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Ihe Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. JUDGE DISMISSES SUBMETERING SUITS - FILED BY TENANTS ZBailey Rules Injunctions Against Utilities Body andI Power Co. Lack Legality. CONTRACT IS REGULAR, IN COURT’S OPINION Plaintiff Counsel Says Ruling Leaves Commission Powerless to Prevent Practice. The Public Utilities Commission, under the statuts, has no jurisdiction | over the submetering of electric current, according to a memorandum opinion filed today by Justice Jennings Bailey in which he dismissed four suits for injunction against the commission and the Potorac Electric Power Co. by owners of office buildings and apart- ments, who purchase current at whole- sale prices and submeter it to their tenants at higher rates. | The commussion’s order, the court | finds, did not forbid submetering bm‘ merely approved a form of contract ! proposed by the power company con- | taining provisions against submetering. | \ *Tt, is conceivable.” said Justice Bailey, | that such contract might contain pro- | visions as to many matters not within the jurisdiction of the commission, | which might nevertheless be perfectly | legal. So, wilhout passing 2n the legal- | ity of these submetering provisions, in my opinion the order of the cnmm&s-i sion is not void.” Legal Remedy Suggested. In dismissing the suits as fer as the power company is concerned, the court pointed out that if the submetering pro- visions are illegal, the plaintiffs have adequate remedy at law by suits for mandamus sgainst the power comvany tn compel the furnishing of current as at present. Col. Waiter C. Clephane, counsel for | one of the plaintiffs, expressed satis faction with the opinion of the court, which, he says, is a judicia! determina- tion that the Public Utilites Commis-~ sion is without power to prevent sub- metering. Should the Potomac Elec- tric Power Co. submit to his client on the termination of the present contract one that seeks to prevent submetering, the lawyer said he would begin a suit for mandamus to compel the compan: to furnish the electric power. In such proceeding, it was suggested, the com- pany might raise the question of the fllegality of submetering and secure a Judicial determination of the matter. Trustees Start Proceedings. o injunction proceedings were in- ted by the trustees of the Adams Building, 1333-35 P street; the Wash- ington Convention Hall Co., Fifth and K streets; James Karrick, owner of the Monmouth Hotel, 1819 G street, and the Crandall Realty Co., which owns | the Arcade Market and Amusement Hall, at Fourteenth street and Park Yoad. They were represented by At- | torneys Mason, Spaulding & McAtee, C. Chester Caywood, Clephane, Lati- mer & Hall and Shands & Bull. Motions to dismiss, which_have been granted by the court, were filed by the Potomac Electric Power Co. through Attorneys S. R. Bowen and John S. Barbour, and by the Public Utilities Commission through Assistant Corpora- | tion Counscl Robert E. Lynch. Peo- ple’s counsel Ralph B. Fleharty was in accord with the motion of the commi £ion to dismiss the suits. JELLEFF ACCEPTS CHEST DRIVE POST Gronp Solicitations Chairman Willi Serve in That Capacity Again This Yeaf. Frank R. Jelleff, chairman of the group solicitations committee of the Washington Community Chest for its | campaign this vear, has accepted the | chairmanship of that committee for | the campalgn next year, it was an- | nounced by Chest officials today. The duties of the committee are to obtain contributions from stores, fac- tories and other mercantile and in- dustrial concerns in the District. em- ploying 25 or more persons. Solicita- | tions are made through a “key” man, appointed at each place by the mem- bers of the unit. Plans for the participation of the | unit in the 1930 campaign probably will | be made at a meeting early in Septe ber. at which several methods of solici- iation are to be discussed. This unit is regarded as one of the most im- portant of the campalgn organization, and upon its success depends largely the success of the campaign, it is stated. