Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1930, Page 17

£ -~ ) 5 “ - * A - - - BUY-IN-WASHINGTON (and to secure co-operalive action in ELORIDEE PREDICTS | Cexesr won svow orens rowommon MARKED DECREASE INTRAFFIC DEATHS Bases Forecast on Fatality Record, Which Is 20 Under Last Year. BELIEVES D. C. MOTORISTS DRIVE WITH MORE CARE Reports Show 52 Killed, in Com- parison With 72 in Ten Months of 1929. A marked reduction in traffic fa- talitics in the District this year in comparison with 1929 was forecast to- day by M. O. Eldridge, assistant di- reetor of traffic. Mr. Eldridge based his prediction on the traffic fatality record for the first 10 months of 1930, which is 20 under the record for the corresponding period of last year. Reports compiled by the assistant traffic _director show there were 72 traffic deaths in the first 10 months of last year, compared with 52 for the same period this year. Gives Reasons for Decrease. The decrease, Mr, Eldridge believes, is due to a combination of circum- stances—better observance of the traf- fic regulations, careful driving on the part of the motorists, less carelessness on the part of the pedestrian and the extension of the automatic traffic light system. ‘Three of the 52 killed thus far this year, the report shows, were the vic- tims of street car accidents, the other 49 having been killed in ‘motor acci- dents. In the first 10 months of last year street cars killed 4 of the 72 traf- fic_victims. ‘The lowest number of traffic deaths in any one year since the creation of the‘g‘rlfllc Bureau was 76 which oc- curred in 1926. Mr. Eldridge believes the final total for this year will be considerably lower in view of the record for the first 10 months. May Worst Month. ‘There were 12 traffic fatalities in November and December of 1929, and should this number be equaled in-these same months this year, Mr. Eldridge pointed out, the traffic death record would be 64, compared with a total of u‘:rum for the 12 months of 1929. March, July and in January and April. Of the 84 traffic deaths last year, 73 were caused by motor vehicies, 5 by street cars and 1 by a bicycle. o GROUP ASKS CHARTER Business and Professional Men File Articles of Incorporation With Recorder. ‘The Buy - in - Washington Council, comprised of a group of prominent local business and professional men, today filed articles of incorporation with Lhe recorder of deeds of the District, using the usual form of sections 599-604 of the District Code. Stating that “the objects of the as- sociation are to promote and protect the business interests of Washington 'advancing their common pi ,” the articles stipulate that the number of direetors of the corporation for the first year are to be not less than 10. ‘The signatures of the following local mns appear on the articles: E. J. hy, James R. Skinker, Thomas A. lane, Willlam J. Eynon, H. W. Heine, Charles W. Young, E. H. Rosen- garten, Louis Rothschild, O. Melvin Sharpe, John Poole, H. W. Barnum, E. A. Rule, Mark Lansburgh, John B. Colpoys, Henry E. Stringer, Charles H. Tompkins, Horace Peaslee, Frank S. Hight, W. J. Waller, Thomas Grant, Norman C. Xal and J. Whitney Leary. The Buy-»>-Washington Council was first organizeM here early this year to promote the movement to urge local purchasing. It has since been operat- ing informally, holding meetings at intervals and expanding its member- ship. E.J. Murphy is president of the group, while Thomas Grant is secretary. LOCOMOTIVE CAUSES UNUSUAL FIRE ALARM Engine Stops Under Brick Ware- house and Heat Makes Automatic Sprinkler System Work. PHILADELPHIA (NANA). — A switch engine of the Pennsylvania Rail- road here caused a freak fire alarm re- cently. The trains usually pass without stop- ping under a six-story brick warehouse owned by the rallroad. The other day a locomotive stopped. The heat from the exhaust set off part of an automatic sprinkler system in the building and caused a fire alarm to be broadcast. Hereafter locomotives passing under the bullding will not stop. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) BIBLE TALK PLANNED Rev. R. to A view in the Department of Agriculture green houses, where the annual chrysanthemum show opens tomorrow. 