Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1930, Page 17

SCIENTIST RETURNS WITHCOLLECTION OF RARE MOLLUSKS Dr. Bartsch Gathers 250,000 West' Indies Specimens for Museum. SENDS 21 LIVE IGUANAS HERE BY PARCEL POST| Party Bails for Life as Oakum Is Forced From Seams of Vessel in Heavy Weather in Bahamas, BY THOMAS R. HENRY. | Dr. Paul Bartsch of the Smithsonian | Institution has just returned to Wash- | ington from a four-month zoological expedition in the West Indies, which | yielded one of the most valuable incre- ments ever made in the National Mu- | seum collections, | Dr. Bartsch brought back with him approximately 250,000 mollusks, includ- ing many varieties hitherto unknown to science. He also secured about 1,000 bird skins and 1,000 specimens of rep- tiles, amphibians and other kinds of life ‘from isolated little islands which bad not been explored by scientists. He was accompanied by two Wash- ington Boy Scouts, Alva Nye and Ray Greenfield; Howard Chippick of George Washington University and Harold Peters of the Department of Agricul . These were guest members of “the expedition. Sends Live Iguanas by Parcel Post. Te the Washington Zoo he sent by farcel post 21 living iguanas, among he weirdest in appearance of all ani- mals. Some of these reptiles were ‘more than 2 feet long. This is be. lieved to be the first time living reptiles ever were sent through the mails. He brought back a great many dead dguanas, among which, it is believed, are some unrecorded species. He also Sent to the Zoo 120 huge hermit crabs and 4 rare tortoise-shell turtles. The chief object of the expedition was to collect mollusks. Scattered through the West Indies are a great many tiny islands which once weré joined to each other or to the larger lands by land bridges which now are under the While the land bridges existed, thousands of years ago, the animal life was distributed. Then the islands were separated and groups were left isolated. Through the centuries they have developed changes due to environment. This is particularly true of the mollusks, inactive little shelled creatures whose variations prove a fine index of t history. Most _of the hundreds of thousands | of mollusks brought back by Dr.| Bartsch are still alive. Plgced in the | museum specimen cases, he said, many of them will seal themselves up and Bink into a state of dormancy which may tontinue for 10 years or more, the crea- ures remaining alive without food or ter. Whenever the cases are opened fid fresh air admitted, some of them | | | | ] awake and begin to move, a re- rkable example of suspended anima- n. + Believes Collection Nearly Complete. Due to the intensive work this Sum- mer, Dr. Bartsch believes, the National Museum now has a collection of West Indian fauna which approaches com- pletion, at least so far as the major types are concerned. But, he says, the country is so rich in variations that new species and subspecies will con- tinue to be discovered there for a cen- | tury to come. jto a radio audience at T | Policeman Says She Bii Mrs. Shirley Ernst. soprano, who was to have sung “Heppy Go Lucky Me” 6 o'clock last night, spent the time of her scheduled engagement dis- puting the right of. police to arrest her for parking double _at Thir. teenth and F streeis, this while trafic jammed and while a large throng assembled. The radio enter- tainer, wife of Dr. John R. Ernst of 2737 Devo nshire place, was to have sung the leading role in the Edith Reed Childrens’ program over Sta- tion WOL. Shortly before 6 o'clock she parked double before the Edith Reed music siore and went in after a sheet of music. Returning, she found Policeman L. D. Johnson of No. 1 precinct beside her car. The policeman said Mrs. Ernst Mrs. Ernst. her, and that when he atiempted to give her a ticket for parking double she assumed an aggressive attitude. Rolled Car to Curb. The machine then was rolled over to the curb, where Johnson insisted that the motorist come by No. 1 precinct with him. While the crowd grew and while the line of traffic next them jammed, the policeman and Mrs. Ernest argued the matter, the latter refusing to submit to arrest. Policeman C. Langdon of the Traffic Bureau came up then, he said, and found Mrs. Ernst locking herself in- side her sedan. He gald Johnson sought to open the door of the automo- shoe and swung the he:l at the officer. Disputes Parking Rule Soprano Thereby Misses Radio Singing Engagement. Traffic Jammed. did not have her driver's permit with | bile and that Mrs. Ernst took off her | The Foening Staf oo ) WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1930. PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF KINDERGARTENS t His Finger—F Street Langdon repcrted he then reached in through another window to unlock the catch from the inside and Mrs. Ernst bit him on the hand. The officer later went by Emergency Hospital and had the slight flesh wound cauterized, he said. Crowd Takes Sides. | According to Langdon, the argument | went on for over 30 ‘minutes. The crowd which assembled took sides, some cheering the officers on and some loudly condemning them, and Langdon had brisk work quieting the louder ones and trying to keep traffic clear. At one time, he said, only. one lane on the opposite side of the thoroughfare was