Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1930, Page 12

* BALLOU EXPECTED 10 FIX POLICY AS T0 KINDERGARTENS Confusicn Threatens Start of New Session, School Of- ficers Declare. PROBLEM IN NAMING WILSON CQLLEGE HEAD Education Board, Meeting Septem- ber 10, to Get Advice on Both Issues, School system officers are looking to Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, for the estalbilishment of a definite policy for the administration of the kinder- gartens, it became known at the Frank- lin_Administration Building yesterday. The officers who could be reached as their vacations were ending admitted frankly that confusion attends the com- ing opening of schools on September 22 as far as the kindergartens are con- cerned, due largely to the bitter dis- cussions which centered about this | branch of the public school system dur- ing the hearings on the District's 1931 appropriation bill last Winter and Spring At the same time, the school heads are confronted with the selection of a president for the Wilson Teachers’ Col- lege to succeed, in all probability, Miss Anna D. Halberg, principal of the in- | stition in its old atus as a normal | school. The first meeting of the Board of Education is slated for September 10. School officers are expected to make every effort to present definite recom- mendations on both these major ques- tions at that meeting, although Dr. Ballou probably will not return from his belated vacation in Maine until the end of this week. Meanwhile, discus- sions between Dr. Ballou and his staff #t the Franklin Building are being car- ried on through correspondence. Afternoon Sessions Question. The question of kindergarten opera- tiof during the coming year centers about the possibility of operating after- noon as well as morning. sessions. Dur- ing the recent District bill hearings Representative Robert G. Simmons con- demned District school officials for what he claimed were the abnormally and inefficiently small kindergarten classes while the firs three years of elementary school suffered from serious congestion. He demanded that the number of kindergarten teachers be reduced by setting up afternoon classes so that each teacher would be given two classes a day. The kindergarten teachers were to be made legally eligible to teach in the elementary grades and the sur- plus teachers were to be transferred to the higher classes. When the bill finally was passed, however, the trans- fer of the kindergarten teachers to elementary grades was made optional at the discretion of the school heads. School officers who could be reached in the city yesterday said that they did not know how the kindergartens would be maintained this year. Meanwhile, the situation regarding the teaching personnel generally is apt to reach the acute stage. Only 11 new salaries were granted in the 1931 ap- ation bill and these were speci- , with nine to be used in the Eliot Junior High School when that new building becomes available about Feb- ruary 1, and two assigned to the Bu- chanan School annex. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent in charge of high schools, admitted yes- terday that the lack of new teaching positions will mean that all senior and Junior high school classes will be larger this year. Restrictions to Continue. ‘The restrictions that were estab- lished last year on student entries at Western High School and the Gerdon Junior High School will remain in force this year, Mr. Kramer said. No new pupils living east of Connecticut ave- nue will be admitted to Western and no new non-resident pupils will be ady mitted to the Gordon Junior Higl School. Maryland and Virginia pupils living within the territory formerly ad- mitted to Western will be allowed to apply for admission there this year on the third school day of the year. If vacancies exist at that time, the non- resident children will be admitted. It became known yesterday that no candidate for the presidency of the ‘Wilson Teachers' College is in view. At the close of the 1929-30 academic | year, it was made fairly plain by both the school board and the school system officers that Miss Halberg would be of- fered the professorship of education in the school which she headed while it was a normal school. At the same time it was made clear that the school heads proposed to seek a president for the ‘Wilson College elsewhere. As professor of education, Miss Halberg would be virtually dean of the college, it was pointed out. ‘The officers are proceeding with the opening of schools September 22. The teachers will hold their initial meetings of the year at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning, September 19. The senior and junior high school teachers will assemblg in their respective buildings, while the elementary school teachers will meet with their respective super- vising principals. Aspirants to Appear. Prospective high school students who hail from out of town or from private and parochial schools are to present themselves to the high school board of admissions at the Franklin Administra- tion Building. Thirteenth and K streets, September 19 and 20. The question of their eligibility will be established largely by the credentials they bring with them from their former schools while those who lack evidence of their right to proceed with the District high school course will be required to take | entrance examinations. Elementary school children are to re- port to the schcol bulldings nearest their homes. The plan under which third-year junior high school pupils and those of the four years of senior high