Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1931, Page 17

Coneo] The Swunduy Ftae [ vove] SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1931, WASHINGTON, D. C, SENATE TO DISCUSS DRY ENFORCEMENT Howell Bill Conslderahon Is Expected to Follow In- terior Appropriation. BATTLE IS FORESEEN ON SEARCH WARRANTS Local Measure to Assist in Enfore- ' ing National Law Is Part of Project. Prohibition enforcement in the Na- tional Capital is expected to take the center of the stage in the Senate this week, when the Howell local dry bill is taken up for consideration. When the Senate recessed yesterday 4t had nearly completed the Interior Department ~ appropriation bill, on * which a final group of amendments will be disposed of, probably tomorrow. After the Interior supply bill is voted on Senator Howell, Republican, of Ne- braska, will ask the Senate to pro- ceed with his dry bill, in accordance with the recommendation of the Re- publican Steering Committee, which placed it next on the program. General Discussion. Expected. Although the bill deals only with enforcement in Washington, it is more than likely that its consideration will be marked by a general discussion of the wet and dry question. Senator Howell is hopeful of obtain- ing favorable action on the bill, and said yesterday he will not change it unless he has to. Most of the discussion is expected to revolve around the search-warrant sec- tion, which would allow the issuance of warrants to search dwellings upon information of the presence of a still, 'hen liquor has been delivered thereto of sale or where liquor has heen unlawfully removed therefrom. Under the national prohibition law warrants are issued to search dwel only upon evidence of a sale. Tydings Proposes Amendments. Senator Tydings, Democnt, of mry Jand has announced he amendments to the uelrch-'mlnl lnd some other sections, and Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin made known yesterday that he also has a number of changes to propose to the bill as reported from committee. ‘The bill would give members of the local police force authority to enforce the national prohibition law as well as the provisions of this bill, and would provide the department with an appro- pnmonoxuooo to be used as a ro- tating fund in obtaining evidence of violations. The measure also re-enacts portions of the ln.w‘ which nude thtlon ‘These lecflml dell 'lfll ln- Another section, redrafted from the Sheppard law, pmvidu that l.ny person ‘who _kno ly rmits a mvnedarllnerh wntmlwbe on i g & comm¢ defined 1n the national pmhlbmon uv without taking reasonable steps to e; those so using the building, llull 5 In support of his bill Senator Howelt will contend that Washington should have a local enforcement measure to supplement the national law, just as most of the Sates have their le- menta] enroreaunz act. He bel the search warrant section is necessary to prevent bootleggers from using resi- dential property as storehouses. Attorney General Mitchell advised against enactment of the residential search warrant feature when the bill was being drafted last year. INCREASES IN PENSIONS APPROVED BY D. C. HEADS Twelve Retired Policemen and Seven Firemen Benefit by Ac- tion of Commissioners. ‘The District o ity under the age of 55 prior to the pas- sage of the recent law iIncreasing pay of policemen and firemen. The policemen were J. H. Boswell, ‘Thales Bowen, John A. Connell, W\laon L. Davis, Edgar D. Gemeny, Frank W. Gibson, James F. Hartman, Richard M. Mason L. Howes, F. 8. Hughlett, Lea F. Rellly and James R. Stringfel- low. The firemen were A. N. Carter, . H. Doleman, L. D. Donaldson, W. B. Handy, J. T. Hyland, A. J. Mosheuvel and S, P. Shipley. new pensions are 50 per cent of new pay scale and range from $70.11 to $125 per month. SALVATION ARMY GETS JOBS FOR 5,000 HERE Report on Social Service Bureau's Work Covers Three Months Just Ended. Jobs were created for 5,000 un- employed and cash disbursements total- ing $7,487.56 were made to jobless men, transporting them to points Where work was available and paying them for work “TOO MODERNISTIC" TEACHER FIGHTS TO BE RETAINED NATIONAL CAPITAL |Matcolm M. Young Answers harge of Sitting on Desk and Being Inefficient. ufleolm M. Young learned for the time yesterday that his method of ulchkl[ history to students at Tech High School was just a little bit too modernistic to sult the pedagogic views of school officials, and for that reason he was dismissed at the close ot a probationary tenure. For instance, Mr. Young discovered that school officials didn't particularly like his rather unconventional class room ethics of sitting on a desk with his