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WASHINGTON he Sundmy Staf [orvem wows | WASH INGTON, CRIE PERCENTAGE PER CAPITA HERE BELOW MOST CITIES Shelby Shows 4 Murders in: First 3 Months Puts D.C. | 25th on List of 31. CAPITAL IS FORTY-THIRD IN BURGLARY RECORD| April Had 6 Murders, But Decrease | of 158 in Number of Cases Compared With March. The percentage of crime per unit of population in Washington is far be!owi that of most American cities of com-| parable size, according to a report sub-| mitted yesterday to Maj. Henry G,| Pratt, superintendent of police, by In- spector William S. Shelby, chief of de-| tectives. The report was based on an analysis of ‘crime conditions in 65 of the principal cities of the country for the first thre¢ months of 1930. With only four murders in January, February and March, the report shows that Washington stands twenty-fifth on a list of 31 cities having a population of more than 100,000 which had four or more such crimes. As concerns the crime of criminal assault, Washington, with one case, ranked thirty-first among 65 cities, whereas of these cities 15/ showed & greater number of reports of robbery than Washington, whose total for the quarter is 142. And in the same list of citles Washington stands forty- third in the number of burglaries re- ported. Records Called Apalling. Referring to the crime of murder, Inspector Shelby said “a truly appall- ing condition is found to exist, a total of 446 murders being recorded for 65 cities having a population over 100,000. Chicago leads the list with 89 murders, Detroit following with 32 ' murders. Washington reports four murders for the first quarter, the same number as reported by Dallas, Tex.; Youngstown, Columbus, = Jersey City, Boston and Knoxville, which places Washington and the cities named twenty-fifth on the list as to the number of murders com- mitted. In addition to the analysis for the firs, - quarter, Inspector Shelby’'s report also contained a record of the crimes known to the Police Department for April, which he prepared especially for the committee on uniform crime records of the International Association of Chi-fs of Police. This tabulation showed a decrease of 58 cases as compared with March. The principal reduction was in the number of larcenies reported where the value of the property stolen was less than $50. There were six murders in April, how- | ever, two more than ths total for the first thrce months of the year, In- spactor Shelby referred to this as a “most unusual condition,” pointing out that there was_pot one murder case in| March. ““In five of the six cases,” he| said, “the guilty persons were arrested and are now awaiting trial. In the remaining case the murderer is known to the police and will undoubtedly be arrested. Incidentally, this compila- tion does not include the murder of Mary E. Baker, jurisdiction in that case not having been definit:ly established.” April Robberies Fewer. “It is, however,” the report added, #encouraging to note that 18 less rob- beries occurred in April than in March, and that there was a reduction of 24 in the number of aggravated assault cases reported.” Five of the six persons murdered in April were colored. The other was Pro- hibition Agent Lamar York. All six of the crimes were committed by colored TSONS. In the analysis for the first quarter Inspector Shelby showed that Washing- ton, with a total of 2,703 offens°s re- ported, stood seventh on the list of 65 cities. Los Angeles, led with a total of 7,578 cases, followed by Detroit, with 5812 cases. St. Louis is third, with} 5,324 cases; San Francisco fourth, with 4,761 cases; Cleveland fifth, with 4,300 cases, and Indianapolis sixth, with 2,808 cases. ‘The comparison of crimes in Wash- ington for March and April revealed that the theft of automobiles continued at about an even pace, 249 cars being stolen in March and 250 in Am‘ll.l There also was one more manslaughter case in April than in March and one more cas: of negligence, there being two in March and three in April. H ‘The reduction of 158 in April as com- pared with March was in cases of | aggravated assault, burglary, robbery and larcenies where the value was under $50. . CITY COMMISSIONERS TO BE HONOR GUESTS! May Meeting of Chamber of Com- merce Will Be Held Tues- day Evening. The newly appointed Commissioners of the District, Dr. Luther Reichelder- fer and Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, together with Col. Willlam B. Ladue, engineer Commissioner, will be guests of honor at the May meeting of the Washington Chamber of Commerce ‘Tuesday evening in the Mayflower Hotel. Strickland Gillilan, poet, lecturer and thumorist, is to be the principal speaker. } John J. Hall of the National Bureau! of Casualty and Surety Underwriters will be present at the meeting at the request of the chamber's police and fire protection committee. He will pre sent a plan for a “save-a-life” cam- paign in Washington. Traffic Director Willlam H. Harland and Inspector Em- est W. Brown and Lieut. Benjamin A. Lamb of the Traffic Bureau also have Teen invited to attend. FOR MYTHICAL CHURCH Citizens Who Gave for ‘“Bradbury Methodist Church” Fund Com- plain to Police. A swindler operating under the guise of a minister, and soilciting funds for the “Bradbury Methodist Church at Ninth and K streets,” was