Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1929, Page 17

ELECTRICAL POWER NEED IN CAPITAL IS SURVEYEDBY GROUP U. S. Commission to Use Data in Report on Applica- tions Affecting Great Falls. | | | { ON PERMIT PLEAS - | Park and Planning Body Opposesl Granting of Right to Examine Possibilities in Area. The Federal Power Commission is making an economic survey of the need for electrical power in \'ashington and jts vicinity, in the course of preparing for Congress its report on the applica- tions for preliminary permits to examine | the possibilities of power development | at Great Falls on the Potomac River, While the commission may not be able to submit its report to Congress on December 2, when it is due to open in | regular session, it will send up its recommendations early in the new year, being delayed somewhat by the thor- oughness and importance of its study. The commission has before it & divergence of opinion on the proposal | 10 develop hydroelectric power at Great Falls. On the one hand, in favor of granting the preliminary permit to the Potomac River Corporation of Wilming- fon, Del., authorizing it to explore the possibilities for hydroelectric develop- ment, in the Great Falls region, are re- ports from Lieut. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, former chief of Army Engineers, now retired, who submitted & minority re- port in August in his capacity as chair- man of the National Capital Park d | Planning Commission. Somervell Favors Permit. “The granting of the preliminary per-, mit is ewl?e‘(lvored by Maj. Brehon Somervell, district engineer for the ‘War Department for the Washington area, ‘who went into the subjéct exhaustively. and submitted a report, which went to the chief of Army Engineers and is now before the Federal Power Commission. Both Gen. Jadwin and Maj. Somervell take the position that park and power development can go forward at Great Falls, hand in hand and harmoniously. Opposed to the granting of a permit looking to hydroelectric ~ development at Great Falls is this expression of the majority of the Nl(-‘l:;l”lll Capital Park nning Commission: .n""R:;\Ved“;‘thlt the National Capital Park and Planning Commission favors the acquisition of the Potomac Valley from Chain Bridge to and including Great Falls, and the development of this area for park purposes as funds may be made available, leaving it open for Congress at any future time to au- thorize the development of the naviga- tion, flood control and power poten- tialities of the area should such de- velopment become of greater importance and be justified in the public interest. This resolution and a lengthy com- mentary on it were made public last August. 2 | the Federal Having " bearing_on the | Power Comm] in this region, nomic needs for power 200 miles, is an dlus of some :‘P(D!lll‘(‘:lll.h:i‘ filed recently by the Safe Harbor Water Power Coiporation of Tl T3, T B R ‘Lancaster Counties. Pa. Si hanna River at g _units 'l::-':hm. : ) capacity of 231,000 horsepower | :‘; num ‘ntends to of power 1o the Consolidated Gas Light & Power Co. of Baltimore, as well as to a Penn- sylvania firm. Three Applications Are Pending. Three applications affecting the Great. Falls area now are pending be- fore the Federal Power Commission. All are seeking preliminary rmits, which would allow them to explore the possibilities of developing power. The Potomac ‘Wwilmington, Del., contemplates the de- velopment of four siorage dams near chlflg“"l“%'n. W‘."V:I.. r way, W. Va. ;finch, near yspnnlflrld W. Va, and | on the Great Cacapon, a branch of| the Potomac, near Berkeley Springs, W. Va—with a total ! of ‘1,650,000 acre-feet, which means the | flooding of each acre to a depth of one | foot. ywer would be developed near| Harpers Ferry, W. Va. and at Chain Bridge. for a preliminary permit was filed with| the Federal Power Commission on May | 13, 1927, and is described as being the | most ambitious of the three plans. t plans generatin | | HERMANHOLLERITH, ancy purposes, home, 1617 Twenty-ninth street, follow- River Corporation of| g 5 two-day iliness. York t Brocks Gap. | education in the School of Mines of one of the most successful ever on the South| columbia University. storage capacity | compilation of the 1880 census, I at Great Falls| Franklin Institute of Philadelpl "This application | the most distinguished inventor of the The Foening Starf WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1929, Abeve: Miss Helen Thompson with Silver Sheik Bill, prize cat, Below: Mrs, Robert Currie with 1 INVENTOR, 15 DEAD [ Maker of Electric Tabulating Exhibition Which Opened. To- Machine Used by U. S. Succumbs at 69. and foreign governments for account- | died yesterday at his| L'Aiglon Club, Eighteenth street and today investigation had established the ! director of volunteer service for the Mr. Hollerith was born in 1860 in New City, where he received a college Comes Here for Cen Coming to Washington to serve in the atented the original model of the Hol- | rith _accounting machine Yong Kee Liang, a Chow.