Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1931, Page 17

- @he Zoening Star OFFICER ACUSED 0F WOUNDIG R, INATIACK ONHOME Lieut. Harney Gets Warrant for Patroiman Batchelor, His Son-in-Law. CHILD, 10, IS REPORTED = AS SLIGHTLY INJURED Fnilure t6 See Estranged Wife - - Blamed—Hit-and-Run Charge 5 Also Is Faced. Ruth Harney, 10-year-old daughter | of Lieut. Edward T. Harney of the har- Bor precinct, was reported injured “lightly by one of several bullets said to have been fired into the Hamey| Bungalow in Alcova Heights, Va. last, Bight by Harney's son-n-law, Police- | jman Leroy E. Batchelor, 30 years old, | ‘attached to the fourteenth precinct. * Policeman Batchelor, estranged hus- of Harney's daughier, Mrs. Mar- garet Batchelor, 22 years old, later was | | -arrested ashington following & col- | Jision be:?ve:fl his automobile and -n-,‘ Gther machine. | Batchelor was said to have becorus ‘gnraged when his father-in-law refused jon to see h“hu"‘d“éd fe. The policeman was charges - 2’, with ‘reckless driving and leaving of an accident. He later ded from the department WASHINGTON, D. Ten-year-old Ruth Harney and her father, Lieut. Edward T. Harney, who Poli Lero; accuses his son-in-law, iceman bullets into his house last night. y E. Batchelor, of firing several pistol He reported Ruth was wounded slightly. —=Star Staff Photo. 2 SLUMPS PROPOSED %o kill. The warrant was turned over ‘Washington police to be served. probably will be returned there the Police Court here passes on trafic charges. The warrant was h Commonwealth Attor- fey Willlam C. Gloth's office. An automobile said to have been ted by Batchelor on Fourteenth the shooting in T, Mrs. old, of 736 Twenty-second street. Wright was taken to Emergency o mt fl‘é’,".’ufi‘k&"“’&n Batch ed n{wbelor last Engineers Urge General Staff in Capital, Functioning Continually. ‘To combat future depression and hu- man misery, the assembly of the Amer- ican Engineering Council, in annual gession at the Mayflower Hotel toda; proposed the setting up of a great “com- petent agency” which was described also | as a general staff for war boards in ‘Washingto n. The assembly adopted a comprehen- sive report drawn by a committee headed by R. E. Flanders of Springfield, Vt., a manufacturer, who is chairman of the engineering committee, co-oper- | had | ating with Col. Arthur Woods’ Commis- Says Bullets Pierced Wall h‘t‘a, at some time around § o'clock, see his wife or his 5-year-old son, Leroy y said he told Batchelor Mrs. Batchs nor the wished to see him then re- Once inside, the he heard several Accused of Leaving Scene. “The driver of the second automobile which figured in the collision, after the , William P. Neville, 44 years of 3801 Seventh street, told police that Batchelor left the scene of the accident without making known Y. ;. Neville and Batchelor showed up at s arst police precinct.-station together soon : Both had walked there from the ne, since either automobile was too He said, Carlin explained, that he was a passenger In one of the auto- mobiles and that & woman whom he re- fused to name was driving. Lieut. Carlin said witnesses had in- formed him Batchelor was alone in his automobile at the time of the accident. The witnesses declared Batchelor drove through a red light traffic signal a high rate of speed shortly preced- the accident, police said. Batchelor recently was demoted to the rank of private from his capacity @8 a precinct detective, PROBES ARE ORDERED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE Refusals to Supply Financial State- ments Bring Decision to Investigate. his | called Dol and “considerably warmer.” sion on Unemployment. This report, ited to the ting ing methods and organizations designed to bring about a controlled balan: tween these forces.” Referred to Board. The proposal was referred to the Administrative Board of the council, which was a to take such measures as may be deemed wise to bring about the creation of such an agency. C. E. Grunsky of San, Francisco, president of the council, is chairman of this board. Gen. R. C. Marshall, jr., of Chicago, suggested this general staff in Wash- ington should include among others the Trepresentatives of the American Bank- ers’ Association, the American Associa- tion of Investment Bankers, the Fed- eral Reserve Board, the National Asso- clation of Manufacturers, the American tion of Labor, the National Asso- ciation of Real Estate Boards, the Na- Uon Research Council, the National Bureau of Economic resentatives of utilities and 3 ‘This new board might be or “general war board,” sald Willlam llwhm of New York City, an engineer who was & member of President Coolidge’s Muscle Shoals Commission. “We need this general staff here in Washington, continually functioning,” he