Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1930, Page 17

WASHINGTON, D. C, PEDESTRIAN IS HURT! FATALLY BY AUTO 1 ON COLUMBIA ROAD Virginian, Driver of Vehicle, Is | { Held in $1,500 Bail Pend- ing Inquest. —— TWO OTHERS INJURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Man, 81, Is Knocked Down by Parking Taxi—Fairfax County Agent Crashes on Bridge. Joseph Charles Cromwell, 78 Yyears old, of 2731 Ontario road, died at Gar- fleld Hospital yesferday afternoon from injuries he received when struck by an automobile on Columbia road several hours earlier. He had sustained a fractured skull. The accident occurred in front of 1730 Columbia road as Cromwell walked across. The driver of the automobile, Curtis A. Edwards, 23 years old, of Gwynn, Va.,, who sald he was stopping tem- ~porarily at 1906 Biltmore street, was Teleased by tenth precinct police on $1,500 bond pending the outcome of a coroner’s inquest to be held tomorrow. Mr, Cromvell had been retired from business for more than three years. He ‘was for 20 years head bookkeeper and general office assistant with the Frazee- Potomac Laundry here. He celebrated ;t{slloldrn wedding anniversary April ast. Came Here in 1891. Born in Prederick, Md., Mr. Crom- ‘well was educated in Fairmont, W. Va., and started his business career in Fort Wayne, Ind. He came to Wi ton in 1891. He was actively engaged in civic work in connection with his 30 ears’ membership in the Luther Place femorial Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs, Margaret C. Cromwell, 80 years old; a son, Pred W. Cromwell, 43 years old, of Chevy Chase, Md., and a daughter, Mrs. Irvin H. Hollander, 1474 Columbia road. A sister, Miss Irene Cromwell, Fesides in Cumberland, Md. Funeral services will be held tomor- Tow evening, interment to be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Prederick, at 1:30 pm. Tuesday. Max Ringer, 81 years old, of 460 K street, was taken to Emergency Hospital y afternoon after having been down by a taxicab which was backing into a parking space on Ninth street near D. Bernard J. Gales, 21 old, of 1521 Monroe street, the driver, was not arrested. B. Derr, 67 years old, county Wgent of Fairfax County, Va., was taken ®o Emergency Hospital yesterday after- machine he was driving on the south end of Highway avoid a collision, striking a Derr’s condition at the hospital last Right was reported as “fair.” Score Escape Injury. A street car and an automobile were itly and Robert Stevens of the Eck- ington car barn, was damaged slightly. Swerving sharply to one side, the hit- and-run machine eollided with an au- damage to the car. ‘The driver of the hit-and-run vehicle was hurled from his behind the wheel and made his get- away down Florida avenue, narrowly who many had to view the wrecks. took the number of the plates of the hit-and-run car turned them over to police of the recinct. ‘Thirteenth ‘without % " ot mfin‘:'d Browdy's car was PROJECTED MEMORIALS TO BEAUTIFY CAPITAL Fame of Washington as Monu- mental City to Be Greatly En- hanced in Next Few Years. Wi n's growing fame as a monumental city will be greatly en- hancedduring the course of the next few years, when projects for a number memorials and statues to further beautify the city’s public rks and Streets are eventually out. Some of these memoris all of which has authorized, are approach- ing completion, while others, like the ‘Washington Memorial Building, 8t the B street site, between Sixth and Seventh streets, have been m’mefl for some time or have not yet n started. The George Washington Memorial Building was authorized in March, 1913, and the corner stone was laid oh No- vember 4, 1921. The foundations were practically completed in February, 1924, appropriations are being sought | to start the building. EARTH DANCING LONG JIG OUA‘I‘M;A CITY, J“::ol" (MJ; Santa Rosa Province. The mountainous country has been shaking itly at rather it in- tervals for last few days. Many of the inhabitants, f there will be a earthquake, ve left their " Outing Club, terminal of W. B. & & Failway Tine, . B. way e, h streel and N¢ York avenue, FUTORE. dance, Woman!' uxiliary Society of the District of Columbia, Manor . Friday. Valuable Violin Stolen. Semith of 2303 Seventeenth cases and He nlued JUSFPH C. CROMWELL. —Star Staff Photo. GIRL GATHERS ALL BYRD CLIPPINGS News Stories and Photos of Explorer’s Exploits Are Kept Faithfully. When the