29TH ANNUAL ‘MUM? Robert Loses $70 And Wants Police To Hunt Thelma Robert Scott of 1906 N street, who had $70 in his pocket yes- terday afternoon, was able to tell police this much about Thelma: She was pretty, about 23, a brunette. She was the girl who invited him to visit a place near Eleventh and I streets. ‘The same girl, in fact, who a few drinks, which they had. But what Scott did not know and what he wanted to know of the police was: is Thelma? ‘Where is Thelma? ‘With the answers to those two questions, Scott said, he could answer a third and more press- ing one for himself— What became of the $70? BOGUS RACE TICKETS CASHED AT LAUREL Cufinterteiten Collect on Seven $3.60 “Bets” Desptie Ex- treme Precautions. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 7.—Despite extreme precautions taken at Maryland race tracks to eliminate the possibility of counterfeit tickets, seven bogus $2 tickets to show, valued at $3.60 apiece, | were cashed at Laurel last Saturday, the last day of the meet, it became known today. ‘The counterfeit tickets were discov- ered when the books were balanced at the end of the day’s racing, Mort Shaw of the pari mutuel department of the track said today. Jervis Spencer, jr., a member of the Maryland Racing Commission, said that the counterfeits were perfect. ‘When he was shown one next to a regular ticket, he pickéd the counter- feit as the perfect ticket, he said. Both Mr. Shaw and Mr. Spencer were unable to tell how the counterfeit was effected or how the counterfeiter got the symbols, which are changed on the tickets each day. Very seldom are race tickets counter- feited effectively enough to deceive track officials, it was said today, and it is not often that the books at the track do not check up at the close of each racing day. GIRL, 19, GIVEN YEAR IN JAIL FOR THEFT Police Seeking Two Companions Charged With Stealing Three Dresses. Dorothy E. Herr, 19 years old, and pretty, was sent to jail today for one year after being convicted of stealing three dresses valued at $30 each. Police charged that the girl, with two others, stole the clothes at the Mary G. Pickett, 3000 of Dent place. Three dresses was arrested. ‘The Herr girl, 'llh the two others, one of whom police said was Mi Pickett's daughter, escaped from the District Training School for Women October 26. She had been confined to the school for the past two years. Judge Isaac R. Hitt pronounced the heavy sentence upon suggestion of Micheel Keough, l.lllshn United Dunwoody Walker Ipenk at Columbia Training School. | R. Dunwoody Walker, formerly of New York_City, has been secured to deliver a Bible lecture in the holars being interested some of the teaching staff. n u that the Sunday gathering wil ' eontribute in po small w-ywpncuul | Bible inve-nnuon Colloct St. Pltmk Bfihcs. Ireland | that she was going about States Attorney. Police have been unable to capture SHOW 15 PRAISED Horticultural Experts Declare Event Opening Tomorrow Best Yet Staged. ‘The twenty-ninth annual show of the United States Department of Agriculture will open at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning and will remain open until November 16. At the advance showing to horticul- tural experts, including more than a score of the leading commercial growers from States east of the Mississippi River, the officials the department were assured show this year is, from the gardener’'s viewpoint, the best the Government has ever held. Society Leaders Invited. Many leaders in Washington society are to vlew the show tomnrrow morn.l.ng following the custom of many when they have been guests of t.he wife orthesecre Agriculture. muyu.rmzumlm punu in 101 varieties of the m-ce Japanese blooms on single stems, n}o{;a than 1,000 plants dign m:flv-mnu o pompoms or garden variety car- rying countless thousands of vivid colored blooms. There is also a large collection of both Japanese and pompom seedlings originated by the specialists in the Government green houses which are on exhibition for the first time. New Varieties Shown. Among the new varieties of chrys- anthemums being shown for the first time which have been selected for commercial growing are: Japanese—Golden bronze; Mrs. Keith Luxford, deep chestnut with old gold reverse; Souv. David Martin, crimson with gold reverse; Thalia, deep crimson with purplish Shading; Irene Beane, chestnut crimson; William Hazel- hurst, deep pink; Marian