moving. In the meantime, Mrs. Ernst had asked some one in the crowd to tele- phone for her husband, who drove in from Chevy Chase. For his part, one officer summoned a patrol wagon, and Dr. Ernst’s car and the latter vehicle arrived about the same time. ‘When Dr. Ernst talked to his wife she agred to go to the precinct, stipulating that she go in her automobile, the officers said. Johnson got in, ke said, after being assured he would not be attacked. Deposited $5 Collateral, | At the precinct Mrs. Ernst deposited $5 collateral on a charge of parking | double, asking if she could reopen the jcase. She was informed she could do ;so in Police Court if she desired. | Langdon said Mrs. Ernst later apolo- g'zed for biting him, at the suggestion |of her husband, at the same time de- clining to apologize to Johnson. Dr. Ernst told officers he expected his wife to forfeit collateral and not go to Police Court. Mrs. Ernst was “not in” when re- porters called at her residence this morning. A reporter later telephoned | | the Ernst apartment, and was_an- | swered by a man who said Mrs. Ernst was not at home and immediately hung | up the receiver. HEADLEY FAVORS DETECTIVE'S TRIAL .A D. Mansfield Accused of | Conduct Unbecoming an Officer in Traffic Case. A recommendation that Precinct De- tective A. D. Mansfield be ordered be- fore the Police Trial Board on a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer was made to Supt. Henry G. Pratt today by Inspector Albert J. Headley. Inspector Headley's recommendation followed an investigation of an alle altercation between Mansfield and Ells- worth Grooms, a Treasury Department mechanic. Grooms accused the officer of striking him with a blackjack during a dispute over the parluna of a motor truck. . Mansfield took Grocms into Police Court on a charge of assaulting an_officer, but the case was dismissed. Greoms, in Police Court, charged Mansfleld with having falled to show his badge and having beaten him with a blackjack after ordering him to move a_ Treasury truck from the street at Thirteenth and D sireets. The truck had been struck by another machine. Grooms testified the officer, whom he failed to recognize, accused him of blocking traffic. Mansfield told the court he showed Grooms his badge and ordered him to stop blocking traffic, and when the man refused to move he attempted to arrést The expedition was_attended * with plenty of adventure. It set sail from| Miami June 10 and headed acrcss the| Bahama Banks for the Rageed Istand | group of keys, a journey of -0 miles, | Tequiring two days. Sh.rtly a:erward | the group encountered heavy weather, anc the oakum was forced from the, seams of their vessel. After that one| hour of every three was required for umping to keep the ship afloat. From ere they went to the three islands of the Fortune group, which were thor- oughly explored, but high seas and coral reefs prevented them from landing on all except one of the Plana keys. They then explored the Caicos Island group, @ rim of little patches of land sur- rTounding an atoll 60 miles long. Party Worked Day.and Night. Because of the leaky condition of | the boat, much of the traveling was done at night, when the Water was calmer. The party literally worked | night and day, spending the daylight| hours collecting and working until late at night preparing specimens in aleohol | for shipment to Washington. When| they reached the naval station at Guan- | tanamo, Cuba, the naval aulhm’lllesi promptly condemned the boat as un- Feasworthy. Dr. Bartsch then found at Santiago a 82-ton schocner, whose name, the Jose Enrique, seemed to! augur well for the success of the party, | since, translated into English, it was| the Joseph Henry, after the first secre- | tary of the Smithsonian Institution. ‘With this ship the expedition set out on August 24 to explore the south coast | of Cuba and the Isle of Pines. After s lyin: off the coast, southward for | the Cayman Islands, which they found especially rich in rare species. They then headed northward again and ex- plored the Isle of Pines thoroughly by automobile, Dr. Bartsch did not con- fine his attention to zoology, hut‘ brcught back some of the rarer species | of plants. | The West indian keys Dr. Bartsch de- | scribed as an ideal blological labora- tory, where the hand of nature could be seen. actually molding nev forms of | animal life. Among the mollusks brought back are some with peculiarly jewelike shell designs, variations within a few miles of each other. 