Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1931, Page 17

POLIGE PLAN DRIVE AGAINST FIXING,OF PARKING TIGKETS Wholesale Disregard of Order to Post Collateral Results in New Plan. l | | MANY TRAFFIC VIOLATORS ESCAPE PAYING FINES Officers Would Issue Triplicate Cards, Preventing Escape of Violators. Aroused by the wholesale disregard of tickets issued by police for parking violations, Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby and Police Inspector E. W. Brown, In charge of the Traffic Bureau, are working on a plan designed to pre- vent any violator from escaping punish- ment. The new plan was conceived by In- spector Brown when a check up of tickets issued for parking violations showed that a large number were not honored. In other words, many of the parking violators either failed to go to the precinet station and put up collat- or the officers who eral as directed, issued the tickets were talked out of makiig a case. Plan Triplicate Tickets. The scheme under consideration pro- wides for issuance of the parking tickets in triplicate—one to be given to driver, another to be sent to the Traffic Bureau, and the third to be retained by the officer. A record would be kept of each ticket at the Trafic Bureau and the disposition of the case would be_noted. The policeman issuing the ticket ‘would be held to strict account for fol- lowing up the case. He could not be persuaded to tear up the ticket be- cause the Traffic Bureau would know of his act, and the violator who failed to deposit collateral would be arrested on s warrant. nspector Brown believes the tripli- eate ticket will bring a better com- with the traffic rules and break practice of many drivers of pressure them abandon prosecution. He declares present compliance is not much in excess of 50 per cent. Check-Up Proposed. “ A th system of checking on lhei disposition of parking cases is proposed 80 the violator who ignores the pink ticket will be to escape the penalty. Clerks in the Traffic Bureau would be assigned to keep. reports on the offenders who fail to put up collateral, and warrants would be issued for them. In such cases the schedule of collaterals will be higher than those fixed for the violator who obeys the notice on the| ticket to deposit collateral. A similar system is followed at pres- ent but no check is_kept on disposi- tion of the cases. The ‘\ml?xmm z the present arrangement, however that the offender who has a friend in the Police Department usually finds a way to “fix it up.” The officer, under the new plan, could mot “fix” tickets without the Trafic Bureau knowing 1t, and the bureau would not sanction it. Will Study Other Citles. 1t is proposed to put the new system into effect. :umwflén th2 traffic code undergoes s ugh overhauling and a new regime takes command. the ‘meantime, Brown intends to study plans in other cities for coping with drivers who sattempt to escape penalties, to learn whether the Eln for tightening enforcement can im; d. Another plan contemplated provides for stricter enforcement of the regula- tions relating to the mechanical con- dition of vehicles and at the same time giving the violators an opportunity to avoid punishment by correcting minor mechanical defects. A ticket containing 15 minor offenses | has been drawn up by Inspector Brown. | It lsts such offenses as driving With | only one headlight burning, dirty iden- tification tags, dlllll.nf headlights and hmr‘ly adjusted lights. of making arrests for such offenses, policemen would issue tickets to the drivers, directing them to have the conditions corrected within a speci- fed time and report to the Trafic Bu- reau. Drivers who fafled to comply would be arrested. VICE SQUAD ARRESTS unable 4 IN GAMBLING RAID| GRS’ GLEE CLUB SINGS |zartn o | Policeman, Posing Inside as Patron, | Gunston Hall Students Also Ofter | Opens Electrically Operated Door to Colleagues. Posing as a patron of a gambling e tablishment in the 3800 block of Geos gis avenue, a policeman yesterday opened the barricaded doors of the establishment to the vice squad, who seized s large quantity of alleged gam- ing parsphernalia and arrested four men. John Deblasi, 26 years old, of the 4600 block of Georgia avenue, and George Wells, 32 years old, of the 3800 block of Georgia nue were charged | with permitting gaming. “Two others, Francis Fulton, 27 year old. of the 4500 block of New Ham) shire avenue, and James Cox, 25 yca old, were taken into custody as Gov- ernment witnesses. An alleged outfit for receiving racing results, several tables and a large num- ber of alleged racing slips were confis- cated. The vice squad walted outside of the electrically operated door until the po- liceman within pushed a button which opened the door. The raiders were