H. Uffinger, bronzy crimson and gold; imperial gold, gold; La France, silvery mauve; Olivette, dark pink, and Wiliam H. Waite im- proved, bronzy red. Anemone chrysanthemums—Estrelita, bronzy orange; bronze cup, bronze, and pink supreme, pink. MITCHELL TROPHY RACE PLANNED NOVEMBER 22 The race for the John L. Mitchell Trophy, annual speed classic for pur- sult planes of the Army Air Corps, will be held November 22 at Selfridge eld, Mount Clemens, Mich., home of the 1st Pursuit group, it’ was an- nounced today by the War Department. The trophy was donated by Col. William lehell former Air Corps leader, in memory of his brother, who “mum” | was killed during the World War. Con- tests for the Mitchell Trophy have re- sulted in steadily increasing records, as the efficiency of military phnes ‘has been improved since the The first contest was held in 1922 at Detroit and was won by Lieyt. D. Stace, with an average of lll miles per hour. The f speed record ‘was _estal hed in 1924, flllflm the International Races Dayton, Ohio, by the llte Lieut. c!l'lll Bettis, who averaged 175.43 miles per hour. Bettis' name still is associated with the world record for speed for air- lanes over a closed course of dlometers. per hour over a course of this length the other girls. ln the Pulitzer races at Mitchel Field, N. Y., in 1925. 4 ;| JUDGE GIVEN RULES DOG CAN'T BE TRIED TWICE ON SAME CHARGE OtdeICmDhmhudWlunHeuumCanheWu Ordered Freed on Previous Appearance. - seoparty ‘twick-on the sam ’%‘“.m b wice on same cl wu rul{d ln Pouee colm W“N o( Anflwny Plau ugs Connecti- avenue, and her master were brought to court because n hm"l:l eul out her muszsle. Upon showing that this alleged vhluall law took Dl ce on the same occasion | in judge Gus A. Schuldt dismissed tae dog and master were 100 ; He averaged 249.342 miles essary, by the amoub-'.nd a ting The sald disc) COMMISSIONERS ON D. . JOBLESS PLAN Lack of Co-ordination of Re- lief Efforts Noted by Com- mittee of Volunteers. LEADERSHIP QUESTION TO BE PUT TO OFFICIALS Reichelderfer Favors Policy of Aid- ing Capital Residents Ahead of Newcomers. Sharp criticism of the Board of Dis- trict Commissioners marked a meeting of the Citizens Committee on Unem- ployment Relief today which finally postponed definite action until an agree- ment could be reached on what is to constitute the authoritative agency. The committee, which met in the Y. C. A. Building, was presided over W Frederic A. Delano. The criticism of board was voiced by two of the members of the group, Melvin Sharpe of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and Dr. Charles P. Neill, economist and labor expert. Will Ask Question. After extended discussion, in which committee members advanced several theories as to what should be done, the group finally requested Mr. Delano to take a committee cof three, call on the District Commissioners and propose this question: “Are the District Commissioners pre- pared to take the lead in this em- ergency?” a8 In sympathy w e pol of “Washington jobs 1 -Ahln‘tg peoph"m:nnmnd by '.he volunteer ‘Whenever unemployment relief com- mittees are set up in urban centers, he said, there is usually an influx of the Jobless from the surrounding territories who come’ to town on the supposition that the unemployment committee will take care of them. While the commit- tee intends to set up no such hard and fast rule as is in effect in Detroit, where applications are considered only in the case of those who can prove a residence In the city of at least one year, each case will be judged on its own merits, and the rule will be that preference shall be given to actual residents of the city. The others will be u’ nec- 5 various table asso- organizations. The Commissioners have not as yet received a wv)y from their letter to Col. Arthur chairman of - dent Hoover’s hnernncy ‘Unemploy- ment Relief Committee, asking for ad- vice on setting up an official committee hu; handle unemployment relief work Te. Proposal on Membership. “The Commissioners are public men and we have right to expect their Sharpe asserted at the . “If 1 were a Commis~ sioner I'd resent being told by any citi- zens’ committee what I could do on it.” committee ought to be appointed by the citizens’ committee to handle incidental and office expenses. One of the com- mittee $5 a head would