school are to receive their books under the pro- visions of the free textbook law was Tevealed at Franklin yesterday follow- ing its perfection. As pupils enter their classes for the first time, their teachers will present them with printed cards for each volume they are to-re- ceive. The cards are to be signed by both parent and’ pupil in acknowled- ment by them of responsibility for the books in event of loss or damage. When signed, the cards will be taken back to the teachers who issued them and there they will be exchanged for the neces- sary books. The signatures under the agreement to become responsible for the loaned books constitute the first and only time in history that the District has had any definite means of collecting dam~ ages from parents for destruction or loss. Previously, when only elementary school books were loaned to pupils the law provided no means of holding the children or their parents responsible for the books. The present free text book law applies the same responsibil- ity clause to elementary school texts ;l;;;‘ll halds against the high school ‘The coming year will be outstanding in the amount of proposed school house construction it contemplates. - Under cuwrrent appropriation bill funds are | block of T street southeast. Carolyn was locked door. : NUMEROUS THEFTS REPORTED N D.C. Pickpockets, Purse Snatch- ers and Jimmy Artists Get Cash ard Clothing. Pickpockets, purse-snatchers - and jimmy thieves operating in the clty | yesterday and Friday succeeded - in netting themselves more than $260 in cash and clothing and valuables worth more than $200, according to the police. A spectator waiching the five-alarm fire at the Federal Trade Commission Building at Twentieth and D streets re- ported to police he had his - pocket picked of $150. He is George D. Pickett of 418 Third street. Jostled in a crowdof pedestrians at Seventh and O strets last night, Grover Moore of 1517 Third street, was re- lieved of $100 by some one who picked his pockets, he told police. | Mrs. Mary Ratcliffe, 65 years old, of 39 V street, told police two colored boys snatched her pocketbook, containing $10 in cash as she was walking in the 100 block of V street late yesterday | afternoon, Polic: arrested Willlam Green, colored, 9 years old of 1612 First street, in w] possession they said the stolen properiy was found. Pollowing the looting of the apart- ment of Oscar H. Harlow, at 2119 H street, police last night arrested Charles Miller, colored, 22 years old, of 818 Twenty-third street, for investigation. Police say some of the stolen property was found in Miller's lon. A thief jimmied the door of the room of James Murphy, at 72 Q street early yesterday, and made off with clothing valued at $55, according to police. Prancis A. Saunder, jr, of Newark, N. J., reported to police yesterday that two suit cases containing approxi- mately $145 worth of clothing were stolen from his michine while the car was parked at Nnssachusetts avenue | near North Capitol street. SR i et DISPUTE DELAYS RIALTO OPENING Musicians-Managers Contest Hangs Fire Pending New York Paley. With the musicians-managers’ dis- | pute in the local taeater situation still | unsettled pending New York negotia- tions this week, and with today mark- ing the last contract day of all #hu- sicians in Washington movie houses, announcement was made by the man- agement of the Fialto Theater here that it would postpone reopening in- definitely, awaiting the outcome of the controversy. ‘The status quo of local musicians was preserved by an agreement reached ‘Thursday between the Musicians' Pro- tective Union and the local Motion Picture Theater Owners’ Association, under which musicians will continue to work until September 15 under pres- ent terms of contract. The Rialto Theater, operated by Uni- versal, was scheduled to reopen early this month, featuring as its opening presentation “All Quiet on the Western Front.” When the refusal of the own- ers’ assoclation to tenew expiring con- tracts for musicians gave rise to a con- troversy which resulted in a threatened walk-out of all orgunized union theater employes, the management of the Rialto postponed its reopening until Labor day. Now, however, with only a tem- porary truce between the opposing fac- tions allowing musizlans to continue in the theaters, the decision was reached to postpone reopening of the Rialto in- definitely. Officials of the local musicians’ uniom and the heads of tae th::du;: mvo{”e\:\‘ in the dispute are expect meef New \’(zrl(p Tuesday or Wednesday to negotiate a settlement of their differ- ences. In the meantime, there were no no developments in the situation here. AUTO PASSENGER SUES | Baltimore Woman Demands $50,000 for Accidental Injuries. Rena Gaglione of Baltimore yester- day filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $50,000 damages from Charles D.Lindamcod, attached to the . 