Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1929, Page 17

ORAM AND HAZE ASK 0., OF MOVE T0 OPEN STREES Urge Commissioners to Con- firm Condemnation Verdict in Walter Reed Area. 13 THOROUGHFARES INVOLVED IN PLAN Surveyor Declares Delay Will Add to Cost and Retard Develop- ment in Vicinity. Confirmation of a recent verdict of & condemnation jury which will permit the opening and extension of 13 streets and avenues in the vicinity of Walter Reed Hospital, was recommended to the Commissioners yesterday by Capt. Hugh Oram, assistant engineer commis- sioner, and Melvin C. Hazen, District surveyor. The condemnation, by which the Dis- trict would acquire’ approximately 40 acres of valuable land and more than 40 buildings, the majority of them being Tesidences, is the ‘largest on record. It is regarded with utmost importance by District officials because the opening and extension of the streets contiguous to Walter Reed Hospital will remove the permanent barriers to the free move- ment of traffic to the rapidly developing sections to the north. Case Started in 1919, ‘The condemnation case is an old one, and had its inception back in 1919, be- fore enactment of the law which pro- vides that the District should pay part | of the cost of condemnation proceed- ings in cases confirmed where the amount of damages and costs exceed the benefits. The damages allowed by the jury for the lJand amounted to $650,- 984.97, to which was added court costs of $5907.68, making a total of $656,- 892.65, with assessment for benefits against property of $434,635.84, leaving a balance of $222.256.81 to be borne by the District. In this verdict the perty owners will bear about two- irds of the cost. Hazen urged early confirmation of the verdict on the ground that any delay will add to the cost and retard develop- ment beyond Walter Reed Hospital. In this connection he pointed out that the value of the‘'land and improvements in the 40 acres condemned. based on the 1920 assessment, soon after the con- demnation proceedings started, was! about $293,000, making the awards of the final verdict more than double the | assogsment at that time. Thirteenth and Fourteenth in Net. Outstanding among the network of streets that would be opened as a re- sult of the condemnation are Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, two heavily- traveled thoroughfares. The former would be opened from Nicholson street, | where it now ends, to Rittenhouse, thus removing the only remaining barricade to its northern terminus at Piney Branch road. The extension of Four- teenth street would be Montague street to the Walter Reed Hospital | reservation. \ Piney Branch road also would be ex- tended from the intersection with Fort drive, between Rittenhouse and Quack- enbos street, to Georgia avenue, provid- ing Thirteenth street traffic with a through outlet to Georgia avenue. In addition, Colorado avenue would be opened north of Montague street as far as Thirteenth street, and Military road would be extended from Georgia avenue to Sixteenth street, connecting with the grade at that point, although it is planned to retain the existing underpass at Sixteenth street which is t to the north of the proposed ex- ion. Other Streets in Area. Other streets to be opened through | the condemnation are Fort drive from | ‘Thirteenth to the intersection of Thir- teenth street and Piney Branch road, Peabody, Quackenbos, Sheridan and ‘Tuckerman from Thirteenth to Georgia avenue, Van Bureau from Fourteenth street to Georgia avenue, and Luzon avenue from Fourteenth street to the ‘Walter Reed Hospital reservation at Aspen street, making a connection through to Sixteenth street. ‘The extended portion of Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets would be 110 feet wide, and Colorado avenue and Military road would be 120 feet wide. ‘The widest, however, would be Fort drive, with 160 feet. ' A 90-foot width would be given to the extended por- tions of Nicholson, Peabody, Sheridan, ‘Tuckerman and Van Buren streets and Luzon avenue. STOTT, CONVICTED, FILES FOR APPEAL Son of Police Captain Draws Fines and Jail Term on Rum Counts. Convicted for transportation and pos- session of liquor, Lindsey Spencer Stott was fined $1,000 and sentenced to serve 360 days in jail by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court yesterday. He is a son of Capt. William G. Stott of the third police precinct. £ The two counts on which Stott was found guilty resulted in fines of $500 end sentences of 180 days for each. Entering exceptions to the court's rul- ing. Stotd's counsel filed a motion !0} carry the case to the District Court of Appeals on a writ of error. Stott was convicted of owning an| automobile containing 304 quarts of ‘whiisky seized by police last December. The defendant contended the car was not his. He also denied being the owner of the contraband. A policeman testifled stott had offered him a bribe of $100 to | permit him to escape after =is arrest | Stott testified the charge was false. ‘A mistrial resulted in the Stott casc| Jast Fall. UNIVERSITY OFFICERS NAME KIMBALL AS HEAD LeRoy Kimball, controller of New York University, was elected president of the Association of University and College Business Officers of the Eastern States yesterday at