T. M. McVearry, ¥. O. Brass, C. D. Schamp and J. K. Baker. $15,000 DAMAGES ASKED Group, Owner and Driver Named by Woman. Suit to recover $15,000 damages has been filed in the Ditrict Supreme Court by Clara W. Chapline, 4407 Iowa ave- nue, @ the Independent Taxi Owners’ Assoclation, L. A. Davis, 48 H street northeast, and Allen C. Souza, 215 Seaton place northcast. The woman says that she was a pas- senger in a taxicab owned by Davis and operated by Souza June 16, when it Taxi On the right is a pitot tube, a device which measures the speed at which water flows through a main. means of a manograph, shown on the and & quarter by ink markings on a T The measurements are permanently recorded by Jeft, which shows the flow every minute otary chart. These instruments will be MARCH WATER LEAKS HUNT T0 SAVED. C. DALY Survey of Mains Beginning in Month to Cost $120,000 in Four Years. TOTAL OF 6,885:601,000 GALLONS LOST YEARLY Special Instruments Will Locate Breaks and Measure Flow, ‘Will Work at Night. An intensive search for the leaks which are wasting one-fourth of- the District’s water supply each year is ex- pected to get under way within 30 days, under the authority of the current ap- propriation bill which provided $40,000 for a start on the work. The personnel for the survey has been appointed, but transport and instrumnts have not yet been purchased. The latter are ex- used in a four-year survey by the Water Department in an effort to find and s daahn WELD Ate Wasiop G s e Of Washington's water Svery year:| Vi e Gatversd soon. Below: Paul Lanham, who will direct the survey. —Star Staff Photos. SYMPHONY FUNDS W. T. Turner Offers to Give $5,000 if Capital Will Match Sum. Approximately half of the $47,000 nacessary to establish the National Sym- phony Orchestra of Washington has already been pledged by persons inter- ested in the advancement of music in ‘Washington, it was announced yester- day. Washington is now the only city of its size without a representative sym- phony orchestra. Turner Offers $5,000. It was announced that Willlam Jay Turner, former vice president of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, has made an offer of $5,000 for further- ance of the venture, provided a like amount is subscribed by four Wash- ingtonians. Sponsors of the movement are mak- ing, every effort, to raise the necessary money as soon as possible, as Hans Kindler, celebrated 'cellist and orches- tral conductor, has agreed to conduct the 24 concerts already planned for next season, including eighty symphony, eight popular and eight children’s pro- grams. Nicholar Longworth is & member of the Organization Committee, which in- cludes George Hewitt Myers, Walte Bruce Howe, Myron Whitney and Cor- coran Thom. Meeting Maps Drive. An, informal meeting was called last week at the Mayflower Hotel by Mrs Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs. Reeve Lewis and Mrs. Alva Strong. . when plans were discussed for raising the funds needed. Subscribers will be. represented by 8 Pinance Committee composed of Mr. Howe, chairman; Mr. Myers, Mr. Thom and Mr. Whitney. Robert V. Flem: will act as treasurer. Subscriptions will range from $100 u; EASTER OUTFIT STOLEN Visitor Reports Theft of New Clothes From Her Car. A new Easter outfit, purchased yes- terday by Mrs. Louise Pinerty, of Mc- Lean, Va., was stolen from her machine, ked at DuPont Circle, soon after she ad made the purchas: at a Connecti. cut avenue shop, she told police. ‘The stolen articles, valued at $100, included a coat, a dress and lingerie. A beaded bag containing four strings of pearl beads valued at $50 and a num- br of papers and keys was reported stolen yesterday from the lobby of the Leise Tea Room at 1643 Connecticut| the 14 precincts and the police radio} avenue. Mrs. Leise Hume of 2150 Flor- ida avenue, manager of the t'a room, reported the larceny to police of the ‘Third Precinct. Interpretive Dances. A group of vocal and instrumental numbers and feature dances last night marked a program presented by the glee club of Gunston Hall at the school. The entertainment was under the direction of Miss Margaret Lowe, while Miss Katherine Cabaniss was mistress of ceremonies. ¢ The individual presentations were by Miss Frances Douglas, Miss Olivia Hamilton, Miss Marion Owens, Miss Lucy Foliin, Miss Joan Olmstead, Miss Bettle Schneider and Miss Beulah Lewis. ‘The children of the lower school gave interpretive dances under the direction of Mrs. Hoffmen-Kane. RUNAWAY CAR PI Unceremonio A runaway automobile, with its driver on the running board, struck and knocked a colored woman onto the rear of the machine, crashed into two other automobiles and a fire plug and finally smashed into a gasoline filling station pump at Thirtieth and M streets last night. The