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¢ Foening - Star WASHINGTON, D. C, CHLD RESEARCHES BXPECTED TO TL INER CHARACTER Washington Center Starts Third Year of Activity With Enlarged Staff of Experts. GROUP CLASSIFICATION HELD FAULTY SYSTEM Response of Personalities to Spe- cial Situations to Be Studied by Specialists. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Can personality and character be measured? ‘This will constitute one of the research problems to be studied this year at the Washington Child Research Center, which has started its third year with an enlarged staff of psychologists and child specialists to deal with questions of fundamental importance in the lives of_children. Parents and teachers, says Dr. Man- del Sherman, director of the institution, often show a tendency to classify chil- dren in personality groups and assume | Graduates of Holy Cross Foreign Missions Seminary of Catholic University | that the child's behavior can be pre-| who will leave tomorrow for India. Left to right: Brother Damian, Rev. Joseph dicted by referring to the supposed re- actions of this group. There is, for example, the shy, retiring child with| few playmates, who turns naturally to books, contrasted with the child bub- bling over with energy, always eager to attract attention, and always a leader in play activities. Patterns May Continue. These two personality patterns may continue through the life of the indi- vidual and appear very early, so that it has been assumed that “folks are born that way.” On the basis of ob-| servations already made, says Dr. Sher- man, this is very doubtful since scien- tific_ observation reveals that there is little stability to personality in its formative stages, such as are en coun- tered in the nursey school. A child will seem a complete intra- vert one day and a week later, under somewhat _different _circumstances, a complete extravert, One tendency final- 1y gets the upper hand, depending on which sort of behavior has proved most successful to the child in solving its problems. The experimental work will consist of placing children in special situations, calling for different personality adjust- ments and observing the changes which take place. Assumptions Disproved. One set of observations, conducted by Mrs. Lucille Ezekiel of the research cen- ter staff, under Dr. Sherman’s direction, already has furnished evidence, which | throws grave doubt on one of the fundamental assumptions of psycho-| analysis. This is that the child starts its conscious life as a completely selfish, egocentric being concerned only with its own welfare and that this attitude | is gradually “polished off” as it grows | older and is forced to make social ad- Justments. Quite the contrary, Dr. Sherman says, the child does not become markedly egecentric until it comes in contact ‘with others. There is nothing inherent in the attribute of selfishness, which only develops with social training. Mrs. Ezckiel watched children placed in play groups develop greater and greater egocentricity over a period of two months. Egocentricity, says Dr. Sherman, ap- pears thus to be a learned reactiun. When a child is placed m a group, he | points out, there are two ways of sniv- ing the problems with vhich it is faced. It can withdraw and play by itself, or it can try to bend the others to its will. It is such situations as these that are the molds in which per- sonality and character are cast. Encouraging Aggressiveness, Apparently the best policy for the parent or teacher, Dr. Sherman says, is to encourage the child's aggrossive- ness. It is easier to tone down too much egocentricity later than to build up a desirable degree of it with nothing to start with. Another research project which may tave an important bearing on educa- tion deals with teaching specific :kils to children with reference 1o general motor co-ordination. This study will be conducted by Dr. J. A. Hicks, « new member of the staff. It will consist of such experiments as having two groups of children throw balls at moving tar- gets. One group will be given con- stant practice in this activity, while the other group will be kept at ordinary play activities. After a few months they will start throwing at the moving target and their records compared with those of the children given special practice. Previous experiments by Dr. Hicks indicate that little is gained by the special training, but that success de- pends on the’ development and co-or- dination of all the body muscles such as comes from general play ectivities. ‘The same results have been shown, Dr. Sherman says, in teaching children to walk up stairs. Those given special training shortly after they began to walk could climb stairs only a little better after a few months than those children who had not been trained. Tests