not be excessive and would provide nearly $500 for the purpose. Several members asked tumexpllmummdnwnmm losed that other committees doing a similar work in Washington, each making an appeal for funds lmf relief and with not one of them vested with authority to work for or represent the whole relief effort. Meeting Next Monday. Mr. Delano will attempt to compose the differences and re) to a mee! to be held next Monday at 10 o'clock. Previously Dr. Neill had outlined his inion of the direction the relief work uld take, and the committee was in sogord. for the most part. ‘This job,” he said, “is to place men out of work who are able to work and who want work. In other words, to find employment for men crdinnrfly regularly employed, who are out of work because of the depression. “We can't ask employers to take unfit men when they are facing problems of their own. “We ought to leave to charity, to or- ganizations already dealing with the cases of the unfit, that phase of relief and concentrate on the one job of find- ing something to do for the other class of workers.” Some members of the committee sug- gested establishment of a vocational guidance group to work along with the committee, , others envisioned a vast or- | the make nnintwn taking a long-range view of social and economic problems, and still others thought charity organizations ought to be drawn into one co-operative group. In connection with the announcement that Miss Helen L. E. Doherty, daughter of H Washington society st an elaborate Mayflower Miss Doherty had been assisting in decorating 12 automobiles, wuennuwulnuunutnma cier, will be presented to Miss Doherty is shown in the photo 1930. GAR TAMPERING LAID T0 STUDENT G. U. Dental Pupil Is Said to Have Admitted Dismantling Police Machine. “It's a regular New York racket— crippling police automobiles.” Thus spoke Francis P. Gunn, police say, when they arrested him in a Georgetown Uni- versity Dental School class room this morning as the man who ripped the wiring out of a patrol car last midnight | 8898 and escaped in a green sedan. Gunn was charged with destroying | cial on::d defacing and with uken to hew?iqvurun be graphed and then held n No. 2 pre- cinct, where bond of from $1,000.to $2,- 000 will be required for his release. Gum.l:d u'restl ‘:.::i.ucm' mflu‘h it of some arduous sleuf on the pm of 8;%} John P. Norris- a Pvt. ttemore. The laf ‘'was ofl 8 o'clock this morning, but remained at the precinct to pore over District automob mflh in hope of loe.unc the , two tag numbers of which he could remember. Find Car Damaged. ‘The sergeant and Whittemore went | lallunchmlnflullwflockol WM) midnight to in it were inside ue.m Returning, officers ignition wires had been rlp rm beneath the dashboard of car, that a $25 searchlight had been broken, together with the windshield wiper. Walking around the roadster, they found the rear fender and bumper caved in—the rear license plate was missing. ‘The oflcer% learned from a bystander a com) a few ting | that a young man had driven a green sedan away from a parking space im- medinwly behind their automobile. In moving from the surb the automobile hit the police machine, denting bum, and fender. Then the driver, oe pped and began to strip everything from the police car which he could pull off with his hands. Apparently satisfied, he pulled the rear license plate from the police machine, flung it into his own automobile and drove off. Remembered License Figures. Whittemore had walked around be- hind the green sedan when he went into the lunch room, without noticing it ?uucuh.rly. He could recall, however, ha ite had two 6s on it. morning spent several hours searching lists and finally located a number w) seemed to suit—one with two 6s, listed to a green sedan of in question. The car was owned by Gunn, 26 years dd. of 2018 Thirty-seventh street. When the officers arrested Gunn, he was attens a :hu at the Dental School, 3! ir road. du-—c H. Tucker. TR Girl Sets Society Agog by Painting Cars for Friends Miss Helen Lee Eames Doherty Depicts Sports Activities in Silhouettes. Miss Helen Lee Eames Doherty of New York, daughter of Henry L. mu—m—s—.nc.n. ‘The heiress to the Doherty millions hl.lpul’chmdldolen small sports cars scenes 'and will give them to her friends whose Aporu activi- on the c: fox-hunting mend