woman, Mrs. Cora Bell, 25 ye: old, of 1144 Ninetéenth street, is in & pital, suffering from hip injurics and severe shock. “Driver” Gets Bond. The “driver” of the runaway car, James Taylor, 28 years old, of 4715 Condult road, was arrested by scventh precinet police, charged with reckless with a parked automobile at 3 ;(D.u::: avenue and Upshur street and caused her to sustain serious injury. i nted by Attorneys Lester Beall, riving, and was seleased on $2,000 According to the police, the automo- bile started on its driverless trip when sexious condition at Georgetown Hos- | YOUTHFLL PAR ‘Grocer Saves $40 as In- . truders Escape With $3. Drug Co. Yields $180. Two youthful bandits, armed and masked, were, in a degree, outwitted in their first hold-up last night, and in & second hold-up escaped with $180 and a couple of pints of whisky. Quick thinking saved Abe Sherman | $40. The bandits held him up at pistol point and robbed him of $3 in his grocery at 1647 Sixth street. Sherman was alone when the robbers | entered. One, described as about 22 years old, asked for a package of cigar- ettes. When Sherman turned around to hand the “customer” the cigarettes he found himself facing & pistol in the | hands of the other youth, described as sbout 17 years old. All Cash Demanded. “Come across with all the money you have,” one of the bandits demanded. | Sherman opened the cash register, | and one of the robbers reached over and | scooped a 21 bill and about $2 in change | into_his overcoat pocket. | “Now give me all the money you | have in your pocket,” the bandit ordered. Sherman turned his trousers pockets | inside out, letting $40 drop to the floor, | unnoticed' by the robbers. After warn- {ing Sherman not to make any outery. | the bandits ran from the store. jumped into an automobile parked on the other side of the street and drove away. | Forcing six customers and two young | employes to take seats at tables in front |of the soda fountain, the young duo robbed the cash registers of the Norman Drug Co. at 3500 Fourteenth street of Ulufiuln the second hold-up reported to Customers Ordered Seated. Both masked and brandishing pistols, they walked into the store about 10:30 o'clock and ealmly ordered patrons to be seated. The proprietor's son, Louis Norman, was waiting on several cus- tomers. = A_delivery boy was nearby. After rifling the tw)y cash registers| and taking the day's receipts, one of the bandits made Dr. Charles D. Rem- burg open the safe while his companion | kept watch over the assemblage at the front of the establishment. A search of the strong box failed to disclose any additional money, but the | young gunmen snatched up several bot- | tles of medicinal whisky and jammed | them into the pockets of their rain- coats. They then retreated to their | machine, parked outside, and fled. | A look-out giving the descriptions of the two robbers has been broadcast to cars. DUMP PERMIT GRANTED m Court Building Bite to Be Deposited. David Lynn, architect of the Capi- tol, today was granted permission by | Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of | public buildings and public parks, to | authorize his contractor doing excav: |ing work on the new Supreme Court of the United States Building, opposite the Congressional Library, to haul earth and deposit it in the vicinity of the Lincoln Memorial. ‘The director said that the contrac- tor might haul the dirt west on Coi stitution avenue between Seventeenth street and the Potomac River, dump- ing it either at the Lincoln Memorial, where the grade of the plaza is to be raised to that of the bridge floor, or at a designated point along the Arlington | Memorial Bridge project and the Rock | Creek and Potomac Park CKS UP WOMAN ON REAR TRUNK FOR WILD RIDE Cranked in Reverse, It Deposits Unwilling Passenger | usly in Crash. | gear, while the machine was parked on | the east side of Thirtieth street near M_street. The machine started backward down- | Thirtieth street toward M street. At ! this point Taylor, police said, jumped on the running board and tried to stop the automobile. Carries Woman. Continuing aeross M street, the auto- mobile struck the Bell woman, who was ed into the air, only to land on a at the rear of the machine. ining momentum, the runaway au- Kno bile crashed into another driven! George Craig of 1307 Twelfth stre i the Bell woman was deposited lie_street. The machine then swerved toward the southwest corner of the intersec- | tlon, knocked down a fire miarm box and ended its wild ride by cr: pump. in Taylor cranked the machine in reverse into a filling station r The survey will last four years and will cost ultimately $120,000. As a re- sult of repairing the leaks discovered, it is expected that a saving of 10,000,000 gallons a day may be