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. the same time permit the continued in- METHODISTS OPEN GONFERENCE WITH CHURCH UNITY PLEA Rev. Haskell R. Deal Acts as Host for Gathering Be- ing Held Here. SPEECH OF BISHOP IS INITIAL EVENT Board of Christian Education Made by Merging of Three For- mer Groupings. A plea for Christian unity and con- tinued co-operation in the church by Presiding Bishop William B. Beau- champ, marked the formal opening of the 146th annual convention of the Baltimore Conference of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church South, in the Mount Vernon Church today. In the absence of Rev. W. T. Lam- beth, pastor of Mount Vernon Church, Rev. Haskell R. Deal, assistant pastor, acted as host. Beauchamp opened the session with his speech. “It is not expected every one should think alike,” he said. “We must allow one to have his own opinions. Yet at the same time we must have confi- dence and trust in one another, and - harmony of spirit.” % Boards which are to serve for “four years were named, and reports of the; eight districts in the conference given. A new board of education, in accord- ance with an order of the general con- ference in Dallas last May, was named | and immediately convened. It is union of three former boards—Sunday School, Epworth League and Education —and will have general supervision of church education. Fellowing is the personnel of the new Dr. J. H. Wells of Baltimore, Rev. G. H. Fielding of Clarendon, Rev. C. De 4 Sydens W. A. Shelton of Atlanta, Bev. § for ihe conference executives from mavu'b\?l’m(erencedhmmm : By Rey. Dr. E. V. made as f Regester, dria; Rev. T. J. Lam- ‘bert, Baltimore; Rev. G. W. Richardson, ; Rev. C. M. }t{.:nel'. Washington, and’ Rev. Dr. E. L Woolfe, Winchester. HEARING ON CODE ASKED BY BUILDERS Installation of Multiple Refrig- eration Held Virtually Prohibited. ‘The Operative Builders’ Association | today petitioned the District Commis- sioners for & public hearing to discuss and if possible eliminate “practical difficulties” in the code regulating the installation of mechanical refrigeration machinery, 1y as they affect muitiple Pointing out that the code has vir- hu.ll'.{ prohibited the installation of multiple systems since it became effec- tive July 1, Rufus S. Lusk, executive secretary of the association, wrote that the multiple system is cheap to operate and particularly popular with the builders, “The greatly increased cost and {muul difficulties of complying with he code as written,” the petition said, “prevents the installation of the mul- iple type of refrigeration. While some builders prefer unit installation of re- frigeration, the majority of builders and owners prefer and have found in prac- tice that the multiple system is very satisfactory and that they wish to con- tinue it.” The petition cited as an example of the “practical difficulties” of the code a requirement that “every evaporating unit or part in contract with the re- frigerant be sufficiently rugged to turn the end of an ice pick,” While this pro- vision, the letter pointed out, was in- tended to prevent accidental punctures and gas leaks, it is impractical and al- most impossible to comply with, because of the cost. Most of the refrigerating machinery installed in the District since July I, was installed in conflict with this regu- lation, the association held. pose of drafting a set of regulations “which will provide ample safety and at stallation of muitiple systems.” WOMAN SUES. MOFFATT, IN JAIL, FOR $20,382 Conversion of Securities and Cash to Own Use Charged by M. Maude Douglas. M. Maude Douglas of the Clifton ‘Terrace Apartments filed suit in the District Supreme Court today against Willlam Lee Moffatt for $20,382.77. +| COMMITTEE FORMS -| Building and Ownership May The hearing was asked for the pur- | D The boys are, back row, left to righ Ed Burke, and, front row, left to right: @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930. THEY’RE FI NST THE FIELD These young men are the only male students at Wilson Teachers’ Colle'e‘l where the enroliment already has reached 204 this year, and where, for the first time, District students may receive a bachelor of science degree at public expense. t: Joe Rodbord, John Riecks, a sopho- more who, as a freshman last year, was the only man student in the school, and Norman