Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1930, Page 12

| SLIGHT RECESSION IN EMPLOYMENT HERE DURING JULY Labor Office’s Monthly Bulle- tin Reveals Chain Stores Curtailed Forces. DROP IN TOURIST TRAFFIC REDUCES HOTEL WORKERS City Improvement and Building' Operations Afford Jobs for Many Men. A slight recession in industrial em- ployment occurred in the District dur- | ing July, the Department of Labor made known today in its monthly bu letin of industrial employment infor- mation. Chain grocery stores and drug stores curtailed their forcks somewhat, as did the larger department stores. The department said further that a decrease in the volume of tourist traffic was reflected in hotel employment, and that the presence of “many migratory workers, both skilled and unskilled,” added to the surplus of Jlabor “which has been apparent.” On the other hand, city improve- ments, particularly street paving and repairs, continued in fairly good vol- ume and the department emphasized that bullding operations, both private and Federal, afforded employment to many men. Some Employed Part Time, Throughout the country building con- tinued below the high peak of pre- vious years, although there was an increase in the demand for outdoor labor, chiefly unskilled workers and farm help. Curtailed schedules con- tinued in many manufacturing estab- lishments, and large numbers of men and women were employed on a part- time basis. In a review of wholesale prices in July last the Labor Department said that comparative estimates showed the purchasing power of the 1926 dollar to be $1.19 last month. On the whole, g-rlee decreases among 550 commodities which comparable information for June and July was collected far out- numbered the increases, with boosts being recorded in only 57 instances. Foods declined over 4% per cent from the June average, but whatever bene- fits that might accrue to the farm pulation apparently were offset to a nteemntbyldecreueors!z per cent in the price of farm products. Department’s ~Statement. In commenting on employment con- ditions generally the Labor Depart- ment discussed the District of Colum- bia and nearby States as follows: “Maryland—General.—While the ma- jority of ‘the industrial establishments operated throughout July, part-time schedules prevailed in many plants, affecting many ers. A genel surplus of labor was apparent in the larger cities, Road constr.ction and municipal improvements offered em- ployment to a large number of men. Building continued in fair volume. but a surplus of these craftsmen ob- tained in most localities. Plenty of farm help reported. “Baltimore-—~A surplus of labor pre- Some of the ] | Held by Police | [ Upper: Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Lowe. Lower: Harry Hazel. MOTHER ACCUSED IN AUTO LOOTIN Woman Is Held With Her Son and Two Other Young Boys. Alleged to have been harboring youths and to have recelyed from them the spoils of looting expeditions among parked automobiles in the District, Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Hazel Lowe, 33, of 1929 S th street was to be arraigned k| in Police Court mext ‘Wednesday on a cent them lled operations MGMO%I bia—Washington. " lumbia—Was] e A slight recession in industrial employ- ment occurred -in the District during grocéry and drug | their forces somewhat, - | Harvey 'Spencer Lowe, in charges and offered employment to many mel. Building under way in- cludes college structures at a cost of $700,000, a $300,000 apartment house, a ‘l'l!,ooooh utility garage, lm"ll)li:flfifl apartment house and many other large commercial projects. Federal building was also the source of employment for Jarge numbers of skilled as well as un- skilled laborers. A decrease in the demand for domestic help occurred, which is usual at this period of the year when residents leave the city for vacations. Cities Had Surplus. “Virginia—General—The industrial employmert situation was described as Tairly satisfactory; however, a surplus of labor was apparent in practically all the larger cities. The majority of the manufacturing establishments were in operation, but part-time schedules were reported in & number of plants and factories. Highway construction, ding, municipal improvemeénts and agricultural work afforded employment t0 a large number of skilled and un- skilled laborers. “Richmond—A surplus of building- trades men, railroad shop men and un- skilled laborers prevailed. The ma- Jority of the plants were in operation, but part-time prevailed in a number, including an iron manufacturing estab- lishment and two paper mills. A rail- road shop rel approximately 130 men, including machinists, electricians and pipe fitters. Work is to start in the next 30 days on the erection of a post office addition which will absorb approximately 100 laborers.” BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT Claude Peacock in Hospital Suffer- ing From Chest Wound. Seventeen-year-old Claude Peacock, residing at 218 C street, is in a serlous condition in Emergency Hospital suf- fering from a severe bullet wound in his chest, the wound having been ac- cidentally inflicted yesterday afternoon