8, 8, hur, at Washington Navy Yard. The plaintiff says she was a guest of the defendant on an autorno- bile ride March 2 last, and, while on 8t. Margarets road, in Maryland, the machine was so regligently operated that it collided with another automo- bile and she was injured seriously. She tells the court she suffered a fracture of the pelvis, and has acquired a per- manent Iimp by resson of the shorten- ing of one leg. Sbe is represented by Attorneys Darr, Dar & Espey. provided for the erection of new perm: nent buildings in_territories now served by portable schools. The new construc- tion embraces the first four-room build- ings of the extensible type to be eyected as a policy, thus reducing the poten- tial need for portebles. It previously has been the plan to build permanent structures only whm the school popu- lation of the neigiborhood warranted an elght-room buil The proposed THE SUNDAY Two-year-old Carolyn Béek, who was rescued by firemen of No. 7 Truck Company after she locked herself in a room at her mother’s home, in the 1400 able to pose with her aunt, Mrs. H. W. Pruitt, despite a bruise on her head, sustained when firemen smashed in the , —Star Staff Photo. MERILDERL FREED BY FIREMEN Cdrolyn Beek Is Unwilling Prisoner as Bath Room Lock Jams. Everybody got excited when little 2-year-old Carolyn Beek, 1402 T street southwest, got locked alone in the bath room of her mother’s apartment yester~ day morning, but it all ended happily. First Carolyn got excited when the lock on the door jammed and held her a prisoner in the bath room. She set up a lusty wailing and her mother came rushing from le care of Carolyn's younger brother. Then Mrs. Beek got excited when she found she couldn’t open the door and let Carolyn out. 8o she called the fire | reseye squad. ‘The rescue squad didn't respond, but a big hook and ladder of No. 7 truck company did, and then there was realy some excitement with all the neighbors joining in. - The firemen, armed with tin hats and axes, broke down the bath-room doo‘ and let Carolyn, weeping coplously, out®of the bath room. The excitement dled down somewhat after that, but the firemen were still so excited they left one of the axes at the Beek apartment. When Carolyn had composed her face enough for a newspaper photographer to take her picture and the photogra- pher had returned the axe to No. 7 truck company, the excitement com- pletely died down. WOODCOCK FILLS IMPORTANT POSTS Randolph Shaw and Dwight Avis to Head Lawyers and Special Agents. By the Assoclated Press. Two important posts in the Bureau of Prohibition were filled yesterday with the appointment of Randolph C. Shaw as chief of the division of law and Dwight E. Avis as chief of special agents, Director Woodcock said Shaw would be third in command in the national enforcement organization, with only himself and Assistant Director Jones ranking ahead. As directing ‘officer of the work of the special agents, a carefully chosen corps intrusted with the task of fer- reting out major conspiracies to vio- late the dry laws, the responsibility of Avis' position, Woodcock said, could not be too greatly emphasized. The bureau looks to the division of law, the director continued, for constant advice on the legal “problems that arise from day to day. In addi- tion, it works with the division of in- dustrial alcohol of the Treasury De- partment in reviewing permits issued by the latter. It also must pass upon all petitions for pardons and paroles submitted by convicted violators of the prohibition laws and is entrusted with the collec- tion of taxes and other penalties im- posed upon violators. Shaw is a legal resident of Cam- bridge, Mass., although the greater part of his life has been spent in Washing- ton. For some time he has served as & special assistant attorney general and previously held the post of assistant general counsel for the Veterans’ Bu- Teau. Before entering the Government serv- jce Shaw acted as Washington corre- spondent for several newspapers. Avis entered the service of the Pro- hibition Bureau in 1926, For the last year he has been in charge of the special agents' group at Detroit, Mich. He is an attorney. KUBELDZIS SUCCUMBS TO SLEEPING SICKNESS Secretary to Representative Lind- say of New York Fell at House Office Building. The death from sleeping sickness of Albert Kubeldzis, 31-year-old secretary to Representative George W. Lindsay of New York, was reported by Casualty Hospital authorities yesterday. Kubeld- zis roomed at 911 Kent street north- east, and had no relatives in Wash- ington. He was®brought to the hospital a week ago after falling and striking his head in the House Office Building. He lapsed into unconsciousness several hours before his death yesterday morn- ing. Kubeldzis was a night student at George Washington University and had' attended a National Guard training camp shortly before he was injured. His home js in Minersville, Pa. Mail Thief Is Sentenced. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., August 30 (#). —Convicted of the theft of 35 cents from the United States mails, Willlam E. Robinson, former clerk in the Birmingham post office, must serve a sentence of a year and a day in the four-room buildings will be designed so that additional units may be con- structed as the need arises. Bentence was passed Atlanta Federal Prison. by Judge W. I Grubb in Federal Court here today. STAR, WASHINGTO WIDER ACTIVITIES Supt. Would Strengthen Nar- cotics and Dry Laws Enforcement. BETTER DANCE HALL SUPERVISION URGED Larger Force and More Powerful Motor Equipment Are Also Recommenddl. A wide range of new activities for Washington policemen in sought by Maj. Henry G. Pratf, superintendent of pol in the annual report of the police department, forwarded yesterday to the District Commissioners. Maj. Pratt wants drug addiction made a felony; he wants strict regulations to govern osteopathy and chiropractic; he wants his policemen to have entree without search warrants to all clubs, whether incorporated or not. Pratt also ventures into terpsichorean flelds and wants nobody to become a dancing teacher without first procuring from the police department a certificate of good habits and morals. Increase of the police force, purchase of high- powered cars for the detective bureau, a