Gill and Bert Cohen. —Star Staff Photo. PRESIDENT'S HOME Plans for Conference on Run Several Months. ‘The members of the committee ap- peinted by President Hoover to plan for a President’s conference on home building and home ownership, follow- ing their initial meeting with President Hoover at the White House yesterday, completed their orgsnieation and ad- Journed, pending the conference itself. - It -is thought- doubtfyl if the plans. for the President’s conference on home building and home ownership will be completed for several months. In the meantime, however, there are some| emergency questions arising from the g:!unt financial depression which will| considered by the Planning Commit- tee, with a view to aiding home build- ing, in advance of the calling of the conference “itself, and these will be worked out in correspondence. Distinguished List Present. ‘The members of the Planning Com- mittee present were Secretary of Com- merce Lamont, joint chairman; John M. Gries, Commerce Department, ex- ecutive secretary; Harland Bartholo- | mew, president National Conference on City Planning, St. Louis; Mrs. B, F. Langworthy, ~National Congress of Parents and Teachers, Sacramento, Calif.; Willlam M. Calder, former New York Senator; Frederic A. Delano, American Civic Association, New York. Frederick H. Ecker, Assoclation of Life Insurance Presidents, New York; Prederick M. Feiker, Associated Busi- | ness Papers, New York; James Ford, Better Homes in America, Cambridge, | Mass.; William F. Chew, National As-| sociation of Building Exchanges, San | Francisco; Mrs. Lilllan Gilbreth, Mont- | clair, N. J. John P. Frey, American Federation | of Labor, Washington; A. E. Horst, Assoclated General Contractors of America, Philadelphia; Mrs. W. F. Lake, Hot Springs, Ark.; Gertrude Lane, ‘Woman's Home Companion, New York; Mrs. Willlam B. Meloney, New York Herald-Tribune; R. Hoiltby Myers, United States League of Building and Loan Associations, San Francisco. William Stanley Parker, American | Institute of Architects, Boston; Lecnard | P. Reaume, National Association of Real Estate Boards, Detroit; A. C. Rob- inson, Pittsburgh Savings Bank Div sion, American Bankers’ Association; Loring A. Schuler, Ladies’ Home Journal, Philadelphia; Mrs. John F. Sippel, General Federation of Women's Clubs, Baltimore; Louise Stanley, Bu- | reau of Home Economics, Depariment | of Agriculture. | French Strother, one of President Hoover's secretaries; Frances L. Swain, | American Home Economics Associa- | tion, Chicago; Thomas B. Symons, Na- tional Grange, College Park, Md.; Sam H. Thompson, American Farm Bu- reau Federation, Chicago, and James | 8. Taylor, Commerce Department. { The following have accepted mem- bership on the committee, but were un- | avoidably absent from the first meet- | g: Secretary Wilbur, joint chairman; Edgar Rickard, New York:; Alexander | M. Bing, Radburn, N. J.; Mrs. Henry | Ford, Women’s Farm and Garden As- sociation, Dearborn, Mich., and John W. O’Leary, Chicago. |SEE WARM SPELL BREAK BY SUNDAY ‘The Weather Bureau looks forward to & break in the current warm spell over the week end, thanks to a lesser storm which is breezing eastward from Kansas. Such a respite would terminate three Moffatt, is now serving a five-year term in the District jail on an embezziement e. The plaintiff, through Attorney George O, Bhinn, says she turned over to Moffatt various securities and cash to invest for her, and that he con- verted the money to his own use, it POPE SEES PUBLISHER Pius yeste: recelve mmmnd'dm American 5 pub- lisher. The blisher was introduced Andreoli of the itore Columbus, who told the |u weeks of temperatures in the decidedly uncomfortable 80s at a time when Fall should be just around the corner. ‘The immediate outlook, however, con- tinues warm. “Partly cloudy,” the fore- cast read, “tonight and tomorrow with robable showers tomorrow night and ittle change in temperature.” The disturbance, in which Washing- ton has more than a passing interest, developed, the bulletin said, over the Southern Rocky Mountain region, and moved N t. Showers resulted in the last 2¢ hours in the Lake region, the Ohio and Mis- sissippl Valleys and ions of the North and Middle Atlantic States. Despite the storm the weather is still nseasonab) the Missis- VICTIM OF CRASH MAY BE EXHUMED Body Buried as That of Rob- ert E. Marcey