Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1930, Page 17

AUTO SHOP OWNER | GETS POLICE GUARD AFTER ‘RIDE' STORY Sachs Says He Was Slugged and Robbed After Fake Phone Call. POLICEMAN IS WARNED TO “LAY OFF” INQUIRY Note Left in Machine Again Tells Owner to Close His Glass Department. A police guard was being maintained today at the home and place of busi- ness of Frank Sachs, operator of am sutomobile service shop at 609 K street, who late yesterday told police he had been “taken for & ride,” slugged and robbed as a climax to a succession of anonymous Jetters threatening his life unless he went out of the automobile glass business. One of the guards, Lester Parks of No. 2 precinct, received & warning late yesterday afternoon over the tele- phone at the automobile mu“lly off” the case unless he wanted to “take a ride.” Parks, however, was not dis- posed to regard the matter seriously. He made an unsuccessful attempt to the call. Another development later today was the arrest of a young suspect from Richmond, Va., who was questioned at headquarters by Lieut. Edward Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, after Sachs had the man picked up on the strength . of & resemblance to the man who had robbed him. Youth Is Detained. Sachs had parked his car in the 1300 block of D street this accosted h’t m.mum -~ s meal. Sachs ;!dnt glfl:& . 1 precinct and return B ‘o the scene. Although itive about the d ‘When- by Maryland police automobile contained a threatening inned on the to Sachs pi - ler note addressed , advish front seat cover, iy T 15 is the from s sandoned would Message Arouses No Suspicions. st Dol e had received & T ke about lo'n'clnck yesterday to come to & officers as Commissioners on the gro that it would be inequitable because Above: The police after he was lured into Southern Maryland and beaten and robbed. —Star Staff Photos. ENGINEERS SEEK D. G. LAW CHANGE morning when i 2 0 1 s man, who seld Commissioner From Civil Life Would Give Other Depart- ments Army Men. from civil life was urged in a resolution adopted last night by the Washington Engineers at a monthly meeting. It was pointed out that this change would permit the appointment by the President of an officer to take Army charge of other departments of the Dis- trict Government. an automatic safety device be installed. |, The law appointment of e m:l;tuu mflu en t one of them be selected from the office of the chief the War De it f engineer of and the other two trom civil life. Competent Men Avallable. The resolution states that “the time has arrived when there are able and eers in civil life who by the President for the Commissioner,” ,” and lesirable from this pos- tion of ernment. tion opposed two Army u;n‘d e The Federal Government contributes less than a fourth of the expenses of the a man | District, while owning considerably more t into his machine ve on, saying: T ‘him with a hs sald the man back into the ma- hs reported to SSheiby that_he ning letters amd . Records show ned and the guard “lr{"homu Nally, Michael Dowd and H. x,‘mam were assigned w&mfi% is. assailant, whom man wearing a blue suit, dark shoes and :“Ol‘k cap, Sachs said. COPYRIGHT VIOLATION ALLEGED IN LAW SUIT National Fellowship Club Is Sued for Damages for Using Two Musical Compositions. Unauthorized use of the musical com- positions “Little by Little” and “Turn on the Heat” is cl in a suit for injunction and filed today in the District Supreme Court against the National Fellowship Club, located in the ball room of the City Club, 1320 G street, by Gene Buck, president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and De Sylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc., of New York, who claim to own the copyright to the com- positions. ‘Through Attorneys William J. Hughes, jr. and James A. McDonnell the plain- tiffs say that despite the notation on every of the compositions that it hted, the fendant January 25, 1930, and on previous and subse- quent dates made use of these com- positions without obtaining permission of either of the plaintiffs. Such use, it is claimed, was for the club’s profit and to attract patronage. S While unable to figure tccurnuli' the the plaintiff asks for a than a third of all the property here. It was made plain that retired officers ‘were placed in the same ufiory members of the military establishment on active duty. Crossing Menace Greater. ‘The action cmumln‘c“meedulemn avenue grade-crossing followed an ad- by Maj. L‘.Mw. Searles, hich he ‘The speaker favored protection of grade crossings rather than an attempt to eliminate them. He sald that al- though 11,614 have been removed be- tween 1925 and 1928, 14,741 new ones