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TAXI DRIVER BOUND AND ROBBED OF $30 BY THREE BANDITS Benjamin Murphy Was Slow- ly Strangling When Found in Car Early Today. PHYSICIANS SURPRISED VICTIM SURVIVED NIGHT @hauffeur, in Serious Condition in Hospital, Is Expected to Recover. Lying face upward scross the front seat of his taxicab, with his hands and | feet tied and his head lashed to the| steering wheel by a knot which was llovlly strangling him, Benjamin Mur- phy, 26 years old, a_colored taxicab driver living at 1618 New Jersey ave- rue, was found by & workman after daylight this morning where bandits ! robbed and left him on a lonely! byway off Bellevue road, not far from | the District Home for Aged and Infirm. W. C. Clampitt, a carpenter employed in the construction of a culvert on Bellevue road, happened to swing his automobile into the byway this morn- Ing to turn it around. As Clampitt’s car came to a halt, he heard faint groans and went to investi- te. Murphy was sprawled face upward in his cab, his back arched across the narrow top of the front seat. The driver's feet and hands were lashed together with tarred rope and his own necktie had been looped about his neck and knotted tightly to the steering ‘wheel. Clampitt cut the man's bonds and hastened for assistance. Police from No. 11 precinct, summoned by a tele- phone call from Clampitt, found the colored man had lost consciousness and took him to Casualty Hospital. When the victim revived at the hos- pital this morning he was able to give only broken bits of information. In a barely audible whisper, Murphy told police that three men, whom he could not describe, had stopped him downtown last night and ordered him to drive through Anacostia. Once in the country they seized him from behind, drove the car into the byway and robbed him of 830. ‘Murphy uel‘;l. ‘Then they trussed him up and xpressed surpflse that Mur- Rhy oould hlve survived the ordeal. e apparertly had been in the cramped position for five or six hours. Had he struggled to free himself the noose which bound him to the steering wheel probably would have choked him to death. Murphy, a large, robust man, was in @ serious condition at the hospital to- day, but doctors predicted he would re- eover. SODALITY ON OUTING Members of Union Enjoy Excursion to Chapel Point. ion to Chapel Point, Md., o acm&pflu‘m Line steamer City this afternoon in the historic old St. Ignatius’ Church, overlooking Chapel Point, and dinner will be served in Will's | 1o Hotel. The committee in charge of arrange- ments includes Miss Mary Mattingly, Miss Milovich, Miss Catherine McMzahon and Mrs. Anna Donnelly. —_— CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. E TODAY. Carnival, Brightwood Rebekah Lodge, Georgla avenue and Taylor street, to- night. FUTURE. Lawn party, Pettit Auxiliary No. 6, U. 8. W. V., Sixth street and North Carolina avenue southeast, Monday and esday. Champion Commuter Still at It. CHATHAM, N. J.,, August 2 (#)—Ad- dison H. Day, champion commuter of these parts, has started his sixty-second year as a daily train passenger, Sundays and holidays excepted, to New York. He is a bank official, and remembers the days of goed-burning stoves and kero- sene lamps in the cars. Marnage Llcenses. Laneston B. McBride, 33, and Garnetts V. D. Cross, 21: Rev. Milier Shelton. Ravmond A. Eimmerling, 21, and Jessle M. Dickinson. 34; Rev. W..E. Lakie Raymond L. Furbey. :z. and Edie J. Onley, 37;_Rev. George Rankin. Lee. 35, and Ola G. Davis, 25; Rev. er aw, 27. and Ruby M. Ware, ir Benjamin Dorsef . “and _Virgi avidson. 19, hoxh “of Richmond, Va.; illiam E. Fred"W- Bacr. is. this cits. and Grace M. Kimmel, 36, Chevy Chase, Md.; Rev. Homer r Flits. 27, and Birde James, 31; v. Kyle Boot ,{m;fl!flnu;. Schlosser. ir. 26, and Erma ichards. ev. :} John M. Littiepage, 37, 'and Ruth E. Fos- er. 27: Rev. John aimer. Fred Lewis. 45. and Elizabeth Crenshi 35: Rev. Charles Vessells. and Eleanor C. Nelson, 24. Richords. am place, , 1527 12th street. Glenna B. a_F. Rev. 1,528 Gresh . 62 Rev. Allan’ P Poo Ch);"f.;";j “‘:Hfir D’\:’b l,!ld !hh’l!’ Nimety, ‘aia "8 "Vesi, 75, This city, and Lottte Monmouth, IL; een, 25, ort Myer, V Alice Fountain, 20, this city; Rev. Randoiph. 2,000 P cole. S5, 35, and Alice O. Bonnet, Atkinson. Gitihes 31 and Olive M. Bar- :o both of Takoma Park, Md.: Rev. hearer. Eierson B nell. 30, Milwaukee. Wis., i Lols Nichois, 35, this city; Rev. N. Ad- er i B ‘Beal, 30, and Benza B. Bell, 29; m M. Smoot. Frarcls J. Stea, 25, Montrose. P Fdng Van Gorden, 2i. this cilz; Rev. . Smith, 22, and Mildred I, Re- Pem- apd tolett b)) Sohs’ €. Mosiay. h'i'r'am- Troticks 32 and Bessie Lles, 17 Rev. mu A. Cunningham. Irt May, ’Cfilflfl -lllbtlh J. ma; ’befll tiliamsport, Pa.; Sam H. ornman her. 24, Fort Howard, Md. sn‘fih"z"r';é-’ £ Antiice, d2, Baltimore, Md.: Rer. r- v. T*scassie. Deaths _lieported llow: deaths have been reported 10 the “Health “Depariment in the Dast 34 tts Ruddlesden, 73, Home for Ased ry Ann Manning 67, Georsetown 140 N