the final session of the assoclation -at the Mayflower Hotel. Other officers are Charles W. Holmes, controller of George Washingion Uni- wversity, vice president, and H. S. Ford of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, re-elected secretary and treas. urer. The executive committee in. cludes R. H. Smith, controller of Penn- sylvania State College: A. S. Brower, treasurer of North Carolina State Col- | WASHINGTON, D. C, CONTROL CENTER OF SLEEP Dr. Constantin Von Economo Announces Result of 15 Years of Study. Specialist Was Pioneer in Diagnosing Epidemic Form of Sleeping Sickness. ' By THOMAS R. HENRY. Discovery of a sleep-control center in the brain was announced in an :i terview here yesterday by Pr. Constan- tin Von Economo, celebrated Vienna neurologist and pioneer in the diagnosis of encephalitis, the form of sleeping sickness which becomes epidemic in the United States and Europe. In autopsies of the brains of en- cephalitis victims more than 15 years ago Dr. Von Economo found exten- sive inflammation in the brain cells near the junction of the mid-brain and the thalamus and related this dis- covery to the profound stupor which is characteristic of the disease. Working on this clue, he says, he finally has traced normal slumber to its source, a tiny area of brain cells in the floor of the thalamus. The ac- tivities of the body during waking hours, says the Vienna surgeon, re- lease in the blood stream certain poi- sons, the nature of which is obscure and which he terms “hypnotoxins.” When these poisons are in sufficient concentration they arouse the cells in the sleep-control center to action and these are so constituted that they take dominance over the areas in the cere- bral cortex, the roof of the brain, which is the reat of consciousness, and «pro. duce the more or less complete su: p’enslnn of consciousness known as sleep. Center Intricate Device. ‘This sleep-control center, Dr. Von Economo says, is an intricate device of nature to keep the higher forms of life, including men, from perishing through repeated complete exhaustions. The phenomenon of sleep itself, he says, is innate in all living things, including plants, but in the lower and less ac- tive forms it does not come until the hypnotoxins are in sufficient concen- tration to affect all the cells and pro- duce an exhaustion which is little dif- ferent -from complete collapse. As the nervous system becomes more compli- cated this would involve too great a strain. So, in the course of brain evo- lution, he says, nature set aside a cer- tain group of cells as sentries to protect the others. These are specially constituted to de- tect the presence of hypnotoxins. When these begin to réach the concentration where they are dangerous the sleep-con- trol cells issue the order to the cortex that all except the necessary activities of life must be stopped. 1If this order is obeyed the further production of hyp- notoxins is checked. If it is resisted it is repeated more and more insistently, the subject becomes drowsier and drowsier until he falls asleep in spite of himself. The organism responsible for en- cephalitis appears to have a special affinity for this sleep-control center, where it produces the same effect con- tinuously as a high concentration of hypnotoxins in the blood stream and the patient falls into a deep slumber. But the inflammation spreads to other nearby areas which are responsible for the enduring effects of the disease after the patient has wakened. Experiments on Cats. Following up his encephalitis diag- nosis, Dr. Von Economo said that ex- periments suggested by him and per- formed at the University of Zurich this Summer showed that cats could be put to sleep by stimulating the sleep con- trol center with electricity, which acted in the same manner as the obscure hypnotoxins. Dr. Von Economo also explained that after years of intensive microscopic study of the cerebral cortex he has been able to differentiate 107 distinct functional areas in the human being. personality and behavior. Among American psychiatrists the existence of distinct functional areas in the brain, aside from those responsible for the primary senses and motions of different parts of the body, is considered very debatable. ‘The Vienna brain specialist does not pretend to tie up a distinct function with each of these areas because, he says, even the simplest of human per- sonality reactions probably are made up of the interactions of several . of them. He is convinced of the validity of his “brain map” because of detect- able microscopic differences in the arrangement and layering of cells, vary- ing from those which can be detected almost with the naked eye such as distinguish the recognized area of vision in the occipital lobe in the rear of the brain to those which are apparent only with the highest powered microscopes. Exist In Man Alone, Each of these brain areas Dr. Von Economo designates as an ‘“organ” with a specific function. Now intensive comparative studies of the cerebral cor- tices of men and the higher animais reveal that many of these organs exist in man alone and are concentrated in the frontal and parietal lobes. It is in_these lobes also that modern man differs from the prehistoric creatures who are regarded by