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A e R The v v e ‘WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION being Star. Features and Classified " WOVAN ACUSED OF S0000 FRAUD REFUSES T0 TALK Miss Howells Is Lodged at Detcntion Home Pending Formal Charges. * ALLEGED VICTIMS GIVEN “FREE” TRIP TO EUROPE Two Nurses, Back From France, Say Checks for Passage Were Turned Down. Refusing to reply to the questions of police, Miss Alzina Howells, 48, of 2505 Thirteenth street, whose former friends here say she fleeced them of $20,000 since January 1, steadfastly maintained silenée today in the face of charges that she rendered her victims destitute d sent them to Europe, their passages aid” by worthless checks. Dignified, attractively dressed and apparently ‘unruffled, Miss Howells was brought to headquarters yesterday after- noon, where she was questioned to no effect and then lodged at the House of Detention on a technical charge of in- vestigation, pending the filing of formal charges, probably late today or to- morrow Detectives have evidence that two women in particular, and possibly two others, together with a local man, were sent abroad after their savings had been turned over to Miss Howell, presumably With the intention of obviating_ pros cution by stranding them in Europe, | | penniless and confronted by charges | r of having obtained transportation with | worthless checks. Say She Won Their Confidence. The alleged victims told officers _they had become acquainted with Miss How- | elis through the church circles in which she associates: that she won their con- | fidence and then suggested she could | profitably invest their savings on the| “stock market,” a proposal to which they agreed and from which they have | realized nothing. | Miss Howells was_arrested yesterda: bv Headquarters Detectives Ira - | Keck and B. W. Thompson of the check | and fraud squad, after they had lis-| tened to the story of two young women, | both natives of England, who -have | been employed as trained nurses here for 10 years past, on their Treturn Sun- day from Havre, France. Subsequently it developed that Miss! Helen M. Rouse, an employe of the Vet- crans’ Bureau, living at the Chastleton Apartments. had been victimized of | $3.500 in the same manner, although | she_declined a ‘“complimentary” trip | to Europe, according to her story to cetectives. | Police were also informed that an | an named “Massino” had been sent s Howells and that two un were now stranded in Germany from the same reason. The two nurses, Misses Lillian Gerard and Irene Biggs, of the 200 block of P said ‘Miss Howells had accepted ward of $8,000 from them since Jan- uary 1, representing their eniire sa ings here, on the representation that she would invest it for them. On their return here and on the refusal, they say, of Miss Howells to make a shoy ing. they decided to report the matter | to authorities. | One of them swore to a warrant yes- terday charging Miss Howells with false pretenses The two women said Miss Howells:| offered them a ‘“free” trip to Europe last June, after the full amount of their | savings had been “invested” with her, | explaining that she wished to do some- thing for them in return for the con- fidence they had placed in her. | Accordingly they made arrangements | to go and Miss Howells booked passage | with the French Line's steamship De Grasse, paying a small cash deposit. | On July 4. the sailing date, they say | Miss Howells personally gave the steam- ship company a check for $500 for the balance of the passage and then went to the dock to see them off. [ 5 ELZINA HOWELLS, Held by the police on charges that she defrauded two young women of their savings and then sent them to Europe on a free excursion. . TOREACH 0 TODAY iTonight Due to Be Pleasant, | With Rising Temperature | Slated Tomorrow. Having equalled the 1921 heat wave | record of nine consecutive days with maximum temperatures of 90 degrees more vesterday, the thermometer | today probably will remain under 85 | | degrees to uphold the Weather Bureau’s | | forecast of “fair and continued cool.” | fined $5 on the former. At 11 o'clock this morning the mer- cury was standing at 75 degrees and Washingion was enjoying the respite which the forecaster said yesterday | | would accompany the brief " rainfall. Tonight will be another pleasant one, but tomorrow the temperature is e: pected to mount again. Rain was predicted by the Weather | Bureau for tomorrow night. | Yesterday, the ninth consecutive day | that piled up a high temperature of 90 degrees or more, caused one heat' prostration. Anna Tilson, colored, 29 | ears old, of 128 D street, was overcome | during the afternoon in_the 300 block | of D street southwest. She was taken | to Emergency Hospital, where she was | given_treatment before being sent to | her home. Her condition was not | serious. | MISSING GIRL HELD AS SHOPLIFTER Pastor of Church Advises