Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1930, Page 15

AUTO CRAH FATAL TO N, CONVERSE AND WALE SCORT Capital Social Leader and| David Drage Killed in Falls Church, Va. LOST CONTROL OF CAR ON CURVE, HITTING POLE' Couple Were Returning at Night From Raccoon Hunt on ‘Warrenton Estate. Failing to right her automobile when it left the road on a dangerous. un- marked curve in Falls Church, Va, early yesterday, Mrs. Elizabeth Walter Converse, socially prominent young ‘Washingtonian, and her escort, David Drage of Kansas City, were thrown from the machine and &lmost instantly killed when it crashed @ito a telephone pole at 70 miles an, hot. ‘The couple were returning from a raccoon hunt and barn dance at Clovelly, the Warrenton estate of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Winmill. Skid marks left by the tires on the roadway told of the woman's desperate efforts to avoid the crash, but appar- ently the heavy machine went complete- 1y out of control, for it jumped a 4-foot ditch and struck the pole, on the right side of the road, with the left front ‘wheel. WASHINGTON, Two Men See Crash. ‘Two unidentified men who had stop- ped at a cross-road 200 feet from the scene of the crash. were the only wit- nesses to the tragedy. Mrs. Converse, 27 years old, was at the wheel of themly -powered _car, they said, as it tu into the sharp curve at high speed. The machine left | the road at the beginning of the turn, they said, and careened violently, with two wheels in the ditch on the right- ‘The woman, they declared, stood up in the car as she wrestled with the steering wheel, but was unable to pull the car out of the ditch. The machine struck the pole, situ- ated in front of the Old Fall Church.' with a crash that awoke residents of! the town many blocks away. ‘Woman Dead When Found. d_shoulder. ehg:all:dhd of a fractured skull at Emergency H where he was taken in a ‘which al;’ove up shor after the accident. e was 26 yeu-’rx old and a member of a socially prominent family in Kansas City. The car struck the pole with such force that the upholstering in the rear! seat was torn loose. The pole, set in | a heavy concrete base, was driven back- i ward 18 inches. H Tdentified by License. =2 Mrs. Converse was identified by a ariver's Jicense found in her handbag, | the license having been issued to he: mother, Mrs. Emma J. Walter of 10 Kirke street, Chevy Chase, Md. Drage was reported to be an old friend of the Walter family and was staying at the home as the guest of Beverly Walter, the dead woman's brother. Ancther brother of Mrs. Con- verse, Donald M. Walter, was killed in an automobile accident on November 2 ear Rockville. B ier Gonverse was the wife of James vail Converse, banker and sportsman of New York City. Her first busband was F. Addison Brastow of the 2000 block of N street, a local advertising man. Mrs. Converse was married to Brastow soon after she made her debut in 1923 and was given custody of their two chil- dren when the divorce was granted several years ago. The children are Prank Addison Brastow, 3d, and Jerome Durean Brastow. Married Again in 1928. She married Mr. Converse September 18, 1928, in the FPirst Presbyterian Church, New York City. He had been married twice before. Besides her mother and.brother she 1s survived by two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Brown and Mrs. Roland A. Waddill, both of Washington. Drage was a son of Col. and Mrs. Frank Drage of Kansas City. Col. Drage came to this country from Eng- land several years ago. WATER USE JUMPS 16,000,000 GALLONS | September Daily Consumption | Figure Shows Sharp Rise Over Year Ago. Water consumption in Washington jumped Jast month 16,000,000 galions daily over the figure for a year ago, Maj. Joseph D. McArthur, jr., District Engineer for the War Department for the Washington area, who has charge of the water supply system, said today, but made it plain {hat the Dalecarlia plant can care for a much greater load, if needs be, despite the continued arought. The October figures will not be available until the month has closzd. The peak of the water consumption ‘was reached in August, when 102,560,000 gallons formed the average daily con- | sumption, last month being some 2,000,- 000 gallons lower than that. The highest consumption of any one day, the United States Engineer Office said, was 113,- 000,000 gallons, but the Dalecarlia plant can care for 185,000,000 gallons, and if needs be, in an emergency, th: supply could be stepped up to 200,000,000 gallons for a time. During the fiscal year ended on June 30 last, the average daily consumption yegistered some 82,000,000 gallons of ‘water. In 1929, the average daily consump- tion was: 410,000; August, 89,540,000, and Sep- tember, 84,130,000. For this year, the average daily ronsumption has been: June, 90,790,000, July, 98,100,000; August, 102,560,000, .nd September, 100,630,000. CIVIC BODIES INVITED Leading civic organizations of Wash- ington are being invited to participate in a special event to be held in con- nection with the sixth lnnul'l 1nduat.fll= XpPOS to be staged next month af e Wasn Auditorium, it was an- O e the Charaber of Gom- merce. by The event is to take the form of & “Clvic Organization Night,” dedi- cated to the various groups wi have as their objective or as a part of their work _the furtherance of the welfare of the . June, 82,060,000; July, 86,-|% .