new law governing execution of bonds for those charged with crimes, the re- turn of pawnbrokers to Washington, an automebile title law, and a law govern- ing the sale of pistols here are other measures urged in the report. Urges Dry Law Fund. ‘The oft-recommended law to make each policeman an enforcer of the Vol- stead act is again urged backed up this time with a request for a $10,000 fund to be used for pay of informers and purchase of evidence in enforcing this law. Most of the report is given over to a statistical summary of the incidence of crimes and misdemeanors in the Dis- trict, together with the arrests made in connection with them, which have al- ready appeared in these columns. Maj. Pratt reports that there has been a “marked improvement ,in ' the standard of discipline” of the depart- ment. During the past fiscal year 234 policemen came in for disciplinary at- tention. Two were dropped during their probationary period for unsatisfactory service; 63 were fined; 33 were removed from the force; 20 were ordered to pay debs; 27 were warned; 18 were deprived of part of their annual leave; 4 were assigned to extra duty. In 65 cases the charges against the officers were dis- missed, and in 2 cases the trial board findings of guilty.were reversed by the District Commissioners. Text of Recommendations. The recommendations, together with the supporting reasons given by Maj: Pratt, are as follows: “I recommend as a matter of most urgent necessity the enactment of legis- lation providing for an increase over a three-year period in the Metropolitan Police Force to a minimum of 1,500 patrolmen; no increase requested in estimates for fiscal year 1932, as Con- gress is very liberal in appropriations for the fiscal year 1931, “I recommend that the personnel of the Detective Bureau be increased to at least 100 men, to be in two grades, 40 of whom should be rated as second grade, or probationary, detective ser- geants, with additional compensation equal to one-half the additional com- pensation paid detective sergeants, their advancement to the higher grade to be dependent on the character of work performed. This plan would enable the department to assign men to speclalizea work in various types of law enforce- ment and at the same time leave avail- able a sufficient force for such general assignments as are essential in the established work of the Detective Bureau. Wants $10,000 Fund. “I urge as a matter of real necessity that the national prohibition act be amended so that members of the police force will have the same authority as other officers of the Government en- foreing laws relating to the manufac- ture and sale of intoxicating beverages. In the Volstead act and the Harrison narcotic act we are confronted with the only statutes of this character in force today in which it is found necessary to swear in members of the force as spe- cial agents of another branch of the Government in order to enable them to take proper action in case of violations of said acts. “It is most urgently recommended that the sum of $10,000 be appropriated solely and specifically for procuring evidence and in the payment of reputable agents for the enforcement of the vice, liquor and gambling laws, the expenditure from such appropria- tion to be approved by the Commis- sioners upon the recommendation of the major and superintendent of police, such legislation to contain a definite provision setting forth clearly the fact that any part of the appropriation may be used either for the purchase of evidence or for the payment of in- formers, both, of which procedures are absolutely essential to even the slight- estmeasure of success in securing a reasonably effective enforcernent of the laws referred to. ‘Wants Faster Cars. “I recommend increased appropria- tions for the purchase of high-powered automobiles for assignment to the de- tective bureau and cases of emer- gency to the various precincts. The criminal has been quick to seize upon the motor vehicle as a means of in- creasing his efficiency, and surely the Police Department should be equally prompt in_availing itself of all the methods offered by science and inven- tion to circumvent’the aotivities of the criminal class. “I can conceive of nothing more im- portant to the law-enforcing agency of any municipality than that it should have control of and freedom of entry into all clubs whether incorporated or not, “I urgently recommend the passage of House Bill 52, Seventieth Congress, first session, which contemplates ef- fective legislation to regulate the busi ness of executing bonds for compensa- tion in criminal cases and to improve the administration of justice in the District of Columbia. This legislation will, if enacted into law and properly inforced, do much to eliminate certain features of the business of executing criminal bonds, which have for years been the cause of annoyance to the courts, prosecuting attorneys and to the police. For Pawn Brokers. “I urge the enactment of legisla- tion to amend the act regulating the business of loaning money in the Dis- trict. Under existing law, 1 per cent per month is the maximum interest which ean be charged on loans of the character contemplated in the act and it is utterly impossible for pawnbrokers to operate under any such legislation. Any such legislation, should, of course, carry a provision placing pawnbrokers under the direct supervision of the police, and compelling them to make daily reports of all business transac- tions. “I renew the recommendation for the enactment of legislation defining the term ‘dance hall' and