Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1930, Page 17

3 ' entail the necessity of “Ltrict PRESDENT OPENS FEDERAL OFFICES FOR CHEST DRE Community Burden One to Which Support Should Be (Given, Departments Told. {* UND OFFICIALS’ PLAN OF ORGANIZING URGED Unemployment and Aftermath Here Pointed Out by Charity President. For the first time in Washington's history Federal Government bureaus and departments will be thrown open for solicitation for the 1931 Community Chest ‘drive, it became known today when President Hoover addressed a let- ter to the heads of the various branches rescinding the age-oid rule that em- ployes of the Government could not be directly solicited for funds in their "offices. Recognizing that the brunt of the burden of supporting the benevolent or- ganizations of the District rests in the main with the employes of the United States Government in Washington, coupled with a desire to cope With the increased needs of these charitable in- stitutions incident to the unemploy- ment situation, the President has au- thorized the several departments to co- operate in & plan to solicit funds for the g = tion followed re- ver's action followe: ufii‘fflfi“&o from John Poole, presi- dent of the Community Chest, in which Mr. Poole pointed out the need for in- creased participation in the campaign for the 1931 Community Chest. cited the acute situation which prevails in the District, and the ‘Ecmeg :E S ::.\Hn" consider- ably more money than was contributed last year. Burden fo Increase. Because of unemployment and its aftermath, Mr. Poole pointed out, the Burden is bound to increase, and only |by the full sharing of all who can help carry that burden can the needs of the sommunity be met. N Pnfldenyt Hoover’s letter to the heads »t all departments and bureaus reads follows: “I have been greatly impressed with the fact that Federal empi in the City of W: n are the bene- By testiions i the Dis- lent institut - m“’nbxflneed “n“hli:, '{Il:z m’gr!kt”cum- 1w refore, to Vary over so many years against the inside organization of bdznl';mplma in sup- port of charitable drit el Fed- of and for which orgal to the fullest capacity. %I am ith copy of a organi I would appreciate it greatly if see your way to uyrlu ,:l‘:.h the authorities of the Gommunity Chest by setting up the or- ganization they suggest.” Chest Officials Delighted. s “Officials of the Community CI are delighted at this action on the part of t Hoover,” Mr. Poole said today. “We have long felt that Govern- ment employes who have continuous employment here; who have suffered no wage reductions; who face no pros of unemployment; who have the as- surance of security of livelihocd while all about is uncertainty, and who live here and share in community benefits, ‘want to do their part in caring for their less fortunate brothers. We consider this the final step in welding every pos- sible force in Washington Into one great communal activity, and we_ feel sure that these 70,000 workers, realizing con- ditions here, will help us to adequately rform our task of raising sufficient funds to care for Washington's less for- tunate citizens.” The tentative plan of organization for all Government departments, sub- mitted by Mr. Poole to President Hoo- ver, and which the Chief Executive has recommended be followed, provides: In each of the executive departmends & chairman would be appointed by the President, to be responsible primarily for supervising detalls of organization and for soliciting subscriptions of higher executives in departments. In each executive department the chief clerk of the department wouid serve as vice chairman. His duties would be to organize the personnel for thor- oughgoing solicitation of al employes of the department. In each office, bureau or division of the department the chairman, by and with tl help of the vice chairman, would secure the appointment of a com- petent and active keyman, a diligent and interested person possessing influence d prestige among his fellow employes d willing to do a thorough job of or- ganization and solicitation. Subdivision Keyman. Each keyman would, when neces- sary, secure an assistant keyman for each subdivision of his office, bureau or mivaion, or in the larger offices wnul!:ll #acare one assistant keyman for each group of 50 or less employes, so that the task of solicitation might be sub- divided and adequate solicitation given in each employe. In each of the miscellaneous institu- tions, such