Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1930, Page 13

Washington News PRATT PLAES AN ON STOOL PEEONS INDRY LAW GASE Police Superintendent Again Orders Use of “Spies” Discontiflgd. ORDER SAYS VOUCHERS WILL NO LONGER BE PAID Patience Is a Virtue, He Finds on Nine-Day Trip in Training Plane. {Tail Winds Help to Push Speed Up to 80, at Times, Under Blistering Sun. Flag-pole sitting is about the only ing a primary training plane across the United States, in the opinion of Lieut. Julian B. Haddon, Army Air Corps, who. FLYER THINKS HE CAN CROSS COUNTRY FASTER ON BICYCLE form of outdoor sports worse than fly- | WASHIN f 3TON, D:. C, THURSDAY, ¢ Foening Star JULY 3, FEDERAL BULDING PROGRAM ON VERGE OF GREAT ACTIVITY Contracts for Plans of Six Monumental Structures to Be Complete in 30 Days. MELLON DESCRIBES | PROJECTS IN DETAIL Lightning Hits Pole Features and Classified ' 1930. FEP CARTERHELDWTHI LAW IN ENFORCNG EIGHT-HOUR DAY Legal Officers Say Public| Printer Has Authority to Extend Time. “DOCK” LATE EMPLOYES | EIGHTH OF DAY’S PAY| PAGE B-—1 ARNY COOKS TP MAY LEAD POLE TOBAKER SUSPET Gives Officials List of Places Barrere May Be “Hid- ing Out.” SHREVEPORT SEARCH FAILS TO LOCATE MAN {after flying 75-mile-an-hour PT from | San Diego to Middletown. Pa.. now is| thinking of making the trip by bicycle | for excitement. | Lieut. Haddon's experiences are de- | scribed in the Air Corps news letter | Action Is Taken in View of Atti- tude of Prosecution Of- ficials Here. Claim Ruling Comes as Punish- | ment for Alleged Gambling Department of Justice l’rogresses‘ in Acquiring Sites in Triangle Area. Authorities Still Seeking Wart- Nosed Man Who Led to Dis- LIEUT. J. B. HADDON. covery of Gun. ] Another attempt to abolish the prac- tice of the police of using “stool pigeons” in enforcing the liquor laws was made today by Mai. Henry G. Pratt, superin- tendent, in a pre-emptory order which declared that in the future vouchers to pay the “spies” would not be honored. Maj. Pratt, soon after he took office more than a year ago, issued an order forbidding the police to continue the practice of using “stool pigeons” to make “buys” at places suspected of selling liquor. The practice was not completely stopped, however, and the new order is designed as a warning tc the officers, as well as notice to the in- formers, that they are not to be paid. “My attention has been called,” the order read “to the fact that notwith- standing orders to the contrary some permitting the use of tips by their pro- | ibition enforcement officers, when the attitude of the District attorney's office and the courts regarding prosecution of cases in which same are used is well established. “The practice will be discontinued at once and you will instruct all of your officers that vouchers for such ex- penses will not be paid.” The attitude of the District attorney referred to was exemplified earlier in the week by David A. Hart, assistant United States attorney. in charge of the prosecution of liquor cases at Police Court, who declared publicly that he would not prosecute liquor cases under the quite appropriate heading “Inch by Inch, or Patience is a Vir- tue.” The title also might be “My Impressions of Captive Ballooning,” it was suggested by the Air Corps officers who edited the letter. Lieut. Haddon, who is on duty in the office of the chief of Air Corps, re- sponded to the call for a volunteer to ferry an airplane across the country. That, it is pointed out in the letter, was_his first grievous error. “For all of his years in the Army,” the letter says, “there is one thing that Haddon hadn't learned, and that is to never volunteer. If a certain proposi- tion is a good thing, there will a long waiting line and that is what you should ‘bust’ into. However, when a call went out for a pilot to ferry a plane across the country, Haddon volun- teered.” for him to back out. His own story of his misfortune is_pathetic. “Yes,” he said, with my eyes open. It was no extra- When he found the type of plane he | of the precinct commanders have been ; had volunteered to fly it was too late | “I_went into this| duty punishment assignment. T flew out in the rear seat where the sun could get at me and blister my lips. I landed at Yuma and Tucson, Ariz. (that leg was a long one); Lordsburg, El Paso and Midland. I expect a bill from the owners of the pipe line running from El Paso to Midland. After I left Wink I didn’t know if I had enough gas to take me into Midland. A fine lot of country to come down in without gas. 1 started sweating, and when I say that I don’t mean perspiration, but honest to goodness sweat. I later learned that it had dripped down along the pipe line and rusted the piping." He declares that the trip was made at an average speed of 78 to 80 miles per hour up to Midland, Tex., with a slight tail wind helping him along. He finally made