Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1930, Page 16

16 REDUGED CAR FARE FORPUPILS ARGUED BEFORE SENATORS District Committee Withholds Action on Mandatory Feature of Merger Resolution. FREE TRANSPORTATION URGED BY NOONAN Clayton Asks Elimination of Bur- densome One and Two Cent Transfers. Arguments were heard by the Senate District committee yesterday afternoon in support of making reduced fares for school children mandatory in the street rallway merger resolution, but no action take en. William McK. Clayton of the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Association, and Mercer G. Johnston advocated a reduced rate for children, while John Noonan pre- sented a lengthy brief advocating carry- ing school children on the cars without char; Mz, Clayton also made a plea to the committee to provide in the merger for the elimination of what he termed burdensome 1 and 2 cent transfers, by free transfers from street cars to busses as well as between street cars. A third amendment urged by Clayton would require the Utilities Commission % epprove the terms of the articles of Imcorporation of the new company be- fore they are recorded under the District code. Question of Approval. Gen. Patrick, chairman of the utilities commission, told the committee the commission ‘sees no necessity for having IBOY Remo Mattera, Crushed Un-] der Car, Injured Again on Way to Hospital. {Two Others Go to Hospital After Cab and Auto Collide. Crushed under one car late yesterday and further injured in a crash five min- utes afterwards while being rushed to | Casualty Hospital, Remo Mattera, 5- year-old son of Michael Mattera, of 519 Fourteenth street northeast, died Casualty early today. As a result of the second accldent two | men are in Casualty suffering from pos- sible skull fractures and other injuries. street northeast, and William T. Need- ham, 22, of 537 Tennessee avenue north- t. east. Later this morning William Cahill, 15 years old, of 3409 R street was seriously injured when an automobile driven by Dr. Harold V. O'Connell, 23 years old, of Staten Island, N. Y., hit him while at play with companions in the 2000 block of Wisconsin avenue. Cahill was removed to Georgetown Hospital. Little hope is held for his re- covery. Dr. O’Connell was arrested on | a charge of operating an automobile with bad brakes and is being held at the seventh precinct station pending the outcome of the boy’s injuries. | The Mattera boy was knocked down by an automobile in front of 529 Ten- nesses avenue, operated by James D. Campbell, colored, 34 years old, of 229 ‘Thirteenth street southeast. The driver is being held at the ninth precinet po- lice station pending an investigation. Needham. who witnessed the accident, quickly hailed a passing taxicab, oper- ated by Arthur R. Campbell, 32, of| 1428 P street northeast, picked up the injured boy and instructed the driver to proceed to Casualty Hospital. At the intersection of Twelfth and | D streets northeast the cab collided | with an automobile operated by Bur- dette, the cab to skid and strike the commission approve the incorpor- ation papers of the new company, and also it would be wiser to leave to the discretion of the commission the questions of reduced rates for children and transfers from cars to busses. ‘The merger plan as it stands would ive the commission authority to es- tablish a special rate for children, and Gen. Patrick told the committee that while the commission has not voted on the question, he firmly believed the commission would take advantage of the authorization “at the earliest practi- cable moment.” Charts and Tables Shown. Mr. Noonan presented charts and tables as to the number of undernour- ished children in the District in support should to school. committee will hold another Priday of next week to consider an amendment offered by Senator Tyd- ings, Democrat of Maryland, which, he said, was intended to make certain that after the local traction merger the com- mission would have jurisdiction to con- sider the conditions under which the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis line enters the District. MORROW IS DEVOTING ATTENTION TO RETURN a tree, while the other trio was taken They are Leroy 3urdette, 31, of 1235 C | | THE EVENING WITHIN FIVE NS <l DISTRICT NATIVES REMO MATTERA. to Casualty. Campbell, the taxi driver, was lodged at the ninth precinct pend- ing investigation Two other children were hurt in traffic yesterday. Dorothy Louise Tolliver, 7 years old, of the 1300 block of Ives place south- east was treated at Casualty Hospital after she was struck in the face by the handle bars of a motor cycle driven