anthropologists as transition forms between homo saplens and lower forms of life. This has been ascertained by Dr. Von Economo by a comparative study of all the pre-human skull casts available. Consequently he concludes that man, in the process of evolution, addin new brain “organs” and that the roa on which he has started will carry Lim relentlessly into a weird and unpre- dictable future—literally a new Heaven and a new earth. ‘The great changes in the future, he says, will come as they have started in the frontal and parietal lobes—the for- mer the seat of the patterns of brain organs responsible for intelligent action and the latter the seat of receptive in-, telligence, or understanding. Each new organ will add the man's conception of the universe in which he lives and which even now differs enormously from thc universe of the higher ani- mals. ! Thus, he says, organs may be added which will make comprehension of the fourth and fifth dimensions, now ex- istent only in higher mathematics and } utterly beyond the human senses, & | commonplace. Or in this process of ! “organ” evolution man may develop | a physical brain structure by which! thought transference around the world | without any mechanical medium will | be as natural a process as seeing or hearing. Or the process, in some un- predictable way, may end in ruin. ‘Two Unalterable Laws. In any event, says Dr. Von Economo, man has made his bed and must lie in it, for palentology has developed two | unalterable laws of nature. One is the | rule of Dolo, which states that ‘when an organism has started on a certain | road of development it never can turn back even if the path leads to certain extinction., The other is the rule of Osborne, which states that when a line of development is started there is a certain inertia which forces.it to lege: George P. Hyde, treasurer of Smith College, and A. 8. Rupp, man- ;ger of the University of Pittsburgh. the interaction of which determines the | PO SUNDAY MORNING, DR. CONSTANTIN VON ECONOMO. of the distant Juture, Dr. Von Economo says, will not necessarily mean a big- ger brain or a different shaped skull, although a higher head and more bulg- ing forehead naturally would be ex- pected from evolution of the frontal and parietal lobes. But some of the exist- ing brain “organs” may be compressed to make room for the new ones, at the same time retaining their original function unimpaired. In his efforts to determine the func- tion of the numerous frontal and parietal areas his microscope has re- vealed, Dr. Von Economo described the invention of a new method of taking casts of brains at gutopsies. By this ‘means -he hopes to obtain a large col- lection of the brains of distinguished men and women in all countries, by which to make comparative studies, re- lating the peculair genius of each to the pecullar development of the brain organs. Thus, he believes, the genius of music, of poetry or of war can be found in the “brain architecture” of the individual. F AND G PARKING BAN 15 UNLIKELY Pre - Christmas Emergency Proposal Is Expected to Be Dropped. As a result of the vigorous objections of merchants and other business men to the proposal of the District Traffic Council to ban all parking in the con- gested blocks of F and G streets during the pre-Christmas shopping season, it appeared last night that the plan would be dropped without, its being brought before the District Commissioners for their consideration. Inspector Ernest W. Brown of the Traffic Bureau, who initiated the pro- posal, said last night that he was mere- ly trying to get the reactiop of the merchants and if the majority objected to the plan it probably would not be presented to the Commissioners. during the week preceding Christmas F and G streets in the downtown dis- tricts are so badly congested that it is almost. impossible at times to keep traffic moving. Believes Ban Would Aid. “I believe that the abolition of day- time parking on F and G streets from Ninth to Fifteenth streets would prove beneficial rather than detrimental to the merchants,” Inspector Brown said, probably will not be pressed.” Traffic Director William H. Harland said the plan to abolish parking tem- rarily was being given careful con- sideration. He indicated, however, that he was not in favor of pressing the project if the majority of the mer- chants object to it. When the proposal was announced yesterday, it was met with a storm of protest from merchants. They ex- pressed the belief that such a regula- tion would serve primarily to drive shoppers away from the downtown dis- trict and into areas where they could park their cars, 92 Per Cent Oppose Plan, The Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, after conducting a poil of the business houses which would be affected, addressed a letter to the board of Commissioners stating that approxi- mately 92 per cent of the merchants consulted were opposed to the propsoal. So many protests were received at the headquarters of the Board of Trade that its president, E. J. Murphy, issued a statement expressing the belief of his organization that the enforcement of the parking ban at this time would be “particularly inopportune.” EDGEWOOD CITIZENS T0 ACT ON SCHOOLS Five-Year Building Program to Be Taken Up—Kalorama Meet- ing