Middletown after nine days en route. “Now that T managed to last it out in a PT." he concluded, “I am think- ing of making it in a bicycle. Anywa; it'’s more fun than sitting on a fis pole ” | First 4th Victim on raids growing out of “buys” made by stool pigeons. COLORED WOMAN HELD IN ATTACK ON HUSBAND Conflicting Versions of Shooting Are Given Police by Man, Wife and Daughter. After hearing varying versions of the shooting last night of James Scott, colored, 37 years old, of 1536 B street northeast, police of the ninth precinct arrested his wife, Annie Bell Scott, col- ored, 32 years old, and charged her ‘with assault with a dangerous weapon. It was shortly after 11 o'clock when the police, receiving word of the shoot- ing, found the wounded man suffering from a bullet wound in his right thigh and took him to Freedmen's Hospital. Scott told the police he had acci- dentally shot himself whil>= handling a pistol and his wife sa'd she was not in the room when the wound was in- flicted. A daughter of the couple, how- ever, according to the police, said her parents engaged in an srgument about morey and that her father attacked her mother. She then took a _hand in the affair, she is reported by the police to have stated, whereupon her father sttacked her. Her mother, she is de- clared to have stated, fired the shot in self-defense. —_—— CHAMBERS TAKES PLACE AS AD CLUB GROUP HEAD Assumes Duties as President of Dis- play Men's Division of As- sociation. J. T. Chambers of F. R. Jelleff, Inc.,| today assumed his new duties as presi- dent of the display men’s group of the Advertising Club of Washington. He was chosen yesterday at a special meeting of the group. at which it was voted to affiliate with the advertising organization. This was in line with the policy of the advertising club of creat- | ing and operating special groups for the | study of business promotion in all de- tails. The meeting was addressed by James W. Hardey, president. and Charles J. Columbus, managing director Other officers elected were: J. B. Mc- | Cann of S. Kann Sons Co., vice| president; Ollie Grimes of the Palais| Royal, secretary, and Harry Garrish of | ‘Woodward & Lothrop’s, treasurer. The membership of “the new group| was confined to men in charge of win- dow and interior displays in Washing- | ton stores. Senator Pat Harrison Takes Part in Match. The new Sixteenth street golf course which was christened yesterday with exhibition matches in which Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi and others took part, was opened to the public this morning at 6 am. Capt. F. W. Hoover, general manager of the Wel- fare and Recreational Association of public buildings and grounds, an-| nounced that the course would be open ! daily hereafter from daylight until dark The exhibition matches yesterday | JAMES M'CARTHY, 10 years old 1317 Thirty-fifth street, who was treated at Georgetown Hospital last night for powder burns sustained when a playmate dropped a lighted 2- inch “salute” into a rear pocket of his overalls, James was slightly burned, but | his overalls ruined. —Star Staff Photo. | BAR ASSOCIATION ACTS ON JUDGES Submits Five Names for Consid- | | eration of Attorney General | to Fill Vacancy. | Anticipating a possible vacancy on the bench of the District Supreme Court by the promotion of Justice Wil- liam Hitz or Justice Jennings Bailey | to one of the new positions on the bench of the District Court of Appeals, the District Bar Association at a special meeting last evening agreed to submit five names for the consideration of the Attorney General. The association renewed its recom- mendation of Attorneys W. W. Millan and John E. Laskey and added three additional names. James M. Proctor, | who was prominently named as a candi- | date for the office of United States | attorney when Leo A. Rover was select- |ed; George C. Gertman, secretary of the Bar Association and a local practi- tioner for many years, and H. Winship ‘Wheatley, a resident of Hyattsville, Md., who has been previously mentioned as being under consideration for a local judgeship, were added to the list of candidates. Col. J. Miller Kenyon, president of | the association, presided and the meet- | ing was attended by more than 100 members. LANSBURGH EMPLOYES TO HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC Trip to Chapel P, 12 Will Be Made Aboard §. 8. City of Washington. oint, Md., on July | The twelfth annual picnic of the Mu- tual Relief Association of Lansburgh & Bro. department store will be held at Chapel Point, Md.. July 12, it was an- nounced today. The group will pro- ceed to the recreation resort aboard the were made up of Senator Harrison, Representative W. B. Oliver of Ala bama; Al Houghton, who led the pro- fessional golfers of this district and | the four public links players who are 0 represent Washington in the na- tional public links tournament—B. H Burrows, Louts Fuchs, Ralph Burton and Sam Par] ERRS, “BOMBING” POLICE Tossing a firecracker at an_automo- bile is bad business, especially when the automoble is occupied by a police- man Policeman William D. Perry of the third precinct, attired in “civies,” was driving across the intersection of Sev- enth sweet and Rhode Ifland avenue when a lighted firecracker was hurled at _the officer's car. Perry pulled his mach'ne to a halt, jumped out and chased James Onley. 