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NEWLY DISCOVERED WRITING MAY SHED, "LIGHT ON AMERIGAS ‘Dr. Clark of Yale Finds Manu- scripts, Lost 300 Years, in Vatican Library. PRIEST’S DESCRIPTION OF NEW WORLD SCENES XKey to Mayan Language Expected to Be Obtained for Smith- sonian, BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Lost to the world for more than 300 years, a 300,000-word manuscript con- taining an encyclopedic description of the New World shortly after its first set- | tlement has been rediscovered for the Smithsonian Institution in the Vatican Iibrary. is' Spanish manuscript is described | by Mathew W. Stirling, chief of the | Bureau of American Ethnology, as ap- parently one.of the most significant contributions ever made to the early history of the Amerjcas. It was written by & priest-traveler who associated both | with the natives and with the Spanish adventurers from Mexico to Chile, and ‘who then came home to write the book about the strange things he had seen ‘which he expected would make his name ortal. Slowly and painfully Father Vasquez de Espinosa transcribed his voluminous motes, told all his friends of the great book he was writing, and saw the proof sheets of the first few chapters come from the printer. Then he appears to | have died suddenly, his manuscript g-ued into the hands of the local ishop, and eventually the yellowing sheets found their way with a mass of other uncatalcgued material into the ‘Vatican library. As a final ironic touch they did not even bear Espinosa’s name. Lost Lanzuage Objective. ‘The manuscript was rediscovered by Dr, Charles Upson Clark of Yale Uni- versity, who is searching the libraries of Spain and Italy for the Smithsonian under a special grant from former Vice President Charles G. Dawes. The ob- ct of the search is some clue in_.the als or letters of priests or soldiers which will vve some insight intg the Maya hierogiyphics, which now consti- tute a lost lal ge. Mr. Dawes is es- ly interested in any evidence of a le connection between these high- ly civilized people of Central America and the populace of the fabled “lost At- lantis,” which some believe may have been a stepping stone between ancient Europe and the New World. Dr. Clark's dlmov!ry.heon;l&'?d of 80 printed pages and 500 sheets of manu- script in a fine hand. The omly clue the author was his reference to a religious book by himself. “A nd Guide to ‘l:elven." Follow- Dr. Clarence True Wilson, expounder of the dry cause, called on Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock, prohibition enforcement director, toda; | learned that their fathers were pastor and lay member Md., years ago. DRY HEADS RECALL 0LD ACQUAINTANCE fi Dr. Wilson Surprised to Find _Col. Woodcock Maryland Neighbor. All the rough edges of a surprising acquaintanceship were rubbed smooth at a meeting in Prohibition Director ‘Woodcock's spacious office this morning while mutual friends who shared the secret remarked on how strange is the “destiny which shapes our ends.” Dr. Clarence True Wilson, Methodist minister, Jdealist, expounder of the tem- perance tause, traveled to prohibition headquarters to pay what he thought is first-call on Col. *Woodcock, sol- dier, lawyer and administrator. For nearly an hour the two men, whose ccmmon goal is the stamping out of liquor but wi attitugles of mind are strikingly dissimilar, sat together as travelers along memory's highway to days when Dr. Wilson's father was pre- siding elder of the Salisbury, Md., dis- trict and Woodcock’s father was a lay member of his church board. Acquaintances Recalled. ‘When he opened the door of Wood- e first person Dr. Wilson greeted was Mrs. Thomas E. Martin- dale of Salisbury. The Methodist leader said he did not know she was acquainted with the prohibition direc- tor. “He is our brother,” said Mrs. “Well, I will declare,” was Dr. Wil- son’s response. “It proves that we go | through life dreaming and wake up to | find our, friends have connections we | do not realize as we go along.” Mrs. Martindale, whose late husband was one of the most prominent Meth- odist ministers in Maryland, has enter- tained Dr. Wilson in her home at Salisbury many times. She told him, in the few moments while he awaited Col. ‘Woodcock’s pleasure, that the men had met in her home &nd just did not recall their meeting. £ Col. Woodcock beckoned then, and after hand shaking all round the dry leader and prohibition administra: retired to Woodcock’s office for a chat that touched on books and men and playtimes under