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| " ON MICHIGAN AVE. 10 BAN CROSSING Federation of Citizens’ Asso- ciations Asks Congress to Make Appropriation. HIGHWAYS COMMITTEE OFFERS SUGGESTION Needs of Growing Community Cited as Reason for Improve- ment, An overpass at Michigan avenue, where it crosses the tracks of the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, will be needed in the very near future to eliminate the dangerous grade crossing there and to care for the needs of a growing com- munity, the Federation of Citizens' As- sociations decided at its meeting on March 1. This was explained today by ‘Thomas J. Llewellyn, president of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' Associa- tion, who is the chairman of the com- mittee on highways, parks and water- ‘ways of the federation. The federation is committed to the mlicy of “eliminating all grade cross- gs in the District of Columbia as rapidly as possible.” The report, which follows, was read in full, Mr. Llewellyn said, at the meeting of the federation and adopted. “March 1, 1930. #To the officers and delegates of the Federation of Citizens’ Association: “Your committee on highways, parks and waterways has had before it for consideration resolutions from the Michi- n Park Citizens' Association protest- ing against any proposal designed to accomplish the closing of Michigan vides Elimination. is now pending before Con- gress an item in the Bureau of the Budget estimates recommending an aj propriation fo rthe elimination of the Michigan avenue grade crossing by the ‘construction of a viaduct or bridge and a) thereto o replace the ex- 1sf viaduct in the line of Monroe street northeast over the tracks and right of way of the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad Co., and of an underpass for pedestrian traffic in the line of Michi- gan avenue, in acordance with plans and profile of said work to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, including purchase or con- demnation of necessary land, construc- tion of and changes in sewers and water mains, personal services and engineer- ing and incidental expenses, $145,000— vided, further, that from and after E completion of the said viaduct or and approaches in the line of northe Co. at Michigan avenue, in the District of Columbia, shall be forever closed against further traffic of any mfi‘:flu by the commit- tee, the cts are revealed: “1. That the Pederation of Citizens’ Associations is committed to the policy of eliminating all grade crossings in the District of Columbia as rapidly as pos- a careful foll Monroe street viaduct over the e xs and right of way of the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad Co. is entirely inadequate to care for the present traf- fic. Urge Appropriation. “3. That 85 per OTG C{ll"tr‘:‘l;fln dfi- terrif east of - ::lwmmch 'g;,'.he Baltimore & Ohio 1les east and southeast of the Monroe street line. “4, That there will be a need for an- other viaduct over the Baltimore & ©Ohio Raflroad north of Monroe street in the near !‘u!“u;f to care for that rapid growing community. “Therefore your committee recom- fmends that the assembly of the Feder- mtion of Citizens’ Associations, in regu- Jar meeting lsé::led ux‘l: n’:cg dd'“ -on March, urges gress lude ditem in the 1931 annual a riations for the District of Columbia for the construction of a viaduct or bridge and approaches thereto to replace the exist- ing viaduct in the line of Monroe street northeast over the tracks and right of way of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co,, and further recommends that the esent Bureau of the Budget item for he elimination of the Michigan avenue grade crossing be amended so that Michigan avenue between Seventh and Tenth streets northeast will not be from the highway plan of the District of Columbia. “Respectfully submitted for the com- mittee. e CASH, GEMS AND CLOTHING ARE INCLUDED IN THEFTS Burglars Force Rear Door of Un- dertaking Establishment and 1 _ Rob Safe. Forcing & rear door of the undertak- ing elbh‘l\!hm of Boyd & Wilson, at 1340 L street early yesterday, burglars Tobbed the company’s safe of $147 in cash and jewelry valued at $22. The safe was not locked, police were told. valued at $200, including 24 pairs of trousers, 12 pairs of shoes, 24 shirts, 3 dozen ties and 8 sweaters, was stolen_from the establishment of Wil- liam Rice, at 1332 Seventh street, ac- cording to a police report. Entrance was gained to the store some time Sat- urday night or early Sunday by break- WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1930. PAGE B—-1 WORKER WHO SOUGHT POLICE OVERPASS IS URGED AID 1S ROBBED HOURS T.ATER, IS HOUSE BODY AIM Officer Stands Guard as Fill- ing Station Is Closed for Night. Employe Slugged When Place Is Reopened for Busi- ness Today. Having dreaded work on Sunday ever