Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 17

1 ever, hurried back to the taxi just in - CHAUFFEUR DRIVES < INTO POLIGE STAND T0 AVOID HOLD-UP Waxicab Man Charges Soldier Attempted to Rob Him Near Key Bridge. s - OFFICER ESCAPES INJURY BY LEAPING TO SAFETY Suspect Is Being Held for Investi- gation Following Crash of Automobile. B. M. Knight, a cab driver of Lan- bam, Md., “just didn't take chances with taxi bandits.” Last night he drove his would-be bandit passenger directly into a traffic stand at Thirty-fifth and M streets and sent Trafic Policeman W. B. Ballinger scurrying for safety. Ballinger, how- time to hear Knight and his passenger arguing as to who “stuck up” who? The passenger, John Cr.)uBk‘Ael’\nom".‘(ll dier stationed at Fort Myer, insist gfi Knight held him up at ‘pistol point and showed the officer & revolver lying on the driver's seat next to Knight. ‘Ballinger said this statement “‘made Knight downright mad,” and Knight explained that the soldier had dropped the gun on the driver’s seat when the cab collided with the traffic tub. Taken to Headquarters. e Ballinger after about 15 minu of patient l‘l:mnlnl said, “Tell it to head- uarters. O e at police headquarters after six ~or seven detectiv soldier, officers said he read newspaper ;‘:ee:tldtlxl holdups and decided to stage ‘himself. Km:?r told police that the soldier hired his cab at th street and Pennsylvania_avenue and requested to ‘e driven to Thirty-fifth and Q streets. When they arrived there, driver said, his passenger shoved a re- wvolver in his bwcg.‘ ':Ul\‘tv.‘he command, “Drive t into Virginia.' l?'“W:H,hll’ told him that I didn’t want to drive to Virginia, and offered him $10 to get out of the taxicab and stop thering me.” bn'l'he soldier insisted, however, that he be driven into Virginia, so Knight, with the gun still at his back, drove down toward Key Bridge. “Well, I began figuring,” Knight ex- . plained to police, “just what to do ‘about this situation. Then I spied this “trafic stand with the cop in it s0 just drove right on into it.” Held for Investigation. Knight explained that one doorl“cn the cab was locked and the other was pinned shut by the traffic stand, preventing the soldier from escaping. ‘Coughenhour is being held pending eomp‘;:twn of an investigation by pelice. Henry L. Jones of cluemw‘n, ‘;:Ifb: tor for the William -w“ectur (030.. Seventh and E streets Furniture “southwest, told police last night that he ‘ of the ‘held two armed colored men :;.‘.unlou ‘:’Mwo streets southwest and robbed of $114 in cash and & gold watch He said the men approached him from the rear, shoved a gun in his back, and took the money from a wallet in one of his kets. He described both yobbers and a lookout has been posted in thg various precincts for them. " SEAL SALE BELOW GOAL BY 1,500,000 Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium Building Depends on Completion of Drive. he Sundwy Sho WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1930. i o & Above: Policeman W. B. Ballinger with John Coughenhour, accused of at- tempting to hold up a taxi driver, B. M. Knight (below). Knight drove his taxi into a traffic box on which Bal- linger was standing and seized the pas- senger until the policeman came to his assistance. —Star Staff Photos. NEW CIVIL SERVICE RULEWILL BE USED District- Applicants Certified to Commissioners to Name Gallinger Nurse. The first position in the District government for which the appointee will be selected from Civil Service Commis- sion lists probably will be filled early this week, when a nurse for Gallinger Municipal Hospital is selected. -The names of the three residents of the District of Columbia who stand at the top of the eligible list of those who passed the nurses’ examination have been certified by the commission to the District Commissioners. The appoint- ment will be made by the Commission- ers on recommendation of the Board of Public Welfare. District Applicants to Get Jobs. Daniel E. Garges, secretary of the Board of Commissioners, who was ap- pointed liaison officer with the Civil Service Commission to pointments made from Civil lists, announced yesterday that “for With a goal set at $45,000, the re-|the present” all appointments will be ceipts from the annual sale of Christ- | made from those eligible who are resi- mas seals conducted by the Tuberculosis | dents of the District. When the new Association for this year yesterday had | policy of Civil Service selection was an- passed the $30,000 mark, the remainder | nounced by the Commissioners last of the quota necessitating a sale of | month, some fear was felt that it might 1,500,000 more seals, it was announced by _the association. Upon the attainment of the goal Tests the materialization of plans for the erection of a new children's tuber- culosis sanatorium on a site in nearby Maryland recently acquired for this purpose. according to Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, chairman