st Husel T, quoh.num Georgetown Univer- g A ‘A rson, 9, Georsetown Uni- ""“’h & £.,2323 Champlatn st. 1dis Dl 18, ‘ h, ar -;hl'(flkr a{o Gallinge? Hospital iy Rescues Choking Man TTT. —Star Staff Photo. BURGLARY HALTED BY PISTOL SHOTS Woman Chases Intruder From Her Home—2 Hold-ups Under Police Investigation. Two hold-ups and an attempted burglary, the latter frustrated when the intruder was fired upon by his in- tended victim, this morning were be- ing investigated by police of the thir- teenth and second precincts. Mark D. Rorick, registered at the Ebbitt Hotel, told police he was the victim of an armed colored bandit early this morning. He said the man held him up at pistol point in the 5100 block of Georgia avenue and relieved him of $16 in cash, a watch and a silk handkerchief. Police believe it was this colored man who, a short time later, attempted to gain entry to the home of Mrs. Alice Mayer, 1359 Jefferson street, but was frightened away when Mrs. Mayer, awakened by a noise at the basement window, fired two shots from her re- volver at the man. She reported noth- ing missing. Walter Wardee, colored, of 1318 W street, reported to police of the second precinct that he was held :&’m front of 1427 N street last night ut 11:15 o'clock and robbed of thre ored men. He told the walking with Lelia Smi when he was attacked. robbers disappeared in an alley. YOUTH FALLS IN RIVER, SAVED BY COMPANION Unable to Swim-—Loses Balance ‘While Walking Along Ana- costia Sea Wall. ‘Tumbling from the sea wall on the west side of the Anacostia River last night, Stanley J. Probst, 19 years old, of 1510 D street southeast, was saved from drowning by a companion, John .}z Gakill, 22 years old, of the same The two men vm strolling along the river bank when Probst, who can- not swim, lost his balance and fell over. Gakill, fully clad, dived into the water and hauled the youth ashore and instructed a passerby to summon Fire Rescue Squad and the Casu- alty Hospital ambulance. Probst was given first-aid treatment by the fire and hospital units and then carried to his home by Gakill. Probst's condition was pronounced not serious. BAD CHECK IN PAYMENT Drug Store Reports Swindle Per- petrated on Delivery of Goods. A message was received at Morgan's drug store, Thirteenth and P streets, yesterday afternoon requesting the de- livery of an order for a jar of cold cream, toothbrush, aspirin tablets and tooth paste to a man at a house in the 1500 bloi:k of Twenl!-ewhm street, the sender of the messag that the porter be given chnn;e for $20. ‘The man received the package and change and gave the porter a check for $20. Police were told the check was worthless. LISTED ONE-WAY STREET Commissioners Order Classifies Thoroughfare in Northeast. ‘The District Commissioners today named B street northeast between Maryland avenue and Third street a one-way street for eastbound traffic only. This was made necessary cause of the installation of two-way traffic lights at the intersection of Maryland avenue and B street and Third street, where six traffic arteries converge. The change was made on recommen- dation of Director of Traffic Willlam H. Harland. Inspector Ernest W. Brown, in clfaurge of the Police Traffic Bureau, concurred in the change, but added: “However, I am of the opinion that con- sideration should be given looking to the installation of a three-way traffic signal at intersections of this character instead of establishing one-way streets.” BOY CYCLIST HURT James Hammond, 11, Hurled to Street in Collision With Auto. James Hammond, 11 years old, of 617 Roxboro place, escaped with minor head injuries yesterday afternoon when an automobile driven by Gerald Bar- tholomew, 35 years old, of 1218 Con- necticut avenue, struck his bicycle and hurled him to the street. The accident occurred near the boy's home. Hammond was taken to Walter Reed Hospital and later was sent to Emer- gency, after which he was allowed to return to his home. The car driver was not held. CIVIL SERVICE TESTS Bureau of Agricultural Economics Board Needs Helpers. ‘The United States Civil Service Com- mission has announced that the Bu- reau of Agricultural Economics of the Department of uflmnm is in need of assistant and associate warehouse ex- aminers lnfl that applications for the places will be accepted by the commis- oo o $3800 10 83,100 & year. h;‘xfii range from o information may be obtained from the commission. Dalom llcl Rio to Wed. D. C. YOUTHS HELD IN WOMAN'S DEATH RELEASED TODAY Murder Theory Supplants Assumption of Hit-and- Run Accident Case. 'NEW WITNESS TELLS OF SEEING STRUGGLE Driver Did Not Stop on Road Near Baltimore, Where Body Was Found. Special Dispatch to The Btar. BALTIMORE, Md., August 2.