Significant. If these conclusions are verified by the experiments this Winter, Dr. Sher- man says, they should be significant in such educational processes as teaching children to play musical instruments. ‘They would show that nothing is gained in the long run by drilling young chil- «dren on the piano or violin. Those who start much later in the race will do just as well. Dr. Cora Key is starting a series of experiments to determine the effect of fluctuating emotions on intelligence as measured by standard tests. In the past the emotional condition of the per- son being measured by these tests has been largely a neglected factor. It is possible, Dr. Sherman points out, that some direct correlation can be found between emotional and intellectual de- Rick and Rev. Edward Wetzel. [TRAFFIC INJURIES FATAL TO WOMAN Mrs. Julia E. Clarke, Struck by Street Car, Dies—Four Hurt in Accidents. Conscious for 56 hours after being struck down by a street car at Connecti- cut avenue and M street Tuesday eve- ning, Mrs. Julia E. Clarke, 70 years old, of 1030 Twentieth street died in Emer- gency Hospital early this morning. Death was attributed to a fractured skull and internal injuries. Upon notification of Mrs. Clarke's death third precinct police got into eommunication with H. L. Heisman of 13 West Virginia avenue, Woodmont, Md., the motorman of the street car, who promised to come to Washington today and post bond for his appearance at the inquest tomorrow morning. Two inquests into traffic deaths were | held yesterday and the driver of one of the machines was held for the grand jury. The other was exonerated. Driver Held in Bell Death. Charles Wright, 36 years old, of 315/ H street was held accountable for the | death of Horace Wilson Bell, 59 years old, of 529 Ninth street southeast, who he knocked down with his car Sunday. In the death of Mrs. Emma Bonar, 70| years old, of 5521 Chevy Chase Park- way, Ernest Bagley, colored, 34 years old, of Bethesda, Md.,, was adjudged to be without blame. He is still at liberty under $500 bond, however, on a charge of reckless driving arising out of the ac- | cident. Of the four persons hurt in traffic ac- cidents late yesterday Mrs. Catherine T. Graham, 35 years old, of 3038 R street is the only one whose condition this morning was considered _serious. She was struck while crossing R street near Thirteenth street by a bicycle ridden by Vivian C. Hayes, a boy 19 years old, of 1668 Avon place. Hayes was arrested and is being held pending the outcome of the woman’s injuries, Treated for Skull Fracture. Mrs. Graham was taken to Emer- gency Hospital in the ambulance and there treated for a fracture of the skull. Hospital attaches today said she passed a fairly restful night. Miss Grace E. Talbott, 17 years old, of 2910 M street was knocked down yesterday evening at Thirtieth and M streets by an automobile driven by Edgar C. Muse, 40 years old, of Cherry- dale, Va. She was taken to Georgetown University Hospital in a passing auto- mobile. She was found to have lacer- ation of her face and legs and possibly & broken nose. Others hurt included Evelyn Hawkins, colored, 7 years old, of 1258 Half street southeast and Oscar Smith, colored, 4 years old, of 1457 Park road. Their in- Jjuries were not serious. Y.M.C. A AL.UMNI GROUP OPENS FALL PROGRAM Get-Together and Dance to Be Held in College Hall To- night. ‘The Fall and Winter program of activity by the Y. M. C. A. College Alumni Association will be inaugurated tonight with a get-together and dance in the college assembly hall, at 1736 G street. Arrangements for the dance are in charge of a committee, headed by Thomas 8. Durham, president of the alumni group. Harold Spang of the School of Law, is chairman of the floor committee. SAFE IS BROKEN OPEN; $50 TAKEN BY THIEVES A safe in the real estate office of Thomas E. Petty at 1410 U street was broken open during the night and $50 in cash stolen, it was discovered this morning when Mr. Petty opened the establishment for business. Headquarters Detective Thomas Swee- ney and Sergt. Fred Sandberg, chief of the police identification bureau, in- ‘velopment. Children will be tested in arranged situations likely to arouse definite emo- tional reactions. as in school situations, where they will be led to believe thatu their whole future depends on the re- vestigated the case and found numerous finger " prints. The combination safe had been smashed with some heavy in- strument. Entrance was gained into the building by jimmying a rear window. sults of the tests, and in cases where children are brought to the clinic be- [ tion, will study the methods and effects cause of misbehavior, when they wil'|of sex training of children in the think that the result of the tests will | homes, concerning which nothing is determine what is to be done with them. | definitely