effected and sta- tisticians of the Water Department say that such a result would yleld a return, | of 41 per cent on the investment in the { survey. Many of the members of the fleld ! force are mow doing duty with the| | maintenance division of the Water De- | partment in order to familiarize them- { selves with this type of work. All of {the work o fthe field parties will be done at night. Starting at midnight a | field party will take a pre-determined area, containing perhaps fifteen city blocks, and by a system of shutting off valves isolate the flow of water into one or more of the blocks to & single main, or perhaps to two mains. The flow of water info the area is measured by two instruments, a Pitot tube-and a mano- graph. Measures Water Flow. The Pitot tube is a device for measur- end of the instrument inserted in the water main, as shown in the picture, has two openings, one facing the flow and one facing away from it. Each orifice leads into a steel tube, the ends of which are connected by rubber tubes to a U-shaped tube containing mercury. When there is no flow, the pressures on both openings are the same and the i mercury in both branches of the U tube remains at the same level. When water is flowing, the pressure on the opening facing the flow is greater than the pressure on the other opening. This difference in pressure depresses the level of the mercury in one tube and raises it in the othey. The difference in level {is then measured and multiplied by a | factor which yields the number of cubic feet or gallons flowing in the main per second. The manograph records on paper the observations made by the Pitot tube. Part of this instrument is a pen which makes a red mark on a rotating chart every minute and a quarter. The pen is connected with a metallic plunger. | The plunger dips down until it makes | a contact with the mercury which com- pletes an electrical circuit and takes the pen back to the starting point. Varia- tions in the level of the mercury result in variations in the marking on the chart, and from the chart by applying appropriate factors the flow of water in cubic feet per second may be read. hen the flow in one block has been measured for a while, valves are opened 80 as to let in another block, fed from the same main or mains. The combined readings for the two blocks are taken. | ‘Then other blocks are let in one by | one, and the readings mount higher (and higher. If there i3 any extraor- | dinary jump from one block to the next. it is probably a sign that a leak is causing it. Perhaps, however, there is some other cause, the presence in the block of a hotel, or some other establishment open all night. Meter readings of the various houses and establishments in the doubtful blocks are then taken, and if there is still un- accounted for water shown on the manograph, the search for the actual Jeak begins, Third Device Finds Leak. This is accomplished by use of a third | device, the aquaphone. This looks like an ordinary telephone receiver, but has no electrical connection. It is a simple device for magnifying sound. By listening with one metallic end of the aquaphone pressed against a water- main, fire hydrant or any other direct metallic contact with the water main, the inspector is able to locate the leak exactly. Sometims, in order to listen at the right place, it is necessary to drive an iron rod down through the pavement until it rests on top of the The work of making these readings will be undertaken by two full field parties each consisting of a chief, two inspectors and two laborers. In the office there is an assistant engineer in charge, assisted by two aids. Over the entire organization is Ps Lanham, who has devoted many years to this type of work, and is the inventor of the manograph. Getting down to statistics, those for 1930 are fairly typical for the four years previous. Out of 29,960,705,000 gallons _deliver: 6,885,601,000 gallons were absolutely unaccounted for. In addition to this there was an estimated leakage to be expected in any water system of 558,294,000 gallons, classed as “allowable the Federal Government took 4,293,149,000 gallons, the District government took 1,802, 093,000 gallons, and the balance, or 1 421,568,000 gallons were actually paid for by consumers. Thus of the entire water flow, only 54.8 per cent was paid for; 6 per cent went to the District of Columbia; 14.3 per cent to the Federal Government; 1.9 per cent was regarded as allowable leakage, and 23 per cent unaccountably vanished. ! Will Miss Some Leaks. No effort will be made to discover ! eacn individual leak in the whole sys. tem, as thescost of such an undertak ing would probably be prohibitive. Even in territory that has been carefully sur- veyed there will be leaks which will