to Be Held. ‘The proposed new, five-year school building program will be taken up for action at the meeting of the Edgewood Citizens’ Association at 8 o'clock to- morrow evening at the Lincoln Road Methodist Episcopal Church, it was annonuced last night by Joseph E. Oliver, secretary. ‘The group also is expected to con- sider the question of action seeking a public park and playground for the section, and the matter of the paving of Fourth street between Franklin strcet and Michigan avenue. = ‘The Kalorama Citizens' Association will meet at 8 o'clock tomorrow eve- ning in St. Margaret’s Parish House, Connecticut avenue and Bancroft place, when the principal speaker will be Re¢. Moses R. Lovell, pastor of the Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church, it is annonuced by Edna L. Johnston, president. Rev. Moses Lovell organized the ‘Washington Life Adjustment Center, a project which grew in size until the community took over the work under the immediate direction of a citizens' non-sectarian committee, CUTTING WILL SPEAK. !Senator to Address Arts Club Meet- ing Tuesday. Art, literature end the tariff will be discussed by Senafor Cutting of New Mexico in & speech Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the Arts Club, 2017 I street. g0 on even when the stimull responsi- ble for its difection cease. ‘The progress toward the rwpcnnn He also is expected to express his ‘v‘len ndmll eené;r.al;np u?t literature, r. A rs. rles Edward Rusge! will be hosta Inspector Brown pointed out that “but, if they object to the experiment, it | 11 mngamln B ot By NeuRorocist IHANDOPPOSE CENTRAL CONTROL OF TRAFFIGLIGHTS Takes Issue With Engineer’s Recommendations to Change Present System. DIRECTOR ASKS SURVEY OF TRAVEL ON AVENUE Would Learn Needs to Put Flexible Progressive Signals in Use. Expressing grave doubt as to the ad- visability of placing Washington's traf- fic light system on a central control basis, Traffic Director Willlam H. Har- land has filed a report with the Dis- trict Trafic Council answering recom- mendations by J. Rowland Bibbins, consulting engineer, that such a sys- tem be installed here. Mg. Harland, however, recommended that a survey be made of the traffic conditions on Rhode Island avenue northwest from Twelfth to First street,, where traffic light signals are now in operation, to determine what will be required to change the present “lim- ited progressive system” to the “flex- ible progressive system” advocated by Mr. Bibbins, There is considerable difference -of opinion between the traffic director and ‘Mr. Bibbins as to the system of traffic light operation best adapted to the needs of Washington. Mr. Har- land's report was in effect a reply to & statement by Bibbins to the “council several weeks ago advocating certain substantial changes. Speed Reported Lower. “In the first place,” Mr. Harland said, “the average rate of speeg re- ported by Mr. Bibbins for some of our signaled streets is much lower than the average rate of speed made on these streets.” °* Mr. Bibbins has told the council that “with a master or central cycle speeds may be raised or lowered at any time to accommodate both non-rush and rush hour conditions.” ‘To this Mr. Harland replied: “If it is to be understood from this statement that the entite signal system of the city is to be controlled by one master timer there is, in my opinion, grave ques- tion as to whether Mr. Bibbins' plan will be satisfactory. For example, the total cycle of the downtown business area will be different from the cycle which would be advisable on certain outlying streets and the ottlying streets in one part of the city may operate on a different cycle from the outlying streets in another part.” Mr. Harland pointed out that in Pittsburgh, where the latest and most modern installation in the country is in {prentlon. there are 10 different mas. ter' timers in different parts of the city and 51 isolated infersections controlled by signal lights. Although these sig- nals are not centrally controlled, Mr. Harland declared, it is true: that in the downtown section of that city the signals are controlled by one master timer. Still an Experiment. “This plan in Pittsburgh and in some other cities is still-in the experimental stage,” he said, “but it is very doubtful whether it could be considered practice to connect all timing signals and equipment to one master timer.” Mr. Harland also devoted some time to a discussion of Mr. Bibbins' conten- tion that the average traffic speed in Washington can and should be raised. “Attention is called to the fact,” he declared, “that no traffic control should raise tl capacity of the street, would segregate the vehicles into two classes, fast moving and slow moving. Such a segregation would result in such traffic confusion as to disarrange the flexible progressive system.” After expressing his conviction that trafic speed in Washington compares very favorably with other cities, Mr. Harland stated: “However, while T am not fully in accord with Mr. Bibbins' plan to refine, as I understand, our entire signal system, I do agree that it may be possible by such refinement to increase the spged and capacity of some of our main arteries, but that no steps should be taken in this direction without a thorough