Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1930, Page 4

WASHINGTON BOY DIES IN AGCIDENT Automobile Reported to Have Turned Over After Crash in New Jersey. Prederick Milton McBride, 19 years old, son of Mrs. Julia D. Hill of the| Savoy Apartments, this city, died in a | hospital in Vineland, N. J., yesterday from injuries sustained in an automo- bile accident near there Saturday, ac- cording to word received here The funeral services are to be held at 8 H. Hines Co. funeral home, 2901 s¥ourteenth street, Wednesday, it is an- “nounced. Further details of the funeral arrangements are to be completed fol- lowing the arrival of the young man's mother, Mrs. Hill, here this afternoon. lizabeth Robb of the Rocham- artments, an aunt of McBride fand his cousin, Miss Madge DeGrum- mond, also were injured in the accident, i'the Iatter seriously. Miss DeGrummond is said to have sustained a fracture of the jaw, lacerations and_possible in- ternal injuries, while Mrs. Robb suffered “lacerations of the tongue and a pos- sible fracture of the knee. Miss De- | Grummond was on her way to college at Boston The automobile in which the thre® were riding, with McBride driving, is said to have turned over after striking another automobile. L0CAL UNIVERSITY OPENS DOORS TODAY Enrollment Larger Than for Any Previous Year at Ameri- can U, American University opened its scho- lastic year today with registration of students at the College of Liberal Arts. Enrollment will be larger than for #ny previous year in the history of the #chool, according to Dr. Lucius C. Clark, ¢hancellor of the university, and Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the College ©f Liberal Arts. The School of Political Sciences and the Graduate School of the univer- sity will open later, September 25, at the downtown location, 1901-1907 P street The new college dormitory for men, Hamilton House, which was completed during the past Summer, was occupied foday for the first time, ‘'when students Fegistering were assigned to their quar- gers in this building of local stone done English design. It is located on the th side of the college campus. Examination in English for all new udents will be held tomorrow morn- g at 9 o'clock, and an examination French for all new students contin- ing the study of Prench will take place ‘ednesday morning at 9 o'clock. ‘The formal opening exercises of the 8chool year will take place Wednesday Morning at 10:45 in the college chapel, when Judge Hugh M. Tate, new com- issioner of the Interstate Commerce ission, will be the principal These few tent-houses, now Nev., on the brink of the Black Canyon. WILBUR TO START | BOULDER DAM J0B Will Drive Silver Spike in Railroad Tie on Wed- nesday. % By the Assoclated Press LAS VEGAS, Nevada, September 15.— Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, will drive a sliver spik mto‘ a railroad tle on the desert near here | Wednesday to signalize berinning eof censtruction work on the largest dam | in the werld—the $165000,000 Boulder Dam froject. The department esti- it years will be required to coniplete the job. The project is designed to save the Imperial Valley of California from the devastating floods of the Colorado River, to conserve the water supply for Bouthern California cities, to de- velop a million horsepower of cheap nydroelectric power for the Southwest and to provide for irrigation of vast acreages. Arizona to Remain Aloof. Special trains from East and West will bring dignitaries from several Western States, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming join- ing with Nevada in the celedration. Of the seven Western States in the Colorado River Basin only Arizona will be without representation, that State, upon whose border one of the abut- ments of the great dam will rest, con- tinuing its opposition to the project as provided in the Swing-Johnson bill. The first step in construction work | will be the construction of a 22-mile branch line of the Union Pacific Rail- road. This will start from a point 7 miles southwest of here, where the silver spike will be driven, to Summit, & point in the hills near the dam site Prom Summit 7.17 miles of railroad | will be built and operated by the Gov- | ernment to the dam site. The 22-mile | line will be completed in six months. | It will cost some $900,000 and the 7.17- | mile Government line, through the aker. The exercises will be preceded academic procession in caps and wns. ¥ The psychological examinations for udents will take place Saturday morn- 8. NAVY OFFICER FOUND © SLAIN ON CRUISER Son of Admiral Phelps Thought te { Have Committed Suicide—Sur- vived by Widow. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 15.—Lient. ‘Woodward Phelps of the United States Navy, eldest son of Rear Admiral Wil- lam Woodward Phelps, was found dead Iast night aboard the U. 8. 