as institutions; commissions, boards, bureaus, etc., as listed in the Congressional Directory, the President of the United States would also appoint a chairman, with chief clerk, where there is one, serving as vice chairman. Keymen and assistant keymen would be appointed as in the departments mentioned above. In order to co-ordinate the distribu- tion of supplies and dissemination of information, the collection reports, etc., the president of the Chief Clerks' As- soclation would serve as the secretary of the unit. He would be aided in all detail work employed y the Community Chest, to give full time to this task for the necessary of organization and campaign- E chairmen and vice chairmen, key- men and assistant keymen and the sec- Boy Scouts who yesterday held memorial services at the grave of Henry Lans- burgh, in Rock Creek Cemetery, in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of his death. £ —Star Staff Photo. NEW TAXICAB LAW PLAN AS SUIT FAILS Commission to Consider Change Making Operators Responsible. The Public Utliities Commission, which today lost its fight in the Court cab operators, is planning to ask Con- gress for an amendment to its organic act giving it pows:r to enforce its regu- lations by prosecution in Police Court. The legislation has been drafted and on failure to pay the fine. The nt situation is that the ..must proceed against util- ities that violate its regulation by as- sessing a penalty and then suing for the penalty in Municipal Court, One such suit has been appealed to the Court of ls.. The case, involving the right of the commission to specify the routes of interstate busses traveling through Washington, has been argued, and a decision is expected next month. No Enforcing Change, The decision rendered by the Court of Appeals today on the taxicab rule will work no change in the present methods of enforcing the taxi code, as no effort has been made to enforce the provision in question since it was challenged in the lower court. A bill specifically giv- ing the comm!ssion the power to re- alll;!e showing financial responsibility on part of taxicab operators is already pending in Congress. In the decision of the:Court of Ap- Peals today it is held that the commis- sion exceeded the powers granted to it in its organic act and affirmed the de- cree of the lower court enjoining its enforcement. Chief Justice George E. Martin, who wrote the opinion, pointed out that Congress exercises exclusive legislative cause within the District of Columbia and that the commission is merely an administrative agency. Even the Dis- trict Commissioners have been held by the United States Supreme Court to be merely administrative officers, the court notes, and are clothed only with power g‘l‘cx:s:mg "po]lc; regulations” and only s are usual and commo; by that designation. ki Snow Law Citation. Citation is made of the snow law regulation sought to be enforced for the removal of snow and ice from the side- walk where in the case of Coughlin vs, District of Columbia the Court of Ap- peals held that the Commissioners lack- ed authority and pointed out that de- spite the fact that various other munic- ipalities exercised their power, here subject. After citing the sections of the or- ganic act upon which the Commission relied for its right to issue the bond or security regulation, Chief Justice Mar- tin says: “These provisions plainly relate to the material equlpmex;nt lr{d facilities of all utilities within the District and peration; also to their actual physical o the efficiency of the servic: rendered by them, and the regulation of the rates charged by them. The act contains no mention or implication of any authority delegated to the commission to mak or enforce such a regulation as is in- volved herein. 1In view of the fact that such regulation necessarily im- Doses a substantial tax upon a class of persons within the District which may bs diminished or increased at the dis- ;r:t‘::m of tdhehcommlsslcn, it is not to esumed that such authority would be granted by implication.” = " Cheaper Fare, Blanton Aim. Vigorous campaign for cheaper trans- portation for the workers in the Dis- trict s promised by Representativi Thomas L. Blanton of Texas as hi: major effort for legislaticn at this ses- of R(i!olumbln, presentative Blanton will seek to break up what he says is “the existing monopoly by taxicab companies at Union Station and around hotels.” Representative Blanton has had many pictures taken showing