—Star Staff Photos. | CAT AND DOG SHOW | T 1 |ded off- the Frederick road 2 miles | volunteer workers canvassing the city. I north of Gaithersburg and crashed | day Regarded as Club’s Most Successful Display. The Washington Cat show, with the addition of a section for dogs, opened this morning at Club's annual! | Columbia road. and will continue | throughout foday and tomorrow with | 178 cats and 115 dogs on exhibition. | The show this year is said to be staged by the Washington Cat Club. Tt will | | continue through tomorrow at. L'Aiglon, Eighteenth street and Columbia road. | The cats will be judged today and begin at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A | | been making investigations looki; ARENTZ PLANSBILL 10 PROVIDE JUNIOR Government-Owned Land Ad- joining Rock Creek Park Would Be Site. MEASURE TO BE PLACED AT DECEMBER SESSION| Arentz Says Board of Education Is on Record Indorsing New School for District. Representative Arentz of Nevada in- tends to push in the next session of Congress a joint resolution introduced in"the last session for establishment on | Government owned land in the District adjoining Rock Creek Park, near Six- teenth and Kennedy streets, of a junior college. In a letter to Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, Representa- tive Arentz states that Chairman Sim- mons of the subcommittee on District appropriations has advised him that the appropriations committee is ready to consider legislation making appropria- tions for establishment of such a ju- nior college in the National Capital. “It is my understanding,” said Rep- resentative Arents, “that Dr. Ballou and the Board of Education have unequiv- ocally indorsed the establishment of & public junior college in the city of Washington and that Dr. Ballou has n&’m recommendation to be made to - gress at the coming December session to _carry out such plans.” Representative Arentz asked Dr. Bal- lou to advise him on the situation so that he may actively push his measure for the college, which, he said, will be a new branch of the public educational facilities of the Capital. BLOWOUT BLANED FOR TWO DEATHS Charges Against Detective in Fatal Auto Crash Will Be Dropped. Further investigation of the automo- bile accident in which Policeman Edgar P. Alexander*and Edward Arnold were killed Saturday night near Gaithers- burg, Md., indicated today that the ac- cident resulted from a tire blowout | driving agalnst Detective J. L. Billman, driver of the car, will be dropped. The two men killed were members of { & funeral party returning to Washing- {ton from Romney, W. Va., where, with Billman and Rev. Harry P. Baker, they had attended the funeral of Police Sergt. George B. Cornwell, firearms ex- rt, who died Thursday. They were traveling in Billman's car, which skid- against a pole. Court Appearance Set for Saturday. Alexander, 45, the father of six chil- dren, and Arnold, 45, a carpenter, of Vienna, Va., were kilied instantly.’ Al- exander was attached to the fourteenth precinct, as is Billman, who suffered serious Injuries. Dr. Baker also was injured. Billman said he was not traveling at a speed of more than 30 miles an hour. He posted $500 bond at Rockville on charges of reckless dFiving, and will ap~ pear in Police Court there Saturday. County Prosecutor Robert Peters said crash as an accident, and that an in- quest would not be held. Alexander Funeral Tomorrow. Funeral services for Alexander will be | held tomorrow morning, at 10 o'clock, at g-oe residence, 3413 Q street, and in the ngress Street Methodist iscopal Church, on Thirty-first slreetlpbet'l».n he | tomorrow, and judging of the dogs will| M and N streets. Members of the four- teenth precinct will attend in a body. in 1890.