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. A Jawn fete, beginning at 7 o'clock, | followed by cards at 8:30, will be held; this evening at thz home of Mrs. Mary | Kolquist, 4610 Georgia avenue, under | the auspices of the Hiawatha Council, Degree of Pocahontas. In case of rain ihe affair will be postponed until to- smorrow night. FUTURE. Business Women’s Council will meet tomorrow evening at the National Me- morial Baptist Church, Sixteenth street and Columbia road. Rev. Fred C. Reynolds will conduct the Bible study period. with a continuation of his series of talks on “The Beatitudes.” The yecreation committee will have charge of the program following the study period. Loyal Knights of the Round Table Avill meet tomorrow for luncheon, 12:30, at the University Club. Harry Clifton James will speak on “How It Peels to Be a Coal Miner.” Crane. Co. will hold a luncheon to- morrow, 12:15 pm. at the Hamilton Hotel, Monarch Club will meet for lunch- eon Wednesday at 12:15 pm. at the Hamilton Hotel. Woman’s Benefit Assoclation card party, scheduled for Wednesday eve- ning, will be held Thursday evening instead, at their clubhouse, 1750 Mas- sachusetts avenue, 8:30 o'clock. Probus and Optimist Clubs will meet for luncheon, 12:30, at the Hamilton Hotel Wednesday afterr.oon. | i | | Th | | | | | | I Two Experts Are Assigned to Aid in Work of Eradication. Rat War Will Be Pushed Along With General Health Drive. Dr. W. F. Draper, assistant surgeon general of the Public Health Service, has been designated to take general charge of the work of eradicating mos- quitoes from the District of Columblia, Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cumming today | advised Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Build- ings and Parks. Dr. William C. Fowler, District health officer, who is keenly interested in the campaign reently inaugurated at the suggestion of Col. Grant, has promised that he will furnish inspectors to assis: in the program under the District gov~ ernment. Surg. Gen. Cumming informed Col. Grant that two_experts in mosquito eradication, Dr. D. H. D. Griffitts and R. F. Terbett, sanitary engineers, have been assigned to Dr. Draper for this work. The Army and Navy will furnish additional technicians to aid in the | | program. DR. DRAPER TO TAKE CHARGE OF FIGHT ON MOSQUITOES WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1929. DR. W. F. DRAPER. . and are considered harmful to wild life. They infest the sewers and are consid- ered a nuisance. Col. Grant made it clear that his office has been carrying on an anti-rat campaign regularly, but that it will be intensified at this time |to tie in with the general health pro- |gram now about to be vigorously | launched. The Public Health Service, District and service experts are expected to take iplon: Lee Miller. Maywood, IlL: M { Wilbur Thibault, Portland, Or | Col. Grant said today that another | preventive and eradication measures in phase of the general health program | the various breeding grounds of the will be carried out in the form of cop- | mosquito in the city and are giving ing with the rat problem, which is met | particular attention to old tin cans, with in the parks. The rodents are en- | trash heaps and other likely breeding countered particularly in Piney Branch' places. CHILEANS WELCOME FURTHER ARRESTS ORATORY WINNERS SEENINDRUG DRNE i, ‘ = [ Santiago Gives Enthusiastic‘Eight Colored Prisoners Are Recepticn to Victors in | Taken and Two Taxis Seized | | U. S. Forensic Contest. by U. S. Raiders. ! Government officials of Chile and| With eight persons arrested, all col- | smde;n(s lm dsnnémnn. m'pl:tal ull’ that | ored, and two taxicabs seized by Fed- country, tendered an_enthusiastic re- | ception to James L. Butsch of Wash- | €ral narcotic agents, assisted by police, the Federal Government's drive against ington and other winners in the Na- tional Oratorical Contest, sponsored in | drug sclling here continued foday with was ex- this area by The Star, who reached the | further arrests expected. Chilean capital today in the course of | pected that the majority of those ar- their Latin-American tour. | rested would be arraigned before United The parly will leave Santiago for the | States Commissioner 'Neednam C. | Trans-Andean Railway journey in| Turnage this afternoon. der to be in Buenos Aires on August | COl L. G. Nutt, deputy commissioner headquarters wes advised. During | Of prohibition. in charge of narcotics, three weeks there the youthful orators | Who has charge of the Nation-wide will visit Uruguay and make excursions | Organization, and who personally joined in the hinterland of Argentina, |in the raids which started Saturday In adaition te James Butsch, mem- | Night, expressed gratification today over | bers of the party are Ben W. Swofford | the work of his men and the assistance | T konsas Bity. Mo, national cham- | Tendered by the police. He also looks ? Miss | for further rdesu’m from :hr, v\)'&rk nlt.