Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1930, Page 17

POLE CAPTANCY *FOR EMERSON IS LD BY CHER S ington News Lieut. Kelly Is Promoted and| | Made Assistant to Detec- } tive Head. EW APPOINTEE WILL FILL POST OF DOYLE Other Transfers and Changes in Personnel of District 0f- ficers Announced. The District Commissioners today ap- | proved a recommendation of Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, pro- orary rank and oy ey T ives, place vacan Emerson’s promotion. tective Sergt. Clement P. Cox was made a lieutenant. Precinct Detective Dennis J. Mlm, thirteenth precinct, was made a N quarters detective. Private Elmer. P. , & member of Inspector Bean's liquor squad, was made & precinct de- tective. Promoted on Birthday. ‘Emerson’s promotion came on his sixty-third birthday, although it is not effective until tomorrow mofi‘. He SERGT DENNIS MURPHY. mhuheenfl police force since August 21, 1 ‘was made a sergeant in 1906, = in 1919, and has had his gn‘ rank and assignment since Kelley was born December 9, 1883, October 3, fore completed 24 tried, 8. Shelby, with §§§ gsfii sisgg; i i b E i il gi i 5 E hi gs¥ H RUNAWAY YOUTH FOUND Tired Boy Is Ready to Return Home After Search for Adventure. 1 rear-old iving the name of Ed- ’wfld Ro&“!u‘llnd his address as 472 ‘Washington street, New York City, was tioned by a policeman and Recelving Home. ‘The youth told the policeman he had Jeft home without knowledge or consent of his nts, wan! to see some- thing oruu: world and to obtain em- ployment. He was tired of roaming ‘atmlessly about the country, however, and was more than willing to return home. His parents were advised of his ‘whereabouts. ———e STREET PLAY FORBIDDEN Police Ordered to Keep Children From Violating Law. i : ] HEHE o | | ] i & BIRTH AND DEATH ATES INREASE Health Report for Year Ended June 30 Based on 552,000 - Population. in 1929 as to the f E | g B g : i 2ed gl fgt E? :.; EE! 5 ain igeef £2° H g g § i i it E : 1 £5s igh i il s§§§ 1 P ¥ f ] g . o 5 5‘ i : e = i E g9 E L g ! | : | : & i i ; i % ; | 3 i i a i E ] ¥ i s i g8 ¥ 3 L3 ; g F ¥ L3 signed be possible to examiné every child that enters and whatever, it any, de- fects it may have can early be discov- ered and treatment appiied. “The number of medical and- dental inspectors and nurses has remained the . The four dental clinics which have been operating for several years have done a great more of 1o serve are now ‘Funds be available beginn! £ » e July 1, 1930, for two additional lflcdll:l'.\ inspectors, two nurses, two dental dental operaf two additional dental clinics. The ‘medical and dental service of the public schools, even vith the above additions, continues to be inadequate to meet the ‘The balance of the account of the WA ACTING CAPT. EDWARD J. KELLY. LIEUT. CLEMENT COX. LOUIS BUSH BURIAL SERVICES ARE HELD = “Thirteent Police Officials Still Confident | treueh o, trisnet of Solving Murder of Philanthropist. ‘While the family and friends of Louls ch | Charles attended burial rites for the 60- rear-old mflnln'tkl:; itx;‘hlht ‘Washington et morning, vit- the full S SHINGTON, D. ASK CVIC BODIES T FIGHT CLOSIG LOWER T5THSTREET Board of Trade Opposes Traffic Blocking During U. S. Building Progr_am. TRAFFIC COMMITTEE TO HEAR VIEWS TODAY Survey Shows Heavy Use of Thor- oughfare by Vehicles During Peak Hours. . Aid of the citizens’ associations of the District will' be sought by the Streets and Avenues Committee of the Washington Board of Trade in its fight to induce the government to leave Thirteenth street open below Pennsyl- | vanta avenue in carrying out the Fed- eral buildings program, it was decided by that committee at a luncheon meet- ing at the Racquet Club yesterday. The committee voted that George V. Graham, chairman, write a letter to the various civic bodies requesting that the Thir- teenth street problem be taken up at meetings of the associations. Board of Trade Acts. Another step in the Board of Trade's fight for retention of this through artery will be taken today when Mr. Graham, as chairman of the Streets and Ave- nues Committee, will appear before the District of Columbia Traffic Advisory Committee to present s brief setting forth of the Board of Trade's views. A thorough study and investigation bf the street layout plan for the Fed- eral building program in the triangle development was made by the board. The brief points out that the business section of the city' “to which and through which flaw"'m a geu ‘volume c}t passenger _traffic e largest vol- ume of commercial traffic would be completely blocked off from the larg- est commercial centers in