Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1929, Page 15

A j Washington News he Foening Star. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION POLICE LAY TRAPS FORD. C. AUTOISTS, Clark Complains That Traffic Officers Are Hiding on Side Streets. LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED ALSO, PRATT IS TOLD Chief Is Reminded That Similar Charges Had Brought Pledge of City Heads to Stop Action. Complaint that traffic officers were hiding on side streets with lights ex- tinguished, resorting to “subterfuge” in enforcing the law, was registered with Supt. of Police Henry G. Pratt today by Charles P. Clark, general manager of the American Automobile Association. ‘The A. A. A. executive reminded the ehief of police that a previous similar complaint had brought response from the Board of Commissioners with prom- ises to stop the practice, but that judg- ing from the number of complaints being registered by motorists the prac- tice again was being “indulged in.” Organization Opposes Action. Mr. Clark declared that his organiza- | tion unalterably was opposed to the practice and took the position that law enforcement officers engaged in en- forcing the traffic laws should be in full uniform and in plain sight at all times. The letter to Supt. Pratt follows: “Many complaints are being brought to the attention of the American Auto- mobile Association, in which it is charged that officers of the Metropolitan Police force engaged in traffic enforce- ment are hiding up side streets with lights extinguished, in violation of the law, in order to apprehend motorists passing on the main streets. “Under date of August 10, 1928, this practice was called to the attention of | the Board of Commissioners by this or- ganization and under date of August 23 | we received a letter from the secretary | of the Board of Commissioners, two par- | agraphs of which I quote as follows: Police Policy Is Cited. “ ‘T am directed by the Commissioners | to further acknowledge your two com- munications of August 10 and 15 and to say that report has been received from | the major and superintendent of police. ( ‘wherein he states that the policy of the i Police Department. is to have its mem- bers show themselves clearly on the highway. looking to the prevention of traffic violations rather than conceal themselves and thus possibiy encourage violations. The Commissioners are in accord with this policy. “ ‘Members of the police force will be reminded, however, that in the interest of good administration the policy of the Commissioners and the Police Depart- ‘ment, is to deter violations of the trafic regulations rather than detect violations by concealment or other subterfuge, and that this result can best be obtained by traffic officers remaining in plain view on the public highways and keeping of their respective mounts lighted in ac- cordance with existing regulations.” “In view of the policy expressed in this communication, I am taking the liberty of inviting your attention to the fact that it would seem from the num- ber of complaints being received by this nffice that. this practice is again being indulged in by certain members of the ! Metropolitan Police force.” * 124 ARE GRADUATED FROM CHURCH SCHOOL Two Ceremonies Are Held as Chil-, dren Are Presented With | Certificates. | Certificates of graduation were | swarded 124 children of the George-| town Vacation Church School in the Georgetown Presbyterian Church build- ing yvesterday. The ecertificates were presented to the children of the begin- | ners' department yesterday morning | and to the others at commencement | exercises In the church hall last night. | The certificates and other awards for successtul work during the school term were presented last night by Dorothy Clore, supervisor of the school, while Mrs. Alfred W. Booth, in charge of the beginners’ department, presented the certificates at the exercises yes- terday morning. The school was conducted through | the co-operation of the following churches: West Washington Baptist Church, Dumbarton M. E. Church, Congress Street M. E. Church, St. John's Epis- copal Church, Calvary M. E. Church South, Georgetown Lutheran Church, Georgetown Presbyterian Church, Peck Memorial Chapel and Mount Tabor Methodist Protestant Church. A woman’s committee, headed by Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, chairman. was in general charge of the conduct of the “achool. One of the features of the closing exercises was the exhibit of a doll house, constructed by the boy students and furnished by the girls, which is 1o be presented to Children’s Hospital this afternoon. DORSEY IS CLEARED OF LIQUOR CHARGE Not Guilty Verdiet Is Found in Five Minutes by Jury at Driver's Trial. A verdict of not guilty was rendered by a Police Court jury today after five minutes