8. North- hampton, in dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with a bullet wound in his temple. Lieut. Phelp's father has been com- mandant_of the United States Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N. H., since 1928 He was formerly chief of staff of the Naval War College, member of the | Nevy's General Board and commander of the fieet base force Capt. Vernon of the crusier said no reason was known why the young officer should have committed suicide, and de- clined to call the death a suicide until an official report was made, but the fleutenant was believed to have shot himself. Lieut. w=elps was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1924, He was 29 and was married to a young Maryland woman, whose maiden name officers of the Northampton did not recall. MOHRdw WILL LEAVE MEXICO CITY THIS WEEK Clark, Who Will Join Him in Cap- ital Next Month, May Be cessor in Post. Suc- Dwight W. Morrow, United States | Ambassador to Mexico, is expected to close up his office at the Mexican cap- ital this week and arrive in this city early in October, to make his final re- port to President Hoover, According to his announced plans, he | will leave Mexico City Wednesday and roceed by way of Nogales and Mazat- an to Dawson, N. Mex., where he will spend several days in fishing and hunt- ing before comin his city J. Reuben Clark, former Undersec- retary of State, who has been Ambas- sador Morrow’s personal unofficial ad- viser for several months past, also will leave Mexico City this week and make | & short visit to his home at Salt Lake City before joining Mr. Morrow here early next month. Judge Clark has been mentioned as the probable succes- sor to Ambassador Morrow at Mexico | City and that the two will be in Wash- | ington at the same time may have more than ordinary significance. rocky hills to the dam site, will cost $1,600,000. Las Vegas to Celebrate. Las Vegas is making ready for the greatest, celebration in its history, this | being_the fown nearest the dam site and headquarters of the Government | engineers in charge of the project. The dedication ceremonies out in the desert will be brief, but additional observance of the event will be held here in the evening under auspices of the Las Vegas Citizens’ Committee, and the metropolitan water district of Southern California, comprising repre- | sentatives of the communities which | will share in domestic water from the dam. Gov. Fred B. Balzar of Nevada will | present the silver spike to Carl R.| Gray, president of* the Union Pacific. Gray will give it to Secretary Wilbur, who thus will become the first work- | man on the project. United States | Senator Key Pitman of Nevada will | respond to the speech of Secretary Wil- | bur at the spike driving. { F 1 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1930. THE BEGINNING OF A CITY eltering 35 surveyors, are located on the site of the-unnamed ¢ large enough to house the thousands of men who will work on the Boulder Canyon Dam, huge Colorado River flood con- trol and hydroelectric project undertaken by the United States Government. ¢ which soon will grow The unnamed city is located near Las Vegas, ~—A. P. Photo. TRAFFC DEATHS ARE. UNCHANGED Number of Accidents in D. C. Increases, Bureau Report Today Shows. Although the number of traffic acci- | dents Jast month showed a very large | increase ove® the number occurring in August a year ago, there was no in- | crease in resulting fatalities, the monthly report of the Traffic Bureau, compiled | today, shows. There were six deaths in each month. In August, 1929, there were 450 accidents, but in August, 1930, this figure had increased to 657. Police made 2,940 arrests during the | past month for violations of various| traffic regulations. Among them were 29 for driving while drunk, 310 for speeding, 111 for reckless driving and 34_for colliding and failing to stop. Parking overtime had 367 arrests and miscellaneous parking regulations, 307. Other offenses for which arrests were made included disobeying official signs, | 193; no permit, 189; no registration | card, 99, and violating light regulations, | 365. There was one arrest for carry- | ing & passenger on the running board | and one for driving over a fire hose. | JANITOR IS INDICTED | IN BUDD KIDNAPING Stockings Found Among His Ef- fects Are Tdentified as Ones Girl Wore. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, September 15.—Charles Edward Pope, elderly janitor, was in- dicted today on & charge of having kidnapped 11-year-old Grace Budd two years ago. Evidence against Pope includes stock- ings found among his effects and identi- fied by Mrs. Delia Budd, mother of the missing girl, as those worn by Grace at the time she disappeared. Mrs. Budd and Pope's estranged wife were among the witnesses who testified before the grand jury Merger of the largest dairies in Van- couver, British Columbia. has given the | combination control of 94 per cent of the city's milk supply. | - | The Susquehanna 1430 W Street N.W. 3 Rooms, Kitchen and Bath, $40 AMERICA Y NE/ST LAUNDRY WOMAN HURT IN CRASH [ Mrs. B. H. Clark { Hospital After Accident. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 15.— Mrs. H. H. Clark of 325 Clifford avenue, this city, was injured late Saturday | night when thrown from the automobile | driven by her husband when it collided | with a large bus near Woodbridge, Va., 20 miles south of this city on the Rich- mond Highway. She was brought to the Alexandria Hospital for treatment. X-Ray pictures will be taken today to determine whether the injured wom- an has a broken collarbone. In addi- tion ®he received cuts on the head and | face. 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