Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1930, Page 17

- Was NEW POLIGE DETAIL STARTS T0 WORK IN VICEAND RUM DRIVE I"2j. Pratt Speaks to Unified Sguad Under Command of Bean. FPRECINCT CAPTAINS TOLD TO BE VIGILANT Divisional Leaders Must Not Think They Are Relieved of Responsi- bility, Superintendent Warns. The new regime in police enforce- ment of the laws relating to liquor, gamblipg and vice got under way at 8 o'clock today with a special meeting in the office of Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, attended by all inspectors and precinct captains and all the members of the newly set-up special squad headed by Inspector Thaddeus A. Bean. Maj. Pratt stressed particularly the jdea that the new squad is not intended to relieve the captains of any re- sponsibility for the conditions in their yespective precincts. It simply means, he said, that when the captains have Teason to believe there is a bad con- dition with respect te the violation of any of the laws in question the special squad will take over the work of mak- ing an' intensive investigation of the ‘condition before any arrests are made. In this way it is hoped the cases, when taken to court, will be based on competent evidence and will be prop- erly presented and will result in a Jarger percentage of convictions than eretofore. a The captains and the precinct de- l(:harles L hington News - @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FORECASTER DOUBTS POSSIBLE . Mitchell Says| Winds, Fog and Rain Too Worthy Foes. Success of French Flyers Attributed to Effect of Freak Hurricane. BY REX COLLIER. Weather adviser to many transatlantic fiyers who have failed and to a few who have succeeded, Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell does not share the optimism of those who predict early realization of the airman’s dream—regular transat- lantic airplane passenger service. The latest optimist is Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau, whose “casual” hop from east to west by way of Iceland and Greenland was so uneventful as to lead him to believe that the day of commer- cial air lines over the North Atlantic is at hand, Disagrees With Flyer, Von Gronau, during his recent visit here, announced his opinion that trans- oceanic service on a regular schedule is | possible with present-day equipment, | providing air bases are established on the West Coast of England, in Iceland and at one or tw ints in Greenland. ‘While reluctant to be placed in the position of questioning the opinion of Capt. von Gronau, Forecaster Mitchell, in response to questions, declared today he saw no immediate prospect of regu- lar air traffic over the North Atlantic, dus to unfavorable weather conditions usually prevailing in that region. “The North Atlantic presents a diffi- cult problem for any fyer,” Mr. Mitchell stated. “Adverse winds, fog and rain are pitfalls that lie frequently in the path of prospective transatlantic avia- tors. Of this trio of obstacles I guess fog is the worst enemy of flyers. “The westward crossing has been found to be particularly hazardous be- cause of head winds. Coste and Bellonte were extremely fortunate in that they ctives are to report all such com- ;e]s';nts on new printed blanks designed Tor the purpose. Inspector Bean will keep a complete file in each case, start- ing with these blanks or with similar ones made out by his men. It will be possible by looking at Bean's office files to determine at any date exactly the police action taken on any complaint, fogether with the court action, if any, h follows. "}‘A‘?Mr’ Maj. Pratt's talk, the new squad repaired to its own headquarters on the third floor of the new Police Headquarters Building and started on its day's work. There are 22 members on the new squad, including the full personnel of the former vice and rum squads and some additional men. AUTO IN, FLIGHT HALTED BY CRASH Police Blinded by Smoke Screen Capture Vehicle After Swift Chase. A speedy chase through the north- feast section of the city with the colored of a pursted automobile lay- o o thick bianket of smoke in escape :romM; pf:l':ex;n:!n‘ in Mount Ranier, Md., - | ::‘r%ea‘:r afternoon when the two vehicles crasbed into other machines. The driver of the car equipped with the smoke screen escaped, but a man said to have been his companion, Wil- iam Jones, colored, of the 1600 block of Q street, stopped when Policeman Theodore Marquis of the twelfth pre- cinct, fired over )t‘helr heads in an at- t to halt them. t”}?