Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1931, Page 16

"A—16 %% GAS COMPANY MAY| FILE ADIUSTMENT PROPOSAL MONDAY Commission Expected to Be Given Arguments in High- Pressure Case. LOWER ELECTRIC RATE ! HEARINGS SEEN LIKELY | If Authorities Decide Cuts Are; Timely, Sittings Will Be Held Soon. n the Public Utilities Commis- sion meets Monday, the Washington Ges Light Co. is expected to file a pro- posed plan for an adjustment of over- charges to consumers in relation to tha excess pressure about which scores of complaints wer> made lact Winter. This gavs r'sz to speculation today that the commission intends to take earlv stops to ordsr a hearing cn the matter, Thers was nothing t> indiect> in rdvancs of Monday's sescion, how- ever, taat eny immediate action is centzmplated. Electric Rate Hearing. At the same time, it became known today there is a probability of th~ com- mission holding a hearing in the near future on lower rates in electricity. While the commission has such a hear- ing in mind, the division in its per- sonnel concerning the feasability of re- ducing rates now or at the end of the present year makes it entirely uncertain when the electric rate hearing would be_held. If the commission should decide that n-w is the time to bring about reduc- tion in electric rates, then the hearings probably would be held in the near future. “Otherwise it is doubtful if such | a step would be contemplated before next December. While action resulting from Monday's session of the utilities commission re- garding high pressure is entirely prob- lematical, a great deal depends on the nature of the plan which George A. G. ‘W:od, president of the Washington Gas Light Co., intends to file. Details Not Known. None of its details has been divulged. | Th> matter hes been under discussion the ccmmission for a long time. It understood the proposal which the ges company intends to make is the ult of ccnferences between officials of the company and the Public Utilities Cemm'ssion. . Should a hearing on high-pressure methocs used by the gas company to Eoost the bills of consumers be ordered, such a hearing, it was learned t>day, would consider rates that would serve automatically to penalize the company if it maintains high pressure as it did Jest vear. The commission is under- stood to have in mind some such adjusiment with relation to excess of pressure that would serve automatically to reduce rate: The propcsal to adjust rates takes in mind the maximum of 8 inches allowed by the commission. There is & possi- bility, it is understood, of this maximum | being reduced to 6 inches. Since the exposure of high-pressure methods dur- ing the past year the company’s pressure does not now exceed 6 inches above the maximum 8 inches sllowed by the ccm- mission, according to information ob- tainable. Prepare for *Winter. The proposal to adjust gas rates au- tomatically if the company maintains a higher pressure than is allowed would be unique in the United State: i was believad. No other city, certainly none comparable in size to Washinsten, has such a ruie in force. Duc to the numerous complaints and inquiries made by the commission, the gas company has besn at work th!sj Spring making cxtensive improvements which are expected to pravent exce sive pressurss next Fall or Winter. This conctitutes the nstallation of addition- al distributive mains CONFEDERATES END THEIR 41ST REUNION| Small Band of Veterans Shout “On to Richmend!” as They Leave for Homes. B the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 6—The #mall band left to bear the colors of the Confederacy was demobilized today for ancther year after closing its forty- first annual reunion here yesterday. With the strains of “Dixie” still lin- gering in their ears these gallant sons of the old South were storing away | their faded gray uniforms and return- ing to their homes to await the call to muster a year hence at Richmond, Va. While the “rebel yell" rang as true as ever, their tottering gait bolied the enthusiasm with which they shouted “On to Richmond” as they boarded | trains and gave parting handclaps to their camrades. Special trains bore Gen. C. A. De- Baussure, the n>w commander in chief, and his spirited little army back to their homes. Many of the veterans had departed before the ball of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which closed the reunion officially last night. CUBS PLANT TREE Representative Sol Bloom Declines Address at Ceremony. Representative Sol Bloom of New York was the principal speaker yester- day afternoon when 250 Boy Scout “cubs” and their parents planted a walnut tree in honor of the memory of | Washington on the Monument Grounds. | The tree was seedling grcwth from a walnut secured at Mount Vernon by | John Staley, member of Troop 9, Fred- erick, Md. Cub Billie Thorne of this city planted the tree. Members of the | American Forestry Association, the | D. A. R. and Dr. A. F. Woods of the Department of Agriculture took part in the ceremony Cclin Livingstone, first national presi- dent of the American Boy Scouts, was present. