Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1930, Page 17

OFFICIALS CONSIDER PARKING PROBLENS| IN DOWNTOWN . €. Time Limits and Care of Gov- ernment Employes’ Cars Among Questions. REPORT OF EXPERTS WILL BE REVIEWED Recommendations Following Study ‘Will Be in Nature of Advice to Traffic Director. For the purpose of co-ordinating the views of Washington's business men and officials of the Distriet .and Fed- eral Governments, regarding the vari- ous problems of automobile parking in the central or downtown business sec- tion, a meeting of the Automobile Parking Committee began this after- noon in tle conference room of the Navy Department Building. Among the most important questions under consideration were the time limits for automobile parking in the central district, what to do about double king, the question of angle park- and how best to care for the park- ing of automobiles of Government em- Pployes. At the meeting Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, presided as chairman. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning, is vice president of the committee; Ed- ward D. Shaw is/secretary and Frank | d R. Jelleff, also included 1 trade bodi treasurer. ‘Those present representatives of the ies, of the District and | the traffic officials. Consider Traffic Report. The principal business of the after- noon was consideration of a rt drafted jointly by Dr. Miller - tock, of the Erskine Bureau of _Research, Harvard University, and by the staff of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Dr. Mc- Clintock was retained by the local Planning Commission, but much of the se of his study of the question was paid for by members of Jocal trade bodis es. It is intended that the recommen- dations of this committee, which will probably be“made following a study of Dr. McClintock’s report, shall be re’ garded in the nature of advice to W. H. Harland, director of traffic in the District, and all other persons having to do with the automobile parking questions here. ‘The report includes a study of the supply of existing, parking space in the business area; at the curbs and in urllu‘.n It was found that ?x:u ;: space garages or on parking off the street in the central business district of Washington for 5,450 cars, as compared business district of Boston; 6,000 in New Orleans, and 30,000 in Los Angeles. All-Day Parking Jndicated. In order to determine to some extent how great is the demand for parking space in the District here, counts were made showing the number of motor vehicles to be accommodated at any one time. The report also goes into the question of how the curb space is actually . It was discovered that the legal number of cars parked along the curbs was reached usually by 9 o'clock every morning in the business district, and that these spaces remained filled until at least 4 o'clock in the afternoon, indicating a very large num- ber of all-day parkers. This situation, the report states, results to a very large extent in double parking, which great! exceeds the legal limit. An analysis of 14,000 cars was made with the result that it was discovered that 7 per cent of this number took up 33 per cent of the available parking space downtown. In other words, these are the so-called all-day parkers. ‘The report also goes into the question of the time it requires the average au- ‘tomobilist to find a parkirg space cown- town and the distance he must travel to do so. It was ascertained that for five typical destinations downtown it required an average of about six min- utes to find a parking space between 11 am, and 2 p.m. and nine minutes in the evening from 6 o'clock until 11 o'clock, during the theater hours, in the vicinity of ¥ and Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. Travel Three-Quarters of Mile. Another interesting discovery made in the course of the survey was that the average automobilist downtown during the busy time traveled three-quarters of a mile trying io locate a parking e. A check was made to ascertain the different ways in which the Govern- ment employes go to work each day. Approximately 56,750 employes were questioned on this subject through the office of the chief co-ordinator. Roughly, it was discovered that 23 per cent of the Government employes 80 to work in their own cars, 10 per cent are driven to work in cars belong- with 17,000 