deliberation in reviewing the evidence in the arrest and charging of . James A. Dorsey, driver of a Greenwald Packing Co. truck, which was halted by eighth precinct police on June 13, and said to have contained 20 cases of Canadian ale. Policeman B. H. Franklin searched the truck when it parked in the 2200 block of Fourteenth street, and declared he discovered ale secreted in the midst of 9,000 pounds of food products. Dor- sey was charged with possession. Represented by Attorney Harry Whe- lan, he went to trial yesterday before Judge John P. McMahon, instituting a defense plea which alleged he had no Xknowledge of the age. Dr. Albert A. Spear, Government chemist, testified that the ale was gen- __uine and contained § per cent alcohol. presence A BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Rediscovered for the third time in history in a depression left by a woman's high heel in the sand at Chesapeake Beach. the lost atypus, one of the most mysterious and colorfubl of North American tarantulas, has been deposited at the National Museum. For nearly a century this spider has mystified entomologists. It first was described from a specimen found in & glass jar in the National Histo) Museum of Paris in 1836. It was labeled only “North America.” Itnever was seen again until about 10 years ago, when Nathan Banks of the Bureau of Entomology found one on Plummer’s Island in the Potomac, the wild life preserve of the Washington Naturalists’ Club. Search of the island failed to reveal another. A few days ago Herbert Barbour of the staff of the National Museum noted a strange creature apparently trapped in the deep heelprint and captured it. It is a jet-black, velvety spider with bright orange legs. Mr. Barbour turned it over to Clarence R. Shoemaker, National Museum expert on spiders, who found that the mysterious “lost atypus” had turned up once more. Seen Only Three Times. this part of the country, according to Mr. Shoemaker, but is so secretive in its habits," coming out of its unknown hiding places only at night, that it has eluded all observers. ‘The present specimen is a full-grown male, which explains why it was caught. The males go ranging far afield in search of food. This one probably tumbled off a high cliff into the sand, where it was unable 1o hide. ‘There are about six members of the dreaded tarantula family around Wash- ington, according to Mr. Shoemaker, all isonous, but all so secretive in their bits that only naturalists know of their existence and the spider is generally believed to be tropical. There is only a technical difference between them and spiders. Almost everywhere the taran- tulas are the objects of a superstitious dread, but the actual danger, Shoe- maker says, is grossly exaggerated. They are poisonaus, but the poison is not very virulent, it would be a rare accident for any one to be bitten, and probably the poison would be so slight as to leave no noticeable effects. A Deadly Spider. ity of Washington. Mr. Shoemaker said. ‘black widow,” especially dreaded by country people and the subject of some frightsome Indian legends to the effect that any one bitten would swell up, turn black, and die in the utmost agony. Actually the “black widow.” although the most polsonous of spiders, seldom bites & human being. In the tropics its bite occasionally is fatal. It is a small spider with very large poison sacks and onlv a very little poison is necessary to produce serious effects. ‘The chance of being bitten by it. says Shoemaker. is very remote. Like the lost atypus, it never is seen except by the naturalist. Besides it probably has been exterminated within the city, although its webs are seen quite often in the outlying woods. These webs may a bush and the ground. The spider lives in damp leaves at the bottom of the web. If sn insect is thrown into the web it will come out like a flash— a very fat, jet-black spider with a red 3pot on its belly. A bite would result only from sccidently disturbing the nest. This spider is a close relative of the ordinary house spider which is com- paratively non-poisonous. They Never Take Offensive. Nearly all the local spiders are very secretive, Shoemaker says, and ask only to be let alone, 50 far as man is con- cerned. They will never take the of- fensive. After a little handling they become quite docile. Although seen only three times. the | | creature probably is quite abundant in Only one spider found in the vicin- | es a dangerous bite. This is the | be two or 3 feet high, swung between | WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY LOST ATYPUS, RARE TARANTULA, FOUND AT CHESAPEAKE BEACH Mysterious and Colorful Spider Is Dis- covered for Thirfi. Time in History Near Washington. Probably the most remarkable spider found in Washington, according to Shoemaker, is one of the trap-door tarantulas. This