said, “to war on depression and misery. When you consider the many millions which 'mdlfll mhlhh flsprucin&,h'hy not spend enough morey on tflwufll staff? Several milliors a year shoul be spent, if necessary.” ‘Wild Cat Schemes Hit. Admitting that the engineers were men out of work by Jmprov- ing machinery and speed of manufacture, McClellan said it was a professional responsibility of the enigneers to help do sometiing to prevent a recurrence of depression and unemployment. B \a, “We engineers,” said, rightly characterized as creators of unemployment. We are struggl to throw mfl: out ot'“w:rk 50 that can get along s smaller number of men.” Warning what he character- ized as * -cat schemes” for reliev- ing unemployment was sounded Secretary Wallace. He opposed the plans for issuing a billion dollars in bonds for public works. The ¢ rs did not specify in their recommendations for the new general war board as to whether it should be a Government agency or should be supported by private con- tributions. “can. be S SR COLD SNAP HERE ENDED, MERCURY RISES SLOWLY Temperature May Reach Maximum of 40 Degrees by Tonight—Low- est Today Was 16 at 7 A. M. A maxi- mum of 50 degrees tomorrow is not un- likely, it was sald. Lon Research and rep- Tailroads. | increasing the | W. t | C. AGENCY T0 COMBAT MASONIC LEADERS INSTALLATION HELD | Officers of 20 Organizations Are Inducted by State President of Board. Officers of* 20 local Masonic clubs were installed at exercises )under au- ices of the advisory board of Masonic clubs of the District in the Willard Hotel last night. The installation was performed Samuel C. Bready, State president of | Masonic clubs, upon request of Frank A. Birgfeld, president of the advisory board, who troduced him. Mr. Bready was assisted by J. O. Burn- ham, marshal, and Charles Stark and Frank Day, assistant marshals. eral Chairman C. H. Taylor was master of ceremonies 8¢ a brief entertainment which followed. The clubs’ officers, in order installed, were: Anchor Club—R. M. James O. Porter, vice Koch, secretary; urer; the Rev, Hicks, president; e pruldg{:: A F. ibson Gantt, chaplain, marshal. Ashley, R. H. J. 't, Joseph Hur- witz, W. C. Purr, E. H. Long, B. F. Greenstreet and G. H. Ellis. Circle Club—R. V. Brownwell, F. A. Varney, Harry M. Luckett, J. H. Schwab, E. E. Lewis, Archie Baker and G. F. Wilkie. ' Craftsman Club—Charles H. Taylor, Clifford L. Johnston, Harry N. James, Hugh M. Perry, Frank W. Kelsey and Charles J. Garlock. 4 Five Points Officials. Fellowship Club—Samue] B. Reeder, James T. Gallahorn, Will H. Wertman, Worth R. Bean, Alvan H. Day, Samuel A. Moores and Walter F. Harvey. Five Points Club—Robert M. Fergu- son, D. D. Isbell, William H. Barringer, Harold B. Harmon, Charles H. Quimby, Herman O. Weiss and James R. Keeling. Golden Rule Club—J. W. Gilmore, D. C. Noldy, Willlam 8. McDonald, A. H. g, F. H. Gardner and C. Blanken- nic Club—Maj. T. V. Walker, Elton L. Bateman, F. W. Thompwn,c W. Thref! Ior J. La; , Italio-American—A. Tana, R. Piperus, C. Cerimali, P. Chesaelli and C. Tan: Lambskin Club—C. T. Neuman, J. H. McCall, H. E. Warfield, E. J. Hartstack, g"&l Kline, W. E. Robinson and J. H. Mount Moriah—Philip Martin, John 8. M. Zimmerman, John B. O'Neal, E. P K Bchroedzrm.,nlflwwe B. Johnson University Olub — Louls Nathan Priedenberg, Kenneth Raleigh B. Baum, Geor Wdt;r Smith, Charles Murr and M. . Payne. Operative Trowels—Fred Skinn, J. H. Harding, W. B. Davis, E. M. Blair and G. A. El low, T. F. Poltz, . . Jones, W. R. Blanford and William E. Flynn, Temple Club—P. E. Bartholow, L. G. Buehler, 8 F_Hancock, P. O. Walkinshaw, John B. Cady and Gus- tay J. Fehrman. ‘Trowel Club—Francis L. L. Hiller, by | Max Abel, H, H. Frederick, W. T. Paine and John H. Swope. National Sojourners’ Club—Capt. Ed- win 8. Bettelhelm, jr.; Earl W. Dim- mick and Lieut. Charles M. Thomas. Trestleboard Club—Llewellyn Gordon, H. B. Russell, Thurston G. Brown, T. Homer Hall, Jack Mursell and A. K. Walker, The Gavel Club and the George Washington University Club are to elect and have their officers installed later, it was announced. SCHOOL SONG SYSTEM EXPLAINED BY BARNES Director of Music Says Modern Method Teaches Pupils Tune Patterns and Themes. school children to Commission " | attention to C. | the contempt 1 | acquitted late o PROPOSAL STUDIED BY CITY PLANNERS Make Inspection Trip Through Areas of Prospec- tive !mprovement. COMMISSION CONTINUES OFFICE SITES SURVEY Development of B Street Under Consideration—Traffic Report Asked of Staff Later. Initiating - an entirely new policy, members of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission today went on an. outdoor inspection trip to view areas of prospective improvement in the National Capital, instead of hold- ing a round table