known, although theie are many theories. Mrs. Dillon will deter- To €ompare Resulis. mine what is actually done in different Results in these cases will be com- | types of Washington homes and check pared with such results as those ob- |this st the observed behavior of tained by Dr. Key in testing children | the children. in Corbin Hollow in the Blue Ridge| Miss Helen Nebeker will study the Mountains, where there apparently was | contrasting behavior of thin, scrawny complete apathy. The scores of these | children and fat, well nourished chil- tests, which now are being analyzed at | dren. It is generally assumed that the the child research center, reveal rather | former are “fidgety” and difficult to narrow limits of intelligence. There is | control, while the latter are quiet. Dr. no “emotional overflow,” such as might | John C. Eckhardt and Miss Christine —Star Staff Photo. 3. GRADUATES TOLEAVEFOR INDIA 'Holy Cross Foreign Missions' Seminary Alumni Are Chosen | for Duty in Bengal. | Chosen for mission service in Bengal, India, the Rev. Joseph Rick, Rev. Ed- ward Wetzel and Brother Damian (Daniel Daele), graduates of Holy Cross Foreign Missions Seminary of Catholic University, Brookland, leave the Capi- tal tomorrow on the first leg of their trip to India. They will go to New York, to sail about the middle of this month for, Rome, where they will see the Pope and receive his blessing and then will continue to Bengal. Last night they were the principal figures at farewell ceremonies held for | them at St. Patrick’s Church. Megr. C. | F. Thomas presided at the services, and | the sermon was preached by the Rev. | Willlam Havey, assistant superior at Holy Cross Foreign Mission Seminary. Father Wetzel replied to Father Havey's sermon for the threc. The ceremonies were attended by fel low students of the three from the for- eign missions seminary and by lay stu-| dents of the various schools at Catholic | University. ORDERS BUS COMPANIES TO REPORT ON SERVICE*} Public Utilities Board Planning for Survey of Schedules Provided in Rush Hours. ‘The Public Utilities Commission yes- terday issued an order to all bus lines operating in the District requiring them to make periodical observations on traffic to determine whether their schedules provide sufficient service to! the public. The order is designed to | give better effect to other orders already adopted by the commission providing that no bus shall be so loaded as to interfere with the free movement of its operator or his vision through the windshield or to exceed 40 per cent overseating capacity during rush hours. ‘The orders call on the bus lines to submit the traffic reports of services rendered in April, July and October of each year within 10 days of the month | following that for which the report is made. The reposts are to be made on forms approved by the commission based on observations taken from va- rious points along the bus lines through- out the city. SIX ELECTRIC METERS STOLEN FROM SCHOOL Coat Reported Taken—Bi- cycle Lost by Police- man. Theft of six electric meters from Mec- Kinley High School, Second and T streets northeast, between September 26 and October 3, was reported to the police last night by Frank C. Daniel, principal. The meters were valued at 160. ! Gaining access to the home of Leola ‘Hawkins, 2205 Eighth street, through an unfastened door, burglars yesterday stole female wearing apparel valued at 30.90. sLoas of a muskrat coat, valued at $150, was reported to the police by Curtis Levis, apartment 2, 3218 Wisconsin ave- nue. Levis told police the coat was taken from a cedar chest in the base- ment of the apartment house the past month. Herbert J. Myers, 412 Third street northeast, asked police to recover a portable radio, stolen from his car parked in rear of Convention Hall last night. He valued the radio at $30. le Policeman William R. Ellery of the first precinct, residing at 1327 Kenyon street, was deprived of his bi- cycle yesterday on E between Twelfth and Thirteen ti streets. MAN OVERCOME BY GAS WHILE COOKING MEAL James C. Trout Falls Asleep and Gust of Wind Puts Out Blaze at Stove. James C. Trout, 46 years old, of 701 Longfellow street, was overcome by gas, while in the kitchen of his hone early this morning preparing himself a light lunch, Members of his family detected the odor of gas and summoned the res- cue squad and Emergency Hospital am- bulance. He was revived within a few Fur | Senator added that he wanted to grad- | Mr. Eno summarized his recommenda- ENO SAYS CAPITAL 1S FORTUNATE IN PARKING SURFACE Problem Easier Than in FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, Other Parts of U. S., Senate Subgroup Told. GARAGES IN ALLEYS SUGGESTED BY EXPERT Study of His Latest Book Will Be Made—Adjournment Taken Until Next Friday. The automobile parking