| eut A Mrs. Elizabeth Walter Converse, killed in an auto crash at Falls yesterday. In the photograph with Mrs. Converse are her two children by a former marriage, Frank Addison and Jerome Durean Brastow. Below: The machine after the crash. -—Harris-Ewing Photo. 1t was mot badly damaged, but Mrs. Converse and her escort, David Drage, died from injuries sustained when the crash with a telephone pole threw them THREE AREKILED INAUTO MISHAPS in Series of Accidents in Maryland. | ‘Three ns were killed and ten | seriously injured in & series of automo- bile accidents -on nearby Maryland | roads yesterday. # | One man was killed and two injured | when the automobile in which "they | were riding sideswiped a telephone pole | near Meadows, Md. Frank O. Grimes, 31, of Camp Springs, Md, who was | found unconscious beside ‘the wreck by | County Policeman Frank P. Prince, was | propounced dead upon arrival at Cas- | ualty Hospital. | George Gray, 41, of Oxon Hill, also | taken to the hospital by Prince, is re. | ported in a serious condition, with a | possible fracture of the skull and jaw and severe chest lacerations. Driver Escapes. George Armstrong of * Forestville, who the police say was the driver of the car, escaped with minor injuries. James Tillman, 20 years old,.of the 500 block of F street was fatally injured when an automobile in which he was riding crashed into a culvert on ‘the Edmonston road near the residence of Senator Schall, ; ‘The man was rushed to Prowidence Hospital by the Prince Georges County rescue squad. He died of a crushed chest soon after admittance to the hos- pital. Helen Vaughan, colored, 29 years old, of the 2400 block of Seventeenth street was killed and four other colored per- sons seriously injured when their au- | tomobile overturned on a sharp curve | near Beltsville, | Willlam Vaughan, the woman's hus- band, and Florence Mason, 19, of the | 1500 block of U street were brought un- conscious to Provid rescue squad. Two other occupants of the car, | Ralph Foster and a man whose identity has not yet been learned, are reported unconscious at Emergency Hospital. State Policeman C. W. Cubbage, who | investigated the accident, sald the car | overturned when the driver apparently | lost control. | Forced Off Pike. - | Dudley Middleton, 2100 blogk of | Wyoming avenue was badly cut about the head when his automobile was forced off the Baltimore boulevard near Beltsville. At Garflield Hospital eight stitches were required to close the wound. Colliding with another automobile on the Owensville road, 17 miles south of Annapolis early today, a machine driven by Frank Bauman of Hyattsville went off the Toad and seriously injured Bau- man and two Washington friends. Following the accident, Miss Mildred Redwood, 1105 C street, and Willlam Girton, 1200 block of Thirtieth street, were admitted to the Emergency Hos- pital at Annapolis. Miss Redwood received a fractured nose and collar bone, numerous cuts and ‘bruises, and a possible fracture of the skull. Girton received internal in- juries and a possible fracture of the 1. k‘Aenordln: to State police, Bauman's machine was in collision with a car occupled by some Negroes and forced off the road. The Negroes stopped, it was said, -but -another machine directly back of them took hospital. Bauman was only slightly about the hand. = Miss Redwood told police that she was riding in a rumble seat when she was suddenly hurled to the road and knocked unconscious. She said the arty was returning to Washington fol- rnvlin' a visit to friends near Amu;:&lh Police are continuing their Investiga- tion. o ence Hospital by the | Ballston Organization to Meet. BALLSTON, Va. October 13 (Spe- cial) —The Margaret King cu;fiox St. s the injured to the | out. —Star Staff Photo. 