Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1930, Page 17

DANCING TEACHER ISHELDIN SHOOTING OF MAN IN ROOM| Woman Says He Objected to Her Leaving Apartment, Causing Scuffle. GUN DISCHARGED DURING {Fifth Precinct Commander| Asks to Be Retired on | . October 1. Lieut. James Beckett of First Precinct Is Believed in Line for Place. Capt. William E. Sanford of the fifth precinct, who has more than 31 years of service to his credit as a policeman STRUGGLE, -OTH ASSERT [Police Declare Wounded Victim Lacks Powder Burns Where Struck by Bullet. Miss Barbara Walker, 25-year-old cing instructor, was being held at lthe House of Detention today while Ipolice completed their investigation of he shooting last night of Russel Prince, 23, in an apartment in the 1600 block S street. Prince was reported re- ring this morning from a bullet ound in the wrist and abdomen. Miss Walker, who lives on Fourteenth treet N H street, told police that he and Prince were alone in the apart- efit of Prince’s brother-in-law, Lewis rens, at the time of the shooting. The young woman said she told Prince she was going to the school here she taught dancing, and that he pbjected to her leaving the apartment. scuffie followed, she said, and she ed up a gun from a table nearby. Says He Tried to Take Gun. Walker told Detective Harry h:( headquarters that she brand- ished the gun at Prince sand warned fhim she would shoot unless he moved way from the @oor. She sald Prince ed to take the gun away from her nd it went off whfle‘f.hle t;lli‘;( pflfil,e:n truggling. A single - u!:d‘?flnce'alw‘tln and lodged in his n. mm investigators said, however, hat there were no powder burns on Prince to indicate the shot had been red at close range. Prince himself told police the gun was discharged during a struggle for its n. He has Inot said whether he wished to press harges against the young woman, who is being held for investigation pen outcome of his injuries. Pvt. E. L. McHale of No. 3 precinct heard the shot while plmlllni his beat nd went to mvuflnu.mm oun“% tfi: voun on the floor kg the Emer- ent and ncy Hospital ambulance. , Poutra Slaying Recalled. t ‘whom during an ll&tcl |Gables roadhouse At that time Charles W. Poutrs, an- other occupant of the S street Iment, was shot fatally. The murder- ers, believed to be Philadelphia gang- ters, never were identified. th Prince and Behrens are Wwel circles. he was] eaving a few days. —_— = ALLIGAN ORDERED T0 D. C. NAVAL POST Will Succeed Rear Admiral Stand- ley as Assistant Chief of Operations. “|clude Warner Bros, Loew's, Fox The- orders blished today show Admelu John Halligan, jr., the -t-cralu squad- scouting fleet, will come about the end of the month assistant to the chief of He is to succeed Rear H. Btandley about 25. ‘Admiral Standley goes to sea to com- mand the destroyer squadron of the tle fleet. b“Bom in South Boston, Mass.,, May 4, 1874, Admiral Halligan stood at the head of the Naval Academy class which uated in 1898. During the Span- -American War he was attached to the U. 8. S. Brooklyn and served aboard that craft during the battle of Santiago, Cuba, and was & the special Meritorious Medal. Distinguished Service Medal was given him for his World War- service, during which he served as aide on the staff of the com- mander of the patrol force of the At- lantic fleet and later as chief of staff of the commander of the United States naval force in France. In July, 51928, he reported for struction at the Pensacola Naval Station and qualified as a naval avia- tion observer, later commanding the aircraft carrier Saratoga. He had held his present post since Apirl of last year. SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN TO HYATTSVILLE GIRLS of aval fi'rlknr now ct ron of the for duty as naval in- Al Prince Georges Federation Women's Clubs Makes Awards to Two. i By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., September ~Miss Margaret Smith d Miss Re- becca Coffey, both of Hyattsville, have been awarded scholarships to college by the Prince Georges County Feder- ation_of Women’s Clubs, according to Mrs. Rudolph 8. Allen, prasident of the federation. Both girls are graduates of the Hyattsville High School and will attend the jversity of Max ind. ‘The federation awards a scholarship each year, but there were no applicants in 1929, hence two were given this year, Mrs. Allen explained. BO2LTEEIRS S in the District, agked today to be retired by October 1. is is the second re- quest for a retirement in four days, the other coming from Capt. Charles T. Peck of the eleventh precinct. Capt. Sanford, who