strong, silent men of the Byrd party clambered down from the stage in the Washington Auditorium Friday evening and piled into a row of seats down front, from which to view the motion pictures of the epic they as- sisted in writing at the South Pole, the heart of a 23-year-old Washington girl beat like a trip-hammer. ‘The heroes of the frozen south pass- ed =0 near to Miss Nina M. Buckley, who lives with her parents at 28 Sixth street southeast, that she could look in- tently upon each face. That moment, crowding upon other moments, was for her one of a series of the thrills that come “once in a lifetime.” Of the countless thousands who ad- mire Rear Admiral Byrd and the mem- bers of his intrepid party, for their ex- plorations and for the sterling qualities of manhood which they typify, few can furnish the evidence of esteem which is Miss Buckley’s possession. Between the covers of two scrapbooks she has preserved in the news writing of the day, the moving tory of the Virginian's adventures since early in 1928, when he first announced his determination to fly over the farthest southern point on the globe. Mother Pinch Hits for Her. Seldom does an evening go by that Miss Buckley does not scan The Evening Star for any mention of Adm'ral Byrd. When she does go out. she \wes im- plicit instructions with her ' mother, Whose interest almost equals h\r own, to not miss a word about the ex- lore: 4 r, 3 “Sometimes there will be a short item in the paper,” said Mrs. Buckley, “and, being very tired, I will decide to let it go. But my conscience won't let me and I get scissors and clip it.” The care on the part of mother and daughter has produced an interesting ictorial record of Byrd exploration . Miss Buckley has indexed the work and decorated it with newspaper photographs published in Washington. Has King “Tut” Scrapbook. Although she works for the Govern- ment income tax division of the Treas- ury Department, one suspects that Miss ey'’s heart is forever with ex- plorers. She joined the National Geo- graphic about a year ago. Her mother thinks it unusual that a young woman should be so much interested in exploration. A scrap book detailing the discovery of the tomb of King “Tut” which was prepared by Miss Buckley as carefully as the Byrd book, indicates to the mother that her daughter's interest runs deeper than hero-worship. Miss Buckley is quiet of manner, studious and surprisingly unemotional in her devotion to the world of scien- tific exploration. Her mother calls her “poker face,” which suggests the im- parturbability of a Helen Wills, She reads & great deal. Mrs, Buckley found Byrd's own _story of his explorations at the North Pole excellent for one read- ing, but Nina has read the book four DEAL JUNIOR SCHOBL A . PLANS ARE APPROVED Preparations Are Made to Adver- tise for ‘Bids on Project to Cost $500,000. Plants for the new Alice Deal Junior High School to be erected in the Reno subdivision were. approved yesterday by the District Commissioners, Prepara- tions were made immediately by Ro- land M. Brennan, chief clerk of the engineering department, to advertise for bids on the project. The new school will be a memorial to the late Alice Deal, founder of Washington's junior high school sys- tem and first principal of the pioneer school of this type, the Columbia Junior High School, which was established in the old Central High School Building on O street between Sixth and Seventh streets. It will be located on a site north of Davenport street, between Howard street, Emery street and Thir- ty-eighth place. The cost of the school has been Jim: ited by Congress to $500,000. The cu:- rent District appropriation bill provides $200,000 to begin its erection. U. 5. WILL RENEW MANY LEASES ON OFFIGE BUILDINGS Expenditure for Space Is Put at More Than $1,000,000 by Col. Grant. COMMERCE STRUCTURE TO BE TAKEN 6 MONTHS Part of New Edifice Is Expeéted to Be Ready for Occupancy About January 1. ‘The Federal Government is prepared to renew its leases on June 30 with the owners of several structures housing many of the great Government de- partments, at an expenditure above the $1,000,000 mark. This program is be- ing carried forward under the direction of Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Public Buildings Commis- sion. The Commerce Department Building, at Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, is to be renewed only for six months, as it