Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1931, Page 17

LAWYER ARRESTED ON BRIBE GHARGE RELEASED ONBOND Abner Siegal Accused of Try- ing to Establish Alibi for Suspected Slayer. SAID TO HAVE OFFERED GUARD AT JAIL $250 ‘Wanted to Prove Client Was Being Held at Time of Killings, Investigators Claim. Alleged to have given & $250 bribe to 8 guard at the Districi. Jail, Abner Siegal, local criminal lawyer, was at liberty today under $3,000 bond follow; ing his arrest yesterday afternoon at his offices in the Shoreham Building. ‘The attorney was taken into custody on a United States commissioner’s ‘warrant after an investigation of the charge by agents working under the direction of J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice. / Accused of “Fixing” Alibl - Siegal, it is alleged, was trapped after offering $250 in cash to H. S. Deane, the guard, for placing a false commit- ment card in the prison files, which would have shown on its face that a client of the attorney's, now awaiting trial in Pennsylvania on murder charges, ‘was in the jail as a fugitive from justice at the time the alleged murders were committed. When first “approached by Siegal, three weeks ago, however, according to investigators, \Deane went to Col. Wil- liam L. Peake, superintendent of the Jjail, with his story. He was instructed to go through' with the arrangements. Col. Peake then communicated with Mr. Hoover and received permission to ®0 ahead with his plan. The allsged false commitment card ‘was prepared, but it then developed it be necessary for the supposed prisoner, Vincenzo Doniiani, to state in his own handwriting on the jacket that Jail authorities were authorized to open and examine his mail, Bears Prisoners’ Writing. It is alleged Some one took the jacket to the jail at Pittston, Pa., where Domi- ani is being held for trial on the murder charge, and prought it back with the authorization written on it. According to the Department of Justice, the hand- - @he Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, Abner Siegal, local criminal lawyer (left), who is charged with attempting to bribe H. S. Deane (right), guard at establish an alibi for a client. the District Jail, in an alleged effort to —Star Staff Photo. OFFER A0, FAGE DISMISSAL Trial Board Recommends Ouster of G. E. De Palma. Another Is Fined $25. One policeman was recommended for dismissal from the force on a charge of absenting himself without leave, and another was fined $25 on a charge misusing his service revolver, follo ing their arraignment before the Po- lice Trial Board today. y. Precinct Patrolman Joseph E. De- Palma, formerly of the vice squad, was recommended for dismissal after it was testified that he had not reported to his commanding officer since March 25. It was brought -out in testimony that Maj. Henry G. Pratt, police superi tendent, received a letter from De. Palma in which he tendered his res- ignation, stating he “did not care to work under officers that did not back up their men.” DePalma did not ap- pear in his own behalf before thz board." Charged with misusing his revolver, | Policeman J. E. O'Neal of the fourth precinct was fined $25 after it was tes- tified he fired six shots into the ground to halt a fleeing prisoner who had been arrested with three others and was making his escape. * Policeman Eugene 8. Kerrick of the thirteenth precinct will face the trial board later today on a charge of in- iven | toxication. tes | the department, based on his by investigating agent of the Investigation, and Deputy United States Marshals John. J. Clarkson and Gus Ceriraile. s e Held in Strike Slayings. Siegal, 1o jail made several - Domiani, Who 2- arrested in New Orleans several months ago after a Nation-wide search by Justice Depart- ment ‘agents, is with the mur- der of two coal miners in Wiikes-Barre, Pa., during the coal strikes in 1928. His case has beeriset for trial this month. Siegal's preliminary hearing was set by Commiissioner Turnage for April 7. MASONS HONOR COOK AND ELECT DUNKUM ‘Worshipful Masters Pay Tribute to Memory of Departed at Dinner Here. ¢ ©. Fred Oook, grand master of Masons, was the guest of honor last night at a dinner of the Worshipful Masters of 1910 in the Hamiiton Hotel. Gratz E. Dunkum was re-elected president; Roger O'Donnell, A. R. Ser- ven and H. F. Woodard, as vice presi- dents, and Castleman P. Boss, as sec- retary-treasurer. Interesting motion pictures were shown by George C. Ober, jr., past master of Harmony Lodge, No. 17. Much of the evening was devoted to the telling s. A silent toast was drunk y of the following departed Past Grand Master George Past Masters Francis Springer. Willlam G. Pond, Thomas Noyes, Warren J. Coffin, Harry K. Pim per, Scott Macgill and Horace P. Mc- | Intosh ‘Those present. in addition to Mr. Ccok, inciuded Gratz E. Dunkum and | C. C. Coombs, past grand masters; J.!