—Their story substantiated b! authorities in- vestigating the death of Mrs. Virginia Matrazzo, 22-year-old Baltimore woman whose battered and bruised body was found beside the Old Philadelphia road outside this city early yesterday, the two Wi boys taken to Essex, Md., for questioning yenu'dly were re- : Thd mb:ffimgfimfl's Fillah, 17 e 7] years old, and John E. Bostick, 18 years old, both of the 1100 block of Tenth street, have satisfied police of Baltimore County as to the reason for their pres- ence near the scene of the discovery of the body of the woman. They had told authorities the automobile in which they had been traveling from Phila- delphia to Washington broke down out- side of Baltimore and they continued to Washington by motor bus. Their machine was found late yesterday in the custody of a street car conductor, mdwhom they had intrusted it, pollu sail Meanwhile authorities working on the case were following & new theory that the woman had been a victim of foul play and not accidentally killed when struck by a hit-and-run machine. Coal Miner’s Talk. ‘The arrest of the Washington boys followed their arrival from Baltimore after Vincent Casey, & coal miner, 26 years old, of Mayard, W. Va., 2 formed an assistant manager of the Union Bus Terminal, where the youths had purchased their tickets, that the two youths had “killed a woman on the Philadelphia road.” Casey was under the influence of liquor at the time he made the remark, and later declared he had no recollection of having mad such an accusa us‘f,'fim}' T or n, ‘Today, his head clear from the effects of what he said was gin, Casey told the police that shortly before he went to the Union Bus Terminal, Baltimore, he had been talking to a policeman at North avenue and McMechen street. The policeman, Casey said, had men- tioned that he was on the lookout for a hit-and-run driver who was believed to have killed a woman on the Philadel- phia road. ‘The two youths declared that they had never seen Casey until they met him at the bus terminal. 'y_hat been on their way from Phundelphll. to Washington when their automobile broke down just outside of Baltimore, they said, and they had decided to complete their journey by bus. Go to Aid of Youths. Fillah's mother, Mrs. Sadie Fillah and Bostic's sister, Mrs. James L. Dess mond, came to Baltimore last night and today went to Towson in hopes that they might ba able to obt.lln the release of the t youths. Sl ot e ically s v, by 3 lice Dermhllnn. he talked with ';3- mother for a short time by telephone. Baltimore County police reached the conclusion last night that Mrs. Ma- trazzo had been the vm-lm of foul play after James Pinkus, & bus driver, of 3010 East Monument lmet. Baltimore, had gone to police hudmnrten thgre and told a story of having seen lln‘ ln the mlddle of nur the and woman sf the old Philadelp] lace where Mrs. m later found. An -umpsy, performed last night by Dr. James F. White of Essex, revealed that Mrs. Matrazzo's death had been caused directly by internal injuries after her chest had been crushed. But as a result of Pinkus' statement, Lieut. William B. Dorsey of the Baltimore County police llld today that he be- lieved the woman had been beaten and then deliberately shoved into the path of an automobile. Saw Pair Wrestling. Pinkus told the police that he had spent Thursday evening with friends who live in Baltimore County and was returning to the city alone in his auto- mobile shortly before midnight by way of the old Philadelphia road when, near the place where Mrs. Matrazzo's body later was found, he saw a man lnd a woman wrestling with each other in the middle of the The man seemed to be in his sleeves, but Pinkus paid little attention to his general appearance. Pinkus d: not think he could identify the woman either. But he told police that he had heard her scream and had seen the man strike her. As he drove up, Pinkus said, she called to him to stop. another automobile, containing two men and & woman, was parked beside the road, and Pinkus decided that he had better mind his own business. ‘The parked automobile was a closed clr. Pinkus said, and its lights were burning. He could not give a very defi- nite description of the two men in the machine, but thought he could identify the woman. He had noticed her pln!cul.l.rly. he said, because of her light hair. h-el About Midnight. When the news of the discovery of Mrs. Matrazzo’s body was published yes- terday, Pinkus concluded that she was the woman he had seen on the road. He ‘was not certain in regard to what time it was when he drove t.hruu‘h the old Philadelphia road, flmlm it was about 11:45 mnuhu- . ‘This, according to county pol Was approximately the same tn.u st which Mrs. Margaret T. Davis, near whose home the body was found, was l‘llk- ened by voices on the old Philadel road in front of her house and, lool out of her bed room window, she nw a parked automobile and vhn appeared to be a hit-and-run accide Mrs. Davis told the Polle! that she had seen a woman signal to one passing tomobile, which had falled to stop, and that a few minutes later, when & second machine drove by, she heard two muffied blows. The second machine, like the first, continued on its way, Mrs. Davis said, but a man in his un- dershirt stopped a third car and asked the driver to “Go catch that new Ford! It