0, OF ¢, CAMPAIGN * TOBACEED QUOTA Ten Others Seriously Injured|400 New Mémbers Expected| by Wednesday, and 2 Days Added to Period. ‘With tabulations for the first half of the Washington Chamber of Commerce membership campaign completed, offi- cers of the organization said today that present indications promise that the drive, which started last Wednesday, will far surpass the quota set. Because of the success thus far, team captains of some of the 24 groups en- gaged in canvassing the city suggested at a luncheon meeting today that the drive continue through Friday, thus extending the campaign two days longer. At the last meeting of the | teams Friday a total of 210 new mem- bers had been enrolled. Officers said today they expected to sign up more than 400 by Wednesday. Charles W. Darr, president of the chamber, and Rudoiph Jose, vice pres- ident and general chairman of the five-year expansion program recently announced by the organization, were present at the luncheon. Col. Edward Goring Bliss, general chairman of the team organization, presided. The membership campaign is the first step in the chamber's five-year expansion program, the purpose of which, officers sald, is “to build up the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce to a standard comparable to that of cor- rTs’pondlng bodies in other American citfes.” CONTRACT LET TO GRADE NEW CAPITOL GROUNDS Logan Pingree Co. to Start Work Near Union Station This Week. ‘The work of enlarging the Capitol grounds will enter another stage of progress this week with the beginning of rough grading on the squares that have been cleared of buildings. The contract for the grading has been awarded to Logan Pingree Co., Inc., by the Office of the Architect of the Capi- tol. The area to be graded at this time extends north from the Capitol to Un- fon Station. The greater part of this area was occupled until recently by the temporary Government hotels. This work is scheduled to be done in two months. Meanwhile the firm of Bennett, Par- sons & Frost of Chicago, consulting architects, is_preparing detailed draw- ings for the final layout and landscape treatment of the enlarged Capitol grounds, in accordance with the plan approved by Congress, including the pro- posed new avenue to be extended diag- onally from Union Station to Pennsyl- vania avenue near Second street. Ad- ditional property to the west of the original plaza area is to be acquired before the entire project is carried out. SUES SURETY COMPANIES United States Asks Judgment of $15,564.27. The United States yesterday sued four surety companies in the District Supreme Court asking a judgment of $15,564.27. The defendants are the Maryland Casualty Co., the Globe In- demnity Co., Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. and the New Amsterdam Casualty Co. The sum asked is sald to rep- resent the balance due from M. ;rruy & Co. of Ne"'lv° Yo;k.‘:‘n e%ling; jon with the operation of ps United States Shipping Board Mer-~ chant Fleet Corporation. The com- ppenies were sureties on the Tracy with . Lillian Garrison George's % Chutch hold its regular Echols, Clements avenue road, tomorrow ¥ bond, Assistant United States Attor- ney John W. Fihelly appears for the Government, D. MEST WONEN BALK AT JRY SERVEE, ISTIE ASSERTS Gordon Repius to Complaint| That Sex Lacks Fair Chance at Duty. DO NOT WISH TO ACT AT ALL, HE OBSERVES National Woman's Party Leader Raises Issue in Letter Asking Better Deal. ‘Three out of four women who are se- lected for service on juries in the Dis- trict Supreme Court are taking ad- vantage of their privilege of refusing to serve, Justice Peyton Gordon, who is presiding in Criminal Division 1 and selecting jurles, declared today in reply to a letter from the District Branch of the National Woman’s Party complain- ing that practically no women are serv. ing on local juries. “I was struck by the unprecedentedly large number of women who declined jury service last week,” Justice Gordon sald. “When I asked if they: merely sought to-evade service for this term, I was frequently met with the answer that they did not want to serve at all.” Mrs. Lillan Pritchard, only. woman member of the Board of Jury Commis- sioners, agreed with Justice Gordon that an unusually large number of women has declined to serve. Letter of Complaint. ‘The letter of complaint was written by Mrs. Paul M. Linebarger, chairman of the District branch, National Wom- an’s Party, and follows: “It has come to the attention of the District branch of the National Wom- an's Party that practically no women are serving on juries at the present e. “This organization had the woman juror measure introduced in Congress, which measure had the support of all the principal groups of organized women in the city. - “The present grand jury consists of 23 men—20 white and 3 colored. It ap- pears that for the first time since the woman juror law was put into practice no women are serving on the grand jury. One of the pricipal reasons for removing the disqualifications of women as jurors was the feeling that in cases involving offenses against minors, par- ticularly young girls, the presence of a few of the mothers of children in the grand jury room would be more in ac- cordance with humanity and justice. It is, therefore, with regret, that we note the absence of women on the grand jury. Refers to Petit Jurors. “With regard to petit jurors, it is observed that out of the 48 now avail- able for service in Criminal Courts number 1 and 2, only five are women. These figures are typical. | “It is true that the woman juror law | provides that service by women shall not be compulsory. However, the al- most total absence of woman jurors in the Supreme Court of the District at this time is not due to claims by women for exemption, but to the fact that women were given little or no opportunity for service. Of the several hundred people recently summoned for jury service, almost no women were included. Wanis Women Called. “Jury service is an impertant part of the administration of justice, and the District branch of the Woman's party earnestly urges the jury commissioners not to exclude women as jurors by fail- ing to call them for service.” At present there are 19 women, in the six petit juries in the District $u- preme Court for the October term. There are four each in Circuit Division 1, Circuit Division 3 and Criminal Di- vision 3. Three are on the jury of Criminal Division 1 and two each on the juries of Circuit Division 2 and Criminal Division 2. There are no women on ‘the grand jury. ¢ WOULD ANNUL MARRIAGE Mrs. Roberts Says She Has Never Lived With Husband. Annulment of marriage is asked in a suit flled in the District Supreme Court by May Miller Roberts through her father, John L. R. Miller, 1026 Florida avenue northeast, against Wayerly W. Roberts, 2419 Otis street northeast. She says she had been in an automobile accident and suffered concussion of the ‘brain a short time before she was persuaded to go through a marriage ceremony at Upper Marl- boro, Md. She has never lived with the defendant, she states. Attorney F. Regis Noel appears for the wife. —— BROTHER SOUGHT Mrs. T. W. Airhart, Baton Rouge, La., has asked District police for informa- tion concerning the identity of the body which was buried recently in Arlington Cemetery as that of Robert C. Marcey of Lyonhurst, Va., who later returned home very much alive. She thought the body might be that of her brother, who she said was missing. Police sald her brother's descriptions failed to check with the unidentified body. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1930. Lost Boy Boarded Wrong [Sleeps Out 2 Nights Used Last Token and Missed Way Trying to Walk Back Home. It was the wrong street car which Harry Salemmo boarded on his wa home from Holy Name School Friday afternoon, and into the coin box of | which he timidly dropped a token—his last. Strange buildings, streets began to slip by. Harry sat up in his seat and Street Car;| *% BANDITS GET $200 IN'EARLY HOLD-UP OF GAS STATION Three Armed Robbers Leave Empty Cash Register Lying in Street. AUTO LICENSE TAG | with all the courage of his 7 years be- gan to look for some familiar landmark near his home, at 1223 H street north- east. But the car held on, through mid- town Washington, out Pennsylvania avenue toward Georgetown. Harry was beside himself with frig] he was afraid of being lost——afraid, he later told police, of being spanked by his parents for his mistake, Kept Going on Foot. Harry couldn’t say where he alighted from the car, although'he knew that he t'kept going—sometimes down the length of an unknown styeet, sometimes cir- cling back. Friday night Harry slept curled up in the back seat of a touring car. Wan- dering, hungry, the next day kindly old ladies noticed him, gave him food or— better still—candy and cakes. ‘When darkness. fell last Saturday Harry found a convenient doorstep and stretched himself beneath it, sleeping there until daylight. Once awake, Harry crawled from be- neath the doorstep and sat upon it— a disconsolate, grimy picture of de- Jection. Policeman Sees Him. Policeman K. G. McCormick was on the way to work at No. 7 precinct from his home nearby when his eye fell on Harry. He recognized the child from a description broadcast after his parents mlsuqs him. The officer took Harry to No. 3 pre- cinct, and there yesterday morning Harry told his tale between sobs to a kindly audience. -Harry regaled himself from more than one lunch kit, bits of cake and apples proffered by tHe big patrolmen. He told them whaq be was and why he had wandered os far. Harry's parents hurried over and took the child home. He was back in school today, none the worse for his experience. Harry, however, i§ certain he will look twice the sign on the street car be- fore he spends his token. COOPER DECLINES RACE FOR SENATE Bank President Unable to Lead Tennessee Campaign for Dry Law Modfication. Pressure of business, Col. Wade H. Cooper, president of the Commercial National Bank, announced last night, precludes his participation.in politics, and as a result he has abandoned the idea of entering the senatorial race in Tennessee as an independent candidate pledged to prohibition modification. Asked to Enter Contest. Modificationists - in