cars in the|gn to others, 20 per cent walk, 40| ge; r cent use the street cars and some- ing like 5 per cent use busses. ‘The Automobile Parking Committee has had several previous meetings of a preliminary character. Dr. McClintock and Mr. Eliot recently conferred in Denver while the study was being made, and as a result of that con- ference Dr. McClintock gave the com- mittee today a statement of his recom- mendation, which was under discussion this afternoon. Maurice A. Rainey Hurt When Motor Cycle Falls on Him. Park Policeman Maurice A. Rainey recevied lacerations of the legs yester- day when his motor cycle skidded and feil upon him as he was riding to his home, at 5817 East OCapitol street. Rainey was given first-aid treatment at Casualty Hospital and dismissed. Lacerations of the right ear were sustained by Mrs. L. G. Rowens, 40 years old, of 3613 Thirteenth street, when an automobile in which she was riding collided with a car driven by Napoleon Marks, colored, of 406 M street, last night. The accident oceur- ved at Ninth and Q streets. Mrs. Row- ons was treated f‘ Garfield Hospital, WORKMAN DROWNS Thuus Stokes, Colored, Falls Into ‘Washington Channel. Thomas Stokes, colored, 48 years old, ©of 613 Third street northeast, fell into the Washington Channel at the foot of Eleventh street southwest late yester~ day anc was drowned. Harbor precinct police recovered the body after 10 minutes of dragging near the spot where the man was seen (o g0 overboard.. Fire rescue squad tried to revive the mon, but their ef- g | tinued the conversation indefinitely, but TREE SITTER CLAMORS FOR BREAKFAST AS CANNED MUSIC ANSWERS INTERV Frank Kilmartin Earnestly Desires to Be Champion of United States. Occupies Beacfi_Chair 40| Feet Above Ground on 14th Street Near Chapin. In spite of the earn efforts of en- terprising persons to withhold the news | from the ic, it Jooks as if the news- | papers be compelled to be frank | about Prank Kilmartin’s earnest efforts to be the champion tree sitter of the United States. If the public comes to admire Frank and lingers to bat red golf balls about the miniature golf course which lies at the base of Frank’s treé, that, of course, is incidental. Frankly, the big idea behind Frank’s WASHI earnest effort is to break the United States record. Frank, however, is only | 17, and he will have to be about three | weeks older before any records fall, in hukvlclnny, along with the limbs lx'ldl rk. As it is, he's only been up 12 hours | now, having mounted to the seat of his enterprise at 10 o'clock last night, much to the consternation of persons passing along Fourteenth street, near the in- tersection of Chapin. Have Lot in Common, When the city editor heard about Frank's earnest effort, he said to your correspondent: “You ought to know something about sitting; I think you hold the office record yowself; go on out and interview Frank—you boys have a lot in_common.” | Much cheered, your correspondent | made his way to the base of the tree | where Frank is sitting and sat Cown. He had to crane his neck rather uncom- | fortably, because Frank was sbout 40 feet up and gave no sign of coming lown. “Do, yoy think there is any future in tree itting?” shouted your corre- spondent, just to open the conversation. Frank stirred languidly in the depihs of his beach chair and wiggled his toes. ‘T want breakfast!” he replied, in the tulant tone of a man who wants t and is in & position to order it ‘kmdl “What are your psychological reac- tions to all !hlé pltfllm publicity?” was your correspondent’s nex: poser. *X nn{mbreluun" cried Frank, hoarsely. o\‘(mulywneepondenc would have con- at that moment he was all But un- seated by the feverish activity of the ground crew. 2 Breakfast Arrived. Jimmy Munro, as he explained, was the gx':\ind crew. He'had come steam- up with a breakfast tray, laid out with two soft-boiled ~eggs, two pieces of toast, bacon and coffee—the very fare, he said, to promote endurance in tree n'g’:nk seemed greatly cheered by all the bustle on the ground. He lowered a rope and presently was munching toast. “Now that you've had your break- fast,” shouted your correspondent, “I w:n:n ::im uk')"ou lt{! y’o'u've been leading ve life?” ‘The onfic sound from sbove was the sound of music. Frank, as the ground crew ex¥lnlne¢. had a banjo up there and could play it as loudly as any of his