study of traffic conditions. Recommends Survey. “With this in view I recommend, sub- ject to the approval of the Board of Commissioners, that a survey be made of traffic conditions on Rhode Island avenue northwest from Pirst to Twelfth streets, where traffic-light signals are now in operation, to determine just what will be required to change the present ‘limited progressive system’ to the ‘flexible progressive system’ in order t) we may determine under actual opeFating -conditions just what can be expected of a system of this kind and how far it weuld be advisable to extend t to other signaled streets in the District. “It is believed the selection of Rhode Island avenue for this experiment is an ideal one, as the traffic there is of con- siderable volume. “If such recommendations are to be carried out the necessary funds will have to be provided for the survey. I quite agree with Mr. Bibbins that we need some funds in the District with which to carry on traffic survey work, to make traffic counts and to analyze such studies so that we can make our installations on a basis of fact.” The traffic council has voted to ask Congress to appropriate $11,200 for this survey, and to provide the mechanical means of putting into effect the change on Rhode Island avenue. According to Mr. Bibbins, this change will permit traffic to move from First to Twelfth streets at a speedy and even rate without encountering any red lights. POLICE CONTINUE HUNT FOR MISSING TYPIST Hazel Brown of Allen Property Office Had Been Despondent, Says Mother. Police last night continued their search for Hazel Brown, 19-year-old typist in the office of the alien property custodian, who left the apartment in which she and her mother lived at 1009 Eleventh street, Friday night, after stating that she was “going to jump in the Potomac river” The mgther, Mrs Eva Brown, also employed in the alien properly“cuswd::::"l office, made a report_to police yesterday. ME‘: Bm';’: sald her daughter left the apartment Friday evening shortly after dinner. She said her daughter had been despondent because of il health and had been under the care of a physician for several months. The girl was described’ as being § feet 4 inches in height, weu:.lnx 13 _hlvfi' brown hair and DECEMBER 8, RETIREMENT AGE OF 6015 URGED BY U. 5. COMMISSION Optional Withdrawal From Duty Is Seen as Aid to Efficiency. CHARACTER INQUIRY’S Competitive Examination for All Municipal Positions Is Advo- cated in Report. Optional retirement of Government workers at the age of 60, after long service, was recommended by the United States Civil Service Commission in its annual report, made public last night. ‘The commission also stressed the im- portance of character investigations, especially for positions of trust, and re- newed its recommendations that presi- dential positions be classified under the Civil Service law, and that the com- petitive examination system be extended to all positions under the municipal government. Discussing retirement, the report de- clares that retention of workers exceed retirements for age. Two-year exten- sions beyond retirement age have been granted 12,375 employes, the report showed, and enough of these have ob- tained one or more additional two-year extensions to increase the number of continuance certificates to 19,745, but only 18,910 employes have been retired for age upon annuity. This indicates, the commission saild, “that employes generally do not desire to retire, and that the assumption is incorrect that any considerable per cent of them would be tempted to retire by an increase of annuity or an option in retirement age. “The fact that 20.87 per cent of all annuitants now on the roll,” the report continued, ‘“were retired for total disa- bility before they reached retirement age, indicates that there are many in the service whose effialency is impaired, but who cannot now be retired, their disability not being total. A lowering of the retirement age and an optional retirement, say at the age of 60 after long service, would make for greater efficiency.” The current requirsments of the Bureau of Prohibitic.: for eligibles for administrative positions appear now to have been met through competitive ex- amination. The field work incident to the examination for agent, as well as similar work on examinations for agent and inspector, anti-narcoticact,andstore- keeper-gaugers, is still in progress. It is anticipated that all of these examina- tions will be eom%le'ed and registers of eligibles established within the cal- endar year 1919. GEQRGETOWN TO FETE ORDINATION OF POPE Special Academic Program to Be { Held Next Sunday Evening' at University. A special academic program in honor of the golden jubilee anniversary of the priesthood of Pope Pius XI will be held at Georgetown University next Sunday evening. On this occasion, President W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., an- nounced last night, the university would confer an honorary degree of doctor of laws on Nobile Giacomo de Martino, the Italian Ambassador. The exercises will not only be in the form of a tribute to the Pope. who was ordaingd in December, 1879, but will be an expression of Georgetown's appreciation of the distinguished serv- ices of the envoy and the recognition