Puzzles Mary- land and U. S. Officials. Several agencies continued their efforts today to identify the body of a lman buried in Arlington Cemetery Friday as Robert E. Marcey, 32-year-old war veteran of Lyonhurst, Va. ‘The War ent was ready to exhume the body late today to get nnmmu. Meanwhile Maryland aut ties were requested to examine g:pen found on ‘the dead man after was killed in an automobile crash near Bradshaw, Md., September 14. Marcey's sister, Mrs. O. C. Walker, and five brothers, who had identified the body as Mareey's, were astonished Tuesday to learn their brother was alive and well. On hearing that his family had attended the funeral and were mourning him as dead Marcey re- turned home in the flesh and there was & joyous reunion. The veteran had gone to Baltimore to seek work several weeks ago. If the man buried was in the service at any time, War Department officials expect to identify him at once from the fingerprint records in their files here. Failing in that, the department plans to run down any clues in the dead man’s meafr effects. He had been n::ked up by & motorist near Wash- gton and taken to Bradshaw, near Baltimore, when the automobile went out of control and hit a telephone pole. ‘The motorist himself knew his com- panion only as “Bob,” and the latter’s papers shed little light on his identity. There was a pawn ticket for a suitcase, supposedly left in Washington; a realty deed partially filled out, and a post card addressed to & man in North Carolina. James H. Burton, the acting coroner of Baltimore County, who conducted the inquest over the auto victim, said this morning he would consult the State's attorney, Courtenay Jenifer, to see what further action should be taken now in the mix-up. RANDLE HIGHLANDS HEADS NOMINATED! Citizens Discuss Improvements, Particularly Governmental Park Projects. The nomination of officers for the coming year featured the initial Fall meeting of the Randle Highlands Citi- zens’ Assoclation at the Orr School. The officers are: John W. Gibson, president; S. T. Snyder, vice president; Mrs. Eleanor Lynham, secretary; John Hohm, financial secretary, and Glavin A. Freyman, treasurer. Charles A. Barker and William G. Gath were pro- posed as delegates to the Federation of Citizens Associations. Nomination of officers was followed by a general discussion of proposed or as- sured future improvements in the com- munity, particularly the govenmental park projects In the Anacostia flats section. The meeting was concluded by a varied musical program an da farcical skit, “The Old Maid,” arranged by as- soclation ' members. Milton Collins, president, presided. REGISTRATION OPENS FOR 2 A. U. SCHOOLS Graduate and Political Sciences Branches Foresee Enroll- ment Gain. Registration for the Fall term of the Graduate School and the School of the Political Sciences of American Univer- al:;, l'L“}lWl-lflo'l z‘ street, opened to- ) pros) , according to Dr. Walter M. W. Splawn, dean 3’ the two 10 SPEED ACTION schools, that last year's enrollment will be_exceeded. Several new members of the faculty have been added tbis year, and the scope of the curriculum has been le much broader than last year. Dr. Splawn and members of the Xmulz were in their offices at the two school today conferring with new students and mapping out schedules. The first lectures will be given next Tuesday. Virtually all of courses these two are in the early morn and evening, in order to ac- te persons who wish to work al in | in their educational with busi- | ties and BURKINSHAW PLANS INF. H. SMITH CASE Assistant U. S. Attorney to Argue Pleas in Abatement Tomorrow. WITNESSES CALLED TO APPEAR OCTOBER 8 Court Orders Disposal to Allow Trial to Open on Date Set. Defense May Seek Delay. Neil Burkinshaw, assistant United States attorney, arranged today to argue before Justice Jesse C. Adkins tomor- row, the pleas in abatement against| indictments returned by the grand jury in the F. Smith Co. case. Burkinshaw said that he was anxious to clear up all of the pending pleas in the case before' October 8, pointing out that subpoenas already have been is- sued for witnesses to appear in court on that day for the trial of the in- dictment! which charges four officials of the company with a conspiracy to embezzle money from the firm and to burn certain records in an endeavor to_cover up the alleged