by Elton L. Pumphrey of the 1900 block of Naylor road southeast, the accident happened in the 1400 block of Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast. An automobile operated by John Swain of the 3200 block of Northamp- ton street hit Robert Rhone, 10, colored, of the 2100 block of Newport place in the 1300 block of Twenty-first street, fracturing the youth's right leg. The boy was treated at Emergency Hospital. Rovert H. Hardy, 76 years old, of 2056 Wisconsin avenue, received minor lacerations and bruises about the body last night when an automobile struck him at M street and Wisconsin avenue. ‘The car was driven, police say, by Car- roll Rich of R. F. D. 2, Arlington County, Va., who took Hardy to the office of Dr. Joseph J. McCarthy, at 2700 Q street, for treatment. LIQUOR LOADED CAR FOUND BY OFFICERS Abandoned Machine gquip- ped With Smoke Screen Lacks Licenses. A high-powered touring car, loaded with 276 half gallons of rye whisky and | equipped with a smoke screen, was found " abandoned at Eighteenth and Newton streets northeast shortly after 7 o'clock this morning by Pvts. W, M. Rosson and C. W. Coleman of the twelfth precinct. Rosson and Coleman were attracted to the machine by the lack of license plates. An investigation disclosed the whisky stored in 23 boxes in the rear of the car. Hopes to Be in Mexico City Within Two Weeks After Arrival in America. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 22.—It is under- stood here that Ambassador Morrow, who is one of the busiest members of the American Naval Conference dele- gation, is devoting considerable atten- tion to the matter of his return to Mexico after completion of the con- ference. He hopes to be able to reach the Mexican capital within two weeks after his arrival in the United States, ar- range his business there, and return to New Jersey in connection with the sen- atorial toga which he has accepted from that St\e. HONOR CUP AWARDED TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Community Chest Designates Miss Gibson as Achieving Most Favorable Publicity. Miss Mattie Gibson, superintendent of Children’s Hospital, yesterday re- ceived the “Story of the Month” cup a each month by the Community Chest to the member organization re- cetving the most favorable publicity during the preceding month. The pres- entation took place at the meeting of the Community Chest Publicity Council at the Y. W. C. A. Selection of the Children’s Hospital for the cup was made by Ernest S. Johnston, president of the Washington Advertising Club, and a special com- mittee from the board of directors of that organization. Emergency Hospital was ranked second and the Salvation Army third. Yesterday’s meeting was devoted to a discussion of plans for character build- ing crganizations in the Chest and the possibility of having a national dis- cussion on this subject, to be held here later in the year. — PP #RIZES ARE AWARDED IN ART WORK EXHIBIT First Honor Goes to Miss Elizabeth 8. Kiser in Bethesda-Chevy Chase School Competition. Selected from exhibits presented by more than 100 art students at the Be- ,thesda-Chevy Chase High School last night, “My Aviator,” a portrait, won first prize of the Evelyn S. Hawley awards for Miss Elizabeth S. Kiser. Presentation of the awards was made by the Chevy Chase branch of the League of American Pen Women. Second prize was awarded David Rozelle for an etching and George B. Bush was awarded third prize for a y Apparently engine trouble had forced the rum fl'*-?nfl'! to abandon their au- tomobile, police having to tow the ma- chine into the precinct. Police n;y nt&mvunx to trace t.h: engine number o m’pmyhnd and Virginia license | records will be searched in hopes of es- tablishing the identity of the owner. FILIPINO NO?ES APPEAL IN CITIZENSHIP CASE Justice Wheat Grants Motion of U. 8. to Revoke and Cancel Naturalization. Ambrose Javier, a Filipino who was | granted naturalization papers in De- the District Court of Appeals from a decision of Justice Wheat of the Dis- trict Supreme Court granting a motion of the United States to revoke and can- cel his citizenship. The Bureau of Naturalization opposed the granting of papers in the first instance to the Pili- pino on the plea that there is no pro- vision of law for admitting him to American citizenship since he was neither of the white or African race. ‘The opposition was brushed aside and Javier given his papers. ‘The United States then made formal appli- cation to the court to rescind its action and the case has been pending until Justice Wheat took action yesterday revoking the naturalization of the Fili- ino. » Assistant