creature digs a bur- row in leaves or moss. Then it con- structs a perfectly-fitting roof of moss or gravel bound together with strands of silk, which it attaches to the bur- row with two short, stout and very strong hinges of silk. When this door is closed the burrow is perfectly con- cealed. ‘When in danger this spider goes into its burrow. closes the door, and holds it shut with its front legs and fangs. It is distinguished by peculiar project- ing parts of the mouth equipped with rough teeth for digging. Ordinarily one of them would not be seen once in a life time, Another locel spider builds a thin, cylindrical tower of twigs, moss or gravel around the opening of his burrow. Con- cealed in this tower it waits for its prey to go by. Sometimes these spider towers are more than a half inch high. This creature is a close relative of the largest of local spiders—a brownish black spe- cles with a leg stretch of about two- and-a-half inches, which hides under stones. Perfect Divers. ‘Washington also is the home of one of the true water spiders, which run along the fop of atill water. living on the larvae of dragon fiies and May flles. But they are perfect divers and pounce upon small minnows, drag- ging them to the surface and sucking the body juices from them at leisure. ‘These spiders come up perfectly dry after a dive—a fact probably explained by a fine fuzz surrounding the body and holding a layer of air. There may also be an oily secretion which keeps off the water. Some of the most remarkable spiders brought to the National Museum come from the interiors of the Virginia caves. Some of these spiders live as much as a mile from the entrance in complete darkness and are entirely blind. Their only neighbors are small, blind insects upon which they feed. They are very alert and hard to catch, probably com pensating for their lack of eyesight by extremely well developed tactual .and chemical sensibilities. Although spiders are seldom seen. with the exception of one or two species, Shoemaker says, they are very abundant in the District—a fact which can be demonstrated by taking home a | handful of leaves or moss in Winter | and putting it in a goldfish jar. Within two or three days the jar will be alive | with young spiders. It is also shown by the shining lines of silk which sometimes seem to fill the atmosphere at sunset. Each line indicates the pas- sage of a spider. One of these animals | cannot move anywhere without leaving | & strand behind it. But although extremely numerous, the mortality rate among youn spiders is enormous. They are believes 1o eat each other before emerging from the coccoon. 3 | explanation advanced for the fact that | when the young come from the cocoon they are considerably larger than the egg and there has been no other food available. One theory has been ad- | vanced, says Shoemaker, that they feed | directly on sunlight. like plants. They also suffer an enormous mortal- ity from the ravages of mud wasps. One of these insects will paralyze dozens of spiders and take them, still alive but helpless, to its nest, where it leaves them as food for its young when they | hatch. The sting is placed so skillfully that the nervous system of the spider is paralyzed, but the creature lives two or three weeks. “Thus when the young mud wasp hatches it will have a plenti- ful supply of fresh meat. It will not eat dead food. “Granting that all spiders are poison- ous,” says Shoemaker, “the superstitious [dreld in which they are held, especially | by women, is hard to understand. since | when foreed to it and do a great, deal |of good. But the fear of spiders seems [to be bred into the human race and can be overcome only by an effort of | the will. ; 1$650,000 BAKERY creatures | This is the most likely | | they seldom do any harm, will bite only | RETRENENTFUND OF (VL SERVEE [PTOSHAOO Employes’ Contributions Are Big Item in Growth of Benefit Sum. 2,574 WOHKERS ADDED TO PENSIONERS IN YEAR Plan of Taking Share From Sal- aries Successful in Providing Adequate Money. The Civil Service retirement and dis- abllity fund now totals upward of $140,000,000,” with $89,000,000 already | pald out of the employes' own contri- butions, before the Government. started in two years ago to pay off its accumu lated Nability. This “condition of the fund” made public today by Robert H. Alcorn. who | represents the employes as agent of the joint conference on retirement in their negotiations with the Government and especially with the committees of Congress, shows that 1 1hie RGIIAY excns iany S and is considered especially forceful !in view of the fact that until the Ap- |propnnnons by, the Government last | year, the fund has been bullt up entirely | from the percentage deducted from the | salary of each employe. | Growth Impressive. | This healthy growth of the fund is particularly impressive, since the re- | tirement law has been in operation less than 10 years—since August 20, 11920. According to the Treasury De- | partment record as of July 12, during | the last fiscal vear, ended June 30, 11929, the contributions from the sal- | aries of employes amounted to $28,482.