Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1930, Page 12

12 ® GHALLENGE OF PAY “BOARD'SFACTS BY CONGRESS 1S SEEN Joint Committee to Have Data From Several Sources on Which to Act. “STATIONARY” SALARY RATE IS POINTED OUT Army and Navy Officers Aver Present Schedules Practically Unchanged Since 1908, This is the seventh of a series of ar- ticles on the proposal mow pending be- fore President Hoover and Congress to revise and increase the pay schedules ©f the Army. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast ard, Public Heaith Service and Coast and Geodetic Survey. The eighth ar- ticle will appear tomorroiw. BY DONALD A. CRAIG. It seems quite apparent from recent occurrences that when Congress under- takes to decide the question of read- justing the pay of the Army, Navy, Ma- Fine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service and Coast and Geodetic Survey, in accordance with present economic conditions, the mass of facts and the arguments in favor ofsa proposed pay increase, which have been marshaled | by the Interdepartmental Pay Board from the point of view of the six serv- jces, will not be permitted to stand un- hallenged. g ‘The fnemb(‘rs of the joint congres- slonal committee, created by the Reed resolution, are under instructions from the House and Senate “to make ah in- vestigation and report recommenda- tions, by bill or otherwise, to their re- spective Houses relative to the read- justment of the pay of the commis- sioned and enlisted personnel of the several 5 ‘When they come to draft their report the five Senators and five resent- atives on this committee not only will have the findings of the Interdepart- mental Pay Board, but also the results of independent inquiries by other Gov- ernment agencies r ling economic conditions within the six services and in other branches of the Government, as well as in industrial, educational and peering fields outside the Govern-.| Differences Develop. President Hoover submitted the pay board’s report, as already pointed out in this series, to the Bureau of Effici- ency for comment, and differences cf opinion have developed between the bureau_on one side, and the War and Navy Departments on the other, over conditons in the services and the rela- tive compensation and advantages of persons in comparable fields outside the ‘Government service. In giving all sides of this question possible, The Star will pre- ~f Efficlenty’s criticism of the pay wuasiu s Teport, as contained in the pre- comments of the bureau sub- to President Hoover. To lead may be more clearly understood. ’l'hzm of the Army, Navy, Marine practicall; ms‘ hnzrzvmmed ly stationary for years, Army and Navy officers declare. The present pay schedules, they point out, are virtually those adopted away back in 1908; for the joint pay act of 1922 ‘was merely a readjustment that did not the budget total and even re- sulted in a loss of pay to certain offi- cers. The total increase in pay granted to these services since 1908, they con- tend, has amounted to only 11 per cent. Service Point of View. Here is the case from the service peint_of view: Recent statistics gathered by the De- partment of Labor show that the cost of living in this country has increased 104 per cent in the last 20 years. ‘They also show that the pay of prac- tically all classes of citizens, from the day laborer to the high salaried execu- tive, has been increased to keep pace with the growing cost of living. The pay of officers and enlisted men, how- ever, of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and allied services still is based on a ! ry schedule adopted by Congress in | 908 and practically unchanged since. ‘Twice since 1908 Congress has con- sidered the question of Army pay. In the period of inflated costs immediately following the World War Congress granted these six services, in common with all other branches of the Federal Government, a bonus intended as a temporary aid in meeting the rising cost of living. Upon the expiration in 1922 of the period during which the bonus was effective, Congress again considered the question of service pay. In 1922 the cost of living in the United States had passed its post-war peak and was on the downward trend. Congress was influenced, the officers point out, by a belief that prices were about to return to their pre-war level, and while some changes were made in the 1908 pay schedule with the purpose of remedying obvious injustices and in- consistencies as between the various ades, the total increase in pay, as eretofore stated, amounted to only 11 per cent over the 1908 schedule. Other Federal Pay Raised. ‘While the pay of these six services remained virtually stationary for 22 ears since 1908, the pay of other nches of the Federal service has been increased from 25 per cent to 175 per cent in the effort to meet the rising costs of living and to retain in the Federal service the high-class of personnel desired. The following schedule, compiled from recent Government data, shows the percentage of increase in pay for & number of Federal services based upon the rates prevailing in 1908: Foreign service, 175 per cent; civil | service, mechanical, 135 per cent; pub- lic_schools of the District of Columbia, 88 per cent; assistant secretaries, 111 Rt cent; post office inspectors, 92 per s:0t; civil service, clerical, 87 per cent; Sudiciary, 62 per cent; Congress, 33 per ‘cent; cabinet members, 25 per cent; Army and Navy, 11 per cent. ‘The rising cost of living, amounting to 104 per cent since 1908, reduces the present value of the dollar, measured in terms of its purchasing power, to only 49 cents as compared with its value 22 years