United States Attorney Rebekah S. Greathouse represented the Government, while Attorney Julius I. Peyser appeared for the Filipino. for Adult Pupils. Pride of French Touched by Having State at Bottom of U. S. List. By the Associated Press. From bayous and islands 3,200 men and women of the famous “Evangeline Country” in Louisiana are now going to | night schools, determined to pull} Louisiana out of the bottom of the| illiteracy pit by April 1, when the next census is taken. zeolor sketch. Miss Margaret Ray- ‘mond and Miss Peggy Dunbar received ‘honorable mention. The Evelyn S. Hawley awards are by Mrs. Charles s, Hazard, Jeanette Schafer and Hobbs. Louise Beane and Bar- Elln“ Winkler received honorable men- “tion, HOLD DANCE TONIGHT. “Mr. and Mrs. Buehler Will Be Hosts at City Club. . and Mrs. Albert Buehler will be and Wi For essay: 7Charlotte ‘Truman Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, director of the national illiteracy e, who has just returned from Louisiana, describes this nightly moonlit procession under the moss-laden trees as one of the most under leadership of State Supt. T. H. Harris school superintendents of every parish have trebled their work without Lights are shining nightly in every school house in the “Evangeline Country.” Long before sundown men ;endt' women, some b;vmne-hnred ‘An: nt, begin coming by wagon, on foof on_ horseback and by rowboat, M. 8. Robertson, acting fleld agent found 119 white men and women on one island who could not read nor write. They are brought to school nightly in rowboats, An old white-haired man arose at cember, 1924, has noted an appeal to |y, NEGLECT OF SONS BY FATHERS IS HIT Dr. Mark Depp Scores Male Parents Showing More Interest in Golf. Fathers who knew their automobile or their golf better than they do their own sons were scored last night by Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of Calvary Methodist Epis- copal Church, in an address to approxi- mately 130 fathers and sons attending the annual “father and son” banquet of the boys’ department of the Y. M. C. A. “Some fathers put in more time with golf- in a day than they do with their boys in a year,” Dr. Depp declared. “They are more closely related to their club members than to their sons. They are more interested in how their motor is performing than in what their chil- dren are doing.” “Other Category.” Fathers present at the banquet last night were put in “the other cat P by the minister, who pointed out that by manifesting a personal curiosity in the recreation activities of their sons they are demonstrating an essential interest in the welfare of the younger generation, - Dr. Depp advocated a ‘much closer relationship between father and son than mow exists generally. Instead of decreasing with the advance of civiliza- tion, paternal responsibilities have in- creased and should not be shirked, he declared. Boys of today are no worse than those of past generations, the speaker asserted. Pessimistic views regarding modern youth are due to a lapse of memory regarding boys of yesterday, e clergyman said. Join in Swimming. Worth Shoults, vice chairman of the boys’ committee of the Y. M. C. A, presided at the banquet, which was held in the assembly hall of the Central Y. M. C. A. The boys' orchestra of the Woodward School furnished music. Mothers of the boys served. Following the repast the guests ad- journed to the boys’ department, where the fathers joined the boys in games and swimming Man Is Reported Missing. Police_have instituted a search for Ray A. Finney, 37, of 615 Florida ave nue, missing from his home since Wad- nesday. His mother called police last night and asked police to hunt for her son, who, she said, is lame in the left leg. He was wearing a light gray hat and a blue suit when last seen. LOUISIANA ACADIANS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST ILLITERACY 1 Schools of “Evangeline Coun- | try” Kept Open at Night MRS. CORA WILSON STEWART. years have been disposed to drift along in dreamy content. Romance has ap- pealed to them more than practical ihings. But now their pride has been touched. “The stigma of having Louisiana branded as highest in illiteracy in the last census has aroused the Acadians,” says Mrs. Stewart. “Women in home- made ‘best dresses,’ some of them grace- ful as the famed Evangeline, are seek- ing the class room.” History relates that the Acadians, driven from their refuge in Acadia, left the Canadian coast and found a new place of security among the Bayous of Cent Louisiana. Longfellow chose as the heroine for his poem one of these refugees, and in St. Martinsville, La., is an aged tree that