- |25753. The interest earned on that part of the fund which has been in- vested amounted 4o $4.446,797.16, which makes the total of contributions and interest last year $32,920,044.69. Further data regarding the fund which Mr. Alcorn secured from Earl D. Church, commissioner of pensions, who |is in charge of administering the civil | service retirement and disability fund, | 1s as follows: | 16,501 Annuitants, | The number of annuitants on the re- tirement roll. as of June 30, the close | of the fiscal year. was 16.501 |~ During the last fiscal year 2.574 em- ployes were retired, of whom 1.764 e tired on account of age and 810 on ac- count of disability. During the fiscal year 1.395 annuitants | were dropped from the roll on account of death. | During the fiscal vear the total 24, FVEYEAR LI FORCVL SERVEE REENTRY LITED | Hoover Liberalizes Reinstate- ment Rule, Opening Doors to Former U. S. Workers. | NON-COMPETITIVE TESTS TO QUALIFY APPLICANTS | Government Officials Are Pleased | by Executive Order Changing Regulations. |~ President Hoover has greatly liberal- | ized the civil service rule on reinstate- ment by an executive order, it was learned today, and the changed policy has beqn placed in effect by the Civil | Service Commission, throwing wide open | & door which formerly had been closed { to former employes of Uncle Sam. The most important change in the rule is that which eliminates the five- year limit. Under the old rule, a per- | son who had worked for the Govern- | ment and had been out of Govern- ment employ for five years or more could not be reinstated in the Gov-| ernment service unless he had vet- | eran’s preference. The President wiped | aside this five-year limit. | | Qualification Is Established. | Under the new regulation, it i« pro- | 1 ded that any person who has worked | f5r the Government for a period of five | ,ears or longer can be Teinstated at | any time. “without limit.” if he can | ‘qualify under an appropriate non- | competitive examination.” | |~ This means, according to Government | officials who were asked for sn inter- pretation of the order, that many for- mer employes who wish to return to the | Government. service now will be given | the opportunity of getting back on the Federal pay Toll without going through | the difficult procedure of qualifying on | the regular civil service register, and getting _appointment in competition | with others from all parts of the United | | States. | ‘The change in the regulation was recommended by the Civil Service Com- | | mission and_was approved as recom- | mended, by the Chief Executive. Enthusiasm Greets Change. n all quarters of the Government service where the order became known | today. it was greeted with enthusiasm. | E. W. Libbey, chief clerk of the De- | partment. of Commrece and chairmap | |of the Chief Clerk's Assoclation, de- | | clared that to his knowledge many for- | mer employes had attempted to re-enter | the Government service and were barred | by the old regulation. “This certainly will simplify the procedure,” he said. “It all is in the interest of the mdlv-\ | 1dual.” At the National Federatioin] of Fed ! amount disbursed on aecount. of an-| nuities and refunds to those leaving the service was $16.072.472.42, of which $12.- | 005.048.88 was paid for annuities and $4,067,423.54 on account of refunds. COL. PERCEFUL ESTATE 'AMOUNTS TO $14,638 Will of Late Army Officer Reveals Holdings in Florida and Kentucky. Lieut. Col. Abraham C. L. Perceful. | former medical approving office of the Veterans' Bureau. who died at Mount Alto Hospital, July 14, owned 10 acres ! at Lakeland. Fla., and 105 scres in Har- | !}am County, Ky. His personal sstate is | valued aat 314,638.51, which includes | president. of the was interested especially in the new order. She thought it would relieve the | | president of much pressure from in- | | dividuals who previously had attempted | to get special individual executive or- ders for themselves, restoring their in- dividual civil service status. | “The old procedure,” Miss McNally | explained. “allowed usually only two kinds of special executive orders in case of individuals. Either they were ap- pointed without Tegard to civil service, | because there was great need of the! special kind of service they could ren- der, or they were labeled ‘charity.’” | “Charity” Label Ts Eliminated. | Miss McNally thought the new order | | would place all this kind of cases in the hands of the Civil Service Commission and allow many worthy persons to qual- ity