ago, it is pointed out. It 1s declared to be clear, therefore, that, considering the slight increase in RAY given the six services in 1922, the personnel today is receiving bus little more than half the remuneration re- ceived in 1908 when Congress presum- ably placed a fair valuation upon the services of the officers and enlisted men in the services under then existing economic standards. Comparison with the salaries paid to | Eolelfloml men of corresponding qual- ications in civil life is difficult, be- cause the pay of the latter usually is based upon their estimate earning rfl'!l‘ to the corporation. Obviously, he military services are not conducted for financial profit and there is no estimated earning power, in dollars, of the labors of responsible officers. The continued efficiency of the military and allied services requires, however, that it attract and retain, particularly in its jcer personnel, men of abllity and m&flml attainments. It is some parallel . BOY “BAD MEN THE EVE PONDER FATE AFTER "DESPERATE" THREATS less Now as They Made Their Chevy I“Popgun Pete” and “Bolero Bob™ as Sleep- | Chase Neighbors. Discarding the celorful habiliments of their favorite fiction characters, “Pop- arers of those two names today were just a couple of chastened little boys of nine-going-on-ten, fearfully and some- what tearfully awaiting the outcome of diplomatic conversations between their fathers and their principal victim. The two “desperadoes,” bored with the usual pursuits of small boys, hit upon the great idea of applying their playtime characters to some definite pursuit in the fashionable neighborhood of Chevy Chase adjoining the Columbia Country Club last Wednesday night, with varying results. In l‘:iup‘le of instances they afforded vast amusement for the neighbors, but they reckoned not upon their threats of impending deom for a neighbor across the street falling upon ears attuned to taking such things seriously, and there- by they precipitated an_ honest-to-good- ness manhunt along West Underwood street. Found Asleep in Bed. The manhunt was started early Thurs- day morning by a special squad of Montgomery County policemen, and continued through the day, the hunts- men getting ever hotter and hotter on the trail of “Popgun Pete” “lnd his trusty lieutenant, “Bolero Bob.’ The end of the trall was reached Thursday night, when the posse, con- sisting of two county policemen, ar- rived at the home of John Ligon, 30 West Underwood street, and there found “Popgun Pete” and “Bolero Bob" peace- fully sleeping in the room the Ligons use for & nursery. “Popgun Pete” and “Bolero Bob” were John Ligon, jr., and his chum, Bobby Shelton, son of Dr. Charles R. Shelton of 225 Rosemary street, Chevy Chase. “Popgun Pete” and “Bolero Bob” did considerable explaining, with the result that their fathers passed the matter over as a boys' prank. So did the Braggs, down Underwood street, and the Shoemakers, up Underwood street, both of whom had been the recipients of telephone calls from the two “des- peradoes,” in which dire threats of n Pete” and “Bolero Bob,” the recent | death, destruction and torture were given and the fateful hour was set at midnight. Police Are Called. Not 50, however, were the threats re- garded by the third recipient of a Wed- nesday evening warning. It was B. R. Walters, who lives at 19 West Un- derwood street, who received that warn- ing. It was as full of dire threats as the two preceding calls, and the time for Mr. Walters' doom was cefinitely fixed at midnight. Mr. Walters called the police. Moreover, Mr. Walters doesn’t intend to let it stop there now that the man- hunt has ended. There is a Juvenile Court in Rockville fashioned out of the machinery of the law for just such cases, he has intimated to Dr. Shelton and Mr. Ligon. Such playful pranks of youngste?s suggest criminal instincts, he has further suggested. Yesterday “Bolero Bob” heard Dr. Shelton ing to Mr. Walters about the case, and overheard vague refer- ences to “Juvenile Court” and “reform school.” “Bolero Bob” immediately con- tracted a fit of nervous crying and be- came quite ill. “Misled by Movies.” “Pop-gun Pete” has withstood the strain a little better, outwardly, but he doesn’t feel he's out of the woods yet by a long shot. Meanwhile, Dr. Shelton and Mr. Ligon are trying to convince Mr. Wal- ters that boys do play such pranks in |a wholesome, boyish way, occasionally. Mrs. Walters today declared that she | thought the telephone calls of the boys were indications that the youth of this | country is being misled by motion pic- tures. “We _have always been friendly with the children of the neighborhood, though we have no children of our own,” Mrs. Walters declared. “I can- not see why they picked on Mr. Wal- ters and me for such a trick.” Mrs. Walters said Mr. Walters has not decided what action he will take in the matter, but she pointed out that her husband wants the children to learn a lesson from the experience. this character in civilian employment may be shown. Attention is called to the fact that the pay of Army officers is approxi- mately as follows by grades: General officer, $6,000 to $8,000; col- onel, $4,000 to $5,000; lieutenant colonel, $3,500 to $4,500; major, $3,000 to $4,000; captain, $2,400 to $3,300; first lieuten- ant, $2,000 to $2,800, and second lieu- tenant, $1,700 to $2,380. In the engineering profession, the pay board points out, the American Asso- ciation of Engineers in 1927 recom- mended for the several positions in a State highway service, a railroad sys- tem and a city of 300,000 to 500,000 ulation—positions regarded as in- volving in a general way responsibilities and attainments