Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1930, Page 17

Washington News RETAIL BUSINESS REQUIRES PARKING PROBLEM SOLUTION Further Congestion in Down- town Area Would Discour- age Buyers, Report Says. DECENTRALIZATION MAY BE ULTIMATE RESULT Controlling Factor Held to Be Re- moval of Cars From Shopping District When Not in Use. This is the fourth of a series of ar- ticles cn _the parking and garage probd- lem in Washington, with the resuits of the studies and the recommendations made, on_behalf of the Automobile Parking Compmittee, comprising varied interesis of the city. The commitiee was proposed by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 7 of public buildings and pud- ks, who acted as ils chairman. While the report was summarized in mews articles at the time it was made, interest in the subject has prompted this series, the fifth of which will ap- pear tomorrow. BY DONALD A. CRAIG. Automobi’ parking is closely related to the business of the central district of the city, and especially to retail trace, according to the findings of the Auto- ‘mobile Parking Committee of Washing- ton, which devoted, through its experts, a special study to that phase of the subject. y The conclusion of the committee is that present “parking saturation” is 8| definifely limiting factor on ti.c access] bility of the central district. less re- lieved, the committee’s report declares ", will tend to discourage con- tinued or increased use of this rt of the city by the automobile shopper, who | 1s shown by & study of department and specialty stores to constitute 41 per ccat of current buying power. “If not encouraged,” says the report, “these shoppers will tend to seek mar- ket with greater terminal convenience, and will thereby foster the movement toward decen! tion. “Actual field observations of customer experience with curb parking shows de- lays and inconveniences of sufficient severity to warrant immediate action. “Store employes show a substantial use o. the automobile as a means of transportation, and in present use of curb space are deemed to be in direct competition with potential auto- mobile patrons.” The findings of the committee on this int are of particular interest, because t had the practical experience and viewpoint to aid it of members of the ‘Washi Board of Trade, the Mer- chants & Manufacturers’ Association, the Washington Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Citizens’ 'Asso- ciations, along with representatives of the Pederal and District governments and special experts employed for the The committee starts out with the fundamental proposition that business establis.ments must be accessible to those who desire to come tor‘lervlce or purchases. “In fact, it is accurate to say that | lThre | !Walking and . Light Eating Secret of Long, Useful Life. e Daughters Bake Cak for Maj. S. Willard Saxton. Maj. S. Willard Saxton, veteran of war, Government service and life itself, is celebrating his 101st birthday today at_his home, 1347 Harvard street. The years have dealt kindly with the centenarian, whose interest in reading or writing letters or conversing with his three daughters and grandson has not lessened. Maj. Saxton is remaining on the second floor of his home today, rather than descend the stairs, and there he is cutting the cake with its 101 candles which his daughters have baked for him. The three daughters and the grandson were with Maj. Saxton toda; Is Enthusiastic Walker. ‘The major declines to hold forth | to any great extent upon the subject | of his longevity, but his relatives say he has kept his health because he was an enthusiastic walker and a light eater. Maj. Saxton was born August 13, 1829, at Deerfield, Franklin County, Mass. His war service was begun April 30, 1862, when he was appointed additional aide-de-camp of the United States Volunteers with the rank of captain. He performed staff duty in the Department of the “South from April 30, 1862, to June, 1866, havil served first at Beaufort, S. C. an later at Charleston, S. C. after the evacuation of that city by the Con- federates. He was on the staff of his brother, Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, U. A., until January, 1866. In the WASHINGTON, D. C, 101 TODAY, VETERAN LIKES . READING, TALKING, WRITING MAJ. S. WILLARD SAXTON. same month, S Willard Saxton was brevetted a major. In June, 1866, he was assigned to the staff of Maj. Gen. O O. Howard, U. 8. A, in the Freed- men’s Bureau. He remained in that service until he was mustered out July 20, 1866. Loyal Legion Commander. Today Maj. Saxton is the oldest com- panion of the Military Order. of the Loyal Legion. He was elected com- mander of the District commandery in his ninety-eighth