was born in Vir- ginia, was appointed to the force July 1, 1899, and assigned to the first pre- cinct. He was transferred to the sec- ond precinct and back to the first pre- cinct in 1902. In 1909 he was promoted to acting sergeant and sent back to the second precinct, where, in 1910, he was promoted to sergeant. In 1914 he was transferred to the sixth precinct and then back to the first precinct, remain- ing there until 1920. In 1919 he won his promotion to a lieutenancy and on October 1, 1920, he was promoted to captain and sent to the fifth precinct, where he has remained since, except for a few months at the end of 1921, when he served as captain at the fourth precinct. His record carries many com- ‘mendations. The aning Star WASHINGTON, D. C, CAPT. SANFORD WISHES TO END 31 YEARS ON POLICE FORCE CAPT. WM. E. SANFORD. Capt. Sanford is married and has three children. He lives at 2520 Elev- enth street. He is much beloved in his precinct, where for several years he has staged an annual Christmas party for youngsters in poverty-stricken cir- cumstances, which of late has grown to huge proportions. The first thing he ex- pects to do on retirement is to go hunting in Virginia. ¢ It is expected that the vacant cap- taincy will be filled by the promotion of Lieut. James Beckett of the first precinct, although no definite decision has yet been reached. USICIANS' FUTURE WILL BE DECIDED Meeting to Setfle Status in Washington Theaters Now in Progress. ‘The future “of musicians in ington movie houses, who have been | fighting for the renewal of their con- tract which expired August 31, may be decided shortly as a result of a meeting ‘called in New York today be- ' representatives of the American leration of Musicians and its local unit and the executives of the large theater circuits involved in the con- in the office of Joseph N Weter, meor: e of of . ‘el 'y o ident of the federation. e Al h the musicians’ contract, ‘which was in blanket form between the organized theater operators &nd the local Musicians’ Un fon, expired at the | the b orchestras NO CAUSE IS FOUND Engineers Declare Recon- struction of Trade Commis- sion Officers Inadvisable. As Capt. Ray C. Montgomery, U. , superintendent of the United States park police, prepared today to draft his report on the results of his investiga- tion into the cause of the fire that gutted the Federal Trade Commission Building August 30, it was disclosed that no direct cause of the conflagra- tion has been special uncovered by the investigators. Oppose tion. Engineers of thé office of public buildings and public parks have report- ed that it is inadvisable to reconstruct urned Federal Trade Commission structure, located at Twenty-first street and Virginia avenue, as it has been so badly damaged by the flames. ‘This structure, officially known as Building No. 4, which has o housed gz Children's and Women's employes, who had threatened to walk out if an amicable settlement was not reached between the musicians and their employers. The committee representing the local union, comprised of A. C. Hayden, president; John E. Birdsell, secretary, and Richard Ashby, a member of the board of directors, left Washington for New York yesterday to participate in m today. ‘The refusal of the musicians to yield fo their demand for renewal of their contract, which calls for the employ- ment of a specific number of men all local theaters, and the un ess onheemplog:nwentermwm form of contract have heretofore resuited in virtual collapse of negotiations toward settiement of the dispute. ‘The large theater chains involved in- aters, Inc., and R-K-O. 115-DEGREE -SUN MOVES BOULDGR DAM TOWN SITE Location Three Miles Further From River, at 1,400-Foot Elevation, Is Belected. By the Associated Press. A 115-degree tem, it chosen for tl ture at the site s0-far-nameless today to change the location. ‘The department selected a néw site on the Nevada side of the Colorado River, “three miles further back, at the top of the ridge and at an eleva- B i o o s 2 mperature legrees been found at the higher site, consid- ered of sufficient advantage to “war- rant accepting of the town site at the top of the ri COURT PONDERS CASE AGAINST MINISTER Takes Under Advisement Bigamy Action Against Danville Preacher. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., September 8.