Maryland trees when both were young. In the several months since Wood- cock’s appointment, an appointment their | that came when Dr. Wilson was in the “And with them is another figure clothed in a pontifical, with a miter on his head, of work and dress extraordi- nary and altogether different from that of these realms. And connected with room there are corridors very well worked of stone, with very large pillars all of one plece, and for over four or six ‘leagues around this proud edifice there 18 a great amount of worked stone. These ruins indicate that there telligence, snd great cities which the have swallowed up.” ‘This, says Mr. Stirling, is evidently| 8 semi-mystical description of the ruins | of Copan, in the Guatemalan jungle, which in recent years have attracted great interest among archeologists. ‘The friar had a taste for the horrible. He described with considerable gusto | the fate of an Indian woman who fell | into & pool of crocodiles and was quick- ly devoured. But she was one of his converts, so he directed the Indians to catch and kill all the reptiles at once and secure from them the swallowed tions. Then, he says, “I sald mass or her.” Twenty-four Hours' Torture. He describes the initiation of a Carib warrior who was forced to lie in a hammock for months with no nourish- ment but “manioc water.” Then tne! weakened man was subjected to “24| hours’ torture with biting and stinging | ants as big as wasps. If he survived he | became a warrior” He gives first- hand accounts of the Indian wars of Peru, Chile and Argentina and detailed descriptions of the tribes and geography of the Orinoco region. A curiosity secured by Dr. Clark is a manuscript of a Spanish priest who had | received 50,000 ducats in the division | of spoils after the loot of Peru by Piazaro. But the priest knew the eruelty and ruthlessness used in obtain- | da: ing the money and his eonscience was troubled. So he argued it out on paper, 7'setting down six reasons for and against keeping the money. What conclusion Yohe reached is not known. This manu- is not only a valuable psy- dical documen but contains much detatled description of the West Indies in the days of the Spanish settlements. | “ARMY GIVES SUPPLIES TO RELIEVE JOBLESS A _Bedding Sent to Welfare Agencies at Direction of Secretary of ‘War Hurley. Beeking to relieve the un loyment Tatos quatitios” of b1 Spwine sued large quan of suppiles to local welfare organizations, n&mh disclosed today. The work has been done at the special direction of Secre- of War Hurley. - luded were 3,650 bed sacks, 450 blankets, 400 sheets, 150 cots and 200 matf distributed has been country by the tresses. They were fitfllsw Salvation Army, the Cen- tral Mission, the Volunteers of | held, ‘West, neither had had occasion to' think of their mutual associations. First Official Meeting. They met today for the first time since Col. Woodcock came from Balti- more to direct the Governmen®s en- forcement activity. A remark Dr. Wilson made several weeks ago led indirectly to their confer- ence. Commenting on conditions in an interview, the Methodist leader said he regretted that the mew prohibition director didn't want to see “profes- sional reformers.” Dr. Wilson was con- vinced this morning that he had been misinformed, because when he called ‘Woodcock’s offices looked like the meet- ing place of the organized temperance movement. Dry leaders who have been holding conferences here: called in a body to pay their respects. “I don't understand why I didn’t learn sooner all I know about this now,” | sald Dr. Wilson as he emerged from | | the office. Within the two men posed for photographs. Col. Woodcock’s mili- tary training asserted itself. “You as the elder should stand on the right, Dr. | Wilson,” he prompted, and the dry | leader willingly acquiesced. They talked about a new history of their beloved | Eastern Maryland country while the | photographer fussed with his gadgets. | “Good luck to you, Dr. Wilson, and come to see me again,” said Col. Wood- | cock with a broad smile. Dr. Wilson slightly the taller, bowed. “It will be | a pleasure, Col. Woodcock,” he said. | He seemed a little hurt as he left. “1 . Recommend Australian Wool Tax. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (#).