Southwest ‘Washington and Northern ia, which is important because of rapid development of both these ‘Thirteenth street, which it Is proposed to block, the brief states, is one of the key arteries of the city, which has re- | Inf, cently been widened at great cost and is to be widened further north, and has been chosen by the public as the main | 4 downtown, axial thoroughfare, as indi- cated by figures resulting from a traffic count made by the board. Eleventh brief continues, widened at great cost and is the second of the two wide thoroughfares leading to the avenue. Survey Shows Heavy Traffic. “The Washington Board of Trade' made a traffic survey.at the intersec- tions of Pennsylvania avenue and the streets entering the triangle site,” the lef states. “These traffic counts in- ate that 3,109 vehicles passed the in- n of Pennsylvania avenue and ‘Thirteenth street within an hour at the peak period in the evening; 2,724 ve- Hicles passed the intersection at the peak period in the morning. The im nce of Thirteenth street below the avenue is mdh;lmfied 2!,0'1112 fact that in the morn- there are as many Mnf south on Thirteenth street from Pennsylvania avenue as going east or west on the lnnu&.mm would leave & di- congested _areas traffic getting to Rhode Island avenue and Baltimore and Mary- land destinations. If Thirteenth streef 1s blocked at the Avenue traffic will still seek and use this wide thoroughfare, re- Sar Tioe, s siready emmentad i the car e, conges limit and Twelfth street is too narrow 4and cannot be widened north of the Avenue, being only 48 feet. It is our main through, trackless trunk thor- oughfare, draining the center of the Msmm traffic on ‘this adding to it the traffic which stan | snd ¢ome with the 25,000 employes in . ‘The funeral service was held in the | Bush residence, at 3534 Fulton street, with Dr. Abram Simon zflfil&nl. In ‘Were many of those whom had befriended during his ¢hari- here, together with & com- mittee appointed by the board of trus- , Jewish Community Center, of which Bush had been a member. Shot in Scuffie With Robber. “Bush died at Emergency Hospital Wednesday morning of a bullet wgund the abdomen. He had received it while in a dark alley behind his home with a robber, who shot at him four times from close range. Police recovered one of the ‘Imllet.s & nearby wall. The missile likely be valuable should any one be brought to trial for the murder, al- though belleved virtually worthless' in the search for the murderer himself. Four shells from a..32 auto- ‘matic, lmm oft :) m].;x‘- coat and s pression left on an au- m radiator are about the only clues to”the gunman’s identity made ., any or dll of which may be hless. Mr. Bmdh had 1‘;‘:1“ )"lrl.l car in his garage and was alighting from the run- ning board when attacked. He refused to nd over a wallet containing $60 and grappled with the stranger, a white man whom Bush could not more fully lde,n:g{ than to say that he was well g:“‘ and-of & medium height and ‘Two Promising Clues Kept Secret. Police optimism grew out of their possession of two promising clues, the nature of which they decline to reveal. ‘The committee appointed by the Community Center board to attend the funeral consisted of Morris Cafriiz, A. Goldsmith, Harry Viner, Morris Gewirz, Maj. J. I. Peyser, Mau- rice Bisgyer and Maurice D. Rosenberg, In commemoration of " their former associate on the board, the trustees is- “The Jewish community of Wash- ington has lost a ghuanthmpu.‘ )y the death of Louis Bush. member of the board of trustees of the Jewish Community Center he was re- sponsible for- the development of this itution. His sincere interest in the are of the youth of this city has mukdindlhu-, n:i'i Ad r-on:lf gene 'y and pe: charm has been lost to his people. His leaves a gap in the board of 3 since inception.” - | sued the following statement: 'RAIN DELUGE IN WEST the icture what will “In view of these counts we felt justi- fied that Thirteenth street is ll key froblun. the closing of which, whether justified or not, will present a highly complicated problem which cannot be ignored and which will present to the best experts an intricate problem to solve.” Indorsement in substance of the five- streets and highways_buile pro- ou}:.l‘:xtxed by Clpt.