Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1930, Page 16

BINGHAM ARPORT STE ACGEPTANE URCED N DISTRCT Three Club Speakers Favor Temporary Substitute for Gravelly Point. PLANNING BODY FEELS SERIES OF FIELDS BEST ‘Walter Hinton, C. of C. Aviation Committee Head, Ends Opposition to Support Washington Airport. Acceptance by the people of the Dis- trict of Columbia of the proposed Bing- ham Airport on the Washington Air- port-Hoover Field site was urged by three speakers at a joint dinner meet- | ing of the aviation and city planning | sections of the Women's City Club last: night. All three speakers, Charles W. Eliot, ; 24, city planner of the National Capital | Park and Planning Commission; Law-' rence Willlams, chairman of the avia- | tion committee of the Washington Board of Trade, and Walter Hinton, chairman | of the aviation committee of the Wash- | ington Chamber of Commerce, agreed that the proposed Gravelly Point air- port area would be the ideal site for a model airport for the National Capital, but stated that in view of recent de- velopments at the Capitol it would be Detter to support the proposed combina- tion site, with Gravelly Point reserved for future expansion. Hinton previously had opposed the sit n favor of the Gravelly Point fleld. Mr. Eliot said that his commission had made a thorough study of 48 pos- sible sites within 15 miles of the Capi- tol Building, half of which were elim- inated by field inspection. System of Fields Advocated. ‘The commission, he said, then de- cided upon a system of fields located in concentric rings around the city, with two major airports in the center, one for seaplanes and one for land- planes. In the first ring, closest to the central airports, would be & series of emergency landing areas. In the case of the Gravelly Point site, which was selected by the commission for the cen- tral field, he said, such areas as East Potomac Park Golf course, Hoover FPield, Washington Afrport and Bolling Pield would serve for emergency pur- poses. The second ring would _comprise suxiliary airports used for shops and schools and would take in such fields as Hybla Valley, near Alexandria, Va.: Camp Springs, Md.; Chillum and the Congressional Airport. Some Areas Already Developed. Still further out would be inter- mediate fields, located on the main air lines out of the -city. It was not inned to spend great sums of money such a development, he pointed out, but merely to designate these sites for future use as circumstances might make them necessary. Several of the areas already are in use as flying fields. From three to five years would be required to develop the Gravelly Point area, he said, and in its Jast annual Teport the commission recommended development of one of the emergency fields in the first concentric ring as a temporary site. At its last meeting last week, he said, the commission ap- roved the Washington Airport-Hoover 1d area. ‘There is legal uncertainty as to the precise limit of Federal holdings in this area, he said, because of the difficulty of determining. where the high-wate: mark was located in 1791, when th: boundary line was located. For this reason, he said, the Bingham bill, now pending in Congress, should be amended to give the National Capital Park and Planning Commission latitude in nego- tiating for the use of the property. District Must Share Expense. Mr. Williams pointed out that the District must expect to share in the expense of developing any airport which may be selected and predicted that it would benefit in accordance with the development which it makes to care for future air transportation. He said that there would be an advantage in the Federal Government retaining title to the Washington Airport-Hoover area to prevent taxation and regulation of the area by the government of Vir- At a meeting of the aviation com- mittee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon the com- mittee adopted a resolution inviting Dr. Hugo Eckener to locate his proposed transatlantic dirigible line terminal field in the National Capital area. ELECTIVE BOARD OF EDUCATION HIT Federation of Civic Associations Opposes “Dragging Schools Into Politics.” Legislation providing for an elective Board of Education for the District was strongly disapproved by the Fed- eration of Civic Associations at thelr meeting last night in the board room of the District Building. The federation held that there was no certainty in the law as to the pro- portion of the representation of the colored race; that voling was free to all who had ever lived one year in the District, regardless of whether they stili live here, and that education should not be dragged into politics ahead of the rest