Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1931, Page 17

e e e ' Waéhingtdn News STALKER T0 RUSH HEARINGS ON BILL FOR TRAFFIC RULE Consideration by Whole Com- mitte of House Next Wed- nesday Promised. D. C. OFFICIALS EXPLAIN NEED OF AUTHORITY Subcommission Told Requirements Under Changing Con- ditions, Complying with the wishes of the corporation counsel and the District Commissioners to rush through a new frafic act, Chairman Stalker of the Subcommittee on Streets and Traffic promised at the close of a hearing to- day to complete hearings on the bill next Tuesday in order that this legis- lation may be considered by the full District Committee next Wednesday. Testimony by the District officials today was that they desire authority through this new legislation to promul- gate traffic regulations and to control traffic through a unified agency under their authority, where the authority is now divided among three agencies, the Commissioners, the director of traffic and the Public Utilities Commission. It was made plain that the Commissioners are seeking authority to change the method of traffic control with changing traffic conditions. Would Abolish Director. Tt was emphasized in response to ons asked by Representative Gib- son of Vermont, who put through the present traffic act four years ago, that the effort now is to abolish the traffic director and Traffic Bureau as such. The District officials in reply to ques- tions said that they intend to set \lp] an _administrative organization which will include a department of motor vehicles and traffic which would be divided into two sections, one to handle state functions, and the other munici- functions, with engineering prob- m- given specialized study and with the enforcement of the regulations as ulgated by the Commissioners en- through the Police Department. The hearing started today with only two members of the subcommittee present, Chairman Stalker and Repre. sentative Palmisano of Maryland. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chief engineer for the District, eghmed the extensive detail study of the traffic problem that has been made during the past six months, growing out of the appointment of a Traffic Advisory Committee, headed by him, and a Traffic Advisory Council, ‘which broke up into nine subcommittees | Job Quest Leads to Jail WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931 INCREASE SOUGHT |SUIT T0 CONDENN IN TRAFFIC SIGNAL | MUNICIPAL CENTER et Work Seeker Tells of Sleeping in Parks and Begging Before Being Picked Up After Being Note—There is one discrepancy between the story appearing below and the facts as verified by The Star which, ordinarily, would be considered as removing any value that might lie in its publication. The suthor of the story states that he was brought into court on a charge of vagrancy after a detective had asked him whether or not he had a job or money. According to records at the court, however, the charge against the man was begging on the streets, and as he was ar- rested at 2 o'clock in the morning, his apprehension would probably be considered justifiable if for the sake of investigation alone. The jail sentence, however, is an- other matter. And, what is more im- portant still, the story as told below could be true and the facts related could take place in Washington, and it is presented here as an in- tensely interesting document. “Washington in July looked good to me. It doesn't look so good now. I had enough money to get a bicycle and then a_pretty good job as messenger boy. Then my hard luck began. An auto-| mobile ran over my bicycle. I was fired | from my job. This was in early De-| cember, but I had to ‘pawn’ my over- coat. Every day I gpent going through | the business district systematically, looking for a job. Everywhere I was turned down—no work; 15 abead of you; not qualified. So I became just another of the unemployed. “Some nights I could walk the streets and sleep a Itle in the parks, but| pretty soon it got too cold for that.| Then I tried sleeping in hotel lobbies, but usually they kicked me out. An-| other night I tried a mission. They wanted 30 cents, which I didn't have. | ‘The Y. M. C. A. didn't let me stay there, either. Begging Proved Unprofitable. “Finally I decided to try asking peo- ple on the streets for help. I didn't like to_do this, but it seemed the only way. It was,the first time any of my family had ‘ever done anything like| that. Even this didn't work very well.