— New Zealand wool-growing interests to- y recommended a wool tax for estab- lishment of a central fund for research and pyblicity in overseas markets. for the first time and a church at Salisbury, —Star Staff Photo. BANDIT USES TAXI TO FLEE WITH LOOT Compels Driver to Take Him to District Line—Other *Hold-ups Reported. Forcing a taxicab driver to drive him to the District line, a bandit fled into Maryland early today after holding up Melvin Christina, colored, manager of :‘ gasoline filling station, robbing him $22. The hacker, John Belk of 1127 Fourth street, told police he was hailed and instructed by his fare to drive to the gas station. The man pushed a pistol into Belk’s side as the cab came to a halt in the driveway and commanded the taxi driver to precede him into the office, where he stepped back and covered both Christina and Belk with his gun, ordering the former*to open the cash register. Gives $22 to Bandit. Christina surrendered his night's re- ceipts, about $22, and Belk said he wds made to drive to the District line on Wisconsin avenue, where a touring car was awaiting the robber. Two other hold-ups were staged in the District last night. Two boys walked into the store of Mrs. Minnie Jablow, 931 Potomac avenye, and rifled the cash register. They thteatened Mrs. Jablow with a pistol, she told police. Fred Adams of 301 N street southwest, a driver for the Black & White Taxicab Co., had only an ~mpty bilifold and a bank book to offer when two men pull a gun on him in the 2100 Eighth street and searched his cl 3 ‘The men answer the descri] of the colored bandits who have held up and robbed several cab drivers here during the past two weeks. Others Are Robbed. Other robberies were reported by | Anita Lemon, Hayes Burnett and Ar- thur Thomas, 926 8 Tipton, 1324 Farragut street; Charles L. Bartlett, Apartment 34, 304 F street; Weimer Cooksey, 2301 Third street rortheast; Harry O. White, 616 Twelfth treet;¥Henry A. Renze, Apartment 302, 1101 Eucild street; Miss Anne Goldman, 4015 Fourteenth street; Ritchie Park, 6326 Sixteenth street; Helen F. Chamb- lin, Northbrook Courts; Henry Mat- thews, 1735 PFirst street; Emanuél Le- vine, 1039 Seventh street; Hobart M. Tucker, 2114 Fourteenth street; Ray- mond Goodwin, 812 Twelfth street, and CHRISTMAS SEAL SALES TOTAL $23,000 Half of Goal Set by Tuberculosis Associdtion Now Ob- tained. The sale of Christmas seals for the local Tuberculosis. Association, with the receipts of cash totaling $23,000, re- ported at the assoclation’s headquar- * ters last night, has passed way mark toward the season's of $45,000. ‘The money thus far raised has come through the sale of 2,300,000 seals. Good progtam was reported yesterday in the sale of seals s0id through the r of banks, de- “The seals are bet | was reared in Princess Anne, near Salis- | . bury, and our lives have touched many | times in the past” Dr. Wilson said, shaking his head. “And to think that I didn’t write a letter congratulating one of our Eastern Maryland boys on his appointment.” that “any attempts to capitalize the sale of Christmas seals for individual | gain should be promptly re| to | the seal sale headquarters of the as- soclation at 1022, Eleventh street.” Private. schools which are now seH- ing the scals are as follows: Sidwell's Friends™School, Miss Madeira’s School, Mount Vernon Seminary, Natlonal Cathedral School for Girls, St. Alban's School for Boys. The patients of the {'mbercu]o&u Hospital are also au- thorized to sell the seals. BEGGAR WITH POCKETS BULGING CHANGES BILL FOR HOUSEWIFE !Expecu to Start Rooming House on Proceeds of Appeals, Which Total $13.50 in One Day. The half-blind beggar ringing door- bells in the 1000- block of Montana avenue yesterday was going to retire , he said. Not that he was at first disposed to mention such a rosy prospect, hugging his hat with a maimed forearm before the door of the corner house. Tre information slipped from him, however, when professionalism gave way < My. 3 he g:‘l" ':ddrungn.( "fi “Lady,” n, a house- wife, who asked th'l|-t her nf‘lzle be':r;ul— , “could ive me 50 cents?: e half- the e sifted his overcoat’ and 2 Wmmxmiw The beggar waited. “Oh.” said wife, “I've only a $5 bill.” “I can change it, lady. “You can ¢l it? In that case T can spare you 10 eents. Perhaps you ‘make more at than my husband does at his The beggar hesitated. “Yes, lady,” he said, a note of pride i his voice. “I took in $13.50 yesterday.” Then he produced from his pockets a $20 bill, a $10 bill and four $1 bills. other hand brought up a quantity of silver. » lady, I can cha your bill all ;1‘1191;”‘ And he vem “houu'tu .90 in exchange for note. “You " he said, shi fn i AR the house- 3 at Eighteenth street and Florida avenue | tri reet; Frank B. |l g:t shopping dis- | OFF DOCKET INTHIS | AREA IN NOVEMBER Current