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A—14 = CAUSATIVE AGENT IELEGTIVE SCHOOL {215 FARMERS SIGN Thrift Meal Is Tested |[DAPPERTOTAKEUP FORTYPHUS FEVER 1S DETERMINED Virus of Disease Obtained From Fleas Collected From Wild Rats. PROBLEM HAS PUZZLED PHYSICIANS FOR YEARS Discovery Held One of Most Nota- See Mother on Jury CHILDREN OF Ml.! STREET COURT SPECTATORS. ble Recent Developments in Medical Science. % BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Determination of a causative agent for typhus fever in the United States was announced today by the Public Health Service. The vifus of this dreaded disease was obtained from fleas collected from wild rats. This discovery goes far toward solving a problem which has puzzled medical science for years. The Old World typhus—which from the Middle Ages until the coming of modern sanitation was the great scourge of city slums, crowded prisons and armies in the field, and which almost wiped out the French Army during the Crimean War—is spread by the human body louse. It always can be traced to filthy and overcrowded living condi- tions. Thorough delousings keep it in check, which was one potent reason for the frequency of such ordeals for Ameri- can soldiers in France. . . Many Theories Tested. 1 In the United States there has broken out from time to time localized epidemics of a fever 'Imchmdlfne?in‘mm European _typhus only aving a slightly milder course, and is only a dif- ferent strain of the same disease.. But it has been im ible to associate it ‘with body lice, hitherto considered the only carrying agent, and there has been & constant search for some other organ- ism. Theory after theory has been tested, with negative results. Scientists of the National Institute of Health, research branch of the Public Health Service, got a clue to the mys- typhus, known, in the neighborhood of several food-handling establishments in Balti- more last November. They found the premises infested with rats. Many of these were trapped and combed for fleas. These fleas then were ground up in a salt solution and injected into guinea pigs. The fleas themselves were identified by entomologists. ‘Within & week one of the animals had developed a fever and soon died. His companion showed evidences of - fever a few days later, was killed, and his brain prepared as an emulsion with salt solution. This was injected into fresh guinea pigs. Both developed. fevers, One was killed, and prepared emulsions m l’:fixl brain .tl!,: hfl‘r': bl;(‘s:! 'exl: to still other guinea . this way the fever strain was carried * successfully through seven sets of these animals, with the development in each generation of the characteristic symp- toms. A disease strain had been estab- lished, but it remained to be determined whether it was typhus fever, although the symptoms shown by the animals were similar to those previously estab- lished for guinea pigs for known en- demic typhus virus injections. Monkeys Develop Fever. From the fifth “generation” of the guinea pigs—that is, those five times re- moved from the original rat flea injec- tion—the strain was passed on to mon- keys and rabbits. Two injected mon- keys developed fever, and so did a third kept in the same room with them but not given any of the virus. It later de- veloped, however, that this monkey’s sickness probably was incidental, since tests of his blood did not show the characteristic typhus reaction obtained from the other animals. Blood of in- Jected rabbits also met the required tests for typhus. Then came series of laborious “cross tests.” typhus virus builds up its own immunity in the blood. Guinea pigs inoculated with it and allowed to recover did not show any symptoms when given injections of the solution prepared from the bodies of the rat fleas. Thus was established what Public Health Service physicians consider one of the most notable re- cent developments in medical science. ‘The restéts do not necessarily indicate, it was pointed out, that there is no other agent in nature for the spread of endemic typhus. b Potential Source of Danger. ‘The finding is of special significance because of the almost universal distri- bution of wild rats in the United States. ‘These, it is assumed, get the virus into their blood from the bites of fleas. ‘There it remains, to be passed on to another generation of fleas, whieh pass it to other rats.. But the rat flea ace cidentally may get on & man in a rat- infested building, thus passing on to a human being , the submicroscopic “fil- terable virus,” another of those strange, extremely minute liying things which can be detected only