Tennessee, where Col. Cooper maintains a voting resi- dence, had urged him to run it Representative Cordell Hull, Democrat, and Paul E. Nevin, Republican, for the United States Senate, and the Wash- ington banker a week ago said he was considering the call. Taking a week to ponder over the question, Col. Cooper turned down the proposal. His state- ment was as follows: “1 am most gratéful to the people of Tennessee who have urged me to enter the contest for the United States Senate, but under the circumstances I cannot possibly see my way clear to do 50, as my éntire time is consumed with my own' private affairs, Defines His Position. “My only purpose in considering the Senate at all would be with the ho) of finding a satisfactory solution of liquor problem and get it out of politics. I think.the modification of the Volstead act to allow light wines and beer is the only solution I can see at this time. This would likely enable the Govern- ment to collect about $500,000,000 of taxes which is now going to the boot- leggers, while the Government fs ex- pending millions of dollars in an en- deavor to enforce the law. “‘As soon as I have time I expect to make a few speeches on this subject In Tennessee and other parts of the country. What we need i§ two new parties—a Liberal and a Conservative party—as there is really no difference between the Republican and Democrat- ic parties as at present constituted. The leaders of these two parties get up a sham battle around election time and that is about all it amounts to.” Asks Absolute Divorce. Margaret L. Cecil, Southbrook Court, has filed suit for an absolute divorce from Murrell L. Cecil, 2700 Seventeenth street. They were married November 10, 1919, and separated last June. Mis- conduct is alleged. Attorneys Lowry N. Coe and- Kenneth Lyddane appear for the wife. COURT ORDERS BLOCKADE LIFTED THAT BARS USE OF GARAGES Plaintiffs Say Barrier Closes Old Right of Way to Rear of Their Homes. Declaring that because of the erection of & barricade by the defendants across an alleyway leading to their homes near Chester and W streets southeast, their automobiles are marooned either within their garages or on the public street, Wilber L. Blankenship, 2225 Chester street southeast, and eight other owners of property in the vicinity have filed suit for an injunction in the District Supreme Court against Edward M. Flaherty, 2213 Chester street, and Wil- liam C. Flaherty, 2218 Chester street. Justice Willlam Hitz at the request of Attorneys H. Winshin Wheatley and H. Winship Wheatley, jr., issued a tem- porary injunction against the continu- ance of the blockade, which prevents the receipt of coal and other supplies, it is stated. ‘The plaintifis tell the court that some df them have owned their prop- erty as far back as 1900 and have used the right of way, which is the only en- trance to garages of houses facing on Chester street, and has been in open and notorious use for as much as 30 years, it is stated. ¥ Last Thursday, the court is told, Ed- ward M. Flaherty notified the plaintiffs of his intention to place a barricade at the place where the right of way has 2 right-hand turn and that it would be erected October 13. Last Priday, it is stated, Flaherty and his brother erected a fence across the right of way, COVERED WITH RAG Qperator Furnishes Police With Detailed Description of Assailants, ‘Held Up by Bandits JOSEPH M. McVERRY. —=8tar Staff Photo. Three armed robbers held up the Shell filling station at Fourteenth street and Maryland avenue northeast Just before daylight this morning and escaped in their automobile with a cash register containing some $200 of last night’s receipts. Police later recovered the cash register, where it had been thrown to the street in the 700 block of Second street northeast. Joseph M. McVerry of 1415 Mary- land avenue northeast was alone on the premises about 5 o'clock when a small, well-dressed young man entered the office and asked for a Maryland road map. Revolver Used. McVerry climbed onto a small table to reach for the map, his back to the robber. “Keep quiet now; I'm not going to hurt you,” McVerry heard the other say just as a revolver muzzle was pressed against his back. The manager stood upon the table with his hands raised for about five minutes. Then a sedan drove up to the of door and two more white men ’l.ll]hu . One of them, a large self- assured fellow, crowded into the small room. “All right now,” he said, picking up the cash register, which was locked, 'r'levretfybody quiet and nobody will get Rag Over License. Admonishing McVerry to remain where he was all three entered their car and drove off on Maryland ave- toward the downtown district. Police from No. 9 precinct and head- quarters detectives found the aban- doned cash box, which had been broken open and emptied, during a search of the neighborhood. McVerry