| Frank Campbell, C. Kattlemann, C. Babcock, C. E. Bittinger, O. J. DeMol i i LIBRARY BOOK THEFTS Former McKinley Teacher to Be Arraigned Today on Lar- ceny Charges. Malcolm M. Young, former McKinley High School teacher, was to be ar- raigned in the District Supreme Court today for a hearing on an indictment returned by the grand jury in connec- tion with the theft of 300 books from the Congressional Library recently. Young, who is 27 years old, was ap- prehended by authorities at Newton, N. C., last Sunday and was brought back to the Capital by Detective Sergt. Rob- ert J. Barrett and lodged in a cell at the sixth preeinct station last night. The fcrmer teacher was indicted by the grand jury after detectives allegedly found the books in an apartment house on Clifton street. He gave his address as Newton and said he was an attorney when booked at police headquarters fol- Jowing his return to this city. Young denied any -connection with the larceny of the books from the library when questioned by Detective Barrelt, police say. He was married Tecently to teacher, who had been teaching in the public schools of the North Carolina town for six years prior to her marriage, officers learned, {surrender of any notes, Patrolman J. O. Patton, also of the thirteenth precinct, will face the board on 2 charge of conduct prejudicial to interfer- ence with an investigation. ‘\RHEEM JURISDICTION RETAINED BY ADKINS " [Justice Directs’ Trustees to Refer to Referee Applications for Return of Notes. Justice Jesss C. Adkins announced today that he would retain jurisdiction of all motions pending :n Equity Court growing out of litigation over the bank- ruptcy of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. On request, he will advance for hear- ing any such equity proceedings. The justice directed the trustees to refer to Fred J. Eden, referée in bank- ruptcy, applications for the return of notes, the security for which has been released. Eden will report to the court, when an order will i1ssue 2s 1o the dis- sition of this class of notes. The trustees are to return unreleased notes to customers or atterneys on affi- davit of ownership. They are directed to make a list of the safe deposit boxes and envelopes, sealed and unsealed, and when no opposition appears to the re- turn of these to customers the trustees will be empowered 1 do so. In the event of objection, suitssfor reclamation will have to be filled and | the matler passed on by the court. The coutt intimated it will deny the application of owners of notes on the Westchester Apartment which have been released for return to them at this time. It was suggested that litigation might be facilitated if the Westchester Apartment Co. should institute a new proceeding in equity making all holders of notes parties to the case. Justice Adkins will advance that case for hearing, if filed, he said, and an early determination of a matter of vital interest to the bankrupt estate might be reached. The trustees will have printed the form of affidavit to be required for the safe deposit boxes or envelope: \CAFE OWNER CHARGED 'WITH HAVING LIQUOR Man Also Faces Slot Machine Count—Cook Held on Rum Possession. | Charges of illegal possession of three 1 pints of liquor and setting up a gaming itable were preferred against Ernest i Bailey, 32 years old, of the 800 block of Fourteenth street northeast, following his arrest yesterday afternoon in his restaurant in the 900 block of Second street northeast by members of the police liquor squad. Eddie White, col- ored, 25 yoxrs old, a cook, was charged with illegal possession. It is said by the police that a slot machine was found in operation in the place. It was a machine of the type used to dispense merchandise, police {stated, alleging that winners were paid lcash by the proprietor. Bond for the | appearance of the defendants was fur- nished. DR. SEXTON TO SPEAK An illustrated lecture on “The For- otten People of the Shenandoah Val ley” will be given at 8:45 row before' the Men's ub_of Sexton. Motion doah Park, the Fla, and the Great m. u)fll‘éft- Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopai Church in the parish hall, Sixteenth and Newton streets, by Dr. Roy Lyman pictures of the new “Shenan- Everglades Park, .y Park, in North lso will be ASKS TRAFFICPLAN ASADTOTOURITS {House Member Says jams on Hains Point Road and in Parks Are Very Bad. Appeal to Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 13d, to work out a traffic system for | park visitors—especially in the inter- f| ests of tourists, who suffer most by | being caught in jams—in preparation | for the rush to see the cherry blossoms, is made by Representative Prank L. Bowman of West Virginia, a member of the House District Committee. Representative Bowman was prompt- ed to make this suggestion after he himself had been caught in the.con- gested traffic last Sunday in Potomac Park East. His letter to Col. Grant 1s, in part, as follows: “I happened to be in traffic Sunday afternoon going around Hains' Point, and gqote that we are starting the Spring tourist and Easter season again with the customary traffic tangles in several places, but more particularly et the interséction pf Fourteenth and | the Point road, where traffic meets that coming into the city from the Highway Bridge and forms a backwater of cars at times reaching