there is & with horsemen and hounds zlun sides of the em.hudm there motif. are , for the gol!ur and ?agfii Egea ;Epfi .g;ég g | the | gidow of Sponsored by Mrs. Dw‘luzty. Miss Doherty’s presentation to Capi- e red by Mrs. MMrl.Wlllhmhhd tante ball given secretary at the mmp' jr., social the dlnnar Miss Doherty met u.boue 50 of Washington's debutantes. She returned to her home in Rye,N. Y., the next day. of the decorated cars will go to , whom Miss Doherty stu at the University of Miss Dpherty, just out of her teens, holds a A. degree from the Spanish university. THREE DUCK HUNTEHS RESCUED FROM BLIND James Holmes, Retired D. C. Realty Dealer, One of Party Marooned. Three duck hunters marooned in thelr blind near Moxleys Point, Md., were rescued by Detective Sergt. Harry A. Cole and John L. Austin after their boat slipped its mooring and drifted away Tuesday, it was learned yesterday after- noon, when Cole and his companion returned from a Southern Maryland h“nmgfln weak from thelr futile efforts 'n attract attention from shore and e wihas wille welting. Jor.some cl winds while Ing for one to rescue them, attracted Cole and ving their ed the blind in their motor boat. mmfl hunters were assisted from the blind. situated nearly in mid- stream at one of the widest points the Potomac River, and taken to the nll.ryhnd side, where they could obtain One of those rescued from the blmd Hotel ball next mon af F General News L. Dohert; ), it was New York finan- today that here and ln Nfl Yfl'l. SULLIVAN RAISED PARK COMMITTEE OUTLINES 15-YEAR PLAN FOR CAPITAL Work on Fort Drives, New and Wider Roads, Recrea- tion Improvements. BALANCED PROGRAM DESIRE OF OFFICIALS Recommendations to Be Made by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 34, to Commissioners. A proposed 15-year program for de- velopment of the city’s parks, recrea- tional centers, park roads, bridges and bathing pools was outlined yesterday T0 POLICE CAPTAIN== 22 Tenth Precinct Officer Fills Vacancy Left by Retire- ment of Capt. Lord. Lieut. Jeremiah Sullivan of ‘the tenth precinct was made a captain today by the District Commissioners to take the pheeo!capt C. P. wfl,ufil‘d The Commissioners ted them herself with|a made a sergeant in 1920. Musselman was born February 132, 1898, and appointed July 23, 1917. Grant Lord $150 Pension. m Commissioners _granted Lord & pension of $150 a month. the same un.‘nc-h Doyle, MWI.MIG“GH. eighth precinct, was given a pension of per month. m"u Sullivan is familiar] wmflflm lcccdln(‘gofldlh ol the u- to his su- Lieut. Eby be detailed at No. 6. FOUNDER TO ADDRESS WOMEN’S GATHERING ment of the American woman, opened a two-day annual meeting today at the M-yflower Hotel. Latham Hatcher, founder and pruldent of. the alliance, made her annual report this morning. ‘Tomorrow e ., with representa- tives of local women's organizations at- tending, a dinner forum will be held at the Mayflower Hotel.' A business ses- sion Saturday morning will conclude the meeting. Prominent educators and scientists who have accepted an invitation to at- tend the session are: 3 Dr. C. B. Smith and Dr. Galpin of the United States of Agriculture; President David A. Rob- ertson of Goucher College, Mrs. 8. 'l;lrynn. editor of the Journal of ican Assoclation of University in | Women, and others. WO0DS TO BROADCAST Cole and Austin eonunuad their hunt- h-:nn reported bagging a fair sized DRILLING PROCEEDS ‘Engineers Working at Third of Ten Holes Around Monument. Engineers of the Giles Drilling Cor- cal - | Presidept’s Unemployment Chair- . man WMAL Speaker Tonight. Col. Arthur Woods, chairman of President Hoover’s Unemploymeng Com- 2 §EEEEE.E0RE sgafiégg g i i AUTOPSY ORDERED FOR PARTY VICTIM Second Man Dies Following Al- leged Drinking Bout Sun- day Night, Pennsylvania, mnmvwm,mnrd Wlm&. s'lyunold‘ found dead rented room in the 1300 hlod LAND VALUATION JURY NAMED BY JUDGE WHEAT, December 1 Is Date Set to Begin Condemnation Hearings on Property Needed by U. 8 Enoch J. Vann, J. Benwn Wabh wil- Pa th and Division 1 as a jury mpertly in square 349, lyint between v TWO IN AUTO ACCIDENT REFUSE INFORMATION William Shoemaker and Charles Martone in Hospital, Hurt “Some- where in Maryland.” ‘Two men who refused to tell or hoqmu Mth:“:uw were being William ) 26, ‘what is suffering a fracture the police’