“ i 5 ready done. during several weeks past, Ol T T R | when he'said several “buys” of drugs s . Corey, n had been made. Miss Elizabeth V. Corey, Pcnlan_d-thf\;:} The prisoners, whnxwrre taken “m; : No. 6 and No. 2 precincts and police ard Finch, Battle Creck, Mich., and | Roberto Ortiz Gris, the Mexican cham-+ headquarters. so far have been listed | T iy are chaperoned by Dr. and | Only for ~“investigation.” no formal Mre Glen Levin Swiggett charges having been lodged up to noon Upon reaching Buenos Aires the today, charging violation of the Har- . . + . | rison narcotic act. party will have completed the first half | A quantity of narcotics was seized in | left. Jacksonville, Fla., July 4 and have | the raids. The prisoners, according to iatlear Tl Pan sy anAPert | police records, are Leroy Clements, 32; . 2 = | Eloisc Clements, 31, and Richard Perry, { trict government. 'RAID “SPEAKEASY” | | | NEAR POLICE COUR Letterman and Squad Spot Opera- tions From Window, Ar- resting Three. After police had observed operations | there frem a point of vantage in Police | g Court, an establishment at 406 Sixth| street, was raided bv the vice squad, un- | der command of Sergt. O. J. Letterman. shortly after noon today, and Laura E. Hanson, 52, was arrested and charged | with sale and posscssion of liquor and | maintaining a nuisance, and two men— Wiiliam J. Kelly, 48, of 435 C street and | Louis W. Hellman, 60. of the 200 block | of Massachusetis avciue—were charged with possession. Sergt. Letterman says that he has had the place under observation for some time, but has been unable to get evidence that would warrant a raid. This morning he and Policemen R. J. Cox, G. C. McCarron and J. A. Mostyn secreted themselves in a room of the Police Court and watched the establish- ment. across the street. After observing several men enter the premises, Sergt. Letterman sent a police officer to make a “bu: He is said to have been successful and when he returned Letterman immediately secured a warrant and conducted the ald. Sixty-eight quarts of alleged liquor were confiscated. Police say 10 patrons were seated in the front room when they entered. The men who were sub- sequently charged, Letterman said, were seated at a table in the kitchen on which was placed a one half-gallon jar of alleged: liquor. At the sixth precinct station bond was fixed for the woman at $2.800, while the men were held under $500 each. WOUNDED BY ACCIDENT IN CLEANING REVOLVER ‘While cleaning his service revolver early yesterday morning, after return- ing from a liquor investigation in Maryland, prohibition agent Basil N. Quinn, 40 years old, accidently shot himself through the right hand in his home at 518 Peabody street. He was removed to Walter Reed Hospital and treated by Lieut. A. Henretta, and later transferred to Emergency Hospital, where he was | Greeson, Baltimore, 27, 454 Neal place; Annle Britt, 43, and Abner De Coursey White, 43, 16 e Frees street; Warren Edwards, 28, 81 Fenton street northeast; Richard Gos- | den, 26, 2030 Sherman avenue; Colonius | Moore, 30, 446 O street. “The raids were 1n charge of J. Bruce district_agent 1n charge Of anti-narcotic activities of tne Government for the District of Colum- bia, Maryland, West Virginia and Vir- ginia. Col. Nutt said he went along to observe and not to take active part in the raids. Local agents participating were S. L. Rakusin, E. K. Rabbltt, Boyd Martin, C. D. Fortner, J. W. McDonald W. Chambers. Police from No. and headquarters detectives also FERRIS, RETIRED NAVY | EMPLOYE, DIES AT 64, Funeral Services to Be Held Under | Masonic Auspices at Doylestown, Pa. Warren K. Ferris, an employe of the naval gun factory of the United States Navy yard for 37 years, died yesterday at his residence, 1866 Ingleside terrace. Mr. Ferris had been ill about three months. Funeral services will be conducted under Mascnic auspices at Doyletown, Pa.. Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. Ferris, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 64 years ago, had resided in this city for the past 40 years and was a mem- ber of Takoma Lodge of Masons. He had also served as president of the Mu- tual Relief Association of the naval gun factory for 32 years prior to his re- tirement from the Navy Yard in April of this year. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Margaret H. Ferris; a son, Dr. N. Sher- is, and a grandson, N. Sher- jr., both of Washington. S. M. GREER DIES. Business Property Manager for| David E. Barry Expires. . S. M. Greer, 52 years old, business property manager for the real estate office of David E. Barry, 1807 H street, died suddenly at Clearsprin L, Friday. He had been ill for about two months and had gone to Clearspring, where he was visiting relatives, to re- cuperate. Funeral services and burial were held at Clearspring yesterday. Mr. Greer had been associated with the office of David E. Barry for the past treated by Dr. J. Schwartzman. Aside from possible infection, the | injury was not regarded as serious. 10 years. He resided at 1409 Emerson |street. He is survived by a brother, Robert Greer. Tear Bomb Battle W A policeman snd a deaf and dumb colored woman indulged in a little game of “catch” with a tear bomb yester- day, the woman losing because her strategy was less skiliful than her handling of the bombs. The impromptu game was played be- tween Seventh Precinct Policeman M. B. Moore and Rosetta Simms, 20-year- old resident of the 1000 block of Poto- mac street, Rosetta’s neighbors were ‘The Canadian government will give a #ubsidy of $80,000 toward mail - and st:amship service between British Co- Jumbia and Australia. the spectators and they left weeping. Responding to & call 1 one of the neighbors, Policeman Moore went to Toseita’s house. He found her guard- ith Policeman Lost By Deaf and Dumb Colored Woman ing the doorway with a carving knife.! The policeman threw a tear bomb! into the room. Rosetta scooped lml on the first bounce and tossed it ngm The bomb began functioning l about this time, and the spectators and policeman hurriedly withdrew. ‘Then, with victory in sight, Rosetta pulled a boner by ducking into the cel- lar of an adjoining house. Policeman Moore tossed in a second §1.000,000 MARKET GENTER TOBE BUILT INNORTHEAST AREA Plans for Early Start Are Revealed by Phillips & Caldwell. WRECKAGE OF CAR IN FATAL CRASH $300,000 PACKING PLANT IS INCLUDED IN PROJECT Part of Patterson Tract in Section at Fifth Street and Florida Ave- nue Will Be Site. Plens for an early start on the con- struction of a $1,000,000 retail and wholesale market, center in the sec- tion at Fifth street and Florida avenue northeast, on a part of the Patterson tract, were announced today by Phillips & Caldwell, real estate firm represent- ing the Union Market Terminal Co., an, organization of commission merchants. Applications for permits for the con- struction of nine individual units in the projected market center, have been filed with the District building inspector and plans also have been completed for a $300,000 packing and distributing plant for Jeseph Phillips & Co., Washington packers, 85-Acre Tract Js Site. ‘The market center is to be developed on a tract containing about 85 acres acquired from the Winslow estate by the commission merchants now located at Center Market, acting through their organization, the Union Market Term- inal Co. A score of the merchants at Center Market are included in the organization. The projected development of a wholesale and retail market center in the Patterson tract is an outgrowth of the study made of the question follow- ing decision by Congress to acquire the site of the present Center Market as a part of the Federal building program, during which there was a long-drawn- cut struggle over the proposed site for a new market. Congress at the last session authorized the appropriation of funds to provide for a retail market in the southwest section, but members of the Union ! Terminal Market Co. proceeded with | their plans for development of a mar- ket center in the northeast tract. Contracts for Bulldings Let. Contracts have been awarded to the Charles H. Tompkins Co. for the con- struction of the nine 2-story market buildings for which application has been made for permits from the Dis- The cost of these buildings 1s estimated at $132,000. Application is to be made shortly also for the $300,000 new plant for Joseph Phillips & Co.. which will be a part of the market development. The ‘Tompkins Co., it is said, also will have the contract for this and other build- ings in the new market center. The builders are to be of two and three stories, with special attention to both retail and wholesale service, ship- ments and traffic requirements. Permits Sought. Permits thus far applied for are as follows: Nathaniel J. Ward, for one 2-story and basement building, 1284-86 Fifth street northeast, to cost $24,000; James Kalonturos, for one 2-story mar- ket building at 1288 Fifth street, to cost $10.000; Williams A. Cannon, for one 2-story building at 1270-72 Fifth street northeast, to cost $20.000; W. H. Har- rison, for two 2-story buildings at 1276- 18 Fifth street northeast, to cost $20,000; Raymond T. Faunce, for one 2-story building, 1274 Fifth street northeast, to cost. $10.000; George D. Deoudes, for two 2-story buildings at 1290-92 Fifth street northeast, to cost $20,000, and Henry J. Klein for one 2-story build- ing at 1280-82 Pifth street northeast, to cost $28,000. 