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.chase of land or the development of | The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1931, FHP SITE ON WATER dT. RECOMMENDED FOR FARMERS' MARKET Fine Arts Commission Sug-: gests Temporary Use of Land in Southwest. STUDY OF SIDEWALK SHELTERS ALSO MADE' Central High School Property and Patterson Tract Likewise Given Consideration. Viewing the location of the Farmers' | Market in Washington as a problem to | be settled by the farmers themselves, the | Commission of Fine Arts today suggest- | ed to the District Commissioners that | the area immediately west of the nsnf market on the north side of Water street | be temporarily turned into a Farmers' Market. i The commission also suggested thst} another trial be made on the grounds formerly occupied by Central High | School at Seventh and O streets, ‘where | the commission understands that some | of the school buildings soon Will be| abandoned and will be available for market and other uses. The commis- | sion alsd called the attention of the District Commissioners to the fact that | there is a_considerable space to be de- | voted to a large wholesale market on the | Patterson Tract near the junction Dl: Florida and New York avenues north- east. | “The whole market problem in Wash- | ington is in a state of uncertainty.” the | Pine Arts Commission told the District | Commissioners, “and before going to any great expense in either the pur- markets, such trials as the Commission of Pine Arts herein suggest should be made to establish in a practical manner rather than from a theoretical stand- point where such markets should be lo- | cated.” Against Walk Coverings. The area mentioned by the Fine Arts body now is in process of condemnation. It lies between Tenth and Eleventh and between E and G streets southwest, and 1s near the fish market. The body also disapproved the con- struction of shelters over the sidewalks near the farmers’ markets, for which $10,000 had been appropriated and now | is available. The commission had be- fore it a design for such shelters sub- mitted by Municipal Architect lem.‘ and the members fo the Fine Arts body Representatives R. Walton and Stephen W, Gambrill, George M. Roberts; superintendent of weights and measures, and Mr. Harris on a tour of the markets of the city to view the sites for such shelters. No shelters should be built across the | sidewalc at Western Market, Twenty- first and K _street Commissioners e involves exposure selli) from wagons inv to tnh: sellers,” the fine arts body flld,l “yet this condition of affairs has ex-l isted for half a century and the com- | mission would not feel justified m‘ recommending the covering of the side-| walk on a street that is rapidly de- veloping for residence and apartment house uses. There is a space between the sidewalk and the market building which conceivably might be used for farmers’ market p on the two or three days of the week when such| market exists.” Regarding the Eastern Market, the | eommission said the use of the streets for farmers’ market purposes has also ted for many years and now to the erection of shelters would probably call for like shelters in con- nection with a number of the other markets where the farmers are accus- tomed to sell from wagons. “In other words,” the commission said, “once to embark on the erection of shelt:rs would probably lead to the demand for such shelters at many places in the city. ‘The commission therefore are not in favor of establishing such a precedent.” ‘Whole Square Is Best. “The market shelter problem led the jon into the “real problem of the Farmers' Market in Washington.” “The best practice in cities of a size eorresponding to Washington,” the let- ter sald, “is to take an entire square and develop it so that the marketing | shall be done entirely off the street and | within the square itself. It is also the | experience of other cities that unless farmers’ markets are located at a natu- 7al center of buying they do not fulfill the requirements, because the farmers will not resort to them. “Congress has provided for the pur- | chase of two squares adjacent to Water | street, near the Pish Market and the | new Wholesale Market. The commission | understands that the amount appro- | priated is insufficient to pay for the | land to be purchased and that an ad- | ditional appropriation will be required. | Without anticipating the action of Con- | gress in this respect. the suggests that, pending congressional action, the space owned by the Govern- ment and controlled by the District of | Columbia immediately west of the Pish | Market be turned into a Farmers' Mar- ket _temporarily. The question then can be tested as to whether this is a suitable site for & farmers’ market from the standpoint of the farmers themselves. This w be tested by the use to which t farmers put the space. A farmers market would certainly improve the appearance of thatportion of the water front, ='~os{ i ~f Which is now in a most deplorable condition.” The letter has been read by Commis- sloners Crosby and Gotwals, but not by Comissioner Reichelderfer, and action i8 being held up pending its reading by Dr. Reichelderfer. SLAYER OF POLICEMAN commission | WILL DIE FEBRUARY 20, Electrocution Is Postponed From January 23 to Await Mandate of Appeals Court. ‘The electrocution of Alfred S. Ald. ridge, colored, for the murder of Police- man Harry J. McDonald July 6. 