19 years old, 10 blocks before capturing him. The colored youth then was taken to the d precinct and charged with dischar, fireworks. Onley ob- tained his release on $25 collateral for 2ppearance in Police Court today. Firecracker Burns Youth. Joseph Rodbard, 16 years old, of 1343 R ctreet was treated at Emergency Hospital last night for burns when a §.'S. City of Washington, Wilson Line | excursion boat, leaving the Seventh | street wharf at 9 a.m. that date, An elaborate program has been ar- ranged for the occasion. including games with prizes for winners. Refreshments | | will be served in the grounds to those ! wearing Lansburgh_identification tags. | | Arrangements also have been made for { groups proceeding to the park by auto. STUDENT NURSE NEEDED Civil Service Commission to Receive Applications for Post. The Civil Service Commission an- nounces that it will receive applications until August 2 to fill vacancies in_che ition of student nurse at St. Eliza g:tsh‘s Hospital. Age limits are 18 and 30 years Full information and _application blanks may be obtained at 1723 F stre BILL PROTECTS DESIGNS ‘The Vestal bill to provide for copy- right of designs was passed today by the House and sent to the Senate. ‘The measure contemplates copy- ARMY FLYER LOSES FOOT IN ACCIDENT! Lieut. J. P. Ryan of Langley! Field Hurt Tuesday at La Crosse, Ind. As the result of an accident over La- Crosse, Ind., last Tuesday, in which he was catapulted from the forward cockpit of an Army bombardment plane, Lieut. John Paul Ryan, Army Air Corps, | of Langley Field, Va., last night had part of his foot amputated at Walter | Reed Hospital. The officer's foot was struck by a propeller as he pulled him- self back into the plane. The mishap was unusual in that the lieutenant was able to return to ghe plane. Several other Army officers who have been catapulted out of their planes in similar fashion have had only their parachutes to thank for a safe return to earth. As Licut. Ryan was rising into space out of the cockpit he managed to grab | the edge of a windshield with one hand. As he pulled himself back into the plane, however, one foot swung into the arc of one of the two propellers and was badly lacerated. His co-pilot, Lieut. Harley R. Grater, administered first aid treatement, using a pair of pliers and Lieut. Ryan's trouser leg to apply a tourniquet to stop the flow of blood. After landing at La Crosse, where the injuries were temporarily dressed, Lieut. Grater continued on to Bolling Field with his patient. Lieut. Ryan was taken to Walter Reed Hospital, where an op- eration was performed last night for the | removal of a toe and part of the foot. Lieut. Ryan had removed his safety belt to put on a sweater when the plane | struck a violent descending current of air dropped out from under him, it was reported. JACK OHEARN CLEARED OF BRIBERY CHARGES Assistant Prosecutor Refuses to Act After Policeman Alleges $10 Was Offered Him. Jack O'Hearn, 1700 block of Nine- teenth street, was cleared of charges of | attempting to bril Policeman T. E. Marquis of the thir, precinct, when As- sistant United States Attorney John R. Fitzpatrick refus>d to make out papers in the case at Police Court today. Police saild that O'Hearn last night was questioned about some kegs which were blocking an alley near his resi- dence and denied knowledge of them. Then he is said to have approached the officer and placed a $10 bill in his hand. Policeman Marquis immediately placed O'Hearn under arrested. He was escorted to the precinct and subse- quently released under $500 bond. When Marquis told Fitzpatrick today that he was nct ROINg to arrest O'Hearn becar-~ of the kegs, until the latter of- ferec - m the money, the prosecutor or- dered O'Hearn released “There certainly could be no bribe or attempted bribe if the policeman wasn't 8oIng to arrest the man,” declared Fitz- patrick. HUSBAND AND WIFE ASK | $13,000 CRASH DAMAGES | Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Early] Name Price L. Marsh Defendant After Auto Accident. Agnes F. Early and her husband,| Walter E. Early, 4817 Thirty-sixth street, have filed suits totaling $13,000 damages against Price L. Marsh, 132 East Capitol street. The wife places| her damage at $10,000 and the husband | wants an additional $3,000 for the loss of the services of the wife, for repairs to his automobile and for medical