and get back on the Federal pay roll who otherwise could not get on or who. ! in extremity, might get on labeled “charity.” “It throws the door wide open,” she commented. | One 1929, The third contingent of children to spend two weeks at Camp Good Will is shown leaving this morning for the camp site in Rock Creek I’ll‘pL They were selected afler passing physical examinations early this morning at the Thomson School. The camp is conducted under the auspices of the Summer outings com- mittee of the Associated Charities and accommodates 160 children and mothers at a time. Another party left yesterday for Camp Pleasant, at Blue Plains, D. C —Star Staff Photo. ! The Rotary Club furnished transportation foday. after. a person may be reinstated nmy" 9 to the department. or independent Gov- | ernment ~ establishment. from which | separated and upon requisition made | within one year from the date of hi: separation. In its discretion, the com- mission _may. after absolute appoint- | ment, allow reinstatement in any part | of the classified service and it may also authorize walver of the one-year | limit hereln prescribed. under the fol- e owing time limitations: Two vears| p : f p where service has been two years, but | POliCEMan Slain on Duty Will lehsn 'hm, v,h;‘-e o three years | . where service has been three years, but. | in- less than four vears: four years where | Be Buried at Fort Lin service has been four years, but less than five vears, and without time ltmit coln Cemetery. where service has been five years or more. | T “Provided that the applicant for re- | The body of Patrolman Harrv J. Mc- instatement, who has ‘Deen separated | Donaid, who went through 18 me ih'sul :‘,ou th‘n' nfv;"{e'“d‘. o‘:cr'mdu’“’- ‘war in 'Prnnce with 'heBA E. ;”wn 1) ; e as set fol under the conditions s S ORI of executive order of June 2, 1920, and | succumb to a bullet wound suffered in provided further thai he can QUAHTY | jine of his veacotime d - | under an Aappropriste non-competiti 2 DEAce Himeldn'y PUIbeicom of T PV | mitted to the soll of Fort Lincoln Geme- examination.” tery tomorrow by members of his family, The executive order of June 2. 1920, | guarded against the reinstatement of | :":a even now feel the pinch of circum- | nce. former Government employes merely | | for the purpose of trying to get in on | _ While plans for the funeral went for- | the Government retirement pension. | Ward today, police officers of the third precinct, to which McDonald was at- SERVICES ARE HELD | moathrc isten o setsomsia e FOR COMDR. JEWELL | not better able to meet the future. Capt William G. Stott. commanding the third Rites for Leading Epsicopal Lay man Are Conducted in Ar- precinet, said he had observed that Mc- Donald was hard-pressed to support. his | family and his crippled mother, and ! that he had not been able to take out insurance in the policemen’s benefit | und 2t a cost of $2 a month because he | could not afford it. ! lington Cemetery. | Shot by Captive. | McDonald was shot early in the| morning of July 6. when he was placing two colored men under arrest after re- ponding to a call that two men were Funeral services for Comdr. Charles | Theodore Jewell, U. §. N.. retired. lead: ing Episcopal layman of this eity. who | died in Emergency Hospital Monday. | were conducted in Arlington Cemetery | today at nocn. Rev. Dr. C. E. Buck and Rev. Dr. Robert Shores officiated. | Comdr. Jewell's classmates at the United States Naval Academy were honorary palibearers. Comdr. Jewell was for & number of ' years in general charge of publicity for the Episcopal Church here and at the | time of his death was secretary of the | Provincial and Diocesan Commissions | of Religions Education. He also had many other important church connec- | tions. He was 57 vears old. robbing Kenner's Pharmacy. at Seven- teenth and Q streets. He had captured the men in an alley and was taking them to a patrol box at the corner when he was shot. Alfred Aldridge i= charg- ed with having fired at the policeman | fl;,ur times. One shot took effect in his | chest. { News reports of the incident led Dr. C. N. Chipman of 1420 Rhode Island avenue, to write The Star today in high | praise of Patrolman McDonald's de- | votion to duty. Dr. Chipman inclosed in his letter a check for $10, which will | be turned over to Mrs. McDonald by | The Star. | “‘He was game enough to get his two | men and then kill one after he was | shot down,” he wrote. “Too bad he Autoist Who Pushed Woman’s Car From WORK IS AWARDED feature which Miss ‘Manflyl had to die as all police departments PAGE 15 SCHOOL PORTABLES CERTAIN TO PROVE COSTLY IF MOVED Architect’s Report Indicates “A”” and “B” Types Show Wear From Shifting. CONSIDERED SUBSTANTIAL Eight of Seventy-five Buildings Included in Transfer Order. Indications that the school authori- ties