Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1929, Page 12

- 12 * INFORMAL INQUIRY OF GALLINGER IS OPENED BY WILSON Welfare Bureau Dire;:tor and Committee Get Details in Specific Cases. REPORT SUBMITTED ON MRS. THOMPSON Bearch Made for Evidence of Neg- ligence Charged by Judge Sellers in Death. An informal inquiry into alleged ir- | regularities in the treatment of patients | &t Gallinger Municipal Hospital, as eharged by Judge Kathryn B. Sellers of the Juvenile Court, was under way to- day by James S. Wilson, director of the Bureau of Public Wellare, with the assistance of the board's mecalcal committee. Details of specific cases brought to Eubnc attention by Judge Sellers, who as refused to send any more wards of the court to the hospital as a re- sult of experiences, were considered at a meeting of the medical committee Yyesterday afternoon. Dr. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent at Gallinger, was present, although he did not par- ticipate in the deliberations of the | committee. i Woman's Case Reported. In response 1o an earlier request by Mr. Wilson, the superintendent of the | city hospital submitted to the commit- tee a report on the case of Mrs, Char- | Intte Neitie Thompson, the woman sent | to Gallinger by Judge Sellers for a phys- | ieal test, and who died following an | operation which, in the opinion of the | Judge, was unnecessary. While the re- port. was not made public, Dr. Bocock made a public announcement last week to the effect that the woman's death was not. attributable to any negligence on the part of the hospital staff. For the present, at least, the medical | commitice and Mr. Wilson intend to take no definite action. Mr. Wilson be- lieves no action is necessary until 2nd unless Judge Sellers or some one clse files formal complaint with the board. Judge Sellers, it was pointed out, has not done so, although more than a year has elapsed since the occurrence of one instance upon which she based charges of irregularity and bad judg- ment on the part of the hospital stafl. Facts to Be Obtained. Before doing anything further, it is understood. Mr. Wilson will acquaint | himself with all the facts in the cases cited by Judge Sellers. One of these, cases, that of a blood-transfusion in-| volving a minor, which Judge Sellers | declares was illegal, had been inquired | into thoroughly at the time of the oc- | currence, with a result that the hos- ! pital staff was exonerated, Mr. Wilson explained. | WOMEN'S CITY CLUB | REMODELS BUILDING Tenth Anniversary Celebration Is Scheduled to Be Held No- vember 12. Fifteen thousand dollars has heen voted by the directors of the Women's City Club for the remodeling of the club building at 22 Jackson place. The work of renovation, which already has been started, is to be completed by | November 12 when an elaborate cele- | bration of the tfenth anniversary of the organization will be held. Many distinguished women, includ- | ing Mrs. Hoover, Lady Nancy Astor| and Mrs., Ruth Hanna McCormick, are | expected to attend the Aanniversary ceremonies, to which only club mem- bers will be invited. Mrs. Merritt O. Chance, president of the club, declared that the program now is being arranged. The renovation work on the four- story building, which once was a tem- porary White House during the Roose- velt administration, will include the second floor and basement, the ball- room, the drawing room and the tea- Toom, A new heating plant is to be 1installed. The dining room is expected to be| completed by September 1, when it will | be opened to the public. MOUNT BETHEL BAPTISTS | END ANNUAL SESSION' Plan of Facilitating Work of Con- ! vention and Aiding Weaker Churches Taken Up. | The sixth annual meeting of the Mount Bethel Bapist State Convention of Washington and vicinity closed its aession in the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church Thursday evening. During the session a committee was authorized to prepare a plan to facilitate the work of the convention and aid the weaker churches of Washington. The conven- tion also made provision for operating an educational board, home board and foreign board, as well as a city mission. ‘The establishment of a Bible training school for ministers and workers also was taken under consideration, to be | discussed in the future, i Officers elected were: Rev. W. G. Wheeler, president; Rev. J. A. Carter, first. vice president; Rev. James L. Gar- | fleld, second vice president; Rev. W.| Robinson, third vice president: George | W. Smith, treasurer; Rev. J. 8. Hayward, | Tecording secretary: Rev. H, H. Thomp- | sor, assistant recording secretary. COUPLE UNDER BOND ON LARCENY CHARGE Miss Beatrice Brown and Gilbert McDonald to Answer Complaint of Former's Cousin, Arraigned in Police Court this morn- Ing on a charge of grand larceny, Miss | Beatrice Brown and Gilbert McDonald, | formerly of the 1100 block of Sixth | street, waived preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty through their atior- | ney, Albert A. Stern. and were held for the action of the grand jury under $1.000 bond each. 1 They were arrested and sent back to ! Washington yesterday from Glenville, Ga., on the complaint of Miss Eva May Brown of New York, a cousin of Bea- trice, who charges that McDonald and her cousin eloped to the Georgia town with all of her spare clothing and $95 in cash, while she, Eva, was visiting in Washington. ‘Worker Suffers Foot Fracture. George Wilson, 19-year-old {iron Worker, living at 1917 Duke street, Alex- andria, Va., suffered a fractured right foot late yesterday when struck by fall- ing timber while at work on the new Arlington Memorial Bridge. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and treat- said the ed by Dr. I. Rutkoski who man's condition was not | the fioor. | ed. living at 3224 Stanton road south- | | required to make application to the | Department will then investigate the THE EVENING STAR, BOY CROSSES ATLANTIC ALONE:; REACHES CITY AFTER FINE TRIP Randolph Leigh, Jr., Spent Last Year at School in Switzerland. Impressed Somewhat by Alps, but Liked St. Bernard Dogs Better. 1t was a big crowd, a big ship and a rather large ocean to at least one small boy, particularly since he was tra ing alone. Yet the big liner scarce had left Cherbourg when Randolph Leigh, jr.. casting about for relief from h# pangs, noticed a ship’s menu and consoled himself with the thought that he could | order when and what he pleased. Randolph, who arrived in Washing- | ton yesterday, sald it was a good voy- | age from there on. He admitted, how- | ever, to a time in midatlantic when he | was disposed to make very thoughtful | selections. | “Not that I was ill,” Randolph waved | away the thought, “— just careful. Be- sides,” added Randolph, “the ship must have run out of sweets by that time.” While he was on the subject of oceans, Randolph remarked that they didn’t have any in Switzerland, where he was in school last Winter and Spring at Chateau d'Oex. Plenty of Mountains. “No,” recalled Randolph, “no oceans, sut plenty of mountains—the Alps.” Here Randolph became so absorbed with his reflections he forgot to answer if he had learned to yodel in the Alps. “The Alps were all right,” admitted Randolph. who is 12 years old and fond of dogs, “but 1 liked the St. Bernards better.” Randolph, it seemed. was on a topic to his liking. He leaned forward in his chair and quit drumming his heels on “Yes,” he repeated, “the St. Bernards were better, I saw a lot of them in St. Bernard Pass, where one of the teachers took me just before I left. They. were almost as big as don- | keys, with heads as large as buckets. | And the pupples sat up and shook | hands with me.” Against_this friendly attitude of the puppies Randolph, somewhat. sorrow- fully, balanced the fact that the grown dogs were a pretty grouchy lot. i RANDOLPH LEIGH, JR. —Star Staft Photo. “That's because,” Randolph said, “the tourists poke them in the ribs so much and pull their ears. I don’t blame them, but I wouldn’t want one to get mad at me. They stand as high as my shoulder and wear great brass- studded collars. When it gets cold and most of the tourists leave, then the dogs cheer up some. - “One monk told of a dog named Barry which saved 40 pcople and was killed by the forty-first. The man strangled Barry because he was afraid that Barry had come to rob him. “In Winter the monks go skiing over the slopes, with packs of St. Bernards following them.” Randolph, who is the son of Ran-| dolph Leigh, director of the Interna- tional Oratorical Contest, was captain of the school cricket team—a team which had the pleasure, he said, of trouncing a British outfit at their own game. “They thought they were the whole show.” remarked Randolph, “but we _showed them.” Randolph, who returned in time to help his family move to Fairfax Road. Va., will enter one of the Washington ! junior high schools next month. And this i an arrangement. which is satis- factory to Randolph, he said, despite his experience on the continent. FIVE ARE INJURED | INTRAFFIC ISHAPS Two Children and Youth Are Among Victims—None Hurt Seriously. jve persons were injured. none seri- ously, in traffic mishaps reported to police last night and this morning. | Little 5-year-old Willlam Hathcock | of 4207 Fourth street, was treated i Children’s "Hospital for lacerations and shock after being run down at Fourth and Upshur streets by an automobile operated by Joe Young, 129 Webster street. ‘While riding a bicycle at Thomas Circle and M street last night, Sterling Mills, 17 years old, of 329 T street suf- fered a sprained ankle when struck by an_automobile driven. police said, by Anna V. Guyer of 1222 Eleventh street. The boy was treated at George Wash- ington University Hospital and sent home. Standing near a parked truck at| Georgia avenue and Otis street, George | Lindsay, 35 years old, colored, of 206 F | street, recelved lacerations when an- other truck, said to have been driven by George Johnson, colored, of Baltimore. bumped into the one near which he was standing. The man was treated at Freedmen's hospital and taken home. Eleven-year-old Agnes Waters, color- | east, was bruised about the right ankle | when she stepped off the curb in front of 2027 Nichols avenue southeast and was struck by a car backing away from the curb operated by Emil G. Chapman of 3001 Seventh street southeast. The child was taken home after treatment at Casualty Hospital. Miss Virginia Springmann of 4627 Ellicot street was treated at Georgetown University Hospital for bruises suffer- ed when the machine in which she was a passenger and driven by Clemencia A. Gause of College Park, Md.. was in collision at. Thirty-fourth and P streets with a machine which falled to stop. | Police were furnished a description of the hit-and-run driver. PRATT FOR BILL T0 CURB FIREARMS Police Head Again Will Urge Passage by Congress of Capper Measure. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, 1s still strongly in favor of the Capper bill to regulate the sale of firearms in the District of Columbia, and will again urge its passage at the next session of Congress, he sald today. The remarks were made in relation to the recent publication of articles to the effect that members of rival Chinese | tongs here have permits to carry revolvers. According to the Capper bill, 48 hours must elapse between the applica- | tion of any person to buy a revolver in | the District and the transfer of a revolver. Those selling firearms are Police Department for permission giv- ing the name, address and description of the prospective customer. The Police reasons for which the gun is wanted and in its discussion may either allow or refuse to allow the sale. “The reason for that is,” Maj. Pratt sald, “to prevent a man acting in a passion from easily obtaining a gun and doing damage with it. Some years ago we nad a case where a man escaped from the lunatic asylum, bought & gun here and fired several shots on crowded F street. Of course, this law would pre- | vent anything like that. “The Jaw has been criticized in that it does not go far enough and that a man prevented from buying a gun in the District simply would go to Vir-| ginia or Maryland and get one there.| While this may be true, it is probable | that a man acting in a passion wouldy have time to ‘cool off’ if he were com- | pelled to leave 'the “jurisdiction before getting a gun to shoot his enemy. I gellev‘e that there would be a distinct elp.” A Soviet Manganese Is Sought. Inmus. Oa".':l’ 'g 8. g., August 10 P~ offic} ‘ass News r‘e”pomd last night that the oot States Steel Corporation had offered to purchase from the Georgian Man- ganese Trust from 8,000 to 150,000 tons of the metal. It was said that the American corporation, which has here- tofore pul all its manganese in Brazil, {s now.seeking new sources of supply in Soviet Russia. Negotiations are still under way. SOWINSKY JUDGED OF UNSOUND MIND! Man Held for False Repre- sentation Will Be Taken to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Stephen Sowinsky was declared to be of unsound mind by a jury before Justice Hitz late yesterday afternoon, and will be taken to St. Elizabeth's Hos- pital. Sowinsky is under indictment for obtaining money from the United States through a false representation. Under the name of Joseph Charles LaPierre, he held the position of clinical director at Gallinger Hospital and later was connected with the Public Health Ser- vice at Ellis Island, N. Y., and at Belle- vue Hospital. Sowinsky is charged with appropriat- ing the record of a Dr. LePlerre, which he found in a Massachusetts institu- tion at which the other physiclan had formerly worked and to have used these papers in his application for examina- tion under the civil service. Dr. Ke neth W. Kinney, local alienist, told the jury and the court that the man is in- sane and should be treated for mental infirmity and not held in jail. The criminal charge will be held In abeyance, it. is stated. WEATHER HAMPERS MODEL PLANES TEST Stiff Breeze -and “Air Pockets” Handicap Exhibit on Monu- ment Grounds. A Stiff south breeze and “air pock- ets,” the bane of regular aviators, proved a decided handicap on the Monument Grounds today to partici- pants in one of a series of preliminary trials for, model airplanes, under the | auspices of the District of Columbia Model Aircraft League. The principal air pocket was caused by the Washington Monument, which it, the southern breeze and caused the little planes to cut all kinds of an- tics as their makers flew them on the north side of the Monument. | Two girls qualified today for partici- pation in the model aircraft tourna- ment to be held under the auspices of the league here in the early part of September. They are the first girls so far to qualify. An increasing in- terest, however, is expected to be shown by Washington girls in the future, due to an announcement by Miss Sybil Baker today that Amelia Earhart, famous woman aviator, has offered prizes for girls making the best sho ing with model airplanes, in any sec- tion of the country. ‘The girls qualifying this morning are Betty Jeffers, 6620 Sixth street, and Doris Giffin, 420 Whittier street. Both are 12 years old. Fred Long, 1117 B street southeast, and Willlam Caldfield. 