have originated after the surveyors left the territory. But the officials put the probable saving conservatively at 10,- ,000 gallons per day. The total value of such an amount of water for a year is put at, $29,169.00, taking into account the cost’ of pumping, chemical treat- ment, filtration and the like, and the added cost of electric power owing to shortage of water at the hydroelectric station. During the four years of the survey it is expected that $53,238 worth of wa‘er will be saved, leaving the net cost of the survey $71,662. The saving of $29,169 annually after completing the survey is therefore, on the net cost, 41 per cent, & ing the speed of the flow of water. The DR. HERBERT PUTNAM FAINTS ON STREET. DR. HERBERT PUTNAM. Seized with a sudden fainting épell‘ Dr. Herbert Putnam, librarian of Con- gress, collapsed on the street yesterday afterncon as he was about to enter the Cosmos Club at H street and Madison place after returning from his office at the Library of Congress. Dr. Putnam was in the company of Dr. Dewalte O'Hara of Boston, Mass., a friend, at the time. Dr. O'Hara called a taxicab and took Dr. Putnam to Emer- gency Hospital. He was in a semi- conscious condition when he was ad- mitted and after receiving attention by a staff physician was placed in a private room. Dr. Robert W. Baker, the librarian’s personal physician, summoned immedi- ately after Dr. Putnam was admitted to the hospital, announced that his patient was suffering only from. slight weakness which followed the fainting spell. Dr. Baker said that Dr. Putnam also suffered a slight attack of nausea, but that his condition was not serious The attending physician said Dr. Put- nam would be confined to the hospital a few days for rest and observation. Dr. Putnam, who is 70 years old, lives at the Marlborough apartment house, 917 Eighteenth street. His daughter in New York was communi- cated with by Dr. O'Hara, who assured her that there was no need for anxiety. HAMMERSTEIN SEEKS TO RECOUP FORTUNES | Show Producer Gives Success Rules for Laughs, Tears and Dollars. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 28—Arthur | Hammerstein, who made $3,000,000 on glittering “Rose Marie” and now, at 58, has nothing left but his health, reputation and a bricklayers’ union card, gave some of the rules today by which he hopes to recapture fortune | in the show business. They are: “Give them all the show and laugh you can, but send them out in tears. “The people want romance. Don't tell them about realism. “Give them a good story and the people don't care whether the whole stage set consists of only one chair. “Stars don’t count—they're a hin- drance and an expense. “You can’t own theaters and put shows in them. Not a single dollar have T made since I turned real estate man.” BALTIMOREANS GIVE $110,000 FOR JOBLESS By the Associated Pre BALTIMORE, Md.,, March 28.—More than $110,00 was contributed in a one- | day picturesque drive for funds to re- ligve unemployment destitution here, it was disclosed today as the receipts of “self denial day” were counted. With 75 of approximately 2,500 bal- lot boxes and other containers to be | opened. the receipts stood at $106,631. | This brought the total in a special municipal relief fund to well over $300,- 000. The advance estimate was that between $500,000 and $600,000 would be needed to provide rellef for the re- mainder of the year. Invitations to “stuff the ballot box™ were broadcast by placards and street corner speakers, bands played, air- planes flew over the downtown section and whistles and bells sounded at noon. i 1 COUPLE TAKE PRIZE AT WALTZ CONTEST Miss Dorothy .Howard and John Mc- Laughlin won first prize in the waltz contest conducted by the Goldenberg Employes’ Relief Association at its an- nual dance last night at the Raleigh Hotel. Miss Ida Mangaum and Gordon King were awarded second prize. About 1,500 members and their friends attended the twentieth annual ball of the association. Miss Mary Hamel was chairman of | the Ticket Committee. Members of the Floor Committee included Mrs. Lottie Lewis, Maurice Wolf, Henry Leibel, Eugene Le Noir, Sol Greenberg, Bruce Jordon and Avory Levinson. Judges of the prize waltz included Misses Laura Mohler and Sarah Rosen and Fred Bird, Joseph Sheer, Morton Behrend and Bruce Jordon. | DELEGATES NAMED FOR C. OF C. PARLEY The State Department has detailed the following named officers from the Department of State to attend the Sixth General Congress of the Inter- national Chamber of Commerce, to be held here May 4 to 9, inclusive: Stanley K. Hornbeck, division of Far Eastern affairs; Walter C. Thurston, division of Latin American affairs; Frederick Livesey, acting economic ad- viser; James J.” Murphy, jr., consular commercial office, and Walter A. Foote, consul at Medan, Sumatra, now on de- tail in the Department of State. BOY FACES 4 CHARGES Victor J. Lamonte, 17, who told police he ran away from an El Paso, Tex., pre- paratory school, was on four and sent to Gallinger Hospital last night after a machine he was driv~ ing collided with another at Ninth and T streets. Lamonte, driving a machine belong- inf to Elizabeth McConnell, which he said he took from in front of her home, 1133 Trinidad avenue northeast, was charged with joy-riding, having no per- mit, hit-and-run and unauthorized use of an automobile. “driven by Willlam Scott, colored, of 921 French street. 