feet resting comfortably in a chair. Nor did they approve of his so-called “spontaneous” system of teaching—a system which he said is repulsive to the old-fashioned method. And fur- thermore, he heard his work in the class room branded as plain “rotten” by a teacher who uses the word for the sake of emphasis only. All of these things Mr. Young found out at a special hearing before the committee on complaints and appeals of the Board of education, which was called for the sole purpose of consider- ing his appeal for reinstatement. And afterward, Mr. Young found out, too, that he had merely wasted his time fighting for his job because the com- mittee turned a deaf ear on his plea. Inefficiency Is Charged. Specifically, Mr. Young’s dismissal was based on a charge of inefficiency and lack of the qualifications held to be the attributes of a good teacher. To these allegations he entered a general denial and countered with the charge that his superior officers at Tech had failed to give him adequate instructions in the conduct of his position. More- over, he declared, he was handicapped by the lack of text books with which to teach during the first month of the semester. Mr. Young then proceeded to intro- duce evidence to show that last June he was given a rating of “G,” which he thought meant ‘““good.” But this im- P nmnumnx.tmwuwldn the hearing, because “G” in_the system of marking teachers in the Washington schools is not so good after all. In fact, Mr. Young was advised that “G” is the fourth rate from the top and the teach- ers who receive it don’t go around about it. mnk C. Daniel, princi) m'. of history of the high were the principal witnesses who tuti- fied against Mr. Young. Miss Anna C Copp and H. G. Davis, assistant prin also said some things that didn’ Ip Young's case. “G” Generous Rating. Daniel, with corroborative statements from other witnesses, brought out t.hlt Mr. Young was given the “G” ral encourage improvement in hn 'ork since “F,” the next lowest rating would hl'e made it extremely difficult for him to maintain the rating req end of the probationary period for a permanent appointment. But even 'llh the generous rating of “G,” the school officers testified, Young didn't make t.be grade and his dismissal was recom- mended. ‘The principal criticism of Mr. Young 1 of Tech, | part- seemed to be that he kept “unsatisfac- tory” records of the work of his stu- dents, that he was unable to maintain discipline, and that his work was marked by serious delays in carrying out assignments. “The fact that Mr. Young sat upon his desk and planted his feet in his chair, did not help the discipline situa- tion very much,” said Principal Daniel. “Any man who could hold & book in his hands and read could have conducted that class as well and as uninspiration- ally as did Mr. Young.” And it was Principal Daniel, too, who described Mr. Young’s work as “rotten.” He explained, however, that while the word he used was not “elegant,” it was never'.helm “‘expressive.” Young, Mr. Jones testified, had mud a preference for the “spon- hnmus me " of teaching rather than the “hard and fast rule system.” Dr. H. Barret Learned, vice president of the board, asked him for a definition of “the spontaneous method” of teach- meant a “getting away from the old- fashioned ways of conducting a class.” “If you mean,” Dr. Learned replied with some animation, “the intelligent interpretation of your subject and the proper amount of digressing from the printed page then you prefer the kind v! training I got, and I'm Victorian.” Tilt Over “Abstraction.” Later, in another tilt with Dr. Learned, Mr. Young used the term “abstraction” in speaking of the subject of history. “What do you menn by abstraction as applied to tory?” asked Dr. Learned. “I know of no more conctete subject than history, for in it are, or should be, dealing with nothing but concrete factors.” “I mean abstract as compared with, !ornlx!\;unce, mathematics,” Mr. Young Te) The lack of textbooks occasioned by the delays in delivering the volumes just gone into effect, was met by other teachers, it was testified, by use of the daily newspapers in the history classes and research work bearing upon the printed news articles. Mr. Jones answered Mr. Young's ability, which stated clearly that “no teacher shall leave his class room at the end of a day” until each student’s marks for the day had been entered. It was cl his superior offi- ‘cers that Mr. Young, who this year is studying law in a local university, gave too much of his time to that pursuit and not enough to the preparation of his own class work. The dismissed teacher conducted his hearing after the fashion