since his filling station was robbed a year ago, Sidney J. Cartvriendt, 38, an employe of the Standard Oil Co. at its station at Fifteenth street and Penn- sylvania avenue southeast, jokingly told a policeman last night that he might need protection. He was taken serious- | ly, and when he locked the safe at 10| o'clock, stuffing currency, checks and silver coins in a steel-guarded opening in the wall, a policeman stood at the door. A few minutes after 7 o'clock this morning Cartvriendt was beaten un- conscious by a mysterious assailant, who | slugged him as he stood with his back to the station entrance, his head almost in the safe. While an air compressor pump operated noisely in a corner, drowning out the noise, the intruder riffied the safe of approximately $350 and fled. Cartvriendt regained consciousness in a few minutes. Rubbing a lump on the left side of his head with one hand, he pulled a telephone receiver from its hook with the other and called “Police.” Policeman R. L. Eubanks of the fifth precinct responded and with Detective T. M. McVarry, wulso of No. 5, ques- tioned Cartvriendt at length. Cartvriendt later was taken to Cas- ualty Hospital. Dr. J. D. Rogers of the hospital staff, who performed an exam- ination, said he recommended that Cart- vriendt remain for observation, but that he insisted on returning to_his home. Cartvriendt was advised by Dr. Rogers to stay in bed for 48 hours. Victim Saw No One. “I didn’t see ai or an Cartvriendt told the officers. here a few minutes before 7, started the pump going and opened the safe to start work. I hadn’t even put change money in my pocket when something socked me. Next thing I knew I was lying here behind the stove with a roal pain in my head.” Nobody in the neighborhood saw any activity at the filling station, and the officers were unable to establish any evidence as to the identity of the rob- ber. Cartvriendt supposed his assailant entered at the door, his approach cov- ered by the noise of the pump. He told ybody, “T go t| ously hurt. SIDNEY CARTVRIENDT. the policemen he had not noticed any- thing unusual about the premises. “I saw the same people I usually see, and there were no customers in the few minutes I knew what was going on,” he said. The filling station is situated about a block from the Pennsylvania avenue bridge over the Potomac. It was robbed on a Sunday about a year ago by a thief who entered the window and took $506. Cartvriendt said he had dreaded work- ing on Sunday ever since. “But I was joking last night when I said I might need protection,” he said. The station had not been guarded and the protec- tion afforded last night was the first. Nobody Hanging Around. Delective McVarry was at the precinct whet\ the call was received last night, asking"that somebody be sent down. He didn’t know who answered the call, and the precinct day staff did not know this morning who visited with Cartvriendt while he put away about $400 in cur- rency and checks. But everything was orderly. “I closed up at 10 o'clock,” Cartyriendt sald, “and locked the safe while the policeman was here. There was nobody hanging around the place.” Cartvriendt, who resides at 11 Park avenue, Hyattsville, Md., was not_ seri- He suffered intense head- ache, but the scalp was not cut. He has been employed by the Standard Oil Co., about three years. Most, of the money was in checks, Cartvriendt told the policemen, ex- plaining that he had cashed several employes’ checks with receipts of yes- terday. A preliminary audit revealed that the robber had left the sum of $59.96, most of which was in checks. A survey of the premises by McVarry, Eubanks and Policeman W. E. Laux., also assigned to the case, developed nothing tangible to work on. COL. GRANT'S AIDES WILL BE SHIFTED Assistant Director Slated to| Leave Present Post About April 1. Another shift in the Army officer per- sonnel assisting Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and pub- lic parks, will soon take place. rector, is present it about A 1 to take up duties the office of the chief of Army Engi- neers, Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown. His place as assistant to Col. Grant will be taken by Lieut. Frederic B. Butler, who is sailing for New York from San Fran- cisco about April 12 o an Army trans- port. Maj. J. C. Mehaffey, who assists Col. Grant in his duties as executive officer of the Arlington Memorial mission, luled to in Panama about April 1. He present on leave. Maj. Mehaffey has ly connected with the con- the Arlington Memorial Bridge and has likewise taken an inti- mate interest in the repairs to the White House and the executive offices. Maj. D. H. Gillette, who will relieve Maj. Mehaffey, is scheduled to reach New York tomorrow aboard an Army left San Francisco Maj. Gillette will go on leave for about a week, reporting for duty in Washington about