materialized. At this rate, he said, it would take 200 years and $8,000,000,000 to remove all grade crossings in the country, pro- vided no new ones were constructed. Following the talk a motion picture illustrating a new flexible, automatic presented. The gate is designed to stop a fast-moving automobile without in- Juring it. 2| VISITS FIANCEE BY PLANE. Minneapolis Dentist Due to Arrive at Hoover Field Today. Hoover flying field will be the termi- nus of an unusual trip late today when Dr. Herbert D, McKay, Minneapolis dentist, arrives from Minnesota home after an 18-hour hop by plane tv visit his fiancee, Miss Kate Tubbs. Miss Tubbs, a student at the King Smith Studio School, will greet Dr. Mc- Kay on his arrival. Dr. McKay wiil make the return trip by air after a brief visit here. He will stop at the Hey Adams House, Wagner Admitted to Practice. Senator Wagner of New York today was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court on motion of Senator Walsh of Montana. gate recently invented in Baltimore was | The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1930. “{! Heights; Gral 126,000 ARE LISTED INCHURGH SURVEY 20,225 of 48,671 Questioned Lack Affiliation With Capi- tal Congregations. Approximately 128,000 persons have been listed on the 32,000 “family cards” turned in by the workers of the church survey now being made in the Capital in preparation for a visitation evangel- ism campaign, it was announced at Calvary Baptist Church, survey head- quarters, following the receipt of reports yesterday. So far it has been found that of 48,671 questioned in the survey, 20,225 persons over 10 years of age do not have church affiliations in Washington. Of the number questioned, approxi- mately 3,500 have been found to be affiliated with or have relations with as | the Catholic Church, while approxi- mately 1,000 of those visited are Jews. ‘The survey in the colored churches, 'llt‘h is announced, vm‘.fl 'mlflnnm e evangelism campa! open on March 30 with the arrival here of the Rev. A. Earl Kernahan, under whose direction the survey is being made. ‘Workers are being assembled in the six districts for the colored church survey and ction meetings for these workers will be held Friday at Mount Carmel Baptist Church and Jerusalem Baptist Church and on Sunday at Lin- coln Memorial Congregational Church. In charge of the districts for the col- ored church survey are Rev. J. H. Mar- shall, Rev. W. H. Jernagin, Rev. Robert Brooks, Rev. H. Threlkeld, Rev. Au- gustus Lewis and Rev. Thomas S. Til- den. Survey headquarters today announced that more automobiles are needed to complete the work by Friday, March 21. The transportation committee is headed by Merritt O Chance. Radio talks, talks by minute men and switching about of pulpits by pastors are some of the features of the evan- gelism campaign worked out so far, MAJ. PRATT TO SPEAK. Police Superintendent to Address Local American Legion Post. Crime problems will be discussed by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, in an address Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at a meeting of the Vincent B. Costello Post of the American Legion in the board room of the District bufld- ing. Decision was reached at the last meeting of the organization to have prominent persons address each meet- ing on civic matters. Arrangements also will be made for debates on com- munity issues. A committee in charge of the new type of programs, appot; by Comdr. Richard A. O'Bflen.pll.:o c‘;fid- wh olc Jacob %1 Hll.lp‘er.JThomu D. ‘alsh, Gregory Cipriani, J. W. s and G. L. Shelly. ik A double wedding tomorrow night will Ye the sequel to a double date ai some time ago the May Raymond O. and W. 5 Becond street southeast, and Miss Sallle Flagg, 24, 120 Third street south- east, After the marilage four will em- q‘:wneymoom enctdnmlfu Mminimum of $250 or $500 for each al- leged violation of the copyright. bark on a couple of Montreal, Olnl& Miss Allen will to “becom the brids of {BROTHERS TO WED AT SAME TIME AS RESULT OF DOUBLE DATE Raymond and Frank May Arrange Canada Honeymoons, With Miss Leona Allen and Miss Sallie Flagg Brides. Raymond May, who is manager of a grocery near Eleventh and G streets. : | The other brother is employed by an automobile dealer here. ‘The ceremonies are set for 6 o’'clock and will be performed by Rev. Allan F. Poore at his hoTe. 308 A street north- east. Later the will leave for Can- train. “41.'2’ May bmeml formerly were of o, 15 SEEK ELECTION |SIX-RINGED HALO ™ T0 ADVISORY BODY | AROUND SUN SEEN fsn o rae s INCOMING CONTEST| BY WEATHER MAN Rare Phenomenon Reported Condition Improved and Fa- Federation Delegates Re- ceive Official List of