3 TALBERT SERVICES 70 BE TOMORROW Banker Who Died Suddenly Yes- terday Will Be Buried in Rock Creek. Charles R. Talbert, 1340 Maryland avenue, first vice president of the North- east Savings Bank and a es8 man here many years, died from a sudden heart attack about noon yesterday. Mr. Talbert was taken to Casualty Hos- pital after collapsing, but was dead upon arrival. He had been unable to take an active part in business during the past year. He was 66 years old. Mr, Talbert, who was a lifelong resi- dent of this city, was engaged in busi- ness here for over 40 years, first as a wholesale wine merchant and later as a general distributing agent for soft founder of the Northeast Savings Bank. He was a member of Myron M. Parker drinks, at 1498 H street. He was Masonic Lodge of this city. Surviving is his widow, Mrs. V. Talbert; his stepdaughter, Mrs. Ruth Drum Rowley, and three children by his first marriage, Howard R. Talbei Mrs. Bernard Heidenrich and Mrs. Joseph Davis, all of this city. Funeral services will be held at the W. W. Deal funeral home, 816 H street, at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Inter- ment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Upper: All that was left of the auto- | mobile that struck a tree on Sheriff | rcad early today, killing one man and injuring four ‘persons, all scriously. Policeman William F. McDuffie is standing by the wreckage. Lower left: Theodore Edelschein, fr., | 2 years old, killed by a car in front of his home late yesterday, and (right) | Dr. Harry C. Frankenfield, dead from | injurics received in an accident a week ago. DRASTIC PENALTIES | METED 4 DRIVERS | [ HUSBAND REPORTS SHODTIG OF WFE Police Investigate Wounding of Woman in Accident at Home. | i | | | | | | | ‘While Daniel Cruger Hartley, jr., 47-| year-old bricklayer, of 1229 E street| southcast, was being held at the fifth| recinct station for investigation today, is wife, Mrs. Mabel Jane Hartley, 38, | is at Gallinger Municipal Hospital with | a bullet wound in_her neck, as the re- | sult of what her husband told the po- | lice was the accidental discharge of a | gun he was handling after a burglar | scarc at their home early yesterday.| Mrs. Hartley is not in a serious con- | dition. An X-ray yesterday failed to| reveal the presence of a bullet, but/ physicians planned to make further ex- | amination today. | Police say Hartley told them he was| awakened about 1 o'clock yesterday | morning by a noise. and fearing that the house was being robbed he arose al got his revolver from a bureau| drawer and placed it near the bed on the floor. Awakening about 7:30 o'clock yes- terday morning, he said. he noticed that a cartridge had fallen from the weapon. In attempting to insert it in the cylinder it was accidentally dis- charged. The bullet hit his wife, sleep- ing with her head at the foot of the d. bed. Mrs. Hartley said she did not hear the noise which alarmed her husband, but slept through the night. She was awakened by the shot and discovered herself wounded in the neck. Hartley immediately sought aid for his wife. Two daughters, 5 and 9 years old, were sleeping in an _adjoining room. Another daughter, Thelma, 17 years old, also was in the house. The oldest daughter, Mrs. Ruth Turner, is mar- ried and resides in the 1000 block of South Carolina avenue. Police are in- vestigating. WIFE FOR 23 YEARS ASKS DIVORCE ON CRUELTY PLEA Addiction To Liquor Also Is Charged in Her Suig for Separa- tion and Alimony. After being married more than 23 years, Mrs. Omie M. Grimes of 522 Eleventh street southeast today made application to the Equity Court for a limited divorce from Howard C. Grimes, on the grounds of cruelty and addic- tion to liquor. ;M bfl’;1 sets forth that the parties were married March 4, 1906, in Alex- andria, Va., and have one child. On May 7, last. the wife told the court, she was compelled to leave the family home at 311 Eleventh street southeast because of Grimes’ treatment. ~She petitions the court for permanent ali- mony and a legal separation. Attorneys Raymond Neudecker and william C. Ashford appear on behalf of the plaintiff. PORTO RICO EDUCATOR WILL ADDRESS WOMEN Miss Muna Lee, Student of Inter- national Relations, Speaks Tomorrow Night. An address on the work