Ch.arges Handled Be- sides—Total Now Pend- ing Is 2,454, JAIL S-ENTEI!CES REACH 2,094 YEARS FOR NATION Tkree Seizures Reported in Vi ity of Leonardtown, Md., in Dense Woods. n- Court machinery handling Federal prohibition cases in the administrative district “which includes the District of Columbia reduced the number of crim- inal cases on docket by 190 during No- vember, it was shown today in Prohi- bition Director Woodcock’s monthly | summary of enforcement activity. ‘The 640 cases placed on docket dur- ing the month were disposed of, to- gether with 190 cases pending from earlier months. The total number of cases pending in administrative dis- trict was reduced from 2,644 to 2,454. This performance was not reported for the country as a whole, although the cases disposed of during November almost balanced the number brought into court by agents, 5,255 cases being docketed and 5,242 terminated. The total number of unfinished cases -on docket, 23,217, was 13 greater than the number unfinished on October 31. Total Jail Sentences. Jail sentences totaling 2,094 years were imposed throughout the country in the month, together with fines of nearly $477,000. 'The total of fines since July was placed at approximately $1,- ,000. The second prohibition dis- , which includes New York, showed by far the heaviest activity. In it were reported 1441 arrests, 7 convictions by | jury trials, 934 pleas of guilty, 149 ac- quittals and 7,467 cases remaining on docket on December 1. In the fourth prohibition district, in- cluding Washington and the District of Columbia, there were 487 arrests, 100 convictions by jury trials, 624 pleas of guilty, 106 acquitfals, and 2,45¢ cases| remaining on docket. The local district led all nthers, how- ever, in the number of stills and dis- tillerles seized, with 492, and the num- ber of beer fermenters sefzed, with 1,444. The report included returns from the November activity of agents concen- trated in Southiern Maryland. Three Seizures Reported. Three selzures in the vicinity of Leonardtown, Md., were reported today to swell the totals for December. Op- erating in dense woods south of Leon- ardiown, agents confiscated a 500-flllon still at Dameron, a 300-gallon still near St. Jeromes Neck, and a 750-gallon-still within a mile, Boxes containing a total of 8,350 gallons of mash were destroyed, along with paraphernalia. The agents reported that rye meal was being used in the manufacture. A truck and several 150-pound bags of sugar were among the equipment con- fiscated. A fourth still, of 350-galion capacity, was confiscated yesterday at Follywood Shore, Md., with 10,000 lons of mash. Announcing the monthly summary, 3 k said he would like to take mhibmon enforcement “sntirely off front pages of newspapers.” No Spectacular Drives. There s not to be any concentration of agents for spectacular drives during [ 36 season or at any time, he said, adding that his policy i tb con- duct a - steady day-to-day pressure commercial , violators, To%aise the standards of the enforce- Helen Peddinghouse, 1705 East Capitol effic street. . A uniform promotion tion is being drafted which will enable the director to make promotions based on performance of agents, their record in the training schools for agents now being eonducted and longevity. Woodcock estimated that 925 of the 1,400 agents in the service now receive the minimum salary of $2,300. The information about the personnel is far from being complete, he said. Commendation for two Oklahoma agents who made a difficult arrest with- out bloodshed was announced by Wood- cock yesterday, and placed in the agents’ service record. Such informa- tion will enable the director in future to form an opinion as to the qualifica- tions of all the agents. In a detailed account of enforcement in the local district, the bureau re- marked on the capture of a 2,500-galion | still near the Baltimore city limits on November 28. A “wholesale round-up” of alleged whisky handlers in Guilford and Rockingh#m Countles, N. C., where nmpmximltely 50 arrests were made, is cf Will of Student Asks That Body Be Used for Science Martin C. Burghard, Who Took Own Life, Also Provides for Book Sale. Leaving his life insurance policies to his mothér, Martin Calhoun Burghard, a 30-year-old writer who committed sui- cide December 8, requested that his body be used for scient! purposes in his will filed for probate ay in Dis- trict Supreme Court by Policeman Gil- bert J. Penturff. Burghard’s body was found in a gas- filled attic room in the 1400 block of