the traf- fic congestion that he claims is caused by grantnig the monopoly to taxicabs in the streets and all of the principal business corners, as well as, by the maintenance of a blue-sky garage and reservation of the nearest traffic lane at Union Station. “I am for reducing fares on busses and street cars, so that the people can afford to ride,” he said. “I am for giving the lowest rate on street cars and busses to school chil- official nd atten eon Seport, meetings during the period of “': u'fenmremm« pledge cards ployes and special speakers would be - avallable for appearance of Appeals for power to insist on finan- | cial responsibility on the part of taxi- |y, "pilice’ Court today while the District will be considered at the commission’s | meeting next Thursday. It covers not | only taxicabs, but all utilities, and pro- | vides a fine of not to exceed $100 on | conviction of the operator in Police | Court-with alternative of imprisonment | Congress alone could legislate on the | sion of Congress affecting the District | FIGHT WITH POLICE 15 INVESTIGATED Charges Against Three, Held After Row in Front of Hotel, Continued. Charges against three persons ar- rested after a fist fight with police in front ot the Shoreham Hotel early Sun- day were continued until December 9 attorney's office “‘other angles” of the case. Meanwhile court papers were filed charging Vernon G. Taylor, 27-year-old sculptor of the 1600 block of Buchanan street, with assaulting two fourteenth precinet policemen and with drunk and disorderly conduct. He was released under $250 collateral. Jbohn Hay David- son, 3620 Sixteenth street, sales man- ager of a local automobile company, and Mrs. Lillian Davidson, 1610 Buchanan street, were each charged with assauit- ing a policeman. They were released under $50 collateral each. Police said the tfouble started about 1:30 o'clock Sunddy morning when two men got into an argument over a wom- an at the hotel door. When a crowd | gathered, Policemen R. L. Hammann |and W. H. Garner said they tried to | clear it way. Hammann grabbed one of the men by the arm and declared that another attacked him, then a woman ran at him with fists flying, the officer ex- plained. A general fight is said to have followed, which ended when the wom- an and two men were taken to the precinct. Taylor bore a large patch on his head today where a police nightstick had found its mark. He sald that he be- lieved that if the officers “had used more courtesy and had not started strong-arm tactics,” the trouble would have been averted. “We are investigating angles of the | case,” said Michael Keogh, assistant dis- | trict attorney, “which will not be’made known at present.” 15,000 CARDS MAY AID CAPITAL IDLE | Commissioners Committee to Con- sider Federation Proposal to Get Data From Homes. investigates The Commissioners’ Committee on | Unemployment, headed by Frederic A. | Delano, will meet in the board room at | the District Building, at 4 o'clock, this | afternoon, to consiger a request of the | Federation of Citizens’ Association that 15,000 cards be printed for use in ob- taining data on odd jobs available in | Washington homes, to be used as a | means of unemployment relief. The request was made through the Federation’s Committee on Unemploy- mert, of which Assistant Corporation | Counsel Willlam A. Roberts is chair- |man. The cards contain a question- I naire inquiring into the nature of the | jobs available and the time whén the | jobs could be done. Such jobs as paint- ing, repairing and general interior | decorating are included. |~ The federation expects to take care of distributing the uestionnaires through the various neighborhood citi- zens' assoclations, but has no mouey available for the expense of printing | the cards. | | YUKON A COMPETITOR Eskimo Husky, Hoover Gift, En- ! tered in Dog Show. ! Yukon. a thoroughbred Eskimo husky. given to Maj. R. A. Kelser, U. 8. A, by President Hoover, will be among the many blue blood canines to be entered |in the All-Breed Dog Show to be held t the Washington Auditorium Friday and Saturday. | Yukon will vie for honors with one | of his own breéd, an Eskimo husky whose grandsire is the champion lead dog of Canada, and with a Russian wolfhound owned by the Bolivian lega- tion. e T LEAP INQUEST ORDERED Gallinger Patient Said to Have Jumped From Window. An inquest into the death of Benja- min Harris, 67 years old, of the 1200 block of C street southwest, a mental itient at Gallinger Hospital, who was illed in & two-story leap from a win- | dow at the institution Saturday nigas, was held today at _the Morgue. The verdict held Harris mentally irre- DRY CREWS BEGIN PATROLING ROADS NEAR D. C. BORDER Baltimore Agents Are Work- ing With Enforcement Staff Here in Drive. WO00DCOCK HOLDS AREA “ONE OF U. S. SORE SPOTS’ Effort Mainly Fact-Finding, With View to Extending Method to Other Sections. A major offensive with Federal agents and Washington policemen the attack- ing force bracketed Southern Maryland today as the Prohibition Enforcement Bureau laid down a barrage on the Capital’s chief source of liquor supplies. Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock, director of prohibition, who is a native of Mary- land, followed the drive with consider- able interest. He regards the territory in which about 30 Federal agents have been concentrated as “one of the sore spots in the United States” and has directed that th: men be kept there until conditions are materially improved. Twenty agents from Baltimore are working with the Washington enforce- ment staff under William R. Blanford, acting administrator for the fourth dis- trict, under a plan that accomplishes careful scrutiny of four Maryland counties, Charles, Princ: Georges, Cal- vert and St. Marys. The Federal men, working in crews, are quartered in the county seats and will work out of the !o‘wns.ddeurmlned to travel “every inch of road.” Fact-Finding Effort. Col. Woodcock, emphasizing that the drive is not regarded as spectacular, will follow results with a view to ex- tending the method of concentration in other parts of the country if the net result is encouraging. The effort is a fact-finding one, essentially, with the agents instructed to chart every road- way and every possible still site in a large area. About 30 Washington policemen, led by inspector Bean and Lieut George M. Little of the police vice squad, started this morning on patrols along the Mary- land-District of Columbia border. In crews of two men, with a prohibition officer in each crew, the patrols kept close watch on six of the principal high- ways leading into Washington from the section bracketed by the Federal agents. Compilation of data which may be used as the basis for further effort will engage the entire force of agents, but the breakdown of rum-running activity will be given first attention. The Federal courts at Baltimore han- dle most of the prohibition business originating in Southern Maryland and j arrests and confiscation of liquor made during the drive probably will be listed there from day to day. Drive Not Held Seasonal. The co-operation offered by District | authorities is in anticipation of any in- | flux of rum runners brought about by | the-activity of the Federal men across | the border. 5 Col. Woodcock does not regard the drive as seasonal. Prohibition” enforce- ment officers have argued a long time that the staff agsigned to the territory was inadequate to cope with the situa- tion, and the director, determined to stamp out liquor in Southern Maryland, has answered the argument by giving Blandford and Robert D. Ford, acting assistant administrator at Baltimore, authority to work in the section as long as_necessary. Blanford and Ford will maintain their headquarters in Washington during the drive, visiting outposts and the Federal crews as the work is pushed through the sparsely populated area cut through by highways leading to Baltimore and ‘Washington. 5 'ACCOUNTANT HEARD IN RECEIVERSHIP SUIT Wardman Mortgage and Discount Corporation Minority Group Presses Case. Sult of the minority stockhbalders of the Wardman Mortgage & Discount Corporation in the Alexandria Corpora- tion Court for appointment of a receiver was resumed today before Judge Wil- liam P. Woolls, with John Berg, cer- tified public accountant, who audited | the books of the defendant corporation {on behalf of the petitioners, occupying the stand. Borg told of finding a large number of entries where stock subscription were issued and charged to the Wardman Construction Co. while no cash was received by the defendant's corporation, according to the ent: THROAT IS SLASHED Self-Inflicted Razor Wound Laid to Domestic Troubles. Raymond L. Satterfield, 37 years old, was being treated at Gallinger Hospital today for a self-inflicted incised throat wound and for mental observation. Fourteenth precinct police reported that Satterfield was found near the home of his wife, 5627 Rock