problem is a question to be worked out by each city according to its special needs, and is & more difficult problem in other parts of the United States than in | Washington, which has more available street surface than any other com- munity, William Phelps Eno, recognized | authority on traffic regulations, told a subdommittee of the Senate District | committee today. ! Mr. Eno, who has written numerous | books on scientific traffic regulations, jand who has lived in Washington for 25 years, was called by the subcom- { mittee primarily to give his views on | how parking should be handled, but at the same time he referred briefly to recommendations for the improve- | ment of traffic generally. Senator Kean, Republican of New Jersey, sponsor of the movement for the gradual elimination of long-time parking on business streets and for! the abolishing of all-night parking throughout the city, asked Mr. Eno if he agreed with the viewpoint that any parking that is permitted is only a; convenience allowed by the Govern- ment and not a right. The New Jersey ; ually do away with parking. Suggestions Given Kean. i Mr. Eno expressed the belief that there were some places in Washington where parking can be permitted under proper regulations without unduly blocking the highway or hampering moving traffic. Pointing out that he is looking ahead to the day when there will be twice as many automobiles in use, Senator Kean asked Mr. Eno how he would approach the question. Mr. Eno said he would first mark off all available places where parking could be permitted without interferring un- necessarily with moving traffic. After that, he said, the committee would find that more space was demandsd. He said he thought that in the alleys of the | city would be found desirable areas for the erection of parking garages to take care of the demand. Mr. Eno said that all-night parking is hard to eliminate entirely. He pointed out that emphasis should be laid on the poor economy of allowing a car to stand on the streets all night, causing it to wear out rapidly. ‘The traffic expert said he was a great | believer in a large police force, and advocated regular annual increases in | personnel at the population of the city | ws. Answering a question by Senator | Hastings, Republican of Delaware, Mr. Eno said he agreed with those who be- lieve the parking problem has become serfous enough to warrant storage ga- rages under the new Federal building being erected in Washington. He llsol agreed with the statement of Senator Kean that if rules against parking were enforced, it would lead to the building of more storage garages. Subcommittee Adjourns. After hearing Mr. Eno, the subcom- mittee adjourned until Friday of next| week, when others will be heard. Inj the meantime the subcommittee mem: bers will make a study of Mr. Eno’s latest book on traffic_control, which he left with them. In a statement which was read to the subcommittee, tion covering the entire subject of traffic control. This statement included the following suggestions: “That traffic policemen, now paid by the street car companies, be taken into the regular Police Department; that there should be a civil engineer to lay | out traffic plans, with the actual regu- lation of traffic on the streets left to the Police Department; that the pres- ent traffic code in Washington should be dropped and replaced by the Council of National Defense Code of General Highway Traffic Police Regulations. Mr. Eno said this code was confined to a six-page folder, four pages of which are devoted to general regulations for ve- hicles, one page to definitions and one page to safety rules for pedestrians. He said they are simple, brief and reason- able and “are in great contrast to the long, complicated and unintelligible set used in Washington.” Discusses Left-hand Turns. Mr. Eno also objected to regulations which eliminate left-hand turns. He said the practice of preventing left-hand turn, should be discontinued almost everywhere. His prepared statement summarized the parking problem as follows: “This matter is one of paramount in- terest at the present time in every city, and in most of them a very much more difficult problem than in Washington, which has more available road service, which can be devoted to this purpose m"l‘d any other city probably in the world. ‘The problem of stationing* dead ve- hicles, whether they be placed in a rank or parked position, is in each city a special one to be worked out by an experienced traffic engineer, who is open-minded and willing to change plans from time to time as he sees how he can improve conditions. It is a difficult job because of the complicated The staff of The Balance Sheet, Business High’s publica tion. ginia Morris, Margaret Wood, Hattie M 1929. PAGE 17 Left to right: cliwee and Fred Sch aeffer. HER 