year while he was yet an active member of the Legion. His family members who are with him today include his daughters, Mrs. R. E. McDuffie of Washington, Mrs. Harry Clapp of Chicago and Mrs. J. Edgar Miller of New York; his grand- son, Saxton Seward of New York. Maj. Saxton’s son, Edward H. Saxton of Boston, was here several days to extend his birthday greetings to father. REGIONAL HIGHWAY GROUP IN SESSION Consider Plans of Mutual In- terest to D. C., Maryland and Virginia. Representatives of the Federal and | District governments and the nearby counties of Maryland and Virginia, comprising the regional highway com- mittee, met this afternoon in the ‘con- ference room of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, in the Navy Department Building, for the pur- pose of considering roagway plans of mutual interest {o the District and the surrounding regions of the two States. Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, is chairman of the committee. ‘When the last meeting of the com- mittee was heid, late in July, plans for roadways, drafted by the local plan- ning commission, were submitted in typewritten form to each member and accessibility is the principal factor in the value of business locations,” co: tinues the committee, “and that if ac- cessibility is destroyed the location has no value for these purposes. Similarly, presen not found in crowded conditions of street movement, Liritating as thoy may be at times. It is explained thit the streets are still far from.a point of “saturation,” and with control methods and replanning now being contemplated they should be able to serve a city many times the present size with con- gestion no greater than is now found in other cities. - It is declared that the controlling factor, at least so far as automobile patronage is concerned, is to be found ‘rather in practical saturation of auto- mobile terminal facilities.” Motor cars are declared to be of no value to busi- ness men and shoppers unless upon completion of their trips to the central district they are able to leave them in some location from which the desired destination is conveniently accessible. ‘The committee finds that to a large number of persons it is apparent that o alternative form of transportation is either available or acceptable, and warns that if the present parking situa- tion is permitted to continue it is “quite inevitable” that a large number of mo- tor car operators will seek more ac- ceptable markets. “This is not a theoretical hypothesis,” adds the committee, “for the movement known as decentralization is already manifest in the expansion and shift of the central district itself, in the devel- opment of outlying- establishments and in the growth of numerous secondary business districts.” ‘The committee report adds that “rea- sonable decentralization” may be desir- able when based upon sound commu- nity needs, but it is “unfortunate that it should be artificially cultivated by conditions of lowered accessibility which are subject to remedy.” Notwithstanding the stabilizing effect of established governmental depart- ments in the central business district, says the commit! it is probable that| ‘Washington will “‘more sensitive to| influences working for dzcenlmhuuon; than are many other large cities.” It is pointed out that rapid transit lines| and established surface lines “with high riding use” serve in other cities as a retarding influence. “Valuable as they are,” declares the report, “the surface car lines in Wash- ington play & much less important part in central district transportation than is normally the case in cities of similar size.” In order to obtain definite facts upon which to base its conclusions along these lwe, thi Tommittee selected seven deparument stores and numerous spe- cialty shops an conducted a “sales and transportation” study of them Tuesday, May 13. Specialts shops, both within| and without the downtown district, co- operated in this work. Besides the managers and salesmen. thousands of customers were inter: viewed by representatives of the com- mittee. In its treatment of this phase of the subject the committee went into great detail, and many pages of its report are devoted to tables and expla- nations of its method and to its find- ings, which are given at the’ beginning of this article. It was a practical study, conducted for the most part by prac- tical business men, and always with their co-operation and advice. Typhoid Case Closes Camp. LYNCHBURG, Va., August 13 (Spe- cial).