Creek Ford road. Police said he used a safety razor blade when he was unable to talk to his wife, from whom he had separated. } PAGE B—1 s L Here is what remains of an automobile which stalled last night on the B, & O. Railroad crossing at Franklin Station, at the foot of Douglas street northeast. The machine was driven by Miss Mary Leckie, 1501 Sixteenth street. An express train locomotive which struck the car was damaged slightly. —Star Staff Photo. DISTRIGT REPORT 15 GIVEN CONGRESS Saturday Half-Holiday and Liberal lllegitimacy Laws Recommended. ‘The annual report of the District Commissioners for the fiscal year closed June 30 last, transmitted to Congress today, contains no recommendations or statements from the city heads them- selves, but-is merely a complilation of the reports of the various department heads, The only thing added is a com- pilation of the dates on which the new Commissioners and Assistant Engineer Commissioners took office. The report transmits recommenda- tions from Corporation Counsel William W. Bride urging legislation for making every Saturday a half holiday in the District, for transferring numerous routine duties from the Commissioners to the secrelary of the board, for lib- eralization of laws relating to children born out of wedlock and for an insur- ance code. A plea for greater extension of branch library facilities is transmitted with the report of the board of library trustees. ‘The report of the supervisor of play- grounds urges that ‘the Plaza Play- ground be retained, and that more space be set aside for playgrounds. The health officer stressed the need for more adequate medical and dental examinations for students in the public schools. ‘The various reports from which the Commissioners’ report is made up have already been printed in these columns. . REALTY HEARING MAY END QUICKLY Blaine Says Senate Group Will Be Thorough in Its Investigation. Public hearings to be held by the Senate subcommittee appointed to in- vestigate conditions relating to Wash- ington real estate, mortgage foreclos- ures and financial transactions, sched- uled to start Thursday morning, may be completed quickly in the early part of the ‘sesslon’ 6f Congress, dccording to present indications. In voicing this belief today, Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, chairman of the subcommittee, said the committee would go into the subjects of the in- quiry as extensively as may appear e Gkcar. H, Bripk local attorney ar H, Bripkman, local attorn employed %y Rm committee, announced this morning that subpoenaes had been obtained for the appearance at the first hearing of about a'dozen “former lead- ers” in the local realty and finance business. Brinkman also announced that some of the information to be laid before the committee at the hearings would deal with affairs of the F. H. Smith Co., which as yet have not been publicly discussed. Before the last session of Congress ended, the subcommittee had in mind {hree separate pleces of legislation; namely, a bill to license real estate brokers and salesmen, another to regu- late the sale of securities, and a bill to define a method to be followed in fore- closing mortgages. ‘The Senator pointed out today that a real estate license measure was passed last session by the Senate, and is await- ing action in the House, leaving the two other questions still to be passed upon by his subcommittee. Treated for Poison Dose. Guy Willlams, 30 yeats old, of York, Pa., was taken to Emergency Hospital from the Hamilton Hotel last night and freated for.a dose of poison he was reported to have taken. l Capt. Frank M. Hawks' famous glider Eaglet, in which he was towed across the United States and in which he has made demonstration flights in scores of American cities to foster glider s-:ll;lvi- airplane, with 3 controls. pla: will be flown by J. D. who towed Capt. April. Arriving country last March ovzr"allln' Field, Capt. Hawks is to cutbuemmew'plmmo?lnl tion the HAWKS’ FAMOUS GLIDER, EAGLET, IS TO BE GIFT TO SMITHSONIAN Will Be Towed Here From New York With Flyer at Controls, for Presentation December 8. continental flight was completed in 44 hours and 10 minutes of flying time, of which 35 hours were required for tow- ing over the 2.800-mile course from San Diego to New York City. Hawks will be met at Bolling an official party headed by iward Garber, in charge of the llection of the Texas Co., for whom Capt. Hawks fiies. ‘The Eaglet will be exhibited in the