through the fact that it will pass through a porcelain filter. More and more animal and plant disease is being traced to these viruses. Endemic typhus, it was pointed out, s not now a serious factor in Ameri- can sickness and mortality tables, but always is a potential source of danger o the populace 5o long as it lurks ip the background. In the fact that it is carried by an insect from ‘the ‘body of & wild animal, it is similat fo the dread- ed spotted fever of the Rocky Moun- tains, which is spread by mammal ticks with a restricted rangé, biit ‘which al- ready has come in contact over a wide frontier with the common' Eastern dog tick which, it has been, demonstrated in the laboratory, can caryy-the virus. The syndromes of spotted fever and endemic typhus also are quite simfar, but the later does not bring such a high mor- tality. 2 x The work was carried on by Surg. R. E. Dyer and Passed Asst. Surgs. R. Rumreich and L. F. Badger of the staff of the National Institute of Health. e e ‘THREEV TAKEN IN RAID { ON GAMBLING CHARGES | ‘Woman and Husband Also Face Charges of Possessidh of Liquor Following Seizure. ‘Two men and a woman were being held today following a raid on an apart- ment at 913 I street last night. of the men was charged wil 'and after they had smiled on their | _ Pureral services for William McGee | peake & Potomac Telephone Co., who' Left to right: Thomas Street, Sarah Street, Willlam S. Adkins ‘and Sibyl slr‘et. HOMAS STREET, 13, and' his twin sisters, Sibyl and Sarah, 10, went “to court today to see “mother,” ‘who is serving on a jury. Mrs. Street, the wife of Elwood , Street, director of the munity Chest, is hearing the case of Herbert Glassman and 10 others ac- cused of conspirgcy to violate the na- tional prohibition law. Mrs, Street is the only woman on the jury and has been locked up since bé- ing sworn last Monday. William 8. Adkins, clerk of the court, took charge of the youngsters, mother, seated with the 11 men in the was. Com- | readily explained —Star Staff Photo. jury box, they soon tired of the tedium of a court session and announced to Mr. Adkins that they thought they would take in ‘a movie, ‘Thomas the spokesman and to The Star reporter that he is a student at Western High School and that his twin sisters at- tend the Fillmore School. In mother’s absence he explained that the house- hold had been in charge of an aunt, who, with the maid, had attended to all their wants. Of course, he said, they missed mother and will be glad when her term of service on the jury e:mxes and she can come home to them. HACKER'S INJURIES SAID T0 BE SERIOUS Man Goes Twice to Hospital Before Fracture Is Found. prbery Story Told. “Hillery Cornell Carey, 26 years old, a taxi driver, is in a serious condition at Emergency Hospital from a fracture of the skull, discovered yesterday at noon, some eight hours after Carey first re- ceived an examination at the hospital and was marked “intoxicated” on the emergency room records before being locked up at No. 3 precinct. Carey was found slymped over the wheel of his taxicab on M near Twen- | | and W. H. Banning, who were cruising in their scout car. The policemen noted a trickle of blood near his ear. Taken to Emergency, Carey did not receive medical treatment, because Dr. W. Lloyd Eastlack, the only physician on duty at that hour, was busy with another case, which required his entire attention. Find Odor of Alcohol. Dr. Eastlack found time, however, to instruct the nurse on duty in the emer- gency room to wash the blood from the patient’s face and head. Both offi- | cers said the odor of alcohol was strong. Christian said he was not certain if the doctor on duty ever examined Carey, but that he noticed an entry of “intoxication” on the patient’s card some time after he had been brought in. Another third precinct officer on duty in the hospital at the time, Wil- liam T. Taft, said he heard the nurse give the policemen permission to re- move Carey after they learned that the doctor - was still busy. Dr. Eastlack said he never got an opportunity to see the patient. Attendants at the hospital said that only doctors have authority to diag- nose cases or give diagnostic informa- tion for hospital records. Charge of Investigation. Carey then was taken to No. 3 pre- cinct and booked on a charge of in- vestigation. The officers said he an- swered their questions in a rational manner. When, Carey was .released at noon yesterday he complained of iliness and police called the. Emer- gency ambulance .to the precinct and had him returned to the hospital. - Before leaving the station Carey said he was just beginning