providing that no_license for such a hall or for any public dance should be issued except . D. C, AUGUST 31, 1930—PART ONE. IMAL PRATT WANTS [PLAZA PLAYGROUND RETENTION URGED | FOROCAL POLCE, ONDSTRETHEA Mrs. Rhodes Hopes Capitol Beautification Will Not Destroy Site. CHILDREN FROM ENTIRE CITY ARE BEING HEL.PED' Supervisor's Annual Report Sta- tistics Show Thousands Enjoy Opportunities for Recreation. A plea for the retention of the Plaza Playground, when the plans for beau- tifying the Capitol Plaza are perfected, is made by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, su- pervisor of playgrounds, in her annual Teport, forwarded yesterday to the Dis- trict Commissioners, “Since the modern trend 1s o pro- vide space in the parks .of the country, it is recommended that when the pres- ent Plaza Playground is remodeled to conform with the beautification plan of the Capitol Plaza, the athletic field be retained for the use of the play- gol ground children,” she wrote. “It used constantly by the neighborhood children and all of the city-wide events are held in the Plaza because of its facilities and central location. Rosedale Playground Inaccessible. “Should this field be lost to the chil- dren of Washington, playground leaders wouid be in a quandary as to where the city-wide activities would be held. The only other playground suitable for the championship events is the Rosedale Playground, which is not equipped with a track, and which is in the extreme northeast section of the city. Acces- sibility has been a great factor in the use of the Plaza, as practically every street car and bus line of the ecity feeds to this location, due to its prox- imity to the Union Station. Rosedale is very inaccessible.” Wading pools for children are also strongly urged. “A visit to any of the six now 'in operation would . convince the most skeptical that these little ‘swimming holes’ provide more pleasure and com- fort for the small children of the city than any other playground feature. One should be in every municipal play- ground. Our three playground swim- ming pools are taxed to capacity from opening to closing, and the priacipal users are those who ive in' the imme- diate neighborhood. From this it can readily be seen that many neighbor- hoods are in need of a place to swim and to learn: to swim but are deprived of the convenience.” Statistics Are Surprising. , Mrs, Rhodes’ statistics on the activ- ities of her workers and the children under their supervision are truly sur- prising. Ske states in the report that there are 29 municipal playgrounds open all year and 43 additional school playgrounds open during the Summer; more than 3,000 youths and adults took part in the horseshoe tournament con- ducted in co-operation with The Eves ning Star; more than 1800 boys took part. in preliminary~ tennis matches; about 900 girls took part in the girls’ tennis coubles; 3,800 girls participated in track and field meets; 4,770 elemeg- tary schoolgirls played in the dodge ball leagues; there were 300“teams in the schlag ball league, and so on. On the sociological side Mrs. Rhodes wrote: “Delinquency is closely related to the use of leisure time. The kind of opportunities afforded children after school and during vacation days has YOUTH DESCRIBES EXPERIENCE FOR EDUCATION OF WORKING Drove Taxi by Night and Helped Plumbers During Daytime. Saved $100 After Month, but Lost One Job at Same Time. Note-—Many young men are try- ing to support themselves in Wash- ington while getting an education. How do they do it? One of them, at least, wants to tell his own story, and it follows below. BY IRVING L. CAMP, JR. As long as I can remember, I have been in some kind of school, and, as is the case with so many boys today, that seemed the logical and natural place for me to be. Going to school was be- ing done, and the cut and dried sched- ule of grade school, preparatory school and college was. taken for granted. Ample money was always available for anything within reason, and, until the middle of my first year at college, I glided along in an artificlal and chield- When, in the middle of that tranquil . existence, the slowing up of activity in the coal industry cut the flow of money for continuing in the old and natural Tut. I finished that year, however, and I decided that instead of ing back home, where I would be Sure of three meals a day and a good bed at night, I would take a chance and go to school somewhere. Could Not Eat Sense of Humor. Before I tackled the job of extracting the necessary funds for meeting tuition bills from the world ir® general, rather than from the parental pocket book, I was of the opinion that a sense a humor, a tough hide, and the ability quickly to foreget unpleasant circum- stances were the essential elements for getting along. A sense of humor is a help, but I soon found it deficient when it comes time to eat and a meal is not even in sight. A fellow can neither eat It nor sleep under it. ‘With my heart set on some day tak- Ing & degree in law, and with the knowl- edge that Washington is the mecca of thousands like myself, I trustingly placed myself at its mercy. By my first lines of endeavor, I was convinced that Washington has all the mi and all the brushes that will be necessary for herself and her pos- terity for years to ccme. I had tried the two famous college boy “rackets.” Ladies Reckless With Nickels. After a week spent in a great amount of maneuvering and as much waiting, I talked the gentlemen of the Traffiic Bureau into granting an identification card and & hack license to one who wanted to join