struck a girl!” Later, Mrs. Da laced side th road. A moment later the parked automobile drove off towards the city, and Mrs. Davis’ husband John, and brother Henry Bolen, gof 510“ found Mrs. mtn-ol body in the UNDER NEW CONTROL Smallpox Hospital to Be Directed by Gallinger Institution. ‘The District toda; transferred control of 'the Small mlhlm‘flu Gallinger of llunld&‘: Hu'pl ‘The w‘.l is hlflt.; o shirt | their names to Lisann. did | renders the name MRS. MARY MAZZERO. —Star Staff Photo. BREWER I3 FREED IN SPEEDING CASE Dry Agent Gets Nolle Prosse on Charge of Assaulting Arresting Officer. Charges of speeding and of assaulting the policeman who arrested him were nolle prossed by the Corporation Counsel’s office today against Prohibi- tion Agent Randolph Brewer, following his arrest last night by Policeman C. O. Rouse of No. 11 police precinct at Minnesota avenue and Hunt street southeast. Rouse sald he arrested the dry agent after pacing his machine for several blocks. -He charged Brewer tried to resist him. The ral man was escorted to the precinct station, where he was required to lelve $50 collateral on _assault and counts. ‘The Police Court o!llce of the district attorney declined to make out papers in the case because, it was explained, the policeman expressed a wish not to prosecute. When the agent appeared in Traffic Court for trial, Judge Gus A. Schuldt was_informed the corpora- tion counsel’s office had entered a nolle prosse in the case. Brewer proved to the satisfaction of officials that he was hurrying into the city to answer an_emergency summons from a superior officer pertaining to his work as a dry agent. In September of 1927 Brewer shot and killed Charles P. Gundlach, 73-year-old Maryland farmer, at Leonardtown dur- ing a liquor raid. A Federal court in Baltimore subsequently cleared him of all charges in connection with the affair, HOBART BROOKS DIES AT AGE OF 69 YEARS Former Newspaper Man, Widely Known, Was Native of Illinois. Long D. C. Resident. Hobart Brooks, 60 years old, formerly connected with various newspapers and for many years a resident of this city, where he was widely known, died a‘ his home, 816 Fifteenth street, early today. He had been failing for several years, but had not been considered seriously ur Brooks was a native of Petersburg, 1L, and came to this city when a chlld with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert I. Brooks. He is survived by his wodow, Mrs. Kate Neal Scott Brooks: a daughter, Miss Katherine May Brooks, of the so- clety department of The Star; a sister, Mrs, May Ramsdell, former music edi- tor of The Star, and two nephews, Hobart and Paul Ramsdell. Funeral arangements are to be an- nounced later. HUSBAND AND WIFE ASK COURT TO CHANGE NAME Isaac and Tessie Lisansky Allege Pronunciation Difficulties in Petition for “Lisann.” Tessle S. Lisansky, 3010 Wisconsin avenue, a school teacher, and her hus- band, Isaac, have filed & joint petition in the District Supreme Court to change The peculiar Juxtaposition of liquid and sibilants Lisansky difficult to retain and pronounce, the court is in- formed, and causes the teacher and her husband great inconvenience and em- barassment. Mrs. Lisal 180 stant association with subnormal chil- dren of a tender age and that the con- stant struggle to impregnate their minds with the correct spelling and pronun- clation of her present n: results in great annoyance, loul of time and pro- fessional efficiency.’ Attorney Louls B‘ Arnold represents the petitioners. GIRL GETS 90 DAYS Convicted of Shoplifting by Judge Mattingly. Carrie Parker, alias Carrie Eubank, colored, was sentenced to serve 90 days in jail by Judge Robert E. Mattingly ‘when convicted of shoplifting at Police Court_yes! 3 A floorwalker of a large downtown fleunmsnt store ulufled that he saw the girl take a dress a store hanger and place it in a flwppln[ bag which she led her arm. A search revealed not only the dress, but & pocketbook as well. D. C. GUARD UNIT LEAVES TOMORROW FOR 2-WEEK TOUR Fort Humphreys, Va., Will Be Scene of Training and Maneuvers. TROOPS TO MAKE TRIP TO CAMP IN BUSSES Advance Detail Will Have Lunch Ready on Arrival at Training Site. Members of the 121st Regiment of Engineers, the largest contingent of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, are preparing to don their military uniforms tomorrow and go into the field for two weeks of train- ing. For the past two days a special detail of officers and men composing the advance guard, moving the heavy par phemnlh including tents and cooking equipment, from the Pennsylvania avenue storehouse to the campsite at Fort Humphreys, Va. ‘The Engineer regiment is commanded by Lieut. Col. John W. Oehmann, who, in civil life, is the building inspector of the District of Columbia. He has is- sued orders for the assembly of the troops at their armory, at Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue, early tomor- row morning, where they will don their packs and take up their rifles, in time for an early