embezzlement. It was understood that attorneys for the defendants are not fully prepared at this time to proceed with the hear- ing of the pleas, but Burkinshaw said he had received definite instructions from the court to dispose of these mat- ters at once. Harry S. Barger, local attorney, filed his appearance as counsel for Samuel J. Henry with the clerk of the Criminal Court today. Henry, former president of the Smith Co, and one of the de- fendants named in the conspiracy in- dictment, had been represented by the firm of Lambert & Yeatman. This firm has also represented the Smith Co. in civil litigation and has been retained as counsel by the other defendants, G. Bryan Pitts,- C. Elbert Anadale and | John H. Edwards, jr. No comment was' forthcoming from Henry or the attorneys involved as to the change. SUES FOR $25,000, Philip M. Jullien Charges Amount Due for Services. Suit for $25,000 was filed against the F. H. Smith Co. in the District Su- preme Court today by Philip M. Jullien, who says the money is due him for professional services rendered the com- pany. Jullis through Attorney James T. Crouch, " tells the court that on Janu- ary 23, 1930, the company owed him approximately $25,000. On that date, he alleges, the officers of the company entered into an agreement in writing to settle his claim for that sum. He says that he has been unable to collect the money. REPORTS $1,100 LOSS IN AUTO HOLD-UP D. C. Man Tells Police Bandits Leaped Into His Car and Drew Revolvers. \ A report of a $1,100 hold-up made to police of the twelfth precinct last night by George D. Deigen, 30-year-old gaso- line distributor, of 430 Irving street, was being investigated today by operatives of ‘the Detective Bure Deigen told police he was driving his | machine along Michigan avenue be- tween Pirst and North Capitol streets | when three men in another car drew alongside and forced him to the curb. They were unmasked, the man reported. ‘Two of the men, Deigen said, then drew pistols, leaped into his machiue and commanded him to drive to Bunker Hill road and Eighteenth street northeast, where they took the $1,100 in.savings which his wife had with- drawn from their bank account yester- day to purchase stock from a friend. The robbers then made their getaway in their own machine, which the third member of the hold-up trio had driven to the scene of the robbery. Deigen went to No. 12 station to make the theft report. ‘The gasoline distributor told officers that $1,000 of the money was insured. He said he could not furnish the license number of the bandit auto and that he was 50 badly frightened that he did not think he could identify the men. Officers investigating the case ques- tioned a man whose car had been park- ed near the scene of the reported hold- up at the time reported. He asserted he had seen no cars in the vicinity, NEW PARKER-BRIDGET| ESTABLISHMENT OPEN President Low Says Policy of 41 Years Will Be Continued in New Location. A new clothing store with 24,000 feet or floor space was opened today in the 1l-story Washington Building, at Fifteenth street and New York avenue, by the Parker-Bridget Co. With the opening belief that the Parker-Bridget Co. was keeping pace with Washington's progress and locational trend was ex- pressed by Frank M. Low, president. He predicted the store would “prove s very definite convenience to our North- w:é patrons and fill a real and growing ‘The new store was sald to be egqual to the finer establishments of the country in equipment and appointments. It is departmentized as was the store of the same company at Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue. The Avenue stors was cle permanently September 5. Mr. Low said the new store would not be an ‘“exclusive” shop the “sense the expression is commonly em- ployed. Ours will be a quality shop, in that we shall handle merchandise and offer a service of quality—but moderate prices will prevail in the new Parker- Bridget store the same as in There will be no departure from our policy of 41 years' standing. We shall carry the best apparel obtainable in both domestic and foreign markets— but it will be pricea according to the markets.” ‘The lease of the new store will run for 21 years. The company opened a branch store at 3113 Fourteenth street ‘The branch affords. service to be had in the main . | Columbia. General News