of the Inter- American Commission of Women will be delivered by Miss Muna Lee, director of the bureau of international relations of the University of Porto Rico, at & garden E:"’ at the National Woman'’s Party quarters, 21 FPirst street northeast, tomorrow evening. Miss Lee is spending the Summer in Washing- ton as chairman of public relations of the Inter-American Commission of She is a member of the Poet's Change,” and Years Beneath the Crescent.” also the Spanish editor of the magazine " and has compiled an antho- division of the Pan-American Union and has lived in Mexico, where she made a special study of folk dances. Mr. Copdova is a son of the Porto Rican ashington. Miss Rosalmira of the Inter-American Women, and her sister, Miss Colomo, will sing a group of Spanish songs. 0RD HapeisIEWNG DR. G. M. DIFFENDERFER. FFEADERFER RESIOSCHARGE Luther Place Memorial Church Pastor to Devote Time to College Fund Drive. After a service of more than 10 years, marked by many notable con- tributions to the religious life of Wash- ington, Dr. G. M. Diffenderfer has resigned as pastor of Luther Place Me- | morial Church, at Fourteenth and N streets, to become effective August 1. Dr. Diffenderfer’s letter of resigna- tion was transmitted to the church council yesterdey and at a congrega- tional meeting after the morning serv- ice, the membership voted to accept it, “with deep regret.” Will Remain in City for Time. In announcing his action, which was understood to be in line with his policy not ‘to remain in one congregational connection longer than 10 years, Dr. Diffenderfer made known that he will remain in Washington for the present and give his entire time in obtaining the quota of Washington and Maryland toward the $2,000,000 fund for the erec- tion of the first unit of buildings of the Lutheran College for Women that is to be established at Wheaton, Md. He is chairman of the college’s building committee and was instrumental in having_the institution located here. Dr. Diffenderfer came to the Luther Place Memorial Church at the close of the World War from Newport News, Va., where he served as a camp chaplain. During his pastorate, the membership has noted many accomplishments. The congregation has been built up in all its departments and the physical property enhanced in value and beauty. The regular and special benevolences of the church under his pastorate have amounted to $35,000 and the local cur- rent expenses $100,000. Helped to Form Federation. Dr. Diffenderfer was among the organizers of the Washington Federa- tion of Churches and was president of the organization for two years. He has been an active advisor to the Christian Endeavor Union of the District of Columbia. At the biennial conven- tions of his church, Dr. Diffenderfer has been active and at present is & member of the Board of Education of the United Lutheran Church. Dr. and Mrs, Diffenderfer make their y | residence at 1212 Girard street. {Heavy Fines or Long Terms, | Are Assessed Against Auto- | 1 ists Without Permits. Drastic penaltis on four men con- | victed of operating without permits | were meted cut in Trafic Court today | by Judge Schuldt. Howerd Tanner, arrested by Police- | man P. E. Peterson on the charge, was | ordered to pay $500 or to serve 180 | days in jail. He was ordered to pay $25 | for operating with bad brakes. Unable | to pay his fine, he was committed to | | jail. |~ Rescoe Lindsey, charged with operat- | | ing without a permit, arrested by Po- | liceman R. J. Barrett, was fined $200 | or an alternative jail sentence of 60! | days. |~ Similarly charged, John L. Wright, | arrested by Policeman B. T. Chew, was sentenced to 60 days in jail. Fred F. Freeman, charged with reck- less driving, was arrested by Policeman Barrett and fined $50 or 30 days. Convicted ,on_four charges, George | Monroe was ordered to pay total fines {of $80 and serve 30 days in jail. He | was arrested by Policeman O. K. Stan- {ton for reckless driving, no permit, {bad_brakes and improper muffler. Although there were three fatalities | during the 24-hour period ending at 8 | ozlock this morning, due to injuries in traffic accidents, the police arrested only | 97 persons on charges of violating traf- | fic regulations, one of the smallest totals since the safety crusade was instituted [ June 27. There were 159 arrests during | the 24-hour period ending yesterday | morning at 8 o'clock. Today's arrest list showed a total of 26 motorists arrested for speeding, four for reckless driving and one for leaving the scene of an accident without mak- ing known his identity, while there were 66 miscellaneous arrests for lesser offenses. Of the 224 persons arrested Saturday and early Sunday, 51 were charged with speeding. 