of the Sanatorium Commi ittee. Plans for the transfer of the present children’s health camp at Fourteenth and Upshur streets to the site of the projected sanatorium on Defense High- way will be discussed at a meeting of the Children’s Camp Committee to be called by Mrs. Grant shortly. The pro- | posal will call for the use of buildings now located on the 216-acre tract, and additional facilities will be offered with- out interfering with the progress of con- struction of the new building. S e T EX-POLICEMAN GIBSON HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE @farked Money Used in Arrest Made in 1,000 Block of East Capitol Street, Police Aver. John L. Gibson of the 1000 block of it Capitol street, former District jliceman, was arrested late erday liquor charges by a police vice squad. Police charged that they bought three ts of alleged whisky from Gibson, marked money. They said they ered the marked money on Gib- . result in crowding District applicants out of the jobs, since the Civil Service lists are com| predominantly of applicants from outside States. ‘The particular job to be filled at this time pays $1,620 per annum, but from this sum $300 per annum is deducted in return for food and accommodations furnished at the hospital. ‘Thirteen other positions will be filled from Civil Service lists in the immedi- ate future, although in none of these cases have certifications been filed by the Civil Service Commission. These include eight temporary clerks to as- sist Superintendent of Licenses Wade H. Coombs in the annual rush at the automobile tag sale; one clerk-stenog- rapher in the Department of Insurance one clerk in the electrical department; one clerk for the Industrial Home School, one field aide in the municipal architect’s office, and an assistant su- perintendent for the National Training School for Girls. WARAND NAVY SITE DATATO BE LISTED Buildings Commission to Con- sider Advantages of Three Proposals. Further information regarding the several locations that have been sug- gested for the new War and Navy Building is to be compiled before an- | other meeting of the Public Buildings Commission is called to consider a de- | cision, Senator Smoot of Utah, chair- man, said last night. Earlier in the day the Public Build- ings group discussed the problem with representatives of the Fine Arts Com- mission, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and other Gov- ernment officials, including Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, and Secretary of War Hurley, but did not reach a decision. There are three general localities under discussion, namely: called southwest area, on _the south side of the Malf near the Capitol, and lying west of the new Botanic Gar- dens site; the area along Pennsylva- nia avenue west of Seventeenth street, and the area extending toward the Lincoln Memorial, south of Pennsyl- vania avenue and west of Seventeenth street. Hold Conflicting Views. ‘Treasury ent officials were represented as favoring the site on the south side of the Mall near the Capitol, while officlals of the Pine Arts Com- mission advocated placing the War and Navy Building opposite each other on Pennsylvania avenue, somewhere west of Seventeenth street. The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission made known to the public buildings group its opposition to any departure from the McMillan plan of 1901 and the plan of 1928 “with a concentration of Government buildings about the axis of the Mall and about the ‘White House.” The Planning Commis- sion also favors the development of lands about the Mall already owned or authorized for purchase prior to ac- quisition of additional lands for office buildings. The southwest site. near the Capitol, would require acquisition of additional lands. It was also brought out at the confer- ence today that the southwest site near the Capitol would entail the necessity of moving railroad tracks in the south- west section further south. One official who attended the conference >stimated that the railroad changes would involve & cost of $7,000,000. ‘War Department’s View. The position of the War Department is briefly as follows: That its first choice would be a site west of the White House on land owned by the Govern- ment, south of Pennsylvania avenue. The paramount object of this depart- ment, however, is to get a building at an early date to bring together its activities now scattered in 11 places. ‘The War Department_is represented as taking the view that if the various commissions concerned with the future development of Washington say southwest site is imperative, the de- partment will accept the decision. According_to data compiled by the Park and Planning Commission, the Navy Department has suggested that a new Navy office be located southwest of the White House on land already authorized for purchase in the area be- tween