the 3,000 other drivers of taxicabs. A few turns and swerves on F street convinced me that the census of cab drivers had only been partially taken. Cabs almost pulled up on the sidewalk in a mad attempt to get 35 cents for a dollar’s worth of wear and tear, and the passengers chose their conveyance as an Arabian prince would choose his mount from the herd. The driver, however, is not without some hope of extra reward, for there is always that extra nickel and dime in change and the lady fares are espe- clally reckless with their nickels, al- though there seems to be a peculiar fascination about the coin made fa- mous by Mr. Rockefeller. To this coin they cl n% 1 was able to get a cab only for night work, and I took every opportunity of rlvin( those of my passengers who were likely prospects the third degree on where I might find a day job of most any kind. I had to refuse the first three suggestions, because rum running has not proved to be the safest way of staying out of jail. Pinally, I met a man who had played foot ball at the an appreciable effect in, determining whether they are to be’ law-abiding young citizens or juvenile delinquents. It is important that those who are charged with the purchase ‘of play flelds do so as rapidly as -possible. When this need has been filled then it is well to buy for future use in out- lying sections, where land is obtainable at acreage prices. Playgrounds can be made spot§ of beauty by keeping as part of a park. This would not onl add to the beauty of the city but would make the play fields more at- tractive to those who use them.” The report, which was the nineteenth annual report of the department, was the fifteenth signed by Mrs, TIME EXTENSION ASKED ON CAR FARE Utilities Commission Wants Three Weeks More for Filing . Statement. ‘The Public Utilities Commission yes- terday asked the District Supreme Court for a three-week extension of its time for filing its statement of evidence in the appeal from the decision of Jus- tice Jennings Bailey granting the ‘Washington street car companies an in- crease in carfare to 10 cents cash. The date previously set was September 1, but it has proved impossible for coun- sel for the opposing parties to complete their schedules of evidence and ajftee on them by the date set, as the record to be digested contains more than 2,500 pages. At the same time the commission filed its assignments of error which it claims Justice Bailey made when he de- clined to dismiss the company's peti- tion for the higher fare. The assign- ment states that the court should have ruled that the companies had failec. to make out that the old .rates, 8 cents cash with six tokens for 40 cents, did not yleld a reasonable return on val- uation. \ . The commission was represented by Corporation Counsel William W. Bride. He was joined by Richmond B. Keech, appearing as people's counsel. upon approval of the superintendent of police and that no person should en- gage in the business or profession of an_instructor of dancing without first having obtained a license so to do; license to be without fee and to be is- sued only after the applicant has estab- lished the fact that he is a person of’ good habits and morals. Asks Vagrancy Law, “I recommend the enactment of an effective vagrancy law. “I also recommend the enactment of an_adequate law regulating the sale, carrying and possession of dangerous weapons. An examination of the rec- ords contained in another part of this report with respect to the commission of crimes of violence will clearly indi- cate the need for the passage of such an act. “I recommend the enactment of an automobile title law in the District of Columbia, the need for such legislation being obvious. “I also recommend that legislation be enscted making drug addiction in the District a felony and that the medical ice act be amended so as to provide for adequate regulation of persons practicing as ch! rs and as ths and of all other persons who attempt to treat disease, injury or de- formity.” The fourteenth recommendation urges that street crossing policemen now paid by the street car companies be paid out ot,‘lhun funds. 3 University of North Carolina a few years back. He was able to get me a Job with the plumbing contractor on an addition to a Government establish- ment. I probably knew less about plumbing than any branch of construc- tion, but I soon discovered that it was entirely unnecessary to know anything to be a very successful plumber. Boss Taught Loafing. On my first day at the job, the man under whom I was placed spent his time showing me the places to loaf most efficiently and with the’ utmost safety. In the afternoon I was intro- duced to the job bootleggers and given & vividly illustrated lecture on drink- ing while at work. The whistle was scheduled to blow at the end of this lluflon, and at its first dull peep the men rushed down the stairs. They were into their clothes and had passed the first stop signal on the way home by the time the last moan died away. The ensuing' month I spent lifting radiators all day and hacking all night. We carried each radiator up eight flights of stairs, entirely ignoring a fleet of modern elevators. The story goes that 25 years ago an elevator worker was hit by a piece of lead pipe dropped by a youngster whose great- grandfather had once been a plumber. | ‘The boss plumber was an astonish- ingly smart young man, He told me 50 on the first day on which he found time to come down to look over the job. He bragged with audacity and sincerity that in 10 years of plumbing he had always been able to hide