Police She Is Under Observation in | Psychopathic Ward. | | By the Associated Press. ‘ CHICAGO, August Severeid, 22, reported missing and pos- | sibly abducted since Tuesday, was found i today in the Psychopathic Hospital | where she had been placed for observa- | tion after being arrested Monday for shoplifting. Relatives of the girl, who was said to | be the daughter of wealthy parents in Des Moines, would state only that she was in the care of the priest of her church. Later, however, the Rev. Alfred Shaw of St. James’ Church, advised police that Miss Severeid was under exami- nation at the Psychopathic Hospital. MEDAL FOR CAUSSIN | IS URGED BY REECE| Tennesseean Asks Tribute Be Paid 2. —Margaret Their Luggage Seized. i In midocean, however, the ecaptain ! came to them and said he had a radio | from the New York passenger office | that the check was worthless and that | he would have to seize their luggage | and passports. which he did. When the | steamship docked at Havre, France. | they said they were detained for severai | ays until they could draw a small sum | from a Paris savings bank, which one | of them hacd established some years | ago. to defray the return passage as | well as the first. | They arrived in New York Sunday | and came on to Washington, but were | unable to get a satisfactory explana- | tion from Miss Howells and made the | report to police. | Detectives have information that Miss | Howells, who has lived here off and on for 10 years past. has spent much of her time during this period in New York City, and authorities there have been requested to post Washington police on any knowledge they may have on her | activities, WRECK CREW BUSY RAZING HOTEL AREA| Clearing of Square Near Capitol Steadily Progressing in Building Program. With the hammers of the wrecking crew pounding steadily away on the re- moval of the temporary Government hotels from the area bounded by B and C streets, Delaware and New Jersey avenues, the vista between Union Station and the Capitol is gradually being opened up. Although the group of dormitories | north of D street, fronting on the depot. are not to be removed this vear, the clearing of the two squares adjacent to the Capitol will make it possible to be- gin on the physical improvement of that end of the plaza as soon as Con- gress makes an appropriation, which probably will be done early in the regular December session. Even though all vf the dormitories are not to be demolished immediately, the landscape treatment of the two squares facing the Capitol will make a marked improvement in the appearance of that important area of the National Capital. The authorization for the en- tire project has been approved by Con- gress, and the rate at which the im- provements are carried out will depend upon the size of the annual appropria- tions, . Mussolini Names Delegate. Policeman Who Saved Boys | Marooned in Creek. Representative Carroll Reece of Ten- | nessee has written to the District Com- missioners urging that a medal be awarded to Motor Cycle Policeman Marcel Caussin of the fourteenth pre- cinct for his rescue of two small boys {from drowning in Rock Creek on June 24. The youths are Louis Rosas and Robert Dagenet of 1824 and 1840 Cali- | fornia street, who were marooned on an island in the creek. Mr. Reece wrote, in part: “Looking into the past record of Motor Cycle Policeman Marcel Caussin, not only with the metropolitan police force but also his naval record (he having been in the Marine Corps and also in the French navy), I find that he is quite fearless in the performance of his duties. “Inasmuch as Caussin no doubt saved the lives of those two young boys at the risk of losing his own, and in spite of the fact that he was handicapped physically by injuries incurred in line of duty some time ago, I think it would be very fitting to show some appre- clation of his fearlessness and faithful- ness to the service in the nature of a medal or reward. Such acts certainly deserve recognition.” Firemen's Horseshoes-Stolen. Four red and blue horseshoes with which members of No. 26 Engine Co., Langdon, D. C., had planned to practice for the horseshoe pitching contest being conducted by The Evening Star were stolen from the engine house yesterday morning. The shoes were purchased Monday and were to have been used for the first time yesterday. Sues as Result of Fall. Grace B. Rector, 316 B street south- east, today filed suit to recover $15,000 damages from Lansburgh & Bro. for alleged personal injuries. She says she slipped om a banana peeling on a staircase at the store of the defendant April 29 and sustained serious injury to her spine. She is represented by Attorneys M. J. Lane and Broome M. T. 33 ARRESTS MADE IN DRIVE BY POLICE FOR STREET SAFETY Reports Show Speeders Con- tinue to Head List of Traffic Offenders. TAKEN INTO CUSTODY Approximately ‘120 Persons Are Arraigned in Police Court Today to Answer Charges. ‘The activity of policemen carrying on the traffic safety campaign resulted in 233 arrests during the 24-hour period ending at 8 o'clock this morning. Speeders again led the list, 47 persons being taken into custody on this charge. Three hit-and-run drivers were ar- rested, four for reckness driving, one for driving while drunk, one for dazzling lights and 177 for minor offenses. ‘Thirteen accidents, in which four persons sustained minor injuries, werz reported to police. 