Can- didates for Six Places. v TWO PRESENT MEMBERS DO NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION Most Interesting Candidacy Is That of William A. Roberts—One ‘Woman Seeks Post. Fifteen candidates are in the field for the six places on the Citizens’ Advisory Council to be filled at an election by the Federation of Citizens' Associations April 5. The federation delegates to- day received the official list, which contained the names of the following candidates, with the citizens' associa- tions which nominated them: illiam M. Deviny, Michigan John 8. Driggers, Kenilworth and Benning; Guy H. Johnson, Con- necticut avenue; Thomas J. Lewellyn, Rhode 1Island avenue; Thomas E. Lodge, American University Park; George E. McNell, Sixteenth Street ham H. Powell, Cathedral Heights; Willlam E. Rabenhorst, Bur- roughs; Dr. Edward E. Richardson, | Congress Heights, Hill Crest and Wash- ! ington Highlands; Willlam A. Roberts, | Conduit Road; Andrew F. E. Scheer, | Dahlgren Terrace; Charles I. Stengle, Petworth; Harry N. Stull, Stanion Park; Etta L. Taggart, Society of Na- | tives, and John Walker, Takoma Park. | Composed of Nine Members. | The council is composed of nine ! members. Six white members are | elected annually by the Federation of Citizens' Associations; two colored 3 ninth jber is the president of the Federation | of Citizens’ Associations, who is chair- | man ex officio. | Two of the members of the present | council, Hugh M. Frampton, Cathedral Heights, and F. Tracy Campbell of Anacostia, are not candidates for re- election. The other four who are seeking another term are Scheer and Stengle. rlinnu: have already served Perhaps the most interesting candi- dacy is that of Mr. Roberts, who was nosed out at the elections last year after a bitter fight against the domi- nant faction of the federation on the street railway merger issue. Roberts actively campaigned for Walter I. Swanton for president in opposition to Dr. George C. Havenner in 1928, and when Havenner won, Roberts was re- moved from the committee on public utilities, where he had done most of his work against the merger. The fol- lowing April Roberts was a candidate to succeed himself on the council, but lost by a narrow margin. Roberts Has Made Peace. Since that time, however, he has made his peace with the right wing. He was put back on the public utilities committee, and voted with the majority on the issue raised by the prospective nomination of Gen. Herbert B. Crosby as one of the civilian Commissioncrs. !I,::: expected that he will win his seat If Miss it does the une:gecud and wins a p on the council, she will be the first of her sex to have done so, although there has been a woman candidate at every election. She is conceded a chance some of the federation . _ It is freely pre- dicted that Messrs. Lodge and Stengle :lll}llbe‘rr:e‘d aining 'tsmvlllfi}I o’b. 3 rem: seal prob- ably go, according to present indications, 'lfo Nlllusru. Deviny, Rabenhorst and well. This would give the Eastern section but two representatives on the council, and the East last year was strong enough to put three of its candidates -croumu the election. Should they show e same year, ons Of ‘the Western candidates listed above would probably be displaced in favor of the federation’ 1or years. and- s gener: Tat for years an er- ally well liked. s FIVE SLIGHTLY HURT IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS Taxicab Injures 19-Year-0ld Boy, While Lad, 8, Is Knocked Down by Auto. Five persons received minor injuries in traffic accidents reported to District police last night. Ear] Wedding, 19 years old, of 5801 East Capitol street northeast, -suffered lacerations of the left knee and a - sible fracture of the left ankle when a taxicab driven by Peter G. Samuel of 123 B street southeast struck him at Fifth street and Massachusetts avenue. ‘Wedding was treated at Emergency Hos- pital by Dr. J. E. McLain. Manual Havnanian, 8 years old, of 2409 Eighteenth street, was knocked down by an automobile operated by Walter Rodgers of 128 Sixteenth street northeast while playing in the 200 block of Champlain street. He was given treatment at the Emergency Hospital J. E. Lewis for sprains of the back right side. Others injured were Veto L. Phoenix, 54, of 1307 Corcoran street; Carlton Ed- wards, 3 years old, of 24241, Snow's court, and Robert Briggs, 35, of 1910 Tenth street, all colored, who escaped with cuts and bruises. CAR MERGER HEARING ON AGAIN TUESDAY Announcement of House Commit- tee Follows Conference With Utilities Commission. Hearing on the bill authorizing & | merger of the Washington street rail- wnyg and bus lines will be resumed before the subcommittee of the House District committee on Tuesday, at 10 am. Acting Chairman McLeod an- nounced. This announcement followed a ference with Maj. Gen. Mason M. Pat- rick and Harleigh H. Hartman, mem- biea: of the Public Utilities Commis- sion, It is forecast that the House com- mittee will follow the same course as the Senate District committee, which has :onc]udt]d l't;sy hearings dn the me; ger proposal, making a separat meuurepg?