1929, was postponed today by District Su- preme Court Justice Peyton Gordon to await the mandate of the District Court of Appeals, which recently affirmed the conviction and death sentence. Attor- ney James F. Reilly for the prisoner sald he will seek & writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court. Aldridge was to have been electrocuted Priday, January 23, and the court set the new date at February 20. | apartment | Mrs. Wal Above: Joseph Bergling of the D. Washington Center Airport yesterday in an air-inflated rubber glider. The glider as it actually flew on the first test. Below: The end of the second test. The glider dropped to earth with a big bounce and Bergling was taken to the hospital for exa; with bruises. C. Air Legion just before he took off at minzation. He escaped | —Wide World Photos. SUSPECT PRISONER AS HOWE INTRUDER Woman Who Surprised Man in Apartment to Attempt to Identify Bandit. An effort will be made today to iden- tify Theodore Brewer, one of the ban- dits arrested Saturday following a grocery store hold-up in the Southeast section, as the man who entered the apartment of Mrs. Frances Walker, 1833 New Hampshire avenue, last Thursday. Brewer’s companion, John Boyd, who shot himself when police cornered both ot them in Garfield Park, Second street and Virginia avenue southeast, is dying at Casualty Hozpital, doctors reported today. The hold-up was staged at an Atlantic & Pacific Co. store, Tenth and C streets southeast. Mrs. Walker told police a picture of | Brewer published in a local paper closely resembled the man she surprised in her early Thursday morning r said she will go to the fifth precinct some time today in an effort to pick Brewer from a line-up. Surprised in Apartment. The intruder was surprised in the act of rifling a desk drawer, Mrs. Walker told police. She explained that the | man commanded her to keep quiet, but | she screamed. and he flad down a step- {ladder which had been apparentl iplaced against the window by the Walker told police she found r pocketboos on the floor near the | desk, end reported that the only article | missing was a valuable cigarette case. Brewer and Boyd were arrested by police aft'r Gordon Hooff, 19-year-old lerk, trailed them for several er, who first gave his name Theodore Owens of New- is from Winston-Salem, N blocks. to_poli jark, N delphia. No Murder Connection. Capt. Edward J, Kelly, assistant chief { of detectives, said todey that following |a grilling at’ the fifth precinct yester- day he was satisfied that Brewer had no connection with the death of 19- year-oid Beulah Limerick, slain at her 18 Nineteenth strect southeast. id bosh men were in Phila- at the time of the murder. subject the two .25-caliber guns found on the men * an examination some | time today in an effort to determine | if the builet which ended the life of | the Limerick girl could have been fired from one of them. The test will be made by Lieut. John Fowler, police firearms expert. Arts Club to Meet. ‘The policeman wes Lilled at Seven- teenth and Q streets when he was con veying Aldricge and his brother to a 1 , when Ald 3:&'."'&1&« and n;mlcbunrw %illed the brother. ARENDON, Va., January 12 (Spe- Th2 Creative Arts Club of Ar- | Jing'on County will meet tonight at the patrol box after arresting the two menlhnme of Mrs. Waiter W. C::bey, %oe pro- being plan- Clarendon avenue, this place. gram of unusual interest is ned, it is announced, C., and Boyd said he-resided in Phila- | NEV NAVY PLANES * PASS RIGD TESTS {Speed of 350 Miles an Hour in Power Dives Part of Requirements. SEATTLE, Wash, January 12—A speed of 350 miles an hour, a vertical power dive—an ascent from the ground 0 10,000 feet and return in five min- utes—floating ability when the ma- chines are forced down on water and a | high speed at great altitudes. These are some of the features of 46 new Boeing single-seater fighting | planes, first delivery of which was made to the United States Navy at Bremer- ton, Wash., gesterd Although Boeing officials refused to | estimate