is anticipated that part of the new Commerce Building, at Fif- teenth and B streets, will be completed about the new year, to permit occu- pancy by a large number of the bureaus. The annual rental of this huilding has been $149,629. Most of the leases of the Government | department buildings that occupy rent- ed space will be renewed for one year, only that of the Department of Justice being at ‘this time in doubt. These structures include the Interstate Com- merce Commission, at Eighteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue; the ‘Walker-Johnson Building, on New York avenue near Eighteenth street; the De- partment of Labor, on G street near Seventeenth street, and the Investment Building, at PFifteenth and K streets. Hardy Explairs Release. Karl J. Hardy, secretary of the Pub- lic Buildings Commission, explained yesterday that the Government is re- leasing 3,704 square feet of space in the Barr Building, on Seventeenth street, near K street, by reason of the vacating of the war plans division of the War Department. Ninety-seven thousand square feet are heing v: cated in the National Press Club Build- ing, at Fourteenth and F streets, but 30,000 square feet are being taken in that building by the Federal Rad Commission which is to move fre the Interior Department Building. ‘The movement of the Board of Tax Appeals from the Earle Building at Thirteenth and E streets, to iis new home in the newly completed Bureau of Internal Revenue Building, at Tenth and B streets, releases 30,000 square feet there, but 18,000 square feet will be taken in the Earle Building by thé Bureau of Home Economics of the De_g;rtment of Agriculture. e Hurley-Wright Building, at Eighteenth and Pennsylvania svenue, housing part of the Intcrstate Gom- merce Commission and Department of Commerce activities, will have its lease renewed for one year. The Archi- tects Bullding at Eighteenth and E streets is being vacated by the Gov- ernment, some 10,000 square feet being released there by the Treasury C mleb!:: -:;‘filre 5.000h lqu:hn feet in the Al ding, by the supervisig architect's office. Reserve Board Moves. In the National Savings & Trust Co. Building at Pifteenth street and New York avenue the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, which has moved to new quarters in the new Bureau of In- ternal Revenue Building, 12§22 square feet will be released and in the Otis Building 10,500 square feet will be re- leased by the Federal Reserve Board, which goes to Treasury Annex, No. 1, just ‘north of the Treasury Department Building. Figures announced by the Public Buildings’ Commission show that for the calendar year 1929 the Govern- ment's rent bill was $1,381,308.82. Gov- ernment officials pointed out that activi- tl‘e‘lnal the Wl’ll o‘-g:tmment are con- stantly growing, so new space con- tinually is needed. Another important factor in the sit- uation is the fact that many buildings housing Federal agencies are being torn down under the beautification program now in process, such as the triangle, bounded by FPifteenth street, Pennsyl- vania avenue and E street. This area, in which the Coast Guard, part of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and other governmental units are housed, is to be cleared to make way for a Fnk adjoin- ing the new Department of Commerce. CHANCE MADE RECEIVER OF CITY CLUB BY COURT Former Postmaster Appointed Fol- lowing Application to Dissolve Local Corporation. Merritt O. Chance, former postmas- ter of Washington, was appointed yes- terday by Chief Justice Wheat as re- ceiver of the City Club of Washington. Bond of the receiver was fixed at $25,000. The naming of a receiver followed the filing of an application to dissolve the corporation, in which the court is asked to restrain creditors fro levy- ing attachments against the club. Justice Wheat added to the order directing the receiver to wind up the affairs of the club a brovision restrain- ing creditors until further order. Attorney M. D. Rosenberg represents the officers of the club who are seeking dissolution. KHAKI “SHORTS” IS STYLE DECREED AT HEALTH CAMP FOR CHILDREN Tuberculosis Hospital Superintendent Hopes for Marked Improvement in Weight and Posture. Khaki “shorts” will be the -prevailing style from now on for both boys and girls Summering at the Children's Health Camp, in operation at Fourteenth and Upshur streets, under the auspices of the local Tuberculosis