start to the camp. Transported in Busses. fThere will be no long march facing the local contingent. They will be transported to the camp in busses, which will leave the armory at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning. The troops will be at the armory, and will be carried di- rectly to their company streets, and the advance guard will have food ready, s0 that they will lunch tomorrow in the new mess shacks, which have been constructed for their use during the two weeks that they will be in the field. ‘This wiil be the first time that the Engineers have had to establish their own camp at the Virginia post. Here- tofore they have occupied the war- time-built barracks, but these have since been razed to make room for the f.ermn.nent construction for the Regu- r Engineer troops stationed at the Army's Engineer base. The lotal En- gineers have been assigned a_site in the reservation, between the highway leading from the Richmond-Washing- ton road and the entrance to the post proper. Several weeks ago Col. Oeh- mann and a staff of officers went to the post and laid out the company streets and marked the locations for the mess shacks, headquarters and va- rious camp utilities, which were fol- lowed by the advance guard in sctting up the camp. Maneuvers Second Week. ‘The Engineer contingent will remain at the post for two weeks, spending the first week in routine military drills and receiving instruction in the building and demolition of roads, bridges and trenches. At the beginning of the sec- ond week there will be company ma- neuvers, to be followed by battalion ex- ercises and concluding with a two-day regimental problem, during which the troops will be required to remain away from the base camp and bivouac in pup tents. Athletic and drill competitions have been arranged for several after- noons during the encampment. COL. LOUIS M. EVANS DEAD AT AGE OF 53 Civilian Chief Engineer of Signal Corps Stricken While on Duty at Fort Meade. Lieut. Col. Louls Milton Evans, 53 years old, of the Signal Corps Reserves and civillan chief engineer of the Sig- nal Corps, died yesterday in Walter Reed Hospital. Col. Evans, a resident of Alexandria, was stricken suddenly while on_ active Sudmmer training duty at Fort Meade, After employment as & young man with the telephone company here, Col. Evans joined the Signal Corps as a ci- vilian in 1903. His interest in electrical and radio construction work was largely developed through his association with Gen. George O. Squier, former chief of the Army Signal Corps. He was ap- pointed civilian chief engineer several years ago. Commissioned a captain in the Signal Corps_at the outbreak of the war in 1917, Evans was subsequently promoted to a lleutenant colonelcy, the rank he continued to hold in the reserves. He was stationed here throughout the war. Besides his widow, Mrs. Mary B. Evans, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Olivia W. Evans, and a brother, Guy B, Evans. He was a member of the Alexandria-Washington Masonic ge. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 11 o'clock at the Alexandria residence, 912 Cameron street. Inter- ment will be in Bethel Cemetery. MRSTSHEP;-IERD SUES Cruelty and Non-Support of Two Alleged of Printing Employe. Malvina R. Shepherd, said to be a telephone operator at Casualty Hos- pital, has filed suit in the District Su- preme Court for a limited divorce from Frederick H. Shepherd, an employe of the Government Printing Office. They were married March 1, 1925, Wal kegan, Ill, and separated March 1, 1929. Mental cruelty and refusal to support her and the child are alleged by the wife. Efforts at a reconciliation have proved futile, she tells the court. Attorney Raymond Neudecker appears for the wife. MA]J. PRATT BEGINS 35th YEAR AS WASHINGTON POLICE OFFICER Recalls Day He Trailed Pair of Mules All Day Afoot Because of Poor Transportation. ‘Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent police, n his 35th year of service as & po!uemm yesterday. He started as a private attached to the seventh In eclncr.. of the theft. When he got there, he re- ceived a “tip” that the mules could be found at Silver Spring, Md. So he set out afoot for %Irvu' ing. When he the mules, arrested the thief and rode one of the mules home under the light of '.he ‘moon. Things are different now, and as his thirty-fifth year starts Maj. Pratt is planning to set up a radio sending sta- tion to broadcast messages relating to hold-ups and other emergencies to fleet automobiles cruising the entire District 24 hours a day. Pratt was made an acting sergeant in 1898 and assigned to the Detective Bureau in 1900. He was made a de- tective sergeant in 1903. He entered the Army in 1917 and was honorably discharged in 1920 with the !'Ink of lleutenant colonel. Returning to the Police Department he was made an as- sistant superintendent in 1922 lnd chief of the Detective Bureau in 19326. {-lolh';: heMhis present post since April 3 i R % Professor for BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The