March 25. LAWMAKERS TO SPEAK. Special Dispatch to The Star. ASHTON HEIGHTS, Va., March 17— State Senator Frank L. Ball and Dele~ gate Hugh Reid are announced as speak- ers at the monthly meeting of the Ash- ton Heights Citizens’ Assoclation to- morrow night in the club house of the Woman'’s Club. The legislators will ex- plain the many bills passed by the recent session of the State Legislature affecting Arlington County. ‘The meeting also will consider a res- olution favorable to the proposed bond issue of $580,000' for increased school facilities. President George M. Yeat- man announces that all county citizens, whether members of the organization or not, will be welcomed to the meeting. BICENTENNIAL FETE WILL BE DISCUSSED Trade and Civic Leaders Will| Meet Thursday to For- mulate Plans. Heads of the major trade and civic organizations of Washington are to meet at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the offices of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association in The Star Building to form a joint body to formu- late plans for the participation of local citizens in the Washington bicentennial celebration to be staged in 1932, The meeting was called Mark Lansburgh, president of the merchants’ group, at the suggestion of Representa- tive Sol Bloom of New York, an as- sociate director of the bicentennial celebration commission. The projected joint committee would co-operate with official groups in planning for the re- ception and entertainment of the thou- sands of visitors who will flock here for the great events. Invitations for the conference Thurs- day have been sent by the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association to the Board of Trade, the Washington Cham- TEACHER ECONOMY IN SCHOOL SCHEME Appropriations Group Urges Kindergarten Instructors in Grades. GRADED CLASSES GAIN 78 THROUGH TRANSFER Legislative Protection to Be Given Educators Who Get New Assignments. Seventy-eight teachers and seven class rooms wil become available for graded classes through a complete re- organization of the public school kin- dergarten system which the subcom- mittee of the House appropriations committee has recommended to the local school authorities. The reorganization plan, as given to | the school people by Representative Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska, chair- man of the subcommittee, calls for three major changes in the present kindergarten set-up. First, the daily sessions for kindergarten classes will be cut from three hours to two and a half hours; second, each kindergarten teacher will be given two classes, the combined enrollment of which will not exceed 55; third, the five so- called “under-age” kindergartens, which are those accommodating children be- tween 4 and 5 years of age, are to be discontinued entirely. Teachers Protected. Under its plan, the subcommittee made it plain that no teacher thus re- lieved from kindegarten assignments is to be discharged from the system, de- spite the fact that under the present qualification schedule they may not be legally fitted for grade school work. To assure them this protection the sub- committee inserted the following legis- lative provision in its report to the House on the appropriation bill: “That teachers employed in kinder- gartens are hereby made eligible for transfer to teach in grades 1 to 4, in- clusive, of the elementary schools.” Mr. Simmons and other members of the committee questioned the school authorities closely on the number of kindergarten teichers, class rooms used for kindergartens and kindergartens themselves. It was testified that there are 191 kindergarten teachers. Some of the kindergartens, it was explained, were one-teacher classes and others were two-teacher groups. Twenty-six kindergartens were occupying rooms to- gether, and these, quartered in 13 class rooms, were listed as part-time classes, the officials explained. In these in- stances the morning class is in session from 9 a.m. until noon and the after- noon class uses the room from 1 to 4 pm. ‘When this data had been given in testimony, Mr. Simmons declared: “The thought I had in mind is the probability of this committee taking some action looking toward the adop- tion of shorter hours for kindergartens and allowing the teacher to operate two cl s. If we did that, how many kindergarten rooms could we pick up for use of these other children?” This was answered when Robert L. Haycock, as- sistant superintendent in charge of ele- mentary schools, advised the subcom- mittee that on February 7, this year, there were 108 kindergarten rooms, 122 kindergarten classes, 191 kindergarten teachers and 4,293 kindergarten pupils. He advised the committee also that its proposals would save 7 rooms and 78 teachers. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant su- perintendent, explained that only one of them is in a building where part-time work now is being done, adding that the other six might not be immediately available, while the six rooms could be used advantageously in the future. As to the 78 teachers, Mr. Kramer said they should be available for transfer to graded classes “immediately from the very day of authorization; that is, as spon as the authorization is effective, we could begin to absorb the vacancies by not putting a teacher in to fill a vacancy, thereby saving the salary.” “Which would mean, Mr. Simmons ber of Commerce, the Federation of Citizens’ Association, District Bankers’ Assoclation, Real Estate Board and the local Bar Association. President Lansburgh points out in his invitations for the meeting that Mr. Bloom, in addressing the board of gov- ernors of the merchants’ association, urged that Washington trade and civic organizations appoint delegates to a joint committee to formulate plans for co-operating with the official commis- sion and to act as hosts to the throngs which will come here during the cele- bration in 1932. ARMY OFFICERS RETIRING. ‘The President has approved the ap- plication of Col. Henry S. Wagner, In- fantry, at Atlanta, Ga., for transfer to the retired list August 14, after more than 32 years' service. Col. John P. Robinson, Fleld Artil- lery, at Governors Island, N. Y. has| been ordered to examination by an Army retiring board and Maj. James L. Olsen, Dental Corps, at San Francisco, has been ordered to his home to await retirement. STUDY OF DOUBLE-DECK CARS PROMISED BY UTILITIES BODY |: Thatcher Precipitates Discussion During Hearing of District Appropriations Bill. Public_ Utllitles Commission ing a show window, it was stated. YOUNG WOMAN IMPROVES AFTER TAKING POISON Collapses in Telephone Booth at Hotel After Swallowing Liquid. ‘The condition of Miss Gladys Trice, 20 years old, ments, at Pifteenth and M streets, was reperted consideral Emergency Hospit being treated for poison take: yesterday in what police describe as an attempt to end her life, mu'rflne.pouuuy,ve::inwn': Anmwulfloulmmlzi, Eleven! and H streets, about 3 o'clock yesterday morning and a an- . Going into a tele- Trice is to ncz‘fmplm. and she was rushed titution and ghced under ghe care of Dr. Louls McCarthy. promised the House subcommittee on appropriations, while the District ap- propriation bill was under consideration, to make a study of the advisability of operating double-deck street cars in Washington. A discussion over double-deck street cars was precipitated during the hear- ings, the record revealed, by Repre- sentative Thatcher of Kentucky, who asked Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, of the Southern Apart-|gdo) foreign capitals. . said he could not answer the question, but expressed the bellef -deck cars would have a t;x‘xg;n:y to lessen the cost of transpor- “Do you not think, as a feature of this whole transportation question in cities,” Mr. Thatcher inquired, “it would be well worth while to include in studies made the advisability of hav- ing double-deck street cars?” “I would like very much to have a study of that made, aovenwr. and we will undertake to study u,; Gen. Pat- we rick replied. “I think we have got to eom: to 1. ultimately, if we are going to surface transportation,” said Thatche “Yes,” agreed Gen. Patrick. “They are evidently successtul in foreign countries,” continued Mr. ‘Thatcher. “Yes, sir; I have seen them myself,” answered Gen. Patrick. “They certainly know how to get things down to an economical basis, be- cause they have to do it,” added Mr. Thatcher. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty interru to advise the committee that about 20 years ago street railway com- panies in the eastern section of the country, including Washington, Boston and New York, experimented with double-deck cars, but discarded them. ike Edinburgh and Dublin— retain Mr. ly authorities have entertained dnél‘:u as urabiy contribute to the re- aics. % wou'd stcm to me.” carried on, “that in the kindergarten there would be no new teachers taken in. schools probably no new teachers would be taken in.” On the basis of an $1,800 average kindergarten teacher's salary, Mr. Kramer said the transferable salaries would amount to about $140,000. Distribution Mars Theory. Representative William P, Holaday of Iliinois wanted to know why, if 55 chil- dren are to be assigned to one teacher and there are 4,203 puplils, 78 teachers would not be enough for the kindergar- tens and why, on the same basis, 78 rooms would not be ample for the kind- ergarten needs. Mr. Kramer replied that if a theoretical school system were being set up that could be done, but, because of the distribution of the city's popula- tion, such a mathematical procedure is impossible. After making this assertion Mr.