of the governmental function: John E. Bowles was named chair- man of a committee on arrangemenis for the election of two members of the Citizens’ Advisory Council at the fed- eration’s next meeting. Several members complained that the appropriations bill as passed by the House lowers the proportion of the money available for schools for colored children below that recommended by the various established agencies. DR. BOOTH TO PREACH “Visitation Evangelism” Will Be Pastor’s Sermon Topic. Rev. Kyle Booth, pastor of the Ingram Memorial Congregational Church, Mas- sachusetts avenue and Tenth streets northeast, will preach tomorrow at the 11 o'clock service on the subject “Visita- tion Evangelism.” At the 8 o'clock eve- ning service Dr. Booth will preach on “Doctrine and Spirit.” John L. Cable of Ohio will address the Bible class for men and women at 10 o'clock on “Ihe Citizenry of Women in America.” Miss Hulda Braden will lead the Christian Endeavor meeting at 7 p.m. RS, Dr. Briggs’ Sermon Theme. Dr. John E. Briggs will preach on “Bringing Heaven Down to Earth” to- morrow morning at Pifth Baptist Church, and on “The High Cost of Liv- g” at night. A number of persons will baptized at night, \ >/ THE EVENING CHOSEN QUEEN OF MY FETE HORSE SHOW OPENS AT MILITARY POST Mailed Knights in Plumes Thrill Spectators at Fort Myer Riding Hall. Like characters from a novel by Sir Walter Scott, two knights in mail and flowing plumes sat facing each other at opposite ends of a medieval jousting field in the Fort Myer riding hall this afternoon. Two long wooden lances trailed grace- fully at rest as they sat stiffly erect on restless chargers. In the galleries around them sat hundreds of men and fair ladies, thrilled with the splendor of tournament day. Suddenly a trumpet call sounded and the horses galloped down the lists. In midfield they met and each knight reeled as his lance splintered against his rival’s shield. They dismounted and continued the fight on foot until one knight went down and was carried away on a litter by his attendants. Greeted by Tourney Queen. ‘The victor remounted and rode around the field until he reached the point in the gallery where sat the tour- ney's queen, Mrs. J. W. Cunningham, wife of a major at the post. There he received the plaudits of the throng and a smile from the satin-slippered queen. And so the Army post opened its annual society horse show, flm of the gala events of the local n. All seats had been sold in advance for this afternoon’s performance and the show tonight, which opens at 8:15 o'clock. The interval between the two shows: will be filled with a round of teas at the homes of the officers, fol- lowed by dancing tonight. Secretary of War Hurley and Maj. Gen. Summerall, chief of staff, were among the patrons of the event. Other boxes in the large riding hall were re- served for leaders of official and diplo- matic society. Society Children in Fancy Ride. Following the pageant and tourna- ment the program called for a fancy ride by society children of Washington and vicinity. Other events were a polo quadrille by Washington debutantes and a tandem ride in which girls will ride one horse, driving another in front. Among the participants in these events were Miss Marion Jardine, daughter of the former Secretary of Agriculture, and Miss Loranda Prochnik, daughter of the Austrian Minister. ‘The program also included a jumping ride to hounds and a sheik ride by members of Troop E in full desert re- galia. Troop E was also booked for an exhibition of trick and fancy jumping, one of the features of which is a jum) through a window into the riding hflf Features of Exhibit Listed. Troop F is giving a demonstration of Cossack riding and the machine-gun troop is staging a two-ring circus. A demonstration of fancy shooting, be- ginning with bows and arrows and con« cluding’ with pistols, was the contribu- tion of picked members of the 3d Cavalry. ‘The final event on the program called for a pageant of artillery, showing the uniforms and equipment from the period of the Revolutionary War to the present day. Post Chaplain Albert F. Vaughn is the king of the tourney. “KEYSTONE”.DEMOLISHED Small Park Triangle on Connecti- cut Avenue to Be Remodeled. Its symmetrical position as the park keystone unbalanced by the widening of Connecticut avenue, a circular con- crete fountain in the’ small park tri- angle at Connecticut avenue and Q street has been demolished by order of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, incidental to immediate remodeling of the park, With the widening of Connecticut avenue a realignment of the eastern side of the triangle was necessitated, the coping Jine being shifted six feet to the