| I guess there were too many of us doing the same thing. It was almost funny the way some of the well dressed people would act when I asked for a dime. They were sort of embarrassed when they passed me up. “On the 14th a Georgetown student loaned me some money and encour- aged me. The next day I got a chance for a job. It was in a department store | and was to start the following Monday Promised Employment. and last until Christmas. That was Friday. The next night I was walking | down Eleventh street near E when a man called me from across the street. He asked me if I had a job. I thought he had one for me, so said no. Then he asked me how much money I had. I said 40 cents. He was a detective, and took me to the District Jail for investigation. “Monday morning I was taken before the court and charged with vagrancy. I said that if being without a job was vagrancy, then I was guilty. The judge fined me $15, so I was put in the Dis- trict Jall for 15 days. about missing my job. to go to jail, either—none of my family had ever been in jail before. “Food Was Terrible.” “I was put in a cell with three other men. They were all in for drinking. The food was terrible. For breakfast we would get maybe a little bowl of oat- meal without sugar and with a little watery milk and black coffee. For din- ner our best days we got a little beef stew—pretty poor, as the meat, i any, was only fat and gristle, but it was hot. Then for supper bread, molasses and a weak tea. We got two baths a week, but no exercise at all. There was a library in the south wing, but I was in| the north wing. I nearly went crazy without anything to do. Once or twice we got some old newspapers. A man did come around every day with maga- zines and candy, but I had no money, 50 that was only torture for me. _ “Christmas day we had a spécial| dinner, ‘and every one received a little box of hard candy, an orange and a package of cigarettes. We also got Christmas cards from the charitable organizations. While I was in jail no| one visited me. Once, I think, I was| taught that' Christians visited people in| prisons, but this' year I guess they were too busy getting ready for Christmas. Got New Testament. “The last Sunday I was in jail every one was given'a New Testament. I am not religious, but I would have read; mine, anyway, had I not gotten out the| next morning. % “Now I am just where 'I 'was two| weeks ago—two more days of looking| and still no job. My Georgetown friend | told me to‘write this about myself. It's| a funny world. I'll probably get picked up again. I might try stealing, but none of my family has ever done that, either. Still, since I expect to be picked up again, it might be worth trying. I wish I had a job.” CHEST SOLICITING IN SCHOOLS 0. K.D to study varjous phases of the traffic . ‘Their findings were reviewed ihe National Highway and Safety Congress and are embodied in a com- Wln plan drafted by Dr. Miller tock, the traffic expert of Harvard University, who is expected to testify @t the hearing next Capt. Whitehurst explained that the traffic problem is more engineering than administrative and tbat the bill ‘which the District officials are now en- deavoring to rush through Congress El: the Commissioners a working sys- and authority so that they will not have to come to Congress from time to time for enactment of traffic laws. .mmaun Gibson, who is not a of the subcommittee, as well as several members of the subcommittee, wuoud the' witneéss closely regarding parking lem, which Capt. Whitehurst said made specialized intensive study. He explained that Commissioners hope under this lb‘enfl&h‘: 1”" upfi“ violations which or par will Be increased at the second, or repeated offenses. Capt. Whitehurst impressed upon the eommittee that the situation in the District of Columbia is different from elsewhere, because of its character as ® State as well as municipal entity. McClintock °;{:lnn and the @affic. It was explained that Dr. Mc- @lintock had previously made an ex- study of downtown parking for National Capital Park and Plan- Commission and that parking in areas cannot be prohibited such time- as. sufficient off-street. facilities have been provided. Capt. Whiteburst expressed a strong ®onviction of traffic authorities that en- rcement of traffic regulations cannot effective except through education of the drivers which he described as fnore important than imposition of pen- Gen. Crosby, District Commissioner, #eid that the present conditions where shree agencies have authority without definite central control is very unsatis- factory and results in