Starting a class on the way to becoming full morning took this group to Dupont Circle for a I ols, Edward Tyree, Harle Grover, Colin Ritter, tius Geraci and Morton Walker. -fledged members of a school patrol, Patrolman Arthur S. Miskell this lesson. With the officer are Charles Nexon, Leroy Gerlach, Daniel Nich- Walter Gray, Robert Vining, Stewart Labat, Capt. Ed Alexander, Lieut. Igna- —Star Staff Photo. BIG FUTURE SEEN FOR SMALL LOANS W. Frank Persons Tells Per-| sonal Finance Session of $500,000,000 Business. Declaring that the personal finance | business in small loans had increased | to an estimated annual aggregate in excess of $500,000,000, W. Frank Per- | sons, executive vice president, in charge | of national headquarters of the Amer- | ican Association of Personal Finance | Companies, in address delivered be- | fore the sixteenth annual convention of the organization at the United States Chamber of Commerce today predicted a “brilliant future” for the enterprise. “Notwithstanding the discourage- ments which have affected our people during the present dislocation of busi- ness,” he said, “there is much ground | for substantial faith in our business future. I do not mean that we are, likely to witness again in the near future an era of mad bullish speculation, with its inevitable reactions. I do look forward to a steady, wholesome and substantial rise in the business barom- eter over a period, not yet to be precisely determined, but which will inevitably | bring us to new high levels of produc- tion and consumption.” Wise Borrowing Limit. Warning that there is a certain “marginal field” into which the personal finance companies should not enter, Frank J. Bruno, director of social work in Washington University at St. Louis, declared that “to borrow when there is | reasonable likelihood of repayment is an | economic advantage and often a m)chlf benefit to the borrower, but to borrow | when there is only small probability of | capacity to repay the loan, is as unwise | for the borrower as it is unfortundte and unprofitable for the lender. Social agencies and personal finance com- panies,” he said, “should therefore join forces in broadcasting the lack of wis- dom in attempting to borrow when the chance of reimbursement is slight.” Reginald Heber Smith, attorney of Boston, in relating the experience of personal finance companies in Massa- chusetts, and the legislative situation there, urged an educational program which would place before the public the services rendered by such companies. Other speakers on the program today included: Evans Clark, director the Twentieth Century Fund, Inc.; Wilford 1. King, secretary of the American Sta- tistical Assoclation; Rolf Nugent, assistant director of the Department of Remedial Loans, Russell Sage Founda- tion; Arthur H. Ham, vice president of the Provident Loan Society, New York City; Claude E. Clarke, president of the National Association of Legal Ald Socleties, and Pearce H. E. Aul, manager of the financial department, National | Better Business Bureau. | Merle Thorpe, editor of the Nation's Business, will be the principal speaker at the annual banquet tonight, and Dé Wolf Hopper, the comedian, will entertain. B. R. T. Indorsement Given. At last night's session, A. W. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Rail- road Trainmen, indorsed the State supervised personal finance business, and declared his organization favored legislation which would afford relief from extortionate money-lending. Lena M. Phillips, New York attorney, and president of the International Fed- eration of Business and Professional Women; Dr. Frank Parker, of the ‘Wharton School of Finance of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvani Charles R. Parker, supervisor of industrial loans, Department of Banking, Indiana, and L. C. Harbison, who presided, were other speakers, ‘The conference will close with a busi- ness meeting tomorrow afternoon. D. C. SCOUT COUNCIL RATED AS “STANDARD” Honor Won by Only Six of Sixty Units to Be Awarded at Atlantic City. ‘The District of Columbia Boy Scout Council has been rated as a “standard” couneil, an honor given to only six‘of 60 councils in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of ‘The standard rating ribbon, em- blematic of outstanding growth and progress in all-around scouting effective- ness, will be