west. This displacement unbalanced the key portion of the fountain, cen- trally situated at the base of the tri- angle. The Connecticut avenue coping, as compared with the Twentieth street coping, was several feet nearer the fountain basin. Remodeling plans include a surround- ing box hedge, an intersecting walk at the base of the triangle, two fidwer beds, tree planting and a public drinking fountain. Construction work will begin immediately. WILL PREACH ON ENOCH Rev. Otto Braskamp Announces Subject for Tomorrow. “Enoch, a Companion of God,” is the subject of Rev. Otto Braskamp at Northminster ~ Presbyterian Chapel, Alaska avenue and Kalmia , to- morrow morning. Church school, 9: am. The Christian Endeavor will leave the chapel at 6:30 o'clock to attend as guests the Gunton Temple meeting at 6:45 o'clock. Women’s Auxiliary meeting Tues- day, 11 o'clock; midweek prayer service Thursday at 7:45 pm., communicants' |t class Priday at 3:30 pm. “The Aroynd the World” Friday at 3:; Trip 30 p.m. MRS. J. W. CUNNINGHAM. 3D.C. HOSPITALS GIVEN APPROVAL Institutions Included in Pre- ferred List Published by Medical Association. Thirty-eight Washington hospitals are listed in the approved group, published today by the Journal of the American Medical Association, based on the asso- siation’s annual survey of hospitals in the United States. ‘The survey revealed that the propor- tion of hospital beds constantly in use during *1929 was the lowest in the nine years of the annual census. “The logi- cal conclusion,” the Journal commented, “is that there is an oversupply of gen- eral hospitals.” The rate of occupancy last year was 65.5 per cent. In 1920 the rate was 67 per cent. In 1925 and 1928 it was 69 per cent. Institutions Approved.’ ‘The American Medical Association approved 6,665 hospitals and sana- toriums in the United States and 243 in its Territories as qualified, disap- roving 504 others after investigation. ting the directory of approved in- stitutions, the Journal said: *The clusion of the name of any institution may be taken as an indication that evi- dence concerning irregular or unsafe ractices in that institution has not n made available to the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals.” ‘The total capacity of hospitals and sanatoriums in the Nation was placed at 907,133 beds and 47,939 bassinets, an increase of 3 beds, or 1154 per cent since 1909, the year of the first hospital census. The average number of patients in hospitals through 1929 was 726,766, not including the 621,896 new-born infants. Hospitals in Capital List. ‘The hospitals in Washington approved by the association were: Carson’s Private Hospital, Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital, Chevy Chase Sanatorium, Children’s Health Camp, Children’s Hospital of D. C., Columbia Hospital for Women and Lyning-in Asylum, Curtis Private Surgical Sanitarfum, Dowling’s Private Eye Hospital, Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, Episcopal Eye, Ear and t Hospital, Florence Critten- ton Home, PFreedmen's Hospital, Gal- linger Municipal Hospital, Garfield Me- morial Hospital, Georgetown University Hospital, George Washington University Hospital, Harriet Lane Sanitarium, Home for Aged and Infirm, Kendall House School for Boys Hospital. Providence Hospital, St. Ann's Infant Asylum, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital medical and sur- gical department, St. John’s Orphanage, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Smallpox Hospital, Stanton Park Hospital, Tu- berculosis Hospital of District of Colum- bia, United States Naval Hospital, United States Soldlers’ Home Hospital, United States Veterans’ Hospital, Wal- ter Reed General Hospital, Washington Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Washington Home for Incurables, ‘Washington Sanitarijum and Hospital, V{ulmmwn Sanitarium Mission Hos- pital, FINAL RITES MONDAY. Services for Mrs. 0’Connell to Be Be‘ld in Epiphany Church. Funeral services for Mrs. Montie Julia O’Connell of 2732 Twelfth street north- east, who died Thursday after a short illness, will be conducted m the Church | bl STA ARTHUR T0 BECOME DISTRICT ENGINEER AFTER SOMERVELL Will Take New Post After Fort Leavenworth School Closes. MAJ. ROBB TO SUCCEED ATKINS AS ASSISTANT Maj. W. E. R. Covell Will Return to Vicinity as Fort Humphreys, Va., Army Instructor. Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., now at the General Staff School at Fort Leaven- worth, will be the new district engineer, succeeding Maj. Brehon B. Somervell, and Maj. Holland L. Robb, also at the Staff School at Leavenworth, will come to Washington as assistant to the En- gineer Commissioner of the District, succeeding Maj. Layson E. Atkins, it was made known in general orders is- sued at the War Department today. To Assist Somervell Till August. Maj. Arthur has been relieved from hus present duty, on the completion of the course of instruction at the school June 20, and ordered to proceed here for duty in the Washington engineer district, which comprises supervision of the District water supply system and the improvement of navigation of the Potomac River in this city and vicinity. Later he will relleve Maj. Somervell, whose four-year term on this station will expire next August. In the interim Maj. Arthur will serve as assistant to Maj. Somervell, whose future assign- ment has not been announced. ‘The assignment of Maj. Robb is necessitated by the transfer of Maj. Atkins to duty as a member and engi- neer of the Alaska Road Commission. He will go to that territory in early Summer. Maj. W. E. R. Covell, who formerly served a term as assistant engineer of the District of Columbia, also a stu- dent at the Leavenworth Staff School, also will return to duty in this vicinity. At the close of the.school course at Leavenworth he will be stationed at Fort Humphreys, Va., for duty as an instructor at the Army Engineer School. Maj. Young Also Transferred. Another engineer at the Leavenworth Staff School, Maj. Mason J. Young, also is_ordered to this city for duty in the office of Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Engineers, at the Munitions Building. EIGHT IRONWORKERS TAKEN IN DICE RAID Department of Commeree Building, Opposite Police Headquarters, Visited by Squad. A dice game being conducted across the street from police headquarters by ironworkers employed at the new De- partment of Commerce Building was interrupted at noon yesterday by a raid- ing party from No. 1 police precinct, and eight men were taken prisoners. Four- teen others fled. Acting on information that the iron- workers erecting the steel framework for the Commerce Building were gam- every day at noon at a point overlooked by the office windows of Maj, Henry G. Pratt, superintendent ot police, the officers, led by Precinct De- tective R. B. Carroll, closed in on the workers when their game was started today. Eight submitted to arrest and were booked at No. 1 precinct for shooting dice. They posted collateral for their appearance in Police Court tomorrow morning. 5 T0 BE ADDED TOTREASURY FORCE INBULDING SPURT Technical Men, men, Clerks and Others Will Be Put to Work. $230,000,000 BILL BEFORE PRESIDENT Extra Space Available for Archi- tect Personnel, Now. in Crowded Quarters. Eighty-five persons will be added to the office of the supervising architect of the Treasury Department to push forward the Government’s public build- ing program, just tremendously in- creased by the Keyes-Elliott $230,000,000 bill, which is before the President today for his signature. Both in this city and throughout the country the forces of construction un- der direction of the Federal Govern- ment can be immediately speeded up by virtue of the new Keyes-Elliott bill, and it is expected that the results can be forthcoming speedily. The bill in- creases the maximum expenditures for this city from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 and for the country from $25,000,000 to $35,000,000. Personnel of Variety. The new personnel to be added will include a wide variety of technical men, structural engineers, mechanical engi- neers, architectural engineers, drafts- men,.clerks and others. ‘They will be added as soon as the civil service regulations can furnish them for service and will be put to work on the far-flung program, which stretches from one end of the country to_another. ‘The speeding up of construction has been one of President Hoover’s cardinal wlkzles for offsetting the effects of the all_Street collapse of last Fall, and the Treasury Department is prepared now, with the force of new legislation behind it, to throw the weight of the Federal public building program into the balance against unemployment with more effect than ever before. More Space Provided. Ample space has been provided for expansion of the force to be needed. Already the quarters in the Treasury Department are filled, and the entire top floor of the Albee Building, former- ly occupied by the National Press Club, is crowded. The new space available for this tech- nical work, however, where there is plenty of room for expansion, is in the old Southern Railway Building, at Thirteenth and E streets, where the Prohibition Bureau, Customs Bureau, Federal Farm Board and other activities already are housed. YOUTH ASPHYXIATED Puff of Wind Believed to Have Ex- tinguished Gas Stove Flame. . A Duff of wind which extinguished ‘the flame in a gas stove was responsible for the death of Cornelius Burrell, col- ored, 19 years old, who was found asphyxiated about 5:30 this morning in a gas-filled bed room at 1733 Seaton street. Police of No. 8 precinct were informed that Burrell had gone to bed last night with the gas stove burning. An open window was near the stove, and it was thought the flame was blown out early this morning, since the odor of gas did not penetrate the house until the others were preparing to rise. Freedmen's ambulance Wwas sum- moned and the youth pronounced dead by the ambulance doctor. BURST OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS PROMISES DISPLAY TOMORROW | Tidal Basin Throngs Will, See “Single” Variety Bloom. Trees Loaded With Bud; and| Taking on Pinkish Tinge. Police Face Task. The first of the famous cherry blos-‘ soms that annually grace the Tidal| Basin were swaying in the March breezes | tod.., as the forerunner of a harvest of | bloom that will bring countless visitors | to the National Capital. The weather, | if favorable, will produce a beautifu dis- | play of the blossoms for tomorrow and the United States Parl Police have | made special arrangements for handling the crowd. ‘Trees photographed in full bloom yes- terday were plum trees, it was explained today. The vanguard of the 1930 cherry blos- soms are located around the Tidal Basin and the trees are loaded down with buds, some of which have already burst into full bloom. Provided ‘he weather remains warm, in the opinion of the Epiphany, Episcopal, Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. O'Connell was the wife of John O’Connell, cheif of the division of pat- ents in the General Land Office, . She was born August 28, 1870, at Black River, N, Y. Subsequently she moved to Wisconsin, where she was married, and 39 years ago came to this city. She was a member cf the Dahlgren ‘Terrace Crittenton Circle, the Zmerson Study Club and the Woodridge Club. She is survived by her husband, two sons, Maurice R. O'Connell of New York and John H. O'Connell of this city; a daughter, Mrs. Doris Healy of Los Angeles, and a sister, Mvs. Emily Brazee of Phoenix, Ariz. THEFTS REPORTED ‘Woman Reports Rings Worth $900 | Are Missing. | Two rings valued at $900 were either mislaid ‘or stolen from the apartment of Mrs. Helen H. McSeney, 1851 Co- lumbia road, within the last few days, she reported to police yester Theft of an Oriental rug valued at $150 was reported yesterday by Lillian M. Petty, resident manager of an apartment at 1920 S street. The rug was taken from the apartment lobby. o. Boy Drowned From Boat. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., March 29 (Special) . —Arthur Carroll Harding, year-old son and Mr. and’ Mrs. J. | Harding. living near here, was drowned late Thursday when he fell from a boat in which he and an older brother were paddling on a sfream that flows into he Potomac River near Knotts Island. was recovered and will be Shepherdstown today. The body buried in 10~ | dy M of Charles Henlock, chief of the horti cultural division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, the display of blooms tomorrow will be attractive. On Monday or Tuesday the cherry trees are expected, with favorable weather, to be at their best, and under auspicious circumstances will last for 10 or 15 days. The variety now blooming is known as the single Dlossom type. Pinkish Tinge on Trees. ‘The trees around the Tidal Basin have taken on a pinkish tinge, as the pink-tipped blossoms have burst forth. Each full-blown blossom has five pet- als, with a yellowish center, the pollen | standing out on fragile white stems.| The blossoms themseives are for the | most part colored pinkish-white, and| each, including the stem, is about 1 inch in length. There are several dif- ferent varieties of cherry trees in the parks, known by the Japanese names of Snowflakes, Down, Happiness, Fra- grant and Yellow-Down, while some of the varieties are named from places, and one type, the Fugenzo, is derived from the name of Buddha. Single Blossoms Early. At this time in 1927 the cherry blos- soms of the single variety were out in full force, for they had reached full bloom on March 20. This was the earliest they have ever been in full bloom in Washington since records were kept, beginning in 1924. The year 1925 also witnessed an early blooming of the trees, for then, on March 27, they were in full display. 