{ ’l’)}'g te- engineer of ways for mmm‘mvoudbymecnmm" 1t~ Virginia, | giim, The Foening Stard C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1930. * b ARMY ORDNANCE MEN INSPECT GIANT DEFENSE GUN Members and guests of the Army Ordnance Association as they assembled around a 16-inch gunm, the largest sea- coast defense rifie in this country, at the Army Proving Grow LATEST WEAPONS OF WAR DISPLAYED 10,000 Witness Exhibition by Army Ordnance Asso- ciation at Aberdeen. Uncle Sam bared the mighty muscles of his good right arm yesterday and did some shadow boxing on the broad acres of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds just to show the public that this year he's faster on his feet than ever before and that he still packs & powerful punch. ‘The exhibition was for the benefit of members of the Army Ordnance Asso- clation and their guests, who gathered 10,000 strong, to get their annual of the mightiest fighter of all in private training camp. With only the flashing of sabers of the Cavalry out of the picture and these replaced by the bayonets of motorized , the Army icture of next war, ely will resemble—alirplanes roaring and spiting leadly s of metal from overhead, bombing and £ strafing an R machine-gun ve & trenches, running rough-shod over emplacements, Artillery covering the advance of troops and, finally, troops advancing to the clean- up work and occupancy of hard-won positions not in the itional manner, afoot or crawling on their bellies, but riding, quickly and behind walls of armor plate, in the new transport cars developed by the Army, Army Shows Whole Hand., ‘The Army showed also its mighty coast defense guns, out their messengers of death’ and 'destruction, and the recently dev: and still ex- perimental answers to the newest men- ace of war, the anti-aircraft defenses. , he Army had shown its whole hand in the game of war. The early morning show consisted of exhibition and firing of various units of armament, including..30 and .50 caliber machine guns and 3-pounders mounted on tanks, a demonstration of ammuni- tion, with black, smokeless and flashless W“;fl be‘ trajectory of a shel picture o a & 75-mm. gun, with a series of rounds firing of 75-mm. guns on various mounts and the firing howitzers, There followed the main event of the mo? 3 the - | take the necessary hnrtllylwnve_g(flu nds, Aberdeen, Md., yesterday. P. Photo. $3,785,730 Purchase Made Through D. C. Agent During Year By the Assoclated Press. Pianos, fish, boots and dog. make up some of the list of ticles purchased by the District through M. C. Hargrove, its pur- chasing officer, during the past fiscal year, according to his an- nual report submitted to the Dis- trict Commissioners yesterday. In all, the District purchased mate- rial to the value of $3,785,730.96. In addition, material previously purchased to the value of $382,- 44852 was issued igh the purchasing office d the year, making a total of $4,168,179. ‘The heaviest expense was $620, '763.52 for construction materials, followed by $475,468.41 for hard- ts and oils. Postage for $26,125.50 and tele- bills to ‘ware, account phone and telegraph $24,735.10. 123 NEW NENBERS ADDED BY . OF . Campaign’s Success So Far Is Gratifying to Organiza- tion’s Leaders. With 120 new members enrolled as the result of the first two days of the Washington Chamber of Commerce’s tive members today entered day the drive considerably en- couraged by their success to date. The All-Gas Co. team, captained by A. Ewaldson, yesterday again took the banner for most members enrolled. The total for this team was 31. Harry T. Peters’ team, with a total of 9 enrolled, held runner-up position, with Mrs. Ada M. Payne’s team, with 8 enrolled, third; Fenton H. Fadeley, with 5 new mem- bers, fourth, and Martin J. McNamara, with 4 new members, fifth, Letters Indorse Plan. “The t | with time fuses set at 2-second intervals, | 304 _prof of 105 and 155 mm. | Hyde, J headquar- ters, Mr. Hyde said. The following let- ter from George A. G. Wood.gr t of the Wil&lnflan Gas Light Co, is of ese . ‘ashington has wonderful tunities ahead of it. mmxm years will re those cities and in- mmuh"homnh..m.flm to move “Citles well ‘Washington for- ward movement. Radio Talks Helpful. Radio throughout the week have materially assisted in the drive, officers report. Thomas P. Littlepage, ;| chairman of the campaign organization, who is scheduled to speak over Station WMAL at 8:45 o'clock tonight, has been making addresses on the air each night itry | this week. He will talk again Saturday the tanks into the close fighting, followed by - | the divisional infantry, ready to take of a five-year program and commended Capt. Whitehurst for his emru toward development of such a With Mr. Graham presiding, 32 mem- bers attended the meeting. Short talks were made by George Plitt, president of the Board of Trade; Ben T. Webster, vice president, and Charles Morris, sec- retary, all of whom were guests of the committee. M. O. Eldridge, assistant director of traffic, was also present. JE—— Mrs. Willyz Buys Rare Carpet. WARSAW, October 10 (#).