C, E, Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. In addition to the members of the Public Buildings Commission, the meet- ing was attended by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Secretary of War Hurley, as well as officials of several other governmental agencies concerned Two Other Branches Exempted. At the same time Mr. Garges an- nounced that, in addition to the Public Library and the public school system, two other branches of the District serv- ice had been exempted from the neces- sity of filling jobs from Oivil Service lists. These are the office of the re- corder of deeds and registrar of wills, and the various District courts. Po- sitions in these institutions are not filled by the Commissioners, but by the recorder, the registrar and the various judges, and consequently the Commis- sioners have no jurisdiction to order the positions filled in any particular wav. All per diem employes and minor cus- rson. the ame raic the squad arrested | todial employes in the institutions under Recd, colored, 1317 I street| the control of the Board of Public Wel- heast. Both men were apprehended | fare are also exempt from the Civil the theast. Both were released on bond 200 block of Twelfth street | Service requirements. in the development of the National Capital. Charles Moore of the Fine Arts Commission indicated that that com- mission would prefer to see the War and Navy Buildings balance each other on opposite sites of Pennsylvania avenue, west of Seventeenth street, but is not confining itself to any particular squares | OP®" in that area. ‘The various studies made by the Park and Planning Commission and the con- clusions it has reached were outlined by Charles Eliot, 2d, city planner of the commission. In addition to Chairman Smoot, the members of the Public Buildings Com- mission are Senator Swanson -of Vir- ginia. Representative Elliott of Indiana, Representative Lanham of Texas, Archi- tect of the Capitol Lynn, James A. Wet- more, supervising architect of the Treasury, and Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, member and executive officer. ‘%P'o.te‘fq ucot:__nutd with illegal pos- FIREMEN ARE CALLED FROM BEDS TO EXTINGUISH BLAZING STILL ILL TELL OF PILGRIMS Carter B. Kean to Give 15-Minute | Fire Apparatus From Four Communities Summoned to Put Out Burning Paraphernalia. Address Over WMAL. A new st of the mm will be night at 5:15 radio address b: told tomorrow o'clock in_a 15-minute A blazing liquor still in a vacant used house near Silver Hill, M firemen When the alarm was sounded through the communities the whole fire-fighting equipment of Seat Pleasant, Capitol 1 STILS SEEZED INRAIDS THROUGH SOUTH MARYLAND 100,000 Gallons of Mash De- stroyed in “Most Success- ful”” Drive. ENLARGED PERSONNEL FOR WASHINGTON SEEN 12 Arrests Made in Territory 300 Miles Square — Thoroughness Sends Bootleggers Into Hiding: Forty-three stills, each from 300 to 500 gallons capacity, were seized in Southern Maryland during the first three weeks in December by Federal prohibition agents who are conducting a series of raids under orders of Pro- hibition Director Woodcock in an at- tempt to “dry up” the entire section. In making this known last night, William R. Blandford, deputy prohibi- tion administrator for this area, de- scribed the drive as “the most success- ful thus far prosecuted in one of the most troublesome areas in the coun- try.” In addition to the stills captured, the agents estimated about 100,000 gal- lons of mash were destroyed. Twelve arrests were made. 300 Square Miles Covered. ‘The agents, working under Blandford and Robert D. Ford of Baltimore, cov- ered about 300 square miles of terri- tory in the three weeks' period. They will resume their work Monday, pressing into the upper part of the State. Almost as many liquor plants with stills removed have uncovered as the number of stills captured, Blandford He explained that the agents had been so thorough that bootleggers in a wide territory are taking their stills from the sites, when not in actual operation, and are hiding them in barns and houses. All the paraphernalia, equipment, bags of sugar and mash found on these carefully located 'm- ises were destroyed as they were found. Blandford, arriving here last ht from a hurried trip to Richmond, which is headquarters for this prohibition dis- trict, said that Robert Q. Merrick of that city, prohibition administrator, would be in Wl;hmmm'hmm' '& look over maps sho e progress the drive and to confer with Woodcock. The two men, along with Ford, will confer with the director, probably on ‘Tuesday. Enlarged Personnel Desired. An enlargement of personnel for the ‘Washington district probably will be one of the results of the drive. Wood- cock is interested in learning definitely just how much territory Federal .fenu can_cover efficiently and adequately in a given period of time, and when the concentrated activity is concluded, he will be in position to