| particularly popular class of dogs. the | Interment will be in nearby Virginia. being awarded the gold medal of the| Boston terriers, will be judged tonight, Alexander had been a member of the hia as year. Mr. machines u Hollerith manufactured his own | ntil 1911, when he sold his | beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. West in Charge of Show. The show is being staged under di- | rection of Mrs. Henry L. West, presi-| i invention to the International Machine | dent of the Washington Cat Club, as- Police Department for 17 years. In l:!dlflofl to his children, his widow sur- vives. The body of Arnold probably will be removed to Vienna, Va., for interment. He is survived by a widow and one The application of the South Branch | Corporation, which retained him as a |sisted by Miss Emma C. Payne, Mrs. | child. Power Co., contemplates construction of storage development on the south branch, on the Great Cacapon and on the Shenandoah River. This | tion was laid before the Federal Power Commission September 27, 1926, but an amended application for a larger de-“ Velopment was filed on November 22, | 192 e third application pending is that of Stineman and Quick of Baltimore, Which filed its request with the com-| mission on December 8, 1920, and_con- | templates deve ment at Great Falls. | Congress has directed that the Federal | Power Commission -grant no permit Affecting Great Falls until it has sub Mitted & report on the whole water power development program. i EXCURSION SERVICE LEASES OLD WHARF 1. C: Campbell of Delaware Closes | Deal and Steamers Will Begin Schedules May 15. i i | Lease of the old St. John's Steamship | Co. wharf at N street southwest, pre- paratory to running, next Spring, an excursion steamer service down the Po- tomac and into Chesapeake Bay, was announced today by L. C. Campbell of Wilmington, Del., vice president of the Wilson Line, operator of a fieet of steamers on the Delaware River. The steamer serVice, it is announced, will begin here on May 15 and include day and night moonlight excursions. The steamer City of Chester of the wilson Line fleet has been rechristened the City of Washington, and this Win- ter will undergo extensive overhauling in preparation for a season on the waters of the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay. Capt. John Emmering, for many vears a captain in the Deleware River fleet, a veteran of the Wilson Line organization, will pilot the City of consulting engineer for 10 years. Mr. Hollerith held a Ph. D. at Columbia University and was a charter member applica- | of the American Society of Mechanical presidents. Engineers. Survived by Family. He is survived by his widow, Mrs | Lucla Hollerith; three daughters, Lucia, | the Skye terrier owned by Frau Kiep, Nannie and Virginia, all of Washing- ton, and three sons, Herman and Rich- ard of Camden, N. J,-and Charles of Jackson, Mich. Funeral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at the residence, Rev. E. P. Wroth of Christ Church officiat- ing. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. AUTO STRIKES POLE, FOUR ARE INJURED 6. W. Cox, His Wife and Two Children Are Hurt in Balti- more Accident. Four members of the family of George W. Cox of 1212 Emerson street, an assistant assessor for the District of Columbia, were injured in an accident in Baltimore yesterday, when their ma- chine skidded on West Baltimore avenue and crashed into a lamp pole. They are being treated at the St. Agnes’ Hos- pital in that city. The wife, Mrs. Edith Cox, 26, re ceived several fractures of the ribs and was badly cut and bruised about the pody. Her two crildren, George Ed- werd, 6 months old, and Phylls, 7, are believed to have fractured skulls, while the latter also sustained a fractured pelvis. Mr. Cox, who is 31, is suffering from a severe cut above the left eye and an ankle injury. Mr. and Mrs, Cox and their two chil- dren were traveling to Wilmington, Del,, to visit relatives when the accident oc- curred. Mr., Cox endeavored to bring his machine to a stop and the brakes locked, causing the crash, according to “Waspington on its trips next Spring. Summer and Fall word recelved here. The car Wwas wrecked. s | Elizabeth Walsh. Mrs. V. J. Pedone |and Dr. E. E. Reu o A | Locke and Dr. I vice | | | " Two foreign entries attracted con- | | siderable attention today—Mack, the | Scottish terrier pet of Princess de Ligne, wife of the Belgian Ambassador, and h, Dr. M. Cashell, | wife of the counselor of the German embassy. Seven States and D. C. Represented. | Cats from seven States and the | | District, from the common short-haired | cat to the finest Persians, as well as | Siamese and the tailless Manx cats, | | were on_exhibition tod; | | | | the cats, while Allen Hoffar, noted dog | fancier, is superintendent of the dog show. ! The show will close tomorrow night at | 11 o'clock. 