216 Twelfth street southeast. were the only additional boys to qualify for the September tournament up to a late hour this morning. Many of the boys. who will enter model planes, containing many unusual features, in September tournament, failed to enter their special types in the trials today, due to guarding with strict secrecy their improvements, to keep them from being copied by prospective competitors in the forthcoming tour- nament. The trials today were for all classes of the model airplane “aviators” in- cluding ace, A, B, C, D and E classes. The types of planes entered include Baby ROG, helicopters and any planes With “motor” power other than rubber. ‘The latter's ciasses will include spring- powered, compressed-alr engine type and other models. Only a spring- powered model had been entered, how- ever, in this class up to noon today. MRS. GLADYS FISHER DIES Expires Following Operation for Tonsils at Georgetowh Hospital, Mrs, Gladys Lenore Fisher, 4519 Low- ell street, wife of Henry W. Fisher, jr.,, died in the Georgetown University m ital today following an operal ?or the r:ré_t::nl of tonsils, which she underwent Thursday. She is survived b; her husband, four young n, Harriet Anne Fisher, Mary Jean Fisher, Margaret Louise Pisher and Henry W. Fisher 3d, and her mother, Mrs. H. T. Helgesen. Mr, Pisher is in business with his father, H. Wellard Fisher, operates store ‘'on Wi aven ~ Funeral arvangements are not com- WASHINGTON, |OLYMPIA'S FATE | UNSET BY ADANS, - NAVY HEADS SHY Relics Should Bear Costs, Jahncke Believes. OREGON AND LOUISIANA MOVEMENTS ARE CITED Assistant Secretary ‘Holds This Method Stimulates Local i Pride in History. Announcement. was made today at the | Navy Department that the Secretary of the Navy has not yet decided upon the disposal of the U. S. S. Olympia, and that the preservation of this vessel as a historical relic will be considered before the disposal of the vessel is approved. In the opinion of Assistant Secretary Jahncke the burden of caring for the Olympia as a historical relic should be borne by the citizens of the community to which it is assigned—if that course is decided upon—and should not be made & charge against the Treasury of the Um!fd States through the Navy Depart- ment. One of the best expressions »f Ameri- {canism, the Acting Secretary of the Navy i sald today, is shown by the willingness | of communities to open a subscription to preserve historical relics. | | _Mr. Jahncke cited the case of the | City of Portland, Oreg.. which is pre- | | serving the old battleship Oregon and | {is_supporting it | The Assistant Secretary, making it ! plain that he was speaking his individ- | | ual thoughts and not for Secretary | Adams, who now is in New England, | asserted that when the battleship U. 8. S. Louisiana was scrapped as a naval vessel, the silver service set—paid for by the nickels, dimes and dollars of the State's schoolchildren and other citizens—was given a place of high| honor in the old Spanish Cabildo, or ! Government Building, at. New Orleans. The people, caring for that silver serv- ice set, he explained, stand ready to return it to the Government if desired. It is up to the local community, rather than the Federal Government, jfo preserve such historical relics, Mr. Jahncke said. as this procedure stimu- | lates local pride in things historical ! and brings history closer o the indi- vidual, U. S, WITHDRAWS HEADSTONE AWARD Ruling of Controller General McCarl Makes Opening of | New Bids Necessary. Awards for the furnishing of 7,638 headstones of World War design for use in Arlington National Cemetery and other Government cemeteries, are to be recalled by the War Department from the Georgia Marble Co. and Vermont Marble Co. and made on the basis of new bids as ® result of a ruling by Controller General McCarl. |~ ‘The Georgia company bid $10 each and the Vermont company $10.18 h | on the stones in bids opened May 15| | last. and were low bidders for the work. On the basis of estimated trans- portation cost to the point of delivery | an award of 1200 stones was made to | i the Georgia company and 6.438 stones to the Vermont company. The Georgia Marhle Co. protested the award on the ground that a certain railroad tariff ‘was broad enough to cover marble head- stones, thus enabling the company to deliver at a cost to the Government lower than had been estimated. ‘The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion first ruled that the tariff in ques- tion did not contain the commodity rate on which the Georgia company based its cstimates, but in a subsequent ruling held that the tariff was broad enough to cover the headstones. Mc- Carl advised the War Department that the proper procedure appeared to re- | quire the recalling of the awards and the making of new awards based on information available as to transporta-' tion rates. Based on the rate allowable by ruling | of the Interstate Commerce Commis- | sion. the Georgia company's award would be 4.500 headstones. or an ad- | ditional business of $33,000 | The controller