—The case of G. L. Hodges, former Baptist minister, charged with bigamy, is under advisement by Judge Henry Leigh of the Corporation Court before whom the case was tried. A decision is expected shortly. Hodges was arrested living here with his second wite whom he married last January in Lynchburg without having obtained a proper divorce, according %0 the charge. FORD CARGO AIRPLANES INSURANCE MAN ESCAPES WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO Suffers Only Broken Collar Bone as Freight Hurls Machine Down Ravine. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., September 8.—Gordon Long, 50, State agent for the Aetna Insurance Co., escaped with broken collar bone and minor cuts ehen his car was struck by a Virginia Central freight train at a crossing on the Richmond - Washington Highway within a mile of Predericksburg. roceeding at a rate collission BOUGHT BY GOVERNMENT War Department Contracts for Four Tri-Motored Flyers at Cost of $200,000. Contracts for four tri-motored Ford cargo planes and for 2¢ Pratt & Whit- ney “wi " engines at an aggregate cost of more than $200,000 were an- nounced today rtment. Contracts with the Detroit Adreraft ation for a fast, single-engined, Lockheed, transport plane costing' $16,637 also was announced. Skull Fractured in Fall. Jack Brown, 12 years old, of 915 lina avenue sou serjous condi theast, was tion at Casu- | or of the Department of Labor, in addition to the commission, will be demolished forthwith, if this plan meets with the approval of the Public Build- Commission. Bids are to be opened shortly by the office of public buildings and public parks, if this w is st Lieut, adopted, it2 acting director, F. B. Butler, U. 8. A, said today. Awaits’ Col. Grant. Part of the Federal Trade Commis- sion is now housed in Temporary Build- No. 5, just across the street from ‘the burned structure, and the remain- der will be placed in Temporary Build- ing No. 6, located at Eighteenth street and Virginia avenue. Capt. Montgomery is to draw up his conclusions based on a week’s investi~ gation of the circumstances surround- ing the fire. As Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, is at present in West Point, N. Y., for the burial of his mothér, Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, the report will not be studied by the colonel before the middle of the week. R FAMILY ON VACATION; ’ Residence of Charles P. Stone at Bilver Spring Entered in His Absence. By & Btaft Correspondent of The Btar. SILVER"SPRING, Md., September 8. president of the real estate firm of Stone & Fairfax, was ransacked while Mr. Stone and his family were vaeationing in Nonquitt, Mass., the owner discovered BSaturday when he returned here, Nothing of great value is thought to have been taken, however, since silverware and similar articles were in storage in Washington. Entrance to the house was obtained by breaking a window. According to Sergt. Guy Jones of the Montgomery County Police, there was evidence that the burglars spent some time in the . Numerous fingerprints were dis- SR Btone 1s sonal friend of r. Stone is a personal friend of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who flew gle;: some time ago to Mr. Stone’s wed- AVIATOR IS CHARGE™ WITH TAKING PLANE Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, September 8.— E. ™ Brockenbrough, Lynchburg’s best known aviator, is under orders to ap- g_o:r before a Roanoke County s te at Salem, September 12. @ answer charges of unauthorized use of an air- plane belonging to Clayton Lemon, & noke motor cycle policeman. It is charged that the plane was taken from the Roanoke municipal field. B brough stated here after his arrest that he did %use the plane, but he asserted the use was with consent of Lemon. He said he used the plane to demonstrate to a prospective cus- Bmmer'.ur and did it with consent of its DISCARDED LUMBER FREE -~ AT QUANTICO BARRACKS Special Dispatch to The Star. during the war, were available free of et Duooses e Jumper rposes. carded by the Government as ne: racks rise and to have but,_authorities fear 0. Y of wajer ahottege, FOR U.S. FIRE HERE —The home of Charles P. Stone, vice|Da THIEVES TAKE $600 | AND MERCHANDISE OVER END OF WEEK Two Policemen Among Nine Victims in Series of Rob- beries and Hold-ups. FURNITURE IS SLASHED BY APARTMENT INTRUDER Automobile and Pistol Compose Loot Taken From Lieutenant and Pri,nte. Police are investigating today a series of week end hold-ups and robberies in which bandits and burglars obtained approximately $600 in cash and mer- chandise, with two policemen numbered among their victims, A burglar with a penchant for van- dalism entered the apartment of Stan- ton L. Dorsey at 1820 Clydesdale place by jimmying a door and made off with two $50 suits after slashing several pieces of furniture valued at $400 with, & pocketknife, rsey