while he wa: cleaning a pistol. His mother, who heard the report, rushed to her son’s assistance and cared for him until he was taken to the hospital. It was reported at the hospital this morning that the patient had spent a restful nigh g IMPORTED NOISE COSTLY Americans Spent Over $6,000,000 for Fireworks. Americans spent almost $1,000,000 more for imported noise last year than|yon Dam project they did in 1927, The Census Bureau reported today ' that $6572,542 was spent for foreign- ade fireworks m: in 1929, an increase of 117 per cent over the imports of 7. $5,884,993 in 1 Sociological Expert's Tactics. MONTREAL, August 16 (#)—Whit- ing Williams, author and sociological expert, has been leading a double life, but its all in the interest of facts. In thering material for an address be- ,;B the Willlsmstown Institute of Politics, he has been donning disreputa- and mingling 'with the Meanwhile | 'fi tody for ?51 ] t'm m‘?.m, Oea': Johnl' , and two e e = son, 15, of the same address as Mrs. Lowe, and Joseph Callahan, 16, alias Patrick McGowan, who gave police his address as 1434 Harvard street. . The Hazel boy, son of Mrs. Lowe by L %rev:w marriage, last Februa; ., when it was charged his stepfather beat his mother. ‘The was freed of assault O Police Court a few days after The arrests yesterday followed the seizure of two boys alleged to have been attempting ~to biles. They were arrested by Sergt. Robert Johnson and Detectives F. O. Brass and H. S. Montgomery of ti third precinct. After questioning the two.boys, the police visited Mrs. Lowe's apartment and are alleged to have found approximately $500 worth of dresses, silks, other wearing apparel and automobile accessories. Six boys originally were arrested, but three of them were released after ques- tioning by the focheA Mrs. Lowe told police who investigated hen her son shot his stepfather that it was a shooting affray which led to her meeting her present husband, Lowe. She said that while she was still mar- ried to her first husband, Hazel, she sought refuge from a storm'in a road- house near Cabin John, Md., and while she was there there was & fight, in which Lowe got shot. She said she took Lowe to the hospital and later married hlx;:. when her husband committed sui- ¢ SWALLOWS POISON Love Affair Given as Reason for Man's Suicide Attempt. Despondency over an unsuccessful courtship led Denton Spicer, 22 years old, of the 400 block of Sixth street to attempt suicide last night by swal- lowing two poison tablets, police say. ‘The young man is confined to Emer- gency Hospital for treatment, but his condition is not regardeéd as serious. Spicer was rushed to the ital early last night after passersby noticed him writhing in pain at the corner of Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue and called police. YOUNG WOMAN MISSING Police Asked to Watch for Eugenia Gordy, Gone Since Thursday. Police yesterday were requested by .relatives to look out for Eugenia Gordy, 27 years old, of 1919 Kennedy street, who has been missing from her resi- dence since Thursday. She is described as being 5 feet 6 inches in height, weighing 110 pounds, and having dark brown hair and eyes, and when last scen was wearing a green dress, black satin coat and black shces. —— MEN WANTED FOR DAM Civil Service Test to Fill Fourteen Boulder Engineer Places. Fourteen engineers are wanted for work on the $165,000,000 Boulder Can- by the Bureau of Reclamation, The Civil Service Commissfon an- nounced today that the salaries ra from $3.800 to $6,400 a year for civil, electrical and mechanical engineers. $20 Wedding Ring Stolen, Disappearance of & $20 wedding ring from & tray in the store of Ross Jew- elry Co,, 702 Seventh street, yesterday afternoon was reported to the police by George MarX, manager of the firm's business. Police were told that a woman had previously been in the and asked to see wedding r! some time after her ring was missed. tore ings, and it was departure that the THE EVE MACNEIL ELECTED | | LEGION HEAD AS RIVAL DROPS 0UT Vote 57 to 42, With Score to Be Counted, When Cogs- well Withdraws. NEW D. C. COMMANDER WAS CAPTAIN OVERSEAS Fraser, Brasie and Others Honored in Elections Marking Con- vention Close.. Leading the ticket he headed to a smashing vietory, Dr. Bernard C. Mac- Neil of the medical staff of Vet- erans’ Bureau was elected ander of the District: Posts of the American Legion at the annual convention last night in Western High School. Dr. MacNeil was chosen by acclama- tion after his omly rival, Theodore Cogswell, register of wills, withdrew his name in the midst of the casting of ballots. The vote at the time of Mr. Cogswell's_retirement from the race stood at 57 to 42 in favor of Dr. Mac- Nell, with more than a score of votes to be counted. Medical Corps Captain, The new commander was a captain in the Medical Corps overses He has been an active member of the Quentin Roosevelt Post for many years. On his induction into office Thursday night he will succeed Charles H. Knight of Vic- tory Post. . G. Foster of Sergt. Jasper Post was elected as first vice commander, Howard F. Brasle of Kenneth H. Nash Post as second vice commander, Miss