southwest corner of the Arts and dustries Building, or “Old Brick Mu- seum,” in which the Spirif DISTRICT COURT PENSION RULING IS MODIFIED| Appellate Tribunal Acts on Man- damus Order Affecting Allowance Given Edward E. H. Browning. The District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Justice Charles H. Robb to- day modified & mandamus order of the District Supreme Court which had di- rected that Edward E. H. Browning be given a pension allowance of $87.50 from November 1, 1927, following his retire- ment as a member of the Police De- partment. The appellate tribunal held that the Commissioners had_no authority a that time to place Browning's pension | at $75 only, and should have allowed | him the maximum provided for his grade, but since July 1, 1930, Congress has clothed the Commissioners with dis- cretion to redetermine and fix the pen- | slon relief allowance to policemen and firemen, he is entitled only to the in- crease up to July 1, 1930, The court cited former decisions, in | which it held that a pension is a gra- | tuity and not a contract with the Dis- trict, and that the rights of the pen- | sloner are vested only so long as the | statute in question by which it is au- thorized remains in force and un- changed, subject to be devested at any time that Congress may desire. With the modification noted above, the jug.;ment of the lower court is ‘me et NAVY WEORAL " PLANS OUTLINED Secretary Adams to Officiate at Ceremony Honoring Americans Lost at Sea. Arrangements were being made today fat the Navy Department to enable Sec- retary Adams to break ground Wednes- day, initiating the construction of the Navy and Marine Memorial, on the southerly end of Columbia Island. J. W. Powell of the Navy and Marine Association was expected here from New York today to confer with Secre- tary Adams concerning details of the proposed ceremony. Secretary Adams recently accepted the honorary chair- manship of the association, which will erect the memorial here in honor of Americans who have 1ost their lives at sea. The memorial will feature sea- gulls on a bronze wave, and in its new location the monument will be nearly surrounded by water. Construction Authorized. ‘The Finance Commission d the National Capital Park and Planning Commission recently authorized the as- sociation to construct the monument at the southerly end of Columbia Island, changing its ition from the previous location, designed for East Potomac Park. It was found that the cost of constructing suitable approaches to the memorial in Potomac Park was pro- hibit ve. O .cials of the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks recently expressed doubt as to the ability of the association to proceed at this time with construc- tion, as a large share of Columbia Island is now under water. The United States Engineer Office, through hy- draulic pipe line operations, has been at work pumping up sand and gravel from the bottom of the Potomac River in the vicinity of the water gate near the Lincoln Memorial in order to raise the level of Columbia Island. Island Raised to Higher Level. Construction of the Memorial boule- vard on the Virginia side of the Arling- ton Memorial Bridge permits the use of a number of truckfuls of excavated | earth, which are being placed on the island to raise its level up to that of the bridge floor. A number of prominent Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine officials, some of them in Washington, are identi- fied with the Navy and Marine Asso- clation. —_— INSTITUTION FOR DEAF REPORTS EXPENDITURES ‘The secretary of the Columbia Insti- tution for the Deaf today transmitted to Congress an annual report of the expenditures totaling $95,011 for per- sonal services, $35977.41 for supplies and materials, $957.84 for telephone and other communication services, §14,- 405.34 for repairs and alterations and $8,020.80 for equipment, making a grand total of $148,746.54. salarie from five assistant ‘The es range instructors, at $300 each, to $4,800 for the resident superintendent. JUDGE’S GRANDSON WEDS the | zart 14 PERSONS HURT IN CAR ACCIDENTS Four Drivers Are Arrested. Woeman Thrown Through Auto Windshield. Fourteen persons were injured and four drivers were arrested in traffic accidents over the week end. ‘The most serious mishap occurred at Seventh and E streets last night, when Mrs, Neland Minnick, 42 years old, of 413 Seventh street southeast, was thrown through the windshield of an automobile after the vehicle