fellow students at Central High . But the sound could not have been blamed on a banjo. “Oh,” said the ground crew, “that— why that's Frank's portable grapho- phone-he has up there with him.” Your correspondent cleared his throat to compete ~ with Frank’s portable graphophone. “To what mental or physical element of your makesup do you attribute your remarkable endur- ance?” he shouted. “I'm dancing with tears in my eyes,” sald Frank's portable graphophone. One neighbor said, 4s your corre- spondent staggered away, that since Frank’s was a portable graphophone he hoped Prank would carry it to his home soon at 1324 Euclid street. COUNTY BOARD HEARS ELECTRIC RATE CASE Proposed Reductions Presented to Arlington Body by Virginia Public Service Co. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., July 24—Representatives of the Virginia Public Service Co. ap- peared before the Public Utilities Com- mission at its meeting here last night to explain the proposed reduction in rates by the company. The local Pub- lic Utilitles Commission is a semi-official body selected by the Board of County Supervisors to study public utility ques- tions and report ‘findings and recommendations. According to Chairman James W. Head, the company mfif“’d at the request of the comm! , which body yired first hand information as to the reductions that have been announced by the electric company. A study of the electric rates was first task of the commission and members now feel that this matter will be adjusted suf- ficlently to permit the commission to take up the gas rates. Officials of the electric company in- formed the Utilities Commission that they would appear before the State Corporation Commission about August i - FRANK KILMARTIN, Up a tree at Fourteenth and Chapin streets, ~—Star Staff Photo. RITCHIE DEDICATES Direct Route to Solomons and Chesapeake Beach For- mally Opened. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. BRISTOL, Md., July 24—Led by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie and Mayor Wil- liam F. Broening of Baltimore, hundreds of residents of Anne Arundel and Cal- vert sCounties and visitors from all sec- tions of Southern Maryland today officially dedicated the new Southern ilaryland boulevard, the largest addi- tion to the road system of this section of the State since the construction of the Crain highway. Favored by almost ideal weather con- ditions, the all-day program opened shortly after 11 o'clock this morning when Gov. Ritchie cut a silken barrier near the upper end of the new roadway. This was immediately followed by a parade of hundreds of automobiles and decorated floats over the smooth boule~ vard, which stretches in almost & straight line from the Marlboro pike near Drury to Sunderland, 12 miles distant. End at Seaside Park. Arriving at Sunderland, the paraders turned northward to Mount Harmony and thence eastward to North Beach, terminating at Seaside Park. Gov. Ritchie and Mayor Broening were scheduled to deliver informal speeches following a buffet luncheon at the park. Aquatic sports events fill the afternoon program, while a Southern Maryland ball and fireworks display will conclude the exercises tonight. The day’s events are being managed by the Calvert County Improvement Committee, headed by John B. Gray, jr., which sponsored the highway. Joseph Chaney, district engineer of the State Roads Commission, supervised the con- struction of the boulevard, which cost approximately $500,000. ‘The new road affords a shorter and more direct route to Solomons Island, Chesapeake Beach and many other bay resorts. Historic Floats in Line. Prominent in the line of march were five historic floats. ‘The first of, these represented the marriage of Anne Arundel and Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Bajtimore, which occurred in England, in wzg and the costumes worn were typical of the dress of that time. Anne Arundel was impersonated by Miss Peggy Cawood, and Cecil Calvert by Douglas Parran. Others on the float were: Lady-in- waiting, Virginia Chew: Lord, Edgar Bowen; Priest, George Weems, ‘The second float depicted life in & Susquehannock Indlan settlement in Calvert County before the advent of the white men. Those on the float were: Ella Mae Parran, Rella Bowen, Edna Lyons, Leroy Chaney, Arthur Bowen, John B. Gray, 3d, and Marion King. Float No. 3 was a symbolic