nearly all the distance around the ®oint. “Much attention has no doubt been given to the problem, but there appears to be no solution thus far. It occurred to me that the officers could have solves this problem by splitting the lines a the entrance to Potomac Park golf course and allowing one line to move north on this road and then have this line diverted west toward the river un- der the railroad and highway bridges and thence northward again to clear- ance. Instead of this, all the cars were allowed to converge upon one point. ‘The District traffic director is tak- ing steps to improve conditions in the city proper. Mos§ of these changes will be for the benefit of tourists, who are usually trapped in the most serious jams. By working out a similar system of improvements the park service could have the plan working in good order be- fore the remainder of the Spring rush and most certainly before the arrival of Bicentennial visitors here next year. The beauty of the cherry blossoms and other attractions are soon forgotten by the visitor who waits for an hour or more to move a few feet out of a traffic jam. These difficulties should and must be remedied and, I recom- mend to you a study and solution of the Hains Point situation as one of the | first important steps in this direction.” U. S. WORKER FETED UPON RETIREMENT T. T. Luckett Given Watch and ) Joy D. WED) * SDAY, APRIL 1, NATION'S AIRLINES EXPAND SERVICE ON BROAD SCALE D. C. Has Share in One of| Biggest Advancements in Commercial Systems. BAD WEATHER FAILS TO HALT NEW ROUTES Ludington Adds Ten Planes to Daily Schedules Between Wash- ington and New York Though hampered by bad weather over a large part of the country, Amer- ican air transportation today inaugu- rated one of the greatest single expan- sions in the hiswry of American avia- tion, adding 10,750 miles each 24 hours to the total flown by airmail-passenger planes. The National Capital benefits heavily from the increased schedules, with the Postmaster General and other high officials participating in the inaugura- tion of new lines and increased service, The new schiedules which became effec- tive today incremse daily arrivals and departures of firmail and passenger planes in the National Capital to 56 and make of Washington-Hoover Air- port one of the busiest air terminals in the country. Cuts Time to Florida. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown and a party of distinguished aviation officials participated in the inaugura- tion of airmail-passenger service over the new Richmond-Jacksonville “cut- off,” which will reduce travel time be- tween the National Capital and Florida by nearly five hours. This party, at Jacksonville, witnessed the departure of the first plane over the cutoff at 8:20 o'clock this morning, according to reports received by-Eastern Air Transport officlals here this morn- ing over the company's communication wystem. One of the passengers on the first plane was W. Irving Glover, Assis- tant Postmaster General in charge of air _mail, Though the plane is scheduled to arrive in Washington at 3:55 o'clock this afternoon, it is feared that heavy | flying weather along the coast would hold up the flight. The plane was expeoted to run into thick weather in_Georgia. Under the mew schedule passengers leaving the National Capital at 11:20 am. will arrive in Jacksonville at 6:40 pm. The planes on the cutoff route make stops between Richmond and Jacksonville at Raleigh, N.C.; Florence, % C.; Charleston, S. C., and Savannah, 8. Connects With Miami. At Richmond and Jacksonville the line connects with the present route from New York to Miami, Fla., by way of Atlanta, Ga. Mail and passengers will be carried over both routes, all through mail and passengers going by way of the cutoff. Increased schedyles, effective today on the New York, Philadelphia and “Wash- ln‘nn Airways Corporation Line, known | as the Ludington Line, call for an in- | crease from 20 to 30 planes a day be- tween this city and New York and for extension of service on a one-round- trip-a-day basis from the Capital to ‘Warm Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and Hot Springs, Va., by way of Charlottesville. ‘The 10 additional planes will be put in as “extra section” expresses, the present schedule of hourly service in both directions being maintained. “One additional flight in each direction will be added after 5 p.m., the final take-off time under the old schedule. Wilming- ton, Del., was added to the list of Inter- mediate stops, which include Baltimore, Philadelphia and Trenton, N. J. Two more tri-motored planes are to be de- livered to the line this week to aid in maintaining the increased schedules, Big Traffic Gain Reported. Increased service on the Ludington Line has been made necessary by steady growth of passenger traffic, it was an- nounced. For several months the line has had to operate extra sections on practically every fair-weather day, in Umbrella by Colleagues at Agriculture Department. ‘Thomas T. Luckett, 79 years old, 127 Tenth street northeast, was retired from his position as lieutenant of the watch at