the object of a city-wide police search iast night, following & report made to No. 13 sta- tion that several persons living in that precinct have been victimized by the man. Several persons Wwho contributed small sums, only to find out later that there is no Bradbury Church in this city, described the man to police as appearing to be about 49 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. He was wearing a gray suit, brown felt hat and was carrying & brief case, police were told. RETIREMENT BILL AGREEMENT NEAR Senate and House Conference Managers May Accept Measure as It Is. Before the present week draws to a close the thousands of Government em- ployes, both in and out of Washington, may see an agreement reached on the civil service retirement bill, which has passed both branches of Congress, but which has been in conference since early in_April. Senator Dale, Republican, of Vermont, chairman of the Senate conferees, is ‘preparing to arrange within a few days for a meeting of the Senate and House managers, and all signs are that when the meeiing is hela the bill will be accepted substantially as it passed the House, While some members of the Senate, including Senator . Dale, stiil pelieve the present retirement sysiem, with increased annuities as provided in the Senate bill, is better, it is believed they will agree to the new system adopted by the House in order io get the legis- lation through at this sesicn. The Senate bill provided for a max- imum annuity of '$1,200. ‘The House plan provides for a basic annuity of $30 a year for each year of service, making a maximum basic annuity. of $900 pius whatever annuity can be pur- | chased by the employe out of his in- dividual contributions. A deduction of $1 a month would be made from ihe employe’s contribution to help meet ihe basic annuity. The House bul also pro- vides, however, that whenever an an- nuity under this plan would be less than under the Dale biil, the latter would be substituted. If the conferees reach an agreement their report will then go before the House and Senate for ratification be- fore final enactment. The House bill is regarded as having the support of the President. SENATE D. C. COMMITTEE TO ACT ON MEASURES Chairman Capper Calls Meeting on Rail Merger, Utility Court and Dry Enforcement. Chairman Capper yesterday called a meeting of the Senate District commit- tee for 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose of seeking final action on three questions—the street railway merger resolution, the public utiiity court procedure bill and the Howell pro- hibition enforcement measure. With regard to the prohibition bill, Senator Capper has directed the at- tention of committee members to various suggested amendments, to enable them to determine what position they wished to take when the commitfee convenes | Da: AT THE CHILDREN’S HORSE SHOW Above: with Agate. Ruth Elizabeth McCormick Ruth, the daughter of | Representative Ruth Hanna McCor- mick, carried off a blue ribbon and cup at the show held yesterday at the Preece | Riding School. Below: Little Miss Patricia Himes, 3 years old, the youngest rider in the show. —Associated Press Photos. GIRL TRIUMPHS AT HORSE SHOW ! | i 10-Year-Old Daughter of Hungarian Minister All- Star Victor—Awards. The 10-year-old Countess Sylvia Szechenyi, daughter of the Hungarian Minister, posting perfectly and excel- lently seated, cantered her spirited pony to victory in two events of the Preece Riding School's Society Horse Show yesterday and was adjudged all- star rider for the children's phase of the affair. Displaying remarkable horsemanship Miss Szechenyi reined her mount through the three necessary gaits and was given first place in the event for the best rider in group B of the Preece Riding School. Miss Polly Foraker won second place in this event and Carlyle Cochran was given third place. In the open saddle class for ponies to be ridden by children 15 years old and under, 12-year-old Lawrence Baker, whose riding nearly equaled that of Miss Szechenyl, was given first place. Miss Marilyn Himes was second and Miss Margo Garrett third in this event. Eight-year-old Elizabeth McCormick, daughter of Representative . Ruth Hannah McCormick, was adjudged best rider in the class open to all children under 9 years old. Miss Nancy Weller was given second place and third place was won by Miss Margaret Hill Wins Open Saddle Class. In the open saddle class for children under 15 years old, Miss Virginia Ran- dolph, 14 years old, was adjudged win- ner. Second place was given to Miss Margaret Carter and Miss Imogene Lee Gardner won third place. Countess Szechanyi and Miss Mar- garet Garrett were adjudged the win- ning team in the open pair class. Lawrence Baker and Wallace Waken won second place and Miss Polly For- aker and Miss Virginia Baker third. Miss Louise Myers was adjudged best rider in group A for the Preece Rid- ing School. Second place was given to Miss Virginia Rogers and third place to Miss Alix Bacon. Sweeping over wooden jumps in excellent siyle and seated well, Curtis Curts, 15-year-old star rider from Aiken, S. C., easily took first place in the open jumping class for children 15 years old or under. Young Curtis gave his more Northern friends a thrill when he galloped his mount at breakneck speed over the barriers and recklessly