buck-passing. ‘W. A. Roberts, an assistant corpora- $ion counsel in traffic matters, cx‘)nhln- ed the bill in detall, pointing out that it is not in itself the complete fraffic act, but in order to expedite its Possase seeks merely to amend the ex- ing act. It provides & new force comprised of the District Commissioners and the Public Utlljties Commission, with the ieer Commissioner, who is & mem- $lons. Authority to Commissioners. Representative Gibson . insistently fuestioned whether the bill as presented arries out the recommendations of Dr. cClintock and of the Advisory Com- scale of | o, cited the i | the , | second half of item No. 2 and the whole Board Grants Approval After Address by Taliaferro on Increased Needs. ¥ gy o e Solicitation of public school and teachers in the interest of the y Chest drive for its 1931 funds was authorized by the Board of Education yesterday when, after con- siderable discussion of the extent to which it would permit collections to be made, the board disregarded its policy prohibiting money solicitations of any sort in the schools and agreed to prac- tically every request made by the Ches qrganization. The board approved the collections of Community Chest funds over the pro- test of Rev. F. 1. A. Bennett, board member, who expressed himself as being among adults, ng_Op] n ling to children for money are solicited elsewhere. Taliaferro Addresses Board. Sidney P. Taliaferro, former D. C. Commissioner and a Community Chest worker, addressed the School Board at its meeting yesterday. Mr. Taliaferro increased demands made upon Chest resources this Winter and the made | school needs may be scaled, (2) whether mass meetings be held at each school in the District, at-which the of the Chest drive 2. That Chest ters be placed in each school and t each b\l!ldlng.he equipped with a chart indicating daily pn?rm toward the respective school building’s “quota.” 3. That places be established in the teachers’ colleges d high schools where _contributions be made by students and 'faculty. 4. That stations be established in each elementary.school where contribu- tions may be made or, in lieu of this, that “mite boxes” be placed in con- spicuous positions. 6. That each student in the city who makes a contribution of any amount be given a Community Chest button. 6. That each school which contributes 95 per cent or more of its assigned quota be presented with a banner. Quota Plan Dropped. ‘The Bchoolhsum P:‘pnprovcd mr;mog these proposals excepting those W] involved established “quotas.” Thus the an may of item No. 6 were disapproved. During the n it was devel- oped that a new Chest unit, assigned to solicit all schools and colleges, had planned to attempt establishing amounts for each institution to contribute. Al- no definite plan upon at this time, Mr. R Taliaferro said he believed the various d | gearch-warrant feature as essential to warran the | formation of the presence of a still or gig § g 44 i g8 i who | tions in the hearings on the school esti- tended that to expect children who have no money themselves to give to any- thing was both unreasonable and un- fair. He declared that the city is al- ready so well organized that every fam- ily in the District will be reached with- out attacking them through their chil- dren in school. Book Fund to Be Asked. Following its action at the same meet- ing yesterday, the Board of Education will ask the District Commissioners to set up a plan by which a trust fund for the replacement of lost or damaged text books may be made economically under the provisions of the new free text book law which holds parents responsible for the volumes their children use. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, pro- posed the trust fund as & means of buy- ing replacement volumes at the same wholesale rates at which the District purchases its texts. When a book is lost, he explained, a parent would pay to the authorities the wholesale price of the book and that amount would be held in the “trust fund” until the regu. lar year's purchases are made. He e: plained, however, that the District a: ditor disapproved of the establishment of such a fund. 1In its communication to the Board of Commissioners the board will cite the auditor's disapproval, and will in turn ask the Commissioners to set up the proper. machinery for the handling of the funds. When the school authorities go before the House Subcommittee on Appropria- mates for 1932 they will defend the $2,500 item for an experiment with the transportation for children living long distances