radius of the universe is ap- proximately 9,500,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles. This is the calculation just sent to | the National Academy of Sciences by Prof. Wilhelm De Sitter of the Univer- sity of Leyden, Holland, based on the velocities of spiral nebulae, or island universes, as measured by the Mount Wilson Observatory of the Carnegic Institution of Washington. Beyond Is Nothing. i Prof. De Sitter, one of the world’s foremost mathematician - astronomers, ! whose name is commonly linked with that of Einstein, is an honorary member of the National Academy. The calcu- lation is for the distance from the center of all creation to the further- | most _bounds of space and time in the complicated_relationship they bear to | each other in hyperdimensional astron- | omy. Beyond this distance in any direction from the center is the un- imaginable nothing, where space and time have not yet come into existence. | His calculation, Prof. De Sitter say is for creation at present. It is ex- | panding to infinity and now is twice the size it once was, but the calculator RADIUS OF UNIVERSE MEASURED FROM SPIRAL NEBULAE DATA 9,500.000.000,000.000,000,000 Miles Is Cal- culation Sent Academy of Sciences by “All Creation.” is_unable to determine whether the initial state was experienced a finite or an infinite time ago. He describes the universe as “homogeneously filled with matter and having a_spherical sym- metry throughout its history, its radius increasing from an initial value to infinity.” Prof. De Sitter speaks of a “still very mysterious lamba, which is a measure of the inherent expanding force of the universe.” Independent Universes Is Theory. ‘The spiral nebulae upon whose be- havior the calculations are based are, at the closest, approximately a million | light years away from the earth, or the | distance that light moving at 186,000 miles a second would cover in a million years. They have been observed to be receding with enormous velocities. They are believed to be independent universes, comparable in magnitude to the universe of which the Milky Way is the center and the sun, with its planets, an insig- nificant unit, Any actual numbers arrived at, Prof. De Sitter points out, must be considered only as rough approximations. He does not make his calculations in miles but in parsecs, one parsec being approxi- mately 200,000 times the distance be- tween the earth and the sun. MAHAFFIE NAMED MEMBER OF 1. C. C. Capital Resident Succeeds Thomas F. Woodlock of New York City. Charles D. Mahaffie, a resident of Washington for 25 years, has been ap- pointed by President Hoover to succeed Thomas F. Woodlock of New York as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The President announced yesterday he had accepted the resigna- tion of Mr. Woodlock. | Mr. Woodlock, former editor of The ‘Wall Street Journal, retires from the commission to resume duties with Lnat | publication in New York. The Presi- | dent announced his retirement from | distinguished public service with regret and emphasized that he retired of his | own volition to enter private life. Mr. Mahaffie, his successor, has for many years been financial director of | the commission. He was a Rhodes | scholar in 1905 and was solicitor for | the Interior Department from 1916 to | 1921. He was counsel for the Railway Administration during 1921 and 1922 before entering the Interstate Com- merce Commission in 1922 where he has been in charge of railway consolidations and constructions. He is considered to_be an expert on railway matters. The new commissioner is a native of Oklahoma. He resides here at the La Salle Apartments, 1028 Connecticut avenue. WOODLOCK TO WRITE. Will Tell Impressions of I. C. C. and Defects of Law. NEW YORK, August 2 (#).—The Wall Street Journal announced yes- terday that Thomas F. Woodlock, who resigned as a member of the lnu’r-, state Commerce Commission, will join | its staff as a contributing editor within a few weeks. Mr. Woodlock will write a daily | signed column in the paper the an- | nouncement said, “and his viewpomnt | will also find Krequr.‘nt editorial. ex- pression.” “‘Among the first of Mr. Woodlock’s con- tributions,” the statement continued, “probably will be his impressions of the work of the Interstate Commerce Com- | mission, its problems, its difficulties and the defects in the law. These will be written in frank and penetrating | style and with the background of a | knowledge unsurpassed in America.” Mr. Woodlock joined the Wall Street Journal. when he first came to the United States from England. After the death of Charles H. Dow in 1903 | he acted as editor of the publi ation | appointed to_that post. Later he became a member of the | New York Stock Exchange, continuing | there until 1918, when he became as- | sociated with the American Interna- | tional Corporation. He resigned in | 1923 to write special articles and in | January, 1925, he was appointed to the | Interstate Commerce Commission by President