presented by Was| n representatives at the regional meeting in Atlantic City. George E. Hamilton, is president of the council, Linn C. Drake, the Scout executive. The vice presidents are Samuel 3 Kauffmann, e X Julius Garfinckel and Paul Bartsch: Barry Mohun and George Hewitt Myers, commissioner and treasurer, respectively. n, | Depa) JUNIOR LEAGUE TO KEEP HEADQUARTERS OPEN Progress Reported in Social Service Department of: Children’s Hospital. Following its first board meeting of the season last night, the Junior League of Washington announced that its offices at 1529 Connecticut avenue would be open the remainder of the year. It was announced alto that the social service department of Children’s Hospital, which received the co- operation of the league last year, is en- joying good progress, It was tenta- tively stated that the league will hold a mass meeting early in October. TEXT BOOK GROUP NAMED IN SCHOOLS Committees to Consider New Works to Be Adopted for District Pupils. ‘The public school text book commit- tees, created to study the volumes used in all classes by District pupils with a view of recommending the possible elmination of some works in favor of later texts, were named by Dr. Frank ‘W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, today. Instructed to prepare their recom- mendations for book changes by De- cember 15, the Book Committees, ac- cording to type of schools, follow: Elementary schools — Henry W. Draper, Hyde School, chairman; J. P. Gillem, ~ Briggs-Montgomery School; Miss Rose Lees Hardy, Franklin Admin- istration Building; Miss Mineola Kirl land, Berret Administration Buildin Miss F. S. Lyddane, Curtis School; Mrs. W. C. Mayer, Miner Teachers’ College; W. B. Patterson, Franklin Administra- tion Building; Mrs. Florence Rogers, Ludlow School; Miss M. E. Shorter, Mott School, and Miss H. E. Steele, Barnard School. Junior High Schools—Charles Hart, Eastern High School, chairman; Miss Bertha Lucas, Stuart Junior School; Miss Lula M. McIntosh, Hine Junior High School; Mrs. M. H. Plum- mer, Francis Junior High School, and Miss Caroline E. Toner, Macfarland Junior High School. Senior High Schools—Charles Hart, Eastern High School, chairman; Dr. N. F. Brown, Dunbar High School; Miss E. C. Harris, Armstrong High School; Mrs. D. A. Huff, Business High School, and G. J. Jones, Central High School. Teachers' Colleges—Miss Anna D. Halberg, chairman, and Miss Cornelia Whitney of Wilson College, and E. A. Clark and Miss M. E. Thomas, Miner ‘Teachers' College. . In announcing these groups, Dr. Bal- iou pointed out that a change in a text book renders the replaced book prac- tically valueless and urged that no change be made without careful and intelligent study. Books once adopted | are used for three years, he added. FINGERPRINTS MAY AID IN BURGLARY SOLUTION $130 in Cash and $40 Wrist Watch Stolen From Apartment on Second Street. Imprints of the fingers of an in- | truder who was in the apartment of Murray W. Gould, third floor of 208 Second street northeast, yesterday, may solve the burglary. Entrance was gained by jimmying the door, Gould told police of the ninth precinct, and $130 in cash and a wrist watch valued at $40 stolen. Taylor McCauley, 2018 Evarts street northeast, told police of the loss of a hindbl‘ valued at $50 taken from his car parked at Fifteenth and F streets last night. LhA jimmy thief was in evidence in e aj first floor of 1826 Thirteenth street, yesterday. Wearing apparel valued at $40 was stolen. o AIRMAIL CONTRACT LET Pan-American Line to Link Dutch Guiana and Santos, Brazil. Contract for carrying mail by air from Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, to Santos, Brazil, a distance of m:mnmuly 3. 