| Kramer declared: “I can cite a few instances. Here is the Murch School. The Murch School is on Grant road. There are 29 children in that kindergarten, that will take one | teacher and one room. “Here is the Corcoran School, at Twenty-eighth street near Pennsylvania . ‘There are 23 children there. There is one teacher and one room. In other words, e are using two teach- nd two rooms for 52 pupils. They are separated by about four miles of territory. It is purely a question of distribution.” Referring to this instance later in the hearing, Mr. Simmons agreed that in such cases children should not be shifted from one school to another g: order to effect a perfect organiza- lon He sald, referring to the shifting, “Whether you could or not, I do not think you ‘should make the little fel- lows go too far.” “Under Age” Kindergartens Hit. During the discussion of kindergar- ten children’s ages, it developed there are several “under age” kindergartens. Hearing from Mr. Haycock that chil- dren in these range in age from 4 to 5, except in one school, in the John Quincy Adams School, where there are four children today under 4 years of age, Mr. Simmons said: “You have g0t everything for them there but a nurse and a bottle and a cradle. It seems to me, with the need in Wash- ington schools for rooms and that a child under 5 could be left at home wi .?dth?e chilg 2 of idren that are of reeotnllld ’S.GD.MI age before anything of that kind Mr. Haycock admitted that the school to the wisdom of der-age kinde: It is these which are to subcommittee 1 phase’ n Wi un- for some time. kinde; ) be elim! . ted under the 's 3 mm', kindergarten $prcught out the under- ! John F. Fenlon, president of St. Mary'’s It would mean in the elementary | | Republican of Massachusetts, a former Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore officiated at special exercises yesterday afternoon. Others assisting in | CRIPPLED SCHOOL FUND IS CUT FROM DEFICIENCY BILL $13,000 Item for Equipment and Maitenance Dropped in Conferees’ Report. 1$100,000 FOR PURCHASE OF LAND IS DOUBTFUL | PSRRI S | Measure Carrying $1,000,000 for Improvements in Capital Awaits House Action. The item of $13,000 for equipment | and maintenance of schools for crippled | children in the District was dropped from the first deficiency appropriation bill in the report of the conferees, sub- mitted to the Senate today. The conferees reported they were still 1in disagreement on the other school item of $100,000 to complete the pur- chase of lands for the Jefferson Junior ‘| High School, but this project is not definitely eliminated, and goes back to | the House for further action. There 1 is still a possibility of the House agree- {ing to this amendment. ' With the exception of four items still in disagreement, the Senate early today the ceremonies were Father Claude, prior of Capulin College, Catholic University; Mgr. E. 1. Buckey of St. Matthew's | Church; Rev. William Toolin of St. Edward’s Church, Baitimore; Mgr. James H. Ryan, rector of Cathelic University; | 200pted the report of the conferees on Bishop Thomas J. Shahan of Catholic University; Rev. Terence F. Beehan of the Shrine of the Little Flower, Baltimore; | Rev. Thomas F. Sweeny of St. Anthony’s Church, Rev. William J. Sweeney of St. Gabriel's Church, Rev. Ignatius Smith, ' \;zent requirements of the | the deficiency measure, ‘'which carries a total of more than $172,000,000 to meet various former prior of the Dominican House of Studies; Bishop McNamara of St. Gabriel’s Church, Rev. Coleman Nevils, presi- | dent of Georgetown University, and Father Ochestaler of Baltimore. Ao e STONE 1S PLAGED FOR NEW CHURCH Speakers at St. Gabriel’s Ceremony Contrast Condi- tions Here and in Russia. Comparison of the prosperity and happiness of the American people with | the turbulence existing in Soviet Rus- sia, sald to be due in large part to the religious persecutions there, was made yesterday afternoon by Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Bal- timore, and Rev. Ignatius Smith, O. P., former prior of the Dominican House of Studies, at exercises incident to the laying of the corner stone of the new St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church at Grant Circle. “Will the Russian government not learn a lesson from Mexico?” Father Smith asked. “Mexico found that na- tional disintegration follows the.perse- cution of the church. Thanks be to God, there are no such problems in the United States.” Contrasts Conditions. Archbishop Curley, who conducted the rites of dedication, spoke of the prayers requested by the for the religious people of Russia, and contrast- ed the desecration of churches in Rus- sia_with the ceremony at St. Gabriel's. The colorful exercises were witnessed by approximately 5,000 persons. Clos- ing the ceremony was & solemn ponti- ficial benediction in the St. Gabriel's school auditorium. Ald in Cornerstone