will encounter difficulties if they attempt to follow the municipal archi- tect's advice to move again only those portable school buildings which are “in a very substantial condition” appeared today in interpretations of the archi- tect’s report on portables, and in the order to carry forward the delayed ;zlrelnsffir o;!:ixht of the structures to 'w sites fore the openin in September. B e Maj. R. O. Wilmarth, assistant super- | intendent in charge of business affairs and acting superintendent in the ab- sence of Dr. Frank W. Balloi, superin- tendent, said the municipal architect’s special committee which inspected the portables probably considers the five type “C"” portables as being “very sub- stantial” since their report specifically declares that “all buildings of type A and B show evidences of deterioration from constant moving.” There are 70 portables of the A and B types. To Pass on Buildings. Jere J. Crane, first assistant superin- tendent in charge of bumldings and grounds, said the municipal architect will determine which buildings are structurally capable of surviving more transfers. John A. Long. engineer in charge of the District repair shop and chairman of the committee of two which in- spected the buildings, however, said the determination of which portables are “in a very substantial condition” rests with the Board of Education. The se- lection of these “substantial” portables, he indicated, would be made from the committee’'s report on the conditions which it found. Meanwhile, Mr. Crane had given final instructions for the transfer of 8 of the 75 portables to new locations. Seven | of these are of the B type, which the committee condemned in its report as showing _evidences of deterioration which, when considered, shows readily that their resistance to high winds “is considerably reduced.” The eighth of these structures is one of the ceilingless C type buildings of, the variety which met the inspecting’ engineers with a temperature of 103 degrees on one of the mornings during the inspection. The portables, which are to be moved are the five adjoining the Park View School, two of the three adjoining the Brookland School, and one at the Bir- ney School. The Park View portables are to be moved from the school's play~ space on which is to be erected a per- manent addition, to the playground across the street. where they will con- tinue to be operated for the Park View School pupils. Besides the “evidences of deterioration” three of these buildings were reported by the committee to “have sills and posts commencing tn rot; other conditions good.” When moved, however, these portablex will be equipped with new sills and posts. B Type Structures. Tt was not determined today which two of the three portables at the Brook- land School are to be moved, but one is to be transferred to the John Eaton School and the other is to be moved to the Whittier School. These structures are of the type B. The ceilingigs-type C portable which is to be movad from the Birney will be assigned to the Giddings School. ‘The school authorities approved the transter of these eight buildings at the of the bever- | past A charge of reckless driving Jodged against Frank G. Thomas of Jefferson Park, Va., who be- came impatient when an suto- mobile ahead of him held him up and forcibly pushed it from his path, was 4 today by Robert E. Mattingly in According to testimony, on July 8 Thomas was driving on Fourteenth street, but stopped to await the proper signal from & trafic light. Mrs. Fannie M. Palmer, driver of the automobile in front, considered it an oppor- tune moment to park her car. The task was so difficult that the Jight had changed several times and Mrs.wl’nlm:r was still at- tempting to park. ‘Thomas, stepped from his ma- chine and informed Mrs. Palmer that “if you don't move your car I will push it out of the way.” ‘This he did and the woman se- cured a warrant for his arrest. Judge Mattingly declared that Thomas probably was driven io desperation, but was hardly driv- ing recklessly. Mrs. Palmer's actions were “rather unreasonable,” he sald. Attorney Albert A. Stern rep- resented the defendant. WATCHMAN, 64, FACES CHARGE OF ASSAULT | Woman Tells Police Construction Employe Attacked Her in Street. Accused of having attacked Miss Eva Belle Ramsay, 4531 Conduit road, Sun- day afternoon, Robert Donaldson, 64 years old, 1347 Maryland avenue north- east, was arrested early this morning by Detectives Dennis J. Cullinane and Lawrence A. O'Dea. He was with assault. Miss Ramsay alleged that Donaldson, employed as watchman on construction work in the vicinity of her home, was a passenger on a street car, in which she also was & nger, and that soon after alighting from tne car he grabbed her and hurled her to the ground. Miss Ramsey sustained a fracture of the thumb of her right hand, and