Massachusetts avenue. His will indicates he had an engage- ment with a young woman on the night of his death, which she failed to keep. He previously had written into the docu- ment that she receive the first $300 from the sale of his book of ms, which he .directed to be bound with his own skin and this provision was strick- en out aftet she failed to keep the tryst. notation in handwriting on the typewritten will read, “Excision of paragraphs 5 and 6 due to faflure of young lady to meet me. Am greatly, disappointed.” ng will, signed by Burghard and witnessed by two persons, closes with “on this 8th day of December in the fi::l)“l Bo\’.lal'" Lord (or somebody else’s Burghard provides further that Oscar R. SmckbeE\ be given all his books and directed to sell, ‘if possible, his body or, falling to 80, to turn it over to medical students. Strackbein also is to have all the from the sale of the book, if any. * explained that “I am not so credulous as to believe this a will. It is, however, what I would have wished with legalities. FRID. FELINE ARISTOCRACY AT CAT SHOW Walsh. Lower left: The silver tabby C. R. lll‘m‘ Right: Miss Suzanne Martin with The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., , DECEMBER 12, 1930. vml_évlhmlrflmhrdlnmteum.ulhmbyfln.ln Muchacho Grande, owned and shown by Mrs. & group of red tabbles owned by Mrs, —Star Staff Photos. JOBLESS AND NOT DARING TO DIE, NEEDY MOTHER ASKS JURY LISTING Rooming House Income Insufficient for Expenses, Asks to. Be Considered as Possible Juryman. . “ ... But the system says 45 years or over is barred from earning a living and one dare not die.” Dare not die; she couldn't dare—not with tlhn! ehlldzn. hAn !-yw-glfl fon, two. you ughters, were excuses, the w‘l‘&aw wrote, for -wlylg: for jury duty. Her letter was one of several sim- flar pleas received yesterday by Edgar C. Snyder, United States marghal, who has proposed to have the Jury Com- mission call for duty as many u‘goe— sible of Washin; 's unemployed from & list compiled by the Chamber of Commer ce. Some applicants have their names on the list, others sought to be enrolled there. As for the widow, this was how she stated her case: , “Please nT my mame to the list of the unemployed, who will be summoned for jury duty. Mine will not be on the C. of C. list. I am a widowed mother of a family and have not held a job be- cause ill health kept me at home. I keep roomers to help keep a home, but expenses are way shead of income and 1 cannot seem go find any job. “I feel that a woman, poor and mfi and 45 ought to pass out and take smal children with her. T have not that courage and the kids suffer. The three dependents are a girl 13, a boy 8 and a 10. They eat, go to school and v“lwm and not even an occasional movié. Home is up for sale for taxes. I cannot seem o borrow that much. “Please.list me, I doubt ever being called then. I put applications in every- where, but the s; says 45 years or over is barred from. earning a living and one dare not die.” IMAN 15 ARRESTED AS HIT-RUN DRIVER Capture Follows Sleuthing After Death of Victim, Mrs. Julia Dunlop. ‘Through & tedious process of elimi- nation, with only two numbers of a license plate to guide him, Patrolman Earl P. Hartman today arrested the to driver who, he believed, ran down and fatally injured Mrs. Julia Dunlop, 55 years old, of 1801 K street, at Fif- teenth and L streets on Wednesday and then fled. ‘The motorist, Willie Barnes, colored, 31 years old, of 1815 Ninth street, is said to have confessed that he was the operator and was held for grand jury action by a coroner’s jury. Joe Lee Barlow, colored, 20 years old, of 1416 Sixth street, whom testimony disclosed was an occupant of the car at the time of the accident, was also held for the grand jury and confined ‘to jall. Barnes is charged with ughter at No. 3 precinct, while Barlow is held as an to the accessory crime for failing to report the accident | to, police. Had Only Meager Description. Patrolman Hartman was assigned to make an_investigation of the case by Capt. J. F. Beckett of No. 3 station a short time after the mishap. Hartman was given only two tag numbers and a general description of the car to as- sist him his probe. After nearly two days of constant study of the Distrigt Automobile License Directory, Hartman compiled a list of machines on whose tags the two num- bers appeared, and which likely would travel over the route followed by the hit-and-run car in escaping after the accident. Auto Loaned to Car Washer. In his quest, came upon the name of