is pointed out to visitors as “the Evangeline Oak.” STAR, WASHINGTON, SOCIETY TO DEMAND CAPITAL GET VOTE Jesse Suter Named Leader of D. C. Representation Fight Group. NINTH ANNUAL DINNER PLANS ARE LAUNCHED Organization Will Honor Theodore 'W. Noyes as Washington's Foremost Native. Appointment of a committee to co- operate in the movement to secure national representation for the District was a highlight of the Midwinter con- vention of the Society of Natives of the District of Columbia, held last night at the Washington Club, Seven- teerith and K streets. In an address preceding the naming of the committee, Jesse C. Suter, vice chairman of the Joint Citizens’ Com- mittee on National Representation, voiced a strong appeal for votes for the District. Several other speeches were delivered appropriate to the eve of Washington's birthday. Voting Right Fundamental. “Both Washington and Lincoln,” Mr. Suter said, “stood firmly for the funda- mental right of the American citizen to participate in the Government, a right which has been completely denied the residents of the District of Columbia. “Washington led our Continental Army through years of hardship to final victory to establish the principle that all men are created free and equal, that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the gov- erned and that there should be no taxa- tion without representation. He. was deeply moved by the decision to build a great Capital City which should bear his name, and he visioned a city that would rival the capitals of the Old World. He pictured a great metropolis having large busine: inf commerce. “There is nothing to indicate, how- ever, that he pictured a community of onmm aliens in the city honored with is name. “It is inconceivable, after the hard- ships of the Revolution, that he could have pictured a community with a population equal to or greater than any one of eight States of the Union and yet entirely outside the pale of the Constitution—National Government. Lincoln Teaching Controverted. “Lincoln once said, ‘I am op) the limitation of the right of suf- frage and I am in favor of its extension or enlargement.’ Surely the anomalous condition existing in the National Cap- ital does not measure up to the teach- ings of Lincoln, the great emancipator. President Fred A. Emery, who pre- sided at the meeting, appointed the following committee to represent the soclety in the fight to gain the vote for the District: Mr. Suter, chairman; ‘Washington Topham, Theodore A Noyes, Irwin L. Rose and Lewis S. Hohler. Other speakers in last night’s program were James F. Duhamel, a former mem- ber of the New York State Legislature and a native of Washington; Mr. Top- ham, former vice president of the £o- clety; Mrs. Watson Shelton, who spoke on “Fredericksburg”; and Miss Mar- garet E. Forbes, who read an article, “The Mother of Washngton,” prepared by Miss Ina C. Emery. ‘To Honor Theodore W. Noyes. Plans for the ninth annual dinner, to mark the tenth year of the society, at which a special tribute will be paid to Theodore W. Noyes, one of its members, as Washington's foremost native, were announced by the president. The dinner will be at the Raleigh Hotel, on Friday evening, April 25, at 7:30 pm. The dinner executive committee was named as follows: Fred A. Emery, chairman; A. Schuldt, Mrs. Henry Fenno Sawtelle, Ralph L. Hall, Miss May E. Hungerford, Miss Emma A. Bright, James F. Duhamel, Frederick G. Umhan, Mrs. Ella C. Robinson, Miss Etta L. Taggert, Mrs. J. C. Kondrup, Mr. Topham, Miss Mar- garet E. Forbes, Irwin L. Rose, Mrs. J. Olaey. ’SS terests and Irene Dunham, Mrs. Roscoe Mrs. Watson Shelton, Miss Elizabeth Beresford. Miss Hungerford is chair- man of the committee on tickets; Mr. Rose, chairman of the committee on flowers; Miss Beresford, of the committee on printing; Mrs. Robinson, chairman of the committee on music. The full commiitee on the dinner, it was stated, will be announced later. ‘The president announced that all ticket reservations must be made to Hungerford as promptly as possible. Auxiliary Captains Named. A number of prominent members of the society were named as captains of auxiliary teams for boosting the dinner. Those named were: Mrs. Henry Fenno Sawtelle, Mrs. J. C. Kondrup, Miss Etta L. Taggart, Miss May E. Hungerford, Irwin L. , Mrs. Dorothy Bishop, Mrs. Ida Polkinhorn Battle, Lewis S. Mohler, Mrs. Roscoe J. Oatley, Henry Jufleg:ln Hallam, William H. Groverman, Washington Topham, Miss Margaret Forbes, Miss Emma A. Bright, Mrs. Irene Dunham, Jesse C. Suter, Percy B. Israel, F. G. Umhau and James F. Duhamel. DEMONSTRA'I"IONOFPARTY PROGRAM STO BE GIVEK Several Agencies