sald the license tags on the robber's automobile had been covered with a rag. There was no further attdmpt to hide their identity and McVerry was able to give authori- ties good descriptions of the trio. \YOUTHFUL PUPILS SPECIALLY LISTED Enrollment of Kindergarten Schools Under Way to Show Average Attendance. The public schools’ statistical office is complefln{ml detailed enrollment count of the dergarten pupils in the city, with a view to presenting to the school meeting Wednesday the actual average daily attendance in each kindergarten class from the opening day of school through tomorrow. George D. Strayer, statistician, said today that he was compiling the attend- ance figures for each kindergarten class in the city in such a way that the aver- age number of puplls cared for by each teacher day will be shown. This work is being done, Mr. Strayer pointed out, in accordance with n of the school board of September 10, at which time it was decided that disposi- tion of the kinder; would be de- termined after October 14, on the basis of enrollments. At that time, however, the school of- ficials were under the impressibn that every class which did not show an av< erage daily attendance of 25 fof. n, " G. Sim- mons of Nebraska, denying that the elimination of these classes was desired by him or any of the other conferees whose wishes the logal school officials are endeavoring to follow in the cur- rent kindergarten reorganization. Just what the Board of Education will do Wednesday could not be ascer- tained today. That action, it is known, will. be based largely on the recom- mendations which Dr. Frank W. Bal- lou, superintendent of schools, will make at Wednesday's meeting. Until the mverage daily attendance and the enrollment figures are compiled at the close of tomorrow, however, the super- intendent’s specific recommendation cannot be framed. It was pointed out today in school circles in connection with the differ- ence between average daily attendance and enrollment that under the scheme and the standards devised by the con- ferees a kindergarten teacher cannot have an assistant unless she has an :nrollme'nt of approximately 60 chil- ren. The conferees’ standards allow an assistant teacher when the average daily attendance reaches 50, but, it is explained, an enrollment of at least 10 more is necessary to produce such an attendance in the face of frequent but widely distributed absences on the part of pupils due to child sicknesses or even inclement weather. It was pointed out further that an average daily attendance is produced not by the absence over a long period of any one child or the same group of children, but by the absence of one child one day, another two the following day and yet another on subsequent days, 5o that actually a teacher has charge of virtually her full enrollment practical- ly all the time. School teachers® are endeavoring to have the size of kinder- garten classes based on enrollment and not average daily attendance which they consider unfair. GAS POISONING FATAL it is stated, which prevents egress or ingress to the garages owned by the plaintiffs in the rear of their premises. John H. Blankenship, another of the plaintiffs, says he is unable to get his car out of his garage and into the street because of the obstruction. John W. Payne, another plaintiff, has two cars, one in the garage and one out on the street, he informs the court. Wilber Blankenship finds himsel! in the same condition, he says, and Glenwood Allen declares he cannot get his car into his garage. No coal or supplies can be Ml!nm to the rear of-‘the houses, 1t is stated, and garbage and trash removals will have to be by way of the front of the house, the court is told, unless the re- moval of the barricade be ordered. William H. Martin’s Death Pro- nounced Accidental by Coroner. ‘William -Henry Martin, 65 years old, a paperhanger, who was found at 522 D street northeast late Priday afternoon suffes from illuminatin, .fi" poison- ing, at Casualty Hospi yesterday afternoon. Martin, who resided at 1227 Good Hope road southeast, fell from a ladder wheh overcome bme Mrs. Mabel Spinks, daughter of thé ‘hanger, ather. mfim worried return from work and went to the D street house, yhere she found him. A certificate of %Idmtll death was given by Coroner J. Nevitt, “DOUBLE PARKING” - PLAN INDORSED M. & M. Association Protests Elimination of Privilege as Sponsored by Traffic Board. Elimination of the “double-parking” privilege extended to cémmercial ve- hicles on the streets of Washington, as proposed by the Traffic Advisory Coun- cil at a recent meeting, was opposed today by the Merchants and Manufac- turers’, Association in a letter addressed to Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, char- man of the Board of District Comm! sioners, ‘The association informed the Com- missioners of its opinion