possible speed of the planes, it | was understood they are as fast as the | speediest combat planes of any nation. They are distinguished from the old type of “war birds” by their ability for quick take-off, rapid ascent, their high degree of maneuvering ability and speedy diving possibilities. | Navy Planes Improved. The new Navy planes are similar, | though with added improvements, to | the ships which won the Shiff Naval| | Trophy for 1930. A squadron in com- | peting for the award made 861 take- offs from an airplane carrier, a like | number of landings, and flew 600,000 | miles, mostly over open seas, without an accident. | _ Other fighting planes with which the | | ships were compared are those which | | Army airmen resently flew in formation to establish an international altitu | formation record of 28,000 feet. Th | carried fuli military loads. Individual planes of this type climbed to 33,000 feet with a similar load without reach- ing a ceiling. These machines also were | Boeing-built. If forced down on water the planes are kept afloat by chemical bags upon which the wings ride. Their straight type landing gear. as compared with the | old cross type, lessens wind resistance. | | The 450-horsepower Wasp engines are supercharged to give added power at high altitudes. Five Planes Already Delivered. Five of the 46 planes already are in Bremerton to_join the airplane carrier Lexington. The remainder of the ships | will be received by the Navy at the rate of 10 a month, They will be flown in | the annual Navy Winter maneuvers. The ships were approved by the Navy Trial Board after fests in which a dem- onstration plane shot into a power dive | from an altitude of 10,000 feet and at- | tained a speed estimated at 350 miles an hour straight downward. DAUGHTER GETS $200,000 John C. Wilson, who died December left an estete valued at $200,000, according to the pettion of his daugh- r, Elizabeth Wilson, for the probate of She is named as the sole GLIDER OF RUBBER, SAVES PILOT'S LIFE Experienced Demonstrator Has Narrow Escape With Unique Craft. CHARGED WITH VIOLATING FEDERAL REGULATIONS Joseph Bergling, Air Legion In- structor, May Be Punished for Flying Unlicensed Model. Because the world's first rubber glider bounced when it crashed instead of falling apart in a tangle of wood, fabric and metal, as an ordinary glider might have done, Joseph Bergling, 22 years old, glider instructor for the D. C. Air Legion, hero of the first rubber glider flight and crash, is able to walk around and tell his experiences today. Bergling, an experienced glider pilot, was chosen to demonstrate a glider built of inflated rubber tubes in place of the conventional wood or metal tubing and spars in its first flight at Washing- ton-Hoover Airport yesterday. Towed by Automobile. Motion-picture cameramen and pho- tographers had gathered for the demon- strations when Bergling strapped him- self into the seat of the all-rubber and fabric glider. The glider was connected by a long tow-line with an automobile which was to drag the peculiar craft into the air. ‘When the automobile began to move, the glider was pulled into the air with the right wing low. Bergling worked to level the machine, but failed, and finally dropped the tow-cable and landed, still with the wing low. It was explained that, the glider has no con- ventional ailerons to control the level of the wings, but that cables are fas- tened to the trailing edges of the wings near the outer ends and the pilot, by moving his control stick, is supposed to be able to bend the rubber tubes com- posing the wings sufficiently to provide lateral control. After Bergling had landed the cameraman insisted that he make another attempt to fly the machine, as the first flight had not been long enough to permit them to get the pic- tures they wanted. After some in- sistence Bergling agreed to repeat the attempt. Right Wing Low Again. On the second take-off the glider went up with the right wing low again. Efforts to bring the stubborn wing up to level again failed and the glider began turning to the right, away from the line followed by the fowing car. This caused the car to jerk it sharply to the left, dropping the right wing still lower. The glider, tipped at a sharp angle, was still climbing steep- ly and, according to experienced avia- tion observers, apparently was com- pletely out of control. Bergling then dropped the tow cable just as the auto- mobile gave the glider another sharp jerk to the left. As the cable dropped the glider ap- peared to go into a “wingover,” leaving it almost upside-down. From this posi- tion it descended in what was described as part of an outside loop, landing al- most. upside-down with one wing low. The wing struck the frozen