conference over a mass of maps and statistics. ‘The proposed Fort Drive, which will link up a group of Civil War forts en- circling the city, was the immediate objective of the commission, which set aside the whole day, to view the his- toric forts and the sites of the pro- jected modern automobile thorcugh- ares that will link them up as a teresting phase of Wi s system development. Delano and Grant Lead. The commission left its headquarters in the Navy Department Building shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. The party was led by Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the commission, and Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, vice chairman and executive officer. H. T. Morsell, land purchasing expert for the commission, was mbewlm out specific areas to ‘The Federal Government alr has ac- quired almost halfsof the necessary to R:ke the fort drive a reality. ted cost of the fort drive was placed about three years ago by Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of plan- ning of the National Capital Park and Planning - Commission, “roughly at about $2,750,000 for the land.” the inspection trip are: Wil- liam A. Delano of New York, Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army engineers; «Horace M. Albright, director of the b | National Park Service, Interior Depart- ment; R. Y. Stuart, chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Frederick Law Olmsted of Brookline, Mass, and J. C. Nichols of Kansas City, Mo., all members of the commis- sion. Mr. Eliot and C. L. Wirth, land- scape architect of the commission, went along with the members to acquaint them with details of the entire project. Study Department Sites. Considerable time was devoted by the commission late yesterday to the locations of the new War and vy ents, but it was decided to continue & study with reference to where the bulldings will. ultimately be . A special committee, consist- ing of Chairman Delano, Maj. John C. Gotwals, Engineer Commissioner of the District, and Col Grant, submitted a on the subject, but this was not made public. The commission also turned its at- tention. to the improvement of B street, south, which will ultimately be extend- ed, under present plans, to the Potomac River. The conimission’s staff was charged with studying traffic conditions in that area, particularly in the vicinity of the new Department of Agriculture group. ~ Two overhead passageways, across B street, south, will link up the two units in the Department of Agricul- ture, but Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., com- mission engineer, explained today that these overhead passageways will be well out of the way of traffic. Further discussion resulted on the proposei monumental entrances to the District, as sponsored by the Garden bcxe“h:lluf Ameth nn.:m:.ngo submitted, on of the org: n, to the com- mission by Mrs. Frank B, N(x:. The commission now feels t it has accomplished its task in this matter, follo the l?ecm study made by W. T. , its consulting architect. 1t is understood that the Fine Arts proposed to give further this problem. More Details on Circles Asked. Following a study of the plans show- ing the development of .&um cir- cles and pl in the city, as drawn up by its staff, the request- ed ;hmon detailed examination of this problem. The commission approved in princi- ple the Avenue tween Pirst and Harvard streets, and directed its staff to make & further study, taking advantage of the topography of that section. This ¢hange is designed to relieve traffic conditions there, and to secure a more direct thoroughfare in that area. -(WHEAT DISCHARGES RULE AGAINST W’CARL Counsel for Petitioners in Con- demnation Case Satisfied Not to Press Charge. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat today discharged the rule issued Wednesday against J. Raymond McCarl, controller general of the United States, and his assistant, Prank L. Yates, for alleged failure ruy to carry out a forth- with o of the court of January 7 to pay about $90,000 to claimants in a Government lemnation case. ‘The order of the court recited that since the issuance of the rule, the money has been paid over under the court order, and as counsel for the petitioners was content not to press further the petition for an adjudication in contem; against the two officials the rule w Attorney George E. Sullivan for the petitioners has complained that McCarl and his assistants the thority of the court and had delayed and obstructed the execution of the court’s order. McCarl and Yates today filed an answer in which they set forth '-h:: they done e possible B S, S ics BWar ing $90,063, be dismissed. The two oflmdfll ‘were represented by # | Attorneys R. L. Golge and O. R. Mc- Guire. Cleared