{‘;rquu turned his prisoner over to Maryland authorities, who took him before Justice of the Peace Herbert J. Moffatt at Hyattsville. Jones was charged with operating a smoke screen and released under $200 bond for ap- pearsnce in the Hyattsville Police ourt Wednesday. i The chase started at South Dn:aost: hode Island avenue A :\'!;ldnnlhe automobile driven by the colbred man ran past a red traffic light. The pursuit followed over Myrile street, Central and Rhole Island avenues to Mount Ranier, The man operating the smoke screen quickly released a heavy cloud of smoke in an attempt to halt Marquis and avold capture, but the poficeman man- aged to keep close behind his quarry. The colored men’s automobile crashed into a machine operated by Raymond Ransdall of Mount Rainler a short dis- tance after crossing the Maryland line. The police car_struck an auto driven by Charles H. Dube of Arlington, Va., at about the same time. Jones, {rightened by ‘the whine of the bullet which Marquis fired over the heads of thecolored men when they ran from the scene of the wreck, halted and surrendered, as stated. companion escaped. Traffic was at a standstill for nearly half an hour on Bladensburg road as a result of the smoke blanket released by the colored men. HEATH CONSIDERS HEALTH BUILDING Fite on Block 128, on B and C, 19th and 20th Streets, Is Studied. occups ing down a an effort to ‘ Tentative plans for the new building v the United States Public Health vice, for which a site has not yet n picked definitely, were studied trday by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Heath, in a conference with officials_concerned. The building had been proposed for two different sites; one near the United States Naval Hospital along B street, facing the Lincoln Memorial grounds, and another‘on what is known as biock 128, bounded by B and C streets, Nineteenth ‘and Twentieth streets. The former proposal it was learned virtually has been abandoned because of several factors, including the plans for future extension of the National Institute of Public Heaith and the Naval ‘Hospital, both nearby, and also The general preblem of architecture to face the Lincoln Memorial. Block 128 also has been under dis- cussion for a location for a heating and vower plant fgr buildings in that neigh- borhood, but # is known that this block als0 is desirable for the Public Health Service Building. The general architecture of the new Public Health Service Building will were able to take advantage of a most unusual atmospheric condition—a tail wind from the east. Freaks Not Dependable. “That unusual situation was the re- sult of a freak hurricane which blew up over the ocean from the south and created an east-west current of air in a region where the air direction cus- tomarily is opposite.” ‘The forecaster points out that freak hurricanes are not dependable for regu- lar air travel from east to west, and he doubts that planes whose capabili- ties so far have been demonstrated can TRANSOCEAN AIR SERVICE BARRES Fewne CHARLES L. MITCHELL. make the westward crossing regardless of weather conditions. Even the establishment of intermed!- ate landing points in Greenland and Jeeland would not alter the fact that the elements are major factors to be considered, the forecaster believes. Be- sides the danger of fog, wind, rain and nerally poor visibility there is the azard of ice formations on the wings with which to reckon. The season when one or several of these conditions may not be expected is very short, if it exists at all, experi- ence has proved. Has Aided Ocean Flyers. In taking what may seem to be ell has in mind the long days of wait- ing which have preceded most trans- atlantic efforts, as well as the disasters which have brought a tragic end to a number of them. ‘The Weather Bureau here has shared the worries of many noted fiyers, al- though it has not basked in the glory which in large measure often was due it upon successful termination of noted flights. Special transatlantic flying forecasts have been supplied every aviator who has poised his plane on this or the other side of the Atlantic! This invalu- able service is being rendered today to several flyers planning to challenge the air and ocean. “‘We do not attempt to tell the fiyers when to take off,” Forecaster Mitchell explained. “We merely advise them as to the probabilities of the weather. The final decision as to the instant of, de- ‘n’illll’:.ul:e must be their own responsi- y."” FOLGER MEMORIAL | LIBRARY 1S RISING $1,500,000 Edifice to House | | Imposing Shakespearean Collection. ‘The outer structure of the Henry Clay Folger Memorial Library of | Shakespearean and Elizabethan Litera- | ture, the corner stone of which was laid | in _May, now is complete. | ‘The $1,500,000 structure at East Capitol and Second streets, just back of the Library ot Congress, is one of the most imposing buildings on Capi- tol Hill. It will be completed some- time next year. Mr. Folger, former president of the Standard Oil Co. of New York, died | last June, just after the ouilding was | started. The blue prints of the archi- tect still show a luxuriously appointed private sulte which he was to have used for his studies. The white marble walls of the Shake- spearean shrine have been broken only by engraved quotations and plaques on which will be sculptored scenes irom Shakespeare’s plays. The quotations already are in plas “This is therefore the praise -of | Bhakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life.”