Will Stage Event at Wilson Normal School for Six Weeks. Games, stunts and party programs will be demonstrated at a jzhy insti- tute to be heid for six Monday nights, starting March 3, in the Wilson Normal School, under the direction of several agencies. Included among the organizations sponsoring the undertaking are the Boy Scouts, the Christ Child Soclety, the Community Center Department of pub- lic schools, the District Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations, Friend- ship House, the Girl Scouts, the Neigh- borhood House, the Noel House, the | Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, the physical education depart- ment of the public schools, the Wash- ington Couneil of Social Agencies, the Marjorie Webster School, the Welfare and Recreation Association of Public Buildings and Grounds, the Young ‘Women's Christian Association and the ‘Young Men’s Christian Association. BILL IS FAVORED. Would Permit Commissioners to Make Temporary Appointments. The Senate District committee yes- terday authorized Chairman Capper to report favorably the bill requested by the Commissioners, under which could make appointments to the Board of Public Welfare for the remainder of unexpired terms. ‘The Commissioners told the com- mittee that at present when vacancies occur on the Welfare Board before terms are completed appointments can only be made for full six-year terms, which would upset the rule of having the lerm:kot :.hree llneu;ben of t‘l;o board expire at regular two-year in- tervals, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1936, ING FROM THE MONUMENT VIEW OF THE NEW COMMERCE BUILD! aveed APPROVAL GIVEN 23 TRAFFIC CHANGES ' BY COMMISSIONERS One Bars Auctioning of Autos on Streets and Another Lim- its Commercial Loads. the top of the Washington Monu- —=Star Staff Photo. ARMORY PROPOSAL MEETS OPPOSITION Planning Commission Vetoes Project to Purchase and Remodel Auditorium. Disapproval of the proposal to spend $1,000,000 for purchase and remodeling of the Washington Auditorium to make an Armory for the District National Guard was registered yesterday at the meeting of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Legislation designed to bring this about is now pending in Congress. While the commission placed its veto on this particular program, it is not abandoning the proposal to find a home 40| for the District National Guard, for it directed that its staff take up studies of a site and type of building that the commission might later recommend. Plan Triangle Committee, A committee of four members of the commission will be appointed to confer with the District Commissioners and the board of architectural consultants concerning the traffic and transporta- tion situation in the triangle. The com- mission decided on this course after it had read a letter from Secretary Mellon relating to this subject. The special committee—the personnel of which has not yet been ascertained—will report to the next meeting of the commission. The commission considered the elimi- nation of the offsets in Harvard street, so as to make this thoroughfare an acceptable traffic artery. A bill is being framed to accomplish this purpose and the commission gave its approval to this principle. The commission’s staff will take the matter up with the Dis- trict Commissioners. Favors Avenue Extension. Included in the list of eight or nine highway changes, sanctioned by the commission, one related to Kansas and New Hampshire avenues. The proposal to extend New Hampshire avenue to the District line was favored, as outlined by a committee of the Washington Board of Trade. The co-ordinating committee had previously approved this, leaving Kansas avenue as it stands and this course has been supported by the commission, which officially thanked the Board of Trade for its co-operation. ‘The commission likewise approved the widening of Piney Branch road from Butternut street to the District line to a width of 120 feet. A proposal had been put forward to reduce this width to 90 feet, but the commission desires it to remain at 120 feet. The commission declined to take ac- tion on the measure introduced Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee, who is a member of the commission, to establish a new Center Market, under the District government. The present Center Market, which faces demolition to make way for the Fed- eral public buildings program, is under Jjurisdiction of the Department of Agri- culture. A spokesman for the commis- sion sald that body does not desire to take action upon this measure. TWO ARE ARRESTED ON HANDBOOK COUNT Thirty Others Face Disorderly Con- duct