ground, the rubber tubes, blown up under high pressure, sounding like a big bass drum as they hit. The tubes yielded under the shock and then rebounded back into shape, throwing the glider over, so that it landed right side up. Bergling Climbs Out. Bergling climbed out, waving his arms, and pointed to the glider, which had resumed its original shape ap- parently entirely undamaged. Officials of the airport insisted that Bergling undergo medical examination and took him to Emergency Hospital in the field bus. He was discharged after exami- nation had revealed nothing more than a shaking up and a few sore muscles. ‘The incident was not closed for Berg- ling, however. He was called before of- ficials of the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce to answer to charges that he was flying an aircraft which had not been licensed by the De- partment of Commerce, though he is & licensed pilot. If found guilty of the charges he is subject to suspension of his pilot’s license or other penalty, it was stated at the department. No de- cision in the case was reached during the morning and it probably will be taken under advisement. Bergling was in conference with Gilbert C. Budwig, director of air regulation of the depart- ment, during the morning. The ru' ber glider was designed and built by Taylor McDaniel in a garage in the 400 block of Third street. The rubber tube construction is expected to result in low manufacturing costs, ease of repair and increased safety to the student pilot, it was explained. CONTRACT IS AWARDED Capital Firm to Build $120,300 Maternity Ward, Total Cost to Be $155,000. Contract for the new maternity ward wing at Freedman’s Hospital has been awarded to Bahen & Wright of Wash- D:partment this morning. The work is to be completed in 225 calendar days. The contractors bid was $129,300. A total of $155,000 was appro- priated for the work. The bids for equipment to cost $12,000 or $13,000, will be asked shortly, while architec- tural services and incidentals will take care of the rest of the appropriation. It was also announced at the depart- ment that bids will shortly be asked for a chemistry building at Howard Uni- versity for which $390,000 has been appropriated. TWO FACE GRAND JURY IN DRUG STORE ROBBERY for Previous Hold-up, and James Carpenter Waive Preliminaries. Morris C. Beck and James L. Car- penter, accused of breaking into and robbing a drug store in the 5000 block of Connecticut avenue, were bound over to the grand jury from Police Court to- day on bonds of $2,000 each. Beck, who lives on Fourteenth street near Clifton, was recently placed on probation with a 3-year suspended sen- ence in District Supreme Court for complicity in a hold-up and robbery of a bank messenger. The boys, both of whom are 18 years beneficiary under the will and as ex- ecutrix. Attorney Henry W. Sohon s} pears for the executrix. old, waived preliminary hearing. Car- penter lives on Kilbourne street Bighteenth street, BOUNCING ON FALL, ington, it was announced at the Interior | Morris Beck, 18, Under Suspension | Cuts His Throat REV. WILLIAM T. REYNOLDS. RECTOR N SLANDER SUIT UTS THROAT Young Minister Involved in Matrons! Row Dies in Squalid Room. Penniless and apparently broken in spirit by disclosures in the recent “so- clety slander suit,” in which he was a central figure, Rev. William T. Reynolds, former pastor of the Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown, stood before a mirror in a squalid New York rooming house yesterday and cut his throat with a safety razcr blade. Half an hour later he was found in the bath room of the house by Wal- {ter Owen, a fellow roomer. He had bled to death. Withdrew Slander Suit. The brilliant young rector came to the end of his career some time ago when, at the conclusion of a sermon by him, Mrs. Marguerite du Pont Lee, | wealthy and’ socially prominent mem- ber of his congregation, left her seat and, pointing to Mrs. Maud B. Ford, 3033 Sixteenth street, said: “That woman got the rector drunk.” Shortly thereafter he filed a_slander sult for $100,000 against Mrs. Lee, but later withdrew it. Mrs. Ford filed a similar suit and recently was awarded $4,000 damages in District Supreme Court. The case went up on appeal. Mrs. Lee, who lives at the Powhatan Hotel, said she was *not surprised” when informed of the minister's suicide. Mrs. Ford made no comment. Rev. Mr. Reynolds went to New York a week ago from Philadelphia. He visited an organist on West Seventy- fourth strect and obtained a room there, although he was without funds. Thomas J. Williamson, the landlord, told police the minister was given the | room with the understanding that he was to pay for it later. Williamson also informed authorities that Rev. Mr. Rey- nolds