spurred for another, Young Lawrence Baker brought gasps from the crowd when his horse “nipped” the third rail on the barrier, and sent him sprawling headforemost into the ring. He leaped back into the saddle, however, and galloped his mount to second place in the class. Third place was given to Miss Frances White. Hunt Teams Class. In the class for hunt teams Miss Louise Myers, Miss Virginia Rodgers and Miss Bacon won first place. Second place went to Miss Margaret Carter, Lawrence Baker, and Miss Peggy Grimes. Third place was given to Miss Alix Bacon, Hewett Wells and Miss Polly Foraker. Four-year-old Karen Lloyd won first place in the lead in class. Second place went to 5-year-old Marissa Prittwit daughter of the German Ambassador, and third place was given to 3-year-old Katrina Himes. Curtis Curtis, who thrilled the morn- ing show crowds provided a few more thrills for the aftérnoon when he reck- lessly galloped his mount to_victory over a score or more of Army officers in the adult polo class. Second and third places were captured by Lieut. R. Bosserman. Winners in other classes follow: Thoroughbred hunters to be shown in hand—¥irst place, George Plummer: second place, Ernest Wolf, and third place, Ray Norton. Four years old and under, jumping 31; feet—Pirst place, Persis Myers; second place, Ernest Wolf; third place, Ray Norton, Lady_saddle class—First place. Ruth| Ellen Patten; second place, Elizabet] Jackson; third place, Emily Davies. Family class, family and child to ride—First place, ‘John T. McLean and his daughter Jean; second place, Capt, Christopher Rodgers _ and daughter Virginia; third place, Count Laszio Szechenyl and his daughter Sylvia. Hack and hunter class, four jumps l!’,.feeb—flrn place, Capt. Rodgers: second pll:e,'rulj.' ;';iol‘l“ Grimes, and , Ernes % tmOr'geghrddle class—First_place, Mrs. J. D. Patch; second place, Miss Maude Preece, and third place, Emily to act on the bill. ép':i jumping—First place, Robert TILSON PROMISES ACTIONON DISTRICT BILLS TOMORROW Three Mondays Reserved for Chairman McLeod of House D. C. Group. UNOPPOSED MEASURES TO BE ACTED ON FIRST Additional Judges Proposal, Police and Fire Pay Increase and Boxing Law on Schedule. Keeping his promise made at the opening of the present session of Con- gress, House Leader Tilson has ar- ranged a schedule for action on Dis- trict measures tomorrow and the next two Mondays. He has notified Acting Chairman Mc- Leod of the House District committee that he can have time tomorrow to bring up non-controversial measures. | Then next Monday the Gibson bill, pro- viding for two additional justices of the Supreme Court of the District, and other District measures on the consent calendar will come up under unanimous consent or suspension of the rules. Chairman Simmons of the subcom- mittee on District appropriations will support the District judges’ legislation. ‘Two weeks from tomorrow any Dis- trict bills may be called up for action, including those about which there is considerable controversy. The entire day, if necessary, will be available for District legislation. Most conspicuous among the measures to come up is the bill to increase the pay of police and firemen, which is sponsored by the three business associations—the Board of Trade, the Washington Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. It has the support of the District Commissioners, the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and many other important organiza- tions. The only known objector is Chairman Simmons of the subcommit- tee on District appropriations, who warned that it would entail an increase in taxes. Among the bills which Acting Chair- man McLeod hopes to call up tomor- row as being without serious opposition are the bill to legalize amateur boxing in the District, the measure to set up a real estate board to license all those engaged in the sale of real estate, the bill to exempt from taxation the prop- erty on Sixteenth street which is the national home of the Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution, the measure which has the Senate, known as the combustible refuse bill, providing as- sistance to neighboring communities in Maryland for disposal of combustible refuse in the high-powered District in- cinerators; the bill prohibiting the sale, transportation and carrying of danger- ous weapons in the District, known as “the gun toting” bill; the Luce bill, which has passed the Senate, providing for regulation of the height and exterior design of private buildings fronting on certain Government developments, such as the Capitol grounds and the Mall triangle and the long pending bill for relief of Mrs. Jennie Bruce Gallahan, ‘whose husband was killed while on duty as a fireman, being thrown from fire apparatus hit by a police car chasing a rum runner. Assurance was given last night by House Leader Tilson that the District committee will be encouraged to clean its slate and will have the co-opera- Ho;l ,of the House leadership 4o this end. WAR VETERANS PLAN NAVY YARD PROTEST Discrimination Charged in Method of Laying Off Men, 200 Will Charge Today. Approximately 200 war veterans, em- ployed in the Washi n Navy Yard, are expected to assemble this morning at 10 o'clock at Ninth street and Penn- sylvania avenue southeast, to draft a resolution of protest against