one, por- traying Chief Justice Roger Brooke 1 at which time they would announce the reductions to be made and ask the State body to grant them. The exact reductions planned cannot be made public at this time, it was said. In an effort to have placed before them all complaints by citizens regard- the service or rates of any public utility operating in the county, the secretary, C. I. Kephart, was instructed to write the president of the Arlington County Civic Federation and ask that all matters pertaining to public utili- ties coming before that body be referred to_the Public Utilities Commission. Kephart, it was announced at last night's meeting, has been appointed by Gov. John Garland Pollard as a dele- gate to the Institute of Public Affairs, tn lll: held in Charlottsville, August 2 w 16. INSPECT GALLINGER District Commissioners Plan Visits to Municipal Institutions. The three District Commissioners yesterday made an inspection ot Gal- | linger Municipal H:rlm. Other’ municipal institutions wiil inspected in a round of visits d by the Commissioners to familiarize themselves with the work being done in gmmlnionm Herbert B. Crosby an me‘r H. B'Q'I:hh‘eld:‘:ler have had lmlkn time for an: g since taking office making up their uflm‘ tes April 'C. Gotwals Taney enthroned between justice and liberty. Raymond Whllungufil repre- sented Judge Taney, with Luclle Lusby and Anne Dorsey impersonating justice and liberty, xflpect\vel{‘. The fourth float showed Dr. Alex Duke introducing Margaret Mackall Smith, daughter of M ind Mrs. Wal- ter Smith of Calvert County, to Zachary Taylor, an incident which led to_the marriage of the two in 1819, Duke Belt, a direct descendant of Dr. Alex Duke, took the part of his distinguished an- cestor on the float. Miss Virginia Ham- mett made a charming Margaret Mackall Smith, while Calvert Norfolk represented Zachary Taylor. First Governor of Maryland. The final historic float represented a family group surrounding Thomas Johnson, the first State Governor of Maryland, who was born in Calvert County. Those on the float and the characters represented by them were: Thomas Blake, Gov. Johnson; Ruth Asbury, Louisa Catherine Johnson, the Goverpor’s niece; N. D, Sollers, John Quincy Adams, whom Louisa married; Mary Evelyn Mackall, granddaughter of Gov. Johnson; Lavellle Hance, Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy Adams. The City of Annapolis and the An- nlmwlm of Commerc jointly o " State Hm;mt in 1772. The jorth Beach, Solomons and the management of Plum Point subdivi- ted by floats in MARYLAND ROAD GUILTY PLEA MADE INFREWORKS CASE Frank Jewett, Former Police- man, Admits Throwing Cracker Into Automobile. Prank Jewell, 30 years old, former policeman, pleaded guilty in . Police Court yester¢ .y to two charges of as- sault which were filed after a crack- er had been thrown into the crib of the 7-month-old son of Joseph Wilson, 1312 Florida avenue northeast, July 4, injuring the baby as well as an older brother. ‘Wilson declared that he was taking his wife and two young sons for a drive on Bladensburg road in the afternoon of Independence day, when a car pulled alongside his machine. Something was thrown dnto his car. There was a loud report. The children screamed. After the smoke cleared an examination re- vealed that the baby’s arm was bleeding. He was taken to Casualty Hospital where he was confined for several da; aware that the automobile contained children. The man is being held at the District Jail for sentence by Judge John P. McMahon Saturday. ENGINEER PINNED UNDER TRUCK WHEN JACK FALLS David Poor Rescued by Relative After Being Held to Ground for 15 Minutes. Pinned uhder & truck with his arm caught between the chassis and the ground when a jack was dislodged, David Poore, 35 years old, 2315 Thirty- second street southeast, was rescued by his father-in-law, Benjamin Ober, 55 years old, after a 15-minute struggle t.hs;oo morping. re, an_engineer at the Metropoli- tan Club, had been working on the truck all morning. His bgs}' struck the chassis of the truck, dislodging the jack and pinning his arm between the chassis and the ground. Ober inserted a beam under the truck and with the help of Poore, who used his free hand, succeeded in extri- cating the man. Poore suffered several deep lacera- tions “in his arm. Casualty Hospital physicians said his condition is not sérious. FINES ARE METED OUT IN COUNTY RUM CASES Hyattsville Court Tells Defendant Bootleggers Cause Suffering in Community., By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., July 24.