29, .1931. » PAGE B-1 LABOR DAY FETE INVITATIONS SENT T0 FIEMEN Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey Added to List of States on Program. ) RESPONSES IP]BTCATE WIDESPREAD INTEREST Money and Prizes Increased, Gov- ernors Expected and Floats a Feature, Five thousand invitations have been issued to volunteer fire departments throughout the eastern section of the United States to participate in the an- nual Firemen’s Parade here on Labor day, it was announced yesterday by the Washington Board of Trade, sponsor of the program. This year, Pennsylvania, Ohlo and New Jersey have been added to the list and it is expected that volunteer fire departments from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Mary- land, Delaware and New York will be present, in addition, officials of the planning body announce. ‘The Washington Board of Trade, in taking over arrangements for the an- nual firemen’'s event, has agreed to finance th: program to the extent of $5,000 in order that the institutional parade may be continued, and is co- operating with the Pire Department in enlarging the parade functions. Posters Sent Out. . Posters announcing the Labor day af- fair have been sent to points in the various States invited to participate; and responses indicate a widespread imterest in the event, the trade body reports. The board is working in conjunction with Sergt. A. J. Bargagnl, marshal of the parade, in this planping. Manu- facturers of fire equipment and insur- ance companies are reported interested in joining in the parade, and it is ex- pected that local business houses will be invited to prepare floats for the Killed in Crash CHEMISTISKILED ASCARSOVERTURN ONROCKVILE P Driver of One Auto Charged With Manslaughter; Two Women Hurt. HAROLD F. GRASSE. GUNS TO BE TESTED INTROLLEY KILLING Part of Automatics Pawned Here Are Seized in Hunt for Lane Slayers. A ballistic examination of two .32- caliber automatics uncovered by in- vestigators last night may shed new light on the slaying of-James H. Lane, 42-year-old street-car motorman, who was fatally shot with a .32-caliber gun several weeks ago. The automatics, found in two differ- ent second-hand dealers' establishments in the vicinity of Seventh street and D street, were to be examined last night by Lieut. John Fowler, police ballistics expert. Police have the names of two colored men said to have sold the wea- pons to the second-hand dealers a few days after the slaying of Lane. A parade. Volunteer fire departments of the va- rious States have begun to urge their various Governors to be present to re- view the parade and attend a banquet afterwards. This year the maney and prizes will be increased and the number of classes of prizes will be increased, as will other features of the event. Addi- tional literature is to be sent out, and efforts to promote and advertise the city also are being included in the lit- erature forwarded to the various fire companies. Executive Committee. ‘The Executive Committee of the Board of Trade's national fireman's parade includes Odell S. Smith, general chairman; Sergt, Bargagni, marshal; Joseph A. Burkart, chairman; Battalion Chief E. R. Pilerce, secretary; Harry Dean, n‘-mum secretary; Harry All- mond, tant secretary: John Ba droff, A. C. Case, Charles Cl: Colladay, Robert J. Cottrell, Dr. Frank E. Gibson, E. C. Graham, Harry H. R. Helwig, Louis Levay.. Louis Lowe, A. Magruder MacDonald, Edward J. Murphy, Charles W. Morris, Theo- dore P. Noyes, George W. Offutt, George Plitt, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, Wallace R. Robinson, Fred A. Smith, John Lewis Smith, C. J. Waters, Chief George 8. Watson, Ben T. Webster, Pred G. White and Lloyd B. Wilson. “BILLY” SUNDAY TO TALK HERE APRIL 6 ON RUM Evangelist's “Booze, Foul and Out” Speech to Be Given on Lecture Tour. Speaking on the topic “Booze, Foul and Out,” William A. (Billy) Sunday, th2 evangelist, will address the first of a series of 34 dry rallies under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon. League of America here April 6. The first talk will be at the First Congregational Church. ‘The purpose of the meetings, which will be held in cities all over the coun- try, is to organize defenders of prohi- bition for a fight to defend the eight- eenth amendment. Col. Frank B. Ebbert of Los Angeles, Callf, former assistant to Wayne B. Wheeler as fleld attorney, will accom- pany the evangelist, prefacing the main address with a talk on the present situation with respect to prohibition education, legislation and enforcement. GUN TO BE EXAMINED Limerick Slaying Link Seen in Prisoner’s Pistol. ‘The seventh .25-caliber gun to enter the investigation of the slaying of Beulah Limerick, 19-year-old Sky High Whoopee Club secretary, will be sub- jected to a ballistics examination to- morrow. ‘The gun was taken from a prisoner at the third precinct several days ago, and last night was sent to Lieut. John Fow- | ler, police firearms expert. Lieut. Fowler says in making the ex- amination he will merely follow the usual police procedure in murder cases when a gun of the same type used in a slaying is uncovered. Aids Dance OMEGA CHI FUNCTION SET FOR APRIL 6. search is now in progress for them. Lane was mortally wounded when he grappled with one of two bandits who attempted to rob him. Half a dozen suspects have been grilled during the investigation of the slaying. All were released after ques- tioning. Lane, the father of four children, lived at Colmar Manor, Md. 5 o .. ONE STREET TO KEEP Col. Grant Decides West Executive Avenue Will Retain 0ld System. West Executive avenue, between the ‘White House and the State Department, will be the only place, under the juris- diction of Lieut. Col. U. §. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, where angle parking will be per- mitted on a regular highway, after the District Commissioners t their new rule into effect. This decision was made yesterday by Col. Grant, who issued an edict that le parking be abolished, regularly, on roadway. Col. Grant sald: “Angle parking on roadways in the park system was abolished some time ago, except on the east and south sides of the Ellipse roadway, and on West Executive ave- nue on the west side. There are, how- ever, certain localities in Rock Creek Park where cars park at an angle, but such parking is on space clear of the roadways in these particular locations, so that the reasons for prohibiting angle parking on streets and highways do not apply and the angle parking will be continued, since it makes it possible for a larger number of cars to find parking adjacent to the picnic groves and other recreational facilities. This applies also to the method of ‘head- in’ parking on the cinder roadway at the West Potomac Park golf course. ‘The practice of parking the cars of spectators at the polo games in West Potomac Park is necessarily being con- tinued without change. “As to the angle parking now in ef- fect on the Ellipse, the director of public buildings and public parks will, in the interests of uniformity, follow the action of the Commissioners as to the streets in the District. “On the west side of West Executive avenue, because of the L. need of parking for a considerable number of cars adjacent to the President’s offices and the State Department, angle park- ing will be continued in effect at least for the t. The width of West Executive avenue and the fact that no parking is permitted on the White mug_e side, makes it advisable to do FESTIVAL OF NATIONS SETS BEING GROUPED Lighting Equipment to Be Install- ed in Constitution Hall for Fete in April. Work has been started on massive sets and scenery for the Festival of Nations to be held in Constitution Hall April 27 to May 2 under the auspices of s‘::c glm u?x&'f:i' of the District. g equipment will be installed to add brilliance to the affair. MRS, ESTHER O’KEEFE, The machine crashed into another | President of the Alpha Chapter of the {“‘ sorority, which will otel entertain at the Cariton H ‘The cast will include debutantes, so- clety leaders,. members of the diplo- matic corps, dancers, singers and ac- tors. There will be more than 300 par- ticipants. A chorus of 150 voices will sing the score. The dialogue in blank verse was written by an American, Brooks FPithian. The ballets will be intricate and colorful. for the festival will be out- lined before numerous civic organiza- tions members _of b:un committee T. 8. Shifts Vice Consuls. Recent_changes in the United States Foreign Service include the transfer of Sheldon T. Mills of Oregon, vice con- sul at La Paz, Bolivia, to Panama as third of, lega lifornia, , to La of Julien at PARKING AT ANGLE Chalmers | beth tion; the trans- | the f Cal PASSENGER INJURED WHEN TAXI HITS TREE Patient at Naval Hospital Thrown Through Windshield Near Tidal Basin. Harold F. Grasse, 28-year-old Bureau of Standards chemist, was killed yester- day