70 $325000 Mildred Kominsky, Pauline Barney, Vir- —Star Staff Photo. SHERIFF REVEALS WHY PROBE ENDED Brothers Disagree on Cause of Death of Thomas Franklin Burroughs. ‘While one brother of Thomas Frank- lin Burroughs, who died at Emergency Hospital last week of pneumonia brought on through injuries received in a manner never fully explained, was asking for a further investigation, Prince Georges County authorities today were resting on the statement of an- other brother that the man's death was accidental and announced they would not go further into the case. Jesse C. Burroughs, one of the broth- ers, yesterday appealed to Washington police for ald in uncovering the cause of Thomas' injuries, declaring he had given up hope of having the county police “produce results.” | ‘The brother whose statements satis- fied Sheriff Charles S. Early is said by him to have declared Thomas was fully conscious before he died and explained he was injured only when thrown from a roadster which skidded and hit a tree near the Hensen's Branch bridge. Didn’t Get Name. ‘The sheriff failed to learn the first name of this man. but said he lived in East Falls Church and came volun- tarily to the police chife’s office, accom- panied by his brother-in-law, whose name was Stephens. Presumably he was Clarence Burroughs, who at first refused to discuss the case with news- Ppaper men. According to the sheriff, the brother with whom he talked said “the family” had visited a roadhouse near Clinton, Md., where Thomas Burroughs is said to have been a guest a few hours before being taken to the hospital, and came away satisfied that the dead man had not participated in a fight there that night. A few woman members of the family had become excited over news- paper accounts of possible foul play, the sheriff quotes the brother as saying. ‘The only other persons whom the sheriff and States Attorney J. Frank Parran say they have questioned in re- gard to the case are Frank Cady of ‘Washington and Fred Porton of River- dale, who also appeared at the court- house voluntarily for questioning. Tells of Fight. Cady, theiauthorities say, declared he was badly beaten by seven men who “jumped on him” at the roadhouse. Although described as being a powerful man of 240 pounds, Cady could not han- dle so many assailants, the sheriff says. He was wearing a bandage on his arm and showed other marks of the en- counter when he appeared at the court- house, according to Parran. The State’s attorney says that both Cady and Porton assured him that Thomas Burrough did not have “a sin- gle bruise” on him when he left the roadhouse about half an hour after the Cady is said to have stated that he did not know the identity of any of his assailants, so that no steps have been taken to prosecute them. Porton, according to Parran, admit- ted driving the car containing Cady and Burroughs. He said the latter was sitting in the rumble seat and was thrown out when the machine skidded on a slippery highway. Burroughs was taken to the hospital by a passing motorist. Constable A. C. Thompson, who has been_conducting a private investigation of the aflair, claims the manager of the 1oadhouse and a woman employe told him they hid in a closet when the fight started and are unable to say ex- actly what took place. vested real estate interest in property affected and the selfishness of human nature, but it is a problem whick must be solved for the best interest of the pecple collectively. The time has ar- rived for all cities and towns to pro- hibit the stationing of dead vehicles on congested roadways during crowded hours, and on other roadways to re- strict, in reason, the time.they are al- lowed to station.” . TWO HURT IN CRASH. {FAULTY REPAIR WORK ON MARKET IS DENIED Equipment Declared Efficiently In- stalled in Reply to Citizens’ Protest. M. Roberts, superintendent of George Two men sustained minor injuries | weights, measures and markets, yester- last evening when the automobile in |day submitted a report to Commissioner which they were passengers was in cul- octor L. Dougherty denying claims by lision with another car and overturncd | the West End Citizens’ Association that at Seventeenth street and Kalorama | repairs to Western Market, costing $35,- road. 000, had been improperly carried out. Morris Grudd, 34 years old, of 1630 | Mr. Roberts’' report said the work had Fuller street, was treated by Dr. Irving | been conducted in an efficient manner Brockman, 1740 R street, where he was | on plans prepared by Municipal Archi- taken in a passing automobile, for cuts | tect Albert L. Harris. The report fur- on his head, face and arms. ther stated that a new lighting system Grossman, 35 years old, of 3500 Four- | has just been installed in the market at teenth street, was cut on the right leg, | & cost of $1,200. but _refused