—Because of a case of typhoid they were asked to study them and at the meeting today make any sugges- tions or criticisms which might occur to_them. "l'he underlying purpose of this com- ways with those in the District, of through hfares from Maryiand to Virginia by way of the District and of automobile roads near the Disfrict, but largely outside of it M’CRORY SUSPECTS CHARGED WITH THEFT| Irving and Bennett Will Be Ar- raigned in Police Court Tomorrow. Robbery charges were placed against John Irving, 24 years old, and Elmer NCONTROLLEDFIRE SWEEPS MOUNTAIN Blaze Covers Two-Mile Front Between Rohrersville and Chestnut Grove. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, August 13.—An emergency fund of $10,000 was made available today to the State Depart- ment of Forestry as hundreds of volunteer fighters and forest wardens fought scattered - woods and field fires feeding on drought-dried vege- tation. The drought was in its forty- eighth day and the deficlency in rainfall was nearly 11 inches, with signs of a break absent. . Thirteen hundred forest and field fires have been reported since Janu- ary 1. Severe fires raged today in Somerset and Worcester Counties on the Eastern Shore. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., August 13. The worst forest fire of the season in this section broke out late yesterday on | the eastern slope of South Mountain and is reported beyond control today, threatening the Chestnut Grove School and a number of houses. ‘The fire covers a front of more than two miles between Rohrersville and Chestnut Grove, part of the front be- ing along Washington ~ County branch of the Baltimore & Ohlo Rail- road. The origin is not known. Hundreds of men were recruited from Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Rohrersville and other villages and rushed to the scene. They fought the fire all night with backfires in a vain attempt to check its spread. The homes of Bruce Hardy, Jacob Holmes and Samuel Holmes are reported in danger. ~ Another large fire is reported burn- ing on the West Virginia side of the Potomac River, opposite Milistone, this county, TRAFFIC OFFICER SERIOUSLY INJURED Bennett, 28 years old, of Baltimore to- | day and they will be arraigned in Po- | lice Court tomorrow in connection with | the hold-up-last Thursday of two em- | ployes of the McCrory § and 10 cent | slore, 714 Seventh street. A bag con- taining $1,200 was taken. | The men were arrested in Baltimore | Friday when Irving reported at police | headquarters that his car had been stolen after the ownersnip of the auto- mobile used in the hold-up had been traced to the latter. Meanwhile a search for other sus- pects, said to be known to police, was being continued in Baltimore today, police said. The formal charges against Irving and Bennett were preferred after De- tective Sergts. Louis M. Wilson and ‘Thomas J. Nally announced they were satisfied they had completely broken down alibl offered by them that they were at a beach near Baltimore at mei time of the hold-up. Several persons have identified Ben- | nett and Irving, police say. Police sald Henry G. Mechlinski, 26 | years old, also of Baltimore, is being | held for investigation as a suspect in | the robbery while police chack his story. | 80 lar, detectives say, they have found | nothing to connect him with the nold-up. DESERTION 1S CHARGED Absolute Divorce Asked in Suit Against Alexander M. Daly. Alleging that her husband deserted her within a month after their wed- ding and has transferred his ‘affections | to other women, Mrs. Martha W. Daly, 1008 I street, today filed suit for an| absolute divorce from Alexander M. Daly, 5008 Connecticut avenue. They | were married October 16, 1926, and the wife says her husband boasted of his ‘affairs” with other women, told her he did not love her and has never contrib- uted to her support. She is represented by Attorneys T. Morris Wampler and Joseph C. Turco. ————— WO00D TRACT BURNED Volunteers Fight Stubborn Blaze Near Forestville. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FORESTVILLE, Md., August 13.— | Alded by more than 100 volunteers, firemen from several volunteer depart- fover at Roseland, Nelson County, a short distance above Tye Brook, the Lynchburg Boy Scout camp, the place was closed Monday, all of the Scouts re- turning home, This shortened the camp period a week, as it was intended to Glose then. ments and forest wardens succeeded in extinguishing a stubborn fire in a tract | motor cycle, he attempted to pass & Crashes Into Auto While Attempt- ing to Pass Buggy in Hamilton, Va. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., August 13.