to. recall what had befallen him. . He told the officers he picked up two colored men at Twenty-fifth and K 'streets about 7:30 o'clock, who_ ordered him to drive straight out K street. A few minutes later, he said, he was hit over.the head from behind and 'the next he | remembered was waking up in ‘a cell | at the precinct. He said the colored men robbed him of $9 in cash, a $40 watch ‘and a peajacket. | On his return to the hospital Carey was examined by Dr. Thomas Brad- ley, who discovered the fracture. Bariy Carey gave, his address as street near E street northeast. RITES FOR W. M. BEALL Retired Telephone Employe to Be Buried in Oak Hill. | Beall, retired employe of the Chesa- dled in Georgetown University Hospltll‘ Thursday, were being conducted at the residence, 3404 Dent place, this after- noon. Interment was to be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Rev. H. A, Kester officiated gaming, while the other two, a man and his wife, were charged with permitting gaming and possession of liquor. Four other men were taken in the raid, but later released as Govern- ment witnesses. Those held gave their names as Arthur Otten, 33, and Mrs. Helen Ot- ten, 26, of the I street and Joseph Cumberland, 33, of 1362 C street. A number of poker chips, cards, $20 in money and a small quantity of liquor were seized as~eyidence, accord- Baker of Tnspector’ Bean's squad, Who T 'S made the arrests. — Meeting Is Postponed. of Lincoln to take place Uhlan terrace pos Conigh northeast, has Mr. Beall, who was born in this city in 1863, was with the telephone com- ny for many years, holding a num- g:r of positions of importance. He was rights-of-way agent, with headquarters here, wi retired about a month ago. NAME CHANGE OPPOSED ‘The District Commissioners yesterday sent to ress an unfavorable report on & bill to change the name of section of Sixteenth street in the vi- e of any part of Six- the White House to authorized the S g HIT 1S RENAMED T POLIE BENGH President Hoover Nominates Judge to Succeed Self After Six Years. Judge Isaac R. Hitt, who has been on the District Police Court bench for six | years has been nominated for another term by President Hoover. This nomina- tion which was made by the Pregident upon the recommendation of the At- torney General, was sent to the Senate late yesterday. Early confirmation is expected. Judge Hitt, who'was first appointed to this bench in 1925 by President Cool- idge has been a resident of this city for more than 32 years. He is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Northwest- ern University and the Kent College of Law 1n Chicago. For several years after coming to Washington Judge Hitt was a law clerk in the Internal Revenue Bu- reau and was engaged principally in the compiling of revenue laws of the Gov- “Tnl612_ President Tatt inted, n esident Taft appointed,| him a United States commissioner in the District of Columbia. . During: the World War,_he was appointed major | and was assigned to duty in the judge advocate general's office. After the war he resumed his duties as commissioner. Judge Katherine Sellers’ second term in the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia will expire March 1. It is understood she will be reappointed for another term of six years. Trial Board Continues Still Case for Another Week. A continuance for a week was grant- ed toda; to Robert, P. Langdon when he was taken before the Police Trial Board for a hearing on charges resulting from the finding of a dismantled liquor still in his home. The suspended’ police- man has been under arrest in connec- tion .with the slaying of Beulah Lim- erick. The postponement resulted from the inability of Harry T. Whelan, Lang- don’s attorney, to appear because of another case. Talks Here DEAN EAY OF IOWA U. AD- DRESSES ALUMNIL GEORGE F. KAY. Dean George F. Kay of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa, addressed alumni of the university last night at Tilden. Gardens on the occasion of the eighty-fourth anniversary of the founding of the university. Dean Kay described new buildings on the campus and the program’of extension on which the college is embarked. Dr. Geo! 