Marjorie Woodzell of Jane A. Delano Post third vice commander and Rev. Howard E. Snyder, George Washing- ton Post, chaplain. ‘The only member of the MacNeil ticket to fall by the wayside was Paul J. McGahan, for the past six years tional executive committeeman. He was defeated by John Lewis Smith of George Washil n Post, a prominent attorney. Smith won by & majority of three votes. Willam W. Smith of the National Press Club Post, was elected as his alternate. Selection of Delegates. Those elected delegates to the na- | Station tional convention in addition to the new commander were J. O'Conner Rob- erts, E. A. Costello, C. Knight, E. H. Hale, Joseph J. Idler, F."Edward Jones, Dr. M. M. Fowler and Francis F. Miller. Alternate delegates: Norman B. Lan- dreau, Howard F. Brasle, J. H. Kehoe, Miss Emily Carey, Miss Anna Pryde, A. J. Scott, F. J. McDonald, H. H. Buice and J. R. Anderson. ’ John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the National Executive Committee, presided. He announced that the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing Post had been awarded a silver loving cup for the best float in the parade Monday. It had originally been' planned to close the convention last night. A de- cision to meet again Thursday night in will the board room of the District Build- ing was reached, however, when the election consumed all of the time in- tended to have been devoted to consid- eration of resolutions, including one on prohibition. D. C. MAN HELD IN DETROIT ACCUSED OF WIFE SLAYING Frank Cozzens, Colored, Will Be Brought to Washington — In- quest Over Wife’s Body Today. A message received yesterday from the police of Detroit, Mich., told of the arrest there of Frank ns, colored, 30 years old, of 314 V street northeast, wanted in this city for the alleged slay- ing of his wife, A Cozzens, employed in the Navy Yard, also had charge of an apartment house and worked as watchman at the Sub- urban Gardens at night, resided at the V street address with his wife and two children. Late Monday afternoon Cuzzens left home and went in search of his wife, lo- cating her and three companions in a taxicab several blocks from his home, the wife, it is stated, having left a message that she was gomng to have her hair dressed. ‘The husband, it is wharged, forced the taxicab to the curb and ordered his wife out, and when she alighted, it is reported by the police, he fired s'x shots into her body, killing her almost in- stantly. Police obtained a Detroit, Mich., ad- dress, where it was thought Cozzens would seek a hiding place, and his ar- rest resulted. The prisoner will be re- turned here for trial. Mrs. Cozzens' body was taken to the morgue, where Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt arranged to conduct an inquest today. COLORED MAN SHOT Another Ts Held in Connection With Shooting. Sidney Benton, colored, 28 years old, of 759 Morton street, was taken fo 's Hospital y today with a minor gunshot wound in the right leg. Police are hol Pred Thompson, col- ored, 26 years old, of 5 Wylie court, in connection with the shooting. A witness to the alleged attack, Sam- uel , colored, of 3209 She avenue, is said by police to have held ‘Thompson until the arrival of Acting Lieut. John L. Norris and H. H. Clark of the second precinct. - SUES FOR $50,000 Damages Asked for Three-Year-Old Boy by Father. Howard Brummitt, 3 years old, by his father, Mike Brummitt, 643 I street northeast, yesterday filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $50,- 000 damages from Samuel M, and Maud Roberts, 1007 K street northeast. ‘Through Attorney James D. Cunning- ham the court is told that an automo- bile belonging to Samuel Roberts and driven by his wife, Maud, struck the child while he was crossing at Sixth | g and I streets northeast and seriously | Los injured him. CHICAGO GAINS BY REVISE| New Illinois Census Count Adds 2,000 to Population. ™ Chicago’s 1930 population figure was larger by about 2,000 in the revised Illinois State summary announced today by the Census Bureau. The new cmcaso figure was 3,375,320, an increase of 673,624, or 24.9 per cent, over 1920, The Illinois State total was given as 17,607,684, an increase of 1,122,404, or 17.3 cent, Leacpboes VA Religious Worker Hurt, Falling from a truck at Delaware avenue and Canal street southwest late yesterday, David Roberts, 50 years old, employed by the Salvation Army, was taken to Providence Hospital, where attendants say he may have received fracture of the skull. “Roberts gave his address #s 102 B street. titon, DR. BERNARD C. MacNEIL. ALL LIMITS OFF ONUSE OF WATER Temporary Pumping Stations Will End 32-Day Short- age in Suburbs. Succeeding in its efforis to obtain ample water through the District water system, the Washington Suburban Sani- tary Commission late yesterday removed all restrictions on the use of water in the suburban area of Prince Georges and Montgomery counties. The restrictions, which prohibited the sprinkling of lawns, and, at first, of flowers, beasuse of the water shortage, had been in force 32 days. ‘Water is now being supplied to near- by Maryland through four connections with the District