general’s ruling cov- | ered a similar case involving bids for | 8,668 Civil War headstones. | FIFTEEN DISTRICT RIFLEMEN NAMED Capt. Jensen Heads Team Which Will Go to Camp Perry | August 24, i ‘The 15 members of the District Na- | tional Guard rifle team, which will go to Camp Perry, Ohio. August 24, to take part in tife national rifle matches there. have been named, following » tual firing competition. The team is to be headed by Capt. Just C. Jensen, Ordnance Department, State staff, with Lieut. Thaddeus A. Riley, Company E, 12ist Engineers, team coach, and Lieut. Joseph F. Fitz- gerald of the Headquarters and Service Company, range officer. Others mem- bers of the team include Capt. Fletcher F. Bernsdorff, Q. M. C., State staff; Lieut. Edward A. McMsahon, Head- quarters and Service Company; Lieut. ‘Walter R. Stokes, medical detachment; Corps. Louis A. Robertson, Headquarters and Service Company; Eugene A. Ross, Ordnance Department, and Donald A. Falk, Headquarters and Service Com- pany, and Prvts. Arthur A. Tomeldon, Company E: Thomas A, Reneau, Co,D: Pnilip C. Geracl, Co. 4: Elmore W. | Seeds, Headquarters and Service Com- | pany: Theodore W. Harrell, Co. E. and | Harry B. Parsons, Co. E. With the ex- | ception of those on the State staff, all the team members are of the 121st Engineers, Of the 15 named, only 10 men will fire in the matches. All the team mem- bers are eligible with the exception of the coach and range officer. For the last several months the Guardsmen interested in rifle work have been firing on the range at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, and it was on the basis of the showings made .there that the team was selected. ‘The matches at Camp Perry are last from August 25 to September 15. Ford Gives Boy Watch. LAPEER, Mich.,’ Al it 10 (P)— ry Ford is matching John D.s dimes with gold watches—temporarily. To one of three boys who met him on | pressnted a watch. I ha | | D. SATURDAY. 'AUGUST 10, 1929. STAR CARRIER BO 77 YS MAKE MERRY ON OUTING A scene on the Charles Macalester Jast night when more than 1,000 Star carrier boys departed for Marshall Hall en their fourth annual euting. D.C. CURRDSEN READY FOR CAMP Approximately 700 Troops Will Leave Tomorrow for Camp Albert C. Ritchie. Approximately 700 Distriet. National Guardsmen, comprising the officers and enlisted personnel of the 121st Engi- neers, Headquarters Detachment of the 20th Division, and attached units, will | entrain at Union Station tomorrow morning at. 9:30 o'clock for Camp Al- | bert C. Ritchie. Cascade, Md.. where they will spend the next two weeks car- | rying out the complete and detailed program which has been prepared for their annual encampment. | In command of the troops will be Col. | John W. Oehmann, commanding officer of the engineers, who in civilian life is District building inspector. At the same time Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan. in command of the 29th Division, will leave with his staff for two weeks’ active duty at the camp which will be featurec bv a 24-hour theoretical division com- bat problem. Thirteen Cars in Train. ‘The train on which the Guardsmen | will Jeave the city will have 13 cars, | four of which will be occupied by the | headquarters and service companies and one each by the lettered units. | They are expected to arrive at Camp | Ritchie about noon. All baggage and other equipment | was loaded on tgucks at the Natlonal | Guard Armory, ®orth Capitol and D | streets this morning and conveyed to the railroad station, from which place it was shipped to the camp so as to be there when the troops arrive. Accom- panying the baggage were Master Sergt. | Kenneth G. Jose, Sergt. Harry C. Leek, | Sergt. Morton D. Levy and Pvt. Edwin | K. Mitchell, all of the headquarters de- tachment. An advance detachment. composed of Capt. Hobart T. Walker, Master Sergt. James M. Lynch, Master Sergt. Thomas P. Baxter, Corp. Joseph J. Rvan and Corp. Clifford F. Bailev. left Thursday morning for the site of the encamp- | ment to prepare for the arrival of the | main body of Guardsmen. | Troops Form at Armery. The troops will form at the Armory tomorrow morning at 8:25 o'clock and march to Union Station. The troop train will be in place at 9 o'clock. It is scheduled to pull out half an hour later. ‘The units which will be encamped at Cascade, are the Headquarters De- tachment, 29th Division Special Troops; Headquarters Detachment, 29th Djvi- slon; the 29th Signal Company. which will ‘come from Norfolk, Va., by con- | | sent of the governor of that State: the 29th Military Police Company, the 121st Engineers, the Administrative Staff Detachment, National Guard, District of Columbia: the 1st Separate Com- | pany, Maryland National Guard., which | will come from Baltimore by consent | of the Governor of Maryland, and*Com- pany A, 372nd Infantry, the local colored unit. Commanding the Headquarters De- tachments, will be Maj. Edward H. Grove. The two battalions of the 121st Engineers will be commanded by Maj. g.l- mvh S. Childs and Maj. Julian S. CAPITOL “CAVERN" HELD COAL BUNKER “Mysterious” Chamber Bared by , Workmen's Picks Was Con- nected With Building. Indications {hat the eavern found yesterday under the Capitol grounds had a utility ourpose. deprived the covery of any mysterious aspect which | the imaginative may have attached to it, the layout of the chamber ultimaiely canvineing investigators it was a-long- itory for coal, rather le hiding place of some ‘Workmen excavating for a sewer yes- terday sent their picks through the roof of cavern, some 2 feet under the surface. They found t the chamber was 80 feet square, lying just to the left of the steps on which the presidential inaugurals are held. ‘The discovery was followed by in- vestigators whose searchlights revealed wheelbarrows and other _implements, estimated to be more than 75 years old. | Several large stalactites were found to | have formed from the ceiling. | A small passageway led from the | chamber to the main body of the Cap- | itol, closed at that end by a door that | had been sealed. No inside connection | to the door was visible, nor did blue | prints-of the Capitol and its environs disclose the presence of the chamber. B. R. TUNISON DIES. NEW YORK, Au 10 ). —Bure- a:l‘.l R. nmkan“ ol‘mlu.beth,(m N. i cisco. He entered research work in the petroleum refining fleld \after being graduated from the un"ml‘l" h:d‘ e been and Chemieal ir Pilot’s Aspjrant’s HopesDeferred When Haled Before Court Evereit A. Davis, 18 vears old, of Groveton. Va. a plumber’s helper and part-time employe at Burdette's Fiving Pield, located near his home. who aspired to build an airplane and to obtain a fiving license from time spent. in the air in it, had his hopes de- ferred when arrested and sum- moned to appear in Police Court on a charge of larcenv. According to testimony Davis borrowed an_electric drill from Walter Reed Hospital while wo! ing on a plumbing job there eral days ago without any one’s permission and used it to work on his plane, which was nearing completion. It was missed from the hospital and traced to Davis ‘Harold Hawken, the bov's law- yer, said that he would fell his story to a jurv. Davis was re- Jeased on a $500 bond. BUS ROUTE CHANGE HEARING S SLATED ,Car Fare Raise Sessions to Be Resumed by Utilities Commission Monday. The public hearing of the Capital ‘Traction Co.'s request for a 10-cent carfare will be resumed by the Public Utllities Commission on Monday. The earlier part of the hearing, which start sideration of an application of certain residents of Woodley road for a change -, in the routing of the Woodlev road bus line, operated by the Washington Rail- wav & Eleetric Co. This was made part. of the carfare case by recent order of the commission. No hearings on the case are being held today. The commission had an executive meeting scheduled. but it is not believed that any matters directly hearing on the car fare increase petition are on the docket. ‘The car fare case will enter its third | concluded with week on Monday. During the first two | Banner"” as the boat tied to the wharves. | weeks the Capital Traction Co. put on ' 160 Gallons of Orangeade ! | | | | | | | el s | at 10 o'clock. will be given over to con- | | got_under way with its mer —Star Staff Photo. STAR CARRIER BOYS ENIY ANNUAL TR Thousand or More Consume on Marshall Hali Excursion. With all eares thrown fo the winds more than 1,000 rollicking youngsterr: carrier boys of The Evening Star nov: paper—were guests of The Star on thair fourth annual outing to Marchail Hall last night. Whatever serious thoughts sxisted were drowned with orengeade soon zfter the steamer Charles Macaléster throng from the Seventh street wharves short- 1y before 7 o'clock. Stopping at Alexandria. the ship add- ed 66 additional carriers and escoris 1o the throng, already numbering 1.000. This total was swelled 10 an estimatec crowd of 1,166 by others who wanted to join The Star crowd. Each carrier was furnished with two tickets. one for him- self and one for a companion. Storm Amusement Center, After consuming 110 gallons of orangeade rn route fo Marshall Hall the erowd dashed down the wharf to the amusement concessions as fast as their feet could carry them, once the ropes were lowered and the boat offi- cials gave them the right of way. There they were provided with a strip of tickets entitling them fo participate in | each amusement at the resort free of | iting firemen expected to attend the charge. After taking in all the amusements and dancing with the girls accompany- ing them, the carriers bearded the Mac- alester. which was held over nearly an hour so0 the carriers could use all their musement, tickets. More refreshments were served on the trip back. A final check up siowed that a tota! of 160 gallons of orangeade nd 75 gallons of ice cream had been consumed when the boat docked at the wharves after the return journey. Band Furnishes Music. As a special feature of entertainment on the trip down and back. music was provided by Mever Goldman and his band, ch alss plaved for dancing at the resoM. On the trip back. the band played a number of old time son; which the throng foined in singing. 