reported the theft yesterday afternoon when he returned from a two-week vacation and found his suits gone and the furniture ruined. Pried Rear Door Open. ‘The Cleveland Park home of H. C. es, 3216 Newark street, was entered in a similar manner, and wearing ap- parel valued at $100 stolen by a f who pried open the rear door of the A oot B T ht b col rglar ng sougl police for the theft of $200 in eug from the room of Hyman Kopit, at 1000 Thirteenth street southeast. The man was seen to leave Kopit's residence by & neighbor, who furnished officers with & description of the robber. Richard Gatewood of 2232 N street reported to police that a watch valued at $30 was stolen from his coat pocket along with $2 in change while he was 8.jat work in the engine room of the Washington Gas Light Co.'s plant at ‘Twenty-ninth and K streets. Willlam Bunas was accosted by a hold-up man in his barber shop in the 1000 block of Pennsylvania avenue early yesterday and robbed of $45, while a colored man held up Alfred T. Wil- liams of 415 Florida avenue and took $3 as Williams was waiting for a street car at Four-and-a-half and G streets, Two Policemen Victims. Luggage and wearing apparel worth $75_were stolen from the home of Jean C. Powell, 1917 K street, she told po- lice yesterday. Wolfe Sherer of 913 Fourth street reported to police that he found $40 missing from the cash register early yesterday morning when he opened his store at that address. Lieut. McGill Grove of the fourteenth fndnct and Pvt. E. C. Moore of No. 3 station were the two policemen who fell victims of thieves, Lieut. Groves'. machine was taken from its parking place in the vicinity of Forty-second and Albemarle streets, while Pvt. Moore's 38-caliber police pistol was discovered stolen when he prepared to leave .Camp Perry, Ohio, where the Metropolitan Police Depas ment’s team fl-mm-ud in the na- tional police pistol matches. $25,000 ROCKVILLE CHURCH DEDICATED New Presbyterian Edifice Opened to Worship at Morning and Evening Services. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 8— The new Rockville Presbyterian Church lfllflg:z, Just completed at a cost of $25,000, -was dedicated morning ‘and evening in the services, the pastor, Pasma, preached from the topic, “Beautifying the House of God,” and under the direction of Mrs. Edgar organ, the junior choir sang the anthem, “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates.” ‘The congregations of all the Protest- ant churches of Rockville joined in the evening exercises, which included organ selections by Percy N. Cox of McLean, Vi a vocal solo by Mrs. Harry son of Rockville; the dedicatory sermon by Rev. Dr. W. J. McMillan of the Maryland Avenue Presbyterian m Bl,ll.h.‘l’ml'i‘,l mgh: l'eldh t-hln' of the on form, in Wi e congre- gation joined. At evening exercises the invo- cation was by Rev. George C. Minor of the Rockville Christian Church. Scrip- ture readings were by Dr. Pasma, the dedicatory prayer by Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Baptist Church.and the closing by Rev. Frank A. Tyler of the Methodist Church. The new edifice occupies a-site on the north side of West Montgomery avenue. It is constructed of Montgomery County variegated stone and is a decided adornment to the town, At a cost of $3,000, & Plpe organ has been installed and completion of the entire undertak- finds the congregation free of debt. erection of the new church bufld- ing was made necessary by sale of the old structure to the county commission- ers to make way for Rockville's hand- some new court house and jail, now under construction, CANDIDATE’S SON KILLED ON CYCLE Martin L. Bell Dies When Machine Sideswipes Automobile Near Hagerstown, Speclal Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 8. Martin L. Bell, 20, son of Keller D. Bell, candidate for sheriff on the Democratic instantly killed y Wi 1 'tor cvcle which he was riding sideswiped the automobile driven by G. C. Rinehart of Green Castle. Justice A. C. Ruthrauff, acting cor- oner, gave a verdict of accidental death, Bell had borrowed the motor cycle. Licensed to Wed. LEONARDTOWN, Md., September (Special). —At the Leonardtown Court the following mal licenses DANVILLE, Va., 8|ford College, which MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1930. FHP ROOKIE “COPS”. TAKE OATH IN SCHOOL ROOM \ 1 In the upper picture, standing, left to right, Sergt. Harry G. Callahan, instructor of fll& b, assistant instructor, are seen giving some pointers to a group ¢f new recruits. Below, swearing in new members of the force. school, and Pvt. Albert