‘the provision for divesting of authority to upset Utllities Commis- to Bureau Involves Com- plicated Mathematics. DUE TO LIGHT EFFECT ON CRYSTALS IN CLOUDS Halos Around Persons Also Can Be Explained by Optical Laws, According to Experts. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Obu'rvlllou:l flof . llxgold lu,lo'u mud l: the sun, wi ive sun-dogs on its bows, has just been reported to the ‘Weather Bureau. ‘This phenomenon, which in other ages might h:.ve been co{::ldg:d “; celestial portent, was seen about 9 am. March 3 by A. D. Daniels, halos. The configurations of light ap- peared, he reports, when there was a thin veil of evenly distributed cirro- stratus clouds over the sky, and dis- appeared rapidly when the nature of these clouds changed. The “sun-dogs” are r patches of light which appear like bulges in the | bows of the hal The first halo, | Daniels reported, was tinted like a rain- |bow, and, its two ends meeting in a sun-dog, appeared like the outstretched | wings of a celestial bird. Below it were with each other, so that they appeared like sets of horns. Stretching nearly around the horizon was a gra band of light. Reflection Causes Tints. ‘The rainbow tinted bands, it was ex- plained at the Weather Bureau, were due to the refraction of sunlight from in the clouds, while the gray band at the horizon was due to reflection. The sun-dog effects are due to the u';l:l falling on ice crystals standing vertically. Even more com] halos have been rurorud. 1t was inclu a seven- fold halo, observed at St. Petersburg many years ago, which was not under- stood fi the observers. Some of the finest examples have been seen by American observers. Involving the very complicated mathematics of the refraction and reflection of light, m say, the ex- is quite dim- They follow well understood mathematical laws, however, and the gnnnn forms they itted into mathematical formulae. Te) el follow similar _mathematical Bump ump! Bven llh‘:mtfl: tlm‘:ly:nl:fumu o with circles of light around their heads, he explained, rohblv a_matter of fancy or effect, but actually haj observed sical laws. according to In high altitudes 'pm the air is charged with electricity there may be a has the appearance of a halo. At cer- mnm times on Pikes Peak, Dr. Hum- phreys around it. electrical storm by lightning. Can Get Halo Without Risk. hreys has found that the Dr. Hump! | practice of investing saints with halos can be traced to Byzantine artists. The phenomenon was well known at time, although the mathematical ex- planation was unknown. So it might easily have appeared as a sign of super- natural favor, eolfpechlly if the person happened to be of saintly character and wudkflled by lightning shortly after- ward. But it is not necessary either to be a saint or to run the risk of lightning, Dr. Humphreys pointed out, to be in- vested with a halo to your own satis- faction, although there may be some difezulty in convincing others. It can be seen by almost on a thick lawn covered by a coat of fine dew in bright sunshine, This effect is known as the ‘“hell .” It appears in the form of a bright circlet of light around the head of the shadow on the grass. Unfortunately for the reputation for veracity of some would-be saints, it is only visible, due to the optical volved, to the subject sf vs_explained, reflected from the outer surface of dewdrops which is brightest in the direct line of incidence, pears obvious to the person around whose shadow it forms. Has Led to Duels. Duels have been fought in the past over this phenome: . Hump) explained, "when 1t hhs béen person that marked with divine Gl supposedly in a position to bear wit- ness to the appearance of the halo have persistently denled seeing it. Equally mystical in_appearance is the rarer event of the Brocken bow, in which a person sees rings of colored light around the shadow of his own head cast upon a nearby fog bank. This is due, it was explained, to the scattering of ll?:z from the droplets ect been making up the MAN’S HOME RANSACKED; LOOT. VALUED AT $2,000 Burglars Use Duplicate Key to En- ter Ralph Lee’s House, Stealing Jewels, Furnishings, Mementos. Em| a di entrahee 1o the home of Ren 5. Tan at 2131 Barton place, burglars made ouwu.um R g i hings mementos, Vi [ ,000, during