120 Arraigned in Court. Comparatively few cases were tried in Traffic Court today before Judge Gus Schuldt, approximately 120 persons be- ing arralgned. The sentences in most instances were light, fires for first of- fense speeding averaging around $12, with an average of $25 for second of- fense violators. Rohert S. Jones, 2000 block of Ninth street, arrested yesterday by Officer G. | W. Cook of the eighth precinct for fail- ing to observe a stop sign, was found to be driving without a permit. He was given 120 days on the latter offense and Robert Butler, 128 Pierce street. ar- | rested yesterday by Policeman F. L. Rawlinson of the Traffic Bureau, was fined $2 for driving without a rear light, sentenced to 60 days for operat- ing a car without a permit, fined $15 | for bad brakes on the car and $5 for driving with dazzling headlights. Penalized for Speeding. Chaffie J. Hillow, 901 Hamilton street, arrested for speeding at 50 miles | per hour down Fourteenth street this morning, was given a sentence of $50 or 30 days by Judge Schuldt. It was his second offense. Edward T. Fitzgerald, 19 years old, of Capitol Heights, Md., arrested on a charge of reckless driving, after his car had collided with another at Cen- tral avenue and Benning road north- east, was sentenced to a fine of $25 or 15 days. HAINS POINT TO BE MADE PEDESTRIANS’ PARADISE New Picnic Tables Are in Place as Work on Sidewalks Is Pushed. Hains Point is to be made attractive | for pedestrians, as well as motoriste, if | plans of the park division of the Office | of Public Buildings and Public Parks| mature for Potomac Park. New picnic tables have been placed in that area, the old tables having been turned over to the tourlst camp for use. The new tables are of cork cedar and were obtained from Michigan. The of- fice is making good progress in its pro- gram of constructing a sidewalk eight feet wide along the sea wall along Hains Point up the Washington Channel. The work of completing this section is ex- pected to take three months. November 1 has been set as the tentative date for completing this project. Next year officials hope to be able to| complete the walk along the George-| town Channel sea wall, from Arlington Memorial Bridge to Hains Point, so that | when that program is completed it will | be possible for pedestrians to take a waterside walk from near the Ericsson Memorial to the United States Engi- neers’ wharf on the Washington Chan- nel, near Fourteenth street. The walk will be finished with a guard rail. JAHNCKE IS E.XvPECTED TO RETURN WEDNESDAY Assistant Navy Secretary Has Flown Thousands of Miles Dur- ing Inspection Trip. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest L. Jahncke, who has been on an extended inspection trip of naval activities in the West for the past two months, is expected back in Washing- ton Wednesday. During his tour he has flown thousands of miles in naval planes. Mr. Jahncke is now in San Fran preparing for the return trip. He visited Hawaii, New Orleans, Seattle and San Diego. The Assistant Secretary’s pilots on the trip are Lieut. Comdr. Ralph E. Davison of the Aviation Division of Naval Operations, Navy Department, and Lieut. Willlam G. Tomlinson of the Naval Air Station at Anacostia. The trip is being made in the Ford tri- motor transport plane from the Naval Alr Station here, officers said. MRS. W. H. ADAMS DIES. Descendant of Old Family Here to Be Buried Tomorrow. Mrs. Barbara Handy ‘Adams, wife of Willlam H. Adams and a descendant of an old Washington family, died at her home in Tulsa, Okla., Monday. Fu- neral services will be conducted in the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament Church, Chevy Chase, tomorrow. morn- ing at 9 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. The body was accompanied here by the husband today. A native of this city, Mrs. Adams was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Barbara E. Handy. She is survived by her husband, six young children, three sisters and five brothers. Draws Officer’s Sus Policeman C. D. Cunningham had seen delivery boys before, but since it was a trifle late for the groceries and a bit early for the milk, he began to wonder what tll‘:is particular delivery elivering. ""h”:‘“" last. night on Bladensburg road that Policeman Cunningham be- ROME, August 2 (/M.