of an animated lawyer in a non-too-strict court room. He was pted throughout the proceedings John W. Cronin, his lawyer. He wnctluded his appeal with the state- ment: “Well, I am not as belligerent as I might appear herc 50 1 Jluc ask you to give me another chan ==\ MISS MIAMI' BUST REPORTED STOLEN Sculptor Durig Tells Poluce 26 BOOTLEGGERS RECEIVE SENTENCE Judges Schuldt and McMahon of Plaster Disappearing at Mayflower Hotel. wm Ernest Durig, the Swiss sculptor, ho has been showing a group of his 'lwk.l at the Mayflower for the last| g, month, left the scene of the exhibit on the mezzanine floor of the hotel at mid- | p70 night Priday a plaster bust of Edna Peters, an attractive brunette, titled “Miss Miami,"” honor n he returned yesterday morning the bun, which later was to have been translated ‘into enduflnl marble or bronze, was missing from its pedestal, he to the police. about, 20 pounds, and of not calculated to lend itself o be spirited away with ease, Durig and mmnuwum.umnwmmuor the, unless— Mme. % rec recalls that two or three days ago & Plorida girl spent to its ultimate disposition when Durig to its ultimate disposiion when Durigt closes his exhibit the middle of this month. He was told it was to be taken away and also that Miss Peters is now a Mrs. ‘There myml‘l: fl"“lfi lkecrel of the dis- appearance, they ‘thin] The theory might be borne out by the fact lhll. if the thief was only mer- cenary he could easily have made away with a couple of small bronzes nearby that are valued by the artist at $2,000 each, while the plaster model, outside of the value to the artist alone, is of little worth, containing about a dollar's worth of material. Whatever the fate, investigators would like to know how an object as large as the bust could be carted away from a place as public and well gto tected as the mezzanine floor without detection. Durig came here in December from New York, when a bust of Henri Dun- ant, founder of the Red Cross, which he executed, was unveiled at the Red (im;ln building. He has since opened a studio. POST-WAR DISABILITY done, the Salvation Army reported yes- terday in detailing the work of its Social Service Bureau at 102 B street for the three months ending January Tho Duisssts aleo Bswaed a5 164 5145 applicants during the quarter. Mending Christmas toys, Tepairing garments and balling waste paper., a chief source of income for the Army, comprised the work furnished to those seeking employment. More than 1,500 pairs of shoes were given away, while 2,000 were repaired and sold l! a nominal price. BENEFITS PAID TO 684 During the first half year of opera- tion of the new law giving veterans benefits for post-war disabilities the Veterans' Bureau received applications from 305,890 former soldiers, including 3,570 in the Washington regional office here. Ol the local applications received, more than half, or 1,353, have been ad- Justed, of which 684 were allowed. ‘The local veterans' record show that those who received the awards included STATE "SOCIETY TO MEET s RSN Bession of Illinois Group Will Be Held January 23. . 'nn Tliinols State Soclety will day anuary 23. Thomas 8. Williams of the United States Court of Claims, is president of the soclety. The lollo'lnu committee heads have been named: Mrs. Carl R. Chindblom, enuml.u- ‘gmk Mrs. A. l'!.lpk-yllodlL yers, publicity; uj Miss Mae Y, 348 veterans accorded 25 per cent dis- sbility, 163 0 ), De oent disability, 56 du-m cent disability and 118 total For the country at large, records tab- uhm sa of Janusry 1 show 130,000 of the claims had been upon :Mflperunt granted. Iammant Opens Today. buh-en nlm. ?l'mhnnllhtl".! , assistant buildings public again lt 12 30 'n Uzut. "\ of occupied a piace of | jn Assess Fines of $4,675 in Lieu of Jail Terms. ‘Twenty-six convicted bootleggers re- ceived sentence in Police Court yester- y. Ju Gus A. Schuldt and John P. 'Mal assessed fines totaling $4,- 675 in lieu of which the men and wom- an were to serve a total of 1,425 days Betty Moore, alias “Bat,” 22 years old, lzoo block of I street, nnuhed with d @ fine r sen- th Thornhill, 28 years old, 1200 lack or Thirteenth street, $75 for a Mnt of liquor which pol accused Jsmu Proctor, colored, 30 years old, 200 block of L street, drew a sentence of $500 fine or usmm Jall, the lll"ut of the day. the alleged “buy” of an informer, police raided the L street home and ifled they seized 12 half-gallons of liquor. Proctor Wl.s charged with second-offense David A. Hart and Wilbur Blugh- man, assistant district attorneys, prose- cuted the cases. ATTORNEY IS ACCUSED OF RECKLESS DRIVING Arrest Follows Accident in Which Man Is Injured on Connecticut