of Grabbing Pocketbook. James J. Flournoy, jr., colored, was yesterday by a District Supreme Court jury before Justice Gor- donolnchlmotmtehmw book of Mrs. Mary Wardlaw on Ontario road. The change in Michigan | ve ST . SsEssssszzeas The above lines show the FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1931 . The compa nies yesterday a; diagram of the area between the Capitol and Union Station, now being beaut | car tracks traversing this section will be relaid. greed present route of the tracks and the heavy dotted lines the route to start proposed. tracks under the sidé of a proposed circle will be one of the features of the work. NEW PARKWAY BILL OFFERED BY PAIR Capper-Cramton Measure Will Provide for Purchase of Lands in Memorial System. Immediate chase by the Federal Government certain strategic pieces of land and devel nt at the Federal expense of several important features of the George Washington Memorial Park- way are authorized in a bill intrcduced in the House today by Representative Louis Cramton of Michigan and in the Senate by Senator Capper. This legis- lation has the complete indorsement and support of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. It pro- poses to amend that part of the act of May 29, 1930, having to do with the creation of the George Washington Me- morial Parl kway. Representative Cramton explained to- day that it is Intended to meet am- biguities and uncertainties that have been found by the National Capital Park and Pl Commission under the actual operat enables the commission to meet special emergencies that have arisen. . Clarifies Boulevard Situation. “It clarifies the situation as to the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard after completion, and makes clear the nature of guarantees of reimbursement that can be accepted,” said Mr. Cramton. “It specially provides for a park drive from the Arl n Memorial Bridge to the Chain Bri on the Virginia side. It assures construction of a highway at Federal expense on the Maryland side -from '.l";evull)htflc! line |‘:nd:btl: Wua- ington e necessary consti- tute the highway are donated to the United States. . “It also authorizes not more than $3,000,000 to be expended by the United Stat's for payment in full of the pur- chase price of land absolutely essential and necessary to the parkway, sucl expenditure, however, to be tatched by subsequent donations, and definitely reiterates the policy of. the original bill—that the total expenditure by the Federal Government for acquisition of lands in the George Washington Memo- rial Parkway shall not exceed 50 per cent of the total cost, the balance to be furnished by the States of Viry and Maryland, local subdivisions , or by individuals. Provides tor Emergencies. “This-authority to make certain initial purchases to be matched later by equal private donations,” Mr. Cramton ~m- hasized, “is to enable the commission make purchases where some pressing emergency may exist, either because a particularly favorable ovrommny for hase is offered or to forestall some mlfl:b expensive or undesirable de- lopment.” “The belief 1s s0 general that the acquisition and dedication of this k- way will be the most fitting an propriate permanent action to com- memorate the bicentennial of Wash- ington’s birth in connection with the National Capital that ige of this bill will no doubt m':'e\;; ‘xex;;nl I?a proval as an important aid in the rapi development of the George Washing- ton Memorial Parkway project.” REPAIR WORK SUSPENDED WEIRD INDIAN FUNERAL RITES DESCRIBED BY - ETHNOLOGIST Spirits of Germans Slain in World War by Braves Expected to Guide Soul to Heaven. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. At sunrise on the fourth day the spirit of the little dead woman departed from the wigwam on its long, long Journey. But '.finrdhn spirits attended her along road through the lous dark to the campfire of the village of souls — green-clad, helmeted figures whose lives had been snuffed out a dozen years ago in the . barbed-wire desolation of the Western front. Ethnologist Tells Story, As weird a story as ever came out of the North we tion, by the spirit women. ) this time the woman’s cooking fire was kept burning. Her husband kept his face blackened with charcoal from this resumably the woman passed geyonddlhumn help, the fire was all her possessions given the wigwam where. she down. The next ex away, and died taken day Miss Y | the Tom Thunder, died. accomplished ‘dancer and was greatly beloved by the tribe. Miss Densmore was allowed to witness the greater part of the funeral ceremonies where came the strange appearance of ancient sup- erstitions of the Northern forests in modern dress. To the person unfamiliar with the customs ‘of the tribe, Miss