system. One tempo- rary pumping station has been con- structed, and another is being erected today, permission having been granted for its installation by the District authorities yesterday. The pumping station at the Burnt Mills reservoir has been closed and the little water that is now coming down the Northwest Branch is allowed to flow to Hyattsville, where the com- mission is still operating a pumping . The cool weather, cutting down consumption, and the slight rains of the last two days, resulted in a ;utlxl”qummy of ‘wngr accumulating Deputy Enging ed. About 500,000 llrrl{onl ‘were pump- z from the Hyattsville station yester- y. High pressures are now being main- tained throughout the sanitary district, Engineer Hall states, and the new ru.mplnx station is expected to further mprove conditions. of the T. Howard Duckett, chairman tary Commission, declared today the commission would continue to use District water only so long as the pres- ent shortage exists. As soon as the emergency is passed the commission revert to its old system of drawing its water supply from the Northwest B%ch. he d:clared, e present emergency connections with the District will remain in place, however, so that a recurrence of the shrinkage of the Northwest Branch will probably not cause another water short- age in nearby Maryland. THE WEATHER |- District of Columbia—Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness followed by showers in the afternoon or at night; not much change in tempera- ture: gentle vaifable winds. Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight; to- morrow inereasing cloudiness followed Dby showers in west and north portions; not much change in temperature; gentle w‘zodfntae west winds. ryland—Partly cloudy, probabl; followed by showers Mow. d u{ ‘west purr".lm t&r:llz“r;‘tz ll!:‘::gly cooler in east por 5 modera and northeast winds. - i iy Record for Twenty-four Hours, ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 80; 8 p.m.,, 76; 12 midnight, 70; 4 am., 67; 8 am., 70; noon, 80. Barometer—4 pm., 2084; 8 pm, 29.1 12 midnight, 29.87; 4 a.m., 29.86; 8 , 20.92; noon, 29.93. Highest temperature, 85, occurred at 3:15 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 65, occurred at 5:45 a.m, today. Temperature seme date last year— Highest, 80; lowest, 58. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 7:02 a.m. and 6:46 pm.; high tide, 12:17 am. and 12:30 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 7:53 am. and 7:33 pm.; high tide, 1:05 a.m. and 1:20 p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 5:21 a.m.; sun sets 7:02 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—sSun rises 5:22 a.m.; sun sets 7:01 p.m. Moon rises 10:28 p.m.; sets 12:13 p.m. Ceondition of the Water. Potomac, clear; Shenandoah, muddy. Weather in Various Cities. *ergupIaisas “Feoun EE2IIReNR8IB IR I3232 Cloudy 0.12 Pt.cloudy i g g!:\'rv;'l‘ nd, Ohio. 2 a, 8. C. 228s: 0.02 Cloudy .04 Ptcloudy Szezpaias 2322338232238 0i Cloudy 34 Pt.cloudy t.cloudy cloudy » Greenwich time, today.) Temperature. Weather. ga Clear Glear GCloudy Clear Cles Cles t,' Pranc icholm, Sweder; m-ua;, Spain. v ioon, ime, Fa Ason (Cutrent Bermuds. res . 8 Y clouay ‘Sbiervations.) : ‘Purt cloudy Glenr ICAMPBELL RET FOR WASHINGTON TRIAL IS PREDICTED VING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1930.° RETIRING, MONUMENT GUARD RECALLS 41 YEARS' SERVICE Helped Answer Questions of 9,360,000 Visitors, Says Jones. Grand Jury Indictment to Be|Worst Night That of Knicker- Evidence in Hearing at Alexandria. COLLINS, PROSECUTOR, CONFIDENT OF REMOVAL Defense Attorney Promises Wit- nesses to Prove Suspect in Vir- ginia During Baker Murder. ‘With Wednesday set as the date for a showdown in the iegal skirmish be- tween opposing counsel to determine whether Herbert M. Campbell shall be returned from Alexandria to Washing- ton to face trial in the slaying of Mary Baker, the was at a standstill today. ‘William H. Collins, an assistant Unit- ed States attorney in charge of the case said today that he was so confident Campbell would be ordered removed to Washington after Wednesday's hearing that he intended to leave tomorrow for a brief vacation in ‘New England. The hearing will be held before J. Barton Phillips, a United States commissioner in Alexandria. Prosecution to Offer Indictment. ‘The prosecution will introduce in evi- dence a copy of the indictment charg- ing Campbell with murder returned yes- terday by & District grand jury after a short but thorough investigation of the slaying. The testimony of more than a dozen witnesses brought about the grand jury action. “An indictment by a Federal grand jury,” Collins declared, “is ample au- thority to cause any commissioner to recommend removal of a prisoner from one jurisdiction to another. All of the decisions uphold me in this statement. That, no doubt, is why Campbell's at- torney offered after the indictment yes- terday voluntarily to surrender his client here if we would recommend his release under bail.” Many Alibi Witnesses Promised. Charles Henry Smith, counsel for Campbell, asserted he would produce numerous witnesses Wednesday who would