from established schools with a statement approved by the board yes- terday. They will advise the committee that in making the experiment they will (1) determine whether a community has & stable population by which its real the distance from a school presents real difficulties, (3) whether the number of children of school age in a community warrant the expense of bus service, (4) whether there are existing commercial transportation facilities, (5) whether roads and stréets to be traversed by children are dangerous to pedestrians either by their narrowness or unpaved condition, (6) whether the roads are dangerously muddy and (7) how the cost of bus transportation compares with the cost of establishment of small per- manent school houses. ‘The board received for consideration yesterday a proposal to expand the Americanization School program to in- clude the education of native-born {llit- erates. The request was presented by Richard 8. Harvey, president of the ‘Washington Education Union, No. 198, an organization of school principals and eoneg professors. In urging the ex- pansion of the program Mr. Harvey cited the Nation-wide efforts to reduce illiteracy. The proposal was referred to the superintendent for study. HOWELL TO DEFEND SEARCH CLAUSE Author of D. C. Dry Measure Holds Feature Necessary to Enforcement. ‘When the District prohibition en- forcement bfll comes before the Sen- ate in the near future, Senator Howell, Republican of Nebraska, will defend the adequate enforcement of the dry laws here. The portion of the measure which is expected to lead to most of the debate is the section permitting issuance of ts to search dwellings upon in- “is unlawfully delivered thereto for purpose of sale, or is un- lawfully removed therefrom.” Under the ‘existing law evidence of a sale on the premises is required to ob- tain & warrant for a dwelling, Attorney General Mitchell objected to the search warrant section. Before bill was reported from committee this year tor Howell ly the ch warrant section the words “for purpose of |is clause relating to or to dwellings. o of the bill may seek to agreed | is $35,000 for the & branch in SYSTEM FOR 1932 Budget Requests Carry Item for 28 More Lights, Mostly in Congested Area. LARGER PERSONNEL FOR LIBRARY ASKED Fourteen ‘Employes Needed to Put New Northeastern Branch on 32-Hour Weekly Basis. Note.—This is the third of a series of stories analyzing the District budget for the 1932 fiscal vear, which is now under consideration by the House Subcommittee on Appropriations. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The House Subcommittee on Appro- priations in its study of the District appropriation bill for the 1932 fiscal year has reached the items of the Traffic Department, calling for appropriations totaling $118,580, an increase of $27,100 over the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year. One of the major requests of the department is an appropriation of $35,- 000 to extend the already extensive net- work of automatic traffic lights now flashing their signals in both the con- gested and outlying sections of the District. With this amount Traffic Di- rector William H. Harland estimates he can make 28 additional installations of the new flexible progressive type. 928 Lights in Use. The present automatic signal system consists of 928 lights. The timing of the group on various streets and indi- vidual intersections is controlled by 23 master timers for different streets and 25 independent timers for isolated in- tersections. This arrangement of sepa- rate groupings controlled by various master timers, according to Mr. Har- land, is necessary with the present sys- tem because of the varying street traffic conditions and difference in block lengths, which require individual timing ratios. < Mr. Harland believes the installa- tion of the more improved type of sig- nal contyol, known as the fexible pro- gressive system, will mlie it possible to tie in various street signal groups to operate on less number of timers and at the same time make possible better adjustment of the timing ratio at each street intersection along the sig- naled sireets, so that trafic may move with less interruption. More for Congested Area. A major portion of the 28 additional lights Mr. Harland plans to install in the congested area, and the others will be placed in sections outside, where he l.htr'\‘ks it uln nlecmm.?