12 with reckless driving, onc with driving while drunk, one with dazzling headlights and 159 with minor infringements. Judge Schuldt imposed minimum sen- tences in the majority of cases. Lieut. Charles Jackson of the United States Navy. recently transferred from Pensacola, Fla., to Washington, was re- leased on his personal bond for driving without a permit. Policeman L. T. Johnson took him nto custody when he failed to heed a signal light and dis- covered he did not possess the neces- sary permit. For failing to observe the light Judge Schuldt fined him $10. A second man, Virgil S. Johnson, also charged with failing to possess a per- mit, was fined $25. He, like Jackson, was arrested when passing a traffic light by Policeman R. I. Kaylor. Although fined on the permit charge, the magis- trate released him on his personal bond on the other count. $25 Fine for Speeding. ‘The maximum speed fine was im- posed on Edward Roberson, colored, 1300 block of U street, who was apprehended by Policeman O. K. Stanton, for driving 45 miles an hour. Judge Schuldt fixed the penalty at $25 when informed traffic on Rhode Islend avenue where Robert- son was halted was heavy. A record of 13 years as an automo- bile operator without being arrested and a plea that police had apprehended the wrong man led the magistrate to im- pose the minimum penalty of $10 on Joseph H. Morey, 2800 block of Mary- land avenue, who was charged with speeding. Morey contended that a car similar in design to his had passed him on Maryland avenue, but Policeman V. V. Vaughn and D. E. Gallimore had halted him and charged him with speed- ing at 32 miles per hour. John H. Tours, 1300 block of Elev- enth street, arrested by.Policeman H. O. Tutt for speeding at 34 miles, was fined $12. Two Kill Selves at Hotel. NEW YORK, July 29 (#).—The bodies of a man and woman, both of whom had committed suicide, were found within a few moments of each other yesterday in their respective rooms at the Hotel Hermitage. The woman had registered as “B. Cohen, 1124 Michigan avenue, Detroit, Michigan.” Police said there was no conncction between the two deaths. | Scoffer Who Doubts Rambles Into-Cell Seeking Dusky Feline Joseph Gaskins, colored, scoffed at the theory that black cats possessed the supernatural power of bninging bad luck. To test his belief, he purchased the blackest cat he could find. Saturday night the animal, without revealing his intentions, went on a ce members of his kind. At home, it was the practice to put the of | nocturnal ramble to the Aurelia | of cat out before going to bed, but as Black Cat’s “Jinx" there was no cat, Gaskins was unable to retire. To the eighth precinct went Gaskins in search of the cat. Unable to locate it, he also was unable to con- tinue his search, as he was charged with intoxication and confined to jail. In Police Court today Ju Ralph Given im a fine of $25, hut Gas- kinds continues to.contend that the bad | luck was not the n‘:,; fault. + storms o PAGE 17 ONE KILLED, 4 MAY DIE AS CAR CRASH BRINGS T0LL 10 3 Child, 2, Is Injured Fatally When Struck Crossing Street Before Home. DR. H. C. FRANKENFIELD SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES Weather Bureau Flood Expert Was Run Down Week Ago. Driver Is Held. Ore man was killed and his four companions were hurt, all perhaps fatally, early today, when their car went out of control and was demolished against a iree on Sheriff road near Forty-nine street, and Dr. Harry C. Frankenfield. flocd expert of the Weath- er Bureau, died from injuries recsived a week ago in a hit-and-run aceident, bringing to three, the traffic fatalities here in less than 24 hours. The other victim was Theodore Edelschein, jr., two years old, of 3621 Newark street, who died at 10:30 o'clock last night at Children's Hospital, five hours after he had been struck by an automobile while crossing the street in front of his home. Two Women in Crash. Those who figured in the Sheriff road crash all are colored. The man killed was Raymond Adams, 21 years old, of 2214 Pomeroy court. Those injured were: Otis Wilson, 21, of 919 Columbia road, the driver; Godson Norwood, 36, 415 K street; Helen Kasey, 26, 2024 Georgia avenue, and Susie Boyd, 31, of 636 W street. All were taken to Casu- { alty Hospital, and Adams lived about two hours, dying at 4:30 o'clock. | ‘Wilson received a possible fracture of | the skull, severe lacerations and