1 “The Star Spangled Galt Burns, circulation manager of its entire case with the exception of | The Star, was in general charge, as: answers to certain questions asked by | sisted by R. K. Whitford, chairman of Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman,|the Route Agents’ Association, and the which required further study of the company’s books. These answers will be read into the record Monday. The questions had to do with detailed items of costs entered by the company in its capital account. After the completion of the Capital Traction Co.'s case, which is expected to take all of Monday, similar testi- mony will be offered on behalf of the Washington Rallway & Electric Co. The latter company joined in the advo- cation for increased fares after it had been made a party to the proceeding by the commission. Following this. there will be similar | testimony from the Washington Rapid Transit Co., and then will come the | testimony put on by the commision. having to do with savings and operat- ing expenses that might result from joint operation of the companies. Present indications are that the case will last at least another four weeks before a final decision. COLORED MAN IS HELD IN FATAL STABBING| Alonzo Jackson, colored, 31 years old. sixth street and empl tional Press Building, was arrested last night by police of the seventh precinct after he was alleged to have fatall: stabbed Marshall Woodward. colored, 40 years old, of the 700 block of Eueclid street. used. Jackson was on his way home about 9 o'clock and when he reached the vi- cinity of Washington Circle, it is stated, he saw his wife, Mary Lee Jaskson, seated in an automobile with Wood- ward. He accosted Woodward and the stabbing followed. . ‘Woodward was cut in the chest and died at Emergency Hospital 30 minutes later. A cl of murder was pre- ferred agal r and he was held to await the action of the cor- oner’s jury at an inquest toda e WOMAN GETS LIFE TERM. Is Convicted of Attempting to Murder Grandmother. 1.0S ANGELES, August 10 (). Johnson, 29, rda; to Jite imprisonment in Sa Penitentiary by Superior S. Hardy. under the habitual criminal law. Miss .Johnson recently was con- victed of attempting to murder her grandmother, Mrs. 8. J. McDonald, 80, -:d ot forging the woman’s name to & cl s T St S ol al m! ler je. .. son was_convicted of pi Alluminating gas from the kitchen to her grand- mother’s room on May 12. 2 Athletic Commission Varied. CHICAGO, August 10 (®.—A millionaire coal operator, a World War ander and a - banker. Quentin What would be th com| to han hildren? - Any- way, are the e bers of the Athletie e Carlos | | A penknife was the weapon | the ideal outfit for that | will take no, | will be an other route agents, each of whom was in charge of a group of carriers. Among those on the trip last night were A. C. Rodrick and C. C. Wilkin- son, retired Toute agents, who explained that they “could not resist making the trip” and participating in the “genera casion.” LIQUOR CHARGES MADE AGAINST TWO Mrs. Eva Helen Johnson and Harry James Brennan to Face Accusa- tions by Sergt. Little. Charges of transportation and pos- sesygn of liguor were lodged against Mrs. Eva Helen Johnson, 26 vears old, of the 900 block of Fifth street, and Harry James Brennan, 20 years old. who lives in the same block. foday on the complaint of Sergt. George Little, commander of the liquor squad. Although Brennan is sald to have been operating the automobile in which the pair were arrested, according to | the police, it it listed to the woman She 1s said to have purchased the car recently. ‘The iomobile was first sighted by the squad on M street near First street. southeast, and when halted was alleged to have contained 120 quarts of Jiquor. The pair are expected to plead not guilty when arraigned before Judge Ralph Given. DAVIDSON FUNERAL RITES. Retired Government Worker Will Be Buried From Home Today. Funeral services for James A. David- son, sr.,,65 years old, who died at his home, 3633 Van Ness street, Thursday. | will be conducted at the residence this afternoon, with interment private. Mr. Davidson, who was retired from | the Government service six years Ago. formerly had charge of land survev in | the West and South, with the General was sentenced | o4 GMmce of the Department of the Interior. He was the son of Gen. John David- son of the Confederate Army. He was born in Paris, France, where his mother had gone following the. occupation of New_Orleans by Union forces during the Civil War. Mr. Davidson’s wife was the late Mrs. Maria M. Davidson, the granddaughter of Paul O. Hebert, one time Governor of Louisiana. PHILADELPHIA, August 10 (#).