was very despond-nt, but ap- peared more cheerful after receiving a visit from his two sisters, Mrs. Lewis A. Seitz and Mrs. Charles H. Lang of Bal- timore. They agreed to sond him money and clothing and to arrange for his return to Baltimore. Received Offers of Aid. The 35-year-old minister went to Grace Church in 1927, but resigned when his modern theclogy failed to meet with the approval of the congre- gation. In 1928 he undertook a healing mission at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He enjoyed much success in this un- dertaking, but while this endeavor was at its peak Mrs. Lee's charge brought it to an abrupt end. Love letters were admitted as evidence in the slander suit brought by Mrs. Ford against Mrs. Lee. I Last_week, according to Williamson, the minister received several offers of financial aid. One of these, an_offer from Rey. Father Harriman of the Church of St. James the Blessed, Phila- delphia, arrived shortly before Rev. Mr. Reynolds took his life. NEW EASTERN SHORE FERRY SOON READY Maryland Area Expects to Profit by Increased Tourist Traffic From Norfolk. Special Dispatch to The Star. SALISBURY, Md., January 12.—The Maryland Eastern Shore expects to | benefit materially from an increase in | tourist traffic following the opening | January 16 of a new ferry between Cape | Charles and Norfolk, Va., increasing | the facilities for north and south traffic. Work of fiting the Pioneer, first of the ferry boats to be put in operation, is nearly complete, according to C. W. Harrison, president of the new ferry line, and preparation of a terminal at Norfolk has been rushed. Motorists using the Delaware-Mary- land-Virginia coastal route will save 130 miles between points in the East and Norfolk, it is claimed. The Norfolk headquarters of the At- lantic Coastal Highway Associaticn an- nounced recently that with the opening of the new ferry line the main line of the coastal highway would be shifted to mnclude the Del-Mar-Va peninsular, United States 13 from Philadelphia to Cape Charles. |POLICE TRY TO IDENTIFY DEAD ACCIDENT VICTIM |, Police today were attempiing to es- tablish the identity of a middle-aged man who died at Gallinger Hospital Friday of injuries believed to have been received when he was struck by an au- tomobule. ‘The man, apparently about 55 or 60 years old, was found lying in the street at Delaware avenue and C street south- west on January 4. Following his death, the man’s body was_removed to the morgue, where Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald, deputy cor- oner, performed an autopsy yesterday. ‘The autopsy revealed a fractured skull { and bruises about the body. A star, the initials “M. S.” and a portion of a leg are tattooed on the man’s ¥ight arm. |PET RESTORED_TO OWNER Photograph in The Star Locates Missing Setter. Publication by The Star of a photo- graph of Dan, a 3-year-old English setter, missing almost a week, has re- | sulted in the return of the pet to Laura Belle Wyatt, daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. | Walter Wyatt. The dog was found by E. B. Small- GIRL AND TWO MEN KILLED IN CRASHES; SIX PERSONS HURT Son of Mrs. Gamble, Murder Trial Defendant, [s Fatally Injured. BETTIE JANE BENNETT, 5, STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE Taxicab Passenger Succumbs After Hack Turns Over Four Times. Police Seek Driver, Features and Classified Killed by Auto BETTIE JANE BENNETT. A 5-year-old girl and two men were killed ar 1 six other persons were in- Jjured in traffic accidents in or near Washington yesterday. One of the men killed was Raymond Grimm, 23, of La Plata, Md. oldest son of Mrs. Lulu Mae Gamble, who was tried for the killing of Mrs, Elsie Davis last Summer. Grimm was injured when the auto- mobile in which he was riding crashed into an electric light pole near Lee's Nursery, not far from Redds Corners, Md. He was taken to Casualty Hos- pital, where he died a few hours later. Justice of the Peace Harry I Anderson was to hold an inquest today. Bettie Jane Bennett Killed. The child accident victim was Bettie Jane Bennett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Bennett, 1910 Irving place northeast. She was struck in front of her home and was taken to the office of Dr. Rush Conklin, 3100 Twentieth street, where she died a short time later. The physician said her death was due to head injuries. Thomas H. Bell, 19, of 2809 Franklin street, driver of the car, wsa released by police pending an inquest scheduled for 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. The third life claimed by accidents was that of Rudolph Butler, 25. colored, address unknown. He died of head in- Juries at Freedman's Hospital soon after the taxicab in which he was a