Avenue. Louis Ernest Salter, 36 years old, of 3902 Northampton street, attorney at the Department of Justice, was arrested night after he is said by police to have struck and injured Leslie Willlam Lerch, 35 years old, of 3625 Evart place, at the intersection of Connecticut avenue ;;Id Rodman street, earlier in the eve- ng. Lerch was taken to Emergency Hos- pital in the automobile of Douglas Phllhw of Chevy Chase, Md., where he was 1 to have head injuries. Salter was charged at No. 14 precinct and was released on $100 collateral for ghis appearance in Police Court. MAN ADMITS ROBBERY STORY WAS ONLY HOAX Says He Wanted to Conceal Gam- bling Losses—False Pretenses Are Charged. ‘Guglie] W wmument‘ whkh Meridian mn ln its nlevlm mechl- lice. 'ned ing, and Mr. Young explained that he| g, under the free textbook law, which had | i and charged with reckless driving last | D¢ D GORDON SCHOOL PLANS APPROVED BY DISTRICT HEADS Structure to Be Ready Next September Instead of February, 1932, SIMMONS CITED LATTER DATE IN CONTROVERSY Contract Is Also Let for 12-Room Addition to Anthony J. Bowen Building. ‘The Commissioners yesterday affixed their signatures to the architect’s plans and specifications for the new 12-room addition to the Gordon Junior High hool, around which a controversy was started recently by Representative Sim- mons, chairman of the House District Appropriations SBubcommittee on the District, and bids for the new structure will be advertised next week. Municipal Architect Albert L. Harris stated that the new school would be ready next September, instead of Feb- ruary, 1932, as charged by Represena- ive Simmons. This is one of the rush” jobs that Mr. Harris has been able to put through by greatly increas- drafting and office force early in the Fall, at the time of the concen- tration of energy on the project of keeping all public building works going throughout the Winter as a matter of bn&l::_‘n;oe against unemployment in the ct. $171,020 Estimated Cost ‘The job is estimated to cost $171,020, and there is an unexpended balance of appropriations of $247,094 available for ‘The school building is located on U street between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth _streets. At the same time the Commissioners awarded to the Loudon-Rust Co. of ‘Washington a contract for the con- struction of a 12-room addition to the Anthony J. Bowen School, Second and M streets southwest, for $104,495. The local firm put in the low bid for the work, for which there is an available ing .ppronmtk‘;n of $194,303. Eleven bids were sul The contract was the second to have been awarded in two da as on Priday the Commissioners let a contract for the construction of the John Greenleaf Whittier School addition. ‘The munlclml architect’s office has been working in high gear this year, and already all plans ror elementary school bulldings in the 1931-32 appro- priation bill have ' been completed. These include the Crosby-Noyes School, the Horace Mann School, & school at Northampton street and Broad Branch road, the Charles Young Platoon School and the Congress Heights and Deanwood additions, as well as the two mentioned for which contracts were awarded last week. Work Starts on Stuart Plans. §2.700000 ASKED 10 BUY AREAS ON MEMORIAL BLVD. Introduces Measure for Preserving Character of Highway. Senator Fess STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF BILLBOARD BAN Virginia Contribution to Project to Await Assembly Session Next Year. A proposal to purchase additional areas of land along the George Wash- ington Memorial Boulevard, being built from the Arlington Memorial Bridge to Mount Vernon, in order to preserve the memorial character of the highway, was introduced yesterday afternoon by Sen- ator Fess of Ohio. It was referred to ittee, of which Sen- of $2,700,000, to PR o : Q\llrlnl such Mkm to the high his judgment may be neeeunry for t?: ds)\;el:yhpmem protection rvation e me- chmrp.?(e the highway.” Areas for Preservation. Senator Pq explained there are a number of areas along the route and lying between the highway and me river should be preserved by the Government in connection with the bwlev-rd project. the Mount Vernon 'xsumy Senator Fess also strongly in wcun: it from biliboards. law under which the mlmoflll highway is being built author- ized a total of $4,500,000. The plan is to have the boulevard favor of pro- completed for the George Washington B!cemcnnlu cele- bration next year. Virginia Awaits Assembly. Pinancial contribution from the State of Virginia toward development of the George Washington Memorial Mv-y will have to wait on the meeting of the General blryo next yur, -mwu'h ginia, has