when his automobile crashed into another car on the Rockville pike, at the old Georgetown road. Raymond S. Betz, 4222 Thirty-seventh street, driver of the other machine, es- caped injury, but his wife and Mrs, Anna lanford, 508 Virginia avenue southeast, who were riding with him, suffered minor cuts and bruises. Grasse was riding alone. Betz was arrested by Montgomery County police on a manslaughter charge, but released on $500 bond. Both Cars Overturn. County Policemen Harry Merson, Robert Howes and Roy Bodmer, who investigated the accident, said Betz's automobile was going south on the Rockville pike when Grasse entered the thoroughfare from the old Georgetown m&u r:‘he Bie:&pubce uc_lnund both cars to a trolley’ pole. s ol g Grasse and the injured women were taken to Georgetown Hospital by an- other motorist, and the chemist was pronounced dead on arrival, death be- ing due to a fractured skull. Betz will be arraigned in Rockville Police Court April 11, Grasse, the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. gn-e of Ripon, Wis,, ce with Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Macomb street. He came here, Mrs. Darby said, to_join the metallurgy di- vision of the Standards Bureau. She notified Grasse's parents of his death by long-distance telephone. Thrown Through Glass. Catapulted through the windshield of a taxicab when it struck a tree, John Orndorfl, 33 years old, who gave his address as the Naval Hospital, was critically injured last night. He was removed from the of the ma- chine along with its driver, James V. Granger, 26 years old, at the foot of Pifteenth street, near the Tidal Basin, by United States Park Police. Lieut. H. Helms and Officer J. N. Browning, who were in Poto= mac Park, heard the crash of the ma- chine as it left the roadway and ran headlong into a tree. The officers found Orndorff semi- conscious, bleeding profusely from the head. Both men were taken to the Emergency Hospital by the officers. Driver Under Arrest. Granger, who gave his address as 132 North Carolina avenue southeast, & driver for the City Cab Co., was placed under arrest on a charge of reckless driving. ~He sustained cuts from broken glass and was rged from at the hospital. The passenger, however, was de= scribed as being in a serious condition, suffering from a-possible fracture of the skull and lacerations. He told police his home was in Md. Orndorff had been conval Naval Hospital since December 1, 1930, Police were unable to learn from Granger how the accident occurred. TRUCK RIDER INJURED. Vehicle Gets Out of Contrel on Hill in Takoma Park, Md. When the truck on which he was riding got out of control while gln‘ down a hill on Carroll avenue, A Park, Md., Carey Thornton last night ustained a broken pelvis bone and sev< eral fractured ribs. At the Washington Sanitarium, where he was taken for treatment, his condi- tion was described as serious. Thorne ton lives on Riggsville road. | Henry Thurston, Takoma Park, driver jof "the truck, was arrested by Sergt. |Earl H. Burdine of the Montgomery County police and chi with opers ating the vehicle with an improper light. ‘The truck belonged to the Manor Market, Takoma Park. THREE CHILDREN HURT. Special Dispateh to the Star. Silver Spring, Md., March 28.—Col- liding with another car on the Coles- ville Pike near here late today, Glen Corey, 1323 Tenth street, Wi g and his three small children were cut and bruised. ‘They were taken to the Montgomery County General Hospital in a passing automobile, and after first-aid treat- ment were allowed to return home. Montgomery County police said Corey automobile of Robert E. of Sllver Spring. Vierling escaped injury. $352 JEWELRY TAKEN | 825 Removed From Bible in Home on Eighth Street. of jewelry valued at $352 and cash from two homes in the northwest section was reported to eighth precinct police last night. Mrs. Bessie Loff, 2406 Eighteenth street, told police a diamond ring valued at $150, a dinner ring valued at 875, a watch valued at $30 and & plain goid ring valued at $7 were stolen from her residence. A similar report was made by Eliza- ‘Walker, 1934 Eighth street, who said a diamond ring worth $75 and a ruby worth $15 were stolen from a buffet drlwm in her bnmd. e. Ee money, Mrs. Walker explained, was hid- den in a Bible. ‘Theft $25 in — DEAN COLLIER TO SPEAK Valuation of Public Utilities Sub- Jject Before Lions Club. | Charles S. Collier, dean of the George ‘Washington University Law_School, will discuss c“‘n:e Valuation of Public Utili- ties” at Wi y's meeting of the ‘Washington Lions Club, to be held -at e Mayflower Hotel. Plans will be made for the tion’s annual banquet, held at the Mayflower April concerning the distri ports * tion of Lions Clubs, held in Wi yesterday, will be read. L, s