authorize more agents for this section. Blandford said agents are being added to the Washington staff and at Baltimore “gradually.” About 16 men are now assigned to work in Southern Maryland, the District and nearby Virginia. INJURIES IN BLAST FATAL TO WOMAN Victim of Gas Explosion Friday Died in Hospital Last Night. The gas explosion beneath the side- walk at Thirteenth and U streets late Friday claimed its first fatality last night, when Ruth Henderson, colored, 37 years old, of 1330 U street, died of her injuries at Garfleld Hospital. The woman had been hurled bodily into the air as the force of the explo- sion cut loose beneath her. She fell back upon the sidewalk, 50 that part of he) was in the jagged hole which e was blazing with gas. Re- moved to Garfleld Hospital by Fire Chief George S. Watson, who hap- pened to be at the corner when the ex- plosion occurred, the woman was found to be suffering from serious injuries, including a compound fracture of the right leg and spine. Rae Washington, colored, 32 years old, also of 1330 U street, another vi tim of the explosion, is in Garfield Hos- pital. . *\NOTED SECRET AGENT IS STRUCK BY TAXICAB John Q. Slye Taken to Hospital After Accident; Three Stitches Necessary to Close Wound. John Q. Slye, 54-year-old Secret Service operative, who accompanied President Wilson to France in 1919 and was & bodyguard of the war-time President throughout the trying days of the conflict, was taken to Emer- gency Hospital last night after being struck and knocked down by a taxicab at the intersection of Pennsylvania ave- nue and Twelfth street. Mr. Slye, who resides at 220 A street southeast, was struck by a machine rated by Henry Seyfarth, 29 years old, of 2032 Bennett street as he was crossing the street. He sustained a deep laceration above the left eye. Three stitches were required to close the wound. The Secret Service agent, who is at resent connected with the Washington eadquarters of the Secret Service at the Department of Justice, was until ;ven years ago assigned to the White ouse. WILL DISPUTE SETTLED $1,000,000 Estate of Mrs. Adelaide 8. Gould to Be Divided. NEW YORK, December 20 (#).—Dis- pute over the will of Mrs. Adelaide S. Gould, widow of Commodore Charles A. Gould, has been settled out of court and suit to revoke probate withdrawn, Surrogate George A. Slater of White Plains announced today. The $1,000,000 estate will be divided in four , with Mrs. Cella Gould Milne sharing $500,000 with her brother, W. 8. Gould. The ,000 will go to the children of Mrs. Milne's deceased brothers. Fire Guts Beauty Shop. INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAU DISCARDS H | . — 3047 —0DD NUMBERS TO WEST € STREET CORRIDOR 3163~ 3180 LTI 3171’ -S001 B STREET" CORRIDOR. s. EVEN NUMBERS TO EAST — 00— 3040 —-- THIS LABYRINTH 134 0ma, 10™ STREET CORRIDOR. ) 4 -il. i set up in the corridors to aid the visitors from the hinterland in their search for numbered rooms in This diagram, the Bureau of Internal yesterday. A Star at his out by an efficiency will be discarded and an entirely new numbering system i reporter yesterday found the most efficient method of locating rooms was to tie a thread to a door knob point and set out. At least he was able to find his way back. The system, said to have been worked consisted of starting at the front of the building on the south, facing north, and numbering nstalled, it was decided expert, rooms to the right with even numbers and those to the left with odd numbers. The two courses ran down the corridors and doubled back in a serpentine manner. Thus some rooms numbered consecutively, were two blocks distant in the huge HOOVERTOATIEND ANNUAL YULE TREE National Community Service on Christmas Eve to Be Broadcast. Plans for the participation of Presi- dent Hoover in the lighting of the 1930 national community tree Christ- mas eve were announced yesterday. The ceremonies will begin around the tree in Sherman Square at 5:30 o'clock with a Christmas concert by the Marine Band, led by Capt. Taylor Branson. Distinguished Government | and District officials, diplomats and members of Congress will attend the great open-air observance in addition to the President and Mrs. Hoover and members of his Cabinet. The President will officially light the tree at 6 o'clock, immediagely after his arrival, by touching an electric button. As the tree is lighted a bomb flare will be released into the sky and Boy Scout buglers stationed throughout the ecity will sound the signal that the na- tional Christmas ceremonies have be- gun. Radio stations will send the mes- sage throughout the country. Will Send Greetings. Over this same network of radio stations, the President will wish the people of the United States “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.” Boy Scouts will serve as a guard of |hcnor for the President at the tree. Others will handle the souvenir pro- grams. Mrs. Hoover will have Girl Scouts