not been appointed by Gov. Poll-rd as his representative to co-oper- in pushing the project, it was Tonians nterested . the.programm o af ital Park and Plan- ning Commission is going aheadl with its plans for creation of the George Wash- nuton Memorial Parkway under the ~Cramton act, Work began yesterday on the plans | ! and specifications for an addition to the Stuart Junior High School. These plans will be ready some time in Feb- ruary. The Alice Deal Junior High School contract was awarded gust and work on the structure under way. This building, the contract pme for which is $463,100, is expected finished in August, 1931. made and l\mm eompleud. so that first-hand information may be at hand when the occasion arises. e b job of all for the | 108 year was the completion of the plans and letting of the contract for the new Business High School, which in- volves an expenditure of $1,251,800, In order to give a comprehensive ideiolsllmephnmn'mkmm in his office, with the excep- le o( that done by the separate Mu- nicipal Center plan drafting force, Mr. Harris has prepared a table the date of completion of plans specifications for all of the work going on in his office since the beginning of the fiscal year. These individual jobs range from the Business High School mn'.ncc down to the installation of awrings at the Municipal Fish Wharf at a cost of $730. Much of the work was done for institutions under the control of the Board of Public Welfare. Summary of Contracts. of the table shows that llinger Hmpihl '$311, uo design of electric lighting fixtures f four schools, $10,309; Francis Junlm' High School Athletic Field, $33,000; retaining walls for McKinley High Bchool, $13,900; remodeling heating systems at four schools, $22,342; pumnc new roof on the District Buil $9,797; and many smaller items. Bids for an addition to the Congress Heights School, for which specifications were completed December 20, will be opened on Wednesday, and for an addi- tion to the Deanwood School bids will be opened January 20. Plans and specifications for nu latter job also were completed December ‘The plans for the Munlclpfl Center, as has besn mentioned, e bein| drawn by an entirely sepa: force of draftsmen from those engaged on the school and other work. This force Mr. Harris, but with the members of the Allied Architects, Inc., employed by istrict as architectural consultants for the Municipal Center plan. Plans for the new center have progressed so far that a cardl model accurately made to has been made in New York from the drawings. The model is expected to arrive here tomorrow. MOTORISTS ARE WARNED TO PURCHASE 1931 TAGS Time Limit Ends at Midnight Jan- uary 17; Last-Minute Rush Anticipated. Motorists yesterday were warned by the District of Columbia division of the American Automobile Association that, since only a week remains in which 1930 license plates may be used without penalty, flwy should Avold the last- minute rush by obtaining their tags as soon as possible. There will be no extension in time for thguuo(flleoldmrnfl.nuw- clation has been ad d those it 1931 s Cepuisicatian wil ootcimss 1 sale continue of tags during the L for the “ll'lnfl:..hm .m. for otpdumnflm. vised, an m‘fl‘?‘:m 11, e m, it was said, the AIR PROGRAM CHANGED Planning Com- and Arthur A. Shurtleff, pres- the American Soclety of Land- scape Architects. OFFICERS IN INSTAI.LED BY EASTERN STAR Mrs. Amy Hollander and Theodore C. Lewis Are New Grand grand patron, re- spectively, of t.he Grand Chapter, Order S at installation cere- nth street and Other officers installed were Edith te grand matron; Paul Cromeli iate grand patron; Elizabeth Plitt, grand conductress, and Mamie Greenstreet, associate grand conductress. un Holhndn is & member of the whflv- of the Masonic md Eastern Star Home, and for three years was chairman of the Committee Ior .vuvenua Education at the Home, Wwas worthy matron of Hope Chap- '4!. No. 30, in 1925. Lewis with St. John’ me. F. A A. M, in 1915, and was initiated into sz.:ohn-cmpur O. E. 8., in 1917. He was worthy patron of the chapter in 1925. He is afliated with the York Rite bodies in the Dis- trict and of Almas Temple Shrine. Mrs. Nellie Fletcher and Charles 8. Shreve officiated as installing officers. MAN CALLING POLICE ARRESTED AS ROBBER Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail After Stolen Property Is Found in His Pocket. police went to 640 Penn- Although sylvania avenue Friday night 'a help Harry Rogers, 26, of Grafton, | MRS. LEAFIE E. DIETZ onnx-nd ly street, who has just been authorized by executive order to sign the name of “Herbert Hoover” to land patents. Mrs. Dietz holds the title of | Wheels, “numbers” lotteries, retary to sign land patents” and is employed in the General Land Office. She Is the only person except the Chief Executive who can sign the President’ name, and succeeds Mrs. Viola B. Pugh, who recently died.