Ceremony. Others who participated in the cor- nerstone laying were Right Rev. John M. McNamara, Auxiliary ‘Bishop of Baltimore; Mgr. James H. Ryan, rector of Catholic University; Mgr. Edward L. Buckley of St. Matthe Mgr. Eugene L. Connelly of St. Peter's; Mgr. Hugh J. Monaghan of St. Ambrose, Baltimore; | Mgr. Cornelius F. ‘Thomas of St. Patrick’s; Rev. Terence F. Beehan of the Shrine of Little Flower, Baltimore; Rev. Thomas Sweeney of St. Anthony's; Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., president of Georgetown University; Very Rev. Seminary, Baltimore; Rev. Joseph M. Nelligan and Rev. Thomas F. Sweeney, both of St. Gabriel's. FORD THEATER BILL FIGHT IS PROMISED Underhill Declares Lincoln Memo- ‘rial at Death Scene Pointless. Although Representative Underhill, member of the House District commit- | tee, who took active part in legislation for the Capital developments, warned | that “I will do everything possible to defeat this bill on the floor,” the judi- clary subcommittee of the House Dis- trict committee today ordered a favor- able report on the Beck bill, which would establish the old Ford Theater, n which Abraham Lincoln was assassi- nated, as & national Lincoln museum. The building if so designated would also be used by the Grand Army of the Republic, the Sons of Veterans, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion and other patriotic societies “to commem- %\;we"hden.l participation in the Civil At the hearing today, Representative Underhill sald he was not opposed to any proposition commemorating Lin- coln’s services to the Nation, but he would object to turning into a national shrine the place where he was assassinated. “The assassination of Lincoln.” said Underhill, “was the act of a ma“man, so why preserve the place where it occurred. There is a place acrcss the street where he died and a great monu- ment on the Mall and there are other monuments all over the country. designate the Old Ford'’s Theater as a Lincoln Museum?” discussion of the garten teachers to ment grades. he belleved that if a kindergarten teacher were appointed to a place in a grade the eligible undm-lu for ga on e eligibility of kinder- teach lower ele- the pi the acher’s appointment be- fore her. This was reco{:ind and the legislative provision making kindergar- | ten teachers eligible to teach in the first to fourth grades, inclusve, inserted in the bill to legal objections. | of the Garrett residence with May Gar- | Dr. Ballou explained |, DOG’S TRUST BETRAYED. | Pet Seized While Playing in Front | Yard of Home. ‘Three strange men betrayed the | trust placed in them yesv.erdnx after- noon by Jiggs, a Boston bulldog and the pet of the family of George Gar- rett, 1645 Rosedale street northeast. Jiggs was playing in the front yard rett, 6 years old, when the trio drove up, alighted and called to the dog. Little suspecting the men were any- thing but friends who wished to pet him, Jiggs trotted up to them and was rudely seized by the nape of the neck and placed in the car by the men, who then drove away. TRAFFIC RULINGS MYSTIFY PATRICK Utility Commission Chairman Learns It’s Against Law to Cross Safety Zone. The matter of traffic regulations is as much a mystery to members of the Public Utilities Commission as it is to ordinary mortals, it appeared today at a public hearing on the question of es- tablishing safety zones on Connecticut avenue from Tilden street to Chevy Chase Circle. People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech mentioned that motorists frequently violate the regulation prohibiting them from driving through unoccupled safety zones. “Do you mean to tell me,” asked Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the commission, “that it is a violation to drive through an unoccupied safety zone?” Rule in Force 2 Years. “Oh yes,” said Mr. Keech. “That rule has been on the books for two years now.” “I'm afraid that I have committed that crime many times,” sald Gen. Patrick ruefully. The talk next turned on whether it is a violation to drive in the car tracks, to the left of the safety zone. Mr. Keech said it was. “But,” protested the general, “the traffic director has just been telling me that he is encouraging that thing as a means of speeding up traffic!” “That simply means he is encourag- ing_violations of his own regulations,” said Mr. Keech. “He has a rule on his books that motorists must keep as near to the right curb as practicable. Look- ing at it from another angle, he has a regulation that official traffic signs must be obeyed, and many of the loading platforms and zones carry signs: “Drive to the right.” Patrick Changes the Subject. Gen. Patrick shook his head and changed the subject. President John Hanna of the Capital Traction Co. testified that the painted safety zones were more of & rhenace to the car passengers than otherwise. He