'JOINT REUNION IN VIEW | FOR WORLD WAR GROUPS "'For the first time since the signing ! of the Armistice in November, 1918, the | | officers and enlisted men of the 7th Division Association will hold a joint reunion.at the Hotel Mayflower on Fri- day and Saturday of this week. Al- though there Have been eight reunions of the officers’ section, this is the first attempt to include the enlisted men In the fold. An attendance of several hundred is anticipated. The division, when it marched into 1 { i World War, numbered = approximately él!. 700 men. Maj. John T. Harris, U. .'A., Quartermaster Corps, on duty at the War Department, has been engaged in the circulation of chain letters en- deavoring to locate members of the old command, He has received answers from as far West as Los Angeles, ex- pressing willingness to come here for th: meeting. When demobilized the officers and enlisted men of the 7th Division scat- tered to all parts of the country and ho record was kept of their new addresses in civil life. ~ A large number of the members are belleved to be living in action during the closing period of the | Detective Billman later was admitted to Emergency Hospital, where he was treated for numerous cuts about the bead and_bruises. Rev. Baker, pastor of the Calvary Methodist Episcopal ghur}c‘}l ind %mr?town, ® cousin of rnold an e late Sergt. Corn: 3 suffered slight injuries, o b WILLIAM G. THOMAS IS DEAD IN FLORIDA Miss Payne has charge of entering | Head of D. C. Furniture Firm | Succumbs From Pneu- monia. William G. Thomas, 67 years old, president of the Walker-Thomas Fur- niture Co., 1013-1015 Seventh street, died yesterday in Jacksonville, Fla., ac- cording to word received here. Death was attributed te pneumonia. Mr. Thomas left here a short while ago en route to Cuba. His illness de- tained him in Jacksonville, The body is expected to arrive here this afternoon. His son, Hugh B, is ac- companying the body to Washington. Mr. Thomas had been engaged in the furniture business here for more than 20 years and was widely known in this city. He resided in the Wakefield Hall Apartments. He was & member of the | Independent Order of Odd Fellows and | the Order of Maccabees. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Laura Thomas; his son and two daugh- tsers‘.‘:drm Ada Swingle and Mrs. Mabel mith. Licensed to Wed at Marlboro. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., November 18 (Special).—Marriage licenses have been issued here to the following: George Everett Moore, 26, and Mary | Ada Chaney, 18, both of Upper Marl- boro, Md. Frank Burke, 21, Seat Pleasant, Md.. and Florence M. Pearson, 16, Mary- land Park, Md. ie Paul Burnett, 18, Greater Cap- Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, l Lesl itol Heights, Md., Margaret Abbotf, 14, Capitol Heighl d. {and it was said charges of reckless | CITY STREET PLAN 10 BE GIVEN STUDY BY BOARD OF TRADE Survey Requested by Eliot Will Be Started Within Two Weeks. PROPER EE-]);D!NAT!ON WILL BE CONSIDERED | Appointment of Subcommittees to | Be Made Following Gen- eral Meeting. ' | 4 | The Washington Board of ‘Trade, within the next two weeks, will begin !a survey of the general street plan of the District. This was decided today | following a request by Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city planner, that the body make such a study. ‘The survey will be made with the co- operation and assistance of Mr. Eliot, ‘who has promised to attend a series of meetings of the board’s committee on streets and avenues, and explain, sec- tion by seciion, the highway system. The study is to be comprehensive, taking into consideration the proper co- ordination of streets, their traffic ca- pacity and whether they furnish ade- quate means of fngress and egress to the city, as well as their esthetic value. Mr. Eliot’s proposal that the board make this study was induced, he said, by the thoroughness with which they went into the traffic situation of the Government triangle, which they dis- cussed before the National Capital Park and Planning Commission Saturday. It is planned to hold a general meet- ing of the streets and avenues com- mittee within the next two weeks. Al' that time Mr. Eliot will explain what he thinks should be accomplished by ! the survey. Later various subcommit- tees will be appointed. These will meet and Mr. Eliot will explain in detail to each the highway plan of a particular section of the District. The study will include the parking problem throughout the entire city. Meanwhile the special committee which conducted the fight against the closing of Thirteenth street south of Pennsyl- vania avenue will begin an Investiga- tion of the parking situation in the triangle. i | | RED CROSS DRVE RECORD 1 HADE Volunteer Workers Set Newi Mark on Saturday With | Total of $1,500. The annual roll call of the American Red Cross entered the second week of its campaign for memberships today encouraged by a new high daily record for Saturday, when more than $1,500 was collected by the