—Premier Mus- tolini foday named Minister of Finance Moesconi chief Italian delegate to The Hague Reparations Conference on Au- sust 8. gan to wonder, about 30 seconds before he began to ask questions. "W}gllt are youq delivering with that white apron on?” qui Cunningham, before he glanced curiously in the de- r “Delivery Boy's" Late “Delivering” picion, Him Into Jail livery boy's truck. “Never mind the answer,” added Cunningham, “I'll just see for myself.” What Cunningham saw is the court’s bulsdlness—nbout four cases, Cunningham said. Perhaps this explains why Officer Cunningham delivered the delivery boy to Na. 12 precinct, where they wrote him up on the “blotter” opposite a trans- portation and posession of liquor charge. as “Clarefice W. Gibbs, colored, 28, 900 block of Golden street southwest.” 'WASHINGTON, D. !to R at noon. C, FRIDAY, AUGUS Capt. Lewis A. Yancey (left), and Roger Q. Williams, who flew from Maine lome, as they landed at Bolling Field today. They called on the President " —Star Staff Photo. FLEES HOSPITAL - CLAD N PAJAMAS | . Patient Held There Under | Guard for Investigation ' of Check Charges. i After stealing through the corridors | ’and successfully eluding attendants on | | three floors, Harry C. May, 30-year- | | old patient at Gallinger Municipal Hos- pital, leaped from a window on the first floor to which he had gained access and escaped early this morning from i the institution, where he had been held | under police guard, clad only in pa- jamas, May. who told hospital authoritics | he lived with his wife at 30 I street | was being held for headquarters, for | investigation in connection with the | passing of worthless checks. He was re- { moved to Gallinger Hospital late Sun- day night and was supposed to have been suffering from acute appendicitis. He was kept under observation prepara- | tory to a possible operation. ] Tells Plan to Roommate. i But there was one person—a paticnt- roommate of May's, who knew of his contemplated departure. Shortly before | taking his sudden leave this morning | {May whispered in the ear of Joseph | ‘Walsh, little 3-year-old charge of the Board of Public Welfare, who occupied the bed next to his, that he was going. Joseph was apparently unmoved by the disclosure and it was evident at a later hour this morning, had not lost his composure. . When questioned at the hospital| 1 1 him of his plans, nodded his replied, “Yes.” Joseph merely fell| asleep again and thought nothing of it. The baby is recovering from pneu-{ ‘monia. How He Made Escape. According to an account of the in- | cident by hospital attaches, May arose | | shortly after sunrise, made his way to the first floor by way of the fire escape stairs in the rear of one of the new buildings, found the door to a room o the first floor unlocked and entered. H raised the window in the room and leaped the 10 feet to the ground bare- footed and ran. A policeman sitting in a police patrol which had just brought a patient to the hospital, saw him run and attempted to head him off in the patrol wagon. The prisoner, however, turned sharply to the left of the road and took a short cut across a | cornfield in the rear of the building and was soon lost to view. An exhaustive search of the cornficld and surround- ing brush proved futile.. He is believed to have made his way across a railroad trestle in back of the building which spans the Eastern Branch of the Poto- mac River and headed for the thickly wooded spot lying beyond. According to hospital attaches, Po- liceman I. L. Murphy of the eighth pre- cinct, who was assigned to guard May | during the night, had left the room for a few moments evidently thinking his patient asleep. When he returned the prisoner had escaped. | i | |AIRCRAFT QUALIFYING CONTESTS ARRANGED Chevy Chase Field Will Be Scene of Meet Tomorrow, With 300 Boys Already Eligible, v ‘Three contests to allow newcomers to qualify for the final meet September 3, 4 and 5, will be staged by the District Model Aircraft League, August 3, 10 and 17. ‘The meet tomorrow morning will be | held at 9:30 o'clock at the Chevy Chase Field, located between Chevy Chase Circle and Wisconsin avenue. A | fiight of 5 seconds is required to qualify entrants in class F. Subsequent tests between now and August 17 will offer an opportunity to enter higher classes for the final tournament. Three hundred boys have qualified and more are expected to do so before the “dead line,” August 18. SWISS OFFICIAL IS SUED. A suit to collect $100,000 damages from Etienne Lardy, Hillyer place, ‘Washington, counselor of the Swiss embassy, was filed in City Court in Baltimore yesterday by the State of Maryland for Mrs. Isabella Lowe of Baltimore and her daughter Katherine Louise, 14 months. Mrs. Lowe's husband, John Franklin Lowe, 18, died from injuries received when the motor cycle he was operating collided June 30 with an automobile driven by Mr. Lardy on Buckeystown 1 road near Frederick, according to the papers. OTIS T. WINI —Har SCHOLARSHIP IS WON BY OTIS T. WINGO, JR. 0. JR. -Ewing Photo. Son of Arkansas