—Thomas | Bell, State traffic officer, was seriously injured yesterday when, riding on a horse and buggy and 1.n into an auto- mobile which was backing off the road in front of G. T. Schooley’s store in Hamliton, Va, Bell is in the Loudoun Hospital here with & lacerated face, abrasions on both hands, two cuts under the right knee and & crushed right foot as a result of the accident. UP ON DRY LAW CHARGES Man and Wife and Woman Store- keeper Called to Court. Eugene Talbert, 56 years old, and his wife, Mrs. Emma’ Talbert, 48 years old, were to appear in Police Court today on charges of illegal possession growing out of & search yesterday of their home at 230 Eleventh street southeast, which, police say, uncovered four gailons of whisky. Rosie Siegel, 45 years old, who con- ducts a store at 1236 Twenty-fifth street, also was to appear on charges of sale of a half-pint of liquor and pos- sesslon of two quarts of wine, brought by third precinct police foliowing a visit to her store yesterday. FILES DIVORCE SUIT Washington Policeman Takes Ac- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1930. 3 LEGION UNITS 10 OPEN ANNUAL SESSON TONIGHT Parade Through Georgetown Streets Marks Twelfth An- nual A. L. Convention. TROPHIES TO BE GIVEN AT START OF PARLEY MacNeil and ngawell Are Candi- dates for Commander—Elec- tion to Be Friday. A parade of 36 marching units of the Amercan Legion through the streets of Georgetown will usher in the twelfth annual convention of the District of Co- this evening, preparatory to the open- ing convention in the Western High School auditorium. Maj. Gen. John A. Clem, who is af- fectionately known as the “Drummer Boy of Shiloh,” will lead the paiade, which will form on Twenty-fifth street between M and N streets, and get under way at 7:15 o'clock. Approximately 230 delegates and alternates from all Legion posts in the District are to be in attendance at the convention, which will continue through Friday. The Georgetown Citizens’ Association, of which B. Agee Bowlew is president, 1s co-operating with the Legion committee in arranging for the convention. ‘The meeting this evening will be given over to addresses of welcome and Tresponses, the award of trophies and prizes, the reports of department offi- cers and the seating of delegates. There are two candidates for depart- ment commander in the annual elec- tion, which will be an event of day evening. Maj. B. C. MacNeil and Maj. Theodore Cogswell are the candi- dates. Department Comdr. Charles H. Knight will call the meeting to order at 8:15 o'clock tonight and after the invocation by Rev. Howard E. Snyder, department chaplain, the address of welcome on behalt of the Georgetown Citizens’ Association will be delivered by John H. Small. Willlam N. Morell, general convention chairman, will make the response. Gen. Herbert C. Crosby will extend greeting from the Board of District Commissioners, and Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, the administrator of vet- erans’ aflairs, will deliver an address. Greetings also will be extended by Frank V. Fisher on behalf of the Dis- trict of Columbia Commission, George Washington bicentennial; Norman Lan- dreau, nd voiture, No. 174, La Societe 40 Hommes et 8 Cheveaux, and Edna MacIntosh, on behalf of the departmental of Le Chapeau. VIRGINIA BOY KILLED WITH OWN SHOTGUN 1- ister Finds Beverly Fry, 19, Dead in Chair After He Had Gone to Prepare for Hawk Hunt. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va, August 13.—Bev- erly Fry, 19 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fry, near Lucketts, Va., was killed last evening at his home by the accidental discharge of a shotgun. He was in the room alone and is said to have gone after the gun to shoot a hawk. His sister, who was on the porch, hearing the shot, ran into the room and found him dead, sitting in a chair, the shot having entered his forehead. SERVICES FOR YOUTH KILLED IN ACCIDENT R. W. M. Mackey Will Be Buried Tomorrow in Mount Olivet Cemetery. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., August 13 —Fu- neral servides for Robert Walton Moore Mackey, son of Capt. and Mrs. Crandal Mackey, who died Monday night in St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, as & result of injuries recelved in an automobile accident, will be held from the family residence on Mackey’s Hill tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Young Mackey sustained a fractured skull when the automobile in which he and three com- panions were returning from Baltimore skidded and rolled into a ditch on the Baltimore Boulevard. Besides his parents, the father, a prominent attorney of Arlington County and Washington, D. C., and a defeated candidate in the recent Democratic primaries for the United States House of Representatives, the deceased is sur- vived by four brothers and two sisters. They are Crandal Mackey, jr.; Joseph Darlington Mackey, Argyle Mackey, Lincoln Mackey, Mrs. Royal Gordon and Mrs. Raymond Riley. He was 19 years of age and the youngest child. Interment will be in a lot owned by Capt. Mackey’s mother in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington. STREET SUITS ARE BEGUN Commissioners to Condemn Land for Widening of 39th. The District Commissioners today be- gan condemnation proceedings in the District- Supreme Court to obtain the land needed for extension and widening of Thirty-ninth street between Cathe- dral avenue and Macomb street. Jus- tice Mitz directed that citations issued to all persons to be affected by the pro- tion at Martinsburg, W. Va. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., August 13. —=Suit for divorce has been filed in the Circuit Court here by Joseph F. Bow- ers, a member of the Washington po- lice force, against his wife, Ruth N. Bowers, also of Washington. The plain- tiff is a native of this city and main- tains his rights as & voter here. Bowers is a member of the four- teenth precinct command. | Masked Girls in Bicycle Contest. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 13.—Four masked girls are entered in the bicycle- of pine woods near rday. About 20 acres were but no R Badeo b vt riding endurance contests being staged here. They said that after they passed their 100th hour they would announce posed condemnation to appear in Court October 6 to show cause, if any, why the proceedings should not go forward. Assistant Corporation Counsel Fowler represented the Commissioners. POLICE PROBING THEFT John Helfrich, 809 East Forty-first street, Savannah, Ga, registered &t the Cairo Hotel, today reported to the police the loss of a suit case containing wearing apparel valued at $200. The suit case and gontenis disappeared from his automoblle parked in front of the Cairo Jast night. lumbia Department of the organization | l | | | | ! STATUARY HALL APPEARS IN ODD DISGUISE With decorators and plasterers preparing to go to work, every statue in the hall at the Capitol has been boxed as a measure of protection. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. INVESTIGATE TONG SITUATION HERE Police Take Precautionary Measures Following Out- break in Other Cities. Precautionary measures against the possible outbreak of a tong war in the Federal City have been taken by the local police, following renewal of Chinese gang warfare in other parts of the country. Headquarters detec- tives last night were assigned to in- vestigate the situation in the Chinese quarter of the city and visited practical- ly every Chinese merchandise establish- ment in that section. They also made calls at the headquarters of the On Leong Association and that of the Hip Sings. Police of the sixth precinct patrolling the Chinese section have been instructed to be on the lookout of agitation and pay_strict attention to the movements of Celestials. They were also instructed to be on the alert for strange Chinese who might appear in the Capital. Detectives Harry A. Cole and W. C. Curtis, who were assigned to investi gate the situation, reported that the tong war would not break out here, although one Chinaman said: “You can never tell what may happen.” He suj | gested the advisability of precautirnary measures against possible killings. — GOLD STAR MOTHERS LISTED FOR HONORS Missouri Group of 81, Returning From France, to Be Guests of Fidac Auxiliary. Among the honor guests at the forth- coming annual convention of Fidac Auxiliary will be 81 Gold Star Mothers of Missouri returning from a visit to the graves of their sons in France, Maj. Julius I. Peyser, chairman of the con- vention committee, announced today. The auxiliary will meet simultaneously with, the eleventh annual Congress of Fidac, the Federation Internale des Anciens Combattants, an international ex-service _association, in which the American Legion represents the United States. The conclave will open here September 18 and last four days. Arrangements have been made to have the Gold Star Mothers attend the receptions and patriotic affairs planned for the woman delegates from nine Eu- ropean countries represented in the membership of Fidac. The Missouri mothers will return from abroad the day the convention opens and come to ‘Washington immediately. Included in auxiliary delegates from Europe will be Princess Cantecuzene, president, representing Rumania; Mme. Marcel Heraud of France, Lady Edward Spencer-Churchill, England; Comtesse de Kerchove, Belgium; Baronne de Broqueville, Belgium, and Mrs. Julie Mazaraki. A round of entertainment in which members of the diplomatic set will par- ticipate has been prepared for the dele- gates. At the close of the convention the visitors will be taken on a tour of the principal cities of the East. They also will visit Annapolis and West Point. LEESBURG LIME CO. STRUCTURE BURNS Large Building Razed in Less Than Hour, Entailing $10,000 Loss. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va, August 13.—Fire supposed to have started from a boiler entirely destroyed the large frame butlding of the Leesburg Lime Co., of Leesburg, last night, Starting about 10 o'clock and fed by the dry material, the building burred to the ground in less than an hour. The Leesburg fire com- pany could do little, due to the shortage of the town's supply of water, using only water pumped from the town branch. Much valuable machinery in the building was destroyed and the loss 1S est‘mated at $10,000. Guthrie Addresses Rotarians. An address by Fredeiick P. Guthrie, Lynn L. Hamilton of St. Louis, Mo., | district manager of the Radio Corpora- asked police of the eighth precinct to |tion of America, on the subject of “The make an effort, m! valued at, n_from an 1931 Sixteenth \ srecover wearing ap- | Rotarian,” official publication of Rotary His clothing was | International, featured a meeting of the jutomobile in front of Wi Rotary st¥sad last night, Hotel Club in the Willard |ANOTHER GAS STATION | | THEFT LAID TO DAVIS| Manager of Establishment Iden-| tifies Youth as Man Who Robbed Him at Point of Gu Another filling station hold-up was | charged to Carl B. Davis last night | when police said he was identified by | Charles Guyther, manager of a gasoline | station in the 1100 block of Potomac avenue southeast, as the man who rob- bed him at the point of a gun on July 20. Guyther sald $50 was taken from him. Davis is being held for the grand jury on a charge of robbing Gilbert Hyatt messenger for the Mount Vernon Savings Bank, of $4,000 on August 1, |and has also been charged with the $2,200 hold-up of Benjamin Burch, col- lector for the Lord Baltimore filling | stations, on July 13. “ATTIC MAN” TELLS OF LOVE AFFAIR Denies Slaying Manufacturer, but Says He Asked Wife to “Go Out” With Him, n. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 13.—Having denied firing the shot which killed Fred Oesterreich, wealthy manufac- turer, eight years ago, Otto Sanhuber, | “attic man” in the mystery case, was under call to resume his testifying today in the trial of Mrs. Walburga Oesterreich, widow of the manufac- turer, on a murder charge. Occupying the stand all day yester- day, Sanhuber described his life in at- tics of Oesterreich homes here and in Milwaukee, admitting it was he who took the initiative in the clandestine love affair between him and Mrs. Oesterreich. | ~Under ~ defense cross-examination, Sanhuber admitted he had asked Mrs. Oesterreich to “go out” with him the | | first time he met her. | Sanhuber was indicted jointly with Mrs. Oesterreich and was convicted of manslaughter, but went free under the statute of limitations. | PLAN ATHLETIC FIELD Commissioners Authorize Construc- tion at Junior High School. ‘The District Commissioners today awarded to Arthur L. Smith & Co. a contract for construction of an athletic field, inclosed with a wire fence, at the Francis Junior High School, I~ street between Twenty-fourth and Twenty- fifth streets, for $33,000. The Commissioners authorized the purchase of the property at 402 Fifth street northeast as part of the Carbery School playground for $1,000 and the property-at 226 Third street as part of the proposed Municipal Center for $21,225. 31,700 PERSONAL TAXRETURNS FILED This Year’s Levy Is Expected by Officials to Exceed $7,000,000. ‘ There were filed 31,700 personal prop- erty returns last month on which taxes are payable, according to Assessor Wil- liam P. Richards. About 20,000 returns were filedl by persons not subject to tax, because they had not enough property. Clerks in the assessor’s office are now busy transferring these statements to the field book. Where the books show that persons filing returns last year have failed to do so this year, field representatives of the assessor’ office | will invetigate the cause. ‘The amount of the tax expected from the personal property assessment will be calculated after the assessments are entered and added up. Last year the levy was $6,776,907.33. ‘This year it is expected to exceed $7,000,000. Bills will be mailed out in Septem- | ber. The personal tax is payable in {two installments, half in September and half in March. SEEK COAST GUARDSMAN REPORTED DROWNED Local Police Broadcast Lookout to Detroit Following Receipt of Letter. A lookout for Joseph C. Ocker, 42 years old, a United States Coast Guards- man, who was reported drowned in the Detroit River in July, was broadcast by local police today to Detroit, follow= ing the receipt here of a letter, pur- ported to be from Ocker, which stated | that a mistake had becn made in the | identification