ex- penses. Mrs. Early was a passenger in her| husband’s automobile February 20 last, at Washingten Circle, when a car of | the defendant collided with the ma- chine and caused her to sustain serious injury. it is stated. Attorneys Wilton Lambert and Rudolph H. Yestman appear for the husband and wife. CURTIS T 0 SPEAK House Chaplain Accompanies Him to Atlantic City. Vice President Curtis and the Rev. right protection instead of patent protection as under existing law. Proponents contended the bill was James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of | the House, will leaye by ‘Sitomobile this afternoon for Ocean City, N. J., Where {1, 39 additional contracts have been The majestic public building program here is on the verge of its greatest ac- tivity, it was learned at the Treasury Department today. Contracts have been or will be made within 30 days with private architects for complete plans for six monumental new structures, and remodeling of an- other. The Washington development is part of the Government’s huge building pro- gram throughout the country, which Secretary of the Treasury Mellon in a formal statement last night reported was progressing “favorably” in line with President Hoover's announced policy to relieve unemployment. ‘Working Plans Pushed. Following the Secretary’s statement, it was learned at the department today that with legislation far advanced on the bullding program, architects who have had contracts for tentative sketches are proceeding with actual working plans so that the building pro- gram here may be expedited without delay, as soon as the land is available. This is in line with the President’s policy. Meantime, the Department of Justice is making steady progress toward acquiring sites in the Federal building triangle, bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, Fifteenth street and the Mall Under authorization of the Keyes- Elliott bill for new construction here the second deficiency bill, which has passed both House of Congress and now is in conference, carried $44,165,000 for eight buildings here, which are under the Treasury program for ex- pedited construction. Six of these buildings already have been developed in preliminary sketches by members of the Treasury Board of Architectural Consultants under earlier contracts. It now is understood that these architects soon are to be given contracts to proceed with actual work- ing drawings. These buildings, their estimate of total cost, location and the architects who will complete their plans, are as follows: $4,750,000 for Labor Building. Department of Labor, Fourteenth and B streets, $4,750,000, Arthur Brown of San Prancisco, architect; General Ac- | counting Office, $4,500,000, corner of | Twelfth and B streets, Arthur Brown, architect; auditorium, in form of a wing connecting Department of Labor and Geperal Accounting Office, along B street, $2,000,000, Arthur Brown, ar- chitect. Post Office Department, $10,300.000, Pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth street, running south on Twelfth street to connect with the General Accounting Office, William A. Delano of New York City, architect. Department of Justice Building, $10,- 000,000, Pennsylvania avenue, B street, Ninth and Tenth streets, Zantzinger, 5'}':‘; & Medary of Philadelphia, archi- Archives Building, on site of Center Market, $8,750,000, John Russell Pope, New York City, architect. Public Health Building, planned to 80 on B street facing Lincoln Memorial, $865,000, architect yet to be selected. State, War and Navy Building re- modeling to conform to the appearance | of the Treasury Department Building $3,000,000, Waddy B. Wood, architect Other Big Projects Listed. Other big projects, outside of Wash- ington, are in line for early action, the Secretary explained In his formal state- ment last night, the total limits of cost of all these projects here and in the fleld amounting to $70,000,000. With- out specifying which projects out of this lot will be placed on the market first, the Secretary said that plans will be completed for at least $30,000,000 worth of construction before the end of the calendar year. This program does not large public bullding projects under way here, which are yiot in the hands of the Treasury Department, such as the House Office Bullding, Supreme Court Build- ing, Municipal Center and others. Extensible Structure Is Speeded. The extensible building for the De- partment of Agriculture was recently put under contract by the Treasury, and actual tearing down of old buildings on the block bounded by B and C, Thir- teenth street and Linworth place south- west is expected to start soon. This is a $2,074,000 contract and is to be com- pleted in 450 calendar days. The secretary opened his formal an- nouncement by explaining that in a previous statement last March the de- partment indicated that its plans for public-building_construction “would be expedited to the fullest extent pos- sible in line with President Hoovers announced policy regarding unem- ployment.” e program formulated at that time,” he explained, “contemplated the placing under contract during the calendar year 1930 of approximately $92,000,000 wortn of construction in ad. dition to the $40,000,000 under contract at the beginning of the year. Progress reports for the first half of the year are favorable to the successful carrying out of this program.” 