Association. The one- garment plan was put into effect on the advice of the ent ‘ot the Tubersulosts Ho. the This Work will be under the personal supervision of Miss Eleanor Enright of the Dairy Council staff. Already one preliminary group picture has been made. It is h that the pictures will show marked gains In posture and 'e_fih& in charge of this camp find that one.of the most difficult problems is to have the children get the requi- site rest for their best pnm: toward normal health, as most of are not conscious of being sick or weakgand consequently crave the vity Holder of Alias Record Sought By Local Police Police characters sometimes have many aliases, but John Henry, wanted here on a charge of housebreaking, probably has the most unusual. In a police look-out issued yes- terday there appears the foliow- ing: “Wanted for housebreaking: John Henry; allases: High Pocket, High Towel and Mustard; - col- ored, 37 years old, 6 feet, 155 pounds, copper color, light shirt, blue pants and sandals. Wanted by No. 7 precinct.” PISON NEEDLE BELEVED STONE Rock Flung by Passirg Car Is Blamed in “Stabbing” of Woman. The “poisoned needle” with which an unknown man was thought to have stabbed Mrs. Ida Wible Priday was be- lieved last night as nothing more sin- ister than a stone flung by the whe&l of a passing automobile. Mrs. Wible, who lives at 1909 Penn- sylvania avenue, told Third Precinct Detective Rupert McNeil that she and Mrs. Irene Bohrl of the same address were walking in the 1800 block of Pennsylvania avenue Friday night when she suddenly felt a stinging sensation “like the burn of a hot poker” in her left arm. She said that she saw no one near, but that her companion called her at- tention to a man running down the street. It was Mrs. Bohrl, according to police, who advanced the theory that the man may have stabbed Mrs. Wible with a poisoned needle or knife. Mrs. Wible went to Nichol's Phar- macy, at Nineteenth street and Penn- sylvania avenue, where she was given first aid treatment by Dr. C. A. Bynum. Dr. Bynum said the wound appeared to him to be an abrasion and that there was no evidence of the type of wound such as a knife or needle normally would make. He expressed the opinion that Mrs. Wible had been struck by a stone pitched by an automobile wheel. ‘There was a slight swelling above the wound Priday night, but it had disap- peared yesterday, and Mrs. Wible was able to attend to her work at the cloth- ing store in the 1100 block of F street, where she is employed. When first interviewed at the store by detectives Mrs. Wible refused to give her home address, and the location of her residence was not ascertained by police until last night. Although he expressed the opinion that the woman ‘bad not been stabbed, Detective McNeil ‘ast night was continuing his efforts to locate the man seen by Mrs. Bohrl TYDINGS DEFENDS CAR FARE STAND Insists Reduced Street Car Fare Should Apply to All School Children. Defending his contention that the House bill providing for a reduced car- fare for public school children should apply to 'all school children, Senator dings, Democrat, of Maryland, issued a statement yesterday giving the results of an inquiry he has made into the plan followed in other cities on this question. Senator Tydings said he found out from the Department of Interior that in 1925 from 40 to 50 cities in the United States, located in 24 States, had ordi- nances in effect granting reduced car- fare to all school childre: He sald that in Louisiana and Massachusetts it is done by State law. Senator Tydings' statement in part follows: “At the last meeting of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia I offered an amendment to make the reduced fares apply to all school chil- dren. Ty member of the committee present, with the exception of Senator Robsion of Kentucky, favored my amendment. Those present were Sena- tors Capper, tor Tydings said that * passed as Senator Robsion wants it, the City of Washington, as far as I know, will be practically the only place in the United States where the kind of qualification he advocates is in effect.” Senator Robsion was out of the city yesterday, but at the meeting of the committee he the view that the bill should not be extended beyond the public schools, as provided by the House, contending that if the Tydings amendment were adopted, the same principle could be invoked for free text books