tbat if the present regulation prohibiting pas- senger cars from parking .abreast and permitting commercial vehicles to park double only when space at the curb is not available were rigidly enforced, much of the present congestion would be eliminated. Adopted by Unanimous Vote. ‘The letter, signed by Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the association, states that the board of governors of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, after careful study and consideration of the matter, unanimously voted “to recom- mend to the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia that no. change in the present regulation permitting the double parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise when no space is available at the curly be made until some workable plan of pro- viding facilities for taking on or de- llv:rlnz merchandise can be. worked s Association Leiter Quoted. The letter continues in part: “The suggested plan of providing | loading zones in each block, which would be used by both passenger and commercial vehicles in taking on or letting off passengers or merchandise, was tried some years ago in the down- town business district, but was given up as being impractical, as such spaces were frequently occupied by parked pas- senger cars, and the spaces when avail- able were not convenient for the de- livery of heavy merchandise and such commodities as coal and fuel oil. City Conditions Cited. If sufficient loading zones were created to permit all vehicles needing such space to make deliveries con- veniently, it would necessitate the elim- ination of practically all parking in the business section and much of the park- ing in_ the residential sections where automobiles are now allowed to park in unbroken lines almost continuously throughout the day and night. “The Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association feels that if the present regulation, which prohibits the double parking of passenger cars and permits commercial automobiles to park double only when space at the curb is not available while actually taking on or delivering merchandise, were enforced, that -much of the ‘present congestion would be eliminated.” MISSISSIPPI STATUES LISTED FOR UNVEILING State to Memorialize Jeffersan Davis and James Z. George in Capitol Statuary Hall. Among the new statues to be unveiled in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in the near future will be two'from Missis- sippi, of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and James Z. George, a former Senator of that State. Both statutes are already at the Capitol, but no date has been set for the formal ceremonies. These arrangements proba- bly will not be made until after Con- gress convenes. A pedestal for the Davis statue arrived today. In addition to having been President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis also served at different times, prior to the Civil War, as a Representative, a Sen- ator and Secretary of War. James Z. George was Senator from Mississippi from 1881 until his death in 1897. Previously he had been a judge of the Mississippi State Court and also served at one time in the Mississippi mfl?; under command of Col. Jefferson Davis. “MOTHER” J(.)NES BETTER PAGE B—1 CAMPBELL PISTOL | STUDY IS DELAYED UNTL TOMORROM Justice Department Agent Is Late in Returning Gun From Chicago. POLICE AND U. S. EXPERTS TO BE PRESENT AT TEST, Dr. Hamilton and Son From Au- burn, N. Y., Will Examine Weapon and Bullets. After a conference today between relatives of Herbert M. Campbell, charged with the slaying of Mary Baker, and officials of the district attorney’s office, announcement was made that L. Albert H. Hamilton would examine Campbell's pistol tomorrow. It originally had been intended for Dr. Hamilton and his son, Robert A. Hamlilton, micro-chemists and crimi- nologists of Auburn, N. Y., to test the weapon today. This plan was aban- doned because the revolver was not available, William H. Collins, assistant District attorney, in charge of the case, re- vealed Lieut. John Fowler, ballistics expert of the Police Department, and Dr. Wilmer Souder, authority on fire- arms, of the Bureau of Standards, would be present at 10 o’clock tomorrow morn- ing when the Hamiltons make their test on the pistol and death bullets in Mr, Collins’ office. Justice Agent Delayed. Today's conference was attended by Collins, the Hamiltons, Fowler and Frank G. Campbell, brother - of the accused. Collins explained it would be neces- sary to delay the inspection until to- morrow, use Sam Hardy, a Depart- ment of Justice agent, had been de- layed in returning from Chicago, where he went to deliver the pistol and bul- lets to Col. Calvin Goddard, chief of the Crime Detection Laboratories of Northwestern University, in order that additional photographs might be made, 3 dard