assistance. ‘The equipment whose installation was The car in which the two men were | criticized by the citizens’ group was de- riding was driven by Isidore Kellar, 30 | scribed in the report as “neat and uni- WINS DIVORCE DECREE. ‘Woman Accused Husband of Mis- conduct in Petition. Mrs. Gertrude Fischer, 2102 H street, | whose husband, Arthur Fischer, interior | | decorator, was' accused of misconduct | with an’unidentified woman in the | | wife’s suit for absolute divorce, was | awarded a final decree in Equity Court today by Justice Wheat. | According to the bill exhibited by the wife, the parties were married February | 4, 1919, in Leipzig, Germany, and came | to this country in 1922. Under the terms of the final decree, | Mrs. Fischer is awarded the custoay o. | a minor daughter. Attorneys Raymond Neudecker and ;w}umm C. Ashford appeared for the wife. PARK POLICE MAKE TTCASESNONTH Total of $1,340 in Fines and Forfeitures During Sep- tember Reported. Fines and forfeitures netted $1,340 | during the month of September. as the | result of actuvities of the United States | Park Police, who arrested 227 persons |for a variety of alleged offenses. The report was made public today and was officially forwarded by Capt. P. J. Car- roll to Capt, Ray C. Montgomery, the Army officer who is superintendent of the force. Under the disposition of arrests, the report showed that 46 were fined $695, | while 130 forfeited $645. Charges of | automobile speeding brought 14 into the park police net during the month, { while violations of the traflic regula- | tions were credited with making 101 run afoul of the law. Accusations of | drunkenness were marked up against | 55, while violations of the park regu- |lations were placed opposite th» names of 19. Charges of reckless driving were made by officers against four persons, disorderly conduct against 12, petit larceny against four, assault aaiinst four more and one was represente:i as being a fugitive from justice. Under the head of vagrancy, seven were taken, v;hue Joyriding was charged up to three. Eight personal bonds were taken; three placed on probation; seven were nolle prossed: three dismissed; six sent to jail for 30 days; three sent ‘o jail for 60 days; three sent to jail for 90 days; six sent to jail for six months; two were turned over to “proper author- itles,” one was turned over to the mili- tary authorities and nine cases were pending when the month closed. Nine sick or injured persons were sent to their homes or to hospitals; 33 automobile accidents were reported; three stolen automobiles were reccvered; two lost children were returned to their parents and 14 children were turned over to their parents for correction. COPELAND IS.ASKED TO STUDY HOSPITAL Capper Requests New York Phy- sician to Investigate Gal- linger. Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis- trict committee has requested Senator Copeland of New York, a physician, to make a study of Gallinger Hospital for the information and guidance of the committee. The chairman pointed out that there has been considerable public interest in the municipal hospital and a general desire to make sure that the institution measures up to high stand- ards, Senator Capper did not suggest any course of procedure to Senator Cope- land, believing it would be better for the New York Senator to proceed in his own way. Senator Copeland already had announced that he would visit the hos- pital soon. Judge Gus A. Schuldt is no friend of lion tamers, as Willie Brown, colored, of Augusta, Ga., who now must pay $100 or serve 30 days in jail for having liquor in his will testifs , Y. ‘Willie, who works in a circus which is making the ruonds of the country and visited Washington last week, ex- his in a night's per- a motorcycle with te lion aboard. hh“':lfllzlltrl';glaledmmlfhzuud Ch:.‘r to steel 1f when taming r to steel himsel 1 m “‘V’lll!lle sald no, that the only things he used GARDNER BROUGHT TOST. FLIZABETHS Mail Bandit Breaks Fast on| Train On Way Here From Atlanta. Roy Gardner, notorious mail bandit and one of the most dangerous prison- | ers ever confined in a Federal peniten- | tiary, is under guard here today with | the “criminally insane at Howard Hall, | St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, following a | three-week hunger strike at the Atlanta | Penitentiary. Handcuffed and wearing leg irons, Gardner was brought to Washington | from Atlanta yesterday in charge of four armed guards. On the train he broke his fast, and since his arrival at | St. Elizabeth’s Hospital he has eaten the | meals that have been placad before him. | Gardner will be kept under mental observation. Physicians explained to- | day that his actions here wiil determine whether he will be returned to the Fed- eral prison at Atlanta or kept here permanently with the criminally insane. Handcuffs Removed. Upon his arrival at St. Elizabeth’s | Hospital the handcuffs and leg irons | were removed by order of the hospital | physicians and the prisoner was allowed | to mingle with the other inmates of | Howard Hall. Gardner made a sensa- tional escape from the prison at Mc- Neils Isiand, Wash., and joined other prisoners in an attempt to escape from | the Atlanta Penitentiary. He had been kept in solitary confinement for the| last year at Atlanta. 