the main building of the Department of Agriculture yesterday, at the com- pletion of 15 years' service. He was presented with a handsome watch and a silk umbrella by his fellow employes | as an expression of appreciation of their | friendship, | . Mr. Luckett is the father of Harry M. | Luckett, chief clerk of the Police De- partment. He also has two other sons, D. G. Luckett, druggist, and T. I. Luck- ett of this city, and a sister, Miss Ella Luckett. . | A native Washingtonian, Mr. Luckett | was at one time engaged in the real estate business here. He has long been active in Masonic circles, being a thirty- second degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Aimas Temple of the Mystic Shrine. | " He delivered The Evening Star during | the Civil War from 1862 to 1865. He | also_at one time was employed on the old National Republican here. PARKS TO TAKE L RKS TO TAKE UP DUTIES OF HENLOCK Reorganizing Horticultural Divi-| | sion Follows White House Gar- | dener's Resignation, | Reorganization of the horticultural division of the Office of Public Bulld- ings and Public Parks was approved Monday by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3rd, the director, entailing a program under which the division will become | & section under the park division. Thi change took place today, and follows as a consequence of the resignation yesterday, under the statutory age | limit, of Charles Henlock, White House gardener, who headed the division. Frank T. Gartside, chief of the park division, will get abount 100 men in the transfer under the new program, and in the future the plant-growing organization will be known as the hor- ticultural section of the park division. David E. Saunders, assistant to Mr. Henlock, becomes chicf of the herticul- tural section. A t Hanson, land- scape architect, who has been doing work with the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, becomes horticultural assistant to Mr. e. Robert E. Balluff will be in charge of trees and shrubs, John A. Magruder will oversee cut flowers and John Barry will be in charge of the flowers in the park. The White House gardening will come under the direct charge Mr. Saunders, addition to the regular 20 daily flights. Figures for. the first six months of operation on the line, completed yes- terday, show a total of 3,266 completed trips without a single forced landing off a regular field. A total of 25,863 pas- sengers have been carried without injury to a single.passenger. The record day was February 21, when 36 trips were made and. 355 passengers carried. Plans are being completed for the inanguration of airmail service between the National Capital and Pittsburgh undeér the terms of the second deficiency appropriation bill passed just before the adjournment of Congress. The mail will be carried in passenger planes and several round trips will be made daily. Trans-Nation Service Speeded. Pennsylvania_Afrlines now operates a round-trip daily between Washington and Cleveland by way of Pittsburgh. The increased schedules going into effect today provide increased air trans- port service all over the United States. Twenty-eight hour transcontinental all- fiying service is provided which makes it possible for the air traveler to have breakfast in New York and luncheon in San Prancisco the next day. The increased schedules are largely the result of the recent conference be- tween the Postmaster General and con- tract airmail operators held here, dur- ing which the operators agreed to take reductions in pay for carrying the mails, the reductions to be applied to increased service. PEPCO DIRECTORS T0 CONSIDER RATES Utilities Commission Requests | Prompt Statement as to Com- pany’s Plans. ‘The board of directors of the Po- tomac Electric Power Co. is to meet at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon to con- sider the request of the Public Utili- ties Commission for a prompt state- ment from the company as to what it intends to do about reducing electric rates. The commission has prepared 3 pe- tition to Equity Court for modification of the consent decree which now reg- ulates electric rates here, but has held it up pending an attempt to come to terms with the company without resort to court action. The company has be- fore it a lengthy letter from the com- WASHINGTON LAG INHEALTH SERVICE, REPORT DECLARES Council of Social Agencies Holds Sums Spent Here Are Inadequate. SURVEY URGES CITY SANITARY DISTRICTS Milk Control Service Is U. S. Best, but School Medical Staff Too Small by Half, Washington is not keeping pace with other large cities in allowances for pub- lic health service. This conclusion is brought out in the first section of the health and hospital survey made here last year by the Council of Social Agencies, issued for publication today. The findings of the entire survey will be made public within a month. ‘The survey takes in the combined efforts of the official and voluntary services for public health, Listing 14 major health activities, it appraises operations here as “72.6 adequate,” \based on a rating set up by the Com- mittee on Administrative