Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1930, Page 17

Boy and His Cat, | NUN-REGISI[RING Lost During Parade, D.CWATERWETERS| A Fe b Pl BEING REPLACED S ™ in World,” but Forgets H Ambitious Program Launch- Wav ed to Reduce Unservice- .able Equipment. ome. $,000 INSTALLATIONS | ORDERED FOR THIS YEAR Congress Increases Appropriation From $70,000 to $95,000 to En- able Adequate Scrapping. Non-registering and otherwise un- Berviceable water meters were reduced from 17,035 to 14,804 in the fiscal year ended June 30, last, according to re- rts prepared today by the Distric Water Department, An ambitious program of meter re- lacement in the current fiscal year vill further reduce the total number ©f unserviceable meters by next June 30 to 12,200, and by June 30, 1936, the department plans to have every meter in service registering accurately. 3,000 Meters to Be Ordered. CHARLES MITCHELL. .{ A 9-year old youngster with a non- o e R precinct tash lont and fold of recine night ant o Specifications are now being prepared | having lepen “all the red‘? shiny fire en- for new meters to be purchased and in- in the world,” but just couldn’t stalled this year. Approximately 3,000 | seem to remember where he lived. Wwill be ordered. ‘These will be used t0 | "The boy, Charles Mitchell of 516 D replace defective meters in most in- heast, and his pet cat, Tabby, stances, although some of them will be | set out early yesterday morning to see installed in new bulldings erected | the firemen’s Labor day parade. during the year. | ““rabby and I broke balloons and ate In view of the stir created last year|lots of peanuts for a long time and #s a result of the condition of “the|watched the fire engines go by—but water meters, Congress increased the|after awhile all the people left and we Tepair and replacement appropriation |couldn't find our way home,” Charles from $70,000 to $985,000 to enable the|narrated as he munched vigorously on bought for him @ll of the defective meters and to re- | by police. pair those not registering accurately. A first precinct policeman found ‘The appropriation is going to permit | Charles and his cat sitting on a curb the department to eliminate more of stone on lower Pennsylvania avenue ‘the unserviceable meters than at first|late yesterday afternoon. When he estimated, it was said, because of the|couldn’t tell the officer where he lived adoption by the Commissioners of a|he was taken to the precinct. new plumbing regulation requiring the And it wasn’t until the wee hours installation of a yoke in the water line | this morning that the lad's father, of all new buildings. This yoke will{Joseph Mitchell, finally located his son reduce the average cost of installation [ and took him along home. of meters from $13.42 to $9.78, saving —_— e s n e | GORONER T0 PROBE FATAL SHAFT FALL Jackie Williams, 5, Found in Bottom of Elevator Pit After All-Day Search. department to scrap as fast as possible | fruit and other goodies Savings of Hours Effected. ‘The yoke will permit the installation lh. wnu;r' meter in -Mlut 10‘ mxnu:u. vhereas it usually requires from 'two three hours beclufllg has to be it and the meter fit! to the line. ith the use of a yoke the pipe no nger will have to be cut, and the water ‘meter will be set into the line, & sim- ple operation, which an unskilled labor- fer can perform. ‘The sa to the department vt:g A coroner’s jury today began an in- vestigation of the death of Jackie Wil- liams, 5 years old, of 724 Third street, who yesterday wa: found lying at the a1, which constitutes 85.1 per | bottom of an elevator shaft at the Third . | street address after police had con- cent of Al Water o " nseal | ducted an all-day search for him. year 84.6 per cent of the consumers had ‘The boy, who is the adopted son of meters. FUNKHOUSER FIGHT. AIR SERVICE MERGE and at 11 o'clock police broadcast a general lookout for him upon request of Former Manager of Port Here Op- poses Unification of Sight- the parents. seeing Business. A move to ‘The boy was discovered lying uncon- scious in the elevator pit by Policeman ‘hop” business of: e fiel}d -ns Y of+ Hoover Wi Al started last Fri- L. Collins of the sixth precinct at 2 day by directors of thé latter fleld, will tment during the last fiscal year f:gr“eue; the number of meter services o'clock in the afterncon. ‘The boy’s mother told police she had looked into the pit earlier,” but had been unable to see