and appropriations for build- ings. - He favored the car fare bill without the Tydings amendment. ‘The bill is still awaiting action in the committee. Senator Tydings sald the other members of the committee state they will not favor the bill without his amendment. IOWA STATE COLLEGE ALUMNI IN LAWN PARTY 100 Members and Guests Present at Hyattsville Home—Maj. Gen. Kreger Is Honored. The local chapter of the Iowa State College Alumni Association staged picnic and lawn party meeting yester- day at the residence of Dr. Raymond A. Pearson at Hyattsville, Md., with 100 members and guests attending. Maj. Gen. E. A. Kreger, judge ad- vocate general of the United States Army, an alumnus of the college, was guest of honor, The meeting al nature of a farewell to Maj. nielson, U. S, - treasurer. The gathering engaged ont-:;:dm games. A lawn supper was serv ~ CUT IN FIGHT Cut about the face during a fight with an unidentified man at Twenty- ninth street and the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal yester “mhm"’{, in precinct police charges emm-”-nn SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE FEDERAL WORKER'S AVERAGE SALARY IS PUTAT $2.203 YEAR Well Above Amounts Paid in Six Largest Cities, Sur- vey Shows. PRESIDENT’S “CHECK” IS INCLUDED IN TOTAL Population of Adjoining Areas in Greater Washington is Being Compiled. The average salary per annum paid to the 79,137 persons on the Govern- ment pay roll in Washington .is $2,200, it is shown in the first compilation of statistics in the community survey undertaken by the Washington Board of Trade, given out for publication today. 3 The average salary is well above that paid to industrial workers in six of the largest cities, the compilation discloses, and the aggregate amount paid into the pocketbooks of Uncle Sam’s assist- ants in the Capital in a year reaches the stupendous total of ‘$174,835,550. Rufus 8. Lusk, who is directing the survey for the Board of Trade, said the compilation illustrates that the employ- ment situation in Washington is stable. |A check is being made among all in- dustrial, commercial and professional concerns in the District, the number of their employes and the amounts of |r.he1r pay rolls, The survey is to in- clude _organizations and individuals throughout the Washington metropoli- tan area, and the Board of Trade ‘an- ticipates that it will indicate the pur- chasing power and the buying market in the metropolitan area. Living Costs to Be Compared. ‘The results of this survey will com- pare the cost of living in the Capital uldt vicinity as compared with the past. Apart from this work, the census supervisor for the District, J. Sterling Moran, is engaged in compiling popu- lation figures for sections of adjoin- ing counties in Maryland and Virginia with a view to presenting in figures the population of . “greater Washington.” When this report is available, it, along with the Board of Trade survey, will present an accurate picture of the economic resources, possibilities and activities in an area which comprises approximately 650,000 persons. average salary paid industrial employes (not to professional, office or commercial concern employes) is as fol- lows: Detroit, $1,677: New York, 1,637; Philadelphia, 1,374; Boston, 1,357; Bal- timore, 1,112; Richmond, $886. The average industrial salary in Washington is $1,646. The survey shows the fol- lowing description of salary ranges: No. Employes Range 2,000 Include All on Pay Roll. These fi include every one on the pay roll of the Federal Government in Washington, including the President, cabinet, Congress, all Federal and Dis: trict workers, Supreme Court, all Fed- eral courts and all the members of the grmy. Navy and Marine Corps stationed ‘Washi n. n memmed group of Government employes, however, which includes ap- g:mm.wy 48,000 in Federal service re, exclu the Congress, cabinet, Judges, etc., persons are receivi a salary of $15,000; 54 are bel pal $10,000 and up; 143 from $7,500 to $10,000, and 827 from $5,000 to $7,500, which is held to indicate that in the classified Government service in the District of Columbia there are 1,030 po- ions which pay from $5,000 to $15,000 annually, There are 4,681 persons recelving from $3,000 to $5,000; 7,641 receiving from $2,000 to $3,000,. and 32,599 re- celving below $2,000, the survey shows. Prom this it is deducted that the aver- age sal for the classified workers in