R. ‘hief Clerk Harry Luckett is —=Star Staff Photo. RULING IS ASKED ON RADIO CONTROL Jurisdiction. Claimed by Gov- | ernment on “Interstate Commerce” Idea. By the Associated Press. The Federal Government is seeking to obtain from the Supreme Court be- fore the close of this year a ruling on its jurisdiction over radio communica- tion. Contending that radio broadcasting is interstate commerce, the Govern- ment insists the congressional authority for licensing and regula stations was given constitutionally. Two cases pending before the court challenge this validity and their use as tests is being sought, Power Cut Challenged. ‘The first of these brought by sta- tion WCRW at Chicago, challenges the authority of the Radio Commission to cut its power from 500 watts, which it had been using for some time, to 1 watts. The case will be reached for oral argument in November, and the Government has requested the court to advance for hearing at the same time a case brought by the American Bond & Mortgage Co. and Trianon, Inc., operating Stal WMBB and WOK, at Homewood, Ill., near Chicago, protesting the refusal of the commis- sion to renew their licenses. ‘The stations announced in September, ‘:n"' that broadcasting would be con- ued, but the Government brought suit to pretvnmz it. The Federal Dis- trict Court in Chicago prohibited opera- tion without e license, .but the CMt Court of , asked the highest n-uru’: rl.hay had a property r’(ht..mr; a o which Congress could not deprive them without compensation. ICopyright Action Sought. Another radio case before the Su- glteme Court seeks a ruling on the lia- lity of hotel owners and others who reproduce radio programs under the copyright laws. Gene Buck, as presi- A. | dent of the American Society of Com- rs, Authors and Publishers, and ylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc music publishers of New York Cit hro\ght suits against station. KWK at Kansas City, Missouri and the Salle Hotel there, claiming infringement of copyright on a musical preduction. ‘They charged the station had broad- cast a copyrighted composition without permission and the hotel had picked it up and reproduced it for its guests. The broadcasting company presented no defense, but the hotel company on- tested. ¥ f The Circuit Court of Appeals has asked instruction as to whether a hotel company, in reproducing radio pro- grams for the entertainment of lts ests, does s0 “for profit” and is liable lor damage under the national copy- right law. GASOLINE CAN BURSTS YOUTH BADLY-BURNED Explosion Spreads Flaming Liquid Over Carrier at New ‘Windsor. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md.,, September 8. Beverely burned by fSaming gasoline when a container, which he was carry- ing from an automobile in front of his loded, Roland condition. ‘The entire lower part of his body and back is burned. He was unable to account for the cause of the explosion. Physicians say he will recover, COLLEGE TO OPEN Special Dispatch to The Star. tember 8.— Strat- replaces the old Randolph Macon School for Girls, which closed last Spring bec: of financial difficulties, will first sessio;' on September 17. Announcement been Red Cross Chapter Appeals for Clothes For Storm Victims ‘The District of Columbia Chap- ter, American Red Cross, 1730 E street northwest, urgently re- quests good, clean, light-weight clothing for men, women and be sent to tornado ito . Please do not send shoes or hats. Contributions of money will be gratefully received by the assist- ant treasurer at 1730 E street northwest. SHENTISTT0'BULD FOURTH DINENSON Dr. Heyl Will Show Things “Mind of Man Has Been Unable to ]magine.” 00 | BY the Assoclated Press. ~ A man who weighed the world now is putting wires together to show how the figures of the fourth dimension of space would look to men if they could visualize the laws of that pet theory of higher mathematics. Dr. Paul R. Heyl, Bureau of Standards physicist, known throughout the world of science, said today he had under- taken the new task chiefly for his own amusement, though his products will scribed the work as “making models to represent things the mind of man has never been able to imagine.” The fourth dimension has been his hobby since ‘boyhood. No human being, Heyl explained, has ever really imagined the fourth dimen- sion of space. imself recognizes it only in mathematical theory. ‘What the World Weighs. ‘The scientist made a significant con- tribution to man’'s knowledge of abso- lute facts when he announced last June after more than six years’ intensive study that the world would weigh 