reported after an earlier investigation that the slugs which killed Miss Baker had been fired from Camp~ bell's revolver. He reached this con- clusion by comparing marks on test bullets with those found on the lead pellets which were extracted from the girl’s body. Trial to Begin October 21. Frank G. Campbell declared the delay in returning the pistol from Chicago gznvlnced him the 80 for his life before Associate Justice Jesse C. Adkins in the District Supreme Court, October 21. He has be:n c;;‘nlfln!d %flmthed District ‘;'Ifl ‘with- out privilege of bond since his arraign- ment last week. The gun and bullets were on the way Wil o Supplementary raport fras ey & supplemeni Teport from Col. Goddard strengthening p:he Govern- ment’s contention that Campbell's 32- caliber revolver fired the fatal slugs. Col. Goddard completed a second microphotographic study of the bul- lets last week at the request of the United States attorney's office. He ob- tained another set of photographs which are sald to show in greater de- tail the striations which Goddard in- sists were made on the fatal bullets by the barrel of Campbell's revolver. tionai ‘set of mickophotograge of she 01 set_of icropl hs of the bullets.. The district attorney’s office is known to be pleased with the results of the second tests, as they further corroborate the technical evidence al- ready in hand for use against the Ar- lington County realty dealer. LIQUOR SEIZURES SHOW INCREASE Woodcock's September Report, Compared With August. Alse Notes Fewer Arrests. The number. of arrests fell off, but the amount of beer and “spirits” seized increased in September over August, in the fourth district, comprising the Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland, the. Carolinas and the Virginias, to the monthly report made public today by Director of Prohibition Amos rrests in -this district dropped from 792 in August to 667 in Snepphmber, while- the amount of beer seized in- creased from 235,544 gallons to 315,435 gallons, *and the amount of “spirits” seized grew from 12,2904 to 13,204 gal- lons during the same period. The num- ber of beer fermenters seized increased from 2,611 to 2,792, boats and launches seized remained the same, 1; auto- mobiles seized fell off from 104 to 102. On account of courts resuming ac- tivities for the Fall term .the criminal cases placed on the docket increased from 307 to 909; jury trials ending in conviction jumped from 7 to 104; con- victions by pleas of guilty increased from 89 to 492; termination of case by acquittal nolle prossed and other causes, increased from 2,728 to 2,894. The number of criminal cases on the docket grew from 2,574 to 2,670. The average jail sentences in number of days took a big jump from 81.3 to 239.2, while the average fine decreased from $166.66 to $116.45. Permanent in- Junctions granted increased from 2 to 4, and judgements of forfeitures de- Eats Solid Food for First Time Since September 4. ‘The condition of ‘“Mother” 100-year-old labor leader, who has beer at the point of death for more than a month,, today was reported as being much improved, after eating solid food yesterday for the first time since Sep- tember 4. Meanwhile Mrs. Walter E. Burgess, who nursed “Mother” Jones for 10 months, is suffering from a nervous breakdown due to the constant strain. ‘This morning Mrs. Burgess’ condition ‘WAS re] as being more serious than that of “Mother” Jones. WILL READ PAPER ‘Washington Engineers to Attend Convention at Richmond. Capt. Herbert C. ‘hurst, District highway engineer, and ‘A. F. Clemmer, engineer of tests in the Highway De- partment, are leaving tonight for Rich- mohd, Va., where they are joint paper on “Pactors in and Construction Jones, | Municipal rovements. They will return to Wash- :zm- ‘Wednesday. creased from 20 to 7. ‘The trend throughout the country was generally the same, with a decreas- ing number of arrests. September ar- rests for the country totaled 4,890, as compared with 5,759 in August and 6,448 in July. At the same time an in- crease in convictions, fines and jail sen- tences was reported. Conviction by juries totaled 288 .for September, as compared with 41 in Au- gust, and pleas of guilty totaled 3,885 for September, as compared with 1,211 in August. There was a corresponding in fines assessed from $143,451 gust to $411,214 in iber. Jjail sentences reached 589,551 days in September, as compared with 55,455 in August. During the month of September 6,282 new cases were placed on the dockets of the Federal courts. Unfinished cases on the docket totaled 23,007 on Au- gust 31 and 24,553 on September 30, an increase of 1,526 Delayed Liner Reaches Port. HAVRE, France, October 13 (#).— The Cunard liner Tuscania arrived at: Harve at 11:10 a.m. after h.ufm: been - ¥ derangement - peller, zo:"m 1ast night. % %, ‘were passengers aboard, . The . increase in Au-