105,600 RADIO SETS | IN OPERATION. HERE New York Leads All States in Number of Sets—183,478,600 in Country. There are in operation in the District 105,000 of the country’s estimated 13- 478,600 radio sets, it was sunounced here today by the Census Burcau, Estimates were made by the Census Bureau on returns from the radio in- dustry as well as on the results of | special survey work, and are believed to closely approximate the actual number of radio receiving sets in use in this country on July 1. New York led all States in the num- . ber of sets, with 1,752,000, with Cali- { fornia second with 1470000, well above with delicate | b him. ‘The officer said Grooms resisted arrest, kicked him several times and tore his vest and shirt. TO BEDICATE COLLEGE| Prominent Catholic Church Digni- taries Will Participate in Exercises Today. De La Salle College, the new institu- tion of the Christian Brothers to be used as the house of studies for the order, will be dedicated this after- noon at 4:30 o'clock, with prominent ‘Clthohc Church dignitaries participat- ng. This announcement was made yester- | day by Brother Luke, the director of the coilege, who explained that the new institution is connected with the Catholic University of America. Most {Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, will officiate at benediction and Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, former rector of Catholic University, will de- liver an address. A flag-raising will follow. Mgr. James H. Ryan, rector of the Catholic University, with a number of professors from that institution. will attend the ceremony. Among the prom- inent churchmen 1o participate will be ton, Pa. BLADENSBURG, Md. October 16 (Special) —Organization of a Young People's Society will be effected at a meeting Sundzy night in the parish Lall of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church here at 7:30 o'clock. Though the organization will be known as the Young People’s Society of St. Luke's Parish, all young peopls of the com- miunity are invited to join. It will be a social organization With a religious ckground. d | Lorton, Va., and the workhouse at Oc- on | Queens Chapel road at the District line | Bishop Thomas C. O'Reilly of Scran- | PRISONS MAY USE - VIRGINIA CURRENT D. C. Negotiating for Electric Light and Power Service for Institutions. The District Commissioners are ne- gotiating a contract with the Virginia Public Service Corporation for fur- nishing electric power for light and power purposes at the reformatory at coquan, Va., it was learned today. The intention of the city heads is to abandon the former plan to build a combined heating and power plant at Occoquan, for which $55,000 is appr priated during the current fiscal ye: and $38,500 carried in the estimates for the next fiscal year now before the Budget Bureau. Expect to Save Money, ‘The reason for the change is that the power can be bought cheaper from the corporation than it probably could be produced at the municipally owned plant, according to a report on the sub- Ject by C. A. Bennett, chief mechanical engineer of the municipal architect's office, who conducted the negotiations b:tween the District and the power combany. The report does not state what this difference in cost is, but states that owing to the uncertainty as to the prob- able future lation of the two insti- tutions, it advisable to accept the power company'’s offer. The contract under consideration calls for the District to pay 1.5 cents | per month net per kilowatt of maxi- mum demand and 2.5 cents per kilowatt hour for the first 30 hours’ use per month of maximum demand, up to | 8,000 kilowatt hours. Beyond this the rate is 1 cent per kilowatt hour up to 40,000 kilowatt hours and 8 mills per kilowatt hour. The District is to get a discount of 71 per cent because it takes the power from the power com- pany’s line at 3,200 volts and reduces it to the required voltage on its own step-down transformers. Five-Year Contract. ‘The contract is for five years. District desires to withdraw from the contract the first year it must forfeit $30,800 and lesser sums for each suc- ceeding year. The present plans are to allow the $55,000 already appropriated for the municipal plant to lapse and go back to the Treasury, and to withdraw the request for $38,500 now pending before the Budget Bureau and insert instead a request for a sum designed to meet the needs of the first year's purchase | under the contract. 1 ‘The contract, if entered into, will go into effect January 1, 1931, If the LEAKY SHIP TURNS BACK Pumps Work Under Full Pressure to Keep Vessel Afloat. LONDON, October 16 (#).—With | pumps working under full pressure, the British steamer Cape Verde, which sprung a leak southwest of Ireland on |a voyage to Portland, Me., last night turned back for Cobh, Irish Free State, Steady leakage of water into the hole | of the 5,000-ton ship forced her a aban- don the voyage to Portland. Lloyds stated that the Cape Verde last evening was about 450 miles south- west of the Irish coast. ‘McADOO ARRI ! willlam Gibbs McAdoo, former Sec- { retary of the Treasury, is in the N | tional Capiial attending to bush of his local Jaw officz, following a flight from Los Angeles in 16 hours and 11 {minutes to determine the spesd with ! whicih the “average business man" !could cross the country with comfort Mr, McAdco made the trip in his own Lockheed monoplane with Pilot Harry A, Ashe at the controls, landing * several States exceeding it in popula- ~ tion. % The District’s figure reveals there is _ @ radio for almost every family in the 2 ., based on the city's 485000 g population compiled by the Census Bu- A resu. Bolling Field shortly after 6 o'clock y would have had to be made by loodlights, officers at the field ‘hours of on landin; field stated. ‘Though little more than 1 actual flying time were VES IN CAPITAL BY PLANE ON BUSINESS TRIP |Wartime Secretary of Treasury Says He Prefers to| “Travel by Air Everywhere I Go.” terday -evening. Ten minut's later the | |the flight, Mr. McAdoo said, the flight | was made by comparatively easy stages, |two days and one night being required | for the complete trip, as against four | days and thres nights by rail. “I would prefer to travel by air | everywhere I go,” the wartime Secre- | tary said. “It saves time and is com- | fortable.” Mr. McAdoo left Los Angeles Tuesday morning at 5:32 a.m., arriving here the | next day st 6 pan. His Lockheed |ing reorgapization of the kindergarten | Webster Americanization School, | powered with a Wasp engine, made the 326-mile trip from Columbus, Ohio, to | Washington in slightly more than two | hours. 