2 ‘The trees have been in full bloom uring the past six years as follows: 1924, single, April 13; double, April 26; 1935, single, March 27; double, April 15; 1926, single, April 11; double, April 24; 1927, single, March 30; double, Al 20; 1928, single, April 8; double, April 26, and 1929, single, March 31, and double, April 14, While special arrangements were be- | /4 ing made today by the United States Park Police to handle the traffic, Capt. Ray C. Montgomery, U. S. A., the super- intendent, and his aide, Capt. P. J. Carroll, took occasion today to remind the public that it is strictly against the law for any person to endeavor to get any blossoms or buds as souvenirs, ‘Tomorrow, traffic will move south on both sides of the polo field, and start- ing at 10 o'clock in the morning, there will be a one-way traffic around the Tidal Basin. Capt. Carroll explained that traffic will be diverted west around the Tidal Basin and there will be one-way traf- fic all around the basin, which is fringed by the cherry trees. Traffic will pass over the inlet bridge, where a count will be kept of the number of cars, and from that point onward motorists will be given the privilege of continuing on into East Potomac Park and Hains Point or traveling on around the Tidal Basin in the direction of the bureau of Engraving and Printing. Capt. Montgomery issued a plea to the public traveling to Virginia to use Fourteenth street and not add conges- pril [ tion in the parks. Washingtonians were urged to give out-of-town visitors chance to se> the cherry trees in bud and bloom by paying their visit to the Tidal Basin temorrow morning. Draughts- ; | L smithereens ay. Yacht Club. This picture was taken just a second after the contact was made which blew this one of five sunken hulls in the abandoned James Creek Canal into | the union,” Brill said, ‘we learn. theg The destruction of the old craft, which have long been | they had nhothing to gain from belong. idle, is to make way for dredging for the new yacht basin for the Corinthian | ing — —=Star Staff Photo. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; lowest tonight about 36 degrees; gentle to moderate shifting to northwest winds. Maryland—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; probably local snows in West portion; not much change in tempera- ture, moderate to fresh northeast back- ing to north and northwest winds. Virginia—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, except snow flurries in north- west portion tomorrow; not much change in temperature; fresh north and northwest winds. West Virginia—Partly Ch“di and tomorrow, probably snow flurries in the North portion; little change in temperature. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 51; 8 p.m,, 48; 12 midnight, 43; 4 am.,, 40; 8 am, 42; noon, 48. Barometer—4 pm., 2097; 8 pm., 29.95; 12 midnight, 29.93; m., 29.88; 8 a.m, 29.86; noon, 29.82. Highest temperature, 54, occurred at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 40, occurred at 3:30 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 60; lowest, 37. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 2:05 a.m. and 2:31 pm.; high tide, 7:41 a.m. and 8:| Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:11 pm.; high tide, 8:18 8:40 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6 am.; sun sets 6:27 p. Te )Aalmnm - f:sd l.g.:b.uh 6:03 p.m. obile lam) ht - I half hour after sunset. T o | ‘Weather in Various Citles. 25ERaRe5822285 Bt.cloudy Pt.cloudy Clear Clear Miami. . Fla. N, Orléans, H S £t FOREIGN. Greenwich tinie, tod London Eagland J ndon, : Paris, | France . Clear |LEAVES MARKS OF BLOOD Robber Cuts Hand in Breaking Glass When Stealing Clothing. A rtobber who cut himself when he broke the front door glass of the Club Clothing House, at 741 Seventh street, and left bloody finger prints upon the fragments, escaped with two topcoats valued at $50 and six suits of clothes worth $120. The intruder bled profuse- Iy while ransacking the establ t. Bits of the finger-marked glass were brought to headquarters this morning and photographed, The robbery was dis- covered by Edward Simon, manager, when he opened the store for business at 8 o'clock. SLASHES HIS OWN THROAT Police Report Henry C. Edwards, 88, Attempted Suicide. ~ Henry Clay Edwards, 88 years old, made an unsuccessful attempt at sui- cide early this morning, police say, by slashing at his throat with a pocket knife while in the bathroom of his home, at 71 S street. ‘The man’s groans awoke his grand- son, ':mllnm S. .Yonn;.’vho 'to.hla mfie of bed to investigate and found elder- ly man mwumd mhe floor with the knife le 3 $ Wll.lllylfl‘ aroused his parents and the Emergency Hospital ambulance was ed. At the this summon ing the fiibedu d failed to morn= im’'s condition was de- vorable,” since the blade sever an artery. tonight | TRAFFIC MISHAPS CLAIM 3 VICTIM Miss Mabel Kelly in Hospital With Both Legs and One Arm Fractured. Five persons were