of the boay. | Police said the letter was received by a member of the local Coast Guard headquarters and turned over to them this morning. Inspector William 8. Shelby, acting chief of police, has wired Detroit and a city-wide search for Ocker is under- way there. Ocker, police said, was wanted in Detroit on a charge of assault on his wife. He was reported to have com- mitted suicide by drowning, after he learned police were seeking him. The body, according to police, was iden- tified by members of Ocker’s family. He was buried by his family. War on Auto Lights. DANVILLE, Va., August 13 (Special). —J. D. Mays, State traffic inspector, as- sisted by local officers, are conducting a war on drivers of cars without proper lights Within a two-hour period on one night no less than 75 motorists were dealt with. Why is it that fire engine drivers always seem to know where they are going and the shortest way to get there? ‘Why is it that apparatus en route to a fire never does get bottled up in a closed street? Why do fire engines never run into each other while hurtling shrough the streets at top speed? Why do engines so seldom figure in traffic accidents? The answer to all these questions is that Washington's firemen—f{rom the rawest Tookies to the most seasoned vet- erans—are trained with the utmost care to meet just these situations. The pow- ers that be in the Fire Deparrment never let up in their efforts to main- tain the maximum efciency with the minimum risk of personal injury. Amazed by the apparent ease with which fire engine drivers find short cuts to their destinations,’ never los- ing a split second to decide which way to turn, a reporter visited the station house of No. 16 Engine Company, on D street near Twelfth, today. Men Trained as Experts. “How do you do it?" the newspaper man inquired of Lieut. I. W. Luskey. “Expert training of all of our men is the solution,” Lieut. Luskey explain- ed. “You realize, of course, that ail the fire alarm boxes in the city are numbered. In addition, every fireman on the force is required to learn speci- fled routes to follow in going from his his fire engine each box in also must learn the ex- to "‘»‘":::;:Q:’ "tha Tour pi 9 ac lugs neares bom, 3 FIREMEN TRAINED TO AVOID TRAFFIC TRAPS AND DANGERS Engine Drivers Find Shortest and Safest Routes, Never Collide or Become Bottled in Alleys Because of Study and Care. “Our men also are required to learn the location of all alleys in their fire district as well as to study detailed re- of the larger bulldings so they may know where elevator shafts, elec~ l;lc;ty switches and skylights are situ- ated. “The routes from the engine houses to the boxes are chosen in such a manner that none of the various pieces of apparatus will use the same streets at the same time, thus averting danger ot accident from this source. All drivers are given rigorous courses of "-mmi in order that they may always have their engines and trucks under control, no matter what the speed.” Notice of Street Repairs. Lieut. Luskey explained that when streets are closed for repair work, the engine companies are notified im- mediately in order that they may cl any of their regular routes if necessary. All firemen are required to attend school in their station Louses an hour each day in order to keep in -touch with such changes and to brush up on the location of boxes, plugs and gas lines. “Should we get a call to the White House,” Lieut. Luskey declared, “we would follow our regular route to that point, woich is out D street to Twelfth from Twelfth to the Avenue, down the Avenue to the rear of the Treasury and then to the east gate of the White House. On the same alarm other companies would report at the various en trances, all of which are | Wi advance in event of a PAGE B-—1 STREETRALIWAYS REPORT DEFIS DESPTE 10 FARE Both Companies Find Incomes Below Corresponding Period Last Year. LOSS OF REVENUE BLAMED ON UNREGULATED TAXIS Use of Tokens, Representing 71 Per Cent of Fares, Has Not Increased. The increase in car fare added $1,000 & day to the passenger revenue of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and $814 to that of the Capital Traction Co. in the period from July 23 to August 11, but their respective incomes are still under the receipts for the correspond- ing period of last year, according to figures compiled today by officials of the two companies. William F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., said that the revenue of his line, de- spite the higher fare, is $148 a day less than the period between July 23 and August 11 last year, when the fare was 8 cents cash, or six tokens for 40 cents. The Capital Traction Co. re- ported an average loss of 7,500 passen- gers