Practice of the American Public Health Association. The items surveyed by the council include vital statistics, communicable disease control, social disease control, tuberculosis control, maternity hygiene, infant hygiene, pre-school hygiene, school hygiene, food and milk control, sanitation, laboratory service, popular health instruction, cancer control and heart disease control. Development Held Slow. “The development of modern health procedures, adequately financed, through official appropriations, has in several respects bien relatively slow,” the re- port says. “During the past 10 years, the increase has been gradual.” “The average per capita expenditure of 74 large cities in 1920 was $.742, as compared with $.536 in Washington,” it adds. “In 1923 these cities averaged an expenditure of $.821 per capita, or $.12 more than Washington was ex- pending six years later. “Most_of the allotments to public health functions in Washington fall below the amounts considered necessary for thes: services.” City Aware of Needs. The report brings out that, of the public health activities, 73.7 per cent are due to the efforts of the Health Department directly, _ Other official agencies, such as the Board of Educa- tion, the Board of Public Welfare, ‘Tuberculosis Hospital and Public Works Department, are responsible for 14.8 per cent. The remaining portion, 11.5 per cont, is due to the efforts of voluntary agencies. “The present city administration and the United States Bureau of Efficiency are apparently alive to the importance of 2 sound and adequately supported pub- lic health program,” the report says. D. C. Statistics Complete. “Looking specifically at the activities of the Health Department, the milk con- trol service is outstanding in personnel, direction and accomplishments,” the re- | port adds. “The well baby conferences, although somewhat madequate in num- ber, are 1l organized and condycted: the school medical services are admira. bly administered, and the results for the size of staff are’ good, but the stafl is only half adequate for even minimum needs; the I tories are efficiently conducted and ‘the volume of work is commensurate with the size of staff; the vital statistics records are in general more complete than in the average city, although the person- nel has not been increased for several years.” “The Tuberculosls Association is sup- plementing in an effective manner the official activities, and the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society is rendering an invaluable nursing service. The health officer is a member of the Medical Ad- visory Committee of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society and of the board of the Tuberculosis Association. The relationship between these organizations and the Health Department seems to be good. “The Public Health Committee of the Washington Council of Social Agencies is beginning to study the local problems on a community-wide scale, and it is hoped that this survey may stimulate interest and suggest further opportuni- ties along this line. Many of the recom- mendations in this report are already in the minds of the agencies concerned. With an adequate budget and public support, the Health Department would be in position to take the place in health work which it deserves.” Urges Sanitary Areas. ‘The report makes this recommenda- tion for bolstering the statistical work here: “In view of the large colored popula- tion, and also the differences in mor- tality and morbidity in various sections of the city, it would seem desirable to establish ‘sanitary or health districts for statistical purposes, as has been successfully done in Cleveland, Ohio; New York, N. Y., and certain other cities. (1) It is recommended that a per- son trained as a vital statistician be employed to serve jointly this bureau and the communicable disease serv- ice. (2) That additional personnel be employed and mechanical devices be installed to facilitate the work of analysis of morbidity and mortality data.” Death Rate Decreases. ‘The report shows that the death rate here decreased from 14.9 per 1,000 in 1923 to 13.1 and 13.4 in 1929, adding: “Although the colored population has represented for several years about 25 .per cent of the population, this group has included 37 per cent of the deaths, and 30 per cent of the births during the past 15 years in the city, according to data complied by the deputy health officer. Among the colored population, deaths far exceeded the births in the vears 1915 to 1919, and in 1923.” ‘The Health Committee of the Council of Soclal Agencies, under whose direc- tion the survey was made, had as its original chairman, Dr. Paul Preble of the United States Public Health Serv- ice. He died while the survey was in progress and Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, the former vice chairman, was made chairman. AUTH TRIAL POSTPONED The trial of Lawrence J. and Albert F. Auth, young members of the wealthy Auth family, on a charge of assaulting a taxicab driver, was postponed for a week in Police Court today because of mission, urging the company to avoid