struck an excavation in the street. Mrs. Minnick was treated at Casualty Hospital. Floyd Clark, 22 years old, driver of the machine, esc: with slight hurts. The excavation was about 10 feet deep. Auto Skids Into Pole. Charles E. Stebbins, 26 years old, of the first block of Bates street; Eugene Winston, 12 years old, of Mount Rainier, Md., and Edward Clark, 12 years old, of Brentwood, Md., were hurt last night when the machine Stebbins was riving skidded into an electric_lighting pole at Tenth street and Rhode Island avenue. All were treated at Sibley Hospital. The machine was badly damaged. Four persons were slightly hurt yes- terday afternoon following a collision at Sixth and F streets southwest. ‘Those injured and treated at Cas- ualty Hospital for minor hurts were Mrs. Lucy Jones, 40 years old; Miss Lena Jones, 16 years old; Elwood Mar- tin, 40 years old, and Levin Jones, all of Fairfax, Va. The drivers of 'both machines, Joseph Chatman, colored, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Benton O’Roark of Fairfax, Va.,, were charged with reck- less driving. Knocked down by an automobile at Ninth street and New York ayenue last night, Jesse L. Conwell, 81 years old, of 1114 Eleventh street was taken to Emer- gency Hospital. Murray Collier, 19 years old, of the 800 block of Seven- teenth street, driver of the machine, was not arrested. Car Plunges Down Embankment. When the automobile she was driv- ing plunged down an embankment on the Lee-Jackson Highway near Acco- tink, Va., Miss Ruth Fowler of Syracuse, N. Y., escaped with head wounds. She was treated at Emergency Hospital, - Three persons were injured in a col- lision last night at Eleventh street and C street northeast. Frank Bowman, 54 years, old of 1110 E street northeast, driver of one car, was arrested on a reckless driving charge. Mrs. Katie Massey, Hobson Cody, 11 years old, and Barbara Heitmuller, 4 years.old,ail re- siding in_Anacostia, Were treated at Casualty Hospital. k W Following a collision on the Benning Bridge last night Mayo Summers, 42 years' old, “colored, of 4916 Lee street northeast, was chary with driving while intoxirated an operating with- out & driver’s license. Summers’ ma- chine struck an automobile operated by C McLaughlin, colored, of 1417 H%p ;. ftreg. None was hurt. enjamin Rau, 26 years old, of Eighteenth _street, was treated ‘3 Emergency Hospital after a taxicab in Which he was a passenger collided with another machine at Ninth streets Jast night. Perey ‘Carman, 2108 K street. was the driver, of.the cab, and the other machine was driven by Ben- ny Chippenwalt of the 600 block of Fifteenth street northeast. CHANGES ARE ORDERED IN FOREIGN SERVICE Recent changes in the United S Foreign Service include the transI:: '37 Nathaniel B. Stewart, Georgia, consul general at Barcelona, Spain, and Wil- liam P. Cochran, Pennsylvania, vice consul at Wellington, New Zealand, to the State Department; the transfer of Will L. Lowrie, Illinols, consul general, from Wellington, New _Zealand, to Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany; Jo- seph F. Burt, Ilinols, consul, 'from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Montreal, WOMAN IS HELPED FROM AUTO INPATH OF SPEEDING TRAIN Miss Mary Leckie, Secretary to Wealthy Realty Man, Has Narrow Escape. CAR STALLED ON TRACK AT FRANKLIN STATION Machine Tossed 300 Feet From Crossing by Express Going 60 Miles an Hour. Miss Mary V. Leckie, 30, of 1501 Sixe teenth street, private secretary to John H. Storer, wealthy retired realty oper~ ator of the Wardman Park Hotel, nar« rowly escaped death last night when the automobile she was driving was demolished at_the Franklin Station crossing by a Baltimore and Ohio ex- press train several moments after she was helped from the machine by Law= rence McVeary of 2505 Mills avenue. According to police, Miss Leckie was driving Storer's automobile across the tracks at the foot of Douglass street northeast when the machine stalled in & depression between the two tracks. McVeary, who was standing about 200 feet from the crossing, ran to the au- bile, opened the r and led Leckie to safety. - Car Carried 155 Feet. The express, traveling at 60 miles an hour, crashed into the machine, car- ried it along the tracks for more than 155 feet, tearing down 200 feet of guard rail between the tracks and finally de- i ngh etha mlnnchlnedabout 300 feet crossing an Imgmmc track. s lb?ut A neer Louis Webking of Baltimore hal the train about 'l block