as her guard of honor. The carol singing this year will be led by William R. Schmucker, and scattered among the audience will be groups of carolers. After the tree cere- monies they will start on a program of singing at the many institutions of the city. Among these carolers will be groups from the Girl Reserve Glee Club and the Elizabeth Somers Glee Club of the Y. M. C. A, Priendship House Chil- dren’s Chorus, Young People’s Soclety of First Congregational Church, Schu- bert Club; Rho Beta Chapter, Mu Phi Epsilon Sorority, Chaminade Glee Club, Mount Pleasant Congregational Church Choir, Metropolitan Baptist Church Choir, Claviarco Glee Club, Young People’s Chorus of Gunton - Temple Presbyterian Church and others. Music Committee. ‘The carol singing at the tree has been arranged by the Music Committee, of which Mrs. Joseph M. Stoddard is chairman, assisted by Mrs, Gertrude Lyons, who is in charge of the carolers for Christmas eve throughout the city. The Music Committee includes: Dr. Edwin N. C. Barmes, Dr. C. Conrad Bernier, Capt. Taylor Branson, Joseph A. Burkhart, Miss Mary M. Burnett, Rev. J. R. Duffield, Rev. Albert W. Harned, Dr. George C. Havenner, Dor- sey W. Hyde, Alfred H. Johnson, Miss Charlotte Klein, Mark Lansburgh, E. L. Martin _Marrison, Mrs. Clara rs. Eppa L. Norris, Cll::&e Miss Bess Davis Schreiner, Mrs. Arthur J. Seaton, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, Elwood Street and D. D. Withers. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, is chair- man of the National Committee, which comprises Government officials and rep- resentatives of outstanding organiza- tions in the United States, including Senator Arthur Capper, chairman of Senate District Committee; Charles F. Carusi of the Board of Education, PFrederic A. Delano of the National Park and Planning Commission, Mrs. FPrederick Edey, Girl Scouts of America; E. L. Edgar, Society for Electrical De- velopment; E. C. Graham, District of Columbia Community Center Council; Walter W. Head, Boy Scouts of Amer- ica; Joseph Lee, National Recreation Association; Mrs. Elmer J. Ottaway, National Federation of Music Clubs; George D. Pratt, American Forestry As- sociation; Commissioner Luther Reichel- derfer, Mrs. John P. Béfpel, General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Maj. R. Y. Stuart, Forest Service of the United States; Dr. Willis A. Sutton, National Association, and Representa- tive Frederick N. Zihlman. DIES WHILE DRIVING Wife Takes Wheel and Guides Car to Bottom of Hill. m;m.mmw, Col. (N.AN.A.).—While sutomobile was descending a steep hill, James Murphy died at the wheel, but his wife, at his side, controlled: her nerves and guided machine safely o the o ¥ [ s v Bureau to Revise Room Numbering Rated “Scientific” Confusion to Public at Internal Revenue Build- ing Cause of Decision. ‘The so-called scientific and efficient system of numbering rooms in the new Internal Revenue Building has proved to be such a labyrinth and puzzle to the army of taxpayers and their attorneys. coming to Washington from all parts of the country, that it has been found nec- essary to throw the whole system into the discard. So many were the protests from peo- ple who could not find the rooms they were seeking that the numbering, which is said to be in use in some of the big office buildings in New York, will be en- tirely eliminated, and the gold numbers will be scratched off the doors for an entirely new set. One stranger recently complained that he had been wandering round and round for more than a half an hour, and still was in search of his destina- tion. Attempts were made to guide the bewildered public by means of “traffic signs” carrying detailed descriptions. ‘They helped somewhat, but they didn't remove the deep-seated trouble. Departed from Custom. ‘The principal difficulty seemed to rest in the simple fact that people generally are used to finding rooms in a building in something like numerical order. Most buildings have the even numbers on one side of a hallway and odd num- bers along_the other side. But the Internal Revenue Building was differens. All the odd numbers are in the west half of the building, and all the even numbers are on the east side. ‘The big hallway running down the mid- dle of the building from north to south provides this great divide between the evens and the odds. But the system did worse than playing evens and odds with the publie, it played “ducks and drakes” with their sense of direction and numer- ical order. It had them wandering round in circles, up and down corridors, until they completely lost their sense of direction and found themselves going west instead of east. In the ordinary course of events a stranger in an office building can find room No. 52 somewhere near room No. 51, logically across the hall or around & corner. Some Rooms Far Apart. In the system at the Internal Reve- nue Building, some consecutive numbers are two blocks