her child. Police sald a resident of the a ent told fought by one of the directors, :‘n E. nmhk’hou-a former manager of Washington Airport, he announced to- - who is suing the man- in the shaft, but thought nothing of it at the time. Po- t of Washington Airport, alleg jement of as] v R o ement, today declar lice believe the sound heard by the resi- ing m u::e as a director of the airport con- ?!lllll may have been made by the boy's | a) The boy died at Emergency Hospital cern, he. opposes a monopoly on the sightseeing hop business. He also alleges the meeting of the board of di- at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Death was due to a skull fracture and gectors at which the action was taken ‘was not legal, saying: inghrnll injuries, physicians said. “This action was taken at a meeting e boy's foster father is employed 8s a steward on the Norfolk & Western Rallway. e @t the Chevy Chase Club, in Maryland, after I had expressly attacked the le- gality of the meeting and requested that I be recorded as not voting on the BALCHEN WILL ASK U. S. CITIZENSHIP P atend to fight this plan on BBAl! | 5, tne Asociated pres. Byrd Antarctic Pilot Faces Tech- nicality in Law Said to Bar His Present Application. of myself and the of former stock- 1 Bolders of United States Alr i formed that Berrs Barenen, phiot JoF the Inc,, who hold nearyy 50 per cenf Byrd Antarctic expedition, will file ap- a | Plication for American citizenship today in a New Jersey Court. A question has arisen over whether Balchen is entitled to American citizen- ship at this time because of his ab- sence of more than a year iu the Ant- arctic. While he was gone, Congress enacted a law providing that absence of more than one year from the United States would nullify all vhe residence uirements previously met for citizen- ship. The law requires five years con- tinuous residence in this country. The Labor Department has taken the position unofficially that since Balchen was either on an American ship or on soil claimed for the United States by this entzrprise.” o writ of r>=ndamus in Arlington County Circuit Court to compel Washington Airport officials to allow an inspection of the books of the concern and an eudit. Then, he says, he plans to carry the matter to the next meeting of the board of directors of the Washington Air Terminals Corporation and its two sub- sidiaries, Washington BAclrplon. xlx:‘c; "fi Washington Flying rvice, o three operfinse “be Wloshlnlwn Alrport, alled for mber 9. * e belleve."phe said, “the best inter- ests of the smkhul&fn Ao‘ln;b:t‘l'l Hoover ‘ashi n rt, and ol viation’ dmwlenekrllxl, will' be_sérved. by | B¥T 18 whs not absent tachnically from healthy competition rather than | g RUSd Bivies. It advised Balchen Ty D) m, which must be g e passed on by the presiding judge of the court in which the petition is made. WO0OD ALCOHOL DANGERS |, The department said the application STRESSED BY CONKLIN would be filed either at Newark or SR Hackensack. It would not on for 90 days. be:'paswea Use in Auto nldhton May Lead to Blindness and Death, AUTO DRIVER PLEADS Scientist Says. Emmett L Dodson Accused of In- juring Woman and Driving Away Without Disclosing Identity, Emmett L. Dsndtngn. 600 block of K with his uatn:mbiu .a.nd m‘vl.::m& scene Xposul nt of methanol vapor in| Policeman Q. E. Heyne, of the second .::l!y -J pe % gethlnol is the scientific | precinct arrested Dodson yesterday. He, name for wood alcohol. is said to have knocked down Miss Quotations were made public by Dr. Winifred Blankley, 2400 block of Tenth Conklin from the American Medical | street northeast, with his machine at Association, the Connecticut State Board | a Florida avenue northeast crossing, of Health, the Chicago Health issioner Com- | Sunday. tinued his course down the -avenue. was taken to a h:“i}ll mheughymm NOT GUILTY OF CHARGE!