of the Vatican State by the Itallan gov- ernment. Invitations have been sent to the diplomatic corps in Washington and the staff of the Italian embassy will attend the exercises in a body. Through the apostolic delegate, Most Rev. Pletro Fumasoni-Blond!, President Nevils will send a Latin-inscribed parchment to Pope Plus, embossed with the seals of the United States, the Vati- can State and Georgetown. This will be presented to the delegate at the exercises. Senator Felix Hebert of Rhode Island, who recently took his seat in the Sen- ate, will be one of the speakers on the program. An academic procession in which guests of honor will take part will precede the exercises, which will be held in Gaston Hall. At the con- clusion the apostolic delegate and the Ttallan Ambassador will be the honor guests at a reception given by the presi- dent and directors of the university. CHURCH CONGREGATION T0 HOLD ANNUAL SUPPER Committee Headed by Mrs. Julia Oberg Arranges for St. Francis de Sales Event. ‘The annual supper of the St. Francis de Sales Church congregation will be held at the chureh, Twentieth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast, Wednesday afternoon. The supper committee, under direc- tion of Mrs. Julia Oberg, is as follows: Mrs, Catherine Dant, Mrs. Anna Mar- ceron, Mrs. Ella Mertz, Mrs. Margaret Donahey, Mrs. Mary Tasker, Mrs. Mary Eden, Mrs. Magdelene Shrader, Mrs, Regina Higdon, Mrs. Elizabeth Leahy, Mrs. Anne McCreight, Mrs. Isabelle Cunningham, Mrs. Mary Lavender, Mrs, Mary Mallon, Mrs. Gertrude Callan, Mrs. Anne Mahoney, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Meara, Mrs. Mary Morris, Mrs. Mar- | garet Kezer, Mrs. Mary McDermott, Mrs. Mary Ryan, Mrs. Gertrude Kohler, Mrs, May McGolrick, Mrs. Ida Har- rison, Mrs. Edith Valentine, Mrs. Eliza- | beth Brazerol, Mrs. Elizabeth McGue, Mrs. Annie Fealy, Mrs. Cornelius Ber- ger, Mrs, Adeline Grogman, Mrs. Nora Kennedy, Mrs. Esther Thomas, Mrs, Kathleen O’Leary, Mrs. Margaret Norris, Mrs, Anne Hoffman, Mrs. Geneva Kane, Mrs. Emma Anderson, Mrs. Mary Eid- ness, Mrs. Florence Neitzey, Mrs. Flor- ence Phillips, Miss Gertrude Stanley and Miss Agnes Marceron. Announce Bar Speakers. Representative Addison Smith .o | Idaho will be the principal speaker ai | a meeting of the Feleral Bar Associa- tion Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the United States Chamber of Commercc Building, Sixteenth and H streets. San- ford Bates, superintendent of Federa he Justice Department, wil prisons of also speak. IMPORTANCE STRESSED| 1929—PART 1—SECTION 2. MISS RUBY MISS MARTIN WINS - ENPLOVE CROWN |Federal Workers Acclaim Selection by Overwhelming Vote of 693,650. Elected as Miss Federal Employe by | an overwhelming majority, Miss Ruby Martin, head clerk in the office of the | chief of personnel of the Veterans' Bu- | reau, won the plaudits of a capacity | crowd last night when her victory was announced as the closing event of a three-day circus in the Masonic Audi- torium. Miss Martin is a demure brunette with a weakness for golf and other out- ‘door sports. Coming here from Ha- gerstown, Md., in 1918, she has been ac- tive in the affairs of the Federal Em- ployes’ Union for several years. Her home is at 3211 Newark street. The winner polled 693,650 votes. Miss Rose Clark, another entry from the Veterans’ Bureau, finished second with 449,500 votes. The other leaders | and their votes are: Miss Mary E. Laughlin, Pension _Bureau, 301,600; Miss Katherine R. Roach, Navy Yard, 271,100; Miss Bess Miller, Treasury De- partment, 256,200; Mrs. Bernadine K. %;5";?0"' General Accounting Office, Two Tie for Seventh. ‘Two contestants tied for seventh place. They were Miss Elizabeth Bax- ter and Miss Nettie Israel, both of the Treasury Department. They had 195,- 500 votes each. Among the others ‘in race Miss Anna M. McNutt, Depart- ment of Agriculture, received 189,150 votes; Miss Nicle Perrell, Bureau of En- graving and Printing, 172,500; Miss Ar- line Craig. General Accounting Office, 165,450; Miss Mildred LaVois, ‘Ireasury Department, 133,950; Miss Ruth Taylor, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- merce, 129.400; Miss: Gladys Bywaters, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 126,~ 100; Miss Hazel Lindbergh, War De- partment, 108,800; Miss Loretta Cor- coran, War Department, 76,800; Miss Laura Cox, Tariff Commission, 76,800, and Mrs. Marie Thomas, Veterans' Bu- reau, 49,000, While all of the contestants are em- ployed in Government offices here, thou- sands of votes were received from dis- tant cities, including San_Francisco, | New Orleans, Detroit and Boston. Union Sponsors Contest. The contest was sponsored by the Federal Employes’ Union as an attrac- tion of the 'circus-revue. Acrobatic stunts, dancing and trained animal acts were included on the entertainment program. The proceeds will be applied to a fund to be used in financing con- struction of a building to house the headquarters of the District federation. Mrs. Sophie J. Bergner was chairman of the executive committee in charge. Other members were Willlam Sanger, secretary; John W. Ginder, Richard B. Posey, J. S. Zebley, Miss Belle A. Trou- land, John R. 