—Samuel Johnson. | “His wit can no more lie hid. Then | it would be lost. Read him therefore: and againe and againe.”—John Heminge, Heprie Conde! “Thou art monument without a tombe, and art alive still, while thy booke doth live and we have wits to read and praise to give.”—Ben Jonson. “For wisdom's sake, a word that all men love."—Love's Labor Lost. ‘The building will include Mr. Folger's entire collection of Elizabethan litera- ture, the most extensive in the United States and one of the most extensive in the world. Shakespeare alone is repre- zented by some 20,000 volumes, but scholars uainted with the collection say that it includes close to 75,000 vol- umes of all-Elizabethan authors. Mr. Folger gathered this collection quietly, and just what it contains still is unknown in Washington. Among the books will be a first collected edition of Shakespeare’s works, which has been valued at $100,000; a quarto edition of Pericles, valued at $32,000; a “Much Ado About Nothing,” for ' which Mr. Folger paid $21,000, and “Othello,” worth $10,000, and an edition of the sonnets market priced at $10,500. The building contains a lecture hall modeled after the interior of an Eliza- bethan theater, which will be used for presentation of plays by Elizabethan scholars. PATIENT KEPT ALIVE WITH OXYGEN TANKS Washington Salesman May Live | After Breathing Artificially for Three Days. Nathaniel Tuttle, 38-year-old sales- man of 2737 Devonshire place, has been kept alive at Georgetown University Hospital since Friday afternoon through the use of oxygen as an artificial respirative administered when double pneumonia almost cut off the patlent’s breath. Members of the Pire Rescue Squad were called last night when the hos- ?lul's supply of oxygen gave out. They eft tanks containing enough oxygen to last through the night, and today a new supply was obtained from a local concern. ‘Tuttle has been kept in a tent which oxygen is piped. The treatment will be continued as long as a spark of life ‘harmonize with the headquarters cf the HNational Academy of Sciences on B street overlooking the Lincoln Memo- rial grounds. In the conféfence with Mr, Heath “:u hm:ming n] the Treasury we::lnori 118 , Cumming, surgeon gene the Public Health Service, and the @rchitects. Congress has authorized construztion of the Public Health Service Building. remains. The patient was admitted to the hos- pital nday, he had been il for ™. Mattiew Donaghue and Dr. M A w ue an » J. Keane, who sre attending Tuttle, said that while his condition Is critical he still has & chance of recovery. - The oxygen tent is used frequently in the | Janet Staud, Norfolk, Va, fits over his bed and into which the | BOULEVARD WORK AIDED BY WEATHER Completion of $1,000,000 Fills by Early Next Year Forecast_v‘py Engineers. The United States engineer office, progressing satisfactorily in its $1,000,- 000 job of throwing land strips across Memorial Highway project, sxpects, un- der favorable conditions, to complete its task early next year. For several months the office has been tackling the program at several points on the Vir- ginia side of the Potomac River as the waterside driveway has taken shape. E. A. Schmitt, engineer in the United States engineer office, today gave The Star a picture of the present status of the work, which is being done for the Bureau of Public Roads of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. The hydraulic fill across Four-mile Run has been com- pleted by his office, he said, and the bridge contractor is now engaged in putting in bridge foundations. Roaches Run Progress. On Roaches Run the bulk of the dredging has been done, except for a small section, which is being delayed pending the compietion of the culvert within the next two months, after which the dredge Talcott will return and close the gap by pumping up material from the bottom of the river. The grading and dressing of the side slope is now over 80 per cent completed, Mr. Schmitt sald. On the Gravelly Point fill about seven-eighths of the work has been completed. There is a gap in the fill to pass the Talcott for the work on Roaches Run that remains to be com- pleted. Pinished dressing on the top of the roadway is 70 per cent com- pleted. On the Basin fill, dn which are lo- cated the two underpasses of the high- way and railroad bridges, practically all of ‘the dredging work has been done. It Is expected that some additional dredging will be accomplished to supply suitable top soil in the near future. Progress Is Satisfactory. At Hunting Creek, where the dredge Welatka is now engaged in pumping the roadway fill, work has been ad- vanced about 800 feet from the south end where work began. This is pro- ¢r%;s‘1'xkx5n An}t‘lslnclonly. the next two or three weeks, Mr. Schmitt said, it is expected that the booster plant will be placed in the pipe line to accelerate the removal of sand and gravel from the bottom of the Potomac River to the end of the long glant line of pipe, ‘where it becomes part of the new roadway. This is made necessary because of the increasing difference of the pipe lines, through which the material forming the” erst- while bottom of the river, is hustled from the dredge to the roadbed for the new highway which is to be opened by 1932, as one of the major projects in the "George Washington bicentennial celebration. WILL BE BURIED AT SEA Navy Officer, Who Killed Self in England, Leaves Wife. By the Associated Press. The Navy was advised today- that Lieut. Comdr. Benjamin F. Staud, who killed himself September 12 at South- ampton, England, during the first cruise of the cruiser Houston, would be buried at sea Friday. Staud is survived by his widow, Mrs. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.. August 7, 1895. Thurman Ritenour Weds. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., September 15.— Thurman Ritenour, local business man, and Miss Genevieve Burnett, here on 8 visit from Houston, Tex., were married in Hagerstown, Md., September 12, by the Rev. Mr. Waddington of the Baptist Church, 16 has been announced. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Douglas Burnett of Houston. Thé bridegroom *treatment of the more advanced pneu- monia cases, Dr. Keane is & son of Mr, and Mrs, D, W. Ritenour. gloomy view of ocean flying, Mr. Mitch- | the water gaps in the Mount Vernon | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1930. NEW AIR SERVICE INTRAFFIC VOLUME Washington, Philadelphia and | New York Line Carries 1,557 in 10 Days. AVERAGE NEARLY FIFTH OF TOTAL FOR 29 ROUTES About Half of Passengers Are| Women and Many Are Children, Miss Earhart Says. What is claimed to be a world record for number of passengers carried in interstate traffic by any air passenger line has been established ‘by the New York, Philadelphia ‘& Washington Air- ways Corporation during the first 10 days of operations, it was announced here today g During the 10 days a total of 1,557 paid passengers have been flown on regular schedule in planes of the line, which started service September 1, fly- ing every hour in each direction from 8 am. to 5 pm. If the average number of pacsengers flown were to be maintained for six months, the total would be nearly 28, 000 passengers, as compared with 133, 000 passengers carried by the 29 major American air lines during the first six months of this year. Total Mileage 39,000. During the 10-day period the tri- motored planes of the line flew a total of nearly 39,000 miles, making 191 complete flights between the New York and Washington terminals. Ninety- five per cent of all flights scheduel were completed, seven having been canceled | because of weather and two having been incompleted. The planes carried 60 per cent passenger capacity on all flights, according to figures announced by_the company. In carrying an average of 155 pas- sengers per day the new line is flying more passengers and more passenger miles per day than any other passenger * line carrying passengers only between two terminals, exclusive of short dis-| tance ferry service, it is claimed. “Americans are apt to think of the air passenger movement across the Eng- lish Channel as a high-water mark in air transport,” one of the officials of the mew line sald. “According to the statistics of a well known trade journal, a total passenger movement of all com- panies across the English Channel for 1928 was 43,179, an average of 118 a day, as compared with 155 a day on the New York, Philadelphia and Wash- ington line.” Motor Trouble Only Once. Only once in 39,000 miles of flying has the line experienced motor diffi- culty, according to Paul Collins, vice president in charge of operations. 1In that case a nut broke loose and fell into the crankcase, necessitating re- placement of the engine. The Teplace- ment was made during the night with- out affecting the schedule. The plane was flown on two motors from Phila- delphia to Washington, it was stated. Nearly half the seats sold so far have been occupled by women and quite a | few children have been flown, includ- ing several babies-in-arms, according to Miss Amelia Earhart, vice president of the line, in charge of public relations and first woman to cross the Atlantic by air. “We have been too busy to keep exact statistics @s Tegards the sex of our travelers,” Miss Earhart said, “but we know pretty accurately that thus far lttle less than half of those who bought_tickets were women. Personal- ly, I believe that the percentage of men will increase as the line gets into more general use, for, of course, its particular advantages are for busi- ness men who want to tave time be- tween the three cities, Twenty Planes Daily. “I know a woman who came up from Washington on the first plane the other morning, shopped for sev- eral hours in New York and was bac | in Washington for dinner that night. ‘The new line, operating 20 planes a day over the 200-mile line, represents & pioneering effort in air transportation, it