what they termed the discrimination being shown against veterans by yard officials, Spokesmen said yesterday that a number of veterans had been laid off with other employes this week and that more are being slated for discharge soon. They pointed out employes are required to have a rating of 80 in order to in- sure employment during the present retrenchment period and that certain veterans' ratings have been purposely reduced. Because of this alleged discrimination j the total number of veterans now em- ployed at the yard are said to have banded together and expect to formu- late plans for action at the meeting today. MDTOR_CYCLE POLICEMAN IS INJURED IN COLLISION Wayne Carr of Arlington County Taken to Georgetown Univer- sity Hospital. Motor Cycle Policeman Wayne Carr of the Arlington County, Va., police force was badly injured last night in an ac- cident on the Lee Highway at Cherry- dale, Va, when an automobile drove out of a side street and was in colli- sion with his motor cycle, throwing the officer from his machine. James A. Phillips of Franklin Park, Va., sald to be the driver of the car, took Carr to the Georgetown University Hospital, where he was found to have a possible fracture of the leg, and lacera- tions of the scalp and both legs. Phillips was relased on his personal bond to appear before Commonwealth's Attorney Willlam C. Gloth at the Ar- lington County Court House tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for questioning, Carr was proceeding down the Lee Highway en route to Falls Church about 10 o'clock when the machine driven by Phillips came out of Edgewood avenue. Robbed by Armed M—en‘ Burrell Carr, colored, of 605 Eight- ecnth street northeast, reported to lice ‘of No. 9 station, last night, that e was held up by an armed colored man while walking on Seventeenth' street, near Benning road, and robbed of $18.50. Robey; second place, Al Ryon; third place, Miss Elizabeth Martin. Hunt teams—First place, Warren Delano Robbins, Capt. Rodgers and Mrs, Robert Lowe Bacon; second place, Elizabeth Martin, Miss Elizabeth Jack- son and Maj. Grimes: third place. Mrs. Ambrose Preece, YMiss Maude Preece and Persis Myers. D. €., SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1930. - PAGE B—1 VERDICTS BY SPLIT JURIES PROPOSED BY LAW INSTITUTE Model Code of Criminal Pro- cedure Is Completed After 4 Years. WICKERSHAM SUPPORTS REFORM SUGGESTION Stubborn Minority Insists Upon Unanimous Decisions in All Cases, Protesting Speedy Vote. Final approval by the Amegican Law Institute of a model code of criminal procedure, embodying among . various radical departures from prevailing practice a recommendation that jury verdicts on less than unanimous agree- ment be allowed in other than capital cases, marked the closing session of the institute yesterday. Before the code could he adopted as a whole, it was necessary to override a stubborn minority, which opposed in- corporating in it this sweeping proposal for jury reform and offered as a substi- tute for the controversial section a re- quirement for unanimous verdicts in all cases. Supported by George W. Wickersham, chairman of the Hoover Law Enforce- ment Commission, and other leaders in the reform movement, the institute up- held the action of its drafting commit- 4c2e and defeated the motion to strike out the section by a vote of 79 to £6. ‘The section, as finally approved, makes this recommendation: “In capital cases no verdict may be rendered unless all the jurors concur in it. In other cases of felony a verdict concurred in by five-sixths of the jurors, and in cases of misdemeanor a verdict concurred in by two-thirds of the jurors may be rendered.” Criminal Lawyers Opposed. Oppositian to the reform move, com- ing chiefly from criminal lawyers, was based on the broad ground that it would require a constitutional amendment and enactment by all but five States which now more or less meet the provision. Frederick W. Mansfleld of Boston warned the lawyers against “blindly adopting” a recommendation of such importance without being granted an opportunity to digest it thoroughly. George E. Crothers of San Francisco, a former judge, declared the divided verdict to be the most salutory section in the whole code. It was stressed that in States where & jury may consist of less than 12, some other proportions may be thought ad- visable, The new code is the result of four years' labor. One change voted by the institute in the code was in connection with a re- vision that would permit appellate courts to increase sentences as well as to reduce them. The recommendation was designed to apply only to appeals made by defendants on the ground that the original sentence was excessive. The institute struck out the proposal. Other Provisions Important. Other important provisions of the new code approved among the sections adopted yesterday provide: New procedure to determine mental condition of the defendant. Trial by jury waived by defendant in all but capital cases. In jury trials, jurors may be examined by the judge ;fiher than by opposing counsel to save e, Summons instead of warrant of arrest recommended as initial proceeding in minor offenses. Admission to bail discretionary, except in more serious offenses, where defend- ant has forfeited bail or is charged as | second offender. Prosecution by