™ WASHINGTON, TESTS OF WEIGHTS ELIMINATES 3,363 SCALES IN' YEAR Supt. Roberts Reports 1,298 Gasoline Pumps Condemn- ed in Fiscal Period. WORK IN ONE PLANT IS SAVING THOUSANDS Surprise Inspections Increased and Corrective Measures Avoid Many Court Cases. Faulty mechanism resulted in con- demnation of 3,363 weighing instru- ments during the last fiscal year, it was announced today in the annual report of George M. Roberts, District superintendent of weights, measures and markets, The report revealed inspecfors made 13,905 official visits to busine estab- lishments, an increase of 1,170 over the preceding year. Marked attention was iven to surprise inspections. These totaled 2,793, an increase of 173 over the previous 12-month period. “The total number of examinations of equipment,” Roberts disclosed, “in- cluding commercial scales, weights, capacity measures, mechanical measur- ing and calculating machines, gasoline and oil dispensing units, prescription scales and weights, jewelry scales and weights, linear measures, milk bottles and other instruments, was 1,584,269, an increase of 27,548 over the previous year.” Filling Stations Checked. Special efforts were made to drive dishonest gasoline fllling station opera- tors from the city. An aggregate of 8,798 oil and gasoline pumps were test- ed, of which 7,503 were approved and 1,295 condemned. The number of tests of such pumps showed an increase of 2,645 over the previous Jear. “Under intelligent administration of a weights and measures department,” Mr. Roberts said, “effort is made to correct abuses in trade when possible without_resorting to criminal prosecu- tion. In very many instances most effective and far-reaching results are attained through admonishment, warn- ing or constructive advice. “It is probably well to refer spe- cifically to one such case. A large business organization began to manu- facture and place on the market a food product of deily consumption. It was immediately discovered that the pack- ages were not in accordance with the provisions of the weights and measures law as construed by this department. Given Full Instructions. “Inspectors were sent into the manu- facturing plant and a_thorough investi- gation was made. When completed, officials of the establishment were in- formed definitely, clearly and emphati- cally regarding the department’s con- struction of the law and given to under- stand that unless the matter was imme- diately corrected, vigorous prosecution ‘would ensue. “This was a case where officials of the establishment had placed upon the law an interpretation different from that of the department, and had pro- ceeded to act upon their own interpre- tation. The matter was promptly cor- rected. Thus the department in one eral policy, there in which, for the public benefit, prosecu- tions are deemed necessary. In such cases there is no hesitation about in- stituting proceedings. “During the year there were 97 prose- cutions instituted. In no case was a defendant acquitted. Fines and forfeit- ures totaled $1,040.” |BROADCAST LOOKOUT FOR DAIRY EMPLOYES Driver and Collector Sought in Connection With Looting of Company s Safe. Police today continued to broadcast a general lookout for two employes of the Southern Dairies, Inc, who are sought for questioning in connection with the looting of the company’s safe of between $15,000 and $19,0000 Sun- day night. Officials gave the names of the employes to police as Roy Beall of the 1400 block of Harvard street, a clerk in the cashier's office, and Fred Nalley of the 1200 block of Neal street northeast, a driver and collector for the company. Officials of the company admitted that one of the men knew the combi- nation of the safe. MOTHER OF SIX CHILDREN PLACED ON PROBATION Deserted Wife, Sole Support of Family, Accused of 9 Cases of False Pretenses. ‘The mother of six small children, Mrs. Ella Moore, alias Pomone, 39 years old, charged with nine cases of -false pretenses, was placed on probation for a year in Police Court toda: Police testified the wor obtained aproximately $500 worth of goods from several downtown department stores and charged it to persons’ accounts without their knowledge or consent. Mrs. Moore was arrested Friday after- noon by Policewoman Cecelia A. Clarke of the Woman's Bureau and was Te- ased under $500 bond. Mrs. Clarke explained to Judge Gus A. Schuldt after the tiral that Mrs. Moore had six children in her home in the 2000 block of Bennett place north- east, dependent on their mother for rt. It was said that the woman's d desel g0, this is Ty, offense,” said Judge Schuldt, “I deem it more important that the mother should be allowed to return to her children.” FALLS INTO COAL CHUTE Roy C. Mitchell Treated for In- juries in Emergency Hospital. Falling down a coal chute while walking on Twenty-ninth street near P of the 1400 of Twenty-ninth street suffered ‘injuries for which he Was treated at lice said Mitchell inf he and fe] vening Sitar D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 =5 1930. PAGE B—-1 ISECOND PRECINCT Capt. O. T. Davis giving instructions to the patrolmen of No. 2 precinct, who started patrolling all beats in the precinct this morning in motor cars. PRATT WITHDRAWS PORTION OF REPORT Says Part Concerning Drug| Addicts and Practice of Chiropractic Errors. ‘Two of the recommendations in the annual report of the Police Department, those making drug addiction a felony and calling for tightening up of regu- lations governing the practice of chiro- practic and osteopathy got into the re- port by clerical error, and were form- ally withdrawn today by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of the de- partment. Maj. Pratt said that he had released the report without going over it care- fully, and that the recommendations did not at all represent what he had in mind. His attention was ¢alled to them by an editorial in The Star, criticizing these two features. Point Well Taken. “The points made by The Star are well taken,” Maj. Prat . said, ‘“those recommendations will not be in the final form of my report.” The recommendation relating to chiropractic and osteopathy was copied from a report some two or three years old, before the present law governing these matters had been enacted. The present law, Maj. Pratt said, had been in operation for more than a year, and its enforcement by the commission in charge is perfectly satisfactory to him. Addict Needs Help. As to the making of drug addiction 8 felony, Maj. Pratt said that his feel- ing was that a drug addict is a sick man who needs to be helped rather than be persecuted. What he has in mind is some method whereby the local police would have authority to send drug addicts to some institution where they could be cured. He said he in- tended to take up this matter at an early date with officials of the United States Public Health Service and see if some arrangement could be made to send drug addicts to farms under con- trol of the public health service for re. “At present,” he explained, “the only power we have over a drug addict is where we can charge him with the commission of some crime. Then we can have him sent to Gallinger Hos- pital for treatment. But in su~h cases the action usually comes too late.” GRONER IS SILENT ON BAKER RULING Returns From Vacation to Find | Campbell D. C. Trial Recommendations. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. NORFOLK, Va., September 2.—Judge Lawrence D. Groner of the Federal District Court returned from a vacation today to find on his desk a ruling by United States Commissioner J. Barton Phillips of Alexandria, for the transfer to Washington of Herbert M. Campbell, charged with the murder of Mary Baker. Judge Groner did not indicate when he would act on the commissioner’s ruling or whether he would grant an- other hearing to Compbell and his at- torney, who protested the commission- er’s decision several weeks ago. Authority to order the prisoner's | transfer from the Alexandria jail to the District of Columbia jail is vested solely in Judge Groner's Court, the Comi joner’s ruling constituting merely & recommendation to the court. The Federal authorities in Wash- ington want custody of Campbell so that he may be tried under a grand jury indictment charging him with “willfully and maliciously” choking and shooting the Baker girl last April. Campbell and his counsel have re- sisted efforts to remove him to Wash- ington on the grounds that the police have no evidence to connect the real estate man with the crime. BALTIMORE WOMAN SUES NAVAL MAN FOR $25,000 Seeks Damages ac Result of Auto- mobile Accident—Previous Suit Asks $50,000. Ann A. Wells, Baltimore, today sued Charles D. Lindamood, attached to the U. 8. 8. Upshur at Washington Navy Yard, to recover $25,000 damages for alleged personal injuries when she was a guest of the Navy man on an automo- ride March 2 on St. Margaret's road, in Anne Arundel County, Md. The plaintiff charges that the defend- ant so negligently operated the ma- chine that it was in collision with an- other automobile going in the opposite n. Last week Rena Gaglione, also of Baltimore, sued Lindamood for $50,- 000 damages sustained by her as the ro-x&taot the same D:cclg:nnt; rneys Darr, Darr pey appear for both plaintiffs. DRY OFFICERS ARREST 41 Dry law enforcement officers of the Bystanders said the man con- | street, Roy Cloyd uk"flhell. 