is sald. There is no other American line, aside from a short ferry service between Oakland, Calif., and San Fran- cisco, a distance of about 15 miles, which is operating on so frequent a schedule and no interstate air line in the world maintains such service, it is claimed. “This is really an experiment in air transportation—a genuine laboratory test_on a generous scale,” declared C. T. Ludington, chairman of the board of the company. “It will be many months before we can know with any accuracy how it works out. Thus far in aviation there have been mo profits in straight passenger transport, without mail subsidy or its equivalent, but we agreed to finance this enterprise with the clear realization that it may have to be carried at a loss for some time to come. We believe implicitly in the ulti- mate business future of air transport and we are ready to stay with it.” i FRANK B. BARNES DIES War Department Division Chief Is Stricken With Heart Attack. Frank B. Barnes, chief of the War De- partment telephone service, was stricken with a heart attack in his home, at 1611 Lincoln road northeast, at 8 o'clock this morning, and died almost instantly, de- spite efforts of the District Fire Depart- ment Rescue Squad to revive him. Barnes, the son of Charles Barnes, a fireman of No. 17 Engine Company, had risen from his bed and was walk. ing about when he collapsed. The sound of his fall summoned his mother, Mrs. Margaret Barnes, who was in the kitchen below and she discovered his body. Dr. J. Chester Brady, a family friend, was called from his office nearby and he declared he believed death was due to a heart attack. The War Department worker is sur- vived by his parents and two brothers. ARMY SERGEANT DEAD SETS WORLD MARK - i burglar had entered and escaped by a Report Published That He Slew Panama Girl and Himself. Sergt. Joseph J. Butler of the 1ith Engineers died suddenly in Panama City Saturday, according to War De- partment advices. Though official re- do not say so, it was stated in press dispatches that Sergt. Butler had committed suicide after killing a Pan- aman girl named Maria- Sanjur and that the soldier left a penciled note ad- dressed to his mother, in Pittsburgh, Pa., saying Jealousy and financial ‘diffi- cultles were responsible for his act. ‘The military authorities in Panama are investigating and will report their findings to the War Department. Workmen this o vania aventie fo make w: the plans for razing Poli WORKMEN RAZING FEDERAL BUILDINGS Poli’s Theater Suit Excepts It From General Park Preparations. Although a suit to prevent the Gov- ernment from tearing down Poli's Theater is pending in court, workmen of the H. Herfurth, Jr, Co. Inc., have begun demolishing other Government buildings in the theater block prepara- tory to creating there a park. A bearing on Poll's request for an injunction to prevent razing of the bullding will take place next Friday and it was expected a court decision will be handed down shortly after the hearing. Meanwhile, workmen are rapidly making headway on the first of the old buildings to go on the southwest corner of Fourteenth street and Pennsylvlm-| avenue. The Herfurth Co. has in-| structions from the Treasury to proceed | with tearing down all the buildings in | that block bounded by _Fourteenth, Fifteenth, E streets and Pennsylvania avenue, with the exception of Poll's Theater. When this block of bulldings is leveled the cellars will be filled and a temporary parkway of grass will be developed there, pending final plans for the entire area in that vicinity. Later on, a new traffic | artery is to be created out of E street | but gutting it through in front of the District Building from Thirteen-and-a. half street to Fourteenth strest. | When the old buildings disappear | they will open up to view from Pennsyl- | vania avenue the magnificent $17.500,- | 000 Department of Commerce Building | now nearing completion. LOOK OF PASSERBY | THWARTS BURGLAR | Man Flees Auto Showroom When Noticed—Seven Robberies in Day. | A colored pedestrian’s admiration’ of a shiny new automobile standing in the display window of the Stanley Horner | Buick Co.s show rooms, at 1220 Nine- | teenth street, frustrated an attempt b = maurauder to burglarize the estab: lishment last night. | The colored man was stroling along Nineteenth street when he decided to look oyer the automobile on display. A white-ghirted man_darted behind the car_as he looked Into the place. The pedestrian immediately notified police of the third precinet, Who | searched the place and found that the back window, which had been left un- locked by employes of the automobile firm. The colored man walked off dur- ing the search and no one obtained his name, The intruder, police found, made a futile attempt to jimmy a door leading into the office of the manager, Walter W. Duffy, where the company's safe 1§ located. He also made an unsuccessful effort to smash the lock on a cash box of a soft drink vending machine. Seven