275 miles, was awa yesterday by Postmaster General Brown to the Pan- American Airways, Inc., of New York. ‘When pu: ln’?enuon. the Post Office said, wAll virtdally s d that continent by z urrouns ment of Mrs. Estelle Befry, | the route will tap the | Vi ith America HARLAN SUBMITS TRAFFIC REPORT Certificate of Title Law and Compulsory Recording of Accidents Advised. A certificate of title law, elimination of compulsory jail sentences for third offense speeding, second offense reck- less driving and first offense driving while drunk, compulsory reports of traf- fic accidents, are among the recom- mendations of the annual report of Traffic Director Willlam H. Harland, sflenb to the District Commissioners to- ay. Mr. Harland also recommended that the traffic act be amended so as to give legal sanction to emergency no parking signs used in connection with parades, weddings and funerals, which the courts | now declare are not sanctioned by the \act. D. C. Traffic Deaths Low. ‘Washington continues its leadership In the matter of a low traffic fatality average, according to the report. The figures for the 52-week period ended August 9, which are closely similar to those for the other periods, show Wash- | ington with a fatality rate of 13 per 100,000 population. The other rates shown range from 14.1 for Boston to 30 for Cleveland. Mr. Harland states that the number of accidents increased, but offers no comparative figures, , During the fiscal year 24584 new drivers secured permits and 77,801 drivers renewed the permits issued them in 1927. The fees yielded the District $309.317, which included the price of duplicates. During the year 1,339 per- mits were suspended or revoked, the leading cause being bad records. Of these 792 were subsequently restored. Of the 55,161 drivers who applied for examinations for permits 41,204 passed and 13,957 failed. Most of those who failed subsequently took and passed the examination. ‘The year saw the installation of 250 new traffic signals, bringing the num- ber on the streets up to 928. The aver- age speed for which most of them are timed, Mr. Harland reported, was 20 to 22 miles per hour, which is faster than in most other cities. Arrangements are being made, he re- ported, to purchase a new flexible mas- ter timer and individual timers for use on Rhode Island avenue with the idea that if the installation is satisfactory it will be tried out on other streets. The idea of this is to prevent much of the stog:lnl that now occurs and to secure a better flow of traffic. MRS. ELLEN KEATING, NEARLY 93, EXPIRES Resident of Washington 25 Years Was Native of Ireland and Is Sur- vided by Many Descendants. Mrs. Ellen Keating( a resident of ‘Washington for 25 years, died yester- day afternoon at the home of her daughter, 3032 N street northwest, as she approached her ninety-third birth- d‘{ax‘nmwmw' 's. Keating was born November 11, 1837, a native of Ireland. She first made her home in this country in the upper part of New York State, ! Despite her advanced age, Mrs. | Keating remained active and alert to the end and retained a keen interest in current topics of the day. Mrs. Keating is survived by two sons, G. W. Keating of Chicago and D. J. Keating of Detroit; five daugh- ters, ‘Miss Mary F. Keating, Mrs. H./ Robinson, Miss N. Z. Keating, Mrs. Charles Renner and Miss Allarose Keating. She also is survived by 16 grandchildren and five great-grand- hildren. Mrs. Keating was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Georgetown, and the funeral mass will be said there at 9:15 o'clock Saturday morning. FLYING FIELD REPAIR CONTRACT AWARDED E. P. Lindsay of Portsmouth Is Given $38,833 Bid for Improve- ment of Hampton Roads Airport. 250 Trale Signale:Addod. | Daniel Ross, 21, Is Most Seriously PAGE B—1 CITY HEADS AID UTILITIES BODY IN TAXICAB CONTROL Police Regulation Adopted to Force All Machines to Carry Name of Company. MOVE IS INDICATION OF NEW LINE OF ACTION Commissioners' Decision Makes Rule More Effective Than if Civil Action Is Taken. The District Cogpmissioners, it was learned today, have come to the aid of the Public Utilities Commission in its effort to force taxicab drivers to com- ply with regulations laid down for their operation and control. The first move of the Commissioners was the adoption of a police regulation requiring taxicabs to carry on the side of the vehicles the name of the operating company—a regulation which the Util- itles Commission could put into effect under its own constituted authority, but Which it feels will be far more effective as a police regulation. Held Far-Reaching. The action of the Commissioners was disclosed in a legal notice published in a Washington newspaper. It is re- garded as of far-reaching importance and indicates, it was sald, a new course of action by the commission in its fight to control the operations of defiant taxicab owners, The reason for the inclusion of the order requiring names to be carried on the taxicabs in the police regulations, it was pointed