injured, one seri- ously, in traffic accidents, last night and early today. Miss Mabel Kelly, 49, 1905 K street, who was knocked down las! night by an automobile operated by Alva E. Thompson, 3035 Cambridge place, as she was crossing Pennsylvania avenue near Nineteenth street, is the victim in critical condition. Thompson drove Miss Kelly to Emergency Hospital, where doctors say she has both legs and one arm frac- tured, two broken ribs and possible in- ternal hurts. Thompson was arrested by police of No. 3 precinct on a charge of reckless driving when he went to report the accident. Run over early today by a milk truck | on which he was employed as & helper, Harry Baker, 19, 6204 Ridge drive, Md., was taken to Emergency Hospital and treated for a fractured foot. The acci~ dent occured on Wisconsin avenue at Ingomar street. G. A. Emerson Colore, 23 years old, of 2476 Ontario road, was Emergency Hospital yesterday after the truck he was driving was in a collision at Twenty-sixth and K streets with & second truck, The other driver escaped. injury. Harry Yeager, 48, 616 Massachusetts avenue, suffered slight lacerations late terday when the laundry truck he s operating was in a collision with another truck at V and Third streets. Slightly injuréd yesterday afternoon when an automobile ran over his foot as he was crossing Pennsylvania ave- nue near Twenty-first street, Willlam J. Ryan, 40, 1121 New Hampshire ave- nue, was removed to Emergency Hos- ‘The car which struck Mr. Ryan . was operated by George Plitt, 1503 Twenty-first street, according to the police report. o % AUTO EXPRESS LINES PLAN FOR PENINSULA Franchises Asked to Honeycomb Delaware, Maryland and Virginia With Service. Special Dispatch to The Star. SALISBURY, Md, March 20—Offi- cials of the Peninsula Auto Express Co. of Philadelphia and Baltimore Trans- fer Co. yesterday announced plans for the establishment of motor truck serv- ice to honeycomb Delaware, Virginia and Maryland with terminal headquarters here. Applications for franchises have been filled with the Maryland Public Service Commission and a hearing was set for April 11. The companies J)hn to operate 450 units of automotive 'equipment, the Peninsula Auto Express to operate a mail route from Philadelphia to Cape with numerous feeder lines. The Baltimore Transfer Co. will con- nect the Eastern Shore with Baltimore over three routes via the Claibourne- Annapolis ferry, Baltimore to Chester ferry and an_all-land route through Elkton -from Baltimore to Washington and Southern Maryland. —_— YOUNG CANNON FINED Son of Methodist Bishop Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving. David P. Cannon, 26-year-old son of Bishop James M. jon, jr., of the Methodist Church South; who led the fight in the South against Alfred- E. Smith in the last presidential cam- paign, was fined $25 and the sentence suspended when brought into Poiice Court today to answer charges of reck- less driving. He entered a plea of guilty. Following a collision late yesterday morning on Pennsylvania avenue be- tween Ninth and Tenth streets, wit- nessed by Policeman J. Sincovitz of the Traffic Bureau, Cannon was ordered to the bureau and asked to post $100 col- lateral for his appearance in court today. o HURT IN ACCIDENTS Victims of Mishaps in Schools Re- cover From Injuries. Victims of two accidents at public schools in the Northeast section yes- terday were recovering today. ‘Thomas J. Croyle, 17, of 231 Massa- chusetts avenue n who fainted while moving chairs at Stewart Junior High School and fell, injuring his head, ‘was pronounced out of danger at Cas- ualty Hospital this morning from a possible fracture of the skull. Irene Wiley, 13, of 1228 Maryland avenue northeast, also was at Casualty Hospital from sus when she tri ber ball School and fell, She is under treatment fracture of the ankle. treated at | pital in a police automobile, treated and | [ s s s ITRGEDS AT CHARGED BY METER GABS, SAYS RIVAL 35-Cent Servic_é Operator Deolares Finish Fight on, Denying Union Antagonism. CHARGES HOTELS GET MONEY FROM STANDS Blacklisting of 27 Drivers Report- ed by Local Chauffeurs’ Organizer, Charges that meter cabs for years have been charging “outrageous” prices for taxicab transportation in the Capital in_ collusion with hotels, were made here today by the operator of one of the new 35-cent cab congerns, - who promised a fight to the finish to main- tain 35-cent “city proper” cab service in_opposition to meter cabs. Placed on the “unfair list” of the Central Labor Union along with oper- ators of other 35-cent cab companies by reason of a “not_interested” atti- tude toward the enrollment of drivers in the local chauffeurs’ Union, this operator, Leon