the Dists of Columbia is $2,103. A complete survey of every factor entering into the economic, social, gov- ernmental and physical condition of the National Clvfhl and its metropoli- tan area is planned in the uurve%. ‘which it s hoped will be completed by Sep- teml WALTER SORRELL BODY ARRIVES FROM FRANCE Funeral Services to Be Held Tues- day for Dramatic Tenor Who Died in Nice. ‘The body of W. Walter Sorrell, son of William H. and the late Martha 8. Sorrell of this ecity, who died in Nice, France, May 12, arrived in New York yesterday morning and is being brought to the Capital for funeral services to be held at the Second Baptist Church, Fourth street and Virginia avenue southeast, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. On the occasion of Mr. Sorrell’s death, the Paris edition of the New York World stated, “With his death the musical world has lost one of its most beauti- ful dramatic tenor voices.” Mr. Sorrell was attended during his illness in Nice by Mile. Madaline De Chambre, French teacher of that city, and by Dr. Wade H. Atkinson of this city. Dr. Atkinson at the time was in Milan, Italy, but went to Nice and reff mained with Mr. Sorrell until his death. TWO MEN ARE JAILED AFTER SERIOUS FIGHT Victim of Knife Wound Attempts Revenge, Despite Presence of Policeman. T, lored men were in s third joseph H. Saunders, colored, 45 years old, of 513 Twenty-fourth street is saild to have been assaulted by the former with a knife. Saunders was treated at Emer- gency Hospital early yesterday and im- mediately set out to find Shields, flamed with a desire for revenge. At Twentieth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue yesterday morning Saun- ders sighted Shields and whipping out & _32-caliber automatic pistol, fired a bullet into the left leg of Shields, police declare. A policeman standing not 15 feet away arrested the and after ohhln'i:'m it for both mm.'&nm mmm!wln\mm escorted ¢ 22, 1930. | Tone Whaler and Darcy Bonnett, both former “mainstays” of the Washing- ton Swimming Club, wh ave captured honors in South Atlantic water contests, were married yesterday afternoon at the Church of the Ascension, Massachusetts avenue and Twelfth street. the sport here. Mrs. Bonnett formerly was a title-holder in swim- ming contests in this region and the groom also has won prominence in —Star Staff Photo. ERRATIC CITY WATER METERS PRODUCE STARTLING FIGURES Department Trying to Remove All of Old Type, but Lack of Funds Hampers If the bill sent you recently by the Water Department for your year’s con- sumption has taken an acrobatic leap and looks more like the coal bill, it does not necessarily mean that the new, in- creased water rates are in effect, or that too muoh moisture has been sprayed on the cabbage patch, or that there’s a broken pipe somewhere. ' Per- haps all it means is that the water meter is a little rusty or dirty. About one-quarter of the meters now in use belong to the type subject to these erratic moments. In these meters the figures indicating the units, tens and thousands of cubic feet used are set on disks revolving around the same shaft. The disks are side by side. Sup- pose the hundred disk gets a little rust{. It. often happens. Then, just as likely as not, when it comes time to register 100 feet the hundred disk will carry the thousand disk around with it and register 1,100. It is just as likely to carry the 100,000 disk with it. Then the bilis leap up. Being Replaced. ‘This type of meter, known as the “'self-reading” meter, is being gradually replaced by a clock type of meter, look- ing something like the ordinary electric meter. In this all of the spindles car- rying the indicators are entirely sepa- rate, and the only effect of rust or dirt is on the appearance of the meter. Enough of the acrobatic meters re- main to give the water register's office considerable trouble. As soon as a read- ing shows an extraordinary increase in conaum'guon‘ or when a complaint of a h bill comes in, a meter i ctor is sent out to the household and meter taken out for testing. If the test shows that the meter is wrong the Water Department looks up the old bills for the same meter and sends an esti- mated average bill. In one case recently, s bill for $34 was torn up and a bill for $9.37 sub- stituted when a rusty meter showed up. ' Officials. In a recent reading of approximately 20,000 meters in the northwest section, 35 rusty