6,592,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons, rough- ly spoken, more than six thousand mil- lion million million of tons. “One way of putting it,” he mused today, “is this: If all the human race with all its live stock suddenly were whisked to another planet, the weighy. of the earth would not be reduced by one million-millionth.” The 60-rear-old scientist grinned at th. sugges‘ion of explaining the fourth dimension in simple language, but he offered: “A straight line is in the first dimen- sion; theoretically, you make it by mov- ing a dot in any direction. Move that line and you get a plane figure, such as ® square—theoretically, the second di- mension. ‘Move the in g direg. tion not contained in it, such as up o down, and you made a cube, a figw of the third nsion. Move that third dimension e lly in some dl:ucdt:lon wlx;:h‘mwc do ml;nnt yedv, comprehend, even ation, an the result is a figure of :g:nwunh di- mension.” v While he spoke he fingered the three ?odeu now complete, One resembled ball of popcorn in which only the outlines of the grain could be seen— such a complicated mass of wires it was, Another looked like & set of tri- angles, all crushed together. The models varied in size from sev- eral inchess to more t! & foot in diameter. Heyl has been working on them in spare time for more than a year, soldering bjack and white picture wire together to form the outlines. He hopes to ena:sl,eu them soon.. The smil o:a rved that sclentist ce nothing at all.” the fl'Buct.hl-.yorumo.llmym.y ing fun,” he said, adding with a smile, “I have khown more hobbies.” Cattle Receipts Losf e preserved by the bureau. He de- | And Mauri “per- | $180 of Haines’ mongy W] TRAFFC 1AM TIE UP CARS IN GIT Two Are Injured Slightly as Driver Loses Control in Rain. ‘Two motorists, who were injured slightly when their car overturned yes- | terday afternoon, were -the only-auto- mobile casualties reported here in & i day marked by one of the heaviest movements of motor vehicles recorded | this Summer, with three traffic jams furnishing the climax. A 22-year-old driver was arrested on charges of operating a car while drunk and leaving the scene of an gccident | after a machine allegedly driven by him crashed into two parked autos on Ver- mont avenue. ! Robert E. Schwitz, 18 years old, of 444 H street, and Miss Gertrude Cran- ford, 18, of-Marlboro, Md., suffered cuts and bruises when Schwitz was blinded by a driving rainstorm on Sixteenth street near Walter Reed Hospital and lost control of his machine. The car swerved sharply and overturned. Two Ard Thrown to Street. ‘The two young ple were pitched into the street and had to be carried to Walter Reed Hospital for first aid treatment. They suffered only cuts and bruises, however, and soon were re- moved to their home: . An automobile that crashed into a Capital Traction Co. street car at Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue about & half hour after Capt. Dieudonne Coste ce Bellonte, the French fiyers, passed the spot on their way to their receptions at the French embassy and the White House caused one of the worst tie-ups ever seen on Pennsylvania avenue. caused the street car to ‘The im) drop its plow, and another car, attempt- ing to &u:h the stalled electric train out of intersection, knocked it off the tracks. Street cars lined up from Peace Monument to the Treasury De- partment and from Center Market far up Ninth street, blocking the paths of hundreds of motorists. 30 Minutes to Untangle Jam. Four traffic policemen, working under the direction of Lieut. Milton D. Smith and Sergt John Fondahl, spent 30 min- utes in smoothing out the tie-up. The motorist whose automobile struck the street car and caused the trouble was arrested and charged with failing to give the right-of-way. He gave his name as Clair C. Barnett, 22 years old, of Melroy, Pa., and posted 85 collateral llc the Traffic Bureau to“obtain his re- ease. ‘Two other serious jams occurred when the French airmen landed at Bolling Pleld and at Highway Bridge and the Wasl , Where demonstration of a new midget automo- bile was presented. Cox, 22, of 1318 Tenth street was arrested for driving while drunk and leaving the scene of an accident last night after a car, said to have Y€ | been driven by him, crashed into the parked autos of Romero W. Horad, 1736 Vermont avenue, and James B. Rhyne, 1102 Ninth street, on Vermont avenue. Cox is said to have fled, but was cap- tured and returned to the scene by bystanders. He was to be arraigned in Police Court today. —_— GUEST TAKES $180 Turned Thief After Drinking. Police