2 McAdoo will spend two or three da: in the Natlonal Capital before con- tinuing to New ¥ork. EDUCATION BOARD POSTPONES AGTION, ON KINDERGARTENS Dr. Ballou Presents Statis- tical Data While Citizens Make Appeals. JUDGE McCOY PLEADS FOR WEBSTER SCHOOL Asserts Service Rendered Mothers in Americanization Training Makes ' Work Especially Important. After hearing citizens' appeals on! behalf of the kindergartens for l\xllyi an hour, and after receiving a mass of statistical data on these classes from | Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, the Board of Education late yesterday | postponed definite action on the pepd- | system until its meeting on Novem- ber 5. Speaking particularly on behalf of the under-age kindergarten class in &z e continuation of which, he contended, involves adult &ducation more than it does child training, former Chief Jus- tice Walter I. McCoy of the District Supreme Court headed the group of six kindergarten defenders who ad- dressed the board. In his address| Judge McCoy said he hoped the board would continue all the regular kinder- gartens, but he pleaded specifically that the Americanization School class be preserved, not only because it affords strategically needed training for chil- dren, but because it actually makes it possible for the mothers seeking school- ng in American principles to attend the citizenship classes there. Dr. Ballou Submits Data. The data which Dr. Ballou submitted, following its compilation by George D. Strayer, school system statistician, showed that of the city’s 119 kindergar- ten classes 24 have had an_average daily attendance of less than 25 pupils so far this year. Twenty-five was the standard established by Representative Robert C. Simmons of Nebraska as the minimum number of children each in- dividual kindergarten class should have. Of these 24 below-standard classes nine are in the white schools and the re- maining 15 are in the colored schools, it was shown, Dr. Ballou's statement showed also that nine kindergarten teachers of the white schools had been transferred to| clementary grades, while none had been hifted in the colored schools. He showed further that 14 white elemen- tary grede teachers had been reinstated from educational, maternity or illness leaves of absence, and that 10 had been replaced in the colored grades from similar leaves. The school accepted this data for study until the next meeting, when, it was agreed, it would arrive at a defi- nite decision concerning the continued maintenance of the classes. Before the board’s regular business was taken up, Dr. H. Barrett Learned, vice president, who was- presiding in the_ absence of Dr. Charles F. Carusi, who was ill, announced that ‘the wait- ing spokesmen for various interests | would be heard. Judge McCoy, an ardent supporter of Americanization work, was called upon first. McCoy Pleads for Mothers. Judge McCoy declared that regular kindergartens actually mean child wel- fare and urged that all of them be treat- ed with that understanding in mind. In the under-age kindergarten at the Webster School, the continuation of which he said was his specific reason for addressing the board, however, Judge McCoy asserted that “child education is only a by-product.” ‘That class, he sald, involves the question of “how we shall educate the mothers who have children that make up that class.” The former chief justice told of the problems which _ the foreign-born mothers face in_ attending the citizen- ship classes. The Webster kindergar- ten, he pointed out, gave them an op- portunity to leave their children in good hands, where they knew the youngsters were recelving training as valuable to them as thelr own citizen- ship schooling is to their elders. He cited a citizenship class in which 17 foreign languages were spoken to show that the Webster School presents an entirely different problem than any other school in the city. “Public school rules which are made to apply to_regular classes of children cannot apply to the Webster School,” Judge McCoy asserted. “Therefore I urge you to place the Webster School in a class by itself, governed by its own | set of rules that are made expressly for it.” Continuing, he voiced the hope that in dealing with kindergarten reorgan- ization the School Board would get the point of view that the Webster School is different from any other school, and that it will be treated as an exception and have its kindergarten continued despite any other action. D. A. R. Speaker Adds Appeal. Mrs. E. C. Rittue, representing the Daughters of the American Revolution, spoke next, and she also appealed espe- cially for the Webster School. She pointed out that the current appro- priation act contains