robberies yesterday and\llast night also kept police throughout the city busy with investigations, in one of which thieves stole a money box containing $250 in cash and negotiable papers from the Union Paving Co. in th2 1400 block K street. Detectives went to the scene after a report of the burglary was made by Guy M. Hooks, manager of the firm, and found that entrance had been gained by smashing the glass in the transom of the front door. Robert Louis Groves of 1311 Seventh street, was grabbed by four colored youths and robbed of $4.75 near Four- and-a-half and F streets southwest, according to a police report. Eules Isley of 1415 Q street, told officers of the fourth precinct that he was robbed of $20 while in a house near .Second and Canal streets. James R. Gannon of 1832 Biltmore street, scared off a colored man who entered his apartment last night by a timely afrival at his rooms, Gannon stepped into the apartment in time to see the man leap through a side win- dow. A search disclosed that only 85 cents had been taken. Two thoroughbred beagle hounds val- ued at $50 were stolen from the rear yard of Willilam F. O’Keefe’'s home at 3419 N street yesterday. The janitor's quarters 1449 Oak street were ran- sacked and $35 stolen. Apparel and a card case containing valuable papers were stolen from the automobile of Themas Irwin of 68 T street, while the machine was glrk:d in front of Irwin’s home last night. , oA SRR Dies of Fall Injuries. FROSTBURG, Md., September 15 (Special).—Mrs. Bridget Pfaff, aged 54, died last night from injuries received ot ing began tearing down the buildings on the southwest corner of Fourteenth street and Pennsyl- for the park planned for that block. A court hearing will be held Friday to determine whether Theater, at the other end of the block, shall be carried out now. Star Staff Photo. Capt. Charles Peck Bids Men Good-by On Leaving Police Capt. Charles B. Peck said goodby to the men of the eleventh precinct this morning and turned the command over to Capt. Willlam E. Holmes. Capt. Peck retired, after 36 years of service with the Police Depart- ment, at his own request. He was given a pension of $150 per month by the District Commis- sloners. His retirement made room for three promotions, all of which became _efTective 8 o'clock to- day. Chpt. Holmes was premoted from a lieutenancy and trans- ferred from the third to the eleventh precinct. Sergt. John W. McGinness of the tenth precinet was made a lieutenant and was sent to the third precinct to take Holmes' place. Pvt. Archie W. ‘Winfree of the twelfth precinct was made a sergeant and sent to the tenth precinct to take the place of McGinness. AUTUMN GOOLNESS SEEN ON THURSDAY Heat Yesterday Raised Rec- ord in Washington to 14 | Degrees Above Average. The heat which gave Washington a | temperature record that was 14 degrees | above the average yesterday will con- tinue through today with a gradual re- turn to normal September coolness in | view for Thursday, according to the | Weather Bureau. At the same time, the general show- ers which have been affording relief to the drought-burned area of the| Middle West, are expected here tomor- | Tow. Yesterday's maximum temperature of 90 degrees was Tecorded at.3:30 p.m., while the day’s minimum of 73 degrees was registered at 4 am. The average | for the day, according to Weather Bu- | Teau computers, was 82 degrees, whereas | the normal average temperature of this ime of the year is 68 degrees. After today, Forecaster Mitchell be- lieves the mercury will not climb quite | 50 high and he expects a temperat: reading of near normal by Thursday. There is prospect for an unusually “cool” spell, however. Meanwhile, Mr. Mitchell and his as- sociates are watching with particular interest the mounting rainfall. of the arid agricultural and cattle rais- e | | SLEEP WALKER FALLS TO DEATH Son of Panama Physician PAGE B-—1 PROJECTORS' STRIKE President Brylawski of Movie Association Says, However, Dispute Will Be Settled. OWNERS TO DISCUSS PROCEDURE TODAY 26 Independent Theaters Hold Ma- chine Operators Under Two- Week Extension. While & two-week truce is keeping projection machine operators at work in Washington's 26 independent thea- ters, starting today, the chain houses, which include all the downtown thea- ters, are still facing & threatened sym- pathy walkout when tke musiclans in, these theaters go out Thursday. Musicians in the independent movie houses for white patrons concluded theiy employment last night, which end- ed the two-week truce following the expiration of their contract August 31. ‘These musicians constituted principally organists and pianists. The greater part of the musicians are employed in the chain theaters. A. Julian Brylawski, president of the Motion Pleture Theater Owners’ Asso- clation, gave out the assurance this morning that the matter would be defi- nitely settled this week. “I can safely say at this time,” Bry- lawski stated, “that I firmly believe the dispute with the union men