passen- ger overturned four times and crashed into a tree at Florida and New York avenues. Another Cab Passenger Hurt, William C. Shields, 24, colored, 400 block H street southwest, another pas- senger in the cab, received cuts and bruises. After being treated at Emer- gency Hospital he was held at the sec- ond precinet police station for investi- gation. Meanwhile, police are searching for Walter Clinton Geary, 23, colored, said to have been the driver of the taxi, He fled following the accident, police say. Three girls—including Virginia Clark, 16, of 1511 Park road, who allegedly shot herself last November while living on a houseboat anchored near Highway Bridge—were slightly injured in a col- lision at Florida avenue and S street. Miss Clark and the two other young women—Marion Kentz, 17, of the 2000 block O street, and Catherine Pomeroy, also 17, of the 1300 block Monroe street —were treated at Emergency Hospital. They were riding in a machine operated by Curly W. Levis when it collided with an automobile driven by Franklin Thompson, colored, 42, of 3701 Massa- chusetts avenue. Deputy Sheriff A. C. Thompson, who investigated the crash in which Grimm was fatally injured, declared the driver of the car fled. Frank Osckowiez, 26, of Charles County, another occupant of the ma- chine, was released after being ques- tioned by Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison. A fourth passenger is said to have been slightly hurt, but the authorities were unable to locate him or learn his name. Sidney Richards, 19, of Anacostia, D. C., received a skull injury in an accident similar to the one in which Grimm _figured. The mishap occurred near Camp Springs, Md. After re- ceiving treatment at Casualty Hospital the youth was transferred to Gallinger Hospital. AUTO DEALERS SEEK BANKRUPTCY RULING Washington Cadillac Co. Direotors Declare Inability to Meet Obligations. ‘The Washington Cadillac Co., 1138 Connecticut avenue, today asked the District Supreme Court to adjudge it bankrupt. ‘Through Rudolph Jose, its president, the company states that & meeting of its board of trustees and stockholders was held January 7, when it was shown that the company is un- able to meet all its obligations and & decision was reached to file an applica- tion in bankruptey. No schedule of assets and liabilities has been filed yet. Attorneys Ellis, Ferguson, Houghton & Gary appear for the company. HOOVER DAM ANSWERS ARE FILED BY 5 STATES Defendants Claim Supreme Court Lacks Jurisdiction in Case Brought by Arizona. By the Assoclated Press. Six States named defendants by Ari- zona in its effort to prevent erection of Hoover Dam today filed in the Su- preme Court a motion to dimiss the compiaint made by Arizona. ‘The States were California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado. The motion contended the Supreme Court did not have jurisdiction, argu- ing the complaint did not present a “‘case or controversy of which the court can take judicial cognizance.” The motion also contended that Ari- zona’s bill of complaint “does not join the United States, which is an indis- pensable party to this suit,” and it “does not state facts sufficient to con- stitute a call to action.” COURT DENIES LENIENCY Refuses to Suspend Jail Terms as Urged by Jury. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., January 12.— Judge F. P. Christian in the Corporation Court Saturday declined to abide by a recommendation of the jury in the trial of the charge against Kenneth Sps le, who appealed from a charge of vi an automcbile while intoxicated. ‘The jury returned a verdict of $100 fine and 30 d2ys, recommending the jail senience be suspcnded. This the court 5100 INCREASE FORJURES ASKED D. C. Budget Hearings Dis- close Plans for Avoiding Delay of Trials. Note.—This is the sizth of a series of stories analyzing the District’s budget for the 1932 fiscal year. which is mow under consideration by the House Subcommit- tee on Appropriations. BY JAMES E. CHINN, Plans for the adoption of a new pro- cedure to expedite jury trials in Police Court were revealed by District officials during hearings before the House Sub- committee on Appropriations on the District’s appropriation bill for the 1932 fiscal year. Discussion of a recommendation for an increase of $7,200 over the appro- priation this year for jurors’ fees dis- closed that the additional funds are wanted for a larger jury panel. Officials brought out that, notwithstanding the general increase in jury trials, the Police Court is operating with 30 jurors —the same number it has used for the last 20 years. Under present procedure, the jury branch of the court engages the first panel of 12. As soon as the District branch completes the day's business of locked-up