were searching today for a PAGE B-1 DISTRT INGREASES CONSUMPTION OF IATERDURNGYEAR Additional Amount Equals Combined Gain From 1925 to 1929. DAILY AVERAGE IS PUT AT 82,081,380 GALLONS 1,476 Meters Installed and 5,041 Removed and Replaced, De- partment Reports. The consumption of water during the fiscal year ended June 3 was 29, 960,705,000 gallons, an inecrease of 3,- 108,513,440 gallons over the preceding year, according to the annual report of the District Water Department made public today. This increase, the report states, is equal to-the combined inerease of the four years, 1925 to 1929. The reason given for the enormous increase in the report is that it is largely due to the lifting of certain restrictions gn lawn and sidewalk sprinkling which had been strickly enforced prior to the comple- tion of the new supply conduit to the Dale Carlia plant. 167.5 Gallons Per Capita. The daily average consumption was 82,081,380 gallons, being 8,500,000 gal- lons daily in excess of that of the pre- ceding year. for one day was 102,500,000 gallons on June 30, 1930, and the smallest 65,800,- 000 gallons on ber 29, 1929. The rer capita consumption was 167.5 gal-_ lons. ‘The total length of trunk main and extensions lald aggregated 15.74 miles, principally in 8-inch mains. During thé year 1,476 water meters were in- stalled on new services and 5,041 de- fective meters were removed and replaced. A total of 95,611 water serv- ices were in use at the close of the fiscal year, of which 81,381, or 85.1 per cent, were metered. Financial Report Not Made. ‘The financial report of the depart. ment is not ineluded in its annual port, as this always is made of the report of the auditor of the District. There is a cost report, however, which states that the net operating costs to- taled $1,046,569.21. Of this mainte- nance and operation took up 51 per nbmment up to and incl 30, 1930, is given at $7,714,888.25. TWO TO BE RELEASED IN DROWNING PROBE PRSI Police Fail to Find Body of Man Reported to Have Jumped Into River. Two men held in the reported drown- ing of a man said to be Wallie Gill, 49 yéars old, in the Potomac River near Key Bridge, early yesterday, were to be released by seventh precinct police this afternoon unless the body was recov- or unless additional evidence poin‘ht(l’n[ toward the drowning was re- ] 5 Harbor precinct police have the river almost continuously it result since Robert C. Marcey, 31 years old, of Cherrydalee, Va., ahd Howard Conrad, 50 years old, of Chevy Chase, Md., notified police that Gill leaped overboard from a boat in whickr they were rowing-about the river. Lieut. J. J. Burke, acting captain of the seventh precinct, that unless there are new dev: ts in th today he will free Marcey and Conrad. Eajion, afies the.Tormer telephoncd. po- n e po- fl.zt that Gill had jumped from the Both told conflicting stories regard- the drowning, Marcey sa; Gill suddenly became ill an ately jumped from the boat near the new Memorial Bridge, while Conrad told police the drowning off the gu plant, nearly one mile up the river rom the bridge. Neither man could supply police with Gill's address, while a check-up of rthe company where Marcey and Conrad said Gill was employed also proved un- availing, officials of the firm telling officers they had never heard of the man. FIVE ARE INJURED IN STREET BRAWLS Two Colored Men Are Hurt Serious- 1y, Being Stabbed Near Heart in Fights. Street brawls sent five men, three of them white, to hospitals yesterday with injuries ranging from severe knife wounds to minor cuts. ‘Two_colored men are reported crit- ically hurt—Charles Wilson, 24, of Lin- ‘wood, Md., lying at Emergency Hospital with stab wounds near the heart, while Al us Bradley, 45, of 1137 Pifth street is at Freedmen’'s Hospital with similar cuts. Wilson was stabbed in a fight with another man near his’ home, while Bradley was said by police to have been stabbed during an altercation with a brother, Eugene Bradley, 37, of Newark, N. J., who is under arrest at the sec- ond precinct on an assault charge. ‘Three white men—August Hocker. 2 John Shorter, 21, and Martin driver who accepted an mv‘:!::“m“‘."‘d taxicab tation to attend a drinking party the room of Gilmer P'imlz:llna o’fl:klrll; lard, Ohio, guest at a near Station, and left some time later with hile his host was Haines after w] , and he when gone. | Mg Man Found by Track Dies. Max McKee, 40 years old, whose ad- ‘unkno died at Casualty was found in Mary- from the District TRUCK DRIVER ROBBED Reports He Was Knocked Uncon- scious by Colored Youth. awoke and found the taxi man | sticl