—Star Staff Photo, WORKERS' LEAVE HELD NOT LEGAL Federal Employes’ Federa-| tion Makes Claim After Ex- tended Research. Government employes have no in- - | herent legal right to 30 days’ annual E. |leave or 60 days of annual sick leave, which is popularly credited to them, and large numbers of employes never receive the annual or sick leave to which they are supposed to be entl'.led according to a research made by the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes. The research developed that a large percentage of Federal employes receive far less than the amount of annual leave and sick leave to which it is larly supposed they are enf It also was shown '.hm. a bureau chief may curtail” urge; Imnn—thcumullur.wk]uvaoflny employe down to the barest minimum. ‘There is wide disparity in the various branches of the service and even be- tween various bureaus in the same Gov- ernment department as to the of employes for annual and sick leave, the federation reported. Discrepancies Claimed. The extended research into all phases of annual and sick leave has been un- dertaken by the federation, which has just concluded a three-day meeting of m executive council here. The results of the are now in the hands of the printer and a compilation will be lvlfl.lble in a few days. This compila- n, according to Luther O. Steward, prendem of the teder‘;u&:, I;m ;I:law amazing diserepancies ve priv- flqu granted employes in the Federal Meln'h.\u Representative Addison Smith of Utah has introduced in the House a standardized leave bill, with which the federation is in hearty sym- pathy and which it is pushing to the utmost toward enactment. At present, Mr. Steward points out, only employes of navy yard and Gov- ernment arsenals have the legal right, by statute, to 30 days annual and 60 3 other Federal privileges at the Census Bureau a few days ago. The present status of these | d half million Federal employes, with regard to annual leave, is on a ‘“per- missive basis” and is not a legal right. Punhermore, Mr. Steward points out, jon of the workers who dn'l pay from Uncle Sam do not avail themselves of their full leave ‘“per- missive” right. For example, Mr. Steward says the employes of the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture have by law an annual leave privilege of only 15 days. We frequently find,” he says, “in the that Government employes in wnrk which demands their day-by-day presence, do not take any annual leave at all, finding themselves unable to do so because of pressure of work, and un- able to find & substitute to continue the work. Here in Washington a substitute can usually be found, or the work may be doubled up to permit of leave, but in the smaller establishments ttered over the country, leave frequently can- not be taken at all.” ‘The Smith measure would make it a legal right of any employe to take 30 days annual leave with full pay, ex- clu!lve of Saturdays, Sundays and hol- idays, and would have the President promulgate such an order. In addition the heads of departments and estab- lishments would be authorized to grant once in any two consecutive leave years, SEE DEVELOPMENTS IN'SMITH C0. CAS Anadale’s Statement to De-|, partment of Justice Gives Rise to Speculation. Important developments in the F. H. Smith Co. case are anticipated this week in view of statements made to the Department of Justice by C. Elbert Anadale, now under sentence of nine years for his part in a eonlpincy to :kl‘l;beflle funds and destroy records ncy of public | 5Pl in a cell at the District peflsd his conviction and was denied bond by Justice Wfllh.m Hitz until the Court of Appeals has passed hi pe G Arrangements also are being made to bring Pitts to trial on an indictment g him with embezzling 'gproxl- mately :l 300,000 from the Smith com- pany while he was serving as its prin- cipal executive officer. It is believed this case may be heard within the next few weeks. at face value aggregal AUTHORITY TO cLos STREETS IS SOUGHT Commisioners Send Draft of Bill %0 Congress, Which Will In- come uleleu by changes in the th- way th other causes. g S\ll:h cluln‘, ‘which may now only be accomplished by act of Congress, is often necessary, the Commissioners wrote, on account of physlcsl condi- tions, 'h;)nfl?;h. wenh:‘g of ‘a‘tne'.s ac- cording e presen way plan cw;uld be too expensit ;le't f;‘rlg Srap - reasons, where the opening of a street would necessitate too much cut