which may be com- pared to the several grades of Army offi- lules of pay as follows: State highway service—Chief engi- neer, from $8,000 to $15,000, with pro- portionate salaries down to field tors, for whom a salary range m $2,400 to Railway system—Chief engineer, $9,000 to $15,000, with proportionate salaries down to assistant engineer, for whom a salary range from $3,000 to $5,400 was proposed. City government—City manager, from $12, to $15,000, salaries down to whose salary range was from $2,900 to $4,000. Actual Salaries Paid. For the salaries actually paid at present in the en:ineerln¥ profession reference is made to an investigation by the society for the promotion of the engineering profession 1926, with the following results: Average salary 10 years after grad- uation, $5,100; 15 years after gradua- tion, $8,000; 20 years after graduation, $10,000, and 30 years after graduation, 5,000 $15, Even in the teaching professions, long known as relatively low paid, the super- intendent of schools in New York City, it is pointed out, receives $25,000, the assistant superintendent $12,500, dis- trict superintendents and high school principals, $8,500 to $10,000, with pro- portionate salaries down to grade school teachers, who have a salary range from $1,608 to $3,654. An idea of the salaries paid by pri- vate corporations may be obtained, it is explained, from recent investigations that show presidents and chairmen of boards of directors averaging $22,725, vice presidents, $13,168, down to the trust officer group, receiving an average of $4,887, which is the lowest up comparable to Army and Navy officers. In 1908, when the present Army and Navy schedules were adopted, the pay of officers, while smaller, was com- parable to the pay of the civilian groups which have been mentioned. But it is declared that the competition in civilian life, which has caused salaries to keep pace with the rising cost of living, has resulted in leaving the service salaries far behind. Believe Public Misinformed. ‘The officers of the six services do not believe that the American people fully realize the position in which they are placed because of the failure of Con- ess to revise the 22-year-old pay schedule. They say there is, for exam- ple, a widespread but erroneous impres- sion that the Government provides uni- forms, equipment and even food for offi- cers and their families. Not only is this impression wholly false, they point out, the fact being that the officer must provide his own uniforms, equipment and ali his living expenses from his salary—but from the very nature of his profession these expenses are much higher than in civil life. More than any other class of men, they contend, Army and Navy officers are called upon to act as representatives of the Nation. They have duties of a social nature, involving expenses which do not fall to the lot of the average man in civil life. They are subject to frequent changes of station, involving heavy expenses for themselves and their familles and to periods of service in rei possessions. ‘Dln.:"iew of all these facts, as set forth by the officers in the six services, they hope that Congress, after a study of the situation, will find it to be “in the public interest to adopt such rates of compensatian for these services as will, without being excessive,” enable the officers and the enlisted men “to give their very best thoughts and efforts to their work and to the attainment of a proficiency that will affect directly the welfare of the Nation.” It is this presentation of the case— or rather, the presentation of which this is a brief summary—which President Hoover sent to the Bureau of Efficiency for comment. OFFICER UNHURT IN FALL. Policeman Is Knocked From Ma- chine Chasing Rum Car. Although knocked from his motor cycle while chasing a rum machine last night, Bowie T. Chew, a seventh precinct policeman, escaped injury. The accident occurred at Wisconsin avenue and M street. Chew's motor cycle was badly dam- aged when an automobile passed be- tween him and the liquor car, enabling the whisky runner to make his get- away. Chew arrested the driver the other car, ored, John W. Gilllam, col- with men of of failing of | March 15, DOHENY CONFIDENT ON EVE OF TRIAL No New Witnesses Will Be Called in Hearing Which Opens Monday. By the Associated Press. What is expected to be the last crim- inal action growing out of the oil scan- dals of the Harding administration will Monday, with Edward L. Doheny facing a charge of having bribed former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall to execute the famous lease on the Elk HIill Naval Petroleum Reserve. Confident that he will be acquitted, in spite of the fact that Fall was con- victed on the same charge a few months ago, Doheny is here ready to go on trial, take the stand himself and again tell his story of lending $100,000 to Fall, a friend of many years’ standing. Hogan Will Plead Case. Frank J. Hogan, who has served as chief counsel for the defense in all the]| criminal actions arising from the oil leases, will plead Doheny's case, assisted by Joseph J. Cotter, who was counsel for Doheny’s Pan-American Co. when it negotiated the Elk Hills lease. Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts will serve again as special prosecutors for the Government. They have an- nounced that they are ready for the| trial and expect no delay. Both Government and defense attor- neys have said no new witnesses will | be introduced and no new issues raised, with the testimony largely a repetition of that which has been given in former oil cases. Justice Hits to Preside. Doheny was a constant attendant when Fall was on trial for bribery, but the latter will be unable to be present at the coming trial. At liberty on bond | pending an appeal from his conviction, the former cabinet member is ill at his home in El Paso and has seldom left his bed in the last few months. Associates Justice Willlam Hitz of the District of Columbia Supreme Court will preside. A panel of 15 men and 11 women have been summoned for jury duty. }zr. Doheny, who arrived here with his wife several days ago from Los An- geles, is stopping at the Carlton Hotel, which he will make his headquarters during the trial. ELECTRIC DREDGES REPLACE MINERS National Geographic Society Shown Alaskan Canoe Trip Pictures. Great clanking electric dredges and hlfllni streams of water that wash away hillsides have taken the place of the colorful, devil-may-care gold miners of '98 on the upper Yukon, Amos Burg, jr., told members of the National Geo- graphic Society last night in an address at the Washington Auditorium. Burg and a single companion shipped an American-built canoe by steamer and train to the headwaters of the Yukon and traveled in the small craft down the 2,600 miles of the mighty river to Bering Sea. The motion picture record of the voyage thrown on the screen last night showed that the river is still rich in wild life. The voyagers obtained pic- tures of wolves, bears, moose, flocks of wild fowl and great herds of caribou, ‘The Indian inhabitants of the valley gain a precarious livellhood by fishing and collecting driftwood, while the wom- en and children, in season, pick berries, which are exchanged to traders for a few civilized foodstuffs. After reaching the coast of Bering Sea Burg and his companion traveled by motor schooner to the old Russian-built town of St. Michael and thence to Nome. At Nome they boarded the United States Bureau of Education ship, Boxer, which was taking the Eskimos of King and Diomede Island to their homes for the Winter. On_King Island the travelers saw the “cliff dwelling” of the Eskimos, houses of driftwood covered with walrus hide, built on stilts on the rocky slopes of the island. From Diomede Island they looked across a mile of water to| the Siberian Diom-de, the nearest bit of | Asia to American soil. INCOME TAX, TOPIC. David Burnet, deputy commissioner of internal revenue, in charge of the in- come tax unit, will tell Washingtonians tonight by radio what the Bureau of Internal Revenue is doing to facilitate CITY HEADS OPPOSE COMPULSORY AUTO INSURANCE PLANS Unfavorable Report on Three Measures Is Sent to Congress. ONE PROVIDES INJURY FUND RAISED BY DRIVERS Other Two Bills Involve Loss of Operators’ Permits Under Specified Conditions. ‘The District Commissioners yesterday sent. to Congress unfavorable reports on three bills calling for various schemes on compulsory automobile in- surance. According to the first, all persons owning or operating automobiles would subscribe to a fund and all persons injured through the operation of motor vehicles would be compensated from this fund. The injured party would be given the option of availing himself of the provisions of the proposed law cr of pursuing his remedy at common law. Comm! ners said they do not believe owners of vehicles should be required to bear the cost of compen- satng persons for injuries occasicned through no wrongful act or negligence of their own. According to the second bill, a plain- tiff in an action for damages resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle owned or operated by defendant may petition the court to make a preliminary inquiry into the liability of defendant, and if the court finds that the acci- dent was “probably due” to the negli- gence of defendant or his agent it shall require defendant to give security to satisfy, within 30 days after the rendi- tion of a final judgment, such portion of the judgment as shall not be in ex- cess of $5,000 for personal injuries or death and $1,000 for property damage. No Merit Found in Bill. If the defendant fails to give such security, his operators’ permits and the registration of any motor vehicle in his name shall be suspended and the court shall enter an order prohibiting the op- eration in the District of any automo- biles owned by the defendant. The Commissioners said they found no merit whatever in this proposed bill. ‘The third bill provides for the sus- pension of the operators permit for vio- lation of certain provisions of the traf- fic act and also for the suspension of such license of one convicted in any State of an offense, which, if occurring in the District, would authorize such suspension. The license shall remain suspended until the operator shall give to the traffic director proof as to his ability to respond in damages to the ex- tent of $5,000 for injury to or death of one person and $10,000 for injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident and $1,000 for damage to property. The bill further provides that the license shall be suspended should the operator fail to satisfy a judgment for damages in excess of $100 or any judgment against him for damages on account of personal injuries. Penalty Meets Opposition. As to this bill the Commissioners sald that under the proposed law failure to satisfy a judgment requires the suspen- sion of the permit of the judgment debtor and in addition the suspension of the registration of all cars owned by him. Such judgment does not result necessarily, however, from any wrongful act or conduct on the part of the owner of the vehicle, but may result from the negligence of one for whose acts the owner is responsible. The commissioners do not believe this penalty should be im- posed on any one for failure to pay