no language de- manding the abandonment of a single kindergarten and contended under-age kindergartens possess civic and educa- tional value. Abandonment of the Websterr kindergarten, she said, would amount to the board’s taking action contrary to the principles of the Americanization school. She pointed out further that 22 adult students of that school take their children to its kindergarten, and contended that with- out the training those children get in the kindergarten they would suffer a lack of English language training which their forelgn-type homes could not pro- vide. Herbert S. Wood, president of the District of Columbia Public School As- sociation, subscribed to Judge McCoy's statements, adding that he would re- gret the closing of under-age kinder- gartens anywhere, because, he said, such a move would be a backward step Ithat will have to be retraced later. Pleaded for Kindergartens. Mrs. Anna E. Murray, speaking for the District of Columbia Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, pleaded for all underage kindergartens, asking par- ticularly that the class be restored in the Slater-Langston Schools. A J. Driscoll of the Mid-City Citizens’ Association indorsed Judge McCoy's plea particularly in 1ts reference to the ‘Webster School kindergarten. Mrs, Giles Scott Rafter, past president of the District of Columbia Congress* of Parent-Teacher organizations, who an- nounced that she did “not represent the Parent-Teacher iations,” but “I stand here as the representative o&:w'ry ict | sity, child and every nt in the Distri of Columbia,” -."."&. last speaker to Back row, left to right: Herbert §. Wood )f the District of Columbia Public School Association; former Chief Justice * ‘Walter I. McCoy and A. J. Driscoll of the Mid-City Citizens Association. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Fred S. Dubois, Mrs. E. C. Rittue of the D. A. R, Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter and Mrs. C. E. Johnson, all of whom appeared before the school board yesterday in defense of the kindergarten system and in protest against its further reorganization. —Star Staff Photo. ARTS BODY 0.K'S WAKEFIELD PLAN Will Visit Site Tomorrow. Entrances’ Markers Pro- gram Submitted. Plans for the restoration of the bur- ial ground of the Washington family at Wakefield, Va. submitted by Ed: ward W. Donn, architect of the Wake- field National Memorial Association, were approved today by the Fine Arts Commission, which proposes to visit the site of the old home ‘of George Washington there tomorrow. The plans propose to place the old burial ground in as near a condition as possible representing the way it looked when the Father of His Country lived at Wakefield. The home of Wash- ington is being restored and is ex- pected to be completed as one of the big features of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration ‘wo vears hence. The commission desires to ob- tain a first-hand view of the develop- ment, which is being carried forward with the co-operation of the National Park Service of the Interior Depart- ment. Meridian Hill Park. Lieut. Col. U. §. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, laid before the commission studies for the further development of Meridian Hill Park. He likewise invited atten- tion to the proposal of a site for the Navy and Marine Memorial to be erect- ed here in honor of Americans who | have lost their lives at sea. A site In East Potomac Park near the river had previously been agreed upon tenta- tively, but the commission now de- sires to reach a final solution, as the assoeiation sgnnsm’tnx the memorial is anxious to break ground, possibly on October 27, Navy day, and the birth anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt. On behalf of Mrs, Frank B. Noyes, representing the Garden Club of America, Col. Grant submitted a pro- gram for markers at the entrances to the District of Columbia, which that organization wishes to go forward. This evening, after dark, the com- mission will inspect models of lamp posts, designed to be set up on Arling- ton Memorial Bridge ‘The Navy Department set before the commission designs for the medal to be presented to members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. ‘The commission took these designs under advisement and will hand down a decision in the near future, after it has had opportunity to examine the artistic features of the medal. Further .studies for the District’s Municipal Center, to be located on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, near the Capitol, were submitted by A. L. Harrls, the municipal architect The commission had these under considera- tion during the day. Apartment Building Plans. Plans for the Kennedy-Warren Apart- ment Building, designed to be located overlooking Klingle Valley, were ap- proved by the commission. These plans were drawn by Joseph Younger, Wash- ington architect. The commission likewise placed its stamp of approval upon plans for a bank building at Fairfax Court House, Va., designed by Arthur Heaton, ~local architect. Secretary Melion submitted progress studies for the remodeling of the State, Warand Navy Building at Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Waddy Wood, the architect for this work, which will reconstruct