defendants it refers its un- finished business to the United States branch for trial. The District branch then takes its first jury trial case. While the second panel of jurors is thus engaged the first panel is ready to deliberate on its verdict. Time Lost by Waiting. ‘This condition, it is inted out, leaves the jury branch without a panel of jurors to proceed with the next case. Thus, witnesses and police offi- cers are compelled to lose time waiting for the trials to begin. The delay also congests the court docket. e $7,200 increase in the item for jurors’ fees, it was said, will permit the court to impanel a third jury and expedite the disposition of jury trial cases. The jurors are employed for five days a week at a rate of $4 a day. Outstanding among other items in the bill for the courts are $3,000 for painting the District Supreme Court and $8,000 for painting and repairing the Court of Appeals Building. One of the major items in the appro- priations sought by the Board of Pub- lic Welfare provides an increase of $58,750 for the workhouse and re- formatory. The additional funds will be used to increase the employes, food, clothing and other supplies for an en- larged population expected at these in- stitutions in 1932, particularly at the reformatory, where the completion of new housing facilities will enable it to care for a large number of District prisoners now confined in Federal peni- tentiaries. Children’s Sanatorium Item. Another large item of the Board of Public Welfare calls for an appropria- tion of $250,000, together with an unex- pended balance of approximately $18,000, for beginning construction of the Children's Tuberculosis Sanatorium on the site acquired for this purpose in Maryland. The bill also proposes to au- thorize the Commissioners to enter into a contract for the complete construction and equipment of this sanatorium at a cost not to exceed $508,000. Increased appropriations are provided for the office of the building inspector to complete the reorganizaticn of the inspection force authorized this year in the 1931 appropriation act. The new items propose six additional positions— a first deputy inspector of buildings, an assistant computer, a junior concrete inspector, a complaint inspector, and three elevator inspectors. ‘The additional employes, it is believed, will end much of the ecriticism of the buudlflts flhspec‘;b;"skofllce in recent years for alleged lack of proper super- vision of inspections. Specifically, it will be the duty of the first deputy in- spector of buildings to supervise the ac- tivities of the inspection force in its actual fleld duties: Col. John W. Oeh- mann, the building inspector, it was ex- plained, does not have sufficient time to supervise or check the field men because of his many administrative duties. Check on Applications. ‘The assistant computer will be as- signed to check the applications for permits to erect gasoline stations, ga- rages, dairies, etc, which under the zoning regulations require the written consents of surrounding property own- ers. The junior concrete inspector is needed, it was said, because of an in- crease in the number of structural and reinforced concrete buildings. The complaint inspector will be used to re- lieve the inspection force of the work of investigating complaints. ‘The provision for the three additional elevator inspectors was included in the bill, it was explained, because the pres- ent force has been unable to give the proper inspection required by the ele- vator regulations to freight elevators. The regulations require an inspection of these elevators every six months, and this cannot be done, it was declared, with the present inspection force, BOY RUSHED.TO HOSPITAL Sister Transports Him in Toy Wagon, Following Injury. ‘When her 4-year-old brother fell and cut his head yesterday, Frances bur- roughs, 9 years old, placed him in their tov e wagon and ran seven blocks to Casualty Ho ) waere the vas treated by wns. PAGE B—1 CIVIL SERVIGE BODY SCORED BY CARTER INANNUAL REPORT Criticizes Extension Rulings Which Have Retired Printing Employes. DECLARES “HIGH-BROW” POLICY INCONSISTENT Cites Retention of State Depart- ment Messenger, While Skilled Wood-carver Is Forced Out, Raising the issue of retention in Government employ of Eddie Savoy, veteran colored messenger at the State Department, though he is not men- tioned by name—while skilled work- ers of the Government Printing Office are forced to step out, George H. Car- ter, public printer, in his annual report made public_today, takes a sharp dig at the Civil Service Commission for the manner in which it is administering that section of the new retirement law covering extensions of service for work- ers beyond statutory