3 i Those in charge at St. Elizabeth’s have no fear that he will escape again. To do 5o he would have to pass through | seven doors, elude a score of attendants and climb a three-story wall before he could reach even the grounds surround- ing St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, where he would meet other obstacles to an escape. Gardner figured in a number of dar- ing mail robberies on the Pacific Coast nine or ten years ago. He was con- victed and sent to McNeil’s Island, from which he escaped September 5, 1921. under fire from the rifles of a score of guards. Tried to Rob Mall Coach. He was not heard from again until the following November, when he at- tempted to rob a mail coach on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad at Phoenix, Ariz. Herman Inderlied, the mail clerk on the train, grappled with the bandit afd succeeded in over- powering him. Underlied was unarmed, having left his gun on a table prepara- tory to changing his clothes. Gardner could have used his revolver in the struggle, but explained later that he never shot an unarmed man. Gardner informed Sheriff John Mont- gomery, who took him in charge, that he would escape, if he could. Federal officials ordered him transferred to the Leavenworth Penitentiary, in Kansas. After serving four years there he was transferred to Atlanta, where he served four years more before being brought to this city. After Gardner's capture at Phoenix Postmaster General Hays sent a tele- gram of congratulation to Inderlid, the mail clerk, who was given a $5,000 re- ward for the capture of a mail bandit, and another special award of $2,000 for the capture of Gardner. After his capture Gardner was ac- cused of having assaulted Maria Munoz of Phoenix. When the woman iden- tified him the bandit’s only comment was, “Fair enough.” He was rever brought to trial on this charge. Garcdner has served eight years of a 75-year sentence for mail robberies. Birds Steal Silverware, Mysterious thefts of silverware in the Sussex district of England are now believed to have been committed by large magpies. Scarecrows and other efforts to frighten the birds away have been ineffective. At first the birds stole Jumps of sugar, then spoons and silver tongs disappeared, but no trace of the “loot” has been found. Lion.Tamer Runs Afoul Judge Schuldt " On Liquor Charge and Gets $100 Fine think hmself shot and turn the other way. "’ilo I didn't go to no college, but I studied for four years how to tame them beasts,” he answered another question. “Treat 'em like chilluns, feed 'em and spank ’em.” Willle was arrested by Policemen Sheridan Jones and W. P, Satterthwaite of the ninth precinct early Sunday. A gallon of whisky was found in a hand bag which was being carried by Leonard Spencer, colored of Petersburg, Va., & companion of Willie. | “Jes gonna have a little party at the i | | BIRTH CLOUDED IN MYSTERY, SOUGHT Map, Whe Would Be 33 Now, Is Believed to Have Been Born in D. C. Hospital. {MOTHER, WED SECRETLY, GAVE BABY TO ANOTHER Bank Seeks to Clear Up $650.000 Estate Left by Farmer to Two Daughters or Children. An apglication filed in Trenton, N. J., | yesterday for authority to begin search for an heir to $325,000 shed additional }light on the mysterious family history {of a man supposed to have been born at Providence Hospital 33 years ago to a secretly married mother who entered the hospital under an assumed {name and then gave the child to another woman with instructions never to reveal his identity. The story of the case, as revealed jin the application of the Bankers’ Trust Co. of New York, trustee of a 1$650,000 trust fund created under the will of a Flemington, N. J., farmer, reads like a mystery thriller. The pe- tition of the trust company was grant- ed by Vice Chancellor Malcolm E. Buchanan, and it is believed that an ex- tensive search will be instituted for the missing heir. “Cousin” May Get All. ‘The farmer, who died in 1912, was William E. Emery. Two daughters of Emery and his widow, since deceased, were named beneficiaries. There was a provision in the will that if either daughter died without issue, the entire fund should go to the other. Both daughters are now dead, but one of them, the late Mrs. Mary E. Cornelius, left a daughter, living in England, as her sole survivor. Unless the bank suc- ceeds in establishing