Charges After Police Raid Store, Bernard Bonner, 32 years old, of 1414 Seward square southeast, and Themas W. Smith, 41, the latter colored, were to be arraigned at Police Court today on charges of operating a handbook establishment, lodged against them by second precinct police yesterday after- noon, following a raid on a cigar store at 715 O street and an adjoining ga- rage. Thirty other persons arrested in the rald were to be tried on charges of disorderly conduct. Capt. Ogden T. Davis and Police- man V. D. Hughes and Claude Evans raided the cigar store at 4 o'clock Ifl- terday, arrested the 32 men found in the establishment and seized boards for listing the results of horse races and a radio set and loud speaker, which police said were used to obtain results broadcast from tracks at Havana, New Orleans and Miami. Members of the raiding oarty said the operations room of the establishment was located in the garage in the rear of the store, where a number cf telephones, each manned by a bookie, were belnz used to accept bets. The prisoners w:rc taken to the sec- ond precinct in patrol wagons. Bonner and Smith ;%ained their release on $2,000 bond each, while the 30 men charged with disorderly conduct were released under $5 collateral each. —— FUGITIVE RECAPTURED. Boy Who Escaped Training School Is Again in Custody. Elmer Ol 16, colored, of Cullinane court. soutiwest, s back, i e Nac precinct. Olden, serving a term charges, of 19 months on larceny from the train SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAILS. Visitor’s Life Saved After He Swal- lows Poison. Edward Inglison, 33, of Malden, Mass.,, who attempted to take his own life last night by draining the contents of a bottle of poison in the men’s room of the Fox Theater, was discharged from Emergency Hospital today after staff physiclans pronounced him fully recovered from the effects of his act. Inglison's body was found slumped on the floor of the men’s room by sev- eral patrons. Ushers called an ambu- lance and removed the man to Emer- gency Hospital. He was treated by Dr. H. Lowden. FOUR RADIO BOARD Wheeler Criticizes Lawrence Richey and Delays Star- buck Vote. Four of the five members of the Fed- eral Radio Commission, all of whose terms expire tomorrow, were confirmed by the Senate yesterday without rec- ord votes. ‘The nomination of the fifth member, William B. L. Starbuck of Connecticut, for a four-year term, went over until Monday at the insistence of Senator ‘Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana. He explained he wanted opportunity to in- vestigate information given him about Starbuck. ‘Without opposition the nominations of Ira E. Robinson, West Virginia, for a two-year term; of Eugene O. Sykes of Mississippi for a three-year term and of Harold A. Lafount of Utah for a five-year term, were approved. Richey Criticized. Senator Wheeler voiced objection to relations between Commissioner Charles McK. Saltzman of Iowa and Lawrence Richey, one of President Hoover’s sec- retaries, in the employment of Thad Brown of Ohio as chief counsel for the commission, However, he did not stand in the way of confirmation of Saltz- man for a six-year term. Senator Couzens, Republican, Michi- , denied a charge that a “deal” had n made to assure renomination of Commissioners Robinscn and Sykes, but he declared thet he suggested to Presi~ dent Hoover that the commission be allowed to stand as it was in view cf ru- mors that power companies were “out to get” the two commisisoners. President Hoover did not promise to reappoint any of them, explained Cou- zens, adding, “In fact, I've been unsuc- cessful fim any satisfactory enswers to quest! H‘e always leaves me hang- ing in the air.” Norris Lauds Two Members. Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, at this point said any one who had been instrumental in inducing the Pres- ident to reappoint Robinson and Sykes had “done a public service.” These two have stood throughout the com- mission’s history against “turning over the air” to corporations, he added. Attacking Richey in connection with the appointment of Brown, Wheeler warned: “I want to serve notice now that unless the stops tak- ing dictation from Lawrence Richey, welll have an investigation, and it won't be to the liking of Lawrence Richey.” . TWO HYATTSVILLE FIRES PROMPTLY EXTINGUISHED Automobile and Chimney Blazes Are Small, Due to Firemen’s Speedy Arrival. Special Dispatch to The Star. part of the Hyatts- ville Fire Department, Noble F. Rushe, chief, resulted in two blazes in the fourth ward, the northwest section of the town, doing little damage last night. The alarms were turned in