a debt. Replying to, the argument that the drivers could protect themselves by tak- ing out insurance the Commissioners remarked that it frequently happens that one who has taken out insurance is unable to realize on it due to the in- solvency of the company or the unin- t.ntional breach of some obligation set forth in the policy. PRAYER SERVICE HELD | TO MARK PENTECOST More Than 200 Attend Meeting, With 12 Denominations Represented. An elaborate prayer service in com- memoration of the anniversary of Pente- cost, under the auspices of the Woman's Interdenominational Missionary Federa- tion of the District of Columbia, was held in the Mount Vernon Place Metho- dist Church yesterday afternoon, with between 200 and 300 in attendance and 12 denominations represented. Mrs. John Newton Culbertson, presi- dent of the federation, presided. She was assisted by Mrs. G. C. D. Townsend of the PFrancis Asbury M. E. Church South. A prayer for the independence of the Philippines was delivered by Mme. Ca- milo Oslas, wife of the resident com- missioner from the Philippines to the United States. Letters of greeting from the mission- ary councils were read by Mrs. Nathaniel K. Gardner, corresponding secretary for the federation. An offering was taken for the benefit of migrant children. Mrs. J. B. Craw- ford of the Park View Christian Church and Mrs. Richard Talbott of Calvary Baptist were chief ushers. Mrs. J. J. Rives, wife of the pastor of the Francis Asbury M. E. Church, pianist, and Mrs. J. R. Rawlings led the singing. MRS. EAGLESTON DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER Mrs. Katherine M. Eagleston, 65 years old, a lifelong resident of Wash- ington, died yesterday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Rollins, 1369 Emerson street, following a lengthy illness. She had suffered recurrently from heart trouble during the past two years, Mrs. Eagleston was the wife of Ed- ward Eagleston, confectionery store pro- rietor. Mrs. Eagleston was a mem- r of the Kellar Memorial Lutheran Church. Besides Mrs. Rollins and her husband, Mrs. Eagleston is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Lucy McVeary, and four sons, John, Harry, Edgar and Bernard Eagleston, all of this city. A brother, E‘dwnrd Glick, of Baltimore, also sur- vives. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Rollins residence. Interment will be in Glen- Cemetery. PLAN MARCH 17 DANCE. Preparations are being completed at the filing of annual income tax returns, which are all due qfxt Saturday, ¥ speak from Station WMAL He will 51, of 514 U street, on a charge |at 6:45 under auspices of the Washing- der %o give the Tight-ot-way, - on Chiamber of Commeroe. the City Club for a St. Patrick's dance to be given in the in ball room of the club March 17. Theodore Pollack, club artist, is supervising the decora- tions. The cn{ lub Syncopators, direction of David McWilliams, Pprovide the music. ININE GIVEN FINES ‘ OR JAIL PENALTIES FOR J0BLESS FRAY Communist Speakers Charge Comrades Are “Framed” by D. C. Police. USE OF TEAR GAS BOMBS PROTESTED AS BRUTAL Audjence Groups Walk Out During Harangues Against Courts, Pol« itics and Newspapers, Charges that police “framed” the nine young Communists convicted in Police Court yesterday of law violations in connection with the demonstration at the White House Thursday were made last night at a meeting of the International Labor Defense and Com- munist party at 1606 M street. Eleven of the youthful demonstators were arraigned before Judge Isaac R. Hitt yesterday afternoon. Eight were convicted of disorderly conduct and one of illegally climbing a fence. Two dis- orderly charges were dismissed. With the exception of the fence-climbing case, which carried a $25 penalty, fines of $50, with an alternative of serving 30 days in jail, were levied in seven of the disorderly cases. In the other Judge Hitt imposed a suspended sentence, Tear Bombs Protested. Solomon Harper Thomas Walker, col- ored leader of the Communist party here, told his listeners last night that the throwing of tear gas bombs into the crowd at the White House Thurs- day was “inhuman, and another evi- dence of police brutality.” He said the police officers appearing at court yes- terday against the demonstrators had #planned exactly what they were going to say, so as to frame our comrades.” Five third precinct police officers and a lleutenant attended the meeting and heard themselves roundly denounced by the various speakers, one of whom urged the deportation to Ireland of Irish policemen. Other speakers found fault with the courts, politics, the newspapers and the police. On several occasions groups in the audience walked out during a harangue. " About 100 persons attended the meet- ing. About 25 of these were women and young children., Miss Edith Briscoe, leader of the Junior Communist League, who was held under $300 bond by Judge Hitt for & jury trial on an assault charge when she appeared in Police Court yesterday, drew a suspended sentence of $50 or 30 days on a disorderly count. Judge Hitt pointed out that ‘the assault charge was based on virtually the same acts constituting the foundation of the dis- orderly count, and that it would not be fair to punish the young woman twice for the same offense. Miss Briscoe ob- Jjected vigorously to a suspended sen- tence, but it was imposed nevertheless. Two Charges Dropped. William Lawrence, who attempted to make the speech which caused the dis- gurbance, was fined $25, with an al- ternative of five days in jail. Disor- derly charges against Sara Deskin, 18, 2900 block of Georgia avenue, and Sol- omon Harper, colored, of Winston- Salem, N. C., were dismissed for