down the track following the collision. He said he did not see the stalled machine until he was almost upon it. He said h':‘ lwlltdkhhwbrm;kel u:idmd" but. Juickly - enough. William E. Clark of Baltim conductor on the train. et Mmllflm From Slight Shock. Leckie, friends said, is from slight shock at the hom:ug‘el"l;:g sister, at 1736 Columbia road. Citizens in the community said this morning that the crossing is a one-way affeir and is poorly lighted. Several declared they have complained to the . & O. officials, but so far have 8ot~ ten no results. They declared the de~ pression between the tracks should be filled in with dirt. Several accidents i S A Pk g e ears, in one of theym. T PR R 82,000,000 GALLONS WATER USED HERE DAILY, Per Capita Average Is 160 a Day, Annual Survey by Chief of Army Engineers Reveals. During the fiscal year, en L June 30, the average consumdmu’)n.t‘z: water in Washington was 82,000,000 gallons per day, making the average per caplia consumption 160 gallons per Lytle Brown, ghief of retary Hfi‘l"‘l‘:yenlr'n 'fi?." tmli-y vt annual lcfivlt'l:;lo.( his office. faiadis- le complled by Gen. Brown and assoclates shows that in the Government buildings, Ford’s Theater on ‘Tenth street, near E street, was at the bottom of the list, with an average daily consumption of 143 gallons of water during the fiscal year, Leading the of Government buildings was :I;I:x::bglgg;og Navy Yard, which had laily consumption thro the 12 months of l.ssl,ul),u gnl.lmm“'ll ! EDGAR JACOBS GIVEN FOUR-YEAR SENTENCE Pleaded Guilty to Embezzlement of Funds of Firm for Which He Worked. Edgar Jacobs, 3501 Rittenhouse street, who pleaded guilty to embezzlement of funds of the Paramount Publix Cors poration, of which he had been auditor, was sentenced today by Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal Division 1 to serve four years in the penitentiary. Jacobs was accused of bel responsible for a short.'qe of nearly $70,000 of the com- pany’s funds, but the two indictments entioned smaller amounts. The sen- tence was for four years on each in- dictment, to run concurrently. Jacobs had worked for the company for nine years and is said to have used money In stock speculation. He is 39 years l-;fl“fl‘.“ma;rled and has two chil- 3 ution to the i b le extent of made, an automobile has been Pprobation officer case, according to the report of the- who investigated the YOUNG WOMAN IS CUT WHEN AUTO HITS POLE Three Escape Injury in Accident on Wisconsin Avenue Blamed on Wet Pavement. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, ETHESDA, Md., December 1 Skidding on the weh pavement. a car Canada; H. N. Cookingham, New York, consul, from Tenerife, Canary Islands, to Vancouver, British Columbia; Samuel L. Fletcher, Maine, consul, from Blue- flelds, Nicaragua, to Mont#eal, Canada; John McArdle, Pennsylvania, consul, from Monterey, Mexico, to Prague; Cecil W. Gray, Tennessee, vice consul, from Buenos Aires to Berlin, Germany, and the appointment of Carleton A. Wall of Moristown, N. J,, as vice consul at Monrovia, Liberia. . Anthony, vice Honduras, and Harry A. McBride, Michigan, vice con- st at Malaga, Spaln, have resigned from the servi APARTMENT IS PLANNED Application for a building permit to erect a 5-story and it house apart- ment building at Fuller street and Mo~ place, cost approximately $200,000, was filed today by Ell & Kay U 3 5 noted heavy- | Building & Investment Co., Inc. ekt boxer, maarriod Miss Dorothy .| The suructure, which wiil face on Morris of Chase yesterday. 1600 block of Fuller streeb; will con- Lamar Morris, who is the | tain 200 rogmis,arranged into 70 apart- ter of Mrs. R. C. Satterfield, of | nents, .- - 3244 Patf street, drove to Rock-| Accdfding to the P fled, the ville, Md., where the was | buildinz will be located orf¥§ lot having fimwm.m%-lt (:eofo}”lmm ¢ street, ?:uum leais the architect. 5 o driven by James Steros, 1133 Four- teenth street, Washington, collided w‘i‘{h a telephone pole at the intersection of Wisconsin avenue and Bradley lane last night. Miss Louise Darling, 1214 L street, Washington, who was riding in the car, sustained cuts on the lower lip, head, and left leg. The woman was treated by Dr. W, O of Bethesda. v Others in the machine were Miss Helen Wierson, 1214 L street, and Nick Tanos, 1209 L street, both of Washing< ton. Neither was hurt. ——dil WOMAN’S PARTY PROGRAM Lantern Slides Depicting Fight for Suffrage to Be Exhibited. Historic lantern slides mrcun&nm will be wn