—A deventeenth century silk carpet from an Indian palace has been purchased by Mrs. John N. Willys, wife of the Ameri- can Ambassador to Poland. Formerly it was in the hall of mirrors in the Palace at Amber, near Jaipur, Rajputana. It is 25 by 16 feet. The pattern is small birds and foliage. It sold in India last year for $60,000. Mrs. Willys bought it in Paris. Store Proprietor Held for Alleged Kosher Meat Fraud Sam Goldberg, proprietor of & store in the Arcade ting man's shop yesterday. He said corned beef and sausage CGoldberg sold him for up the new position and free the at- tacking forces for a new assault on the enemy line. Air Corps Demonstration. In the afternoon there was a demon- stration of all the various mechanized equipment developed by the Army in the past few years. ‘The Air Corps put on a demonstra- tion in the afternoon, with bombard- ment and attack planes from Langley Fleld and observation Mitchel Fleld, N. Y., The first exhibition )‘:fl hopping and attack planes, which down over the firing with their machine guns spitting a hail at targets, followed by other attack planes which dropped 25-pound fragmentation bombs on the enemy position. There followed a demonstration of attack planes in formation flying, an exhibition of acrobatic flying by pur- suit planes from Bolling Field and a “dog-fight” between two Bolling Field planes. 3 Then big bombers into action, ing 600 - pound high - explosive bombs on the enemy position.. “The scene was changed after the mcmt-detonu gun, and from a_ l4-inch gun on s railway mount. The big guns boomed forth their mighty projectiles capable of traveling over 25 miles. The anti-aircraft gun dem the onstration followed, with firing of 105 mm. guns,|the over WRC at 6:39 p.m. Rudolph Jose, vice president of the chamber, and general of the lon m 15-minute ‘WMAL Sat , - W] to here Nom and outline the Team captains will meet this after- noon at the Washington Hotel to_re- port progress in thée cam . This will be the last meeting of the teams until Monday noon. P LR Sl Seat to Be Sold. NEW YORK, October 10 five- ) —Ar- sale of & New York Stock Exchange membership at $275,000, an increase of $17,000 from the previous sales. PERMIT IS ASKED FOR LARGE HOTEL "|Connecticut Avenue Site Pro- posed for Mammoth New Structure. Plans for development of a huge apartment hotelon an extensive hillside tract bordering on Klingle Valley, along Connecticut avenue south of Klingle Bridge, were made public todsy with filing of an sapplication for permit for ‘| the structure with the District building inspector by Kennedy-Warren, Inc., owners and builders. The cost of construction of the huge building is estimated at $3,200,000, and with the cost of the land and the great volume of furnishings required the tctal is estimated to run into a much larger figure. Special Cooling System. i MISSING LAD edge- | rangements have been made for the | other features. COFFIN OF SOLDIERS’ HOME GIANT STRAINS 10 STRONG PALLBEARERS Body of Alvin C. Ogle, 476-Pound Former Policeman and Veteran, Too Large for Chapel Door. | | General N-ews ) UNION B BY D. G, UTILITIES Commission Now Revaluing Properties of Street Trac- tion Companies. LACK OF FINANCES HOLDS UP TERMINAL Favoritism Feared in Offer of Rail Firm to Build Station Here. In the midst of & revaluation of the properties of the Washington Railway and Electric and Capital Traction Cos,, the Public Utilities Commission, it was'learned today, has temporarily sidetracked its interest in the move- ment initiated more than a year ago for’ the establithment of a union mo- tor bus terminal. In the meantime, interstate motor busses in ing into discharging various of intensifying traffic congestion, and parking on the streets during the lay- over period. Hope Diminished. Up to a few weeks ago there had been a hope among the com- mission attaches that one of the large motor bus operators "':M erect 0: the vehicles of all of the interstate lines operating into Washington, but this ap- pears to have dissipal ‘The campaign for establishment of & union bus serminal was started by the former Public Utilities under Chairman John W. AL E ggifig S| i £ g g g??g ’Efi E E 05 2 g FRITH] i gii}gsi i P IS FOUND IN SCHOOL STADIUM Charles Mitchell, 9, Confesses He Left Home Without Cause. Slept Under Porch. Charles Mitchell, 9 years old, reported from his hiome at 516 D street FORGETS NAME, NEARLY TAKES ANOTHER’S “RAP” Colored Man’s Mistake Is Discov- ered by Clerk for Judge Given in Police Court.