lack of evidence. Those convicted of disor- derly conduct were: Rhinehart _Scheinbenhuber, 23, of Baltimore; William Phillips, 17, 400 block of Kenyon street; Mischa Deskin, 19, a brother of Sarah; John Worland, 22, 1300 block of Harvard street; Albert Mallan, 17, 1300 block of Seventh street; William Snowden, same address; Frank Phillips, 400 block of Kenyon street, and Miss Briscoe. Defense Attorney Charles Ford, who accused Judge Hitt of having a “pre- determined” mind, announced that all |of the convictions would be appealed. | furnished by Milton Kronheim. MRS. NANCY J. MARTIN, CHURCH WORKER, DIES Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy J. Martin. well known church worker, who died Thursday, were conducted today at the Hamline Methodist Episcopal | Church, of which Mrs. Martin was a |charter member. Dr. Chesteen Smith, the pastor, and Dr. Lucien C. Clark, chancellor of American University, were in charge. Mrs. Martin is survived by a son, Ed- win A. Martin of Washington; a daugh- ter, Mrs. Nina M. Connor, of Washing- ton, and two granddaughters, Mrs, Mil- dred Martin Paddock, of Brooklyn, and {Mrs. Nina M. Brumbaugh, of Long Beach, Calif. Born in Clarion County, Pa., June 6, 11843, Mrs. Martin came to Washington in 1865 as the bride of Thomas H. Mar- tin. Her husband died 20 years ago while attending a reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic in Minneapnlis. | He formerly was commander of the Po- tomac Department of the G. A. R. Mrs. Martin was a Sunday school teacher at the Hamline Church 45 years. She was the leader of another class there, a member of the official board and president of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society for 18 yi Her other affiliations included 10 'vears as a trustee of the National Homeo- pathie Hospital and several years as secretary of the District Women's For- eign Mission Society. Though blind the last nine vears of her life, Mrs. Martin maintained her interest in these activities. She lived wlthtws, Connor at 1128 Buchanan street, Cackling Hens Give Unheeded Warning Of Gaming Raiders Vice Squad Arrests One Man and Rounds up Score of Witnesses. Sergt. O. J. Letterman and his vice squad arrested one man on a charge of yesterday afternoon, in a raid on the second floor of a building at Louisiana avenue and Tenth street, despite the fact that crowing roosters and cackMng hens in_a commission house on the ground floor should have given ample warning of their approach. As soon as the policemen entered the building the fowls set up a great clamor, but not until some one sounded a gong by way of warning, Sergt. Let- terman said, did the men upstairs take alarm. The policemen made their way into the second-floor quarters, they charge, just as Victor B. Wheatley, 22, | of the first block of Myrtie street south- east, tried to hide a quantity of racing slips up the chimney. ‘The police seized the papers and had Wheatley booked on the gaming charge. un-' Gambling had been in progress at the ‘' American fol , will establishment for a year past, accord- himself on the guitar. ing to Sergt. Letterman. no charge. His clients were released under bondl setting up a gaming table and were en- abled to round up a score of witnesses ! ¢ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢,” SATURDAY, SARCH 8, 1089." l Tuesday night. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. “The Beloved Rogue,” featuring John Barrymore, will be shown at the Pirst Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets, tonight at 8 o'clock. Admission free. Free-will offering to benefit fund for needy. De Molay Club of Business High School will entertain at a dance this evening at the Roosevelt Hotel. A card party will be held at Chestnut Farms Auditorium, 2107 Rhode Island avenue northeast, this evening at 8:30 o'clock. Public invited, “Politics and Religion” is the subject of an address by Rev. Henry M. Law- son, editor and lecturer, tonight at 8:15 o'clock at the Hay-Adams House, 800 Sixteenth street, given under the aus- pices of the League for the Larger Life. An {llustrated lecture on our national parks will be given tonight by Randall Jones in the Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church, John Marshall place and C street, at 7:30 o'clock. A card party for the benefit of La Fayette Lodge Chapter, No. 37, O. E. 8., will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the Confederate Memorial Home, 1322 Ver- mont avenue. The place of meeting of the Mount Pleasant Citizens' Association tonight has been changed from the Mount Pleasant Library as announced original- ly to Pierce Hall, All Souls’ Unitarian Church, Sixteenth and Harvard streets. Meeting will convene at 8 o'clock and will take the form of an observance of the twentieth anniversary of the organ- ization, X University of Michigan Woman's Club will be entertained at a buffet supper to- night at the home of the i)r(!ldent, Mrs. James F. Pierce, 3926 Military road. Mount Pleasant Citizens’ Association meets tonight at Pierce Hall, All Souls’ Unitarian Church, Sixteenth and Har- vard streets, 8 o'clock. Gavel Chapter, No. 29, O. E. S, will give its annual dance and card party to- night at 8 o'clock at the Mayflower | Hotel. Julia Cunningham, talented tap dancer, will give a feature dence. Wallach Parent-Teacher Association will hold a card party tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Northeast Masonic Tem- ple, Eighth and F streets northeast. FUTURE. Kevin Barry Council, A. A. R. I. R,, will meet at Musiclans’ Hall, 1006 E | street tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock. Information relative to payment of bonds of