information instead of by indictment. | Simplified form of indictment and { procedure for pleading. Provision for trial where offense is committed in or against an aircraft while in flight. In protracted trials, extra jurors may be selected to avold the necessity of another trial in case a juror becomes ill. becomes ill. HITS POLITICS IN JUDICIARY. Stone Pleas for Lawyers to Aid in Se- lecting Judges. A plea that lawyers be allowed more voice in the selection of judges “for the good of the bench,” as well as for the bar, was made by Justice Royal A. Stone of the Supreme Court of Min- nesota last night at the annual banquet of the American Law Institute, in the Mayflower Hotel. Approximately 600 leading jurists and members of the bar, including At- torney General Mitchell as a guest of honor, attended the function, and heard also from former Senator George Whar- ton Pepper of Pennsylvania and Henry U. Sims of Birmingham, Ala., presi- dent of the American Bar Association, arguments advanced for reforms in the administration of justice. George W. Wickersham, chairman of the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission and president of the institute, presided. Justice Stone warned that “the de- servedly high standing of the Federal courts, won by nearly a century and a half of judges appointed on their professional merits, must not jeopardized by the selection of new judges on their political merits, the iatter to be judges exclusively by their friends and political debtors in the Senate.” . LETTERMAN SQUAD RAIDS FOUR PLACES IN DISTRICT Three Colored Men Are Arrested and Quantity of Liquor Confiscated. Breaking through two heavily barri- caded doors of an alleged speakeasy in Leeds court yesterday afternoon Police Sergt. Oscar J. Letterman's vice squad seized a small quantity of whisky and captured a man who they described as a proprietor after he had dashed out |'a rear door and ran four blocks from the scene. The man, Willlam Keeny, colored, was tzk!n to_the first precinct and charged with illegal possession and sale of liquor and maintaining a nuisance, ‘The vice squad arrested Walter James, colored, of 2130 Eighth street in a raid on his home earlier in the day nd booked him at the first precinct for sale and possession of 100 quarts of whisky. A raid on a home in Navy place southeast resulted in the arrest of Charles A. Grandson, 28, colored, on charges of sale and posseéssion of five pints of whisky. Information that a vacant house in the 700 block of Eighth street south- east led to the discovery of 52 quarts of whisky. There was no one in the house at the time and no arrests were made. Following Out of the events of the past week some of the outlines of the new deal n the District’s traffic control situation are beginning to clear up, and specu- lation is now turning to the question of how long it will be hefore the first major changes are made. Traffic has supplanted the Baker murder case as fodder for conversation at the District Building, and the turnout of District officials at the tea and traffic discus- sion at the home of Willlam Phelps Eno yesterday afterncon has done nothing to set the wagging tongues at rest. Mr. Eno is one of the foremost pri- vate traffic authorities living. He has been consulted by municipal authorities on control of traffic in New York, To- kio, Berlin and Paris, and it is begin- ning to look as though some of his ideas are going to be tried out in Washington. His ideas are radically different from those represented by the present system of traffic control here. He does not belfeve in traffic lights. He does not believe in prohibiting left turns. He does mnot believe in signs with printed instructions ¢(stop, turn left, etc.). He believes in giving the right-of-way to the car on the left, in- stead of the right. He believes in abol- ishing the entire set of traffic regula- tions now in force and substituting a few guiding principles in form compact enough to be printed on a small card. He believes traffic should be controlled by the police department and that a traffic engineer should be hired by the department to lay out traffic lines and so forth. Officials Hear Lecture. In the audience that listened intently to Mr, Eno as he expounded his views yesterday, illustrating them with lan- tern slides, was the entire board of | Disrtict Commissioners, two-thirds of the Public Utilities Commission, the su- perintendent of police, both of his as- sistant superintendents, two inspectors and three captains, as well as those identified with the 'American Automo- bile Association and civic interests gen- erally. The director of trafic was in- vited, but sent his regrets. ‘What really brought traffic control to the foreground last week was a report by the Bureau of Efficiency submitted the week before, charging the Commis- sioners and the Public Utilities Commis- sion with usurping the functions of the traffic director. This was sent to Traf- fic Director William H. Harland for re- port, and he replied with a brief note stating that the views expressed were in accord with his, and that, if desired, he would prepare additional regulations to bring about the desire of the Efficiency Bureau that he be given full control over traffic here. Report Sent to Pratt. The report was also sent to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po- lice, and