39 New Contracts Awarded. “On January 1, 1930, 36 construstion projects were under contract, involving Approximately $40,000,000,” ~ Secretary Mellon's statement said. Since January include other | awarded The total limits of cost authorized by Congress for these 39 new projects amount to nearly $28,000,000 This work is distributed over 26 States and includes one project each in the District of Columbia and Hawali. Eigt.* of the contracts exceed $1,000,000 each Of the $28,000,000, $17,000,000 was placed under contract during April, May and June. “During this same period over 3,309 contracts were awarded for repair, re- modeling, equipment and miscellaneous projects aggregating a total obligatinn of over $4480,000. A similar amount is estimated to be placed under contract from July to December 31, 1930. “In addition, contracts have been or will be made within 30 days with pri- vate architects for complete plans for a limited number of monumental build- ings, the total limits of cost of which amount to $70,000,000. It is expected that of this group plans will be com- pleted for at least $30,000,000 worth ot construction before the end of the calendar year. “The estimated output of the office of firecracker exploded prematurely in his ' necessary because of the short period they will be the speakers in a Fourth|supervising architect of the Treasury for hand. of popularity of desiggy. of July celebration tomorrow. This is all that remained of an 18. foot flagpole atop the Franklin National Bank Building, at Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, this morning, after was struck by lightning during an electrical storm last night. The bolt also slightly damaged the roof at the base of the pole. Thomas P. Hickman, vice president of the bank, said thi morning that replacing the fiagpole and repairing the roof would cost approxi- mately §500. —Star Staff Photo. APPEAL FOR FUNDS During Hours. Public Printer George H. Carter is| entirely “within the law” in enforcing | an eight-hour day for employes of the| Government Printing Office, legal offi- cers of the Government claimed today in explaining that the public printer has discretionary authority to extend the number of working hours. Despite the deflance of a number of the salaried Civil Service personnel at the Government Printing Office who are ignoring the newly imposed 8 o'clock | reporting hour, Mr. Carter has showed no intimation that he intends at a early date to restore the regular Gov- ernment hours, which begin at 9 o'clock. Employes who report for work at 9 | o'clock, ‘it was said today, are being “docked” one-eighth of a day's pay, the deduction being based on an eight- hour day, since an additional hour of work has been imposed. Eighth of Day Deducted. ‘This statement was made on behalf of the public printer in the face of complaints from a number of salaried employes, who claimed those reporting for work at 9 o'clock are being docked one-seventh of a day's pay. While Mr. Carter was too “busy” at frequent times to discuss the situation at the Govern- ment Printing Office with a reporter, emphatic denial, however, was given by | his secretary that one-eighth, and not | one-seventh, of a day’s pay is being d ducted in such cases. While the additional hour's time ap- plied to the working day results in in- creased pay for plece workers, it does not affect the pay of salaried workers. About 200 employes of the superin- . | tendent of documents, most of whom are women, are affected by the order, it was said. IS MADE BY CHEST Need of Helping Unemployed Calls for Extra Gifts, Director Explains. With the unemployment situation worse than it ordinarily is at this time of the year, Elwood Strect, director of the Community Chest, today made an appeal for additional contributions. “We are geotting a number of addi- tional subscriptions from people who had subscribed in 1929 and falled to renew in 1930,” Mr. Street said, “but | as our grants are largely to the family welfare agencies, necessitated by the unemployment situation, there is still a great need for money if the Chest is | not to face a deficit in 1931, | “We are continuing to watch the ex- | penditure of every penny and to see that the utmost in service is rendered for every dollar expended and we are grateful to those who have been able to see the justice of our needs and