a day under the new fare schedule, ;v;zgomplfl.wn with the same period of “Unregulated taxicabs,” operating & cheap service, coupled to some extent with general business depression, were blamed for much of the loss of the car companies. The prolonged heat wave and the vacation period also have been contributing factors since the higher fare went into effect July 23, and for this reason, the traction officials point out, a fair comparison of the effect of the fare increase cannot be made at this time. “The present unregulated _taxic service was inaugurated March 1, 1930,” said Mr. Ham. “From that date to July 22, 1930, inclusive, the old street car fare of 8 cents cash or six token for 40 cents prevailed. During that period the ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co. had an average daily loss in passenger rev- enue of $1,157, as compared with the same period of 1929. This was due mainly to said unregulated taxicab serv- ice and to some extent to the general business depression. “For the 20-day period from July 23 to August 11, the average daily loss in passenger revenue has been only $148. as compared with the same period in 1929. During this 20-day period the present rate of fare of 10 cents cash or four tokens for 30 cents has been in effect, thus showing a saving of $1,000 in the average daily passenger revenues of the company due to the ?n- creased rate of fare.” Pigures of the Capital Traction Co. show that the average daily loss in pas- sengers up to July 22, the last day of the old rate of fare, was 10,980. For the first 18 days following the increased fare the average daily loss was 19,600, as compared to last year. ‘The records of the Capital Traction Co. also show that the use of tokens has not increased under the new fare schedule, as was expected. During the hearings before the Public Utilities Commission on the company’s applica=- tion for a higher fare, John H. Hanna, president, estimated that tokens under a 10-cent cash fare would represent about 85 per cent of the fares and that the remaining 15 per cent would be in cash. Under the old fare schedule tokens represented 6715 per cent of the fares. The company's latest figures show that since the fare increase tokens represent between 71 and 72 per cent of the fares. The low-rate cabs also have made inroads into the mcome of the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co.. and the in- creased fares granted the car com- panies have apparently failed to help them any. Figures produced by the bus concern show successive losses in revenue in comparison with last year in every month since the 35-cent cabs made their debut in Washington. The bus company’s receipts in January were $29,443 greater than in the same month in 1929. In February the gain was cut down to $3.438. Then the losses began. In March they amounted to $41.558, in April, $81,095; in May, $19,283; in June, $28,703, and in July, $35,590. TRIO SllGHi’LY' HURT IN AUTO COLLISION Driver of Other Car Flees—Wil- liam Browne Arrested as Suspect in Case. Three men escaped with minor lacerations last nighi when a machine in which they were riding was struck by another car on Klingle road. The driver of the second car fled. Harry F. Smith, 19 years old, of Hobbs, Md., and Edwarc Davis, 21, of 833 Alli- son street, were take nto Georgetown Hospital and Carlton Beers, 31, of 3543 Tenth street received attention at Emergency Hospita.. The driver of the automobile, Lee Ander 18 years old, of 833 Allison street, was unhurt. Fourteenth preciset police today arrested William Browne, 23 years old, of 1417 Park road, in connection with the accident. He is suspected of being the driver of the second machine. Ernest T. Garland 12 years old, was injured seriously yesterday when crushed between two automobiles on his father’s farm on Sargeant road near Michigan avenue rortheast. Thomas Williams, colored, 21 years, a farm employe, told policc the car he was driving started forwaid and pinned the boy between the car and a parked truck. The boy was taken to Sibley Hospital. FRUIT FLY QUARR}INE * TO BE LIFTED FRIDAY Secretary Hyde Announces Eradica- tion Efforts Justify Relaxing Restrictions. A broad revision of Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine regulations remov- ing sterilization requirements on fruit and vegetable shipments to wide areas of the country will be made effective Friday by the Agriculture Department. Announcing the revision yesterday, Secretary Hyde sald eradication efforts conducted by the department in con- junction with Florida authorities had been so effective as to justify relaxing the restrictions. tions will permit the uit to the South and hout the year rather than only the Midwinter a8