testify Campbell was in Arling- ton County, Va., at the time of the slaying here. He said he felt sure he would succeed in blocking the defend- » | ant's removal. ‘Anybody can be indicted for any- L ,” Smith said. “Why, I'll bet I indict you in the Baker case if I had charge of a grand jury. But you would be acquitted when placed on trial. So will Campbell, if we should by any chance lose our fight against his removal.” A copy of the indictment was for- warded today to Callom B. Jones, an assistant United States attorney in Richmond, Va., who will represent the Government at Wednesday’s hearing. BARON DE KALB HONORED BY S. A. R. AT ANNAPOLIS ‘Wreath Placed on Statue Today on 150th Anniversary of Death. Members f the National Soclety, the Maryland Society and the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution will join to cele- braté the 150th anniversary of the mor- tal wounds and death of Gen. Baron de Kalb by placing a wreath on the statue of this Revolutionary hero at the state house at Annapolis today. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, who is a mem- ber of the Maryland Soclety, Sons of the American Revolution, has been in- vited to extend greetings, and the Mary- land Soclety will be represented by T. Scott Offutt, president, and others; the District of Columbia Society will be represented by Willlam Knowles Cooper, president; C."Y. Latimer, treasurer; A’ G. Hoffman, and others, and the National Soeiety by the secretary general, Frank B. Steele, and the treasurer gen- eral, George S. Robertson of Baltimore. Baron Wolfgang von Putlitz of Wash- gton, secretary of the German em- ‘bassy, will accept the wreath on behalf of his country. A large delegation is expected to drive from both Washington and Baltimore for this occasion. SEAMANS GIVEN PURSE UPON HIS RETIREMENT Adjudicator in Awards Division of Veterans’ Bureau Concludes 12 Years of Service. Retired under the terms of the re- cently neacted civil service retirement law, Edwards T. Seamans, for the past 12 years an adjudicator in the Awards Division of the Veterans' Bureau, was this morming the' recipient of congratu- latory messages and a gift purse from his fellow workers. In making presentation of the purse Col. George E. Ijams, acting director of the Veterans' Buremu, expressed re- gret of the de}).runent at Mr, Seamans’ termination of service, but naure? him that he carried with him the good ‘wishes of his fellow em, S, Mr. Seamans enter e Veterans' Bureau July 1, 1918, as claims ex- aminer. For several years prior to that time he was engaged in the real estate and automobile business and also was an attorney here. . WAGON MEN ELECT Harry Carpel of Washington Con- tinued on Distribtors’ Directorate. K. C. Eldridge of Portland, Oreg., was re-elected president of the Wagon Men's Distributing Association at the closing session of the third annual convention, held in the Hotel flower yesterday. New York City was named the 1931 convention city. Other officers named include L. J. Schumaker of Philadelphia, G. B. Col- Jer of Detroit and Edward Rosenheim of Chicago, vice presidents; E. J. Mar- tin of Chicago, secretary, and A. A. Kirchhoff of Chicago, treasurer. Harry L. Carpel of Washington was continued as a member of the board of directors. WAR MEMORIAL AS GIFT o. 8. Infantry Assotiation Com- memorates Battle of Verdun. VERDUN, France, August 16 (#).— Representatives of the 315th Infantry Association of the United States Army village of Nantillois a memorial in the form of a community house. Five members of the association made | T. a pilgrimage from Fhiladelphia to help dedicate the building in the town where their organization d ing in the World War. They were Capt. Edward T. Davis, Maj. Orlando Petty, Col, John A. McKenna, Matthew Wel and Capt. Wallerstein. The mayors of Verdun and Nantil- Jois, the military govérnor of Verdun, Gen. Cointet, many local French the ceremonles, Bris today turned over to the citizens of the its severest fight- | 20: bocker Disaster—Locked In by Snow. ‘Walter 8. Jones, who became & guard Wwhen the Washington Monument was opened to the public in 1888, and who has helped answer the questions of &'00,000 visitors since, is going to re- re On August 30, Jones, somewhat weary but still going strong, will close out his 41 years of service. Yesterday, on the oceasion of his seventy-ninth birthday, Jones consented to recall something of his past. He recalled that not one of those 9,360,000 visitors lodged a com- plaint against him and that he had answered their 1\|emonx courteously always and as fully as time permitted. Many of them asked strange questions. Some could not im: e the purpose of the giant shaft that towers 555 feet for no apparent reason. It is a monument, Jones would say, a Nation's attempt to immortalize her greatest son. It was built by the people and for the people— Jones hoped they would enjoy it. On Duty Every Day. Coming to work every day, from his home at 2477 Eighteenth street, in the city of his birth® Jones would take up his place beside the familiar portal and try to guess what the visitors would ask him next. ‘They always fooled him, and they