-l?eth.vfe auto- matic signals for y of pedes- trians as well as vehicular traffic. The location of these hts, however, has no&u Ize':n M;fldy etermined. % : an elaborate program of ligh installations had been worked out by Mr. Harland when he prepared his esti- mates for the coming fiscal year, but this had to be relegated into the dis- card as a result of reductions made in the appropriation requests of the Traffic Department by both the Commissioners and the Bureau of the Budget. Now the traffic director is confronted with the problem of revising his original pro- gram to place the 28 additional lights at_the most strategic locations. Mr. Harland is particularly anxious to install lights on Pennsylvania avenue from Sixth to Thirteenth streets, and on Q street from Twenty-second street to Rhode Island avenue. Both of these thoroughfares carry heavy volumes of cross-town traffic, and it is on such streets that he desires installations. It is likely, therefore, that the revised program will provide lights for these two streets. Increase for Library. Another Traffic ‘Eep:nm';‘nl l:l’;o;r( $23,000 is to provide for the e - ment of & force of 13 to 15 skilled and unskilled laborers to paint white lines at cross walks, erert fraffic signals and maintain _traffic gaipment on the streets. These men would be employed on a per diem basis at a salary of $4.24 and $528 a day. The appropriation recomm1 mf:apdn‘wfi. tools and other supplies ,300. %r the Public Library the appropria- tion bill carries $298,180, an increase of $22,140 over the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year. Of this in- crease, 810.!"143 is h;wxnde?h!:m 17 new positions, or - tablishment and 14 for the new North- eastern branch. The three new positions in the present organization, though a help, according to District officials, will in no way meet the urgent needs of the public service. The circulation of books, based on the figures for July to November, 1930, it was pointed out, is increasing at the rate of 8 per cent over the correspond- ing months of the previous year. This increase brings with it added clerical work and advisory and reference service. Service Needs Grow. Since the library is an educational in- stitution, its most important work is in the finding of information and the fur- nishing of guidance in book selection. This service, i is explained, cannot be maintained in the face of expanding cir- culation without substantial increases in personnel. The 14 positions included for the new Northeastern Branch Library will permit it to give service to adults and children on separate floors on a 32-hour weekly basis instead of on the basis of 72 hours weekly in force in the Central Library and in the other major branches. The Northeastern branch will be a major unit in the library system, and officials declare it should not operate on less ‘than full hours, but such a schedule would require 19%; positions. 4 Book Fund Actually Less. PROPERTY IS FILED Ten Lots Sought for Site [or Structures on John Marshall Place. PRESENT COURT BUILDING INCLUDED IN PROCEEDINGS Nine Other Pieces of Land With- drawn From Action as Owners Accept Offers, ‘The first condemnation suit to ac- quire property for the proposed Muniei- pal Center was filed in District Su- preme Court today. The suit is for the condemnation of 10 lots, with their accompanying structures, in the terri- tory bounded by John Marshall place, D street and Indiana_avenue, Per sylvania avenue and the alley between John Marshall place and Third street. This is the location for-the first sec- tion of the new project—a wing hous- ing the Police, Juvenile and Municipal Courts. By an odd coincidence one of the properties sought to be condemned is the present Municipal Court, on John Marshal place, which is in private own- ership and rented by the District. Properties Involved. Another of the properties is the Christ Child Society headquarters, 324 Indiana avenue. Other properties are the office of Attorney George Sullivan, 340 D street; a rooming house and serv- ice station at 219 John Marshall place; a rooming house at 215 John Marshall place; an old residence at 325 C street; a factory operated by E. J. Maigne at 332 C street, and three interior lots im- proved by small structures. The 10 properties are the only ones on the site in question which have not been bought by the District Commis- sioners. All of the other properties were acquired by private negotiation. ‘When the petition was first prepared, it contained the descriptions of 19 proper- tles, but owners of the other 9 accepted the District’s offers at the last minute :&d they were stricken from the peti- n. Work to