'Newman, O. Bosco, George Masterson, J. Franklin ' Meyer, Oscar W. Hammond and R. I. Lindsey. ‘The contest committee was headed by Elmer C. Hooper. A. J. Oliver was chairman of the entertainment. com- mittee; Ooscar W. Hammond, advertis- ing committee: Gertrude M. McNally, publicity committee. PRISONER GIVEN THREE 5-YEAR JAIL SENTENCES Joseph M. Daniels Is Sent to Peni- tentiary Following Conviction on Robbery Charges. Sentence of five years in the peniten- tiary was imposed ‘yesterday on Joseph M. Daniels, convicted of robbing the home of former Representative John Philip Hill of Maryland, 1622 Eight- eenth street, last August. Sentence was imposed by Justice Peyton Gordon. Daniels also was convicted on two other chllx!n of house-breaking and larceny, and the court fixed the penalty | of the letter by locating- the typewriter B. MARTIN. | —Star Staff Photo. | DOUTHITT RELEASE ENDS BITTER TRIAL lington County Jury Is Out But 10 Minutes in Ex- | onerating Him. The acquittal late yesterday afternoon | in the Arlington County Circuit Court- of Harry N. Douthitt, former Citizens’ Service Assoclation investigator, on a charge of having attempted to bribe | Judge Howard W. Smith, followed one of the bitterest court battles waged | there in many years. Despite efforts made by Common- wealth's Attorney William C. Gloth to prove that Douthitt was the author of a letter offering Judge Smith $500 for a favorable decision in a pending law- suit, the jury remained out but 10 min- utes before returning the verdict’ that gave Douthitt his freedom. He was de- fended by State Senator Frank L. Ball. Throughout the trial Gloth and Ball engaged in spirited debates, all of which were brought to a close abruptly by Judge Frederick W. Coleman when they reached the wrangling stage. Both at- torneys were rebuked on numerous oc- casions. by Indicted in June Term. Douthitt had been under indictment since the June term of the Circuit Court, charged with having written a letter in which it was stated that Maj. E. Brooke Lee, Montgomery County, ! Md., political leader, was to be the donor of $500 that was offered to Judge Smith if he would decide in Douthitt's favor in a suit instituted against him by Morris A. Bealle, former joint owner with Douthitt of the Clarendon Chron- icle, a weekly newspaper. Attached to the letter was Douthitt's signature, which was followed by his address, written in the same hand. He admitted the signature both before and during the trial, explaining its presence on the letter by claiming that he had at one time affixed his signature to the top of a memorandum that he had pre- pared and handed to Bealle when they were megotiating for the sale of the Chronicle. Explains Four Letters. ‘There was ample space left on the pags for the letters to have been writ- ten in by some one who wished to have him appear as its author, he claimed, and for the memorandum to have been torn off. It was in this way that he explained the fact that the page had been torn off below his signature and not_above the text. The first witness of any importance was Judge Smith. He stated the cir- cumstances under which the letter had been delivered to his office at the court house. He stated in answer to a ques- tion from the defense attorney that he had known Douthitt since the for- fer's elevation to the circuit bench and that he had never had any reason to suspect the latter of resorting to bribery. Following Judge Smith on the stand ! was Sheriff Howard B. Fields, who re- ' lated that Doughitt had said when he saw the signature that it was either his or an excellent forgery. When shown the text of the letter. Flelds said that Douthitt declared that if he wrote | that he must have been drunk. Both Fields and Gloth, who followed him on the stand, related the efforts that were made to trace the origin | upon which it was written. ‘The testimony of Gloth's surprise witness, Lawrence W. Sorrell, vice: president of the Virginia Paper Co., aided Douhitt when it was testified that the momorandum to which Dout- hitt referred was prepared.in the of- fice of the Citizens’ Service Association and on their stationery. Sorrell had testified that the paper bore the same private water mark that was found on the letter heads of the association. Lee Testifies for Defense. Maj. Lee was the first witness for the defense. . He testified that he did not know Douthitt, could not identify | him in court and had never talked with him except when requested to appear or each at five years, to run concur- rently. ) Daniels was arrested after he had attempted to sell some of the stolen goods to an antique dealer. Another of f the robberies was at the home of * Washington policemen, Robert L. Logstreet, 1627 K street, yesterday as a witness. PAGE 17 KELLY AND SHELBY DEFENSEMAY CALL GRAND JURY GROUP Identity of These Members of Panel Undisclosed by Attorneys. PROSECUTORS DISCUSS CASE AGAINST OFFICERS Method of Procedure at Coming Sessions of Trial Board Also Is Debated. When Inspector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Keily go on trial to defend themselves against charges arising from their investigation of the McPherson case, their defense prob- ably will rest in"part on'the testimony of certain members of the July grand Jjury, which drew up a report against them. This surprising ' announcement was made last night by Henry 1. Quinn, one