out, is that violators can be prosecuted in Police Court and fined from $1 to $40 for each offense. Could Be Fined $200. Violation of an order of the com- mission, it was explained, would neces- sitate civil action. The taxi operator found guilty could be fined $200 a day for each day the order is violated. Confident that a majority of Wash- ington's taxi operators could not pay a $200 fine and that it would be virtually useless to proceed against them since they have little or no equity in the ve- hicles they drive, the commission, it was pointed aut, felt that by forcing vio- lators into Police Court and imposing on them fines ranging from $1 to $40 until they obeyed a regulation, the re- sult would be more effective than at- tempting to punish them by civil action. Side Lettering Required. ‘The new police regulation requires placing on the side of the vehicle the name of the operating company in let- ters of a prescribed size. In cases where no trade name exists, the name of the individ owning or operating the cab must be printed on the side of the vehicle. The regulation requires the letters to be not less than 2 inches high, with a stroke width of not less than % of an inch. The order also requires the vehicles to carry on each side and on the rear in numerals not lass than 2 inches high and with a stroke width of not less than one-half an inch a number which will serve to distinguish them from other vehicles operated by the same company or indivdual. Operators of the independent 35-cent flat rate cabs, it was said, will be pri- marily affected by the new regulation, since many of them merely use a small card on the windshield indicating that it is a pubile vehicle. When the eard is removed the only method of distin- guishing these vehicles from vrivate cars is the identification tag which bears the letter “H,” indicating that is is a public hack. {FOUR ARE INJURED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES Hurt When Truck Runs Into Wall. Four persons were reported injured in traffic accjdents last night, in which the most seriously hurt was Daniel Ross, 21 years old, of 4234 Delaware avenue northeast, who suffered possible fractures of both legs when a truck on which he was riding backed into a stone wall at the Benning Power Plant. Ross, an employe of the Lake Stone Co., was reported to have been riding on the rear of a truck with his legs hanging over the gate when the ve- hicle suddenly backed into the wall. He was taken to Casualty Hosplatl. Elmer Cummings, 51 years old, of 202 Sixteenth street southeast, was knocked down last night at Seventh and H streets by a machine driven by Mrs. Elma E, Frere, 25 years old, of 300 Fourteenth street southwest. Cum- mings was treated at Emergency Hos- pital for slight bruises, while Mrs. Frere was arrested on a charge of oper- ating a car with bad brakes. She was released on $25 collateral. A collision between a motor cycle and an automobile on Key Bridge last night sent the operator of the motor cycle, James L. Tester, 22 years old, of 1129 Sixth street southwest, to George- town University Hospital with minor bruises and lacerations. ‘Tester, according to police, lost con- trol of his motor cycle when it skidded on a car track. It collided with an automobile operated by Penn A. Witt, 32 years old, of 4460 Columbia road. - Stepping from the' curbstone, accord= ing to a police report, into the path of an approaching machine, Mrs. Geana D. Gibbs, 42 years old, of 1824 H street, suffered slight sprains and bruises, at Nineteenth and G streets. The cer was operated, police say, by Charles 8. Du~ laney of 1831 Kalorama road. Mrs, Gibbs was given treatment at Emer- gency Hospital and sent home. WRC WILL BROADCAST SHARKEY-CAMPOLO BOUT R. C. A. Hour Is Canceled to Give Details of Fight Starting at ® 0°Clock. The National Broadcasting Co. an- nounced this afternoon that WRC would be added to.the network of sta~ tions to broadcast tonight the blow: blow description of the polo fight, direct from the ringside, in The Navy Department yesterday awarded E. P. Lindsay of Portsmouth, a $38,833 contract for improvement work to be done on thevflying fleld at the Naval Operating Base at Hampton the Yankee Stadium. Graham Mc- Namee will be at microphone. ‘The fight is: sch to start at 9 o'clock, time. the regularly scheduled R. on WRC's program has been