the building to make it_conform to the architecture of the Treasury Department on the other side of the White House, appeared before the commission to acquaint it with the latest development. A model of part of this reconstructed building, which will be occupied by the State De- partment alone in the future, is now under construction. be heard. She asked for the restoration of the underage kindergartens already eliminated by pointing out that as the appropriation act was passed no lan- guage in it demanded the abandonment of any class. She said District people “are not interested in these hearings and these agreements, but solely in what the law itself says,” and urged the school officials to proceed with the kinder- gartens under the assumption of power which the language of the law sets forth. Gilligan to Give Support. In the course of the discussion, Henry L. Gilligan, board member, asserted that nowhere in the hearings was there a single defense of the District’s kin- dergarten system. He declared further that he considers it the duty of board members to abide by the wishes of the reople of the District and therefore he s determined to support the old system as much as he can. When the board agreed to take under consideration the testimony it heard and the data which Dr. Ballou presented to it in its con- sideration of the kindergarten reor- ganization until next meeting, it was agreed that no classes would be aban- doned in the interval. The board yesterday appointed Mrs, lldred Hutchinson Gropp to the posi- lon of chief examiner to succeed Harry English, retired. Mrs, Gropp has re- ceived her training at Harvard Univer- Johns Hopkins, George Wi - University and Smith ton MOTHER JONES’ NURSE UNDERGOES OPERATION Mrs. Burgess Reported Resting Quietly—Labor Leader’s Con- dition Is Unchanged Mrs. Walter E. Burgess, wno suffered a collapse two weeks ago after caring for Mother Jones, 100-year-old labor leader, through 10 months of illness, underwent an operation yesterday at Sibley Hospital and today was reported to_be resting quietly. Little change was noticeable in the condition of Mother Jones today. At the point of death when Mrs. Burgess was taken ill, Mother Jones rallied somewhat and for the fifst time in more than a month was able to take solid food: She is now, however, back | on a lquid diet. POLICE PATROL'S VICTIM SUCCUMBS |George Roney, Watchmaker, Dies as Result of Being Struck Tuesday. | George Roney. 40-year-old watch- maker of 3940 Livingston street, who was run down early Tuesday night by a palice car responding to a suicide call, died at Georgetown Hospital this morning. Roney was struck after alighting from |a street car when the police machine raced around the left side of the trol- ley to avoid the congestion consequent to passengers alighting and automobile traffic halting in the rear of the street car. The man was hurled between 35 and 45 feet, in the opinion of one wit- |ness, an Army officer, who narrowly escaped the same fate. ‘The police car was driven by Private Arthur H. Gelhar, who was conveying other officers to the home of Raymond Sauter, 39, a broker of 3312 Quesada place, to investigates the death by gas of Sauter, which had just been reported, and which later was certified as suicide. The accident happened at Connecti- cut avenue and Livingston street, and according to Gelhar’s report, he did not see Roney in the gathering darkness, in time to stop. Roney had just crossed in front of the northbound street car, which stood at a safety zone, and was struck by the police car coming from the rear. The Army officer who said the police vehicle did not sound a siren and that he was unaware of its nearness until he heard a roar behind him, nd then looked round to see Roney's form some distance ahead. Roney, who was a World War veteran, was in the Berry Jewelry Co. He was a native of Hagerstown. He is survived by his widow and a 9- year-old son, George, jr., and by his V. and W. Howard Roney of Hagers- town, and a third brother, Clyde M. Berry, who resides in Frederick. Funer- al arrangements are pending. GIRL'S HEAD INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY CAR Man, 60, Hurt Crossing Street. Woman Drives Auto Over , 15-Foot Embankment. Helen Borden, 7 years old, of 5338 Hospital today with head injuries as the result of being knocked down by an automobile near her home yester- day afternoon. Police said the auto- mobile was driven by Peter H. An- Branch road. Edward C. Woody, 60 years old, of 1226 Eleventh street, also was in Emer- gency recovering from injuries received when he was struck by an automobile while he was attempting to cross Massachusetts avenue at the intersec- tion of Thirteenth street. Police said they have not learned the identity of the automobile driver. Mrs. Nellle McDonald, 28 vears old, of 1226 Thirty-sixth ctreet. was given hospital treatment late vesterday after her automobile is said to have turned over and rolled down a 15-foot ¢m- bankment on the Condui; road. The driver was only slightly hurt, reported. NAVY BUREAU AWARDS JOBS TOTALING $164,391 Improvements at Quantico, Va., and Arlington, Vi were announced today by the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department as being among ;he contracts awarded, totaling $164,- 91. The American Sheet Metal Corpora~ tion of Norfolk, Va., obtained a con= tract for $31,197 for relocating the hangars, dismantling and restoring the hangar towers and extending the hangar at the flying field, Marine bar- racks at Quantico. Willlam Boswell of Alexandria, Va., was given a contract for $2,117 for walks, roads a fence on the prop- erty at the \val Radio Station at Arlington. father John H. and_two brcthers, R.