to the Public Utilities Com- mission. Last Tuesday Mr. Harland was reappointed traffic director for a term of three years. Last Wednesday Maj. Pratt wrote a report pointing out that the traffic act, which created Mr. Harland'’s job, had stated that the traf- fic director should be subordinate to the superintendent of police. Maj. Pratt said that the Commissioners themselves had prevented this by their executive orders, and left the strong inference that he would like the present Commissioners to undo the work of their predecessors and put the pollce chief back in control. On Thursday the Utilities Commission came through with a truly savage at- tack on the Efficiency Bureau, accom- ! panied by the inferential statement that the present control of traffic was not in- | telligent On Saturday was the Eno tea, 4 earlier in the day from Drivers' Unjon that the office of traffic director abolished on the ground that it is a waste of the taxpayers’ money. Some of these moves were of vital significance, particularly the report of the Utilities Commission. Engineer Commissioner William B. Ladue is a member of the Board of District Com- missloners and also of the Utilities Com- mission. Acting as a member of the Utilitles Commission, he writes, in the report: “This commission desires to go on record as believing that traffic control in this city needs study, and that con- ditions can be greatly improved by in- telligent control.” This was written two days after he as a member of the Board of District Commissioners had reappointed Mr. Harland traffic direc- tor. The inference is unescapable that as a Commissioner he is not satisfied 'll(‘!: tlhe ingglligence of Mr. Harland's control, Crosby Dissatisfied. Another member of the Board of Commissioners is Gen. Herbert B. Cros- by. He is Maj. Pratt’s immediate supe- rior, and also dissatisfled with traffic conditions here. He has accumulated a mass of data on some of the pressing traffic problems. He has sought a con- ference with Capt. Herbert C. Whil hurst, chief engineer of the District, on the subject of trafiic, which has not yet taken place. The probable outcome of all these moves is not difficult to forecast. The indications point to a new line-up some- thing like this: The office of the director of traffic will be put back under control of the head of the Police Department. Some kind of a traffic board will be set up, in order to tie in the work of controll- ing traffic with the work of the Public Utilities Commission in routing traffic, the work of the highway department in opening and closing streets, widening streets, and so forth.. This board will secure expect advice on its problems, either from the Eno Foundation for Traffic Research or some similarly or- ganized body. The recommendations coming nominally from the traffic di- rector, but actually from the board, will involve some new departures in traffic regulation, including probably some of the ideas outlined in Mr. Eno’s talk yes- terday. Mr. Eno did not spare the feelings of his guests when he launched into his speech. He said he believed Washing- ton had the worst traffic control system in the world. In order to straighten it out he advocated termination of inter- ference by the Utilitles Commission, | elimination of the division of authority between police and traffic _engineers, simplification of the traffic regulations and less traffic lights. He something should be done parking situation, but offered no con- crete suggestions. Most of the nolse due to traffic, Mt. Eno said, could be elim- inated, and he hoped some attention would also be given to this. Predicts Passing of Lights. cities purchase traffic lights is t} is an enormous profit in them, and that the manufacturers employ high-pressure salesmen to sell them. He predicted that in five years no intelligent city would have them. His lantern slides showed an ingenious series of picture signs recommended to rej the present printed signs. He had a picture of a boulevard stop sign in use in Washing- ton with six lines of print. His substi- tute of this is the figure of an upheld hand, white on a black background. Other symbols were suggested to repre- sent _curves, grades, turns, crossings and the like. Gen. Crosby's conference with Capt. ‘Whitehurst not come off yet cause most Wf the time since Crosby CHANGES IN TRAFFIC CONTROL SEEN HERE IN NEAR FUTURE Eno Ideas Probably Will Be Given Trial Events of Past Week. has been in office Whitehurst has been attending a convention of American highway engineers in Mexico and Cuba. ‘Whitehurst would be quite willing to take a_hand at traffic direction, how- ever. in the street surface, for the purpose of laying water, sewer and gas mains, elec- tric conduits and so forth, so that the amount of surface torn up at any one time is reduced to an absolute mini- mum, Would Clear Intersections. “If you can organize the work under the ground, you can organize it on top,” he told a Star reporter recently. “If I took over the problem the first thing I would do would b2 to clear the intersections. Streets can't carry more traffic than will move at the intersec- tions. And at these vital points we stack car stops, bus stops, hack stands, safety zones and every other kind of an obstruction you can think of. I venture to say that there