Representative Will Enter Princeton Uni- versity Next Month. Otis T. Wingo. jr.. son of Representa- tive and Mrs. Wingo of Arkansas, has been awarded the Princeton war me- morial prize scholarship for the Po- tomac district of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, it was an- today by V. Lansing Collins, of the university. Central High School in June and he will enter Princeton under the scholar- ship next month. The Princeton wat memorial schol- arship is awarded annually on the basis of good record, interest in scholastic and athletic activities, personal quali- ties and character as well as upon the record made in the entrance examina. tions required for admission to Prince on. In addition to his good standing in| scholarship, Otis Wingo was active in extracurricular movements at Central. He was manager of basket ball, gen- eral manager of publications and win- ner of the alumni award for excellence in publications. He was a_member of the four-minute speakers and of the Kappa Phi Sigma Fraternity. In his junior year he was president of the Central chapter of the National Honor Soclety, president of the Student Coun- cil and was selected as the most out- standing junior by the Harvard Club of Washington. Wingo plans to enter the profession of banking following his graduation from Princeton. HUGHES FUNERAL HELD. Lifelong Resident of Washington Buried at Glenwood Cemetery. Funeral services for George James Hughes, building contractor, who died at George Washington University Hos- rltal. Tuesday, was held at the home of his brother, William Hughes, 120 Quincy street, this afternoon, with interment in_Glenwood Cemetery. Mr. Hughes, who was 52 years old, was a life-long resident of Washington, had keen engaged for many years in the contracting business ~with his brother, and was also owner of the Pennsylvania Building Supply Co. He resided at 924 I street. In addition to his brother Willlam, another brother, Ellis Hughes of Chicago and a sister, Mlssi Harriett Hughes of Washington, survive. Officials Criticise Dull Finish of New Auto License Tags ‘The dujl finish of the 1930 automobile license tags, samples of which have just arrived, has caused some criticism on the part of traffic officials. It is ex- pected that instructions will be issued with a view to having them lacquered so as to make them more easily visible. According to establishéd prac- tice, the new tags are similar in general design to those now in use, except that the 1930 tags will be made with black letters and numerals on a yellow back- und. Traffic officials believe the dull finish will make the tags when obscured by dust and dirt, diffi- cult to read, especially by night. No decision has yet been reached ;I“.n u(;w matter of changing the 2, 1929. L 'ROME FLYERS GIVE IDUCE'S GREETING T0 HOOVER IN CAPITAL Williams and Yancey Fly to Washington in Sister Ship to Pathfinder. ARRIVE EARLY, DUE TO TIME DIFFERENCE Plan to Pay Number of Personal Calls During Visit, With No Formal Program. Roger Q. Williams and Capt. Lewis A. Yancey, who flew from Old Orchard, Me., to Rome last month, visited the White House today to deliver to Presi- dent Hoover the felicitations of Premier Mussolini, the Italian government and Pope Pius XI. The world-famous pilots flew to this city this morning from Wilmington, Del., in a sister ship of the Bellanca Pathfinder, in which they made the transatlantic hop. They landed at Bolling Field at 9 o'clock this morning, nearly an hour before they were expected, and there o the National Gapiial exeet e ALer nal Caj flel%vper‘sonnel, > T LN, “We forgot all about the daylight saving time in New York undywael’e running on that schedule,” explained i Capt. Yancey, “and so we came in an hour early by ‘Washington time.” - Lay Plans for Future. illiams and Yancey said th: from their ‘Visit to the White Haper they have no formal program for their stay in Washington. They will pay a number of personal calls, they said but had no business to. transact here. though they admitted they are making plans “for something big, as soon as all this funny business is over.” They refused to intimate the char- acter of the plans, but indicated that 311::"_ ni'glllldumnkz an announcement of entions as soo; e n l; plans are Williams and Yancey leff New Yo last night for W.ilmington, flying. he:‘: t’hl'sr ggl::li‘x;g. T{‘l}f};h brought ~Lieut. LT, son wi em as - ne;‘;rona \{mm&ngtonv sl e United Siates-Rome flyers ex- pect to leave Washington at 9 o'clock ég;an}r‘ow mm"‘n!ng for Chicago, Yan- v's home, where a reception h: planned for them. 2 gk Visit With Maj. Young. . Leaving Bolling Field this morning in an Army staff car, they were driven to the Mayflower Hotel and then to the Department of Commerce, where they visited Maj. Olarence M. Young, direc- tor of aeronautics, who accompanied them to the White House. They also will pay brief visits today to Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, com- mandant