retirement age. Hits at Interpretation. Setting forth that in conformity with is own recommendation Congress amended the retirement law “to au- thorize further extentions to certain employes whose services for more than four years beyond regular retirement age would be advantageous to the Gov- ernment on account of long experience and special knowledge,” Carter adds that “unfortunately, however, the Civil Service Commission has interpreted the law so that it is really of little benefit to the Government Printing Office.” Two nstances in which he was un- successful in having extensions granted to employes are cited by Carter in tak- I‘Eg exception to the commission's rul- g3, “The president of the Civil Service Commission,” he says, “has been pub- licly quoted as citing ‘a scientist or technical employe engaged upon im- portant research or organization work’ as an example for the application of the special continuance provision of the new retirement act.” Refers to “Highbrow Positions.” “The Civil Service Commission has not been consistent, however, in its intention to apply the continuance pro- vision only to highbrow positions. At the request of the Secretary of State, soon after the law became effective, the commission waived its ruling in fa= vor of a messenger in the State De= partment. In explanation of this ex= ception, the secretary of the commis sion stated that the action was taken after the Secretary of State had pere :Famllydlppeare'gd before t;hhe commise n and presented reasons showing that hfi,gm‘&’!e '}l:‘uld Mtuflmwfly embar- rassed by 088 0f e messenger’s . services during the diplomatic year on account of his personal acquaintance’ with diplomatic representatives of for- eign governments which is not shared’ to the same degree by other employes of the State Department. “It 1s evident, therefore, that the Civil Service Commission considers the ‘expert knowledge and special qualifi- cations’ of a State Department mes- senger as more ‘advantageous to the public service' than the expert knowle edge and special qualifications of one of the most skillful wood carvers and cabinetmakers in the country whose service in the Government Printing Office was ended by the arbitrary rul- ing of the commission.” BLACK TOM PETITION FOR REHEARING FILED Case of “Railroad” Fire During War Is Put Up to Claims » Commission. By the Associated Press. 2 A petition for rehearing of the famous Tom case was filed with the German-American Claims Commission wd:{ by Robert W. Bonynge, American agent. The case, involving a claim for $20,- 000,000 for s fire during the war in the terminal of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in New York Harbor, was decided recently in favor of Germany by the commission. ‘The commission found there was not sufficient evidence presented to show the fire had been caused by German agents or spies. Today's petition did not embrace the case of a fire at the Kingsland plants of another company, involving a similar amount, and which was simultaneouly decided in favor of Germany by the commission, 56) 4 MRS. HOOVER DONATES CARD PARTY AWARD Autographed Picture Presented for Bladensburg Church Event. Dance Planned. Special Dispatch to The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., January 12— Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the Presi- dent, has donated an autographed pic- ture of the White House as an award to be made at tha card party to be held Thursday night by the Ladies’ Guild of St. Luke’s Protestant Episco- pal Church in _the parish hall of the church here. Merchants have donated various other objects, and in all there will be 24 awards. The guild also will give a masquerade ball in the parish hall February 4. Mrs. Richard Schuler, president of the organization, is in genecral charge of arrangements. Henry A. Friday will be the flocd manager and John B. Alsop will be in charge of the door. A meeting of the Sewing Circle of St. Luke's Church will be held tomor- row to make plans for a play to be given next month, PRESSER FALLS DEAD Was Recently Hired at Fort Hum- phreys Post Tailor Shop. J. Everett Brawmer, 35, colored, a clothes presser, fell dead today at the home of his employer, Nathan Douglas, proprietor of the Fort Humphreys Post Tailor Shop. Douglas said the man, who had been orking for him only two weeks, col- 5 after being ad- The chiliren were piayin® e kitchen ofttheir home, 327 FouMcenth declined to do. Motion for a new trial near | wood, colored. Mr. Wyatt is generall was made and bond for counsel of the Federal Reserve fixed street east, when the brotherjwil- against the sink. He 636 Princeton { B. Gy ner, who lived gmx;l:g T caeet. was removed to lorgue, pending an vestiga- by Coroner J. Ramsey Nevidh .