Coolidge. MAN, “SOBER AS JUDGE,” JAILED BY MAGISTRATE | Comparative Plea Fails to Save| “Coumbus” From $10 Fine for Drunkenness. | Columbus Mack, colored, arraigned | in Police Court yesterday morning for being drunk, swayed from side to side and told the court that he “was as sober as the judge.” He was fined $10. ‘The colored boy, who $2id that he was “four days out of de South,” was arrested early yesterday by Policeman R. E. Willlams of the second precinct, | who found him staggering up Sixth | street. He was brought immediately to court, It was obvious that he was still intoxicated when brought before Judge | Ralph Given. “How do you plead to being drunk?” | asked the clerk. “I'm sober as the judge,” said Mack. | “What do you mean by getting so drunk?” reprimanded the magistrate. | “Now, judge, don't bawl me out,” | pleaded Mack, “I can't stand much | more. My nerves are going back on | me. “All right, pay $10 or go to jail.” The judge told a bailiff to see lhn“ the man remained in the Police Court | jail until he was sober enough to be on | the street once more. FROM FELLOW WORKERS | District Health Officer, Recovering | From Operation, Receives Flowers and Cards. Dr. Willlam C. Fowler, who is recov- | Elns University Hospital received a pleunm surprise yesterday on his thir- teenth anniversary as Distriet health officer. The surprise consisted of a huge basket of flowers. sent as a token of af- fection from employes of the Health | ffice and individual cards. trict Health Office 35 years, was ap- | pointed as head on August 1, 1918. Em— ployes regretted that he must spend his anniversary in the hospital, so Dr. Ed- ward J. Schwartz, acting health officer, conceived the idea of making the day as pleasant as possible for him. Each one of the 85-odd employes sent him a message, most in a humorous vein, and Dr, Fowler was able to devote the morning to reading these. Dr. Schwartz said that he was going to Johns Hopkins tomorrow to see if he could not persuade Dr. Fowler to return home in a few days. He is getting along in good shape, it was said. and in PFebruary, 1905, was lormullyls | A. Succeeds Woodlock (‘HARLES D. MAHAFFIE. POLK SCHOOL SCENE OF CHILD CLINIC Project Will Give Psychiatric and Mental Hygiene Service. ‘The Washington Child Guidance Clinic will be opened September 1 in the Polk Elementary School, Seventh and P strects, it was announced today by Miss Margaret Hagan of the Wash- ington Institute of Mental Hygiene, the organization which is sponsoring the clinic. Arrangements for use of the school building were completed yesterday be- tween Harry O. Hine, secretary of the Board of Education, and Dr. Loren B. T. Johnson of the Mental Hygiene In- stitute. The psychittric director will be Dr. Paul J. Ewerhardt, who has just re- signed as director of similar clinics in Providence, Miss Caroline J. Muskat of Minneapolis will be the psychologist. Several social workers are to be ap- pointed. The clinic will give psych].utrlc and mental hygiene service to all District children under 16 years old and will cn-oplenu: closely ~with the public chools It is supported by funds from the Community Chest. The chairman of the board of managers is Dr. William A. White of St. Elizabeth’s Ho:pn.nl MAJ. PRATT ORDERS POLICEMEN SHIFTED | Five anates of Third Precinct Transferred and Others Or- dered to Fill Posts. Five privates of the third police pre- cinct were shifted to other precincts at 8 o'clock vesterday morning under changes recently ordered by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. Pvt. J. B. Waddell also was transferred from the fifth to fourteenth precinct and Chaln”cd places with Private F. S. Mar- shall Those transferred from the third and the precincts to which they are now attached are: Privates R. E. Cannon to eighth, Emmett Sullivan to twelfth, T. E. Marguis to twelfth, Otho Johnson to ninth and L. H. Gentry to second. The men ordered | from other precincts to take their places at the third were Pvts. R. W. Hopkins, eighth; John Scheuring, twelfth; R. H. Taylor, twelfth; C. W. Hinton, ninth, and L. E. cnne. second. | PRESIDENT HAS QUIET HOLIDAY AT CAMP o Gox paeti caliiin: Mountains Are Mrs. Hoover and Few Intimate Friends. 5, the AwntXlI(-d Press. NGE, Va., August 2—In an at- mntph(‘re of Com))IcLe holiday from of- a few intimate friends as his panions. com- O l Photographers were permitted to in- Om Nel from an operation in the Johns | terrupt, {he camp routine. for- the first et ey | time this year, the President having relaxed his rule against pictures to al- low the cameramen to make shots of ‘Ralels, the camp showing the many improve- ; ments made since last year. The party encountered cool weather, necessary in the large open.fireplace of | since Spring. Horses awaited those members of the party who are fond of horseback riding early today for exploration along the secluded bridle paths leading along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Chief Executive planned to take his exercise hiking. He