of the United States Coast Guard, to thank him for assistance | given them by Coast Guardsmen sta- tioned at Old Orchard Beach prior to their fight, and to the Italian embassy to pay their respects to the Italian Am- bassador and to thank him for courte- sies extended them by the Italian gov- ernment. Williams and Yancy, who made the seventh successful crossing of the At- {lantic by airplane, are veterans of the iair. They are seasoned, quiet and thoughtful flyers, who depend on sci: tific_exactness and careful prepara- |tion, rather than youthful dash, to carry them through. The idea of the United States-to- ! Rome flight originated with Willlams i | Itlme was spent in preparation. Capt. | Yancey is an old seaman and navigator. | Two of his books on navigation ars | accepted as authorities. | Guests of Guatemalan Minister. They left Old Orchard July 8 for | Rome, but after. fighting storms across | the Atlantic, were forced to land near | Santander, Spain, for fuel, after fiying 3.400 miles in 317 hours. They com- pleted the flight to Rome the following 1 ay. | _Their plane, the Pathfinder, a single- | motored cabin monoplane, was shipped |back by steamer, and now is in New | York undergoing repairs to a wing, which was damaged in shipping. ‘The fiyers will be joined in Chicago | by their’ wives, who are making the trip there from New York by train. Williams and Yancey were the guests of Dr. Adrian Recinos, Guatemalan Minister, at a luncheon today in the Mayflower Hotel in honor .of Col. Miguel Garcla Granados of the Guate- malan Air Service, who flew from Guatemala to this city this week. The two American flyers were ac- companied by Lieut. Donaldson, Comdr. F. G. Ericson and Col. C. de F. Chandler, president 8f the Aero Club of Washington Chapter of the Na- tional Aeronautic Association. Representatives of the War Depart- ment and nearly 50 members of the diplomatic corps from the Latin Amer- ican countries were the guests of Dr. Recinos. {DETECTIVE TURNS ANKLE CAPTURING TWO BOYS Arrested after a sprightly foot race in Which a detective wrenched his ankle, Frederick Barnes, 12, 1900 block of Twelfth street, and Joseph Edwards, 13, 300 block of Bryant street, both colored, were lodged at the Re- ceiving Home last night for investiga- tion in connection with the theft of cash and jewels to the amount of $500 from the home of Mrs. Jennie Kaplin at 1832 Seventh street. Detective Mich- ael Dowd, who, with Detective James A. Pringman, made the arrests, turned his ankle after a chase in the vicinity of Twelfth and T streets. The youths were said to have invited suspicion by liberal spending among their friends. i | three years ago, and the intervening | Awarded Flying Cross i 1 | | LIEUT. JAMES H. DOOLITTLE. CROSS 1S AWARDED LIEUT. DOOLITILE Flyer Who Was First to Cross U. S. in One Day Will Be Honored. Lieut. James H. Doolittle, Army Air Corps, who is regarded by aeronautical people as one of the world’s 10 great- | est pilots, will receive the Distinguished Flying Cross with an oak leaf cluster for his feat seven years ago of making the first flight across the United States | in a single day. | Announcement of the award was made today by the War Department, but no date has been set for the formal | presentation. The War Department also has announced the award of the Dis- tinguished Flying Cross to Lieut. Harry i A. Sutton, Army Air Corps, for ex- tremely hazardous work in determining the causes of spins in the 0-2 Army observation plane. Lieut. Doolittle made the transcon- tinental flight in 1922 from Pablo Beach, Fla., to San Diego, Calif., in 221, hours, with a single refueling stop. The citation accompanying the cross | Ichnrnctenus the flight as “an extra- ordinary achievement with the equip- | ment available at that time.” i Feat Aid to Service. | “By his skill. endurance and re-: | sourcefulness,” the citation continues, | “he "demonstrated the possibility of | | moving Air Corps units in any portion | of the United States in less than 24| hours, thus reflecting great credit on ! himself and the Army of the United States.” Lieut. Doolittle will receive the oak-; leaf cluster for flying tests of an Army | pursuit plane involving great personal hazard. “In these tests,” the citation reads, “the airplane was put through the most extreme maneuvers possible in | order that the flight loads imposed upon | the wings of the airplane under extreme | conditions of air combat might be | ascertained. ~ These tests were put through with that fine combination of | fearlessness and skill which constitutes ! ! the essence of distinguished flying.” | ) Lieut. Doolittle was the first pilot | in the world to execute the hazardous and difficult “outside loop,” which only a half dozen flyers have ever made. He made the first loop at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, in May, 1927. For years he has been known as one of the world’s most