apart. For instance, room No. 3091 is at the west end of the middle corridor on the third floor near Twelfth street. But room 3092, instead of being around the corner or across the hall is at the other end of the building, two blocks away, on Tenth street. Decision has been reached to wipe out the old numbers early next year. Bids probably will be advertised for next week by H. J. Bounds, inspection engineer in charge of the building for the Treasury Department, and will opened some time early in the new year. The simple plan used in numbering streets will be put into effect in the long corridors of huge building. Odd numbers will be on one side of a corri- dor and even numbers on another. Room 1000 will be located in the south- west corner, first floor, and the numbers will then run eastward in sequence from Twelfth to Tenth street. The first figure of the four digits will represent the floor, all the numbers between 1000 and 2000 being on the first floor, all the 2000 numbers being on the sec- ond floor, and so forth on up to the seventh floor. The second figure on the room door will represent the corri- dor, each corridor being given a desig- nated number, and the last two figures will represent ;t;ne roo;n luellxrl. ‘The traffic_signs put up an en- or to_help the public out of the maze of the present system were tried out only on the third and fourth floors. ACCUSED AS SHOPLIFTER Maid Arrested by Special Squad in Department Store. Mrs. Rose Bisig, 28 years old, em- ployed as a maid in the 2100 block of Massachusetts avenue, was arrested by Detective S. 8. Russell in the Woodward —Star Staff Photo. COMMITTEE. ENDS ‘The special committee of the House District ernments adjourned yesterday for the Christmas holiday K:fiod after nearly three weeks of public hearings, d““:fi which the subject was discussed in its_ramifications. ‘Whether any further hearings are to be held is blematical at this time. Representative' Carl Mapes of Michi- gan, chairman of the committee, was uncertain at the time of the holiday adjournment as to the future plans of the committee. ‘Will Digest Testimony. Mr. Mapes adjourned the committee subject to call. In the meantime, he said, the members would review and study the mass of testimony introduced during the public hearings by a dozen witnesses. Indications are that the committee may complete the in and have its report ready for the House by the time the 1932 District appropriation bill is reported. Chairman Mapes, however, pointed out that the committee was not working particularly with that end in view and declined to predict when he expected the report to be finished. He declared the committee would make a most exhaustive study before winding up its work. Mr. Mapes also was noncommittal concerning the impression made on the committee by the various arguments advanced duririg the hearings for an mflttlbu fiscal treatment of the Dis- by the United States. Two Plans Contrasted. The line of questioning, however, in- dicated that two radically different plans for adjusting the fiscal relation- ship between the two governments are among those under consideration—the definite proportion principle, as pro- vided in existing substantive law, and a plan for basing the Federal contribu- tion on the cost of service provided the United States by the municipality. The latter plan came to light at the closing pre-holiday hearing, and was vigorously opposed by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor and budget officer and the final witness. He con- tended that aside from being unfa to the District, because it would be dif- ficult to determine a fair division of the expenses, the plan would constitute an injustice, as it would remove from consideration the vast tax-exempt prop- erty holdings of the Federal Govern- ment, which the Bureau of Efficiency declared should be eration in reaching an equitable solu- tion of the fiscal relations problem. Such a plan, the auditor also claimed, instead of solving the problem, would lead to unending controversies. >t |SOLDIER HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT ON BRIDGE Car Hits Girder, Resulting in Frac- tured Arm—Later Placed Under Arrest. Pvt. Frank Harriman, 29 years old, of Fort Hunt, Va., was injured last mid- night when the machine he was driving overturned on the Highway Bridge after striking the girder structure when rounding a sharp turn. He was treated t Emergency Hospital for a fractured Follceman R. 3. Tomplins oliceman R. J. Tompkins, on dut; at the bridge, with the aid.of pluen-by’, succeeded in righting the overturned machine, and conveyed the injured man to_the hospital. Following treatment, Harriman was placed under arrest. The machine he land tags and e to1d potie 3 be L e police it belon, it — RELEASED UNDER BOND Harry Conn Appeals Conviction on Gambling Charge. rry Conn, 33, recently convicted of accepting a _bet on the result of a ho ced by Justice FISCAL