Lee's absence from' the cif 3 after- o o h'll.n"‘e hich has a wl kept Pim out of the city since March 3 found the house completely ransacked. Among the articles which he reported stolen were three watches, one of which pon, ‘Shif sbuds, et ks, memertos n, s entos, ‘.” rv:o!v-r. portable talking machine and a lamp. Police were “Mo'!,.ll.o'o 'ih"fi y & reward for o the goods and the recovery of stolen arrest of the thief or thigves who com- mitted the robbery. Many nn’:, print impressions were photographe by police, but whether these were let by members of the robbers has not been yet. favor, and others | two sets of halos in partial contact|;, { fered no inj ton Club in Hospital With Both Legs Fractured. ther Will Not Be Recalled From Training Camp. Although incapacitated for practice on the sandlot this Spring, Walter Johnson, jr, 14-year-old son of the’ manager of the Washington base ball club, was considerably improved at Georgetown University Hospital this morning from internal injuries, two fractured legs and a lacerated hand sustained early last night when struck down by an automobile on the old Georgetown pike a block from his home in Alta Vista, Md. Young Walter, who hopes some day to be as great a pitcher as his dad, will have to get about on crutches for a number of weeks perhaps after leaving the hospital, and five stitches taken in his right hand will make him hors de combat so far as his favorite outdoor sport is concerned. During the night, however, his internal injuries were diag- nosed as less serious than was first supposed, and his blood circulation im- : | proved greatly. The lad’s father, Walter Johnson, will not be recalled from the Spring train- camp of the Nationals at Biloxi, ., and Mrs. Johnson telephoned her husband early this to inform him that their son's condition was not m"-_;ded as flt:rmul e youth, a second-year student at Bethesda High , was more concerned today over being incapacitat- ed for base ball than he was over his injuries, which are nevertheless painful. He was swathed in bandages, but suf- The' accident. oceuiseq -yl accident occurred while yo Johnson :u‘:" roller-skating hnckl‘mtg home accom) a play- mate, Betty Moore, Ve 5 he own residence a block away. Maryland police said he was struck by an auto- mobile operated ‘;I'l George Peter, 40 vears old, of Rockville, who was reported to have been blinded mumennrrlg by ALTER JOHNSON, JR., SUSTAINS INJURIES WHEN HIT BY AUTO ying 12 years old, to her | the | ) WALTER JOHNSON, JR. the dazzli headlights of an a fi.fih- ing mmh%. Mr. Peter was no? 1d by ice. ‘Walter was given first aid treatment by Dr. Benjamin C. Perry of Bethesda and taken to Georgetown Hospital, where his injuries were characterized as seri- ous by Dr. P. E. Larkin. assume can be les, according to Dr. William J.|more early today 'ys of the Weather Bureau, t0 | who say they fmmba’ was not entirely | witnesses when the car sped rnatural | lights at mile-a-minute speed and was | through Baltimore three weeks ago. | i | Lee family or th. ; at New gork March 4 showed an alti- determined as :::a of 19,065 feet, Driving the same red coupe with which a score of Maryland police were Many of the halos which have been | eluded after a thrilling chase from Bal- rted around the heads of human | timore to Washington last month, Rob- ert Burgess, 27, was- arrested in Balti- romo hlm;n‘ “l:m cases of wl in_the automobile. Maryland ice say the still bommummmnhnmd eye- past s hluflm 72 Cases of Whiskey Found. Bu taken into custody by rgess was brush discharge from the head which :,!;e &mhrlelgum agents as he was back- 3 e coupe from a in the garage rear of the block of Springfield said, a person may hold up a|avenue. In the garage, police finger and see a circle of light appear | found 72 mm';.l cupe: If there happens to be After his situation is in some danger of being | ber of the M: d State police, ha: g arylan Ppolice, beenm in Ocm. 1921, follow= T oon _on of violati the city's traffic ordinances and ur;g e same year. OFFICERS, OUTRACED BY COUPE, LIE IN WAIT AND CATCH DRIVER ;Red Car. Finally proves Nemesis as Dry MICHIGAN AVENUE CHANGES FAVORED BY CITY-PLANNER C. W. Eliot Says Improve- ments Outlined by Commis- sioners Should Be Authorized. URGES MONROE STREET OVERPASS BE REBUILT Disagrees With Col. Grant, Who Holds That the Structure Still Is Serviceable. Charles W, Eliot, 2d, city er of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, today added his voice to those favoring the straightening of Michigan avenue, in the area, where it crosses the tracks of the Metropoli~ tan Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and the construction of an adequate overpass in this