have aceordingly Increased their subscrip- tions.” Mr. Street said that the Great At lantic & Pacific Tea Co., through 5. W Zink, general superintendent, had in- | creased its gift from $500 to $800 afte: an appeal had heen made by Mrs. | Charles A. Goldsmith, Reappointed yesterday as chairman of the Budget Committee by John Poole, president of the Community Chest, Cor- coran Thom, president of the American Security & Trust Co., today began planning his work preparatory to the next campaign. Declaring the Budget Committee was one of the most important units of the | Chest organization, Mr. Poole expressed | gratification over 'the decision of Mr. Thom to accept the again. The committee will be divided into three subcommittees. Dr. Charles P. Neill will be chairman of the character- building subcommittee. ~Associated with him will b= D. N. Burnham, Miss Mar- garet Fox, Harry King, Arthur J. May, S. W. Rutherford, Mrs. Joseph Stod- dard and Hugh Thrift. The _dependency subcommittee— Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, chairman; Dwight Clark, Mrs. Charles A. Gold- smith, Rudolph Jose, Wayne Kendrick, chairmanship i Willlam Montgomery, Arthur C. Mos: Allan Pope and Corcoran Thom. The subcommittee on health—Sinfbn Lyon, chairman; James A. Councilor, Mrs. Joshua Evans, Robert V. Fleming, E. C. Graham, D. J. Murphy, Mrs. J | seph Saunders, Henry W. Schon and Mrs. Frank C. Weeden, SWIMMING CLASSES AID BOYS 7 TO 9 YEARS OLD Semi-Weekly Instruction Will Be Given—Outdoor Schedule of Activities Launched. Believing that boys should learn to swim at an early age, the boys' depart- ment of the Young Men's Christian As- sociation has arranged special semi- weekly swimming classes for youngsters 7 to 9 years old. Since boys of this age are not eli- gible to regular membership in the boys’ department, the classes will be: com- posed of non-members. The instruction will be in charge of Ray Haycock, ex- perienced swimming instructor. Classes will be held each Monday and Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the boys' pool, at 1732 G street, head- quarters of the boys’ “Y.” The boys' department of the Y. M. C. A. has launched its Summer schedule of outdoor activities. The program in- cludes hikes, tennis, base ball on the sandlots and swims. For the benefit of boys who do not know how to play tennis, there will be special classes at 1:30 o'clock on Mon- day and Wednesday afternoons. authorized limits of cost totaling $55,- 735,500. All of these projects are ex- pected to be placed under contract be- fore the end of the year. The present status of the 71 profects is as follows. Bids receiving attention, 4: on the mar- ket for bids, 10: plans completed and to be placed on the market during July, 14; plans well advanced but not com: picted, 43. These contracts will be dis- | “the next six monthayis 71 projects, with ! tributed over 39 States. | as to endanger the lives of persons on Claim Gambling Is Cause. It was claimed that these employes jare thus being punished because some | employes of the Government Printing | Office were alleged to have been gam- bling during office hours, an investiga- tion of which Mr. Carter recently con- ducted. Public Printer Carter has declined to state for publication his reasons for | imposing the extra hour. Without go- | ing into the reasons, it was claimed in | authoritative official circles today that the Public Printer has acted lawfully, | since the law states that civil service employes shall work not less than seven hours a day and imposes no limit on the number of hours beyond seven, which is entirely within the discretion of the head of the department or in- dependent office. LEICH DISMISSAL ACTION IS UPHELD District Commissioners Sustain Verdict of Police Trial Board. The District Commissioners today up- held the Triai Board's action in dis- missing Policeman L. L. Leich of the eleventh precinct from the force. Leich was convicted of driving a po- lice car at an excessive rate of speed so the street and of making an untruthful statement to Inspector Albert J. Head- cy. According to the testimony in_the case, Leich drove a police auto at high speed and overturned it at Pennsylvania avenue and Minnesota avenue south- east, damaging the car and incurring se- vere injuries himself. He is said later to have explained the accident by say- ing that he was chasing & rum car and became blinded by a smoke screen. The testimony of bystanders, however, di not sustain the story about the smoke screen. CURB I;ND GUTTER—WORK ASSESSMENT PROTESTED Right to Impose Charge on Property Owners Is Challenged. The authority of the Commissioners to assess pro?lerty for curb and gutter work under the gasoline tax was chal- lenged today by Joseph W. Cheyney, 2615 Myrtle street northeast, who asked that his assessment be canceled, as be- ing illegal Mr. Cheyney asserts that