Charles , & salesman for the Warfleld Motor Co. at 1130 Connecticut avenue, and an examina- tion of Lindsey's machine revealed that & headlight had recently been repaired. The owner of the car expressed sur- prise at the discovery and told Hart- man that his machine had been bor- rowed on Wednesday by Barnes, a car washer at Warfleld’s, and that the col- ored man had driven to his home for &0 automobile key and returned the car. Ninth December Traffic Death. Hartman placed Barnes under arrest ‘when he a for work this morn- ward. Barnes. told Lindsey and Hartman when questioned that he drove to the garage of Hill & Tibbjtts, POLIGE ARE FOLED BY SHOKE SCREENS Two Ca}'s Participate in Elud- ing of Officers for Fifth Time in Month. An alleged whisky-running automo- bile, equipped with a smoke screen, es- caped from thirteenth precinct police for the fifth time in less than a month early today following & chase of more than six miles through the Northwest sec of the city. It appeared for a time “that the ma- chine would be overtaken by the pur- su!n¥ officers when its smoke screen in- gredients were exhausted, but a road- ster dropped in behind the sedan-mod- eled rum car and released a cloud of smoke through which the sedan made its getaway. e second car was tralled to New York avenue and Eleventh street, where the police gave up the chase. Sergt. Raymond B. Carroll and Pvt. H. K. Martin were on the lookout for the sedan near the District line about 4:30 o'clock this morning, when the car raced down avenue. Two men were riding on the front seat of the car, which bore Maryland tags. The chase continued at a pace of 65 to 70 miles an hour to New Hamp- avenue, where Pvt. F. E. Kenney joined in the pursuit. SCHOOL PLANS APPROVED Anthony J. Bowen Institution Ad- dition to Cost $130,000. The District Commissioners today aj proved plans drawn by Municipal Arc! tect Albert L. Harris for a 12-room ad- dition to the Anthony J. Bowen School, Second and M streets southwest, esti- megld wm::n': '“o'lgeo%-rmentl chiet e eer t e clerk was instructed to advertise for bids. POWER T0 REDUGE PUPILS' FARE URGED Senate Committee Hears Car Officials on Utilities Body - Question. A proposal to give the Public Utili- ties Commission power to give school children a reduced rate of car fare, the amount of the reduction to be worked out by the commission, was advanced at the public hearing held by the Sen- ate District Committee yesterday after- noon. The pending bill, which has passed the House, fixes a rate of 2 cents for rlfl;e ly mplnlea told the Senate Com- mi y_are opposed to Congress fixing any definite rate, but would be wiu&ndg to see the vested) in the commission to m ite after hearings and investiga- After more than an hour of discus~ slon, Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, advanced a suggestion that Congress give the commission the power and authority to decide the mat- ter, provided the rate for school chil- dren shall not exceed half the regular rate. No formal committee action was taken, but Sénator Copeland suggested that the various interested groups con- fer and try to agree on a revised bill. Hearings to Be Printed. Chairman Capper said he would have the record of yesterday's hearing printed and give absent committee members an chomuut to study the testimony, after which the question will be taken up again, William P. Ham, president of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., and John H. Hanna, head of the Capital Traction, sald the pending bill, fixing a 2-cent school rate, would put a financial strain on the companies. In substance, the position of the companies was that rates should be fixed by the after considering all “the factors in- volved, and changsd from time to time llccondlilcv? chlnfte‘. ‘ommenting on the new proposal ad- vanced by Senator,Copeland, Mr. Ham sald he did not think it should con- :aln the limitation of not to exceed half are, William McK. Clayton of the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations told the pot mean o g “u: Jge citizens unless con e n originally ol gested by Senator Copeland. - Uncertainty of Effect. After the companies had-presented estimates of how their revenues would be cut into by the pending 2-cent bill members of the committee asked Chair~ man Patrick of the Utilitles Commis- slon if he had considered this in recom- mending the bill, The chairman replied that no one can predict whether it will bring about & reduction or an increase in revenues. He that some children may ride who do nof ride