zmeumes stumped him—but not so ‘ten of late, Jones said. He long since familiarized himself with the answers to stock questions and, in his sleep, he can tell how high the monument is, when the cap stone was set in place, who designed it, how long it took in the building. Jones now is a doorman. yiously served as “top man" outside man. As “top man,” it fell to his duty, not merely to care for the interior peak. of the Monument and lock the windows every night, but he was required to walk down the 898 steps to assure himself that no visitor He pre- and as T IR g IR TR R Tt T IALL-NIGHT PARKING ‘WALTER S. JONES. remained within the shaft. For 31z years he served In this capacity. Unheated Until 1901. Up until 1901, Jones said, the Mon- ument was unheated and in Winter it was cold, very cold, particularly on the upper levels. As a “top man” he fre- ently stopped on his way down the reezing stone steps to warm his feet on a mat on the 150-foot level, other- 'wise, Jones was sure, they would have n. Summer, too, had' its tribulations. On one occasion, Jones , e e | was closing & window on the peak when a bolt of lightning felled him and rendered him unconscious for several hours. But the worst night Jones ever ex- perienced at the Monument, he said, was the night of the Knickerbocker Theater disaster, January 28, 1922. That night the snow was banked waist deep about the base of the Monument, and he said he literally had to dig his way out and to the boiler room, located some distance away, “No, I don't mind answering a few more questions,” Jones said. “Where am I going to live, now that I'm free? “Well, I guess I'll go to live with my married daughter in Delaware County, Pa. Maybe Il get back, now and then, Jjust to have a look at the old shaft. I'm sort of used to it now.” LUSK DISEUSSES RIVER POLLUTION In Radio Address Urges Sew- age Disposal Plant to Pro- tect the Potomac. Even should the District erect & $10,- 000,000 sewage disposal plant, the Potomac River, Rock Creek and the Anacostia River still would be polluted, Rufus 8. Lusk, chairman of the Sewer Committee of the Board of Trade, de- clared in an_address yesterday over |, Radio Station WMAL. “We would still have pollution,” the speaker sald, “until Maryland and Vir- ginia communities likewise erect sew- age disposal plants. Some of the pol- lution of the river occurs at Cumber- land and Harpers ‘Ferry arti the many other points along the river.” Mr, Lusk suggested that the public refrain from criticism until the United States Public Health Service had com- pleted a study of the situation in the metropolitan area at the request of the District Commissioners and the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission. Suburban Plans Cited. “The Washington Suburban Senitary Commission,” Mr. Lusk added, “is gradually eliminating u'.{e now being discharged into Rock Creek Park from the area immediately adjacent to Wash- ington and they are now connecting another Maryland sewer with an inter- cepter sewer that the District has just run up Rock Creek Valley to the Dis- trict line. This will improve condi- tions a great deal in Creek, but it will not elminate sewage in this stream until every community lying in the 25,000 acres not under the juris- diction of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission ceases polluting this stream. Sewage From Adjacent Areas. “The same conditions apply to '.h’: ‘Washington Suburban Sanitary Com- mission is planning erection of & sewage treatment plant which will help very much to correct this condition. We must not be too critical of our friends in Maryland, because Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties have had such an enormous wth_that it has been almost impossible to handle the sewage a8 it should be. They are making efforfs to correct an unfortunate situation.” e NEW YORKER ARRESTED Alleged Reformatory Parole Vio- lator Turned Over to Officer. Arrested here Wednesday for alleged violation of his New York parole, Paul R. Browning, alias Paul Jeffries, 25 years old, was today turned over to an officer of the Elmira, N. Y., Reformatory for return to Nel;' u\',o’!;k St::. living Brown! is sal ave n livi here uncll:f the name of Jeffries in a house in the 2400 block of Eighteenth street. He was arrested by Detective Leo Murray. P IER Marriage Licenses. . 31, _and Prieds M. E. LaRue 23, and L PI!'J 32 snd Sa er J. Councilor. ames Tayior, 34, and Loiise M. Beasley, W, M miny and Bessie M. Rev. Maurice 8. White. pRowell, 3L Andra L. arle Seloff, 28, and Sylvia Heckner, 35, Md.; Judge Robert E. nd Edith L. Ever- Md.; Rev. Allan Johnson, 26, and_Mary B. Rev. Randolph V. Payton. d Lillian G. Landis, E., Brie in: 31, and Mary P. Distl, arles G. n, 26: A h V. Buckley. n B. Miller, 34, this city, and Elix both E. Titcomb. 30, Alexandria, Va.; Rev. J. Frederick Wenchell, James L. Dar} : Rev. H. J. Robert K. Giaskins, 21, and Harriet Swann, B arien P Fox 20 Rl city. and Mabel & Webster, 29, Daston, Ohio: Rev: John B ¥, 4. and Helen Payne, 22; by rt, Pa. Floyd B. unrg:‘.. 