— The bare-legged fad naturally will be strictly taboo at the outing of the local branch of the National Federation of Hoslery Workers. But the c&llmnn chances. He saw there spector on the excursion train to scan the attire of the hundreds y Y 11 good time always provided on the oc- | Hosiery Workers Taboo Bare Legs. NUMBER GAMES HI1 AS GIVEN PROMISES STIFF SENTENGES Judge Rejects Recommenda- x tion of Minimum Fine for ; Admitted Violator. |MAN WITHDRAWS PLEA AND ASKS JURY TRIAL Admission of Guilt Will Not Save Operators From Severe Penalty, Court Warns, | | 3udge Ralph Given, presiding in the United States Branch of Police Cour: yesterday, refused to accept the recom- mendation of Assistant District Attor- ney Eugene Davis for & minimum fine for a prisoner who pleaded guilty 1o a charge of permitting gaming in con- nection with operations of the “num- ber game,” declaring that ‘“‘number games” were a menace and defendants who were guilty would not escape a severe fnmlw. Usual procedure at Police Court | allows dsfendants to enter a plea of { guilty and secure a recommendation from an assistant district attorney for leniency, which in the majority of in- siances 'is accepted without question | byt esiding magistrate. | Benjamin Foster, colored proprietor | of a barber shop in the vicinity of Sec- ond snhd C streets southeast, which police sni@ was the headguarters for | operators of & number game. abpeared 1 b>fore the magistrate and pleaded guil'y to a charge of permitting gaming ! after Attorney O. Bigoness and Davi: { made a compromise agresment, that $25 would be the penalty. Judge Given refused to accept the recommendation and said, “I believe these ‘number games’ are a menace to { *he country. Children 10 and 11 years old are playing these games as are thousands of adults, and I wish to sav | that no defendant can expect to escap~ !'a drastic penalty upon conviction bt entering a plea of guilty.” Attorney Bigoness immediately with- drew his client’s plea of guilty and sub- ituted one of not guilty and demanded a jury trial | Judge Given declared his plea first ! entered would have no effect on the | future action of the court and ordered Foster held under bond of $500 to awzit LIARY PLANS PARADE DETAILS 'AUXI }anen Arrange for Entertainment { of Visiting Firemen on Labor Day. The 1adies’ Auxiliary of the District Firs Department met last night to plan 'ror the entertainment of the 6,000 vis- 4 Fire Department’s annual parade en !Labor day. The auxiliary will prepare | and distribute lunches to the visitors between 9 and 10:30 o'clock on Labor | day at No. 3 Engine Company and No 1 Truck Company, New Jersey avenue land E street northwest. ! Sergt. A. J. Bargagni of the Fire | Department, who is in charge of the parade, announced that 7,244 tickets had been sold for th: policeman-fire- {man ball game to follow the parade. | Of these, members of the Police De- ! partment had sold 3313, while the firemen have sold 3,931. The Ladies’ Auxiliary also discussed i plans for entering a float in the parade. JUDGE SINNOTT’S WILL | OFFERED FOR PROBATE | Each of Three Children Left $100 and Remainder of Estate | Goes to Widow. The will of Judge Nicholas J. Sin- nott of the United St Court, of | Claims, who died July 20, was offerec yesterday for probate. He leaves $100 each to his three children, Margaret. Gertrude and Nicholas. and gives the remaining estate to his widow. Mrs. Dora Sinnott. The judge explains that | he made only limited bequests to hi- | children because of his confidence that his wife will deal fairly with them in | the matter of their education and main- | tenance. The widow is also named a< executrix. The value of the estate i~ not disclosed. PLAN COMMISSION HEADS HONOR M. B. MEDARY, JR. Officials. Leave Capital to Attend Puneral Rites for Philadelphia Member. Many of the men who were closely associated with him in the beautification of the City of Washington went to Philadelphia today for the funeral of Milton B. Medary, jr.. member of the | National Capital rk and Planning | Commission. * Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., the ecom- mission’s engineer; Charles W. Eliot. 2d, jts city planner; Fred G. Coldren. administrative officer in the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, and . L, Wirth, the commission’s land- scape architect, went to attend the funeral. Charles Moore, chairman of the finance commission, and H. P. Caemmerrer, its executive secretary, like- wise went to Philadelphia to attend the rites for Mr. Medary, who had been a member of that commission also. It is expected that Lieut. Col. U. 8. onnt.csd.leucuuve officer of the i vacation, will attend the funeral of Mr. | Medary ASK $20, | L | The OCapital Traction Co.. was sued today for $20,000 damages by Thonas ;‘é‘dm nntd h‘;s ere.mue,vd!. Jones. street, for ed personal injuries. The plaintiffs ;:dnre tm:“ 3 car of the company ran into their auto- gubikl: m‘: it was on th.‘ "ac) a ing a gregs traffic gignal on Seventh street near E street May 1i. Attorney Joseph W. Heillman for the plaintiffs. 000 DAMAGES. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. FUTURR. Ths annual picnic of the Association of the Wi of of the Western Union Telegraph Ob, will be held at Chapel Point, Md., tomarrow. A bathing beauty contest, resulting in the selection of “Miss Western Union for 1920,” will take place. ‘The Lincoln Woman's Relief Oarps will meet in the G. A R. Hall at § o'elock Monday evening. . . l . e