now. It might re- sult in overcrowding some of the line, necessitating added service, he said, in which case the question could be zmulht before the commission for ac- lon. John Noonan, who has taken an ac. tive part in sponsoring’ the reduced f: for school children, made another peal for the pending bill. A requ that the age limit be raised at least. to 18 years, to take in all h school pu- pils, was presented by John P. Smith and Mrs. Prost Mills of the Business High School Parent-Teacher Associa- tion and by H. Lee Smith of the McKin- ley High School Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation. E. D. Merrill told what the effect of the bill would be on the Washington Rapid Transit Co. if a transfer arrange- ment is included. The committee did not have time to take up Senator Capper’s resolution proposing an investigation of food prices in Washington. The question went over until the nexy meeting. ——————— PEDESTRIAN INJURED \ Mrs. Josephine Gaffney, 41 years old, of 1424 Massachusetts avenue was in- jured seriously last l;&hfi when struck down in the 1100 block of Fourteenth street by an automobile said to have been operated by Roy S. Coffman of 619 New Jersey avenue. Mrs, Gaffney is in Emergency Hospital. £ i MAN OVERCOME BY MONOXIDE GAS| cree of December FROM TRUCK IS KILLED BY TRAILER| necessary authority | g, determine PAGE B-—1 NEW PROBLEM T0 DISTRICT TRAFFIC Autos Using Highway Con- nection Through Park Get on Their Nerves. NIGHT DRIVING WORKS HAVOC WITH SLUMBER Diversion of Cars Necessitated to ~ Eighteenth Street by Liosing of Gates. Lions, tigers, bears and other wild animals are mow complicating Wash- ington's traffic problem. Despite the completion today of the new ford through Rock Creek just north of the Calvert Street Bridge in the National Zoological Park, motor traffic still may not flow through the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway from the vicinity of Silver Spring, Md., because in deference to the temperamental nerves of many animals, Zoo officials have declined p-_‘r;ebmn : w‘openthent?nm rmnmmn&etbn of the ford and the n of its roaches marks another link in the ;ggwnuo\u high- way development which ultimately will connect Potomac Park with ’Roek schoo children. Officials of both street | the Zoe: Mann, the gates would result in a Jam within the park when the auto- mobiles that eould be ited on the new and wide section of the road ::a:u the older and much narrower Jurisdiction Over Park. The ‘Smithsonian Institution, of which the Zoo is a , has jurisdiction over 53: Creek Valley from a that part of gflm Just north of the Calvert Street to the ridge northward Adams Mill road. Proponents of the Zoo gaf contend there is no aj a5 are other gates fn the park ;:hl.l vrrkho rd.vw full use or park and recreaf o tend that opening r::z would relieve tramc t of these Zoo lc on Connecticu avenue and that from Mount Pleasant don | PY_distributing’ it over Massachusetts avenue. In answer to ;gzhm""v the position of the Zoo they say the roads in the relieved of much committee the proposed substitute would Side the pens Ultimately, a new road will ha be bulit through f& Zoo, they be:l'ev': but as a temporary arrangement - mit ‘the Tull use " of thas pert. ot ke ;:’Iolei. ay. wm‘h: 'y contend the oo o . e at least in and Potomac Park- ission, which consists of ellon, Secretary Hurley and de, 1s now completing the husetts - avenue ige, where con- gradipg work is s:ln. forward, be finished o e W eted PEPCO STAND PUTS RATE_HEARING OFF Exercises Right to Demand Ten- - Day Notice From Utilities Commission. 9 The Potomac Eléctric Po: day refused to waive of an'intention s t. not known whether it will be After the company’s ust a_further perlodm! 7] a-yl:efiven the public before the lx:rhi: “The commission :A;‘l o demm received a let- “Following ‘the de- 1, ase of . 1034, o the e ectric Power Co. e Potomac Employe of Washington Cathedral Dies Instantly When fou Struck by Fourteen-Ton Vehicle. By a Staff Correspondent of the Star. ARLINGTON, Va, December 12— Thought to have been overcome by carbon monoxide gas from a slowly- movin, t:_xg that he was be- hind, ‘M J. Ferrell employe of the Wt fell beneath a heavy it Hill early this morning and was in- stantly killed. The trailer and load weighed approximately 14 tons. - Ferrell, along 3 several * other eolmn" mer.mmmmu Charles H. Merryman, superinten for the cathedral, to the boxwood was loaded being drawn by two trucks. up the long Hill shortly bef Ferrell got off it of grounds | issued Geo!