possible | internal injuries; Norwood's skull was fractured and his left leg broken, while he also is supposed to have internal in- juries; Helen Kasey received a possible fracture of the skull and severe lacera- tions about the face and legs, while Susie Boyd received a possible fracture of both legs, a fracture of the thigh, in- ternal injuries and a possible fracture of.the skull. The automobile was de- molished. First Death Since June 26. The Edelschein boy was the son of an auditor in the Internal Revenue Bureau, and his death was the first since June 26 as the result of being run down by a car. The driver of the machine that struck him was Edward H. Lux, 24, of 3501 Macomb street, and he was ordered {to appear at an inquest today, being released in the custody of his attorney, William A. Rodenberg. After the accident, the child was re- moved to the office of Dr. Frank M. McChesney, 3421 Wisconsin avenue, where he was given first aid, then trans- ferred to the hospital. His skull was fractured. Lux Is Exonerated. Lux was exonerated at the inquest. He testified that the child darted sud- denly into the street in front of his mother at a point about 25 feet from the Wisconsin avenue intersection and that he only glimpsed the boy a mo- ment before he felt the impact. A witness testified that the child ap- parently caught sight of his father on | the opposite side of the street and ran away from ‘his mother just as she helped him from the curb.” The family of three were bent on an afternoon ride and the father had gone before his wife and child across the street to make some minor adjustment to the engine of his automobile, he said. Lux’s machine was not traveling more than 15 miles an hour at the time of the accident, several witnesses agreed. Dr. Frankenfield Hit July 22. Dr. Frankenfield, meteorologist at the Weather Bureau, was run down while crossing Vermont avenue near H street, July- 22. He suffered several fractured ribs and internal injuries when dragged for a short distance by an automobile which, police were told, failed to stop. The license number was obtained by witnesses, however, and this information led police to arrest Edward H. Johnson, colored, 29 years old, of 633 Smithson street, Baltimore, Md., in the latter city shortly afte: the accident. He was returned to the District and committed to the District Jail pending the outcome of Dr. Frankenfield’s in- Jjuries. He will appear at the inquest, probably tomorrow. Dr. Frankenfield, who was 67 years old, and lived at 1735 New Hampshire avenue, had been connected with the United States Weather Bureau in this city since 1898, and at the time of his death carried the title of principal meteorologist. He had specialized in and was considered a leading expert on the bureau’s river and flood work. He served as forecaster and professor of meteorology at the bureau from 1898 to 1920. He also had charge of river and flood service, mountain snowfall in- vestigations and co-operative meteoro- logical forest experimental stations from 1898 to 1912, and again held the same position from 1921 to 1927. Wrote Scientific Bulletins. Other work included the writing of various scientific bulletins for the ‘Weather Bureau, report on kite obser- vations, in 1899: report on the Spring floods of 1903, and reports on the floods of 1912 and 1922. He was a member of the board of editors and authors of gi::hel‘ dFur?ctai:;lng in the United s and contributed to the W;;Lhcr Rlex\’llcw ey e was born at Easton, Pa., Novem- ber 24, 1862. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Lafayette College in 1881, and a master of arts degree there in 1884. In 1886 he was graduated in medicine from Howard University, but never practiced, entering the Weather Bureau service instead. Member of Academy of Sciences. He was in charge of the Weather Bu- reau office in Chicago from 1887 to 1894, and at St. Louis from that date until 1898, when he came to Wash- e erani r. Frankenfield was a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Philosophical Society of Washing- t‘\znk;m} w]ns l. 1ello:v o(fl the American eteorological Society. el the cosr:gs Club. £ e Dr. Frankenfleld is survived by his Frankenfield, and o sister, Miss_ Floa enfleld, and a T, FI ankmenfllem 77 eral arrangements were be completed today. v i Family of Five Die by Lightning. HAVANA, July 29 (#).—Special dis- ;nu:hu esterday said a mother and our children were killed Saturday night by lightning at Pilotos. Other - patches told of severe electric and rain te v,r Southwestern Cuba last Right, ! -