daring acrobatic flyers, sharing { honors in this respect only with Lieut. “Al" Williams, U. S. N. Winner of Cup Race. Lieut. Doolittle was winner of the | Schneider Cup race at Baltimore in | 1925. " He and Lieut. Cyrus Bettis won | the Mackay Trophy for 1925. | While at McCook Field he worked |with Capt. Alfred W. Stevens, | Army’s most noted aerial photographer, {on extreme altitude work. They made many flights to great heights, includ- |ing one to 35.000 fect. Several years ago Lieut. Doolittle was sent to South America to promote avia- | tion. While there he had both ankles | fractured in a forced landing. Despite | his injuries he flew, with both legs in | heavy plaster casts, on one of the first flights ever made across the rugged and dangerous Andes Mountains. Lieut. Doolittle now is stationed at Mitchel Field, N. Y., directing the ex- periments of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics in fog flying. This work also is exceed- | ingly hazardous, involving flights in| heavy fogs to determine the value of new types of instruments and radio control for “blind” flying. Plans South America Trip. Lieut. Doolittle now is preparing for another flight to South America in an Army fighting plane. Lieut. Sutton was awarded the cross for flights made at Santa Monica, Calif, in December, 1926. The cita- tion states that Lieut. Sutton, “at great personal hazard, piloted an O-2 airplane in tests to determine the spin- ning characteristics of this type of plane, which resulted in invaluable data being made available to airplane designers. This test was voluntary and above the call of duty and re- flected great credit on the Air Corps and the Army of the United States.” | { File in Bankruptcy. John W. Wiseman, & District fire- man, and his wife, Ruth O. Wiseman, 1110 Holbrook street northeast, today filed separate petitions in voluntary bankruptcy in the District Supreme Court. The. husband asks to be re- lieved of debts totaling $2.576.97 and the wife says she owes $2,532.97. The husband’s assets are scheduled as $275, while the wife says she has only $50. Both claim exemptions for the total of their assets. Attorneys Thomas G. Miller and John U. Gardiner. By the Associated Press. ‘The first item in a hot weather pro- gram suggested by Surgeon General Cumming of the Public Health Service is “keep busy.” A “cheerful frame of mind,” he ex- D sgaiats em suntering. - He raid gu suffering. He s the easiest way to attain it was to think of things other than the weather. [, “Glancing at turf records,” he added, “one sees that some of the best records have been made in hot weather. I be- lieve that humans also are capable of as much work, mental or physical, in hot_as in cool weather.” Of Summer diet, he remarked that “the normal palate is a dependable guide: The best things to eat are the :hg]\!n one wants—fruits and vege- Avoid Suffering From Heat by Keeping Busy, Surgeon General Advises Public|% He suggested drinking at least six to eight glasses of water daily and praised the modern woman's lightness of dress. President Hoover seems to be with- standing the Capital's most prolonged heat wave of the Summer much better than most residents of the National Capital. He told callers yesterday that the heat was not bothering him. He is at his desk at the usual early morning hour and remains until late in the day. The only concession the Chief Exec- utive has made is that he to his camp in the Virginia Blue Ridge Moun- s on Fridays instead of Saturdays | for his week-end stay, but this is due mostly to the fact that he can spare more time from his desk now that Con- gress is in recess. the | ~ PAGE 17 GAR FARE HEARINGS HELD IN' ABEYANCE AT BRIDE'S REQUEST Commission to Resume Ses- sions on Increase Plea Monday Morning. TRACTION ENGINEERS PREPARING ANSWERS Detailed Statement of Items In- cluded in Operating Expense Accounts to Be Submitted. ‘The public hearings before the Public Utilities Commission on the request of the Capital Traction Co. for higher car- fare on all Washington street car lines were in abeyance today on request of Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, whose assistant on utilities questions. Robert E. Lynch, was called out of town. They will be taken up again at 10 am. Monday. In the meanwhile, there ‘was much activity both at the offices of the commission and of the petitioning company. At the commission the mem- bers, aided by their accounting and engineering staff, were checkimg over the facts brought to light in the four days of questioning the company’s wit- nesses, President John H. Hanna and Chief Statistician J. E. Heberle. Many of the questions asked of the witnesses by Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman had to remain unanswered. pending further study of the company’s books, and the company’s accountants and engineers are preparing to submit answers to some of these unanswered questions Monday. Detailed