said permament loading platforms were better, but if they are installed it should be done at the expense of the city, since benefits extend principally to motorists. He said that having three or four traffic buttons to mark off the safety zones might be an improvement over simple painted lines, but pointed out that traffic buttons under the snow last ‘Winter had caused $800 worth of dam- age to snow scrappers which had torn them up. A. J. Driscoll, president of the Mid- City Citizens' Association, appeared in favor of a loading platform at Wood- ley road and Connecticut avenue, in preference to the present safety zone. PLANNING Td CONDEMN ARCHIVES BUILDING SITE! Court Hears Testimony as to Value of Three Squlnl‘ Numbered 380, 381 and 382. Hearing of testimony as to the value of the three squares, 380, 381 and 282, lying between Pennsylvania avenue and Ninth and Tenth streets, as a site for the Archives Building, was commenced today before Justice Alfred A. Wheat and a jury of five citizens. The hearing is expected to take two M othe “jury is composed of John O. e jury is comy of . Gheen, 1l'mwu.u E. Edmonston, Willlam Oliff, Paul W. Fishbaugh and Harry J.; Scharnikow. Special Assistant United States At- torney General F. Edward Mitchell and |. Assistant United States Attorney Ar- thur G. Lambert are in charge of the case for the Government, i an ar- for the property owners. y 4 N | road, Baltimore, was struck by an au- { [1 PERSONS HURT t wer !in dispute. The bill also carries nearly 1 $1,000,000 for improvements in Wash- ington, both on Federal and District projects, which were approved by the Leon Forman, 12, of Balti- more, Most Seriously In- | jured in Accidents. Eleven persons were injured, one| seriously, Ju the heavy automobile traf- fic here over the week end, occasioned | by ideal weather. The most critically hurt, Leon For- man, 12 years old, of 4524 Pimlico tomobile driven by Earl M. Mattingly of 807 O street, while crossing the street in the 1400 block of Florida ave- nue northeast. The boy, who was stopping here with friends, at 1209 Holbrook place north- east, was taken to Casualty Hospital in Mattingly’s machine and treated by Dr. J. Rodgers Young for concussion of the brain, a possible fracture of the | skull, lacerations of the scalp and left knee, fractures of the ribs and possible internal injuries. His condition was reported steadily improving today after a restful night, despite his muitipls injuries. Dredge Worker Hurt. Ira Brittain, 19 years old, a worker | on the Government dredge anchored at the Memorial Bridge, ered a severe lacertion of the scalp, which required 14 m':cdhu w“l;.!'oes:; 'g:zn a mnchfie operal wyer, another dredge employe, collided at Thirteenth and E_streets with a car driven by Grace E. Hexson of 5158 Georgia ave- nue. Brittain was treated at Emer- gency Hospital, while Sawyer was ar- rested by police of No. 1 precinct and charged with driving while drunk. Losing control of machine, James E. Wells, 21, of 1223 Tenth street, sus- tained minor bruises of the body when the car into a tree in the 900 block of New York Avenue, while! another occupant of the automobile, | Maurice Eaton, 19, of 1101 Massachu- setts avenue, escaped with a minor la- | ceration of the tongue. Both youths| treated at Emergency Hospital | and sent to their homes. An automobile backing out of a park- ing place at Fourteenth and Euclid | streets knocked down Dantel Hahn, 61, | of 1315 Park road, and his wife, Mrs. Edith Hahn, and sent them to Garfield Hospital with minor injuries. i Mrs. Hahn received a possible frac- | ture of the right shoulder and bruises about the body and remained at the institution, while her husband was treated for bruises of the arms and legs | and discharged. William E. Fookes, jr., of 2503 Fourteenth street was the driver of the car, police say. Two Women Injured. Mrs. Pauline May, 28, of 301 G street, and Miss Margaret Poore, 21, of 1220 | I street northeast, were hurt when an automobile in which they were riding with George Barrick of 1517 H street | northeast collided with a car driven by John H. Wilson, colored, of 2631 Nichols avenue southeast. Mrs. May was given medical atten- tion at Casualty Hospital by Dr. Louis Jimal for a possible fracture of the right shoulder and abrasions of the head and face, while Miss Poore was attended for shock. Both women were later allowed to return to their homes. Slipping off a street car loading plat- form, Mrs. Hattie Davidson, 61, of 1725 Euclid street, was struck by a taxicab driven by Leslie Shade of 1330 ! Quincy street, sustaining lacerations of | the head, face and hands. She was! treated at Garfleld Hospital. l Two Alexandria, Va., women suffered | minor cuts when a hit-and-run driver | collided with their machine at the! north entrance to the Speedway, in! Potomac Park. The women, Miss Helen | Wise, 34, and Miss Margaret O'Neill, :?