the gasoline tax act provides that money from the gasoline tax fund shall go for the im- provement or repairs of streets, and that the gutter and curb are not part of the street. “I find no authority in any special assessment law that permits or author- izes assessments against property own- ers for gutters. Such an assessment is certainly not authorized by the act of August 1, 1824," Mr. Cheyney wrote, “and I ask to be relieved from the as- Commissioners’ WILLIAM RUSSELL. GIRL, 6, BURNED, FIGHTS FOR LIFE Bears Pain Without Whimper, Repeating Prayer as Doctors Battle. Bearing up bravely, little Edna Mae Russell, 6 years old, is lying in Casualty Hospital suffering from painful and probably fatal burns sustained yester- day afternoon, repeating the prayer she knows best that she may recover. From her pretty childish lips came the words: “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.” Otherwise Edna bears her pain with- out a whimper, while the nurses and doctors are doing everything humanly possible to bring about her recovery. Edna’s fortitude, they say, will help. Edna had just finished taking a music lesson from her teacher, Mrs. Kathryn H. Arthur, at 1117 East Capitol street, yesterday afternoon and had gone out on the porch while her brother William, 10 years old, was taking his lesson. She found a box of matches and struck one, setting her dress on fire. Her screams brought Mrs. Arthur and the brother, who succeeded in putting out the flamee. William and Mrs. Arthur were treat- ed at Casualty Hospital for burns about the hands and arms they sustained be- fore they had succeeded in entirely smothering the flames. Edna never whimpered as she wa: rushed to the hospital. Her only com. ment as she was being taken there in | an _automobile being: “Hurry, Mrs. Arthur, it hurts.” The little girl is burned about the chest, neck, along the side of her face and on her arms. Her parents are Mr. |and Mrs. Russell Bonner, 913 Massa- | chusetts avenue northeast. The doctors | at the hospital say they cannot de- | termine yet whether she will get well. | Edna L a student. in the first grade | at Edmonds School, having completed }!he first half of the grade there last | year. * DIZZY SPELL BLAMED FOR FATAL PLUNGE Joseph Campbell, Mechanic, Falls From Second-Story Porch of Eighth Street Home. | A dizzy spell, possibly brought on by | bronchial trouble, with which he was a | | chronic sufferer, is believed to have plunged Joseph Campbell, 38-year-old automobile mechanic, of 5723 Eighth street to his death yesterday afternoon while he was standing on a second- story porch of his home watching his two children at play in the back yard. Campbell fell 25-feet to a concrete sidewalk and died three hours later with a fractured skull at Garfield Hospital. Mrs. Cora Campbell, his wife, told police she was at work in the kitehen about 3:30 o'clock when her two chil- dren, who had been playing in the yard, ran into the house and shouted that their father had fallen from the porch. Police investigating found that Camp- bell had toppled over a 4-foot railing. sessment charged against my property under (this) act.” Dr. Nevitt issued a certificate of ac- cidental death. While the park policemen are not expecting any fires or other accidents in the public parks tomorrow during the celebration of Independence day, it Jjust happened that the 23 motor cycle park policemen were equipped today for the first time with a luggage carrier provided with a regulation automobile fire extinguisher and a first-aid kit ina steel box. PARK POLICE EQUIPPED TO FIGHT FIRES AND AID ACCIDENT VICTIMS Motor Cycle Men Are Provided With Extinguishers and First-Aid Kit. lice. Col. Grant said at that time that this equipment had been found useful in other cities. “We are hoping there will be no ac- cidents tomorrow,” said Capt. Mont- gomery, “but we are glad the equip- ment arrived at this time, because we are now ready for the work.” The motor cycle park policemen have been instructed to use their fire ex- An Army cook has given police in- formation, it was learned today, which they belleve may prove valuable in lo- cating Herman H. Barrere, itinerant painter and World War veteran, who is wanted for questioning in connection with the investigation of the murder of Mary Baker. ‘The cook, who is stationed in Wash- ington, told the police that at one time he was a close companion of Barrere, and worked beside him at a military post. He said he knew different places where the painter might go to “hide out” and gave a list of such places to the investigators. Not in Shreveport, La. The police also have been told by & friend of Barrere that he may be hid= }ing in Shreveport, La., but the author= ities appear to be satisfled that he is not there, pointing out that such infor= mation would not be made public if they had any reason to suspect that hi