the Irish Republic, recently the subject of a suit in the New York courts, will be given. Red Triangle Outing Club will meet tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock at Cabin John Bridge for a hike along Cabin John Bill Richardson leader. Connecticut Avenue Citizens' Associa- tion meets Monday night at 8 o'clock at All Souls’ Episcopal Church, Cathe- dral avenue and Woodley place. Paul E. Lesh will speak on “White Benefits May Be Derived From an Elective Board of Educnlon in the District of Colum- bia?" Lincoln Woman's Relief Corps, No. 6, meets Monday at 8 o'clock in the G. A. R. Hall, 1412 Pennsylvania avenue. A meeting of the Presbytery of Wash- ington City will be held Monday, at 10 o'clock in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. A card party will be held by the Ladies' Auxiliary, Knights of St. John, No. 169, Monday night at 8:30 o'clock at the Aloysian Club house, 47 I street. HIT-RUN DRIVER SOUGHT FOR HITTING 2 WOMEN Three Other Persons Also Are Slightly Injured in Minor Traf- fic Accident.s ' Police were on the lookout today for a hit-and-run motorist who figured in an accident at Twelfth street and Florida avenue northeast last night in which two women were hurt. Three other persons were slightly injured in traffic mishaps last night. ‘The women bowled over were Mrs. Alice Hawkins, 26, of 1140 Morse street northeast, and Mrs. Nora Hanlon, 39, of 1184 Morse street northeast. Re- moved to Casualty Hospital, Mrs. Haw- kins was found to have suffered an in- jured knee, while Mrs. Hanlon sustained several fractured ribs. Mrs. Hanlon's 8-year-old daughter, Kathleen, jumped out of the path of the machine. Others injured were 1. J. Pound, 50, Del Ray, Va.. Willlam Harrison, 57, Baltimore, and Charles P. Farrar, col- ored, 27, 321 D street northeast. POET WILL LECTURE. Biographer of Lincoln at American U. Tonight. Carl Sandburg, poet, and biographer of Lincoln, will be presented tonight in a lecture and song recital by American University at the gymnasium auditorium on the campus. < In his entertainment, to open at 8:15 | o'clock, Mr. Sandburg will discuss mod- ern poetry, with readings from his own Creek. Distance, 6 miles, No campfire. | Little Jean De Maret and his pal, Snooky. Yesterday Jean received the last letter written by his mother, Mrs. S. E. De Maret, stenographer to Secretary of State Stimsom, who fell to her death from a London hotel window last —Star Staff Photo. DE MARET CHILD GETS LAST LETTE Mother Wrote to Son Short Time Before Falling to Death in London. When the postman turned in yester- day at 200 Murray avenue in Virginia Highlands, near Alexandria, Va. small Jean ‘Maret and his pal Snooky met him without their usual romp to the front door. ‘There was a letter for Jean, stamped with a foreign date mark. This boy perceived, somewhat frightened, while Snooky stood by and shivered in the draught. After the postman had gone, Mrs. Ernest Finisecy, with whom Jean and Snooky are stopping, came into the living room and read the letter to Jean This was necessary because only frag- ments of the letter, like the tragedy which had befallen him, were clear to Jean's childish comprehension. Jean, who is brushing up on his A B C's, in order to enter school when he is 6, had been able to spell out a few of the words by himself. Mother’s Last Letter. He was aware that it was his moth- | er's last letter, because his father, Seth | E. De Maret, an employe of the Post Office_Department, had explained how | Mrs. De Maret had fallen six stories to her death Thursday from a hotel in London. At the time Mrs. De Maret was a sec- | retary attached to the American dele- gation to the Naval Conference. Jean wasn't quite clear on all this. but he was unable to keep back the ! tears as he listened to the letter, writ- | ten a few days before his mother's | e hope it be long " “I hope it won't be so very be- | fore I can get back home,” the latter | had said, “—and. boy, will I be glad!” Text of Jean’s Letter. Jean’s letter said: “Dear Sonny Jean: “‘Here is just a little note to my small son. I wrote a big letter to daddy, and thhl lill. small one ffll’kl little boy. “I hope you are making big wh and enjoying yourself while mmm away. I hope it won't be so very long before I can be back home—and, boy, will T be glad! “If you were over here you would have nice rosy cheeks like all the other | child®en. It must be the cold weather, and they seem to have such a good time rolling big hoops in the rrk and run- ning and playing with their pet dogs. I've noticed quite & lot of the children your size have roller skates, and they get around plenty lively, so you'll have to get busy with yours, too. “How did you like the little bank that I sent you and the box of candy? I hope it didn't get stale before it got to you. -T'll have some other things for you by the time we get ready to come home. but so far I haven't had much of a chance to really look for some- thing that you would like. The bi stores are all in another part of the city from our location and I haven't found my way about yet, and all I have to do is go in one door and out another and I am lost and have to take a taxi to get back to the hotel where I started from. “They have the funniest-looking taxis over here. They are just like beetles and crawl along just as slow. All the cars over here have French horns like the one you used to have on your velocipede. “Must stop now, sonny, so be a good little man and take care of our daddy. I hope to see you soon. “Oceans of love from [OTHER.” ‘The child has been stopping in the Virginia Highlands home juse both his mother and father, for four years past, have been