43 and Mary E. Garrett, Rev. H, uncilo wy L, Reoves, 31, and Marle McOauley, nqafi'u'hm! ;’..llv beliner L. Cottler 27, Marietta, Oblo, and Elizabeth inton, this el ‘ gq)%hes B Q'Brién, 26, and Efte A. Braun, Sobtn 3. Whiie. 33, and Gertrude ¥. Small- wood, 18i Rey. William J. sueribin Allan . Poore. AL et ASKS REVOCATION OF ZONING ORDER Commerce Chamber Objects to Commercializing Con- necticut Ave. Area. ‘The Zoning Commission was asked by the Washington Chamber of Com- merce yesterday to rescind its action in zoning property at Connecticut ave- nue and Calvert street for commercial purposes until plans for developing the area are made more definite by the National Capital Park and Planning on. Appro a report of the Parks and Playgrounds Committee, of which El- wood Street is chairman, the Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee said the fmblem of developing the land at the intersection is a difficult one. Recommendation Approved. ‘The committee also indorsed the park committee's recommendation that a survey of recreational facilities in the District be made, and approval was given a recommendation that a plan be designed for * a circle or some other plan providing a dignified entrance at ‘Wisconsin avenue and the District line, such a plan to make rroper provisions for the future as well as the present ational survey was proposed xecently a Survey was proj recently by fie muhlnmn Council of Social encies. In response to a request from the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion the committee authorized the sene of a letter to the Board of Com missioners of the District of Columbia testing the amendment of the Dis- 't police regulations in regard to the occupancy of public spaces for private purposes by vendors and hucksters. Indorses Fishburn Nomination. Letters from various Virginia com- mercial organizations were presented to the committee favoring the nomination of Junius P. PFishburn of Roanoke, as & director of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and the chamber’s executive committee voted its indorse- ment of Mr. Fishburn. President Charles W. at the meeting and chamber activities since the last meet- ing of the board. CAPITAL FIRM AWARDED POLI’S BLOCK CONTRACT Hugo Herfurth, Jr., Inc., and Ohio Contractor to Convert Site Into Park Under Two Proposals. Hugo Herfurth, Jr., Inc. of Washin, ton, and G. H. Shartzer, Dayton, Ohio, were low bidders on work which the Treasury Department’ will award for converting the Poli’s Theater block, be- tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets on the south side of Pennsylvania ave- nue, into a park. ‘The Herfurth Co. offered to demolish all buildings on the site, which includes the old Oxford Hotel and frame build- ings formerly occupied by the Trafjc Bureau, for $9,870. Bids ranged up to $35,000. e Shartzer Co. bid on the work of filling, grading and seeding the prop- erty, setting a figure of $5900. Bids for this work ranged up to $22448. Both types of work were opened to bids some time ago, but the Treast Department declined the low bid, whiel was made by the Herfurth Co., and de- cided to award the work in two co) tracts. Action on, the bids was ex- pected soon, because the department is anxious to clear the property before ‘Winter. A recre- Supplemental _construction work on ! " | the Al lexandria, Va., post office also was bid for by cont rs, with the Bea- man-Coleman Construction Co. of Raleigh, N. C, offeringsthe low figure in bids opened yesterday afternoon. The company offered to substitute stone cornice and parapet ballastry in lieu of wood. for $240,500, which was several thousand dollars under the next lowest bidder. WILL COMMAND SHIP Capt. Richardson of Navigation Bureau, Chosen for Augusta. zc-p’,. James O. Ri a Navigation here, was ordered today take command of the 10,000-ton cruiser Augusta, which is the prospective flag- ship of the United States Scouting Fleet, when the Augusta is commis- sioned next Spring. Capt. Richardson is a natis ;l"e,,x‘.. ‘where he was born, Sej Academy from S et s b eer & - it navigator of the battleship - 3 Capt. I | ‘a ’ BAN N TWO YEARS, COMMITTEE'S PLAN Sivation in Capltal Termed ®nique m Character and $fze of Problem. INTERFERENCE IS CITED TO CLEANING QF STREETS Congestion in Business Area Dur- ing Day Also Pointed Out in Report. This s the seventh of @ series of ar- ticles on_the parking and garage prob- lem in Washington, with the results of the studies and the recommendations made, on behalf “of the Automobile Parking Comwmittee, comprising varied interests of ‘the city. The committes icas propased by Liewt, Col, U. 8. Grant, 3rd, director of public buildings and pub- lie "parks, who acted as its chatrman, While the report was summarized in news articles at the time it was made, interest in the subject has prompted this series, the last of which will ap- pear tomorrcw. BY DONALD A. CRAIG. “Washington is unique in the size and character of its all-night parking prob- lem,” says the Automobile Parking Com- mittee of Washington, comprised of representatives of the Federal and Dis- trict governments and of the local trade and civic bodies. “Within a period of two years” the committee recommends, “all-night park- ing at any place in the