'fi E, MacLain, president emeritus of the university, was anoth speaker on the program, which includi motion plctures of campus scenes. Mrs. David Hopkins, wife ‘of Representative Hopkins, & graduate of the university, sang several selections. The meeting was preceded by & dinner. “BOARD SCORED AT HOUSE HEARINGS Litttepage, Voicing Trade Body Views, Says Efficient Members Would Go. CITES OUTSTANDING BENEFITS ACHIEVED Standpoint of Child Considered. Forces Behind Measure Are Questioned. Opposition of the Washington Bdard of Trade to the so-called ‘“elective School Board bill” was voiced at a hear- ing today before the Reid Subcommit- tee on Education of the House District Committee by Thomas P. Littlepage, chairman of the Public School Com- mittee of the Board of Trade. “The first effect of the bill under con- sideration,” he sald, “is to legislate out of office the present School Board, Whether this is a primary object of the proponents of the bili or not is immaterial, but this result we consider at the outset. ‘Our School Board consists of nine members,” Mr. Littlepage _gxplained, “and is now appointed by the justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the term of office being for three years, three new appointments being made each year, so that the board is never completely new, which results in stability in the policies of the board, as two-thirds of the membership at all times senior members. Well and Favorably Known. “The board as at present composed consists of men and women who are well and favorably known and who at great expense in time, energy and con- venience have built up a progressive, but not a radical, policy for the betterment of the schools. Our investigation among parents and teachers shows that the schools are being handled in a broad- guage and businesslike way, which has been much aided by the present har- monious relations existing between the present board, the District Commission- ers and the Bureau of Budget. On the record, therefore, we do not see why any question of the personnel of this board should actuate us in recommending it to be abolished.” “Its outstanding accomplishments,” Mr. Littlepage emphasized, “have been the establishment of junior high schools, with more projected, which haye promoted efficiency in_ education and allowed the younger children of high school age to attend school with- out traveling great distances as well as bridging for the individual student the break which formerly existed be- tween the grammar schools and the senior high schools. This has resulted in a better co-ordination of high school work throughout the .school system. Building Program Support. “Further,” he said, “the board has recommended and secured general civic and Congressional support for the five- year building program to enable us to catch up in our school housing which will ultimately involve the expenditure of $20,000,000 and will bring our school system up to date in this respect. “In order to strengthen the - sonnel of the schools and particularly the teaching force this board has se- cured from Congress a long-needed salary law which will more adequately provide for our teachers. “Further, this board has sponsored and obtained favorable Congressional action on the admirable school census and also the compulsory education law, which laws go hand in hand to force the children of our city to take what it provides in the way of education. “With these facts in front of us, he stressed, “and having been unable to find that prior to the introduction of this bill there was any civic demand for such a bill, we are at loss to ex- plain what civic forces are back of it, and on what solid reasons, if any, its proponents propose to rest it. “Frankly, the Board of Trade in“lp' 29. proaching this subject,” he said, consideted it solely from the standpoint of the child. We are not particularly interested in whether this present boar: as individuals remain in or are put out of .office, but your committee is very much interested in the above record of this present board, which it deliberately believes to have served the best interests of the children of the District of Columbia and for this very controlling reason it opposes this biil or any enactment which will upset the present successful handling of the schools. Controversies at Times. “Necessarily at times upon the sub- ject of education there are fierce con- troversies. Should these controversies be carried into an election held under this bill, as undoubtedly they would be, our feeling is that Congress might become so nauseated with the resulting rumpus as to withhold the more gen- eral suffrage to which our board of trade is committed. In fact, we feel that that result would inevitably fol- low the passage of this bill. For this reason wg do not believe that this bill in any sense will serve as an entering wedge to ultimate suffrage. We do mnot believe it is wise to ask the present board to serve as undertaker for itself, having, as we read the bill, complete control over the first election; nor do we belleve it wise for future boards to continue to run the elections at which possible successors may be elected. In iact, the impression is inescapable that the whole subject of the education of our children will be placed under this | Ch or any similar bill at the mercy of a | Shices: species of ward politics which cannot produce better results than we now enjoy under the present system of ap- pointments. We belleve that the aver- age person who would undertake to campaign for office under the terms of this or any similar bill would, nine | Inds times out of ten, be a faddist or a rad- | Ja ical of one sort or another in matters of education, and coming back to our ary point of departure in our con- prim sideration of this bill, namely, the wel- | N: fare of our children, we believe that it ‘would not contribute one iota to that welfare.” MAN FOUND DEAD IN AUTO &% Autopsy May Be Held Today on|s Body of Chris Haas. ‘The body of Chris Haas, 40 years old, FOR SPACE IN NEW MARKET TERMINAL $1,000,000 Center in North- east Will Be Opened For- mally on Monday. JOBBERS AND POULTRY DEALERS’ UNITS PLANNED Area of 42 Acres Covered in Proj- ect—Stores and Meat Plant Included. Two hundred and fifteen farmers in nearby Maryland and Virginia, meeting last night in the National Museum, signed applications for 300 ‘stands in | the new Union Market Terminal, at Fifth street and Florida avenue north- east. The terminal, erected at a cost of ap- proximately $1,000,000, is to be formally opened Monday. It contains 52 stores of modern design, in addition to a plant for one of the largest meat concerns in ‘Washington. Committee to Control. As a result of an arrangement with the owners of the terminal, the farmers will operate and control the Farmers' Market unit through the Executive Committee of ,the Maryland and Vir- ginia Farmers’ Marketing Association. This committee or its representatives, under a resolution adopted by the farm- ers and approved by the terminal own- ers, will determine the allocation of space to farmers. The farmers meeting, held under the auspices of the association,. was at- tended by nearly 400 truck farmers rep- Tesenting the District and seven coun- ties in Maryland and two in Virginia. The facilities at the new terminal were outlined by O. M. Walker, secretary of the Union Market Terminal and Dr. T. B. Symons of the University of Mary- land extension service, stressed the im- portance of farm organizations. Area of 42 Acres. The new terminal covers an area of 42 acres on what is known as the Pat- terson Tract. Each type of business will be represented, the farmers' market, a jobbing center and a poultry dealers’ market being the major units. Most of the dealers occuping space in the terminal recently abandoned their former places of business in or near the Center Market, which is now being razed to make way for the Fed- eral buildings in the Pennsylvania avenue-Mall triangle. Construction of the terminal was started in August, 1929. The location was selected because of its proximity to the center of population, and the avail- iability of transportation facilities pro- vided by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad through its Eckington yards. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and much colder tonight; minimum temperature about 16 degrees; tomorrow fair and continued cold; fresh north and north- west winds diminishing. Maryland- rtly cloudy and much colder tonig] tomorrow fair, colder in east portion; strong northwest and north winds. Virginia—Partly cloudy and - much colder tonight; cold wave in east and central portions; tomorrow fair, con- tinued cold in central and east por- tions; strong north winds. West Virginia—Fair and continued cold tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy; ::owly rising temperature in west por- on, Record for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 pm., 57; 8 pm., 56; 12 midnight, 55; 4 am., 42; 8 am., 35 noon, 28. Barometer—4 pm., 20.89; 8 pm, .85; 12 midnight, 20.78; 4 a.m., 20.793 8 am., 2991; noon, 30,01, Highest temperature, 58, oecurred at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest tempera- d | ture, 28, occurred at 11 a.m. today. Temperature same date last. year— Highest, 49; lowest, 34, Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 12:10 a.m. and 12:30 p:m.; high tide, 5:47 am. and 6:18 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 1:01 am. and 1:20 p.m.; high tide, 6:37 a.m. and 5:05 | pm. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 7:02 a.m.; sun sets 5:44 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:01 am.; sun sets 5:45 p.m. Moon rises 5:44 am.; sets 2:50 p.m, Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Weather in Various Cities. & Temperature, 7 samoT o1 wws ejurey Stations. AS9USTH +++gupinsas SER88BE [ yqau 1w 1 Atlanti¢ City Baitimore, Md BESBERYS (*°*** myaruoy Pttt g BERBS2222 SEE! 2 828! BEERD P o5 BEsssssEe SERES ;. Clear 34 Pt.cloudy .70 Pt.cloudy o Clear Proenix, Pittsburi iy | Hill Cemetery. 474 Maryland avenue southwest, was | wasH. found in an automobile parked in the 300 block of B street southwest iast night. Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt or- dered the body removed to the morgue. An ingpest probably will be held today. MAN WOUNDED IN FIGHT Otis Freeman Sought as Assailant of W. J. Renner. William J. Renner of 105 Fourth street was shot and wounded at 4:30 o'clock this morning while he was en- gaged in a fight in front of his house. sz said they were searching for Otis Freeman of 321 Missourl avenue as Renner’s assailant. Freeman fled from the scene immediately after the shoot- 2. Renner was wounded in the it thigh. His condition was not as serious at Emergency Hospital, where he 15 a patlent. A Lo Hamilton, San_Juan, Porto Ril Havana, Cul Colon, Ci Suspense Draws Confession. KANSAS CITY, Kans, February 14 (#)—Lawrence Battles, 20-year-old colored man on trial for theft of a $40 days of the me be » MENU COSTING $5.02 A WEEK TRIED. Jeanne Berry (left) and Mary Barhanian, Central High School students, trying one of the meals listed in the Bureau of Home Economics’ weekly menu for & family of three. week or approximately 75 cents a day. The meals suggested are estimatd te cost $5.02 for the The test in Central's home economics class yesterday was held under the direetion of Miss Agnes C. Blanford, faculty member. Star Staff Photo. FIRST WASHINGTON STAMPS DUE SOON Will Be Out July 1—Brown Is Deciding on Number to Be in Series. . Twenty-five different subjects relat- ing to George Washington and his life are now being considered by the Post Office Department for use on United States postage stamps in conjunction with the George Washington Bicenten- nial celebration. = Postmaster General ‘Wajter F. Brown is expected to make the Mnal decision shortly on just how many stamp series will be brought out. The first will be issued not later than July 1, in order to give nationwide im- petus to the forthcoming celebration. The Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing has models showing Mount Vernon, Washington crossing the Delaware, the birthplace of Washington at Wakefield Manor, Va., now being restored; the tomb of Washington; Valley Forge and the Yorktown surrender, which are under consideration. A serles of portraits of George Wash- ington is being investigated by the department, in Collaboration with the George Washington Bicentenial Com- mission, and these will likely be placed on stamps of one, two, five,\seven, eight and ten-cent denominations. A picture of the Washington Monu- ment in Baltimore may -grace some of the postage stamps, for the Baltimore Philatelic Society has urged Frederic A. Tilton, Third Assistant Fostmaster General, to consider this. W. A. Edgar, president of the organization, said mem- bers of his society have sent resolutions to the Post Office Department suggest- ing that the Washington Monument in their city be used. They pointed out that-the Washing- ton Monument in Baltfmore was the first monument erected to the memory of Washington. In response to a re- quest from Mr. Tilton, five cuts of the Baltimore Monument were sent here and these are now being considered by the Department. MRS. KUHN IS BURIED IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY Major Generals Among Pallbearers for Wife of Retired Fellow- Officer of Army. Burial services for Mrs. Helen Squire Kuhn, who died in Coronado, Calif., Saturday, Febtuary 7, were conducted in Arlington Cemetery today at 10 o'clock. Mgr. Edward L. Buckey of St. Matthews Church officiated. The pallbearers were: Maj. Gens. Henry P. McCain, Willard A. Holbrook, Daniel P. Dévore and John B. Bellinger, and Charles Warren, George B. McClel- lan, Richard A. Harbord, John Callan O’Laughlin, Norman James of Balti- m):’l“ and Morgan Hebard of Philadel- phia. Mrs. Kuhn was the wife of Maj. Gen. Joseph I. Kuhn, retired, commander of the 79th Division during the World War. MRS. LAURA F, VOLKMAN, 87, DIES AT HOME HERE ‘Woman Who Saw Lincoln Inaugu- rated Succumbs to Short Ill- ness;—7 Children Survive. Mrs. Laura F. Volkman, 87 years old, widow of Henry C. Volkman, died at her home, 3621 Newark street, yester- day after a shcrt illness, . A native of Baltimore, Mrs. Volkman came to this city. in 1861 and had been a resident here since. She wit- nessed the inauguration of President Lincoln. She_is, survived by four daughters, Mrs, Frafiklin G. William, Mrs. L. C Rosenbusch, Mrs. R. C. Rozwee and Mrs. Amelia Johns, and three sons, Harry, William A, and Frank Volkman. She also leaves 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Puneral services will be conducted at the residence Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Prospect RETIRED U, S, EMPLOYE, | 70, IS DEAD AT TUCSON Frank Morrison, Former Printing Office Worker, Will Be Buried Here on Wednesday. Frank Morriion, retired_employe of the Government Printing Office, where he was employed for many years, died at Tucson, Ariz, Thursday, according to word received here. He was about 70 years old. Mr. Morrison held the position of ruler at the Government Printing Office. He was a charter member the Ninth Street Christian Church $nd was a member of Myron M. Parker Lodge of Masons. 3 er, His wife, the late Mrs. Laura Lichty Morrison, died in 1925. The bolly will be brought here for funeral services and burial. Tentative TAXIMAN'S TRIAL One of Two Arrested Under New Ban Fails to Ap- - pear in Court.” Arthur D. Baker, one of the first two taxicab drivers arrested for violation of the new regulation barring cabs from cruising in the area bounded by F and G, Ninth and Fifteenth streets, was ar- raigned before Judge Ralph Given in Police Court today. The other taxi driver, James P. Brumbaugh, did not respond when his name was called. A hearing was set for next Wednes- day afternoon and Baker was released on his personal bond. Judge Given di- rected that Brumbaugh be notified of the date of the arraignment. Both drivers were arrested in the downtown section last night by Sergt. Mason and Pvt. Liverman, who were on the lookout for violators of the anti-cab regulation. This measure, which pro- hibits taxi drivers from cruising in the area between 8 am. and 12 pm. on week days and 2 and 12 p.m. on Sun- days, became effective this week. Brumbaugh, according to the )olice- men, admitted violating the regulation, but Baker declared he had entered the | prohibited zone because he thought a pedestrian signaled him. ' CONFEDERATE DIES | Albert L. McAllister Was Father of Fireman—Came Here From Virginia 26 Years Ago. Albert Lewis McAllister, 84 years old, Confederate veteran and for many years a resident of this city, died at his home, 1332, North Capitol street, yesterday. Death came after a sudden . illness. He had been suf- fering from heart trouble, however, for some time. . McAllister was born in Madi- son County, Va., where he made his home during his yqunger life. He later lived at Blue- mont, Va., and came to Washing- ton from that place about 26 years ago, making gi‘: hcme her’e ‘with Albert L. MeAllister. son, Rufus E. McAllister, a mem- ber of the District Fire Department at- tached to No. 14 Truck Company. During the Civil War Mr. McAllister was in active combat action in many of the battles and skirmishes which took place in the region around Richmond, Va., and also was in the battles of Chancellorsville, where he was com- mended for meritorious action and gal- lantry. His father, who was about 40 years of ‘age at the time, also was in many of the battles with him. He was a member of Confederate Veterans' Camp, No. 117, and the Friends’ Church. He is survived by his son and three daughters, Miss Mary McAllister, Mrs. J. M. Florence and Mrs. G. W. Russell, all of this city. Funeral services will be conducted at J. William Lee’s Sons funeral home, 332 Pennsylvania avenue, Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be in the gnnfedente section in Arlington Ceme- Ty, MRS. E. 0. HECKMAN DIES Widow of Railway Official Sue- cumbs at Daughter's Home. Mrs. Emma O. Tice Heckman, 92 years old, widow of John Herster Heck- man, for many years a prominent rail- road official Ka Pennsylvania, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. William L. Yaeger, 3221 Garfield street, yesterday after a short illness. A native of Easton, Pa., she was mar- ried to Mr Heckman in 1859. Mrs. Heckman is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Yaeger of this city and a son, Herman Heckman of New York, and two granddaughters. ‘The body will b> taken to Easton, Pa, for burial there Monday. e ’ W. F. FISCHER EXPIRES Chicagoan Was Son of Late Mr. and Mrs. John Fischer of D. C. ‘William F. Pischer, son of the Jate Mr. and Mrs. John Fischer of Washington, died yesterday at his home in/Chicago. He was 50 years old. widow, Mrs. Bertha Fisch- arrangements