shortly after 9 o'clock within three-quarters of an hour of each other. first was for a fire ,which set ablaze an automobile in the garage at the home of Paul Jackson, 126 Carroll avenue. The automobile was damaged somewhat, but the garage, of metal comtrucuaqh:u not it snratily SAXTON FUNERAL HELD. Body of Wife of Centenarian Inter- red in Arlington Cemetery Vault. Funeral services for Mrs, W.G. Saxton, 93 years old, who died at her home, 1347 Harvard street, y, were conducted in the S. H. Hines Co. funeral home, 2001 Fourteenth street, today at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr.U.G.B. Plerce, pastor of All Souls’ Unitarian Church, officiated. Temporary inter- ment was in & vault in Arl » pending final burial KEECH APPROVAL SEEN NEXT WEEK People’s Counsel Nominee Is Given Favorable Report by Committee. Richmond B. Keech probably will be confirmed by the Senate early next week for the office of people’s counsel before the Public Utilities Commission, follow- |ing the approval given his nomination NAMES CONFIRMED by the Senate District committee late yesterday, The committee voted a favorable re- port after Mr. Keech had appeared and answered numerous questions by Sen- ator Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin, as to his legal experience and what he would consider to be his duties as ple’s counsel. Evidently satisfied by the examination of the nominee, the com- mittee announced its approval after a brief executive session. In response to one of Blaine's ques- tions, Keech said he would consider the people as his clients and work as hard as possible for their interests. He also said he construed the law to be that the people's counsel should not only consider matters brought to him by the public, but should also take the ini- tative in behalf of the public if noces- sary. Senator Blaine asked the nominee a number of questions about the elements to be considered in arriving at a pub- lic utility valuation, such as the amount prudently invested as well as reproduc- tion cost. Keech told the committee he was a native Washingtonian, 34 years old and engaged in the general of law which practice for eight years, the last five of he has spent in the office of the cor~ poration counsel of the District. The Dpeople’s counsel is paid $7,500 a year, AT RO TAXI DRIVER HELD UP BY 2 MEN AND WOMAN Night's Receipts of $8 Taken After Trio Engage Cab as / Passengers. Arthur Sheahin of 107 Pifth street northeast, a taxi driver for the Diamond Cab Co., was held up by two colored men and a colored woman shortly after 2 o'clock this morning near Alabama and Anger avenues southeast and rob- bed of $8. Sheahin told g:]lce of the eighth precinct the trio had hailed his cab on S street and instructed him to drive to an address on Alabama avenue, where the two men covered hif with' pistols and took his night's receipts. Three offices in the Chestnut Farms Dairy Buifiing at 2525 Pennsylvania avenue were entered and two desks rob- bed of $102. & A desk in the office of Jacob Kraft was rifled and $92 taken while $10 was obtained from a desk in the office of | govern Edward L. Diffuise. The office of Wil- bl H. Clark was also entered and a i ransacked, but an investigation falled to reveal any theft. Clothing valued at $75 was stolen from the automobile of Von L. Gericken of Columbus, Ohio, last night while the machine was parked in front of the Metropolitan Hotel. COMMISSIONERS 0. K. YACHT HARBOR PLANS Corinthian Club Plans Basin Near 0Old James Creek Canal, Ad- jacent to Barracks. Plans of the Corinthian Yacht Club to set up a yacht harbor near the old James Creek canal adjacent to Wash- ington Barracks were approved by the District Commissioners yesterday. The yacht club was forced to move from its old quarters on the Virginia shore of the Potomac next to Highway Bridge to make way for the development of the George Washington Memorial Boulevard to Mount Vernon. The plans call for d basin, using the material to fill the oid canal. The club's grounds will lie south of V street southwest between First and Canal streets, and the prop- erty will be beautifully landscaped. The old canal is now being used as a dump by the City Street Cleaning Department, but Engineer Commissior:- er William B. Ladue, impressed with u;:y devellmnent of m&:ecmll‘l oll the city possible through yacht club's plans, decided to order refuse cumped elsewhere, although the cost to the city would probably be increased. The club is planning a basin with berths for 160 yachts, a speedboat har- bor with 40 berths, and an outboaid motor basin with 25 births. WILL CLIMB MOUNTAIN. Pl a yacht S SIZE AND WEIGHT