realigned thoroughfare, thus eliminating hazardous grade crossing at the Univér- sity railroad station, near the Catholic University of America. Mr. Eliot believes the Monroe street overpass, just to the east of Michighn avenue grade crossing, should be im- proved immediately, as contemplated in thzhlqlshmn propased by the District authorities for the District o tion bill, now being 'Htm;np;;prt‘;e House appropriations committee. The mf planner does not agree with Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, vice chairman and executive officer of the commission, who believes that the present Monroe street overpass is still serviceable and that it would be a mistake to expend mon!yonltnow,uupmmedmn $145,000 ftem, forwarded to Capitol by the District Government, through the Bureau of the Budget, for inclusion in the District-appropriation bill, City Planner’s Statement. “I think it is a mistake to close Michigan avenue, as provided for in the current _appropriat measure,” as- serted Mr. Eliot. “I do not think a . right-angle turn in Michigan ‘Tenth and Monroe streets mn'gn::u:f Agents Arrest Man and Find Whisky. national prohibition act. His Wash- ington address is in the 3200 block of first ?le?e wntha at- pol on February sped past a stop light in the downtown section and nearly ran traffic policeman. At 60 miles :& nh'our. ';hae euu;;o outdistanced a pur- motor cycles and in automobiles. Once the city limits had been cleared the coupe disappeared on the road to ‘Washington. '-Ale Laurel the driver out- guessed six State I:Io:ked cbehmd with m:irhm;;:n cycles, nd after breaking throug! cordon, vanished at a speed of 85 miles an hour. Released in Washington. ‘Washington police became interested the case w] l'xv.herede Maryland was not maintained a constant watch for the machine. GAS KILLS LODGER AT ROOMING HOUSE Had Described Himself as Dry Agent and Also as Rum-Running Suspect. Henry Lampke, alias Henry Limp- kins, 63, whose stories of his occupa- tions included one that he was a pro- | 4 hibition agent and another that he was & member of the crew of a rum ship which recently was seized in Florida with a $150,000 cn"fio of liquor, was killed accidently by illuminating .gas in a rooming house at 640 G street today. Police are investigating the stories of Lampke as retailed to them by Mr. and Mrs. T. Henderson, owners of the rooming house where Lampke died. According to the Hendersons, Lampke came home after drlnklnf ‘last night and apparently failed completely to turn off the gas jet in his room before go- ing to bed. The Hendersons told police that Lampke came to their home about a week ago and rented a room. They re- gofltd he had been drinking ever since is arrival in their home. Lampke, they declare, told them he had been a pro- hibition agent in Miami, Fla., but, be- cause of his position, believed he could make more money in the liquor-smug- gling business. They reported that Lampke told them that while aboard a vessel attempting to land a cargo of liquor from Cuba at Miami he was arrested by Coast Guardsmen, placed under five charges of violation of the prohibition law- and was due to go to trial in Miam! on April 15. Miami prohibition authorities sald Lampke has had no connection with the prohibition office there. POLICEMAN PENSIONED. Pvt. Kelsa L. Potts, whose leg was fractured when his motor cycle collided with an auto on Georgla avenue three years ago, was ordered retired from the police force by the District Com- mmm&n today on account of physical disabilities. The fracture healed, but Potts’ physical condition has never been normal since, board of surgeons re- rted. He was given a pension of 3.75 per month. —_— RECORD IS SUSTAINED. The National Aeronautic Association announced today that the Bureau of tandards’ calibration of the barograph 'sed on the flight of Boris Serhie eeking & new loaded seaplane record a8 old record of 15,837 feet. PROSECUTOR'S AIDE Charge of “lllegal Purchase” to Await Decision in Phila- delphia Case. Hoping to obtain something that he might use as a precedent in the case 2s a test, Assistant District Attorney David A. Hart announced to- day that he will postpone the trial of John Wayland, who is charged with illegally purchasing whisky, until after the Supreme Court has handed down its decision on the liquor conspiracy case involving a Philadelphia broker and a New York bootlegger. Although appreciating the fact that there is no flarity between the two cases, Mr. Hart believes the Supreme Court in its decision may make some comment on the position of the buyer that will guide him in-his prosecution of Wayland. “I want to make it clear, however,” Mr. Hart said, “that I am going