meters were detegted. This average also is encountered in the other sections of the city. There are about ;9.000 meters installed in District omes. Some Broken Pipes. Shme of the large bills are due to leaks or broken pipes. In cases where a'break occurs in the from the street, although the pipe is the property of the householder, the District stands the loss and will charge only an average bill. The property owner, however, must repair the pipe. ‘The Water Department is anxious to meter all houses in the District. Me- ters gost abou $11 each and there isn't enough money to do it. The 1931 ap- ropriation bill, whose fate now hangs in the balance on Capitol Hill, cdYries a 40 per cent incregse in water rates to take care of a five-year program of improvements, including the metering of all houses. Some of the high bills dre due to e in computat and billing. To cure these, the department in its 1932 estimates is asking for $3,500 to install mechanical billing devices similar to those now used in the assessor’s office for making up real estate tax bills. Under the new system, a clerk will write up the consumption for householder, the amount of the bill is sutomatically culated and posted by the machine, which makes copies of the bill for the ent's flles and for the auditor’s , where the receipts must be checked. Most of the complaints of high bills, according to Edward H. Grove, water register, come from those whose bills are a few cents higher than last year. These small differences are usually due to increased consumption, but it is very hard to persuade the consumer. He ixsullly insists that he has actually used less. CAREFUL BUS DRIVERS ARE AWARDED BONUSES Conspicuous Cards Notify Public of Men Who Finish Periods Without Accidents. Careful drivers of busses of the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co. are now rewarded, not only by & bonus, but by a public notice posted conspicuously near the driver. The first of-these cards appeared yes- terday, according to announcement by Clinton R. Thompson, secretary of the company, who explained the new policy. A bonus, he said, is being paid at the end of each three months to such of its bus operators as have no chargeable accidents during that perfod. An ad- ditional bonus is to be given at the end of each half year to operators who have had a similar record during the longer period. ‘The cards are yellow in color, and carry the name of the driver. They are posted on the bus wall just above the driver, and inform the public that their driver has received the bonus. RUM SALE CHARGED Policemen Accuse Man of Attempt to Bribe Officer. Willlam E. Dorsey, colored, 42, of 930 Hughes court, was arrested last night by Policemen 8. F. Graveley and I. Rosenberg of the third precinct and cmrfi: with illegal sale and possession of whisky and attempted bribery. Graveley said the colored man offered him $20 {f he would let him go. Dorsey was released under $1,800 bond. BURGLAR IS SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON Admits Guilt on Four Charges of Larceny, but Judge Lets Terms Run Concurrently. George M. Jordan, colored, was sent to the penitentiary for five years yes- terday by Justice Peyton Gordon, fol- Jowing his plea of guilty to four cases of housebreaking and larceny. Three of the robberies were committed at the store of Simon Nachman, 4315 Fifteenth street, February 23, April 17 and May 6. ‘The fourth crimé was at the store of Walter Stutz, March 26. The court fixed the punishment at five years in each case, but permitted the sentences to run concurrently. Assistant United States Attorneys Irvin Goldstein and James R. Kirkland appeared for the Government. 5 JUMPS FROM WINDOW Makes Escape as Police Stage Raid, Arrest Companion and Seize Alleged Liquor. An_ unidentified, colored man escaped ht when they ralded Temperance avenue, by hrowing himself headlong through a window in the first story of the house. A companion, who gave the name of Burton ‘ber, colored, 30 years old, was arrested and taken to the eighth precinct station where he was c! with possession of three half-gallons of alleged Jiquor. The raid was made by Pollc;men ‘William R. Mafiin and H. M. Smith. PRATT CLAMPS LID ON FIREWORKS IN RIGID ENFORCEMENT WARNING Sparklers, Toy Pistols, Torches, “Snakes,” Box Fire, Foun- tains and Colored Lights Allowed. itted stipulates just what compositions might be_used. Section 1 of