26 years old, | Police Department did not succeed in apprehending a single bootl Tum-runner % COMPLETES 5 Radio | Edward Concklin, special assistant to Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, today closed a Government career extending over half a century. His fellow em- ployes gathered at 1:45 o'clock at the War Department cafeteria and feted him. Col. Grant, as spokesman, pre- sented a radio set as a gift to the veteran. Active despite his 80 years, Mr. Conck- lin is known for his pleasant disposition and his fellow workers have expressed the hope that he will continue as treas- urer of the Welfare Recreational Asso- ciation of the Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc., and as a member of its board of trustees. He was born ir New York City on June 11, 1850. He came to Washing- COL. GRANT’S SPECIAL AID 0 YEARS’ SERVICE Edward Concklin Feted by Fellow Workers—Receives as Gift. ton in 1874 and was appointed to a junior clerkship in the office of chief of engineers, United States Army, re- maining there for four years. In 1878 Mr. Conklin was appointed chief elerk in the office of Public Build- irgs and Grounds, initiating a contin- uous career that has spanned half a century. ‘When he came to Washington, Mr. Conklin said, there was no Potomac Park. The beautiful White Lot was a commons then, he recalled, containing a number of holes. The beautiful row of elms around the Ellipse had no> been planted. Mr. Concklin, who resides at 1619 R street, is married and has one daugh- ter, Miss Anna M. Concklin, who is a teacher at the Washington School for Secretaries. JURY OPENS PROBE INGRAVELY GASE ;Policeman Is Alleged to Have Accepted $50 as “Pro- tection” Money. ‘The grand jury today began an in- vestigation into charges of alleged ex- tortion against Spottswood F. Gravely, a policeman of the second precinct, who formerly served as detective at the third precinct. The charges were made by Elizabeth G. Campbell at a trial before a jury in Police Court last. Thursday when she was acquitted of a charge of assault preferred by ‘Gravely against her. The woman said she paid Gravely as much as $50 at a time for protection and that notwith- standing such alleged extortion he raided her on several occasions. The young woman was a witness this morning before the grand jury and was accompanied by Helen Talasz, who is saild to have corroborated the charges made by her. Police Inspector Thaddeus R. Bean, who heard the story of the two women and investigated the charges, was also a witness before the grand jury. Gravely is under suspension by order of Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, awaiting the outcome of a trial scheduled before the Police Trial Board for tomorrow. Police orders to- day contained an assignment of Grave- |1y to the first precinct in the event he is acquitted of the present charges, ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF HOSPITAL FOILED Intruder Breaks Cupboard Doors, But Is Halted by Small Bafe. An attempted robbery in the Child's Welfare Department of Children's Hospital over the week end was aban- doned when the would-be robber found himselt confronted with a small safe after breaking the locks on two cup- board doors, ‘The money generally kept in the cup- board had been placed in the safe, and there was no evidence of any attempt to open it. The attempted robbery was discovered this morning by Miss C. Sweeney, supervisor of the department. The room apparently had been entered with a duplicate key. Several weeks ago an employe of the hospital was held up and robbed of $6,000. The robbers have not been apprehended. UNDER NEW MANAGERS War Department Press Branch Un- dergoes Changes. Several changes have occurred in the | Army press branch of the War Depart- ment. Maj. Oscar W. Griswold, In- fantry, has been placed in charge of the office and has as his military assis- tants, Maj Emmert W. Savage, Maj. Sidney G. Brown and Maj. Franklin C. Sibert, all of the Infantry. Maj. John W. Lang, Infantry, formerly in charge of the office, has been transferred to the Army War College, Washington Barracks. YOUNG ASSUMES DUTIES Credit Is Easier, Says Governor of Boston Reserve Bank. BOSTON, September 2 (F).—Roy A. Young, newg appointed governor of the l'ednnl' e Bank, assumed the duties of his new office today as successor of the late W. P. G. Harding. In a statement issued when he ar- rived at his office. Mr. Young said that credit was now easy as compared to some months ago and that the condi- tion of the Federal Reserve Banks was excellent throughout the country. France Names Representative, PARIS, September 2 (#).