and fill, and on account of the exist- ence of numerous dead-end streets, :’xr;.zi:‘d have no possible chance of being BRIDE WITH HUSBAND DENIES BEING KIDNAPED L) Washington Couple Tell Police They Married Two Days Ago ‘With Parents’ Consent. William Copenhaven of 1465 Colum- bia road and his bride of two days, Gula Neuriter, 18 years old, of Ridge- way. PI were spending their honey- Wllh.l.nmn last night while Pcnnlylvlnll were reported ummna!orfiu'mmdmdlqed in addition to the annual leave, not to exceed 30 days of biennial leave of al sence with pay. the used of such annual and bien- nial leave with pay, may be cuniulative and may total not to exceed 120 days services, such as that ent or the Consu- the department heads would be lufll(n’lled to grant in any one year, in addition to the annual 30- day leave, annual leave up to 60 days 90 | with pay, while the official station of yester- the employ limits. 01 1- euukle the continental of & $22 money order | also W not ueeed uodnyun uvamfllmdl’llnmmfl wstck leave would be abductors, Copenhaven and ... his bride walked Assured by t. Warren O. Embrey, n!zht u.hh! Qf &ucflveu, that they were t, Copenhaven explained that he and Mlu Neuriter were married with the consent of their parents two days ago and arrived in Washington yesterday. ErR e v of | Limeri Of owned have be- | wif PAGE B—1 —— IGROWTH IN CRIME SHOWN IN DISTRICT BY POLICE REPORT Number of Arrests Decrease but Offenses During Year Held on Increase. FEWER TRAFFIC CASES ATTRIBUTED TO POLICY Statement Says Gambling Flour- ished, but Operators Managed to Evade Capture. Statistics made public by police offi- clals yesterday disclose that, despite the absence of organized “mobs” and “rackets” that infest other large cities, crime is steadily gaining a stronger foothold in the Nationa} Capital. Special squads of trained experts were formed during the past year in an effort to cope with illicit traffic in liquor, gambling and other crimes, but arrests for such crimes showed & not- iceable decrease with no apparent let- up in operations. Base ball pools, handbooks, policy and their operators showed marked success in evading the strong arm of the law. Nearly 300 gaming dives, the mae Jority of which were well furnished and patronized by women as well as men, were raided and approximately 800 persons taken prisoners, but in spite of this display of activity the work fell short of that accomplished in 1929, Felony Arrests Increase. An-u and seisures of liquor suf- ered lkewise, while it was disclosed nm wwoummly & quarter of a mil- dollars was “cleaned up” by b 5 chsck artists and mnm‘;'; r:u’n ‘"{nfi&‘:‘ w resulted n cludl murders handled by the homi= clda squad, two n.lned Natian-wide at- tention, the slaying of Mary a-ge the night of April 10 and the erick case which figures rel piled by Capt. L. I H. rds, - sonnel officer, show that 106,432 persons were taken into cuody for all offenses, 19,410 Jess than in 1 ” Traffic Cases sm Drop. This decrease is attributed police officials chlefly to the mma-‘fium of Maj. Henry G. Pratt's traffic campaign, devised as a means of ob- taining better co-operation from citi- zens in observance that issued for petty inf: motor regulations hu: co were to be given tourists ku ‘The o Tmm investigated 225 vestigal deaths by violence during 1930, e ht less than in 1929, Includlnu 99 suic 77 traffic deaths, 45 murders (one leu . than in 1929) and 4 cases ol' man- ughter er than those ouf :'m 261 uamu;t';d i ma%u la' al les accidental mfin‘:!’i’ll fell mm olls ot the law Tor ot by the atter, 303 were for assault dangerous weapons and 33 for as- sault with intent to kill i One Charge in Each Case. Getting back to probibition, arrests for 1930 showed a decrease of 565, due principally, in which members of the force ‘were Instructed w place only one charge :f:lnn person arrested for dry lnw lations, lnlm of the two, and sometimes three, charges customary in the past. ing of additional charges is now the district attorney’s office when v.he information is presented by police in preparing the case for hears ing in court. izure of contraband liquors fell off, with only 34,840 of assorted whuuu, beers ing confiscated in 1930, m(nat 45,178 RS in 1929. More mash was con- ated, however, with 20,110 gallons uncovered in raids last year and 27,020 gallons the More po; liquors were picked up by 1,461 machin {llliu into ti of officers, while only 500 were seized in 1929, Four bicycles and two wagons used by rum-runners also were taken last Armn for intoxication, contained in the Shej d la soared 1,411 More Felony Arrests. { ‘The number of -Wrehemlonl for felonies was 256 more than the