expects i3 turn to the White House early Monday. BUERa s e i st ‘The coldest recorded locality is in Northe# Siberla, where the mercury drops ®9 90 degrees below zero, salary | Whitehurst's old Job paid $6.400. ‘Whit WHITEHURST MADE HIGHWAY ENGINEER AT §1.900 A YEAR Appointee of Commissioners Succeeds C. B. Hunt and Receives Extra Tribute. DUTIES MAY BE SPLIT WITH DEPUTY IN OFFICE Retiring Officer Given Watch, Chain and Knife as Surprise by Department Force. ‘The District Cfimmluiomn yesterday appointed Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, former co-ordinator and chief engineer of the District, to the post of engineer of highways, made vacant by the re- tirement of C. B, Hunt. The place carries a of $7,500. apt. The order promoting itehurst made him engineer of highways at & salary of $6,500 and simultaneously awarded him a promotion to $7,500 “as a recognition of meritorious and excep- tional services.” Although not mentioned in the order, it 1s expected that Capt. Whitehurst will effect a substantial split of the duties of head of the Highway Depart- ment with the present deputy engineer, L. P. Robertson, Whitehurst taking the field work and Robertson taking the of- fice work, including Whitehurst’s old duties in co-ordinating the work of the various Government and private agen- cies whose work involves cutting up the streets. Resignation From Army. Capt. Whitehurst, formerly 4n as- sistant gineer Commissioner, re- signed from the Army to take a post with a private engineering concern some years ago. The District, unwilling to lose his services, created the post of co- ordinator and chief engincer for him, intending that it should be classified as P, 8 ($8,000 to $9,000). The Federal Classification Board, however, refused to accept this classification, holding that the duties were no more important than those of the engineer of highways. They allocated the position as P. 6 (85,000 to $6,500). Capt. Whitehur.t accepted this classification and was quickly promoted. to the maximum grade. Duties to Be Divided. ‘The present plans are to leave the post of co-ordinator and chief engineer vacant, and split the duties of this post, as weil as those of the engineer of mghvuys, among Robertson and White- urst. Mr. Hunt was given a surprise re- ception yesterday, and Capt. Wh‘u- hurst, in behalf of the workers in the High Department, presented him with a gold watch, chain and knife. Mr. Hunt had been in the District service more than 40 years, and had helped develope the street system from that of a village to that of an impor- tant metropolitan area. Child Hurt in Fall. While playing on a porch at her home, 725 ‘Twelfth _street southeast, yesterday afternoon, Elizabeth A. Craw- ford, 5 years old, accidentally fell to the ground and was severely injured. She was treated at Casualty Hospital for a possible fracture of the skull and shgcak Her condition was reported serious. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Partly ecloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle to moderate southwest winds. Maryland—Partly cloudy tonight and tomororw; not much change in tem- perature; moderate to fresh southwest winds. Virginia—Mostly fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in tem pe‘;”ture; gentle to moderate southwest winds. West Virginia—Fair, slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 8: 12 midnight, 73; 4 a. noon, 85. memeter—4 Highest temperature, 85, occurred at 11:15 a.m. today. Lowest tempentuu, 69, occurred at 5 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 85; lowest, 68. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 8:58 a.m. and 9:07 . and 2:40 p.m, Tomorrow—Low tide, 9:56 am. and 10:05 pm.; high tide, 3:08 am. and 3:37 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 5:08 a.m.; sun sets 7:20 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:09 am.; sun sets 7:18 p.m. Moon rises 2:08 p.m.; sets 11:53 p.m. Condition of the Water. Potomac, clear; Shenandoah, cloudy. Weather in Varlous Cities. very K A59UBTH - qusyu asep Stations. <o smpamoreg g - gupioreas 3 Abilene, ‘Albany, Virginia ((‘:lmclnm-ll | ficial business, President Hoover rested Kansas today at his lodge in the Virginia ro3, mountains, with only Mrs. Hoover and Miam, | in sharp contrast. to the heat of last | St. Lm"l"m" Dr. Fowler, who has been in the Dis- | week end, and last night a fire "“"s-upu | the community hall for the first '-lmev'l‘lm ngham msm.rck N Boston, Mass... Buffalo, N. Y cmnmun. . Ohio eveland. " Ohlo. Columbia, & C. on.” 5 28 Indianapous hd 3 Jacksonville.Fla. ‘Angele: svitle; New Orleais aha, Ehiteus Portland Fortiang 9. 84 r!h Fa :om 10 i ey oty 202 | San 998 | 8an D?e o, Ca mnu 50; Cal San neisco. 29.86 ok BSSSESSSIS:;‘:E:::&SB:S::: 22 83333322322822 23323323 FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time, today). Stations. London, E a, 68 , Creenwich ‘time. togarsy v Azores 74" "Pari cloudy Hamilton, Betmuds Part San Juan, Po brt Siudy n'r"’-i‘uc Havana, ‘Cuba, Colon, Canal