approximately 600 Action of Maj. Henry G. Pratt, super- | intendent of police, in appointing each } of the 16 precinct commander a roll call chairman, has resulted in the | issuance of one 100 per cent certificate | to date. This was announced today by | Mrs, Harry C. Barnes, director of the | local chapter, as having been sent to Capt. O. T. Davis, representing the sec- ond precinct, Saturday. ‘Two tadio addresses are scheduled | for this week. Dr. Thomas E. Green of the speakers’ bureau of the National Red Cross will mlke,n address over station WOL at 6:45 o'clock Wednesday in behalf of the drive. At 7:15 the same evening Miss Mabel T. Boardman, American Red Cross and secretary of the national organization, will speak | over WMAL. HINES’ AID IS ASKED IN FRAMING MEASURE Legislation Relative to Monor nnd? Incompetent Beneficiaries of Bureau Is Sought. i 1 The District Commissioners today wrote asking the aid of Frank T. Hines of the United States Veterans’ Bureau in pre- paring legislation relative to minor and incompetent beneficiaries of the bureau in the District. Proposed legislation to this end was approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uni- form State Laws last year, and the matter was recommended to the Dis- trict in a letter from Senator Capper of Kansas. ‘The legislation sought relates princi- pally to commitment of insane veterans to State hospitals. Such matters as appcintment and service of guardians for mentally incompetent veterans and the compensation they are to receive and the way they are to account for the expenditure of the money are covered in the legislation. | The District alread~ has legislation !on some of the points covered by the proposed law, but the Commissioners are willing to sponsor a bill to clear up disputed points and to take care of mat- ters not now_covered by iegislation or court rules. “TRIAL OF MOFFATT | 'DELAYED BY ILLNESS 1 Sickness of Justice Hitz Causes In- | definite Postponement of Brok- er's Case. Tilness of Justice William Hitz today forced the indefinite postponement of the trial of Willlam Lee Moffatt, local investment broker, whose arrest by Po- liceman Robert J. Allen on a charge of false pretenses led to the recent hear- ing before the mllfl trial board of in- subordination charges against Allen and his subsequent, dismissal from the force. Allen and Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the eighth precinct, were brought to trial on char of insubordination which grew out of correspondence between them and Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, after Allen had announced his intention of 'nmt*lfln the District attorney’s office for its alleged Tas- tination in prosecuting Moffatt. Capt. Doyle was acquitted of the charge. *% GRANT B. MILLER, “ACE" MAIL _ ROBBERY DETECTIVE, DIES HERE, | Man Who Solved $2,000,000, Rondout, IIl., Hold-up in 1924 | Succumbs After Taking Cold. D’Autremont Train Bombinql One of Cases in Brilliant Ca- reer of Federal Worker. Grant B. Miller, chief postal in- spector, the man who solved the mys- | tery of the famous $2,000,000 mail rob- bery at Rondout, I, in 1924, uncov- ering the man who then was considered the “ace” of the Postal Inspection Serv~ lce as the “master mind” of the rob- bery, was found dead in bed at 1 oclock yesterday afternoon in his room at the Continental Hotel. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, who viewed the body, attributed the famous detective's death ulwdhurt disease. Miller was 55 years old. Miller's death ended a briiliant career that had done much to gain for the Postal Inspection Service the reputation of one of the foremost de- tective organizations in the world. At the time of his death he was engaged in building up the service and refining | it to even greater efficiency for mail robbery prevention and detection. .High Spot in Career. The unravelling of the Rondout mail Tobbery, probably the greatest mail rob- bery in the history of the country, was the high spot in Miller's career. When the robbery occurred, Miller was work- ing as assistant to the chief inspector in Washington, having won his way to that post after nearly 20 years of serv- ice as a postal lmgcwr, He immediately shifted to Chica- g0 on the case, zlong with a good-sized force of inspectors. The case, a well planned one, puzzled the postal author- itles. It appeared, after thorough in- vestigation, that the robbers had in- formation as to the times of departure and arrival, and the contents of the mail sacks which could only have come from inside the Post Office Department. Miller went to work on that angle, and after prodigious work, pinned the job on Willlam F. Fahy, who