—Tell- ing the defendant he considered boot- leggers of Capitol Heights responsible for widespread misery in the homes of the community, Police Court Judge J. uetion . Chew Sheriff yesterday fined John Po- litta, shoe repair shop proprietor, $150 on a charge of illegal possession of liq- uor. It was the man’s third offense. Benjamin Noel, who runs a pool room in Capitol Heights, appeared be- fore the court for the first time on & charge of illegal possession, and was fined $50. Both men were arrested by County Officers and Brown. 7 Ted Langley of Beltsville, who was arrested by the same officers when they raided a still, was fined $200 or six mflnm for manufacture and posses- Otto Miller of Brentwood, arrested by Town Chief of Police Brown and several deputies on a charge of possession, also was fined $50. He nof ;ymlnpe‘! through Attorney Jobn S. WELL DIGGER INJURED | Falling Tub Sends H. P. Sanders, Vienna, Va., to Hospital. Va., is reported jous condition at Emergency with a fractured skull and '-M“ left eye suffered while dl well. Sanders told Hospital to a NEW HEAD OFFICE STONE TOMORROW Dr. Wiliam John Cooper, U. S. Commissioner of Edu- cation, Will Deliver Address. GRAND LODGE OF MASONS WILL CONDUCT CEREMONY Trowel Used in Function Is One Wielded by Washington at Capitol. ‘The corner stone of the National Education Association’s headquarters ‘building, now under construction at Six- teenth and M streets, will be laid at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in cere- monies marked by the partigipation of nationally prominent educators, b Dr. Willlam John Cooper, States commissioner of education, will deliver the principal address, while brief talks will be made by Miss Ruth Pyrtle, first vice president of the Na- tional Education Association; Dr. ‘Walter R. Siders, chairman of the asso- clation’s board of trustees, and Joseph H. Saunders, superintendent of schools at Newport News, Va., and a member of the association’s board of trustees. The ceremonies incident to the actual laying of the stone will be conducted by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Djstrict of Columbia and the trowel used in the function is that which George Washington wielded in laying the corner stone of the Capitol in 1793. The N. E. A. headquarters bullding’s stone will contain the signa- tures of the 3,750 life members of the ‘whose dues' have made the construction possible, copies of National Education Assoclation publications, a miniature silk flag of the United States, Tebort of the_proceedings of the Orind of the procee of the Gran Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District for 1030, the Masonic calendar of the District of Columbia and the Masonic code. Costing $350,000, the new building is of American colonial motif.- In view of the present needs of the association itself, the structure is too large, but it was designed with a 25-year perspective. For the present, the spare space in the structure will be rented to such organ- izations as the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and the Interna- tional Kindergarten Union. The build- ln, will be ready for occupancy on or before January, 1931. SHOUSE ATTACKS LEGGE STATEMENT Assertion That Democratic Criti- ! cism of Farm Board Is Political “Bunk” Is Called “Alibi” Chairman Legge's recent assertion that Democratic criticism of the Fed- eral Farm Board was “political bunk” “alibi” by Jouett the Democratic National Executive Committee, in a statement issued late yesterday. “The farmers who are selling 60-cent wheat to pay for their harvesting ma- chinery are complaining,” said Shouse, “not the Democratic National Commit- tee or the Democratic orators. There is nothing political in the almost Na- tion-wide censure of the Farm Board and the discrepancy between what it is suj ed to do and what it has accom- pl except Mr. Legge's alibi that the strictures on the performance are ‘political bunk.' " = “The Democratic National Committee and the -orators mentioned by Mr. Legge,” he said, “did not write the quo- tations of the present prices of wheat, corn and cotton In the dally market reports, which are neither political nor | ‘bunk.’ These are the record of Mr, Legge's Farm Board’s fallure to effect the purposes of Its creation. * * * “The board'’s province was to lift the industry ture out of the slough. ‘The farmer finds himself in a worse redicament than ever. Whether the fault lies in the intrinsic inadequacy of gt&%:r nrgx; fim!?:':xmumh of its lons > and his asso- ciates is immaterial from the farmers' int of view.. He was promised that Government would help him in his struggle, and the Government has plunged him into greater trouble.” ARMY CLASSIFICATION BOARD MEETS SEPT. 8 Gens. Smith, McCoy, Heintzelman, Cruikshank, Jackson, Walker and Jamerson to Act. By direction of the president, a board of Army officers will meet in this city September 8 to continue the classifioa- tion of officers of the Army, under the provisions of the act of Congress ap- proved June 4, 1920. ‘The detail for the board is: Maj. Gens, Willlam R. Smith and Frank R. McCoy and RBrig. Gens. Stuart Heintzel- man, W. M. Crulkshank, Willlam P. Jackson, M. L. Walker and George H. Jamerson. . Maj. R. L. Eichelberger, Adjutant General's De) ent, is de- talled as recorder of the board, with- out vote. HOLDING ANNUAL OUTING of agricull . * * * It hasn't done the work. | r ez FDUCATORS TO LAY | Paid_pallbearers from All Souls’ Unitarian Church today. Day, pastor. HOW IS FORGOTTEN IN DEATH BY HOBO carrying the casket of James Eads How, millionaire hobo, Leading the procession is Dr. Robert B. —Star Staff Photo. Arlington Supervisor Believes Payment Solves Important Point in Case. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON . COUNTY COURT HOUSE, 'Va., July 24—The note given by the. Arlington Investment Corpora- tion for the installation of water and sewerage in Waycroft subdivision has been paid in full, it was announced last night by Supervisor B. M. Hedrick, who is to be tried September 2 on charges of malfeasance in office as & result of the debt. The total amount of the note is $9,175.78, and was given the county on April 17 last, payable in 90 days. Since the note was discounted by the eounty, efforts to Jearn whether it was paid on thé date it was due were unsuccessful Hedrick, Payment Demanded. Hedrick’s citation into court on the malfeasance charge resulted from the fact that he is both a member of the board of county supervisors and the manaj director of the Arlington Investment Corporation, owners of the subdivision in which the water and sewerage was installed. Th ‘Women Voters of Arlington County, complainants in the impeachment ceedings, allege that the subdi work was done at county expense. In the petition to the court, ‘women’s organization ell‘lm'a that the instaNations took place during last year and that no notes were given nor was there any attempt to settle the indebt- edness until Commonwealth’s Attorney William C. Gloth discovered the item and wrote Hedrick demanding payment. As a result of this demand the invest- ment corporation tendered the note on April 17, and it was lcoeg'utd by the board of supervisors and turned over to the county treasurer, who in turn discounted it at a local bank. Indebtedness Canceled. Since the payment of this note can- cels all of the indebtedness of the in- vestment corporation to the county, Hedrick belleves that it clears up one of the most important questions in the impeachment — pr gs. Hedrick claims egular manner and paid promptly and that there should now be no con- troversy. Hedrick’s view, however, is not shared by Commonwealth’s Attorney Willlam C. Gloth and Burnett Miller, special ;w&rney for the Organized Women oters, © Case Not Affected. Upon learning of the Hedrick state- ment, Miller said: “The payment of the note has noth- ing to do with the merits of the case. We are not concerned with the pay- ment of the money, which we always expected would be paid, but are en- deavoring to remove the supervisor from office for irregularities in letting money out of the county fund in an unethical manner.” - The prosecution also takes issue with the statement that the note was paid on the date it fell due. Gloth has been informed, he says, that payment. was made on July 21 and not on July 17, the maturity date. Women Fined for Contempt. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., July 24— Mary Upshaw, colored, was fined a total of $100 on two charges of contempt of court by Circuit Court Ju Joseph C. Mattingly yesterday. The woman is ac- cused of cul ‘wood injunction restrain ing the premises, following the filing of two suits her. HEDRICK SAYS NUTEiWHAlEN ARRESTED; OF COMPANY PAID PLEADS NOT GUILTY Attorney Charged With Mis- appropriating $23,000 of Client. Robert E. J. Whalen, attorney, was taken into custody this morning on a warrant sworn out before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage by S e e e L ol g misapprop! n of $23,000 of the'funds of & client, Miss Annie J. Hurley of Hyattsville, Md. ‘Whalen pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on a bond of $10,000, with Isaac B. Jones, surety, for a before Commissioner Turnage August 7. The com by the rosecutor, a violation of sec- tion 834 of the District Code. It is claimed that Whalen, while an attorney for a private person, did unlawfully make away with an secrete with intent ‘use$3,000, De- | in b ; | the mouth of could until the information was released by | 1929. action is already pending in the case, AMPUTATOIN OF LEG BRINGS DEATH TO BOY Roy Uphole, 16, Shot 'While Hunt- ing in Vicinity of Still in Mountains. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., July 24—Roy, 16-year-old son of Asa J. Uphole, who lives in the mountains, five miles from Deer Park, died at Memorial Hospital here early today, following amputation of his leg. Last Friday, while in the woods with|® his father hunting the boy received a charge of in his leg. The elder Uphole said they came upon a’ still and ran from it, fearing they would be suspected of being prohibition officers and a shot rang out.” The boy was carried to his home and Dr. N. 1. Broadwater, Oak- land, summoned. He advised the re- that the note was given in & | {n it in. County authorities visited the scene of the shooting and found mash and evi- dences of a still which apparently had been removed. CARNIVAL 'I:O AID BAND “Tramps’ ” Parade Will Be Feature of Capitol Heights Event. Special Dispatch to The Sta CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., July 24.— For the benefit of the Capitol Heights Community Band, a carnival will held tomorrow and Saturday nights at Sixty-first street and Central avenue. #| ‘Tomorrow night there will be a “tramps” parade, starting at 7 o'clock, and Saturday night the business men and Company K, 20th Marine Reserves, of Capitol Heights, will parade. G. A. Adams is president of the band. C..G. Light is Read Two Granted Licenses to Wed. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., July 24— Marriage licenses have been issued here to George Edwin Beall, o Heights, » Md., - and Ryon, 19, of Ritchie, Md., and Alex Martin Di , 21, and Lilly Banks, 18, both of Washington. pusngp Mexs Grovy Attend S| REPORTERS AGAIN SWELTER WHEN side Park Program. The annual joint outing of the Co. lumbia Heights Business Men's Associa- tion and the Georgia Avenue Business Men's Association is being held wdlx at Seaside Park, Chesapeake Beach, M An elaborate program, including ath- letic events and entertainment features, was to have been presented for the oc- , W. Prancis Scott, B. A. Levitan, Townsend Howes and William Snellen~ berg. i % by DR. MOTON REPORTS Leader of Haitian Body Expected to Give Rceommendations. Robert R. Moton, president of Tuskegee Institute and chairman of the commission named DETECTIVES RECOVER MISSING FAN No Arrests Made, but Investigation Follows Discovery of Object in News Hounds’ Locker. Heat—mountainous billows of heat, unchallenged by any scientific cooling device—once more broke over the press room at police headquarters today as reporters mm about their daily duties of turning Tllc' their stories for & news- pul to go down in police history as an un- solved mystery was broken through the valuable assistance of an undercover operative. No “artest” had been made, but an intensive investigation is under way and a check of the alibles offered by press attaches at headquarters is being made by the detectives in hope of bringing the miscreant to justice. v Mearwhile Inspector William S. Pdier PAGE B-1 FRENDS HE ADED Paid Pallbearers Officiate at Simple Funeral Serv- ices Here. EX-HARVARD STUDENTS PAY TRIBUTE AT BIER Only One Representative Attends From “Knights of the Road” at Rites in All Souls’ Unitarian, Apparently forgotten in death by the countless “knights of the road” he had