‘ M;hmof ll?useolé:: Royal street, exandria, were treated at Emergency | Hospital and released. s SACH’S THREAT CLUES PROBED BY OFFICIALS Detectives Believe Inquiry Will| Result in Arrest of Person Responsible. | Detectives worked today on clues they believed would result in the arrest of person responsible for threats made on the life of Frank Sachs, proprietor :t‘r::. automobile repair shop at 609 K Meanwhile, police continued to guard Sachs. Detectives were stationed at his place of business and at his home sev- eral days ago after - Sachs received VAL against continuing to operate rned against continuf operate 8 glass repair department at his shop. Inspectpr William S. Shelby, chief of detectives, said there was no truth to reports that a Bajtimore gunman had been brought here to kill Sachs. He forestall’ such ' ray of lawyers have entered apearances added he believed the case would be ' vice president; A. B. clcared up soon. {CROWD CA ‘wtmsumnwmmmm whisk, | Governments. This total includes the Senate_amendment giving the Federal | Farm Board an additional $100,000,000 { for agricultural relief, which has been | agreed to by the conferees. i The two school items mentioned | above were the only important District of Columbia appropriations that were 1 | Senate and House originally and, | fore, not_subject to conference. | report of the conferees now goes to the there- | House for action. The $13,000 item for the schools for crippled children was placed in the bill last week as a Senate amendment, but was not agreed to by the House con- ferees in conference. The appropriation ‘was recommen the District Com- missioners who reported to Congress that there was a need for special equip- ment for the two recently established schools for crippled children, and also * a need for a nourishing lunch to such children while attending school. The item was to have been used for the bal- ance of this fiscal year and during the fiscal year, 1931. It is possible it may be cl;)ur;ndered again in a later appropriation FIREMAN 1S INJURED IN FALL OVER RAFTER Leader Theater Officials Avert Danger of Panic in Putting Out Small Blaze. Fireman Albert H. Chace of No. 15 Engine Company received minor injur- ries of the back afternoon in one of a number of fires which kept members of the Fire Department on run. Chace fell over a rafter while bat- tling a blaze in a vacant at ‘Thirty-second and G streets and was carried to the street by mem- bers of his company. The damage to the building was estimated at $2,000. In another fire yesterday afternoon a possible panic was averted by of- ficials of the Leader Theater when they throughout the performance while fire- men extinguished a small blaze in the furnace room in the rear of the building. The theater manager summoned fire- men to the rear entrance to the struc- ture when the heatin points in the auditorium to warn the patrons of any danger that might have arisen. Damage was only $25. PTURES THEATER BANDIT Pursuers Continue Chase in Face of Volley of Shots From - Fugitive. Ignoring a volley of pistol bullets a crowd of men last night pursued and captured B. Mason, colored, of New York City, after he had snatched a cash box, containing $476, from an employe of the Lincoln Theater, U be- tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. Mason applied for work at the theater shortly after 10 o'clock last night. When an employe appeared with the cash box, he snatched it and ran, police say. A number of other employes and pa- trons gave chase, capturing the man at Fourteenth and W streets after he had fired three shots at them. Mason was beaten by the crowd and then taken to Freedmen’s Hospital for treatment by Acting Lieut. A. 1. Bullock, Sergt. A. E. Miller and Detective R. A. Williams of the eighth precinct, who placed him under arrest. He was booked for investigation. OFFICER ARRESTS MAN DESPITE LIQUOR RAIN Braving a storm of “flying” HNquor and large glass jars, Policeman G. E. Perry of the sixth precinct, charged up a stairway in a home in the first block of H street to apprehend the thrower, Augustus Madison, colored. Then with soaked clothes which reeked “corn” and a gallon of “evidence” the officer led Madison of under an arm, y possession and assault. latter charge was placed opposite name after a half-gallon jar filled liqlilg'r. struck Perry as he ascended stairs. Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court today gave Madison a suspended sen- tence of a year in jail for assault, while the defendant asked for a jury trial in the “whisky case.” Identification Group Eleots. William R. Enyeart of the The his h llonp::rr Identification, which met fll& at 224 Others_elec! street, Takoma Park. were H. R. De Woody, Ground, secretary- wreasurer, and C, C. 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