of two attorneys retained by Inspector Shelby. Who these witnesses are or the na- ture of their testimony was not dis- closed by Mr. Quinn. His announce- ment, however, unloosed a wealth of speculation, Co-operating with Mr. Quinn in Shelby's. defense is George E. Strong, while Lieut. Kelly has retained the services of James A. O'Shea. The defense attorneys have indicated their readiness to go ahead with the trial at any time, Assistant Corpora- tion Counsel Robert E. Lynch and Wal- ter L. Fowler, however, will require all of this week to prepare the prosecution’s case, Plans Kept Secret, Considerable mystery attaches to the identities of witnesses in the case, both sides having evinced extreme reluetance to disclose their hands prior to the opening of the trial. It is generally be- Jieved, however, that the prosecution will make every effort to secure testi- mony from the 23 members of the July grand jury. i The defense takes the position that since the grand jury members origi- nated the charges, they should, in fair- ness to the accused men, set forth the basis of their indictment at a public hoaring. Otherwise, they point out, £helby and Kelly will b2 denied a fair chence to vindicate themselves. Azsisiant Engineer Commissioner L. E. Atkins, who is chairman of the spe- cial trial board, said yesterday he has not been requested by either side to sub- pocna any witneses, Other members of th2 trial board are Capt. H. C. White- | hurst, chief engineer of the District, and J. B. Gordon, District sanitary en- gineer. “As I understand it,” Maj. Atkins said, “the function of the trial board is to hear the evidence, ‘and it is not conzerned with the preparation of either side’s case. I will subpoena all wit- nesses that either side wishes, but I am not sure we can ccmpel them to testify. However, we will have to do the best we can with the situation.” Prosecutors Confer. The two prosecutors held a confer- | ence with their chief, Corporation Coun- | sel William ‘W. Bride, yesterday, but would not discuss in detail the matters they considered. When the meeting broke up Lynch and Fowler said the question of the charges had been dis- cussed in detail and also certain matters relating to their method of procedure in . the case. The charges against Shelby and Kelly were outlined in a report to the District Commissioners by Mr. Bride and Assistant Fngineer Commissioner Donaid A. Davidson, who composed a special board detailed to investigate the grand jury’s charges. It is expected that formal charges will be served on the two officers Tuesday. Tentative plans call for holding the trial Decem- ber 16, in the sixth precinct station house. Inspector Shelby is charged with con- duct prejudicial to the reputation and maintenance of discipline in the Police Department. Lieut. Kelly faces this charge and an additional one of neglect of duty. Numerous specifications were appended to each charge in the report submitted to the Commissionors. THREE PERSbNS INJURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Cyclist and Two Children €uffer Hurts When Struck by Automobiles. An elderly bicyclist and two children were injured in traffic accidents yes- terday afternoon. ‘The bicyclist, Essex Lomax, 60, of 19 Fifth street northeest, was struck by an automobile at Eighth and A sireets northeast. He has a possible skull fracture. He is confined in Casualty Hospital. Charles Motley, 42, colored, who po- lice charge was the driver of the car which hit Lomax, is being held at the ninth precinct pending the outcome of Lomax’s injuries. Lemuel Winston, 10, of 3420 P street, sustained a cut lip when run down by a machine driven by Claude Nichols, 31, of 2512 Q street, at Wisconsin ave- nue and O street. William Johnson, 12, of 2714 Quarry road. was treated at Emergency Hospital for body bruises after being hit at Tenth and F streets by a car operated by Clinton Pryor, 25, of Bolling Field. Two ]‘;;;n in Rum —Bnid. Two prisoners and 77-half-gallon jar= of nileged whisky were seized by Sergt Oscar J. Letterman’s vice squad yester- day afternoon in a raid on 923 V street ‘Teresa Dunmore, 32, and Richard Car- ter, 18, both colored, are charged with possession of the whisky. drew, and who Mter also dissolved his partnership with Douthitt. Anderson, who was put on in re- buttal, was asked whether he had at one time stated to R. B. Carroll, de- tective of No. 1 precinct, that “we are oing to cook Douthitt” and that “we ve friends in Virginia who are going to send Douthitt to the pen.” When he denied having made the statements, Carroll, who previously had testified, | was recalled to the stand and declared that both statements had been made to him by Anderson. In completing his testimony Douthitt said that he did not know whether he still was connected with the Cit- izens' Service Association, but that the last time he had®heard anything about Douthitt, through his testimony, at- tempted to show that there were harc feelings exising between him and Bealle and Morton A. Anderson, & former who became Douthitt's partner after Bealle with- ——— .. it he was on the board of directors. Judge Coleman, who was appointed by Gov. Harry F. Byrd to try the case because Judge Smith was complaining Wwitness, limited the arguments to a half hour each. 3