occupied with thefr that time as spenf his in their Washington residence. i MAN AND WIFE ARRESTED TO ANSWER RUM CHARGE Dry Squad Claims Liquor Sale Was Made in Home of Ragner Skari. Ragner Skari, 25 years old, and Addie Skari, his 17-year-old wife, were ar- rested in their apartment, at 401 Fourth street, yesterday afternoon by Sullivan and Detectives Boxwell and O'Meara of the sixth precinct on charges of alleged violations of the Vol. stead act, the husband having ously been arrested on a similar cl 5 Alleging that Mrs. Skari had made a sale of corn whisky to an undercover agent, police of the sixth l'J)Ncmet paid the family the visit yesterday afternoon and reported the seizure of one Mrs. Skari was held on charges of sale and possession, while a charge of pos- session was lodged against the husband. Bond for their appearance in court was furnished. Electric Eye Sees Heat. NEW YORK, March 8 (#).—A new device sees the heat of molten steel and records the temperature. It is a photo-electric eve worked by the glow from the metal and it measures to the fraction of & degree. Westinghouse re- works, ending with half an hour of songs, accompanying o There will be | steel h engineers expect it to save the Steel. xna'um thousands olufil.lln ann TAX| “RATE WAR SEEMS IMMINENT AMONG . C. FIRMS Independent Group Considers Revival of “Jitney” Service. Manager States. DAVIS SAYS OWNERS WANT AN EVEN BREAK Introduction of Flat Rate by Sev- eral Companies Held Reason for Action. A long anticipated “rate war’ several of Washington's taxicab companies a imminent today with & disclosure :,’ E:"fl;dc‘ D-vue " lependen Owners’ lation, that Dia- mond cab drivers are considering the revival of the 10-cent “jitney” service which they s several years ago lndfi abandoned after several days’ op- eration. Davis said the independents feel that the “jitney” service would be the only effective protest against the “failure of the Public Utilitles Commission and the District Commissioners to regulate taxi rates and operations.” The Diamond operators, however, he pointed out, have ;1::" definitely decided to introduce the ce. ‘Want an Even Break. “All the independent owners want is :;l e\tr;n mmhm Davis. “Cabs other com can do anything they please without interference, but our drivers are forced to remain on established hack stands.” Recent introduction of a 35-cent flat rate service by several companies is believed to have stirred the independ- ents info planning a renewal of the “Jitney” service. this field came to afl abrupt end when & rainy morning increased the demand for regular service and the drivers on the 10-cent routes turned to the more profitable full-fare passengers. The original “jitney” service of the independents covered a half dozen routes from established hack stands to e various Government departments. This service was operated only during the morning rush hour. 540 Diamond Cabs in City. hD:vi& l%d there are 540 Diamond cal ‘ashington, a majority of which would be used in the "Jlén;" service, if it is started. He indicated n:;s‘ s dcichlon nr;ly be reached early next week on o proposal to remew ‘The likelihood of resumption of the “jitney” operation is being seriously considered by the Utilities Commission, and there were indications that it would take steps to stop the service if the cabs operate over definite routes or routes paralleling street car lines. question of the authority*of the com- mission to interfence with such service e X D e first “jitney” op- g;uuom, but was never definitely 3- CENTRAL HIGH CAST GIVES MUSICAL PLAY ‘Belle of Barcelona,” Presented by Glee Clubs of Schools, Is Well Received. “The Belle of Barcelona,” a colorful st b by e Gt Chikro e Glee Central High School before an en- . d ;P‘l: leading lady, Mary Middleton, dis- yed a soprano voice that was un- usually ple 3 Although the leading players, Roswell anl:i:“mn Smith, Frank Leach and the comedy team Ruth-Martin Simpson ::\’1 C Kressin to run away with honors. Others who contributed to the meri- torious production inclug Mary Louise Jones, Betty Kerbey, Richard Tuve, William Wrenn and Anna Green- berg, solo dancer. The music was vided by the school orchestra, m Vit Gierene” pavens b omied topight ni e £ players some of . Former Ladies’ Aid Society Head Gets Jail Sentence, : LANSING, Mich., March 8 (4).—] Beatrice French, 35, who until ree':{l'y wumg,msldexé: . of 8 church ladies’ aid society, _yesterda; d Circuit’ Court here to el.e;dlrt'e“g:’ - sessing liquor. She was senten to serve a term of nine months to two years in the Detroit House of Correction, Mrs. French and Richard Schultz, employed on her farm near Onondaga, were arrested in_a raid Thursday by county officers. Schultz was sentenced to six months to two years in prison. Sheriff Hugh Silsby said that com- plaints were made by residents of Onondaga, where Mrs. French f was active in the community chml:.fly g Births Reported. ‘The following births have bee: EM the Health Deg-nmen'. in 'IM lnl:' hflul’:o Percy P.and Virginia B. lnéerd. y. ggfll’ e D. lnv,o Hur::n o "mnfi’- Andrew L. and Rose E. Haisiip: boy. Angeio and Maria A. Schiavone, gfilfl!l L. lndM)::;yQA.“su&uh. &irl. A Mary D. “‘e‘!lfln id Lelice Bunting, girl. -d 'maker, girl. Emma zabeth Jarsell, Fio B "Diehl. boy: s Sanford. bo; Henry and Carrie Tavior, boy. Thomas and Alice Wills. boy. Vernon E. and Hill. boy, ames a boy. . i cinini Deaths Reported. Dbee) Nenith Depariment i the ".{'m Siiorine Catroll 85 3413 Quepeo ot te W, White: 81 183 R Gep, &b, Van 75, 3707 . 72. 1789 Lanier pl rk, 63, Walter mes P._Glynn, 62, on tral | R SR TN Jammes O'earn bi, United States oldiers' P. ington wrence Braxton. 101. 4