EXCESS TO REQUIRE PERMITS Parking and One-Way Streets Chiefly Concerned in New Harland Rules. Twenty-three changes in the exist- ing traffic regulations, proposed by Traffic Director Willlam H. Harland, were approved by the District ‘Come missioners yesterday. The changes are for the most part minor in character, affecting the parking on short stretches of street. Two of them, however, are general in scope. One prevents the auction sales of automobiles on the streets. The other prescrives maximum lengths and weights for commercial loads and provides that when loads in excess are to be car*ied a permit must be gecured which would specify the route to be followed ‘and the time at which the journey is 3 This last was the direct result of a &:‘-el:ln :(ltrnmc ‘x:n mehwd la Bridge arge steam shovel broke down 85 it was being hauled across. New Short Stretches. Four new short stretches of = streets were set up: m’_m;‘me rect, Ip: street, | from O to P streets, southbound; Swan Sirees, enstbouna: Ovuren s g eastbound; Church st from Fourteenth to Eighteenth streets, west- bound; Center street, from Meridian place to Newark street. The other changes, all of them park- ing, are as follows: Cedar street, from 315 to Eastern avenue, no parking on north side at any time; place, no parking on north side at any time; Fuller street, from Sixteenth to m::uenmme ."uci:;’: no . parking on at any time; Kalorama road, from Eighteenth street to 8700 515 Petoe e 215 o'cl the mor no parking on north side ’rndn.m 4‘“\: 6 o'clock in the afternoon; street, from Sixteenth street to Connecticut parking on south side from Hht: mt.mwxmsonwummnny N and Other Streets, N street, Seven th to teent two-hour p.lrklnlk:ns ndflh"fl?fl hg:i 8 o'clock in morning and 6 o'clock at ylgtk;:.e t.:,“' ffifii’ avenue, from H to ‘west no parking, 8 15 o'clock in the morning; Penm;o _ any time on north side; street northwest, from Iowa Circle to Florida avenue, no parking on west side (m\;n 8 to V:lS’da'clock in the and on cast side from 4 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon; Fifteenth west, no parking on ww: to 9:15 o'clock in the morn: parking on east side from 4 to 6 at night; Nineteenth sffeet northwest {!nmmfinmymh! -vu.l'm M street ~hour parl rom 8 o' in the morning until 6 o'clock in the Summit Plack Affected. Summit place, from T street to Rhode Island avenue, no pa’king on east {from 9 o'clock in tha morning unf o'clock at night on gthool days; place, from North Capitol to streets, no parking on south 9 o'clock in the untfl at night on school days. Pennsylvania avenue souf Sixth to Seventh street, ing 8 o'clock in the msorning o'clock at night; P Street, North Capitol and First, closed to during certain school recess hours; during certain school hours; seventh street, from We alley north, closed to trafic Ro" packing a% sy no pari at any Apartment entrance east to car stop. AIRWAY 0| i 23 filit: 1 slistil COMMERCE LAWS BEING IGNORED Violations of Regulations Shown l to Have Largely Increased Dur- ing the Year 1929, ing the use and of air- craft in the United States increased steadily during 1929, according to sta- tistics made public by the aero- nautics branch of the it of * Commerce, charged with enforcement of the air navigation laws. There were 523 violations dealt with during the year, resulting in the as- sessment of fines totaling $4,755 in 179 Of the 523 cuses handled 55 were dismissed for lack of sufficient evi- dence. Reprimonds were dealt to 163 pilots, 110 licenses were suspended and 16 licenses were revoked uwfit’m. permanently grounding the offenders. The statistics are summed up by three-month periods, the first quarter of the year wing 96 violations, the second 114, the third 129 and the fourth 184. There ,were 102 cases dealing with violation of the regula- tions against low flying, 95 for “stunt flying,” 94 for the flying of licensed airplanes by unlicensed pilots, 15 for lure to display proper identification, numbers, 6 for without naviga- tion lights and 211 for miscellaneous offenses. GRAVELLY POINT URGED AS DISTRICT AIRPORT Women’s Club Groups Insisk an Early Action in Providing Capi- tal With Aviation Equipment. Atter approving the estal t of S permnm::n mm!cl for Na- tional Capital on the Gravelly t site, meml of the aviation section and the city planning committee of the ‘Woman's City Club yestere evening urged the Smedh': $ temporary District of Columbia unm the Gravelly Point site can be made ready. units "lollmttn submritted to mm board of the club at its meeting. Chicago Hotel Man Succombs. CHICAGO, owner and Wressler, 58 gll §E% 30" yoars during. the- fume. 1t vas C.