was St S & Georgetown Unive 5 Donldson denies the charge. He said he had b'ee':l“ nnnoy;li by t‘ - pearing af place few weeks, but denied having as- saulted any of them. Police detained the watchman for s hearing in Police His Path Ts Freed | | ! Plant to Be One of Targest and ‘i Most Modern in This ]1 Section. | @General Baking Corporation of New | York has awarded contracts for the | eonstruction of s new $650,000 bakery on Georgia avenue across from the ‘Washington Base Ball Park to replace its present local branch at 129 First street southwest, which is to be removed to make room for the extension of the Botanical Gardens, in the Mall, it be- came known today. Excavation work on the Georgia ave- nue site already is under way by the Charles L. Stockhausen Co. of Balti- more, to which firm the general build- ing contract was awarded. Plans for the bakery, which will be one of the largest and most modernly equipped in this sect; ve been filed with an ap- plication for a permit. The site has a frontage of 150 feet on Georgia avenue and a depth of 200 feet. It will be almost entirely occupied ;yu the mm mfl;ggthuom for the were. ruary, 1928, by the General Baking Co., which at that time purchased the lease on the prop- erty and had an option to buy the site at $80,000. The land was owned by Samuel L. Cohen of Philadelphia. The property formerly was leased by the District of Columbia Sports and Amusement Club and the Swimming Pool Corporation later became the lessee, operating it as an open air swimming pool for more than a year. Plans for the new bakery, prepared by C. B. Comstock, New York architect, call for a structure of reinforced con- crete and brick in varlous sections of one, two and three stories. For purposes of baking and distributing, it was said, the plant will have the latest bakery equipment. Particular attention will be g:ll: to ufllury measures, the bread g touchied by human hands only twice in the baking and once in the wrapping. Contracts for the installation of plumb!ns. electrical fixtures and heating system, it was said, have not yet been awarded. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy next Spring or early Summer. ‘WARSAW, Va.,, July 24 (#).—The farmer’s profit from the tomato crop in the Northern Neck promises to be larger this year than in 1928, despite a moderate yield. The Eelk in ship- ments was reached this week, and money of the rank in the Northern Neck as a farm product, the 1928 crop being estimated at $1,750,000. 1]1!9 insurance, $12,000 and adjusted | especially favored was that former em- compensation_certificate. $558: cash in | bank, $1,33051, and debts due him of | |, This was disclosed when the petition ! for probate of his will was filed in Dis- trict Supreme Court vesterday. ! His mother. Mrs. Dorothy L. Perce- {ful. and his =ister, Mrs. Annie P. | Wathen, declined to act as executors jof his estate and asked the court to! | substitute Attorney Normen B. Lan- | dreau to administer the estate. | | The bulk of the estate was left to his | mother, with provisions made in the i will for his sister and her husband. | | Richard Wathen. He also bequeathed lln automobile and a diamond ring to his flancee, Miss Ellen Alvord of 3928 Huntington street, Chevy he had planned to marry. A wedding. | arranged to take place at his bedside | drtx‘tthr hospital, was objected to by his ! sister. | Chase, whom | | ! ! | ployes are to be given s “non-competi- tive” examination. This would make them qualify for the job. she thought, while relleving the difficulty of obtain- ing appointment through the regular civil service register. | “We heartily ean concur in the pro- | vision of non-competitive examination,” she sald. At the Treasury Department. which has one of the largest groups of Gov- | ernment. employes, officials considered the order of great importance, especially {‘l"‘:: part which lifted the five-year | t. ous order, reiterates older regulations, but the whole has attracted widespread interest among both employes and for- mer employes of the Government. Tex rder. ‘The text of the order is as follows: | “Unless otherwise provided herein- | HUGE LIGHT CASTS BEAM 25 MILES PLANS SUPPER DANCE. Susan B. Anthony Association to Hear Democratie Talk. ‘The educational campaign commit- tee of the Susan B. Anthony Associs- tion will hold a supper-dance at the Atlantic Hotel, Ocean City, Md. Sat- urday evening. | Robert A. Cooper. former governor | | of South Carolina_and for five years a | 10 o'clock Part of the order. amending a previ- | member of the Federal Farm Loan |Catholic Church. at Fourteenth and | Board at Washington, D. C., will speak for J. J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic national committee, The Appeal Which the Democratic Party Can Properly Make to the Woman Voter as Compared With the Appeal