| Broad Branch road, was in Emergency | derson, 17 years old, of 5508 Broad | police | COLLISION WRECKS FIRE APPARATLS :Crash at Blind Curve Sends Shaw to Hospital With Crushed Leg. | Two fire apparatuses today were out | of commission due to a collision last night on a curve in the rear of the buildings of the Bureau of Standards, which members of the Devonshire Citi- zens' Association and other citizens of that section said they have complained of as being exceedingly dangerous. The collision sent Fireman Charles ‘Wesley Shaw, 40 years old, of 524 Tenth street southeast, to Emergency Hospi- tal with a crushed leg. His condition today not regarded as serious. Shaw's leg was injured while he was sitting on pumper No. 28, which was rammed by truck No. 14. The impact forced a compression chamber against Shaw's leg. Damage Put at $2,000. Fire companies were responding to an alarm sent in from the home of Alfred P. Thom, general counsel for the American Association of Railway Exec- utives, at 3538 Van Ness street. The fire was located in a garage and house in the rear of the home. Firemen esti- mated the damage at approximately $2,000. The crash came when Engine Com- | pany No. 28 members were laying a line | of hose on the curve and were hidden | from view of the rapidly approaching | Truck No. 14. On seeing the pumper, | the truck driver slammea on the ucavy | apparatus’ brakes, but was unable to avoid crashing into the pumper, fire- men said. Plan to Renew Complaint. ! Members of the Devonshire Citizens' | Association today said they were pre- paring to renew their complaint against the curve to District Commissioners. | They pointed out that the curve is at the top of a steep grade, making it dan- | gerous for both pedlestrians and ve- | hicular traffic Firemen said they were unable to de- termine the origin of the fire. The building damaged was said to -have formed part of the old Wormley road house, which was a well known resort many years ago. James T. Wormley, proprietor of the road house, was also owner of the Wormley Hotel, located at | Fifteenth and H streets. \CAPITAL FIRE HOUSE BEING DEMOLISHED Building Erected Fifty Years Ago Razed to Make Way for Extension. In clearing the way for the extension of the Capitol Grounds workmen today began tearing down the old fire engine | house, built near the corner of Dela- | ware avenue and C street more than | 50 years ago for the protection of the Capitol, and also the frame cottage adjoining the engine house. The engine house was abandoned by the Fire Department a number of years ago, when & new combined truck and engine station was built on New Jersey avenue near E street. David Lynn, ar- chitect of the Capitol, said that many | years ago there was an engine house at the south end of the present Capi- tol Grounds for the protection of the Capitol. _The structure on Delaware avenue which is being demolished today was authorized by Congress in 1874, after it had been decided to remove the fire station that had been in the Capi= tol Grounds. The frame structure on the corner of Delaware avenue and C street, whicii i§ being taken down, is believed by of- | ficials at the Capitol to have been | originally a part of the offices of the architect of the Capitol during the time | the Senate and House wings were being bullt on the Capitol. It is thought tc have been moved from a point near | East Capitol street to Delaware avenue and C street years ago. In the rear of the old engine house there is a stable which iS also to be taken down. David S, Barry, sergeant- at-arms of the Senate, and John J. Mc- Grain, deputy sergeant-at-arms, said that before the advent of the automo- bile horses were kept in this stable for use of Capitol pages in going on errands to the Government departments. In those days the Senate and House had what were known as riding pages. FIREMAN HONORED Barnes Gets Gold Watch After Ending 33 Years’ Service. Friends of Pvt. Charles A. Barnes, No. 17 Engine Co., presented him with PAGE B-1 JRY TRANSLRPT N SHITH 0. CAS DENED T0DEFENSE Justice Hitz Rules Against Review in Open Court of Secret Proceedings. COUNSEL ALSO SOUGHT PROBE AGENTS’ REPORTS Court to Hear Further Evidence on Point Before Making Decision Final. Justice William Hitz indicated In the District Supreme Court today that he would deny the application of counsel for the officials of the F. H. Smith Co. for a review in open court of the pro- ceedings before the grand jury which returned an indictment against thes The indictment_charges G. Bryant Pitts, Samuel J. Henry, John H. Ed- wards, jr.. and C. Elbert Annadale with & conspiracy to embezzle funds of the company and to destroy certain records. The question was raised during the trial of a plea in abatement attacking the validity of the indictment on the grounds that it was based on evidence seized illegally by the