Begin Next Summer. Work of wrecking the buildings in this area already required probably will start next Summer, following work to be done on altering the grades of streets in the section to accommodate the architectural plans for the new structures. The District is represented in the proceedings by Assistant Corporsiion Counsel Walter L. Fowler, who handles all condemnation matters for the cor- poration counsel’s office. DRUGGIST HELD UP 'BY THREE BANDITS $78 Taken by Trio as Clerk and Customer Are Warned to Keep Quiet. For the second time within several months, Oscar H. Basseches, proprietor of a drug store at 1816 New Hampshire avenue, was held up and robbed last night. Three bandits, all of whom were armed, escaped with $78 after warning Basseches, his clerk and a cus- tomer not to make an om,criye ‘The presence of the clerk—Philip Goldberg, 3211 Thirteenth street—and the customer—W. M. Masters, 1825 New Hampshire avenue—caused Basseches to doubt that the robbers were in earnest :‘l"l:nflleyorde‘redlflmlowtuphtl ’ ds. A glance at their revolvers convinced Basseches, however, and he made no attempt to prevent the men from loot- ing the cash register. After leaving the store, the bandits entered a parked automobile and drove away. Basseches, who lives at 5000 lenu: street, gave police a description of them. et HOLY NAME SOCIETIES TO HAVE CELEBRATION Annual Sermon Will Be Delivered Sunday Evening by Very Rev. R. M. Burke. The annual celebration of the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Christ will be held at 8 o'clock Sunday eve- ning in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Thirty-sixth and O streets northwest, under the auspices of the ‘Washington section of the Baltimore "uZ‘JLf”""“‘" Union of Holy Name So- cleties. The sermony which will be preceded by the recitation of the Rour[\; in honor of the Blessed Virgin, will be delivered by Very Rev. Raphael M. Burke, prior and pastor of St. Dom- inic’s Church. BREAKS WI.NDSHIELDS Man Sent to Gallinger Hospital After Hurling Bricks at Cars. John Hanley took a sudden dislike to automobiles yesterday afternoon, seized two good-sized bricks and hurled them through the windshields of an equal number of machines. Police car- ried John to Gallinger Hospital for mental he was a The bill also recommends $70,000 for | he the purchase of books, periodicals, news- papers and other printed material. This sum is $15,500 ter than the appro- current year, but ifically allocated to the aw%golmnewflnmub— , all of which will be required. The apparent increase of $15,500 is therefore in reality a decrease of $14,500 from the amount allowed for the current year. Library officials urged the full sum which they declared essen- tial to keep the collections from dete- riorating. A decrease in the book fund, they declare, will result in poorer service to the 'Kgbl!c. & ; fox pv:mt-u’wlu‘du 1c of a for ‘This branch wn. to serve a community of further when it comes up for | mentary . the 2 o mloteemen’tl obtain searc] dwellings i they know N. Crowder, 1106 Wi Thompson of the fourth precinct on the run and halted the attack, HANGAR CONTRACT LET Concrete Flooring to Be Laid at Quantico at Cost of $5,821. A contract for $5821 for installing concrete_floors in ':u hangars at the Marine at awarded toda; for $21,100 was awarded to pman & Scott Corpora: of Baliimore, for repairing plers, at Naval Puel & Mine at York- L L ANADALE SEVERS CONNECTIONS WITH PITTS IN DISTRICT JAIL Becomes Known When Defense Counsel Files Ap- peal for Former Chief. Former Smith Co. Official Engages James C. Wilkes as New Attorney. ©. Elbert Anadale, one of three for- mer F. H. Smith Co. officials recently convicted in District Supreme Court on conspiracy-embezzlement charges, hes severed his connections with his former gi)\::t.“ C: mm Pmdl. and the counsel fen luring the le’s action in engaging James C. Wilkes as his counsel, Npllc‘lng Frank G. Raichle and the firm of Lambert & Yeatman, brought forth consider- able speculation as to the course he in- 'e!;lda ::’ follov{nlnmthe future. e now e District Ji wil Pitts, pending appeal of the oo:ll\‘v‘icflo'.r? John H. Edwards, jr., found guilty with them, is serving a three-year sentence. Edwards Deserts Associates, Edwards deserted his two former as- sociates immediately after the verdict of guilty was returned agains gan serving his sentence at once. was understood that he made certain afdavits which may be used against Pitts in the trial of embezzlement ch!nnrgu now pendtag against him. many respects Anadale’s action closely parallels that of Edwards. The fact that he had dispensed with the services of the attorneys who formerly represented him became’known m&wy W)’dlen r!