then was considered the “ace” of the Postal In- spection Service at Chicago, 25-Year Sentence. Fahy was convicted of directing the robbery from within the ranks of the Postal employes and for his work on ‘this job received a sentence of 25 years in Atlanta Federal prison, which he is now serving. Under Miller's direction, most of the $2,000,000 taken by the robbers was re- covered. Miller s d on at Chicago, as chief of the postal inspectors of that division, and became known as a nemesis x; gunmen and mail robbers. During his service in Chicago, which ended Jan- vary 1, 1927, the inspectors of the Chi- cago office, working with him, secured evidence which sentenced 44 gunmen involved in mail robberies to a total of 1.330 years in penitentiaries. Under Miller’s divection loot amounting to $2,- 500.000 was recovered. Miller's fame broadened as the re- sult of his work in bringing to justice the D’Autremont brothers, noiorious mail bandits, who held up and wrecked a mall train in the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon. He played a large part in tracing two of the brothers, Ray and | Roy, to ville, Ohio, and - the | other brof Hugh, to the Philippine ree of the brothers were Islands. All ths GRANT B. MILLE sentenced to life terms in Oregon prisons for their part in the hold-up and consequent deaths. Entered as Clerk. Miller entered the postal service as a railway mail clerk in March, 1899, run- ning between New York and Chicago, and later between ©hicago and Wheel- ing, W. Va. In 1907 he was appointad @ postal inspector and assigned to the St, Louis office. While in St. Louis he gained an enviable reputation as a de- tective and figured in many important cases. In 1921 he was transferred to the Cincinnati office, and later was assigned to the office of the chief inspector here, as his assistant. On September 19, 1922, by special request, of the Postmaster General, he took charge of the Cleva- land post office as postmaster in the interim between the retirement of a postmaster and the -appointment of a new one. He served in Cleveland until February 2, 1923, On March 1, 1923, he similarly took over the Chicago post office and served as postmaster there until April 9. He came fo Washington as chief of the postal inspection service on Janu- ary 1, 1927, and served continuously in that position until his death. Appointment of his successor will be | made by Postmi Folger Brown. Cold Starts Tiness. Miller had been complaining of not feeling well ever since he attended the funeral of the late Senator Theodore Burton. He contracted a cold at the funeral and was very ill for several days. He seemed well on the road to recovery and told his mssociates Sat- urday that he planned to return to his duties today. It is believed that his recent illness so weakened him that his strength was not equal to the strain of his exertions in preparing to return to_his desk. aster General Waller He was born in Chicago Junction, | Ohlo, in May, 1874. His wife died 1n Washington in De- cember last year. Upon notification of his_death, his brother, G. Earl Miller of Willard, Ohio, came to Washin today to take the body back to Wi d for_buri; Funeral services- were being held- this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at Hysong's funeral home. MAN 1S INIRED RESISTING ARREST Policeman Uses Club in Scuf- fle With Colored Prisoner. Clubbed by Policeman J. A. Burgess of the sixth precinct for resisting ar- | rest, Colon L. Evans, colored, 34 years old, is in Gallinger Hospital suffering from a possible fracture of the skull and a lacerated eye. Evans was arrested early yesterday morning for alleged drunkenness and disorderly conduct. In the scuffie with his prisoner Policeman Burgess twisted his knee and was given treatment by police surgeons. An additional charge of assault was preferred against Evans. Evans was given first aid at Casualty Hospital and later sent to Gallinger. His condition is sald to be unde- termined. The man resides at 48 Massa- chusetts avenue. Another man who ran afoul of a policeman’s club was John Burke, 21 years old, of 1039 Kearney street north- east. He was given treatment at Emer- gency for a blow on the head. Burke was arrested last night by Policeman D. A. Gourley of the third precinct and was reported to have resisted arrest, Struck on the head with a milk bot- tle during an altercation yesterday, Con- rad Stack, 31 years old, of Queen Chapel road, Md., is in Casualty Hos- pital, where his condition was report- ed as undetermined. John W. Saxon, colored, First and N streets northeast, was hit on the head with a brick during a fight near his home. He is in Freedmen's Hospital. Another colored man, Charles Samuels, 25 years old, of 1624 Vermont avenue, is in Freedmen's Hospital, his head ha ing been cut with a hammer. Others injured yesterday were Alvin Jerome Farmer, 31, of the 3700 block of Ninth street; Ernest Marshall, col- ored, 23, of 212 Clark court southwest: | and Leslie Garrison, coloved, 35, Davis court southwest. '| CONGRESS OF P.