LIST OF CODE VIOLATIONS ‘Pennlfiel Seemingly Not Effective as Number Seized Increases in Last 24 Hours. Nearly 6,000 Washington motorists have been arrested by the police during the 23 days of the campaign against speeding and other violations of traffic regulations, and there has not been a single fatal accident, it was announced by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, yesterday. The police figures disclosed a total of 5,827 arrests. Of this number, 1,082 or nearly one-fifth, were for speedin for reckless driving and 4.576 for mis. cellaneous violations other than major offenses. week which ended yesterda; all records in fines collected by the Traffic Court, it also was announced., More than $10,000 was collected during the six-day sessions of the court. Stiff Fines Imposed. ‘The stiff fines handed out by Judge Mattingly. who has presided over the Court since last Wednesday, ueml.nlly has not affected the cem- pal in the least, for arrest figures for the 23 days disclosed that the greatest number in any 24 hours were made in the period pncedlnc 8 o'clock yesterday The 1 was 305, exceeding By 3, that for me nmlous 24 hours. The smallest 24-hour record since the came paign started was given as 68. Seventy- three speeders set the record for one day and 20 reckless drivers. There have been 24 arrests of hit-and-run drivers during the campaign, 11 for daullng hudu(hu and 17 for driving l The 'n-mc Bureau also reported & d!cldfd decrease in the number of ac~ cidents. Mrs. Willlams Improved. Fear that the records during the campaign might be marred by a fatal accident was relieved last night when it was reported that Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, knocked down: Friday night on Bladensburg road, had shown ime provement and her recovery is e: . George Willlams, companion Miss Margaret Smith of Mount Rainier, Md., detained for investigation in the accident, declared yesterday that Miss Smith’s car did not strike Mrs. Wil- liams, but that she was the victim of mistaken identity when she stopped the car to see if they could be of any assistance following the accident. Struck down when crossing the in- tersection of Ninth street and New York avenue yesterday by a motor cycle operated by Albert G. King, 21, mlmd 1400 block of smh street, Jlu!.l Simmors, 49, colored, 500 block of Twenty-rounh street northeast. is sald a serious condition at Emer- zency Ho-pm. King Failed to Stop. According to police, King failed to | halt_after running down the woman, | but was later arrested and held for In- vestigation at the second precinct. The injured woman was taken to the hospital in a passing automobile and treated for a possibie fracture of the skull, possible fractured leg and lacerae tions of the head. Felix A. Copsey, 30 years old, 700 block of Sixth street southeast, who was run down by an automobile operated by Robert R. Retten, 2000 block of Fourth street northeast, while at Thirteenth street and New York avenue, was said to be suffering a peesible fracture of the ‘wrist at Emergency Hospital. His con~ dition is not serious. Four occupanis of an automobile which overturned following s collision with a machine operated by Allen Lewis, 3825 Wisconsin avenue, at Tenth and M streets, yesterday were removed to George Washington Hospital for ;rcl!menv. although not seriously in- jured ‘They are, Charles Lataja, operator of the automobile; Veronica Lataja, 29: yelru old; Charlotte Lataja. 9 years old, Mary LILIJI 8. Ve uu'ed for a left elbow, Chll‘lolu for bruises to the left, shoulder, and Mary for lacerations to the left hip. All occupants of the latter vehicle reside at 1614 Newton street northeast. Joseph Beeke, 40 years old, of 1106 Seventh street, sustained minor bruises terday when he was struck at Eszhm and L streets by a truck owned by the Tolman Lsundry and operated by Ralph 8. Cer of 113 T street. Beeke was treated by F. Repettl, 811 L street. “PLATFORM WIT” SUCCEEDS NEWTON Nolan Is Expected to Enliven Congressional Record With Humor. POLIS lfl.—l‘lnnmhl of- of , Representative-el for the rellel ol the lamented dullness in the Congressional Record with a little in- tentional humor. Nolan, lleutenant governor, a Repub- lican, was chosen to succeed Walter Newton, Representative from the fifth district, who resigned after his ap- pointment as secrewary to President Hoover. ‘The f sheets will show that Nolan been a professional lec- turer and h\unomul entertainer for 25 years. The Chatauqua’ platform has known him. Dup\te Nolan's avowed intentions to listen to Congress, Minnesota folks are confident “Bill” will give a few humor- ous lines to the Reco: HELD IN GIR‘LS’ ESCAPE. Two Boys Arrested, Charged With Aiding in School Breakaway.