to prosecute Wayland unless the Supreme Court rule is clearly us.” ‘Wayland, who lives in Clarendon, Va., was arrested with Myrtle Schools, col- ored, alleged seller, after purchasing a gallon of whisky in a house in the 100 block of P street last February. He demanded a trial = raigned in Ponoe’“c?m e STREET CLOSING BILL BEFORE COMMITTEE Senators May Give Further Con- sideration to Tydings Railway Merger Amendment. The Senate District commit scheduled to meet this afternoon “':ewn’f sider the bill to authorize the Commis- sloners to close streets found to be no longer necessary because of changes in the highway plan. It is likely that sev- eral other minor measures will be taken up. The committee may give further con. sideration at this m’ee't.‘m' to the Ty- dings amendment to the street rallway merger resolution, intended to give the auf to pass on ar- rangements between traction com- fes and ‘any outside ocal tracks to enter the Disi a Tydings meeting that he in mind the ar- rangements between the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and the Wash- ington, Baltimore & Amllg:lh line. Officlals of the Washington flway & Electric Co. have op) the amend- ment, pointing out this matter is to | now covered by & cont companies. t between the g™ policemen, who had | 1 extraditable. a Since that time Maryland police have HALTS RUM TRIAL === factory in the future. Personally—I am ::I‘.ion— hlve'-lmmu thdm‘::ht‘th. a t bridge north of the present line of be neu-ry“un,l‘lls if lhmeutnh mefld o a bridge of similar width on any m"nm. it would be the cheapest Mr. Eliot said he believed the ultimate solution of the Michigan avenue grade- is to go of the hcmes on the avenue, near the Univer- sity Station of ‘the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, without touching either the Catholic University’s chemical labora- tory or the station. Affords Better Alignment. recalled that the for this solution better alignment avenue and the;euu with existing buildings. Tentative .pluu é'c“ ’uu s":"n‘lehtuned Michigan avenue for a 25-foot cut- back at the road going > 8 ‘The arguments advanced are that it affords a for th as Michigan avenue, objection advanced to in the existing line of &aumimn the . _Then, too, such a would be practically a wall against the houses located on the down mantbeotherm:oxmnflmd ! Mr. Eliot scouted any idea that an tracks at Michigan avenue in straightened line, just to the north Shadow Sy ot o b ot e Catholic University. Monroe Street Work Urged. The widening of Monroe construction of an improved viaduct is desirable its of at this time, but not as a ition of the Micl lem, declared Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., engineer of the N:iional Capital Park and Plani n. ques- tion was brought up before the co-ordi- nating committee, of which Capt. Chis- olm is chairman, and that body ap- proved of the improvements and ening of Monroe street. It did not, however, vote for the closing of Michi- gan avenue, as proj d in the sugges- tion of the Dist t)end!n( bet A , drafting the District of Columbia supply bill for the fiscal y:la; beginning on July 1, the captain S A After the co-ordina commi had taken action the ll'?rfmu Park and Planning Commissio: record as consider: of Monroe street is ble, but not as a solution of the Michigan avenue via- duct and other problems pertaining to this development. Would Extend Michigan Avenue. Capt. Chisolm said he considers that it is important that avenue be contingied on to the District line and that the viaduct in that thoroughfare should be constructed. The “cl of Michigan avenue forever” at the grade crossing,. as District government suggests, is not the intent of the co- ordinating committee or of the National Capital Park and Plnnnmg Commission, in the opinion of Capt. Chisolm. Capt. Chisolm asserted Michigan ave- nue should be improved, but he does not consider that the Monroe street development should be held up pending the Michigan avenue viaduct o Michigan avenue should be extended so that it can connect satsisfactorily with the Maryland road system to give another inlet into the District, instead of crowd.ln: traffic onto Rhode Island avenue and e oo—ord!n-un&mmlme which Capt. Chisolm heads, has in its mem- bership representatives of the District , the National Ca) States enginer of buildings and the national service of the park r Department, citizen at , the of -ueuL Col. U. :rgnnt. n,% 2.Vehicle Hack Stand Abolished. The District Commissioners ordered the two-vehicle hack stand the north side of Pennsylvania avenue 15 feet west of the entrance to Metrg- politan Hotel abolished, The action was_ taken o complaint of the hotel i $