-T. A. TO MEET TOMORROW | i% Monthly Conference to Hear Ad- dress by Official of Com- munity Chest. The District of Columbia Congress | of Parents and Teachers will meet in monthly conference at the Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets, tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. A short address by Elwood Street, director of the Community Chest, will be included in the program. ~Miss Summy of the faculty of the normal school will give a brief talk about the study groups offered to mothers and teachers by the American Association of University Women. Awards for the “physically fit" chil- dren of the Summer “round-up” will be presented to the local chairmen of | prosecution. No authority whatever has | tion this survey, who, in turn, will present them to t ners at special cere- monies to betheld in the various schools. SCRIVENER INQUIRY IS BEGUN BY ROVER Former Sweetheart of Dead; Detective and Husband Interviewed. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover this afternoon began his probe into the three-year-old circumstances surround- ing the death of Deteetive Sergt. Arthur | Scrivener, whose body was found in an alley in Georgetown in September, 1926. Mrs. John R. Maragon, former sweei- heart of the dead detective, arrived frum Chicago with her husband, John R. Maragon, former policeman, in response | to a summons from Rover, and were interviewed by the prosecutor. Rover declined to give out the in- formation given him by the two wit- nesses and also impressed on them that th% should not talk to newspaper men. e prosecutor has received the. pistol found near the body, the clothes worn by Scrivener at the time of the tragedy and the necktie which he clasped in his hand when found and which was supposed to have been yanked fiom the neck of his assailant. After he has interviewed all the wit- nesses that testified before the coroner's inguest into Scrivener's death, Rover will assemble the facts and lay them beore the grand jury. The actual presentation of the case to the grand Jurors will not take place until the con- (-I\;alon of the McPherson inquiry, Rover said, ADVICE ON FLORIDA . ROADS IN BROADCAST Counsellor for A. A. A. to Be Heard From Jacksonville . Station. Frank J.' Mueller. of Washington, member of a party of about 50 traffic counsellors of the American Automobile Assoclation, now touring Florida for a survey of highway and traffic condi- tions in that State for the Winter tour- season, will be one of the speakers on the findings of the party over Sta- tion WJAX of Jacksonville, Fia., from | 9 to 9:30 o'clock ton!-ht. Mr. Mueller, it is announced by the | American Automobile Association here, ' | will advise Capital motorists of the best routes and of conditions along these routes from Washington to Florida. | BUSINESS MEN WARNED OF FAKE SOLICITATIONS ‘Warning was given today by Joseph E. Evans, president of the City Em- ployes’ Association, that unauthorized donations and contributions have been solicited among business men of Wash- ington for the benefit of the assoclation. Mr. Evans declared that if such solici- tations are continued the City Em- ployes’ Association will take up the matter with proper authorities for been given for soliciting in behalf of ihe association, Mr. Evans explained when it was brought to his attention. ™ ey PAGE 17 ALLEN CITES SLURS IN STRONG APPEAL 10 COMMISSIONERS Suspended Policeman Pushes Fight According to Prom- ise for Reinstatement. SAYS HE WAS GOADED INTO WRITING LETTER Public's Interest Must Be Consid- ered, Declare Counsel for Me- Pherson Investigator. Carrying out his threat vigorously to fight against imposition of the Police Trial Board's sentence of dismissal, Policeman Robert J. Allen, through his attorneys, H. Ralph Burton and Tench T. Marye, today filed with the District Commissioners a 14-page brief support- ing his appeal from the trial board's findings. The trial board’s action was based on charges of insubordination preferred against Allen by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, because of the “tone” of a letter he wrote in-explana- tion of a published statement that he proposed to investigate the United States attorney’s office for failure to | prosecute an investment broker indicted more than a year ago. Says He Was