—The gov- ernment today appointed ~ Mar qu iblic at the annual of the American Legion in Boston FEDERAL BUILDING FIRE CAUSE PROBED Engifieer Declares Trade Body Structure Not Worth Salvaging. While engineers of the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks were investigating the possibilities of recon- structing the bullding housing the Federal Trade Commission, the Women's Bureau and the Children’s Bureau, burned on Saturday, a special informal mnvestigation today went forward, under the leadership of Capt. Ray C. Mont- gomery, superintendent of the United States Park Police, and H. R. Owens of the Buildings Division of the Public Buildings Office, seeking to determine the cause of the conflagration. Investigation to Be Informal, Capt. Montgomery said the investi- ntlupn would be rather informal, the plan being to_inte: te various em- ployes in an effort to throw light on the eause of the fire. It was expected the investigation would be completed to- MOITOW. First Lieut. . B, Butler, assistant director of the Office of Public Bulld!:gs and Public Parks, today said the Chil~| dren’s Bureau and the Woman's Bu- reau of the Department of Labor will occupy temporary building No. 5 near the burned structure for the present until space nent building. mission is e rented building. ‘The Wi Building at Fifteenth street and New York avenue has been mentioned by other sources as a possible future home for the commission. Closer investigation of the charred sections of the building has convinced commission officials that damage their records was not as great as was at first apparent, as most of the records seem to be intact, although many of the cases were water soaked. Otis B. Johnson, secretary of the commission, said staff is making a careful check-up. A casual investigation of the build- ing revealed the structure is mot worth salvaging, Lieut. Butler asserted, but engineers of his office are drawing IIP an estimate, showing how much it will cost to repair the building. ‘When the new Department of.Com- merce Building is occupied, Lieut. But- ler said, space will be released for the Women's and the Children's Bureau, but, he added, that their future homes may not be in the present Department of Commerce Building, at Nineteenth and Pennsylvania avenue. ‘Today additional building guards were on duty and orders were that no one is to be allowed into the charred section of the building without special authorization. Employes Await Official Action. During the morning, groups of Com- mission employes were standing about on the sidewalks, pending the decision of the officials on the next move. As many of the offices have been destroyed, an arrangement will have to be made for the employes who occupied them# Lieut. Butler and his staff spent a busy week end. Conferences were held with Commission and Labor Depart- ment officials on emergency measures to be ad . Yesterday a force of ‘workers began the task of moving fur- niture and records. A force of skilled workers, including carpenters and Elumberl and totaling about 100, was usy today clearing away passages and seeking to remove menacing portions of the burned sections. LYNCHBURG MAY OBTAIN _ GREEK CULTURAL CENTER Treasurer of (‘ty’s Council of Or- der of Ahepa Says Site Is Being Considered. LYNCHBURG, Va., September 2 (Special).—Lynchburg has a better chance: to obtain the $10,000,000 Greek cultural center than any other vlace, according 1o a telegram received Sat- treasurer of to | Carolina avenue; —Star Staff Photo. 63 D. C. POLICEMEN 10 BE APPOINTED Full Force Expected to Go on Duty Following Board Action. Sixty-three vacancies in the ranks of the police force will be filled before the close of the week, and the full quota of the force will be on duty Saturday, it was indicated today. Forty- four names have been forwarded to the Commissioners to be acted upon at tomorrow’s session of the board, and it is reasonably certain the board’s action will be favorable. ‘Twenty-two additional candidates ap- peared before the Board of Police Sur- geons today for final hfalul tests, hav- ing al ly successfully passed both mental and physical tests of the Civil Service Commission. Names of those who pass the final physical submitted to the District Commissioners to be acted