is not a single place on Wisconsin avenue where you can enter the avenue from an intersect- ing street and make a left turn with- out cutting through a safety zone. It's physically impossible. The thing to do with these stops, stands and zones is to string them out along the street so that they cause the minimum hindrance to the flow of trafic. “You may think this is not in my line, but I tell you it ties right in. ‘Whenever we have congestion at inter- sections, we begin to have requests for widening strests. This costs money, and takes up good cash that we might otherwise spend for putting good sur- faces on the streets that we have. Some kind of co-ordination is bound to come. 1 don't say that it will be easy to work out, but it must be done.” HITANDAUN CAR INJURIES SERIOUS Hospitals Receive Several Persons Who Were in Traffic Crashes. ‘The supposed victim of a hit-and: run motorist, David Green, 22, of Man. huin, W. Va., who is reported to have escaped from Gallinger Hospital, was found in a serious condition on the Baltimore Pike, near Branchville, Md., about 7 o'clock last night. He was brought to Casualty Hospital, where physicians late last night pronounced his_condition as undetermined. When informed of the accident by passersby who came upon the injured man, the Prince Georges County rescue squad went to the scene and brought the man to the local hospital. Green was treated for a possible frac- ture of the skull, a contusion of the back and internal injuries by Dr. Louis Jimal of the hospital staff.” The man talked incoherently whan questioned by C. M. Hughes, ninth precinct po- lhfimnn, but was able to identify him- self. Arrested more than a week ago on a charge of vagrancy, Green was sent to Gallinger Hospital for a mental obser- vation, and escaped Friday night. He is believed to have been walking to Baltimore when injured. Hit by Street Car. Serfous. injuries were suffered late yesterday by John D. Wilson, 79, of 1882 Columbia road, when struck by a W. R. E. Co. street car while crossing the street in front of 1780 Columbia road. The injured man was removed to Garfield Hospital. Following an automobile collision at Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, yesterday afternoon, Cathe- rine Louise Clark, 18 months old, of 719 Twelfth street southeast, was taken to Casualty Hospital su:ering severe head injuries. ‘The child was riding in a machine driven by her mother, Mrs. Mollie B, Clark. The second car, police say, was operated by H. L. Dove of the 100 block Massachusetts avenue. Treated for Burns. Mrs. Wilma Willett, 45 years old. of Lee Heights, Clarendon, Va., was given treatment at the Emergency Hospital for severe brush burns of both legs and arms following a collision between two machines at Virginia avenue ond Twentieth street. Mrs. Willett was riding in a car driven by her husband, F. J. Willett, 55, which was in a crash with an auto- mobile operated by John J. Alien, 35, of 900 Seventeenth street. Earl Hill, colored, 9 years old, of 173¢ P street, was cut and bruised yesterday afternoon, when an automible operated by J. Addison Hicks, 50, of East Falls Church, Va., struck him at Seventeenth and Q streets while the boys was pushing a toy wagon. The boy was treated at Emergency Hospital. HILL-PALMISANO CASE EVIDENCE COMPLETE Maryland Election Contest to Be Taken Under Advisement by House Committee. By the Associated Press Presentation of testimony in the long-controversied Hill-Palmisano_elec- tion contest for the seat in the House from the third congressional district of Maryland was concluded yesterday be- fore a House elections committee. The case was reopened for final pres- entation by .counsel representing the contestant, John Philip Hill, Repub-, lican. and Representative ~ Vincent Palmisano, Democrat. The committee will now take the ev- idence under advisement and report its decision to the House. Counsel for the contestant dwelt particularly yesterday on the ballots cast under the registra- tion of Vincent and Anna Fermes, brother-in-law and sister of Palmisano. CONCERT TO BE GIVEN Salvation Army Staff Band From Atlanta to Appear Here. The Salvation Army Staff Band from Atlanta, Ga., on its way to New York to take part in the national congress of the army, will play a concert at Sal- He recently introduced a scheme | of co-ordinating all work involving cuts ' TOMB OF UNKNOWN ISMOTHER'S DAY PROGRAM CENTER Formal Exercises to Be Con- ducted at Arlington Ceme- tery at 2 P.M. Today. DAVIDSON AND GEN. FRIES TO SPEAK AT CEREMONY Sergt. Frank Witchey Will Sound Taps—Patriotic Groups to Pay Tribute to Hero. While Washington, in common with the rest of the Nation, wears carnations today in floral salute to mother, the principal formal exercises here in her honor will be conducted at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Men and women from every walk of life, including high Government offi- clals and ranking officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, will participate in the tribute to the mother of the exemplar of America’s war dead. Greetings from the gold, silver and blue star mothers will be.presented by Mrs. Virgil Mc- Clure of Lexington, Ky., national pres- dent of the Amercan War Mothers. Greetngs from the Congressional Club will be given by Mrs. Porter H. Dale. The address will be delivered by Act- ing Secretary of War Trubee Davison, Secretary Patrick Hurley being pre- vented by illness from speaking. Ma Gen. Amos A. Fries w) > othorhinod, il pay tribute to Woodrum to Sing. Fitting music will complete the pro- gram at Arlington. Representative Woodrum of Virginia will sing “The Unknown Soldier” and Mrs. Gertrude Lyons will sing “The Open Door,” i Which was written by Mrs. Calvin Cooi- idge shortly after the death of her son, Ell‘!’l:;;l, j:, furing ‘1‘3}!