Brill, jr, who inaugurat- ed the cheaper service here, denied that the 35-cent cab concerns are waging a fight agajnst the union. “From drivers who have belonged to to the union except a job with one concern.” He pointed out that the 35-cent cab concerns are hiring union and non- union men, and Jeaving the matter of union membership up to them. Interest of Hotels. Brill explained that for years the hotels and meter cab operators have been working together in the matter of hotel taxi stands. He said the hotels collect as much as 10 per cent of the earnings of cab companies to which they let the taxi concessions ln' front of their-buildings. “Many of us,” Brill said today, “have never been able to understand why & hotel should want to make a profit out of the accommodation of its guests. ‘They should be glad to provide that ac- wflmm&?n !Em‘ nothing.” leanwhile, E. C. Rayford, T for the local chauffeurs’ unlo:r,mm today sald that a total of 27 union drivers working for the 35-cent cab companies have been put on the union's blacklist and will have to pay a_ fine of around $25 to be reinstated. In addition, he said, they will have to return to one of the union recognized cab companies. Seven Drivers Change. Seven drivers of one of the 35-cent cab companies which has not yet been placed on the “unfair list,” Rayford sald, yesterday left the 35-cent cab company and returned to work for one of the firms which employ only union drivers. Others are coming from 35-cent companies and getting meter cab jobs again, Rayford said. He said he heard from some of the union men who have been driving the 35-cent cabs that they cannot make a living at the 30 per cent ion paid by the 35-cent cab companies against the 40 per cent commission paid by the meter companies. Brill denied this. He said: “We also learned that our drivers tare able to earn more at 30 cent with us than at 40 per cent the meter cab companies, by reason of the fact that they convey. twice as many passengers, and it is no secret that tips wm}:nse a substantial amount of their earnings.” Brill said he did not believe the 35- Jent cabs have cut deeply into the meter cab business, however. . “We have enabled people to avail | themselves of taxicab transportation who could not afford it heretofore. We are creating taxicab riders,” he said. . GEN. NEVILLE BETTER :Cuntinued Improvement Noted in Commandant’s Condition. Continued improvement in the condi- tion of Maj. Gen. Wendell C. Neville, commandant of the Marine Corps, now a patient at the Naval Hospital as the result of a slight stroke, was reported today at the Navy Department. An official announcement said that Gen. Neville had passed an excellent night and he is “doing nicely.” ‘The general is able to give continued attention to his correspondence, the offi- cers said, and his condition does not appear to be as severe as that of Admi- ral Charles F. Hughes, chief of naval operations, recently, when he likewise sustained a slight Stroke. Admiral Hughes now proposes to make an inspec- tion trip in Florida. He is now aboard the new light cruiser U. S. S. Pensa- cola, which is making its way to Key West, where Admiral Hughes embark for an inspection of naval ac- tivities in that area. JERVIS OPERATED UPON Richard L. Jervis, chief of the-White House police and secret service force, underwent a minor operation at Emerg- ency Hospital today. Jervis has been attached to the White House staff since the Roosevelt admin- istration. His illness will incapacitate him for several weeks. Marriage Licenses. Charles E. Greepawalt, 26, Wilkinsburg, Pa, and Lora Lee Hennessee, 21, Lakeland, Fla;: Rev. Newton P_Patterson. Charles’ Harton, 24, Naulal | writer W. Loving, 21, Brandyw Allan F. Poor ussel Jon e Ri Jansen. 30, and Helen Carter, 27 Rev. Moses Lovell. Stephen M. Angle, 28, Richmond, Va., and Lillian K. Blankenship, 21, Mattoa: i Rey. James H: Taylor. Joseph Turner. 21, and Pauline Matthews, 19; Rev. James L. Lewis. Births Reported. Edward H. and Emily Russell, girl, RII: iph N. and O‘{fl'ufl:umll!er d Lois H. Crane, gir Balsam, Edward and Anna M. . Joel J. and Virginia_White, boy. James E: ‘and Ada B Powell. o er R. a 3 Charles O. ‘and Leah M, .vu‘m:l:" 1, Anna M. Mitchel nd, Bessie Evans, girl. P.and_Marie Brown, girl. Loval and Mary J. Dennis, girl. Deaths Reported. following_deaths have been o to the ‘Healch " Depariment n (e et 54 hours: - ‘Tarbox. 80, Little Sisters of the Poor. Je W Wf . 67, . SRR TR W Harry C. C. Stiles. 58, 3176 Cathedral ave. Richard A. Luskey, 53, 48 . 1. Stk AR S echarl, 34, 200 S st. n.e. 0. Sibley ?Entu Tod! 30 dain gy oo o B pita) - Annie Warren, 58, 040 24th st. Florence Bradford. 50. 12 Quincy pl. m.e. Y. linger ~duys, .