Goaded. Allen charges in the brief that he was goaded into writing the alleged insub- ordinate letter by Commissioner Proc- tor L. Dougherty and Maj. Pratt, who made “taunting and slurring remarks” about him, and insists that a proper jview of the communication canuot be had without taking into consideration the text of the letter the police ‘super- intendent wrote him, demanding an explanation of his statement. The po- liceman declared he reacted i a nor- mal manner and “did what any red- blooded man might resonably be ex- pected to do, allow his feeling of re- | sentment to find expression.” e issioners will xot formally consider the brief until tomorrow when hey meet in semi-weekly board session. Admitting he used forceful language, Allen sets forth in the brief that the | trial board in convicting him went be- yond the evidence and condemned Lim iaflre or 31::3 nnenl] wm?le? and en pre: 2 penalty out of pro- !ponlan to the offense cha L “In his letter, after making an in- quiry as to whether Allen had made the statement attributed to him as to in- vestigating the District attorney’s office,” the brief states, “Maj. Pratt volunteered & criticism of the alleged conduct with- out first getting Allen’s answer, and it is submitted that such ecriticism was clearly an invitation to the full discus- sion in Allen’s letter and that his let- ter should be regarded in the light of a | defense of the comments to him which Maj Pratt made before he knew the details of the incident in question.” Basis in Fact Denied. “As concerns Commissioner Dough- erty, the situation is substantially the Same. He allowed ‘0 be quoted in the newspapers as do with the very subject matter of Maj. Pratt’s letter. Therefore, unless a I\lh’- ordinate is absolutely defenseless against attacks from his superiors, we cannot conceive what other course Allen could have followed than to make a com- plete defense of himself as to the entire situation which Maj. Pratt had called ‘brief coni ent; 2-—An affirmative reply to Maj. Pratt’s ques- | tion and a statement of the circum- stances leading to his making the | statement inquired about; 3—A defense of his not having reported the matter Appeal Is Voiced. ‘The appeal urges that the Commis- sioners “seriously consider that this is not. a case involving the mere main- tenance of di ine. The police force is the servant of the ?uh!u‘ for the one | expressed purpose of the public from infractions m, and .rmuv‘ared wr;flll;‘cu :d t‘tgtdlend is what s required of the o recting and controlling the force, “In view of what the special repre- sentative of the Department of Justice has sald about activities of the police force in the McPherson case, it does not seem necessary to do more than cite Allen’s part in that case to prove by contrast that Allen is valuable— Jjudged either by the standards of the present police force as illustrated by the situation commented on by the repre- sentative of the Department of Justice or by other standards. “This is not strictly a judicial mat- ter, but rather one where the Commis- sioners as representatives of the people must recoghize tI;> actual presence of a third party in ihe case, namely, the public. Attitude of Community. “The decision of thif a) 1 take into consideration not ?np:r-elyntliul:f tidnary definitions, not merely hurt feelings, not merely the offended dig- nity of responsible officials; it must consider’ as seriously, or even more se~ riously, the effect of the decision upon the actual administration of the police force and the' attitude and-feeling of f(l):fl‘:m of the community tewsrd the “If the people : of ‘Washin going to feel, with any smdom!ll x:: son, that a' vhluable and energetic ofi- cer has been dismissed to sustain the technical rule of discipline, confiden in the police force as an actual instru ment of protection will be gone, and without question the whole hearted sup- 1')’(;::' t,)'f that force by the public will go “Let us suggest to the board that in- stead of disposing in so ignominfous a manner of an officer who has proved his merits, they retain Allen and direct his valuable energy, allowing the Ppublic to profit by this wiser course.” POLICE INSPECTOR ILL. Sergt. Callahan Stricken With Ap- pendicitis Attack. Stricken with an attack of acute ap- pendicitis early this morning, Sergt. Harvey C. Callahan, police night in- spector, was taken to Emergency Hospi- tal, where an operation was to be per- formed today by Dr. W. B. Marberry, police surgeon. Callahan became ill last night and went off duty. At his home his condi- became rapidly worse and about 5 o'clock this morning his wife tele- phoned Dr. mrberry. Wwho ordered him to w%mpx