‘ Coolidges’ White egime. e Ch;iristersmwfll sing. Sl RoHy aps will be sounded by Staff Frank Witchey, who bleyw the s:n‘:lte martial farewell when the Unknown Soldier was buried. Col. Julian E. Yates, chief of Army chaplains, will say 'E:P:ea nxsnvx;jniém l;nd Capt. Sidney Key be;gt]ill('uon, ill pronounce the lowers will be placed on the Toml of the Unknown by the repruenuzlvez of patriotic organizations, who will ap- proach the matble sepulchre through ;;‘ou:elf'lse Iflrr‘ned b{ the Gold Star carrying garlan wl’gtelgarnfltionsg. 9 o pame esides the participants from the Capital, the Arlington ceremonies will be attended by a group of V!I‘Ein!.l Statz Legionnaires and Legion Aux jary members. Their wreath will be placed by Col. B. M. Roszel of Winchester, de- partment commander of th> American Leglon. While visiting this section of their State, the Virginians will make their headquarters at Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, meeting place of the Alexandria Post of the Legion. Exercises to Be at Y. M. C. A, While the elaborate observance of Mother’s day will mark national tribute to the hand that rocks the cradle and jin turn rules the world, the men and Wwomen—mothers’ sons and daughters— about town will pay their own hom: as they best see fit. Red carnations will be worn in abundance in honor of the mothers who live, while white blossoms i :l‘::i bear testimony to mothers who have An earlier formal exercise will held at the Y. M. C. A., when Reprx: sentative Paul John Kvale of Minnesota will deliver an address at the annual Mother's day breakfast. Mrs. Leonard W. De Gast, wife of the general secre= tary of the association, will preside. In celebration of Mother’s day, an entertainment and picnic in Rock Creek Park, near Walter Reed Hospital, was provided yesterday afternoon by the American Legion Auxiliary for about 300 World War veterans from four military hospitals here—st. Elizabeth's, Walter Reed, Mount Alto and Naval Hospitals. Veterans Receive Flowers. Mrs. McClure, as president of the American. War Mothers, presented to each veteran in attendance a carnation, either white or red, for Mother’s day. There was a short program of humor- ous talks by members of Congress and leaders in military and Legion circles. A picnic supper of frankfurters, coffee and ice cream was served. For the boys in the four hospitals who were unable to attend, special ob- servance of Mothers’ day will be car- ried to those in the institutions by the American Legion Auxiliary and every one will be remembered. Among those who addressed the pic- nic crowd yesterday were Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of the Vice Presi- dent; Mrs. McCluer; Mrs. Nowell Fletcher Hobart, president of the D. A. R. and first American Legion Auxil- dary president: Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Engineers, U, S. Army; Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, retired, former chief of the Chemical Warfare Service; Representative Albert Johnson, Repre- sentative Royal Johnson, and Maj. Lay- son E. Atkins, commander of the Amer- lican Legion for the District of Co- { lumbia. Music for the occasion was furnished by the Army Band, and a horseshoe pitching contest was sponsored by The Evening Star. The committee in charge was from the American Legion Auxiliary council of the District of Columbia, consisting of Mrs .Amos A. Fries, chairman; Mrs. George Eckles, Mrs. Mary Killeen, Mrs, Leon Arnold. Mrs. Thomas Fawcett, Mrs. Pranklin®_Nash, Mrs. Howard | Piske and Miss Gilbert Cone. TRICK CUPBOARD FOUND Detective's Search for Liquor Ends as Camouflage Is Discovered. Lieut. R. H. Mansfield of the fifth pre- cinct last night discovered a -cleverly camouflaged cupboard containing 25 gallons of alleged liquor in, a house in the 600 block of L street southeast. Entering the premises with a search warrant, Lieut. Mansfield and P. L. Arington and T. M. McBearry, precinct detectives, looked through several rooms without finding any contraband. Lieut. Mansfleld then noticed a beaverboard wall in a bed room, He gave it a jerk and the hiding place was revealed. Beatrice Riley, colored, 21 years old, ;fl! arrested on charges of possession of iquor. Key Men Visit Agencies. The key men of the Community Chest Group Solicitation Unit will visit Neigh- vation Armiy headquarters, 606 E street, ‘Wednesday night. ‘The band is composed of members of the clerical and administration staff of the Atlanta headquarters. The music it plays is all composed by Salvation be- | Arm; y composers. ‘There is no charge for admission. borhood House, 470 N street southwest, at 6 pm., May 19. Supper, for which 50 cents a plate will be charged, will be served under the direction of Mrs. Clara D. Neligh, director of the house. ‘The visit is one of a series the key men Hm to the agencies in the chest.