HEARINGS|=: taken into consid- |7 GARTER IS PRAISED FOR CREATING J0BS AT NO ADDED COST Hoover Commends Employ- ment of 791 by Drastic Cut in Overtime. PRESIDENT “DELIGHTED” WITH “FINE ASSISTANCE” Public Printer Asks Geographic Provisions of Civil Service Rules Be Waived. The achievement of Public Printer George H. Carter in finding employment during the depression for nearly 800 extra employes in the Government Printing Office, at no added expense to the Government, has won the com- mendation of President Hoover. By drastically reducing the amount of overtime work and by effecting other economies, Carter has succeeded in pro- viding work for 791 new employes dur- ing the period embracing the fiscal myur'gfl.’w and extending through this Past Fiscal Year Busiest. The expanded force has found pl to do, for the public printer dll?.‘l:nl:; yesterday that the past fiscal year was the busiest in the history of the Gov- emment’s big print shop. The Increased 11 per cent over 1929, which, in turn, exceeded the previous peak of the 1918-1919 war period. Work for the past fiscal year approximated in value ‘$14,000,000—a million dollar in- crease over the el!tenr before. ly, overtime work woull taken care of most of the d‘}l‘.&'; arter recently advised House of what l{e had don:hemm rewarded with a letter from President Bl sasiiinge Your Ieaenty Chct iRt ur bureau ing to the general situation.” S Incidentally, Carter's efforts to give emergency employment to a number of men in Washington who are on the civil service list have run afoul of civil rules regarding geographic selec- tion of eligibles. He is now endeavoring to have the Civil Service Commission aive its rules during the present emer-~ ncy, so that local applicants may be gv:n temporary jobs at the Printing It is unreasonable to bring a person all the way from the Pulflc‘ Coast, as was done in one case, to accept tempo- f‘lwri e'r::ex:l:yment here,” Carter de . some carpenters and other skilled tradesmen on some emergency work in connection with our buildi extension, and I would like to give the mk‘_ ‘Washington men who need the Whether Subject Will Be Re- opened After Holidays Is Not Decided. the assignment of this work to new em- ployes effected a 50 per cent saving in wage expenditures for the work in- volved, Carter explained. The office has been paying “time and a half” rates for all work done after the regular eight hours of duty. This additional sa :Ieelnpedwnl!thev-:eso(cmum A comparison of the total number of overtime hours recorded during the first five months of the fiscal year 1929 with the total for a similar period during the past fiscal year shows clearly the effect of the new policy. During the fit month period in 1920 a total of 244, hours of overtime work was done in oPl‘ll'lr :lnrm)flee, :hflg nally 25,000 overtime work was done during the first five months of the past fiscal year. The working force of the office totaled 4,187 persons on July 1, 1929, which marked the start of the fiscal year. The force today, including 164 persons to be called for duty later, numbers 4,978. DECEMBER 30 SET FOR RATE HEARING Open Session Granted on Request of Citizens’ Federation Rep- resentatives. The Public Utilities Commission yes- terday gave notice that a public hear- ing on Washington’s 1931 electric rates would be held December 30. The meet- ing will begin at 9:30 in Room 104, District Building. The open hearing was granted on request of People’s Counsel Richmond &pxmh and Willlam McK. Clayton, sel Willlam W. Bride ruled that the commission had no choice under the law but to hold the hearing. Such a hearing has never been held since the present system of annual adjustments of the rates has been in effect. The Potomac Electric Power Co. has agreed to a reduction next year involv~ ing an $820,000 reduction fund, bring- ing primary rate down from 4.7 to 4. cents per kilowatt-hour, with compar: ble reductions_in secondary and subse- quent rates. Both Mr. Keech and Mr. uchywn are demanding greater reduc- ons. —— WHEAT REPORT ISSUED BUENOS AIRES, December Argentina’s 1930-31 wheat. crop is esti- mated at 7,386,487 metric tons (about 266,000,000 bushels) in a report issued today by Dr. Julio Cesar Urien, director otm rtlblyg' i : xpo) surplus is placed 5,433.418 metric tons, of whl.cn 496, Dl.l' metric tons are from the previous ‘The area planted to wheat is 8,61 hectares (21,666,641 acres), of w! 1‘0}2‘197 hectares have been so _far. ich harvested Flaxseed production is estimated at 2,144,077 metric tons (about 84,000,000 bushels), with an exportable of 2,128.312 metric tons, including 214,235 left from the previous crop. AVIATOR BRONTE WEDS Bronte, nav mofla’:oa{' = x5 or%mm civilian to the Hawaiian Islands from the States, and Miss Martha Edwina fith were married today at the Episcopal Church by Dr. Charles Deems, pastor. Bronte is aviation ngg of the Associated Oll Co. Miss ith was a ‘mm in that company the W0