city should be prohibited.” In reaching=4flis and its other con- clusions the committee had the assisf ance and experience of Dr. Miller Mc. Clintock of the Erskine Bureau of Tr: fic Research of Harvard University and of Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, other mem- bers of the local planning staff and a group of five special assistants, In densely populated residential areas, and particularly in the vicinity of apartment houses, the committee points out, ?:le 5!;;:0'% 3;:3 80 filled with stored cars that the finding of parking spaces during the evening hours is rendered very inconvenient. Interference Pointed Out. “All-night parking offers an ‘unrea- sonable interference with street clean-- ing and snow removal, and is an en- couragement to thievery,” says the com- mittee. “This bad practice has been accepted, and indeed encouraged, by builders through the failure to provide off-street garage facilities. It is pot an unreasonable expectation that the own ers of private automobiles should pro- ide vide garaging lace of residence. It at or near their pl is recognized that an im- mediate enforcement of a prohibition against all-night parking would work undue hardship. It is recommended, however, that in the program of park- ing and traffic relief it be indicated that at the expiration of two years’ time it will be the purpose to vigorously en. force regulations against this practice. A substantial percentage of private dwellings in the city, it is shown, are already provided with garages. Most residents can make such g provision, or at least provide adequate space on private land for storage purposes. Under suitable restrictions sto: ga- rages should rtt’e petrmhitud in zoned for apartment houses. It is recommended that the builders of large apartment houses and outlying hotels consider the practicability of in- corporating garage capacity as an in- tegral part of their structures, This has been done in scores of instances throughout the country to the entire satisfaction ahd greatly increased con- e in “the venience of tenants. Curb. space in the daytime central district is too valuable to have a third of its total capacity monopolized by 7 per cent of the parkers. When 988 drivers occupy spaces that would have afforded access to business estab- lishments by 5,549 cne-hour parkers the distribution cannot be said to be equitable nor profitable. It was shown that 25, or a m:]oflt& of those long- time parkers initiate their parking be- tween: 8 and, 9:30 am., and that there is a s presumption that the offenders are business men or workers rather than purchasers. It is true that the prevalence of this bad practice is indicative of laxity of enforcement which is later discussed. It is recog- nized, however, that time limits are difficult to enforce in a comprehensive or complete manner. If these long- time parkers are not permitted to park until after the hour for the opening of offices and business establishments it is believed that the majority of them will be forced to drop the practice. ‘Would Restrict Parking. It is recommended that in the dis- & trict bounded by the medial lines of New York avenue, Seventh Penn- sylvania avenue and Fifteenth street, no parking be permitted between the hours of 8 and 9:30 am. Vehicles engaged in the loading or unloading of passengers or merchandise may stop at the curb. Enforcement must depend upon the business men and the property owners of the central district, it is held, through a recognition of the close re- lation which a fair and equitable use of curb space bears to business accessi- bility. The ability of thousands to transact business daily is regarded more important - than special privileges for one or a score of special patrons no matter how imj it “Without such demands and sup- ports no police department can eco: duct effective parking enforcement, the committee contends. “Parking enforcement is a vital mat- ter of the protection of business values. Adequate personnel should and must be provided if effective results are to be obtained. Three or four officers cannot supervise the parking habits of thousands_of motorists in the central district. It is recommended that not less than 12, and preferably 15, officers be assigned to full time parking duty in the central business district as de- scribed in this report. “Tours of duty should be rotated in various districts on an irregular schied- ule. The officers and their superiors should be assured that parking enforce- ment is not a gratuitous recording of registration but that each “Parking enforcement is a difficult and thankless task, but it is by no means beyond the power of a conscientious de- partment with proper public support.” —— “THRILLS” SERMOE TOPIC Rev. Mr. Grainger to Occupy Grace Baptist Church Pulpit. Rev. Mr. Grainger will preach Grace Baptist Church, Ninth street South Carolina avenue sou at and to | morrow morning and evening. The sub- sermon will be Ject for the mom! “Thrills.” - he Jastor, Rev. F. . Mrs. are vacationing fleld and Lee, Mass. of August and port ot se'mhc, s $800 Fire in Upholstery Shop. Fire, believed by n v “r;glnlkdm mt'h it caused to. the