upon at FPriday’s board meeting, appointments to become ef- fective Saturday. It is the intention of police officials to condemn about 30 of the motor cycles which have been in the service approxi- mately three years, said by the ice to be about the life of such vehicles in police service. Others will be recondi- tioned and turned over to the Traffic Bureau. There will be 50 motor cycle privates and five motor cycle sergeants on duty in the Traffic Bureau hereafter, but there will be no such mounts in any of the precincts. Emergency automobiles are provided the precinct commands. F. P. MURPHY DIES OF HEAT ATTACK Others Who Suffered Prostration on Labor Day Enabled to Leave Hospital. . All of the more than three-score per- sons overcome by heat during the fire- men’s parade yesterday were dismissed from hospitals last night and today. The only death reported was that of Frank P, Murphy, 63 years old, of 2230 Kearney street northeast, who collapsed at_his home. . ‘The brunt of the burden of caring for those unable to stand the oppressive weather was borne by Emergency Hos- pital. Special doctors and nurses were called on there. Numerous other vic- tims were removed to Casualty Hospital. Among those prostrated were: Victor C. Guellerman, 31, 1631 R street; Mar- ion Wagner, 20, Philadelphia; Alta Weston, 11,2023 Cambridge place; Mrs, Virginia Vandergriff, 19, 1961 Fourth street; Roy Holland, 22, Va.; Mrs. Nellle Hillsingers, 43, 217 H street northeast; George Merritt, col- ored, 49, janitor of the Ambassador Theater; Roy Howard, 24, Alexandria; Marie Chase, colored, 63, 1611 M stree! Robert J. Wright, 35, 447 G streef Christine Lumster, 22, 1715 L street northeast; Harvey Rolfe, 43, 603 South Odel Cornwell, 11, Riverton, N. J.; Mary Jane Anderson, 12, 633 Eleventh street; Charles Fridich, 35, Capitol Heights, Md.; Mrs. W. D. Sandler, 35, 515 Eleventh street north- east; Beverly M. Peache, 35, 637 Fifth street northeast; Beatrice Epps, 21, 619 Third street; Susan Washington, 69, 622 M street; Y. M. Broy, 30, Martinsburg, W. Va:; Nada Protiva, 20, 1726 P street; Ernest Keller, 45, New Kensington, Pa., and Josephine Artis, 83, colored, 351. B street northeast. ASKS $15,000 DAMAGES ALLEGING SERIOUS INJURY Howell R. Jarman Charges Ice Cream He Purchased and Ate Contained Fragment of Glass. Alleging serious injury as the result of eating an ice cream cone, said to have contained a fragment of gl Howell R. Jarman, 233 Pennsylv: avenue northwest, has filed suit to re- cover $15000 damages from F. W. z:ol;ol;:l":“& gflo I lndh!.he South- aj ,__Inc. rough Attorne Richard A. Harman, the plaintiff ufl the court that he bought the ice cream | o cone at Woolworth's store, 406 Seventh street, July 31. After eating the cone, he states, his mouth and gums were cut and he sustained serious injury to his stomach and intestines. The ice cream in the cone is said to have been made by the Southern Dairies. 3 FIREMEN ARE BURNED test will be | jc, OFFCERS START MOTORIING PLAN 11 Privates and Sergeant Will Patrol Beats Formerly Covered by 18 or 20 Men. AUTOS TO BE GIVEN RADIO SETS LATER ON Many Other Shifts in Personnel Ordered, With Cycle Officers J’oinifig Traffic Squad. No. 2 police precinct was motorized this morning and the oid-fashioned patrolman passed quickly and uncere- moniously into the discard. Six shining new roadsters were drawn up before the station house. Into them climbed 11 privates and a ser- geant in pairs. “Get back to your beats,” ordered Capt. O. T. Davis. The cars purred off, five of them to previously desig- nated beats and the one containing the fi;gemt and private to the precinct at ge. Thus the motorization was accom- plished, without a tear for the oldtime pavement pounders whose thick-soled shoes and heavy nightsticks have echoed down the pavements for more years than the oldest veteran can re- ‘member, ‘Will Have Radios. Putting all the patrolmen into cars - is a new idea in the District. On the outcome the department expects to base future recommendations tQ Con- gress. It the plan is feasible, an ap- propriation may be asked to motorize all 14 precincts. Later the patrol cars will be equipped with radio receivers, so that they will be in constant touch with a central police broadcasting sta- tion. As it is, each car will report hourly to the precinet, enabling the officer in charge to hear from a car every 10 minutes throughout the day. 