Article XI of the police ations vides “No_person el e Disiriat of Coltgbibe sl agal deliver, discharge or set off eny of the | enf following desc: fireworks or noise- kind or which contain 'rovderorofluruplciu compositian '-hout.rmn from the fire marshal, approved by the District imissioners. Com “The regulations do not prohibit the sale, lon or use of the following descr fireworks: rklers, torches, box fire, fountain: ip sticks, non- poisonous snakes, colored an automatic and friction toy pistols.” Police officers are cau hi the superintendent’s order to warn cl nst; even these latter appar- ps too close to Iation will be taken to the mrmhhnmt. ‘wh years will be CARTER SUSPENDS EMPLOYES DURING GAMBLING INQUIRY Public Printer Hits Police in New Broadside at Chief. REFUSES TO SAY MEN PUNISHED FOR GAMING Papers Giving Race Results and Clearing House Statements Barred From Office. Delivering another broadside of criti- cism at police ‘“inactivity” against gambling houses in the vicinity of the Government Printing Office, Public Printer George H. Carter last nfght an- nounced that on Friday he suspended from duty in his department two men, one a supervisor, while he and other officials of his office continue a probe of gambling among printing office em- ployes began several months ago. Mr. Carter last night said that while he “expects no help from police” in stamping out gambling houses in the vicinity of the Government Printing Office, he intends to go to the bottom “Sufficient Grounds” for Act. of the matter. He would not say that suspected gambling activities brought about the suspension of the two employes Friday. “I don't want to convict any one until I have all the proof necessary, but I do know I have sufficient grounds for sus- pending the two men,” Mr. Carter said. He sald he suspended the suj for issuing “fictitious” passes for em- ployes to leave the building during working hours, and suspended the other employe for leaving the office during working hours without permission. His cflud;lfil of poHoeh 't&mmt!{; against gam| ‘Thouses seco issued by the pl:xillc printer in the past several months. A few months ago Mr, Carter engaged in a public controv with Maj. Pratt over the operation an alleged gambling establishment for the placing of bets on horse races and & ‘“numbers” game, across the street from the printing office. The row grew 50 heated the public printer, Mi 3 and District Attorney Leo A. Rover were called before the Senate District committee and harsh words flew back and forth between them. As a result of the hearing, Robsion of Kentucky introduced Senate bills to give the District drastic gaming laws. Pratt Protects Carter. During the controversy when the public printer hurled public criticism at Maj. Pratt, the former received threat- ening letters from alleged gambling house operators and Maj. Pratt as- signed a police guard at the Carter home, 1661 Hobart street, and supplied the public printer with a police d when he went to and from his and office. Last night Mr, Oarter said: “I have not. to: a minute stopped the campaign aker the ‘more the New York which the bets in the “numbers” game are based. “NUMBERS GAME” RAIDED. Entering an establishment in the 1300 block of Ninth street from the rear, Sergt. Oscar J. Letterman and mem. bers of his vice squad yesterday ar~ rested seven persons alleged to have been in a “numbers game" and con ted seven adding machines, more than 10 numbers slips and two bushels of other slips. Will Seigel, 36 years old, of 1336 R street was held on well, 20 years old, street; Joseph C. Hart, 21 ycars old, of 829 Seventh street southwest: Phil Raynor, 22 years old, of 419 Eleven! street southwest; Thomas Diggs, 26 years old, of 3314 M street; James Rob~ ertson, 29 years old, of Berwyn, Md., and Ernest Clement, 30 years old, of 48 Plerce street. They were released on $100 to appear as Government wit~ nesses. BOAT TRIP COSTLY TO MT. RAINIER MEN Pickpockets Relieve One of $20 and Other of $66 on Excur- sion Down Potomac. An excursion trip down the Potomac cost Joseph W. Wigham of 3947 Thirty- second street, Mount Rainier, Md., and Chester J. Craig of 1115 K street, much more than they contemplated yesterday and also put them to the additional in~ convenience of having to obtain dupli- cate luwmoweto tor's permits. Ty, DIAL PHONES REMOVED FROM SENATE OFFICES Company Goes Ahead as Tydings Is Undecided on Future