Government. It was contended that the case against the four defendants was based primarily on_information taken by the Govern- ment in an alleged illegal raid on the company’s New York office last January. Sought Daily Reports. Defense counsel had endeavored to obtain a transcript of the testimony before the grand jury which was taken down by a representative of the Depart- ment of Justice. They also sought to obtain the daily reperts of the agents working en the case, contending that these data were necessary for the proof of the allegation set forth in the plea in abatement. In refusing the request at this time, Justice Hitz indicated that he did not feel justified in violating the secrecy of grand jury proceedings for such a pur- pose. It was understood, however, that he would hear further evidence before making a final decision on the point. Defense counsel pressed their request for the records after John Farquhar, at one time secretary to Pitts, made a deposition yesterday that he had been instructed by company officials to burn certain of the company’s records. The deporition said Henry and Ana- dale in 1928 instructed him to burn records pertaining to the Hamiiton Hotel Corporation. He also said‘that Pitts had asked him to sign an affidavit that he had not burned any records. ‘The witness was called out of turm in the hearing of pleas in abatement to the indictment, which charges Pitt, Henry Anandale and John H. Edwards, jr., with the alleged comspiracy. Will Be Read Later. He gave his testimony by agreement of the counsel before a clerk of the court, who took down the deposition. It will be read to the jury at a later stage of the trial. Farquhar stated that after he had been ordered to destroy the records, he went to the Jefferson Apartments, where he met Pitts in the lobby. “Then,” he said, “I went upstairs and was told to go to the basement and to get certain records which I would find there. After securing the records, I went to the Smith Co. Building on Fifteenth street, where I was met by Joe Howard, at that time janitor, and together we burned them in the furnace.” Testified Over Objection. Farquhar's testimony came as & sur- prise inasmuch as he had been called by the defense, and, despite the fact that the evidence given by him has little bearing on the charges in the in- dictment with which the court is now concerned, his statements were taken over the strenuous objections of counsel who had called him. Justice Hitz this morning deferred his ruling on the questicn of whether the defendants were entitled to review notes taken in the grand jury room by a representative of the Department of Justice. Temporarily balked in this direction, counsel for the defense then attempted to secure the daily reports of the agents who were working on the case. The Government objected to this on the ground that the agents them- selves were present and could be called by the defense. The latter then attempted to secure subpeonas calling for the productioh’of this material in court. Tilegal Raid Alleged. The defense contends that it is en- titled to this material as it would tend to prove their assertion that most of the evidence used by the Government before the grand jury which returned the indictment resulted from an illegal raid_on the Smith company’s offices in New York last January. Pitts al- leged this to be the fact in making applications for the subpoena. As- sistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw objected on the ground that according to testimony yesterday, Pitts left New York several days prior to the raid and could have had no knowl- edge as to what the Government agents may or may not have seen. Burkin- shaw argued that this indicated bad faith on the part of the defendants. Burkinshaw is working with Nugent Dodds, special ascistant to the Attorney General, in the prosecution of the charges. Representing the defendants are Frank G. Raichle, Wilton J. Lam- bert, Rudolph Yeatman, Edward To= land and Harry S. Barger. BEATEN AND ROBBED WHEN OFFERED DRINK William Watts, 64, at Gallinger Hospital Tells Police $80 Was Taken by Two in Alley. William Watts. 64 years old, of 817 Fifth street northeast today was being treated at Gallinger Hospital for in- juries he received yesterday afternoon when he said he was attacked and rob- bed of $80 by two men in an alley near Pifth and K streets northeast. Police said today they have no trace of the two men who, Watts said, - vited him into the alley for a “drink.” Attracted by screams, residents of the neighborhood said they saw the two men have Watts on the ground, kicking him in the face and body. They notified police and called a Casualty Hospital ambulance. a gold watch at a surprise cemgmony at the engine house last night on his retirement after 33 years of gervice with the department. Barnes, who is 62, lives at 1609 Tin- coln road northeast. He was cited for conspicuous service at the Baltimore fire in 1904 and at the Knickerbocker ‘Theater disaster in 1921, Casualty Hospital physicians said one of Watts’ eyeballs was so badly dam- aged he may lose its sight. He was transferred from Casualty to Gallinger for further treatment. Watts said he-is an artist, but was not employed as a portrait retough:r at the ‘pi!ol as was fiist re] w police, 4