'I‘husdemergency orders can he quickiy ued. In addition to the six cars working the precinct, another will be held in Teserve at the station house. ‘The change resulted in the transfer of 14.patrolmen to other precinct. The reduced force, it was estimated, can patrol the precinct as efficiently as the larger detail, ‘The patrol routine will not be varied. The policemen on night duty are ex- pected to alight to Mspect doors and windows on their beat. as formerly, or to attend to other - atrol work. Fewer Men Needed. The policemen cruising in their Speedy little roadsters are exj d to prevent much wiolating of the traffic Tregulations. The 12 men will cover the territory previously assigned to 18 to 20" po;l‘cen;en onmrm::'.s f0. 2 precinet is bounded by S street on the north, the railroad tr‘ncyks on the east, K street on the south and Fif- teenth street on the west. The 14 patrolmen shifted from the second precinct, and the commands to which they will report tomorrow, are: C. B. MacDonald, No. 3; R. L. Hinton, No. 3; R. B. Goode, No. 1; E. H. Brax- ton, No. 8; V. F. Cannon, No. 14; G. B, Cannon, No. 13; M. H. Montague, No: 3; G. L. Earle, No. 13; F. §. F. Gravely, No. 1; L. H. Gentry, No. 14; Frank B, Ashe, No. 7; A. H. Cochran, No. 1 D. Padgett, No. 6, and J. H. Calk, Gravely at present is under 4; R. No.13. graft: charges placed against him this week following a complaint made to police officials by Miss Elizabeth Camp- bell, who revealed in Police Court that she had paild Gravely several times a g;znt{: ffit permlimng her to run a dis- lerly house without e oy any interruption Other Shifts Ordered. ‘Two of the most activ men in the city have beeen md‘\;t&;ucg;:!lg under the order, with C. W. Sine going from the Traffic Bureau to the ninth Pprecinet for foot patrol, while T. F. the twelfth Helde will transfer from precinet to No. 8 for similar duty. Other shifts in the department order- :&loyem“n'may :cludedmtrmslcr of the precinct motor cycle the Traffic Bureau: B He!;'vn': g L;:lgn,nmgham, No. 2; Q E. » _No. 2; . B. Hopkins, . 85 C. W. Richmond, No. 3; %p lt’m L utherd, No. 6; W. H. Bell, No. 7; C. C. Johnson, No. 7; D. W. COOK?N.L. : W. E. Davis, No, 9; W. F. Graves, No. : R. E. Burton, No. 11; W. R. Green- leld, No. 11; L. 8. Graham, No. 13; W. M. Sanders, No. 13; V. V. Vaughn, No, é{l:llll];‘s‘ 1&‘ fiflr%engr,i\?o. 14; L. K. , No. 14; H. O. Tutf B. T, Chew, No. 7. LT, e - E. J. Ball and C. F. Fox, foot patrolmen in the third precinet, will transfer to No. 11 for automobile duty. More Cars Ready. ‘Twelve more police automobiles, re- cently purchased, will be put into serv- ice tomorrow. A general order to this effect was signed today by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. This will increase to at least two the number of automobiles in each of the more’ centralized downtown precinets, and in two cases will mean a reduction of one in the number of automobiles in the outlying preciucts. One of the cars in each precinct will be equipped with a radio receiving set, but this work will not be undertaken at present. It had previously been estimated that the de- partment's sending set, to be built at the tenth precinct station, would be in operation by September 15. At present e date tentatively set is September 30. ‘The order will mean that for the first time in its history the first precinct will have cars assigned to its _xclusive use. Two cars have been assigned to this downtown precinct. Two additional cars have also been assigned to the sixth and eleventh precincts. One extra car each has been assigned to the ninth, fifth, fourth, third, eighth and tenth precincts. This accounts for 14 cars. Twelve of them are the new cars re- WHEN GAS TANK EXPLODES 15 Engine severely burned when the a itomobil e Company, gas tank of Two other firemen were treated for slight burns about the hapds and dis- cha: . N. Ankers of 21012 ‘Thirty- put cel ich of state, to the |mond is house when the tank ex- d Yeturn | Terminal day. cently purchased. One is an old car taken from the twelfth and one from the thirteenth precinct. There will be no increase in the number of cars in the outlying precincts. Used in Fight. Wilbur E. Snead, 26 years old, of the first block of O street northeast was arrested and charged with assault after he is said by police to have struck Jo- seph A. Kesterman, 40, of 414 Seven- teenth street southeast with a crowbar fight at the Washington Yards, at Eckington, yester-