his inebriated state when necessary and that he had never met & man less educated than himself. He advised me that a two- year enlistment in the Navy would be the best remedy for any trouble that I ever had or should have. He was the man who gives out the pay, and I .was quick to agree with him on every point, but gathered from his statement that a sense of smell had been denled to all the employers under whom he had worked. Ofien Late for Work. Combining night taxi driving with a Jjob which requires getting out of bed and precipitating one's self into the dining room of the boarding house at 7 o'clock in “he morning is no easy task. In trying to find a way to stretch 10 minutes into the necessary 20 minutes required for eating and arriving at the job, I discovered that that precious element, time, was running from me by leaps and bounds. I was often late. ‘Whether because of my suggestion that the elevators be entirely removed from the building or because the dif- ference between 10 and 20 is 10 I do not know, but exactly a month from the day I was hired I was paid off and again found myself dependent g T solely on the taxi-riding public. There had been little time left for play be- tween the hours of sleeping, eating. plumbing, and driving; therefore, at the end of my time as a plumber, I was the proud possessor of $100. Though the above-mentioned boss was earning seven times what I was, he admitted that he had not saved $100 in 30 weeks, let alone 30 days. In fact, he almost admitted that perhaps he was not such a smart young man after all. Taxi driving brings many peculiar experiences and gives rise to an equal number of speculations as to the mean- ing and outcome of numerous little in- cidents which one unavoidably sees. | One night I was called to get a lady from the station and when we were almost at her home in nearby Maryland she asked me to be sure not to tell her husband that she had come home in a taxicab. That, in itself was peculiar, but not half as pecullar as it became later when I was talking to another driver who had taken her husband to the same house shortly before and had been asked never to breathe a word about it to his wife. Neither of us had seen either of the two before. Same House Seemed Different. Perhaps the most ridicul experi- ence that has crossed my fath was that of stopping at the address given by my passenger and being told that we ‘were not at the right place. I Wi instructed to make four right hanu turns, which brought us back to the same place. The passenger seemed very well pleased this time and on leav- ing the cab she walked directly to the door which three minutes before had been the wrong address. BOY, 11, FILES $20,000 SUIT IN D. C. COURT Alleges Serious Injuries When Thrown From Pony at Poto- mac Riding School. Alleging serious injury by being thrown from a hired pony December 30 last, James A. Stoutenburgh, 11 years old, has filed suit in the District Su-~ preme Court to recover $20,000 dam- ages from Charles D. Reckweg and Lucas N. Catlett, who operate a riding academy under the style of the Poto- mac Riding School. The suit Is brought by his father, James A. Stout- enburgh, 1735 Taylor street, who also filed a separate suit for $10,000 against the defendants for the loss of the serv- ices of his son and the expense inci- dent to his iliness. The suit of the boy is in three counts. The first charges the deéfendants with falling to furnish a ‘“gentle, safe, trained and well broken pony.” and with not furnishing a competent in- structor or riding master. The second count deals with the alleged unsafe animal and the third with failure to furnish a competent instructor. Attorneys John Lewis Smith and i‘l;;m Paul Jones represent the plain- s. TWO HURT IN COLLISION Suffer Minor Eace Cuts When Car and Truck Crash. ‘Two men were treated at Casualty Hospital yesterday for minor cuts about the face received when an automobile and a truck collided at Ninth and B streets northeast. David Eickner, 28 years old, of 460 H street, who was driving a truck for the New Philadelphia Baking Co., Inc. and William Holmes, 18, colored, of 3! P streef, southwest, were the injured. Holmes was an occupant of the auto- mobile, which was driven by Preston J. Cooper, colored, 38, of 1326 B street northeast. MAN HURT IN QUARREL Lunice Robertson Suffers Head In- juries—Assailant Sought. Lunice L. Robertson, 38 years old, of 1311 Eleventh street, was reported to be in an undetermined condition at Emer- gency Hospital it night from head injuries suffered in an altercation at Tenth street, between N and O, Bt day afternoon. Police are searching for the assailant. EX-WASHINGTONIAN INHERITS MILLIONS FROM UNCLE IN CHILE Mrs. William Fleming of Cumberland Left Fortune by Man Not Seen Since She Was 6. Mrs. William F. Fleming, formerly of Washington and now a resident of Cumberland, Md., has been informed that she is the heir to an estate in Chile valued at several million dollars. estate descends to he uncle, John Jesse Mason, a fortune in coffee and real estate in the South American country, had ;:c seen since she land office. Mr. Fleming was formerly an employe of the Belasco Theater. A show-en which she was playing, “Monte Snd oo mareiage Tolamed, - ¢ 1o e L fortune by J. P. Dowling, & New attorney, at a conference held in Wash- attorney asked her to t|as an heiress. Mrs. Fleming '0.C. COURT FACING - BUSIEST DOCKETIN” TRIBUNAL'SHISTORY 1,213 Cases Listed on Law Calendar and 624 on Equity Side. THREE JUSTICES TO HEAR TRIALS IN CRIME DIVISION Consyiracy Charge Against Albert B. Fall Among Those Await- ing Disposition. When the District Supreme Court convenes October 7 for the Fall term it will face the largest docket of cases ready for trial in its history. On the law calendar are 1,213 cases listed, all of which were at issue and ready for trial up to August 1. No cases filed after that date will be on the calendar for trial during the coming.court year, On the Equity side 624 cases are ready to be heard. A limitation as of Au- " Bust'l was also established for Equity cases. - While United States Attorney Leo A. Rover has 541 criminal cases on his docket, only 458 of them are in condi« tion to be tried. Defendants are fugi- tives in 68 cases who have never been apprehended and five are serving terms of imprisonment in other jurisdictions, Pending motions in 10 other cases pre- vent their early trial. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat has announced that three justices will be assigned to hear criminal cases and much headway is expected to be made in the disposition of the congested lc,l'tmln‘ll doc:ez. Aii there are a num- er of condemnation cases nding, both Federal and District, it bpneat un'- likely that two justices may be needed to clear up these cases. This will leave only two justices in each of the Equity and Circult divisions to with the overburdened dockets in ti courts with small chance of expediting hear- ings of such cases. ~ Fall Case Pending. Included in the cases pending for trial in the Criminal Courts Igl on charging conspiracy against Albert B. Fall, former Secrefary of the Interfor, Wwho was named in an indictment with Harry F. Sinclair, New York oil mag- nate, on which Sinclair was tried and never asked the dismissal of the in- dictment as to Fall. The former Cabi- net officer was convicted of bribery in connection with the acceptance of $100,000 from Edward F. Doheny, the Los Angeles ofl man, and is appealing his conviction and sentence of one year in jail and a fine of $100,000. A total of 85 prohibition cases is sched- uled for trial and also 13 homicide charges in 8 of which the accused are in jail. Nine violations of the anti- r'.:rm-ruoncs ‘'aw are on the calendar for Should the work of three justices make wthe expected inroads into the criminal congestion, U. S. Attorney | Rover will ask that one of the justices {take up the 50 padlock cases pending on_the Equity dockets. ‘The congestion in the courts seems to center in the civil cases. On the law side among the 1,213 cases marked ready for jury trials, is one nine years old, having been flled August 15, 1921, and involves a suit on a bond. About 4C_cases are still carried on the calen- dar for damages growing out of the Knickerbocker Theater disaster, which ocourred January 28, 1922. On the list are 227 cases which have been awaiting trial since August 31, 1928, and 487 which were added during ending August 31, 1929. last date until August 1, 1930, a total of 500 cases were made ready to be submitted to the court. 150 Trials Last Year. Last year the two circult courts held 150 trials and if no better progress is made in the coming court year some of the cases now scheduled 'will not be | reached for from eight to ten years. The cases ready for trial represent & little more than one-half of the total of law cases pending at the end of the fiscal year 1930, which was reported as 2,163, The equity cases scheduled for trial during the next court year total 624, which is less than one-third of the total number of such cases pending June 30, last, on which date 2.141 cases were on the.court docket. The most ancient case pending in equity was filed October 1, 1924, and five other cases date back of January, 1928. During that year 71 cases were atided to the Arial calendar; 319 were added in 1929 and for the first seven months of 1930 ::!O}MY 229 cases were made ready for ial, Last year there were heard 315 equity cases and at the same rate the last case tl!l;a;.he present call may be reached in With nine justices at work—an in- crease of 50 per cent over the pre- vious years—it is confidently expected that much headway will be made in the effort to put an end to the court con- gestion. EXAMINATIONS ARE SET FOR FOREIGN SERVICE Written Tests to Be Held Ne: Jan. 19, With Oral Questions « Following in May. Announcement is made by the Stal Department that written examinations of candidates for appointment in the United States Foreign Service will be held in Washington and leading cities in other parts of the country, comment ing January 19, 1931, and that oral tests complet!n! the examination of those found qualified at the written examina- tion will be held in this city, begin- ning May 4, next. It is stated that applicants desiring to qualify for the Foreign Service must be specially designated by the Secre~ tary of State and that all applications for designation must be filed at the State Department not later than 40 days before the date set for the writ- ten examination. No designations for the examination will be made after De- cember 9, 1930. SR ARSI PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND \- SESQUICENTENNIAL FETE Celebration of Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carclina, to Be Held October 7. The Sesquicentennial celebration of the Sattle of Kings Mountain, which President Hoover plans to attend on the famous Revolutionary battlefield in South Carolina on October 7, was the subject of a radio talk last night by Robert H. McNeil from station WJSV. Mr. McNeil, a Washington af is a native of Wilkes County, N and a descendant of acquitted. The special oil counsel have - 4 t ¢ %