that the other daughter was the woman who bore a child here, and in locating the son, the entire sum will go to the descend- ant living in England. The trust company’s application sets out that the other daughter, Florence Emery, married in Brooklyn, N. J., on July 15, 1895, secretly, and under the assumed name of Florence Baker, to Frederick Frances Georger, who in turn had assumed the name of Frederick Francis Gray. On September 25 of that same year, however, they were re- married in Flemington, N. J., under their right names. Fifteen years later they were divorced, anc Mrs. Georger married Henry B. Billings. She died last year. Through George B. Case. once a trustee for the Emery estate, the bank learned that on February 11, 1896, Mrs. Georger gave birth to a boy at Providence Hospital, where she was registered as Mrs. Gray. The child was turned over to Sophie Landgraf, with instructions to find a home for it and never permit its true identity to become kmown. Search Leads to Germany. According to the petition, Mr. Case did not learn of this until 1926, when he started a search for the Landgraf woman that later led into Germany. Alter Mrs. Georger was divorced, the petition says, she told a number of Iriends of the birth of her son and said that her husband kept it a secret be- cause he did not want her family to learn she had become a mother. Georger died prior to 1926, when Mr, Case first heard of the child. The bank states it has received a reply from advertisments of inquiry in Phil- adelphia, Baltimore and New York from a James E. Nicholson of 1310 North Eutaw street, Baltimore, but that his claim has not been established. L. F. Cordova, head of a large firm of private detectives, was in Washing- ton last month going over records at Providence in an eflort to trace the missing heir and to establish his identi- ty. It is expected that a further inves- ugation will be undertaken here. MONTH’S TRAFFIC CASES TOTAL 5,450 Speeding Leads List With 809, Parking Overtime Is Next With 757. Police made 5,450 arrests for viola- tions of various traffic regulations, ac- cording to the report for September filed by Assistant Supt. E. W. Brown, in charge of the Tratfic Bureau, today. Speeding led the list of offenses, with 809 arrests; parking overtime was sec- ond, with 757 arrests, followed by 445 arrests for other parking violations, 382 for passing signals and 285 for disobey- ing official signs. There were 28 arrests for driving while drunk, 323 for driving without a permit and 138 for reckless driving, Two fatalities resulted from traffic accidents during the month. There were also 255 minor injuries and 237 cases of property damage resulting from traffic accidents. In September last year there were 9 traffic deaths and in September, 1927, there were 7. FINDS TALKING PICTURE SCREENS NOT FIREPROOF Fire Department Chief Reports Result of Inspection and Rec- ommends Precautionary Steps. ‘Talking picture screens are not fire- proof, and doubt exists as to whether they can be made so, George S. Watson, chief engineer of the Fire Department, said today. Mr. Watson said the fact had been brought to his attention dur- ing the annual inspection of moving picture houses. The screens on which silent pictures are shown are made of a cotton composition which will absorb fireproofing mixtures, Mr. Watson said. The talkie screens, however, are of a Tubber composition which repels the fireproofing liquid. A conference was had by Dr. Watson with representatives of talking picture theaters yesterday afternoon, at which it ‘was agreed to delay action on the matter until the theater men have filed a report definitely stating whether the new screens can or cannot be fire- proofed. When he receives the report, Mr. Watson said, he will take it up with the District Commissioners. were a whip and a pistol equi] with blank cartridges. He whipped the beast and if he ran at him, he would shoot the pistol, the lion would,| circus,” was Spencer’s explanation. Afr mail services have been estab- Judge Schuldt gave him a similar sen- ) lished from Spain to France, Morocco, tence. Algiers and South Ameriia. r their arrival. mfi'&fia‘x‘x’f to police Trout went wl sleep sitting in a kitchen chair. The |19 years old, of the’ fiame was blowa out by a gust of wind. * Eieventh street. ars old, of 707 H street. The other | form equipment, the best equipment for lyn.-chlne ‘was operated hy‘x E. Forest, | the pi that could be installed at lead to a high score in one type of prob- | Heinig, director of the nursery school at the block of ; reasonable cost.” Mr. Harris concurred " "in the report. lem and low scores in other types. research center, will continue a $ Mrs. -Mirlam S. Dillon, a fellow of | special study of foot posture of children y the National Council of Parent Educa- ' begun last year.