-;wyutdued a bill of excep- an ected an a) behalf of Pitts alone. st i Questioned on this point, Wilton J. Lambert, who acted as chief defense counsel during the trial, said Anadale Wwas no longer represented by his firm. C. ELBERT ANADALE. He said certain differences, real or fancied, had arisen between Pitts and Anadale, and that all concerned had agreed it would be more satisfactory for the latter to retain separate Questioned by Agents. Mr. Lambert said he had been in- formed by Pitts that Anadale frequently left the jail on missions, the nature of | if the which were not known to him. In other quarters 4t was learned that he was being questioned by Department of Justice men on these occasions. ‘The bill of exceptions filed with the court today in behalf of Pitts contains nearly 700 printed pages, covering about 75 exceptions to rulings by Justice Wil- liam Hitz on legal questions involved in the trial. Notice of filing was served this mornh;‘! m Nugent Dodds, chief prosecutor case. Rudolph Yeatman of defense counsel said an assignment of errors would be prepared for filing within the next few days. When this matter is disposed of a date will be set for hearing the ap- peal motions in behalf of Pitts. PLEADS NOT GUILTY 10 ASSAULT CHARGE Harry F. Kennedy, Accused by Photographer, to Be Tried January 22, Harry F. Kennedy, local attorney and | Judge of the Alexandria Police Court, pleaded not guilty in Police Court today to a charge of assaulting Gus C. Chinn, photographer for The Star, and will be tried by jury January 22. Kennedy requested that his case be continued for two weeks because of hearings which he has to conduct in Alexandria. Judge Gus A. Schuldt leased Kennedy on his personal bond to r for trial. magistrate is charged with hav- ing ted Chinn when the latter was endea; to get a picture of Mrs, Edith L. , Kennedy's client, who had made charges of larceny after trust against T. Guy Lucas, of St. John’s Episcopal Church. Chinn was shoved into a parked automobile and his camera was smashed. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover ordered a warrant issued Tuesday after a Police Court assistant had refused to press a | charge against Kennedy. Lieut. John Maloney of the ninth precinct also appeared in Police Court for assaulting Joseph Roberts, a pho- tographer for the Herald. He pleaded not guilty’and will be given a trial by jury on January 14 Maloney is said to have pushed Roberts’ camera against his face when the photographer at- tempted to make a picture of a suspect in the Limerick murder case at head- quarters. The police officer was like- wise released on his personal bond. RITES FOR MERCHANT Thomas D. Collins Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery Today. ‘The body of Thomas D. Callins, 61- year-old Washington merchant who died at his residence, 4120 New Hampshire avenue, Tuesday, will be buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery this afternoon followin funeral services at the residence wi Rev. W. W. MclIntyre, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, officiating. Mr. Collins, a brother-in-law of the late Capt. Robert E. Doyle, commander of the eighth police precinct, conducted a tinning and heating business at Eighth street and Florida avenue for more than 35 years. He was a lifelong resident of the Capital. He was a member of the Joppa Lodge, No. 35, f F. A. A. M., members of which organ- ization will participate in the funeral services today. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. An- nie C. Collins, and one son, William Francis Collins. { PADLOCK IS SOUGHT ARDMAN CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT |Judge Woolls of Alexandria Gives No Indication of Detision Date. Following completion of its in the suit of minority amm of the Wardman e & Discount Corporation before . ‘Woolls in andria yesterday Woolls announced that he the case under ad would be given in the suit, which con- sity for the er and exchange of stock and the motives and good faif of Harry Wardman, Thomas P. and James D. 3 Judge Wright told the court that none of the three men ever voted them- selves any salaries or received dividends on common stock holdings, but instead that Wardman advanced his personal funds to pay the dividends of the cor- poration. Intention of fraud and mis- ‘management must be shown to warrant the appointment