Densmore says, Mrs. Thunder was given a con- ventional burial in the village cemetery with a pretty coffin covered with flowers, hymns by & male quartet, and all the rest. But at night there was quite a_different ceremony. The Winnebago believe, Miss Dens- more explains, that the spirit of a dead person remains for three days and four nights in its old home but at the first blush of sunrise on the fourth morning it must set out for the land of spiriis h | along a road beset with many dangers. For a frail woman it is a terrible ordeal. Mastery Over Victims Believed. But they also believe that a slayer retains mastery for all eternity over the spirit of his victim and can call upon him for service at any time. This is apparently an extension of the wide- :fi:fld notion in sympathetic magic t the person who s of the body of anotheer, of hair, nail parings, etc., can control the living person. The Winnebago hold that this control can be extended after death in the same way, even by the possession of an article of clothing. In old days it was the possession of the scalp which gave this power and this may explain the scalping custom, she believes, better than a man’s nal pride in the pumbers he has killed. Now there is no service at which such controlled spirits are more adept than protecting souls newly arrived in the vast dark beyond life. Here the survivor no longer can help his loved ones and must rely on the spirits he has made his servants by killing them. Mrs. Tom Thunder deserved the best her people could offer. But the Winnebago have been at ace for generations. They no longer ve braves with strings of scalps and retinues of ghostly servants to do their bidding. A UNTIL PERMIT IS ISSUED | et shey Southern Dairies Building Will Have New Concrete Floors to Cost $5,300. ‘Work of removing the first and mez- zanine floors of the Southern Dairies Building, at 60 M street northeast, was ordered stopped by Acting Building In- J. William Downing last Mon- | 5o , when it was learned that no bulld- permit had taken out for the mg. Mr. Do said today. Since that time, however, an application lgry The plans were ‘Wednesday and call for re- of the two concrete floors at a cost of $5,300. THIEF GETS BAD BREAK Haul of 120 Shoes All Models for Right Foot. fully surveying ?e":{unnun-ndmmcmmx ch led him to- the machine of Charles A. Clark, Baltimore shoe sales- man. m?!an:fmclnm-um?mhm w‘& the car was parked in the 1400 block Plo naei: " made shoes by the dairy | his victims, ‘War Exploits Are Relived. ‘The obvious conclusion is, Miss Den: more explains, that these veterans con- trol the spirits of the dead Germans, Just as if they had taken their scalps. the returned soldiers called on ‘the souls of their late enemies to come to the ald of Mrs. Tom Thunder, It was a four-night ceremony. nights, while the woman’s £ ZREEs Ei"fi?ggae >, 2% HEART DISEASE TOOK NEED FOR CONTROL 0F D.C. SECURITIES SALE S DISPUTED Chairman of Local Business Group and Senator Blaine Disagree. CAPPER TYPE BILL TERMED UNRELIABLE One Plan Would Register Dealers, But with the fourth sunrise, when had d had | Se; He added anmm—w-'mmmm Sromdes the m»‘fmmmmwuu . ‘The 1,382 LIVES IN YEAR| Disict 5e: Organic Disorder Takes Largest|Better Toll in Distriet, Health Statistics Show. Organic heart disease continued to lead all other causes of death in the [ A0%, District of Columbia during the 1930 calendar year, a compilation of statistics by the Health Department's Bureau of Vital Statistics shows. This disease was responsible for 1,352 deaths last year. Following in order were nephritis, 783 deaths; cancer, 667; pulmonary tuberculosis, 492, and cerebral hemorrhage, 483. The same order was maintained in 1929, except that fifth place then was taken lobar Cappe: f bill, that the district attorney is given definite power of in- AL tion and to sue out where evidence shows such peed. The of legislation favored by Senator would require the ‘t‘r:rc:mn of securities sold in the 1t pneumonia. There, was & decline in | they of the last men- man«-musmxmmm Other in causes e m-w‘:‘hyehnm » 130 1o 5 ‘attucnza; 90 to 40, ;m' ), ane = theria, 34 to 18. deaths showed a from 7,428 to 7,399. The total of births increased decrease number ths during the first year 1,000 ;1:;obm1n1nn hll!t(e u’fium PER DIEM EMPLOYES’ PAY IS MADE ISSUE |3 = regard Commissioners Want Ruling on Right to Compensate Them for Christmas Eve Holiday. SEEKS CHANGE OF NAME Charles Cecil Weinstein, 1615 A street umnfiflm Hospital, has a to the Supreme Court for authority to his name to Charles Cecil We UTILITIES BILL HEARING SET FOR NEXT TUESDAY Senate District Commitées %0 Con- W. D. Wood- " wonsurer, and A. P. Will Probe Worker’s Death. An inquest into the death of Samuc . R. Long, Capitol