Statements Being Drawn. In addition to this, detailed state- ments of all items included in six major operating expenses accounts are being prepared by the company for submis- sion Monday, under the terms of an agreement reached that Commissioner Hartman would suspend further ques- tioning as to the handling of detailed expenses until the accounts could be transcribed and submitted to the com- mission in the form of exhibits. Thus far, 13 exhibits have been filed in the case. Three of them comprise the de- cision of the Court of Appeals in the company’s valuation case in 1925. The remainder are tables of figures offered in support of the company’s position that it is not making enough money to give it a fair return on 1ts valuation, and that it needs an increase in car fare to 10 cents cash, four tokens for 30 cents. Two public hearings before the com- mission will be held simultaneously on Monday, one of the car fare case and the other on a request by the Forest Hills Citizens' Association for safety zones at car stops for cars in both di. rections on Connecticut avenue and Albemarle street. One member of the commission will sit at the latter hear- ing and the other two at the car fare hearing. It has not yet been decided which Commissioner will hear the safety zone plea. W. R. T. Ruling Is Awaited. ‘There is one motion pending that will have to be ruled on next week. It was made by William McK. Clayton, counsel for the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, who asked that the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co. be made a party to the present car fare case. This motion will not bc decided until Harley | P. Wilson, owner of the bus company, ih-‘!s had time to state his position on the request. He was out of town when | it was made. The request of John J. Noonan for half fares on all lines for school chil- dren on their way to and from school. which had been expected to bs made part of the present case, will be held in abeyance until September, Mr. Noonan said today. He said he wants to avoid mixing the issues, if possible, and is anxious to have his half-fare plea cettled on its merits alone, rather than taken in conjunction with another matter. An agreement was reached between the commission and representatives of the Capital Traction Co. yesterday aft- ernoon under which the company will furnish a detailed analysis of certain general expense and equipment ac- counts, about which Commissioner Hartman has been asking searching questions. The commission, on its part, agreed to discontinue this line of ques- tioning until the company has time to ‘make this analysis. G. Thomas Dunlop placed in the rec- ord additional exhibits and excerpts from the record of the first rate hear- ing last year. Other excerpts from the former record were submitted in evi- dence by Commissioner Hartman. Among other things, Mr. Dunlop put in evidence a copy of the testimony of J. D. Murray, then acting chief ac- countant of the commission, showing the valuation of the company as of De- cember 31, 1927. J. E. Heberle, chief statistician of the company, who was on the witness stand yesterday afternoon, compared the Murray figures with the company’s table in the present case, showing that there was a difference of only 33 cents in a total of more than $26,000,000. Mr. Hartman asked whether Murray had not copied the figures from the company’s books and used the same method as the company employed in making up its figures. Mr. Heberle re- plied that the company followed the method prescribed by the District Court of Appeals. Mr. Hartman read into the record Murray’s statement at the former hearing that he had followed the com- pany’s plan. Effect of Increase is Cited. ‘The company then submitted a table giving the estimated effect of the pro- posed increase of car fare from the viewpoint of the company. This table was explained by Mr. Heberle. He said that for the 12 months which ended April 30 last persons paying 8 cents cash fare numbered 17,796,994, or 32.01 r cent of the total passengers, while 798,877 used tokens at the rate of six for 40 cents. Under the higher fare, Mr. Heberle said the company estimated that 9,457,~ 613 passengers would save Y, cent per ride, or a total of $47,288.07, because that number of riders would be- come token riders. Mr. Heberle sought to show that even with the fare increased to 10 cents casn and four tokens for 30 cents, money actually would be saved the public, be- cause many more persons would buy four tokens at 30 cents than now buy six tokens for 40 cents. The company's table contained an estimate of $408,308.19 as the total in- creased revenue which the company would get from the higher fare, based upon the most recent data available. The witness said that deductions for Federal income tax and fer the District tax on gross revenues would reduce the net increase to the company from the higher fare to $344,938.74.