are for the services to be held in the Oak Hill chapel Wedn orning at 11 o'clock. terment in Oak Hill cemetery. { onday in FOR CRUISING S| PRICE OF MILK AT TUESDAY MEETING Head of Committee Declares Retail Cost of Bread ' Here Too High. SAYS BAKERIES DICTATE *SUMS CONSUMERS PAY Drop of Less Than 10 Per Cent Noted as Other Foods Decrease N by 30 Per Cent. After several days of hearings on bread prices, both here and throughout the country, the Senate food investi- gating subcommittee will turn its ate tention to milk and dairy products when it meets again Tuesday. It i under- stood the subcommittee will devote some of its time next week to milk prices in the District. In the course of yesterday's hearing Senator Capper of Kansas, subcommit- tee chairman, voiced his belief that bread prices in Washington are unrea. sonable. W. M. Hornstein, president of the United Food Stores of Washington, an organization composed of 50 independ- ent grocers, agreed with Senator Cap- per that bread prices are too high. Mr. Hornstein explained his organization hul’l kI ‘warehouse, rron} h"ahlch each storekeeper gets many of products, but they have no blzesy ‘The dealers buy their bread from the various bak- ing concerns. He said the stores pay 8 cents a loaf, as a rule, and sell it for cents. Given Bread Price. Asked by Chaiman Capper if he had ever received instructions or informa- tion as to the retail price to be charged or bread, milk or meats, Hornstein answered: = “Well, we were told to sell Bond T twering furiber Homn g T estic - stein said Bond breid?“'hlg:"ll ‘made by the General Co. Asked Chairman Capper wiy whole-wheat bread sells for more white bread, Mr. Langford more to produce it and must in small quantities because only 5 per cent of total Mr. Langford urged memb:rs of the subcommittee to pay a visit to his com- pany’s baking plant. George E. Shibley of the Research Institute, read a statement to the sub- commi t Testimony in the invi convinced Capper that price of bread in many cities | AFTER.BRIEF ILLNESS i trend of the last year. “In many of the large cities two or three big companies that have been created under the general consolidation program of recent years are in control 3f the bread market and dictate prices.” Says Sugar Price Low. Capper said he did not want to dis- cuss possible remedies until he has con- ferred with other members of the com- mittee. He added, however, a report will be made to the Senate week after next, shortly after conclusion of hear- ings on the prices of dairy and meats. J. F. Abbott, president of the Amer- ican Si Refining Co., testified yes- terday that, eliminating the tariff, the public is getting refined sugar at the “lowest price in the world's history.” His company, he added. is selling brown sugar in bulk for $3.75 a hun- dred pounds and white for $4.50. “The price of brown sugar is higher, how- ever, when sold in small packages. Both Abbott and J. H. Post, president of the National Sugar Refining Co., de- nied any combination in the sugar in- dustry to control prices. Post said the public is getting at “very reasonable costs.” He ad that refiners would be glad to make 10 cents profit on each hundred pounds of sugar handled. CAVE-IN DEATH HELD ACCIDENTAL BY JURY Colored Worker Covered by Land- slide in Sewer Ditch on First f Street. A coroner’s jury today returned a ver- gl':; o"lh "lgcldenhl"te its. e death lal yesterday of 40415 First street. who was bupied alive in a sewer, ditch at E street and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks southeast, 4, The landslide. of scft dirt occurred at 4:05 o'clock and one hour later Had- don’s fellow workers, rescue squad mem- bers and police of the eleventh precinct succeeded in recovering the body. So sudden was the slide, Haddon was found to have been buried in an upright posi- tion as he was walking in the 16-foot A Steamm shovel um shovel operator, Donald Phip- pen, of 3008 Thirteenth witnessed the slide as he was at work sn his en- gine. He yelled for assistar¥e, and ditch diggers immediately began to dig for the body. Finally Haddon's head icovered, bt before the Dody eosldos o more earth fell upon him, and more digging was necessary. Aufl:benwummrmwmm. which was pulled to the surface. The rescue squad immediately started ef- {forts to revive him with the use of an machine. ing president of fl'm‘ Stowell Co., which had the sewer excavation. Will Operate Theater Again. NEW YORK, February 14 (#).—Skouras sfors under an artangement with Pare- al an arr mount Public Paramount Pictures will be shown.. . | Brothers announced ya-urd-z they will products * [