of the Repubiican Party.” need men of his type. I feel that the public should do something for his family.” | close of the last school year, but when | the inspection of all the portables was | killed James Aldridge, one of his as- | intendent of the jail, said tod | will contribute $107 to defray burial ‘Mrs. McDonald said today her family requested by the Board of Education was not in dire circumstances. but that ! her husband had left little in tangible | assets. He did not own their home. she | said. and had found it a hard work fo support them out of his salary. The | three children are Margaret, §: Harry, ir., 5, and Pat. 2 years old. Funeral Tomorrow. | The funeral will be held tomorrow at the Holy Comforter East Capitol streets. A high requiem mass will be sung. Six of the former patrolmen’s comrades in the third pre- cinct will act as pallbearers. They are | Policemen L. T. Mahoney, J. L. Froch- ford, E. S. O'Brien, W. V. Christian. R. F. McCarty and W. B, Hopkins. All | policemen in the precinct who can will | attend the services in full uniform. In the fatal shooting, McDonald sallants, and the other man was ap- rehended. He is committed to the istrict jail on a charge of murder and Maj. William L. Peake, super- he was being ‘“carefully watched” A coroner’s jury held that the patrol- man's killing of James Aldridge was | Jjustifiable homicide. The Veterans' Bureau. With which | McDonald had a life insurance policy. nses, in addition to about $1,500 in insurance left by the veteran, it was learned today. In addition to his immediate family, McDonald is survived by a sister, Mrs. Rose Kramer of 3654 New Hampshire avenue. HEART ATTACK IS FATAL TO MRS. IDA PATTERSON Woman Stricken Near Brookland Monastery Is Removed to Casualty Hospital, An attack of heart disease believed to have been superinduced by an attack of acute indigestion proved fatal to Mrs. Ida Marie Patterson, 44 years old. yes- terday afternoon. She was stricken shortly after a visit to the Monastery, in Brookland. Mrs. Patterson, accompanied by her husband, James J. Patterson, visited the monastery, and when the wife suf- fered an attack of indigestion she was :}v’e.'n first aid at the office of & phy- sician, Shortly after starting homeward and while at Pifteenth and Irving streets northeast, Mrs. Patterson suffered a sec- ond attack. She was taken to Casualty Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. A certificate of death from natural causes was given. Nearly two-thirds of the people In Germany now live in cities. the actual moving was postponed. When the inspection was completed Albert. L. Harris, municipal architect. notified Crane that these parficular structy could be moved. The report on the inspection of the portables, which the school board re- quested as s basis upon which to establish fts future policy regarding use of portables here, was presented by the municipal architect’s office in the office of the Board of Education yesterday. The report contained only one recommendation: “That any furth- er moving of these schools should be very carefully considered. and only those in a very substantial condition be moved. Other buildings should be repaired as long as it is necessary, but when their present usefulness in their present. location is gone they should be abandoned.” BODY RECOVERED NEAR HAINS POINT Man Attempting Snicide for the Second Time Is Suec- cessful. ‘When doctors and police early yes- terday blocked the suicide of Charles G. Willlams of 5205 Fourteenth street he found an unimpeded pethway from the Emergency Hospital clinic, where he had been treated for poisoning, to the banks of the Potomac River, in the vicinity of Hains Point. His body was found by Park Police- man Joseph E. Shawhan about 8 o'clock this morning bobbing upright just off the tide register on Georgetown chan- nel, 500 yards west of Hains Point. ‘Whether Williams. who resigned six weeks ago as secretary of Tyler & Ruth- erford, real estate operators, severing & connection of 30 years, threw himself from the Highway Bridge or went over the sea wall in Potomac Park probably will never be determined. ‘Workmen, however, reporied they found a straw hat, presumably belong- ing to Williams, near the river bank and some distance from where the body Willams was tn was known to have been in failing health and to be despondent. Identification was made by Robert T. Warden, formerly associated with Wil- lams in the real estate firm, and by the dead man’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Albert L. Willams of 1330 Quincy street, at the District morgue this morning. Harbor police traced identity through a bfll';or flowren addressed to his for- mer address found in the coat ket of the dead man. S —_— American radios were prominent at the recent electric show at Sydney, New South Wales.