will be settled this week without recourse to court action.” Owners Meet Today. A meeting of the owners' assocla- tion was to be held early this after- Plunges Three Floors From Room. | His habit of walking in his sleep re- | sulted in the death early yesterday of | Manuel Gonzales Revilla, 23-year-old | son of a prominent Panama physician, who came to Washington two years ago | to study medicine at Georgetown Uni- | versity. | Young Revilla was injured fatally | about 3 o'clock Sunday morning when he fell from the third-floor window of his apartment at 1332 I street to a paved alley. His groans attracted a colored elevator | operator and Revilla was taken Emergency Hospital, where he died sev- | eral hours later of a fractured skull | without_regaining consciousness. | Only Saturday night Revilla’s friends had to wake him when he got out of | bed and started roaming about while | asleep. On other occasions, they said, he would leap out of bed without any pi'o}\;?cnflun during the middle of the night. Revilla shared a room with Gabriel Velazquez, who was not awakened when his friend fell out the window. Revilla, a sheet clutched in his hands and in his night clothes, was found by Thomas Crumbles of 1004 O street. He was taken | to the hospital in the patrol wagon of No. 1 precinct. Julian B. Chevalier, secretary of the Panama legation, was called to the hos- pital and later took charge of the body. He was awaiting word today from | Revilla's father as to plans for the funeral and burial. The body probably will be sent to Panama. Acting Coroner Joseph D. Rogers issued a certificate of accidental death after viewing the body. Revilla was very popular with his fellow students and extremely en- thuslastic over the medical career which he planned in emulation of his father, Before moving to the I street address four months ago, he had lived at the West End Apartments. He came here from David, Panama. NEW BAKER WITNESS | Police Doubt New Development in Man’s Claim to Know Slay- er’s Identity. Plans were made today by police to If all question a new witness in the slaying of Mary Baker. Officials announced, ing sections have not been relieved | however, they did not anticipate obtain- definitely from the drought, he is con- | ing information which would have any vinced they will be within the next | bearing 36 hours or so. Washington and its | Campbell, on the case of Herbert M under indictment in the vicinity probably will have a local | slaying. thunderstorm or two late tonight, but Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the the wide general rain area will not em- homicide squad, prepared to examine brace this section before tomorrow. CHANNEL D EEPENED NEAR GEORGETOWN - Large Volume of Sand Removed by River Dredging to Raise Co- lumbia Island Level. The navigational depth of the George- town Channel is being increased about 4 feet on the average by the United States Engineer Office as a part of | dredging operations that will raise the level of Columbia Island. The United States hydraulic pipe-line dredge Tal- cott is now engaged in regular main- tenance dredging off the entire length of Columbia Island, upstream and down- stream from Arlington Memorial Bridg: Opportunity is being taken of t! 1ast chance of placing the dredged ma- terial on Columbia Island before it is taken over by the Arlington Memo- rial Commission, Mr. Schmitt, an en- gineer, said. of fill, About 400,000 cubic yards comprising mud and sand from the bot- | tom of Georgetown Channel, will be placed on Columbia Island for the fu- ture pretentious park Dry excavated material will be placed on'top of the fill under the direction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Com- mission, which is headed by Hoover, following the completion of work there by the United States En- gineer Office. It is proposed to start work on the road across Columbia Is- land to connect the main bridge and the short bridge across Boundary Chan- nel leading to the Virginia shore prob- ably this Fall. The height of Columbia Island will in a fall down a flight of 15 steps at her home. She received a fracture of the skull and several broken.ribs. be raised a number of feet to bring the land level up to that of the bridge floor. system there. | resident | [ |the man at his home in Colmar Manor. He declined to divulge the identity of the new witness. He added every atten- tion would be given to reports that the man knew who killed Miss Baker. The new development occurred late st week when Leo A. Rover, United | States attorney, was informed by coun- | sel for Campbell that a Colmar Manor | woman had told neighbors she had been | informed by the wife of the man that | he knew who killed the young Navy | Department clerk. “There seems to be absolutely noth- ing to this angle of the case,” Inspector William S. Shelby, chief of detectives, | declared toda: | SUES ON CLAIM SHE PAID FUNERAL COSTS Claiming that, the ‘money is due her for funeral expenses of the