litigation in the interests of good will, but threatening to use all of its pow- ers to force the rates duvtlen it the pany turn of 10 per cent on-its aj mmission valua- tion, which the co id excessive, the sickness of the latter. John R. West, 943 K street, accuses the two boys of having taken him from his taxicab on March 15 and escorted him ito the Monument gounds, where he sald he was beaten. Yesterday he filed sult against the “youths in District Supreme Court for $10,000, | ny Stap 1931. PAGE B—1 WOMAN HORSEWHIPS MAN IN ROW OVER LABOR UNION Wife of Ex-Member Lashes C. E. Haury Because © Mate Is Idle. Free-for-All Fight Ensues When Bystander Hits Official With Fist. Labor troubles in Washington reached a climax yesterday afternoon when Mrs. Robert Stevens, 33, of 6520 First street, wielding_a leather horse whip, severely lashed Charles E. Haury, local super- visor of the International Union of Operating Engineers. The horse-whipping took place shortly after 5 o'clock at Tenth and K streets | in front of the Capenters’ Union Building. Mrs. Stevens, wife of a former mem- ber of the union, had waited half an hour in front of the building for Haury to leave his office. Lashes Haury on Face. As he walked out of the door, the woman, with the whip concealed under her coat, walked up and accused him of keeping her husband out of work. After a few words had been exchanged she threw back her coat and struck the man across the face with the whip. Haury grabbed at her and a man standing nearby struck him with his fist. This was the signal for a free-for- all fight. While a dozen unidentified men paired off in individual combat, Mrs. Stevens continued to rain blows on Haury with the whip. The latter | finally eluded her and, after several en- counters with other men, re-entered the building. Mrs. Stevens entered her automobile and drove away. Fight Draws Crowd. ‘The fights between friends of Haury and the other men, believed to have been friends of Mrs. Stevens, continued for several minutes and attracted the attention of scores of pedestrians before the last of the combatants disappeared. Several of the men sustained cuts and bruises, but there were no serious in- juries. Haury told reporters last night that = MRS. ROBERT STEVENS, he believes the attack on him was in- spired by radicals and former members of the union. It was said Policeman sames H. Hunt had been assigned to the case to gather evidence for wae- rants. Two friends of Mrs. Stevens, William I. Green and Robert Ely, both former members of the union, said she attacked Haury because she belleved he was re- sponsible for keeping her husband from securing employment. Union Rule Protested. Green said the union with which Haury is affiliated is an organization of hoisting, portable and other engineers, th approximately 35,000 members lk‘l;ou‘hout the United States and Can- ada. According to Green and Ely, the sys- tem of supervisors recently installed has destroyed local self-government in the union and deprived the members of any voice in the management and con- duct of their business affairs. Green and Ely also charge that under the present system members are a sessed two per cent of their monthly incomes as “work assessments.” Mrs. Stevens said that as the result of a dispute with Haury her husband h#d been suspended from the union and had been prevented from g work at his trade since. F. . WIHT LEAVES BUREAU OF BUDGET Assistant to Director to Be Succeeded by Howard Baker, New York. Fred W. Wight, who for nearly rine years has been an assistant to the di- rector of the Bureau of the Budget, { has resigned effective May 1, it was learned today, to return to business. He will be succeeded by Howard Baker of New York City, who was a former assistant to the first director of the Bureau of the Budget, Charles G. Dawes, Joined Bureau in 1922. Mr. Wight, whose home is at Rock- land, Me., whence also came Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, second director of the Bureau of the Budget, joined the Budget forces of the Government July 1, 1922. He has been in charge of consideration of the estimates of inde- pendent offices of the Government, in- cluding the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, Civil Service Commission, Em- ployes’ ‘Compensation Commission, Of- fice of Public. Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion, Smithsonian Institution, Federal Board of Vocational Education, Tariff Commission, the George Washington Bicentennial Commission and many others. = While expressing regret at the de- parture of Mr. Wright, Col. J. C. Roop, | director of the Bureau of Budg:t, today said he felt that he was fortunate in getting Mr. Baker as a successor, be- cause of Mr, Baker's experience in budget work. Served Treasury. Howard Baker was first appointed to the bureau August 1, 1921. One of his outstanding services was the inaugura- tion of the old Bureau of Supply of the Treasury Department, later known as the Division of Supply, to co-ordinate purchascs by all parts of the Treasury Department. He was assigned by Gen. Dawes on a “loan” to the Treasury Department for the purpose of organ- izing the bureau, and became the director_of supply. Mr. Baker r:signed, December 31, 1924, to become director of civic re- lations of the Dodge Motor Car Co., with offices here in Washington. He has sinte been connected with other business intercsts, and is now in New York City. e PETERS RITES HELD | Retired U. 8. Employe, 73, Buried at Mount Olivet. Funeral services for Conrad Peters, 73, retired employe of the Government, who died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. V. Sinclair, 5218 Illi- nois avenue, after a long illness, were held at the residence at 10 o'clock this morning. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. A native of Germany, Mr. Peters had lived in Washington for more than 50 years. He had been employed in the mail bag repair shop of the City Post Office for approximately 35 years before his retirement six years ago. Besides Mrs. Sinclair, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie V. Peters; two other daughters, Mrs. Dora Middle~ dorf and Miss Genevieve Peters; a son, $2,412,124.69 Paid In District Taxes Sets New Record Tax Collector Chatham M. Towers reported collections amounting to $2,412,124.69 yes- terday, representing a new rec- ord for District tax collections. ‘The collections represent the amount placed on the books yes- terday and not the actual sum to come in, as many thousands of envelopes contal checks for last-minute payment of 1931 real and personal taxes remain un- opened, and will be credited to the books this month. ‘The previous record was proximately $1,900,000, taken last September 30. HARLAND 0 OFFER NEW DRIVING RULES Hoover Left-Hand Turn and Change in Right-of-Ways to Be Urged. P in A new set of traffic regulations, changing thé method of making left turns in Washington and rewriting the right-of-way rules, is expected to be submitted by Traffic Director William H. Harland in time for action by the Board of Commissioners next Friday at the regular semi-weekly meeting of the board. ‘The left turn rule will put the Hoo- ver turn, made on a green light from the center lane and cutting inside of the center of the intersection, into effect here instead of the present rotary turn made from the outside of the in- tes jon. The right-of-way rule will give to a vehicle entering an intersection the right of way over all vehicles, whether on its right or not, except such as en- tered the intersection before. This will apply even to & vehicle entering a boule- vard highway from a side street. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, called on the Commissioners and ob- jected to both changes. In making the left turn, Dr. Havenner urged, even if the inside turn is adopted, the turning vehicle should not be given the right of way over through traffic. He pro- tested against any change in the pres- ent right-of-way rules governing en- t::‘nct: to boulevard highways from side streets. OBSERVE CREED DAY Ceremonies Planned Tomorrow at Lincoln School by Ladies of G. A. R. Large, framed copies of “The Ameri- can Creed,” written by Willlam Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Represent- atives, will be placed in each room of the Lincoln Public School, Second and C streets southeast, tomorrow at a cer- emony celebrating Creed day, when the Abraham Lincoln Circle, Ladies of the G. A. R, makes the presentation. Mrs. Oscar Bergren, president of the circle, will make the presentation ad- dress. Miss Helen Stout, who originated the celebration of Creed day, will ex- plain how Mr. Page came to write the “Creed.” Mrs. Sarah Deeds will recite ‘The American Creed.” Mrs. Robert Glen Peters, and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Backenheimer, all of Washington. Clay Sherrill will preside and introduce the speakers. e Ringing for Mr. People, this being 1931, were getting ise; too wise to fall for old tricks any- , the telephone company wasn't taking special precautions this year— the Zoo could handle its own April Fool calls, se could the Animal Rescue “Time was” sald an official, “when | ing, the we had to help them, but people have learned better than to telephone Mr. k. ‘l:l }’h‘nh. Mr. Fox or Mr. Lyon on ril 1, ?"!‘he telephone is no new invention, and the Zoo has been there a good ZOO REINSTALLS PHONE SERVICE TO CARE FOR APRIL FOOL CALLS yon,” Mr. “Fox” and Other Caged Othe Denizens, However, Has Fallen Off. while, but I think that joke is older than them both. “Year before last there were few such calls, last year fewer still. Every one must be wise to that gag by this time.’ Shortly thereafter le one rang the bell at Coly §2. It was Robert Barrett of tive B - {-m. eplied a Zoo attendiipt, same- ly. int to speak to Miss CaMph £. Barrett. “es! what ECKENER'S SEARCH FOR AIRSHIP BASE ISNARROWED DOWN Hybla Valley and Richmond Sites Only Ones Now Studied. AREA NEAR WASHINGTON BELIEVED PREFERRED Work to Be Started on Great Mod- ern Dirigible Terminal Within Next Twelve Months. ‘The search of Dr. Hugo Eckener and the International Zeppelin Transport Corporation for an American terminal for international dirigible service, to be tnaugurated in 1933, has been nar- rowed down to two sites, one at Hybla Valley, near Alexandria, Va. and the other between Richmond and Peters- burg, Va. it was learned today. ‘Though no formal announcement has been made, it was learned that the taking of daily weather observations to_determine the best location for the terminal from a meteorological stand- point has been stopped at all but these two points, Bay Region Favored. Previously the selection had been narrowed dewn to four sites, the other . two being at Baltimore and Philadel- phia. Weather readings at both these points have been ordered discontinued by the Zeppelin officials, indicating that they have been eliminated from further consideration. Philadelphia was believed to have been eliminated several days ago when Dr. Eckener, in an announcement made in New York, indicated that the terminal would be “in _the Chesapeake Bay region.” Weather observations were ordered to be taken daily for a period of eight months at the four sites then under consideration. These O&bservations, it is said, revealed beyond any question @ superiority of weather conditions for airship operation at the Hybla Valley and Richmond sites over the other two locations. Capital Chances Better. With Baltimore and Philadelphia eliminated from consideration, the chanc:s of the Capital for obtaining the dirigible terminal are tremendously im- proved, in the opinion of local aviation authorities. Dr. Eckener and other Zeppelin officials have indicated that, with all other conditions being equal, they would much prefer to locate in the vicinity of Washington. During his visit to the Capital last month Dr. Eckener, it is unde: made a secret trip to Hybla Valley alone to look over the site. It was his second visit to the field, which, he has said, is one of the finest natural areas for an airship terminal he has seen in the United States. > Should the Hybla Valley site -be selected it will be develop=d as one of the finest airship bases in the world, with complete facilities for 3 servicing, repairing and _overhauling great commercial airships ‘of the type Pproposed for service on the Atlantic line, Ship Under Construction, In an announcement from New York, Dr. Eckener said that the first airship for this service now is under construce ollow at the pl of Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, in Akron, Ohio, where twin dirigibles now are being constructed for the United States Navy, Construction of the American h-n:{- nal probably will be started within the next 12 months, it has been indicated. immense airship dock, or hangar; helium storage and purification plant, servicing and repafr plants, power and lighting equipment, passene ger accommodations and customs office, railroad siding, high and low mooring masts and other necessary equipment A complete weather record is being made at Hybia Valley, automatic record- ing apparatus having been installed on a 50-foot steel tower in the center of the tract. Daily readings of the instru= ments are taken by Don Hollenga, busi= ness manager of the Alexandria Cham- ber of Commerce, and sent to the Zeppelin Transport offices in New York. Daily reports for the Richmond area are made by the United States Weather Bureau office ther SEEK TO LEARN IF BONES ARE THOSE OF HUMAN - Excavators Make Discovery While Digging on Site of New Su- preme Court Building. Officials in the office of the architect of the Capitol are planning today to de- termine whether bones dug up yesterday at the excavation for the United States Supreme Court Building are those of a human being. One official said it was not certain that they are human bones, but that steps will be taken to settle the question. ‘The Supreme Court site formerly was occupied by the old brick Capitol at First and A streets northeast. In Au- gust, 1930, the Quartermaster Corps of the Army wrote to David Lynn, archi- tect of the Capitol, saying it had been requested to ascertain whether any Civil War soldiers had been buried in the rear of the old Capitol. Some excavat- ~ ing was done at that time, but no evi- dence was found of burials there. It was decided, however, to have the con- tractor digging the foundation for the building be on the lookout for any evi- dence of burials that might turn up during the excavating. STORM FORCES DOWN COASTAL MAIL PLANES Lines Cancel Trips—Only One Ship Reaches Capital on Southbound Night Hop. ‘The storm which swept down on the Atlantic seaboard last night halted air- mail planes on the coastal line. trips, including the Eastern half of the 'l.’rl!fi- continental Airmail Line. Only one plane was able to get through to the National Capital during the night, first southbound, flown her from New York by Verne E. Treat, who was forced to jump for his life recently when caught near Laurel, Md, in a storm similar to that of last night. Treat fought through the storm ras far as W , but was forced to send his mail on by train from here.. ‘Weather reports relayed alrways communication at conditions along the soul of the coastal route are the Capital this ‘probability the tinue bad