befriended and championed during his lifetime, James Eads How, “millionaire hobo,” was carried by paid pallbearers from the All Souls’ Dnitarian Church 'here today after simple funeral services. When the body of the man who de- voted his lifetime and a fortune to aid- ing the “down -and-outers” was brought into the church, there was but one Tepresentative of the hobo clan present to do him honor. Inall, 25 persons, in- cluding newspaper men, sat through the simple services read by the Rev. Dr. Robert B. Day. After the services were over not one of the thousands he had befriended in life was present to carry him to his last rest. Instead, six paid pallbearers stepped forward and carried the casket to an undertaking establishment from whence the body will be taken to St. Louis for cremation. - As the minister read from the twenty-fifth chapter of St. Matthew— “For I was hungered and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger and ye took me in"—it was his friends of college days, not the hobo beneficiaries of his kind- ness, who listened with sorrow written on their faces. H. B. Learned Atlends. One of those present was H. B, Learned, vice president of the District of Columbia Board of Education, who recalled after the services that Mr. How had been a well known athlete at his alma mater. Mr. Learned also re- called that Mr. How had later been gradudted as Unitarian minister at & t.heologlal seminary. H. B. Hasf of Boston, who was in the same class with Mr. How at Har- vard University, also was at the serve lces. Both he and Mr. Learned ex- ?hl:{:ed they "hld attended to “pay Among others at the services was Frank B. Conger, who was secretary to Capt. James B. Eads, grandfather of Mr. e iding the famous Eads je the Mississippi River, So far as be determined, Louis How, Several others atter did not wish to sa; who they were, it indicated they hlx beer interested in Mr. How’s work. One woman when asked her name replied: T am just an old friend—a friend of his father and his grandfather.” Dr. Day Pays Tribute. Dr. Robert B. Day, who officiated, de- cllredmhhglny . i “This man huli!ehuut\u:a also read from the Psalm, the chapter of St. Matthew and the chapter of Ecclesiastes. Music - was rendered by John H. Marville, soloist,” who sang “Lead Kindly Light” and other selec~ The poems “Th%slfely Walk,” Robert Orr; and “Tolling of Bell” were read. Mr. How died in Staunton, Va., Tues= day at the age of 56. 3 TRUST FUND IN DOUBT. Son of Divorced Wife $250,000 Estate. ST.. LOUIS, July 24 (#).—The St, Louis Union Trust Co. and Jesse Me- Donald, attorney, trustees of the estate of James Eads How, “millionaire hobo,” who died at Staunton, Va., Tuesday, yesterday sought to determine who will receive the portion of the estate left in trust for How by his mother, Mrs, Eliza Eads How. How received one-half of his share of the estate outright and the other half was placed in trust. The he received outright he spent hobo activities. The will trust fund, now about $250,000, should be dissolved at his death and the pro- ceeds diverted to his heirs. On August 19, 1924, How married Miss Ingeberg Sorenson of They were divorced in Los Angeles in Although no children were born to the union, McDonald said l-,!:w‘l wife had a son by a former mar= riage. McDonald said he undersiood Mrs. How induced him to the adopt the son, and if such is the case the son will inherit the trust fund. He said he had been informed the child and the mother now are living in Los Angeles. If the son was not legally adopted, McDonald said, the trust fund ME 80 to the nearest collateral heir, Louls How, of Lockport, Mass, a brother, — BILL TO BAR CAR FUEL SUBSTITUTION IS URGED Merchants Group Proposes Measure to D. C. Commissioners. A bill to protect the public from the substitution of inferior motor fuels and oils for standard grades and to pro- vide punishment for dealers who de- . ceive the purchaser as to the nature, quality or identity of the product sold, was submitted today to the District Commissioners by the Merchants & Manufacturers’ Association. May Get and Manufacturers’ sold by dealers from pumps marked to indicate a particular brand of high-test fuel is being dispensed through them. 7 Similar laws have been enacted re- ST e Do et ing ward D. Shaw, of the association. e Rl o High School Instructor Special Dispatch to The Star. b the 3