deceased, | Emma O. Lester, 436 New Jersey.avenue southeast, today asked the District Supreme Court to issue an injunction restraining the payment to Hettfe M Lester of Richmond, Va., of $500 in funeral benefits on the life of Willlam L. Lester, who died June 11. Old Glory Couneil, No. 24, Junior Order United American Mechanics, T. Hume Henry, secretary of the order, and Hettie M. Lester are named as defendants. The plaintiff states that Mr. Lester died intestate and that she is one of his heirs-at-law. The plaintiff also alleges that the order, through Mr. Hume, is about to pay the $500 to Hettie M. Lester because Mr. Lester in 1911 directed that she be the bene- ficlary. Mr. Lester, the plaintiff states, owed her considerable money and that unless she is paid the $500 funeral benefits she will be unable to recover, the de- ceased having lefft no estate. The money is due her, she says, for funeral expenses and other items incidental to the last illness of the deceascd. At~ torney Emmett L. Sheehan appears for the plaintiff. Z TO BE QUESTIONED | noon to discuss procedure. Willlam J. Herrer, vice president of the International Alllance of Theatrical Stage Employes and Moving Picture Machine Operators, whose conference with the managers last Friday resulted in the truce agreement, was to arrive in Washington ffom Philadelphia to- day. At the headquarters of the local unit of the union it was said his visit would have an important bearing on the controversy. A. C. Hayden, president of the Mu- sicians’ Protective Union, commenting on published reports that outlying theaters announced no great falling off of receipts at the box office vesterday because of the release of the musicians, said this morning that this was no sur- prise, since the musicians were mnot scheduled to leave their jobs until the conclusion of yesterday's performances. Extension of Contract. “The truce between the Musicians' Protective Union and the theater repre- { sentatives, reached in New rk last month, provided that the musiclans be granted a two-week extension of their contract after August 31,” he said. “Yesterday was September 14, the last day of the two-week period.” Meantime, John E. Birdsell, secre- tary of the Musicians’ Union, declared this morning that more than 3,000 members\ have been enrolled in the Music Defense League since the cam-% paign was launched late last week. The | figure is rapidly rising he declared. Birdsell explained today that although the projection machine operators in both colored and white movie houses are linked together under the local union, the musicians come under dis- tinctly different units. NAME OF CAR WRECK VICTIM SOUGHT HERE Alleged Driver of Overturned Ma- chine Breaks Leg in Leap From Hospital Window. Baltimore police are trying today to identify a man who was killed yester- iay when an automobile overturned on the Philadelphia road, near Sunshine avenue. Cards found in the man's pockets indicate that he is a Washing- tonian. Robert Combs of Littleton, W. Va. said by police to have been the driver of the machine, is confined to the Johns Hopkins Hospital with a broken leg he received when he jumped from a second-story window of the institu- tion while awaiting treatment for {slight injuries he had sustained in the accident. Another passenger in the car, George Higgins, a soldier, stationed at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, was slightly injured, but was released after treatment. Investigations conducted by State Patrolman Gilbert A. Wollenburg have caused him to believe the machine was stolen in Washington several hours be- fore the fatal accident. Combs, who was being held for further investiga- tion, had told several conflicting stories, police say, and has furnished no clues ‘x‘?netge identity of the man who was TWO STORES BURNED IN STAUNTON BLAZE Whole Business District Alarmed by Fire—Ammunition in One Fails to Explode. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va. September 15— Fire, discovered shortly after midnight Saturday, ruined the stock in two stores here on Main street and threw a scare t."ll'x"',‘oe the' whole business district for a The blaze started in the Sragovits department store and spread rapidly to the J. P. Ast hardware establishment next door. Added alarm was felt when the fire reached the latter establish~ ment because of the ammunition stored there which might cause explosions, and local firemen worked desperately until the blaze was brought under control. TRAfFIC OFFICER NAMED Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., September 15— Carroll 8. Hutchison, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dorman Hutchison of Lenah, this county, has been appointed State traffic officer for Loudoun County to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Officer Thomas A. Bell, which occurred August 18 at the Loudoun County Hos- pital, Leesburg, as & result of an acci- dent in which Mr. Bell received a crushed foot and other injuries.