could be found in that city. A Depart. ment of Justice agent, however, is said to have gone to Shreveport last week to investigate a “tip” that the painter had been seen there, but was unable to locate him. Simultaneously with the international hunt for Barrere, Washington and Ar lington County authorities are still look- ing for the mysterious man with a wart on his nose, whose queries about a gun that had been stolen from Herbert M. Campbell of Oak Crest, Va., led to the recovery of the murder weapon. Camp- bell gave the police a complete descrip= tion of this man, but thus far the in- vestigators have failed to find one man with a wart on his nose whose appear- ances even remotely resemble those of the man who visited Campbell's office and questioned him about a .32-caliber gun. Case at Standstill. Aside from the search for Barrere and the wart-nosed man, the investi- gation of the murder case, accordin to Inspector William S. Shelby, chie! of detectives, has reached another standstill. The investigators, it was said, expect the arrest of either of these men to provide the next develop=- ment in the mysterious case. Howard L. Brewster, Army hostler, who has been charged with the crime, is still languishing in the Arlington County Jail, although Commonwealtli Attorney William C. Gloth of Arling- ton County announced yesterday that he would release the soldier “very soon.” Gloth also told Washington police au- thorities that he planned to give Brew= ster his freedom, because the senss tional developments in the. last three weeks have indicated that he had ne connection with the crime. The soldier was taken into custody when he con- fessed to the murder, but later denied that he had killed Miss Baker, DAYTON TO COMMAND RESERVE SHIP HERE Temporarily Succeeds Lieut, Comdr. R. 8. Field Aboard Abel P. Upshur, Lieut. B. J. Dayton has been chosen as the temporary commanding officer of the local Naval Reserve vessel U. S. 8. Abel P. Upshur, to succeed Lieut. Comdr. Richard S. Field, who is aide to the new commandant, Capt. Claude C. Bloch, Lieut. Dayton will start the series of three cruises, beginning Saturday, in which some 300 Naval Reservists will participate. Half of the number wil] be from Washington and half from Balti- more. About 100 men will be taken on each trip, which will be of two weeks’ duration, staying one week in port here h’:twe'e:: tr:gc.be'rhe ;chedulehcnlls for e trips made up the Nort Atlantic Coast. % 5 As executive officer of the U. 8. Abel P. Upshur will be Lieut. J. v% Price, jr, who has been newly assigned to that post. Lieut. Comdr. Pleld was until recently commanding officer of the U. S. S. Bainbridge, while Lieut, Dayton was his executive officer on that vessel. Lieut. Price has come to Washe ington after service on the U. S. 8, Antares. FOKKER FINED FOR GOING UP WITHOUT LICENSE Report of Officers at Roosevelt Field Reaches Commerce De- partment Inspectors. Anthony H. G. Fokker, who has been in the business of designing and build- ing airplanes half his lifetime, has run afoul aeronautical inspectors of the De- partment of Commerce for flying with- out a license. According to a report received here by the aeronautics branch of the de- partment, Fokker was tentatively as- sessed a fine of $500 for a flight yes- terday at Roosevelt Fleld, N. Y. The penalty, however, is subject to revision by the department after a study of the seriousness of the offense. Fokker, it is said, took a plane into the air immediately after the departure from Roosevelt Field of the Southern Cross, famous ocean hopper, of which he was designer and builder. When he landed, inspectors questioned him and found he has not had a pilot's license since 1926. He immediately took the necessary tests and was told a_renewal license would be forwarded to him, ac cording to an Associated Press dispatch. TREATED AT HOSPITAL Young Woman Takes Overdose of Toothache Medicine. In making the announcement, Capt.| tinguishers not only in case their own| Taking an overdose of toothache R. C. Montgomery, superintendent of machines catch fire, but to ald the pub- | medicine containing a sleep-preducio. the park police, said it was fortunate | lic generally in case of automobile|drug, Mildred Smith, 23 years old, of that the new equipment had arrived in time for use on the Fourth of July in case it should become necessary. He said the new equipment was approved somet| by Col. U. S. Grant, 34, who hak, jurisdiction over the park po- fires. The first-aid kits will also en- able them, Capt. Montgomery explained, to render quick help in case of acci- dents. They have already received in- structions in first ald from the Red Cross. & 941 M street, was stricken ill at her home last night and was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where she was treated. Her condition was said hospit: officials to be “fairly umnfl:’ry"m