of a receiver, Judge Wright said, but the actions of the done the exact te. Daubin told of refinancing of the dman interests notes and stock holdings panies. He argued that the JOSHUA A. BROWN RITES TO BE HELD TOMORROW Engineer, Attached to Architect’s Office, Well Known in Masonic Circles. Funeral services for Joshua A. Brown, engineer Capitol architect’s effice, will be held tomorrow afternoon at the residence, ‘where Mr. Rev. Application has been made to the District Supreme Court by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States Attorney John B. Williams for a * jock” injunction against premises at 3203 M street, which are said to be owned by Alexander Shuman. Named as tenants are Abraham Shuman and Thomas W. Currier. The charge is made that there have been frequent vk:huom of the National prohibition act injunction. and hies and awards for outstand- ing mar] 3 His survivors are his widow, Mrs. Marion 8. Brown; a son, Halbert P. Brown, and a daughter, Mrs, J. Louis Freeman, all residents of Washington. A.A.A. TO PROTEST USE OF FIREARMS | %%, * ™ ' PAGE B-1 FEDERAL WORKERS URGED TO DEFEAT WOOD AMENDMENT Stewart Tells Council Raises Will Fail With Hoover Proposals Left Out. 45,000 IN DISTRICT AMONG 200,000 AFFECTED Saturday Half-Holiday for U. S. Workers to Receive Attention in Next Two Days. Forty-five thousand under-average pay employes of the Federal Govern- ment in the District of Columbia will not receive increases in pay to bring their. average up to the classifications provided in the present day schedules if the Wood amendment prevails and recommendations of President Hoover in the appropriation bills now under consideration by Congress are not returned to the measures, President Luther C. Steward of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes told the executive council of the federation at its opening meeting to- day that this large percentage of the approxmately 71,000 Federal employes in the National Capital will fail to get the raise due them if the federation does not act at once to defeat the Wood amendment. The main fight of-the federation dur- ing the current session of Congress, he said, must be toward restoration of the increases proposed by President Hoover to bring underaverage emplo; Il'g to the pay schedule for the average. is 'will be the main ic for consideration during the three-day meeting of th= executive council, which opened today. 200,000 in All Affected. hundred thousand underaverage employes throughout the United States are affected, Mr. Steward said, of whom about 45,000 are in the Government service here. President Hoover's pay revision program, he said, is the &t attempt since the administration of Woodrow Wilson to revise Federal pay fie?uh ‘ulzzi;d,“md h.:hg been done ply out ustice to employes R S e, e y for A i T, SR S leral pay X > ing the fiscal beginning 1 next, and be carried out on a camparable scale during the ing two years, with larger total increases has stricken out the tion was given as to when a decision | mj The council plans during she next two days to give consideration to the as part of the move which the federa- tion hopes will eventually result in a five-day week for Government workers. If the Government does not hurry,” Mr. Steward told the council, “it will be us as one of the great em- ployers who do not sponsor the five. campaign, in membership those local to Mrs, A. N, Wi p.m‘clu.;u" e fouru; prize went to Margarette E. Robbins of the Treasury it Local, No. 262, o Department s ing last night at 710 Fourteenth street of the District Federation of Federal Employes’ Unions. * LA GUARDIA IS HONORED et Flowers Presented for Work in Be- half of U. 8. Employes. A committee representing the District of Columbia Federation of Federal Em- to Representative F. H. La , Republican, New York, as an expression of .ppud:'non of North Carolina Physician, Who ‘Wed D. C. Girl, Well Known Here. chrdmm!vodh-'&ydfim death of Dr. Rufus L, at his Hayward County, BY POLICE IN HALTING MOTORISTS .,.,.,;,m Georges County Officers. Immediate protest to Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland will be made gomhcuo\u use of firearms by of halting automobiles in Prince Georges County, officials of the American Auto- mobile Association announced today. The complaint resulted from a case heard in ‘Wa) officials said a transcript of would be sent to - Assurance | Gov. Ritchie Will Be Asked to Curb Practice of Prince|5sied rnm.m’;' plot there. ynesville tomorrow interment in the family Gov. HOUSEBREAKING CHARGED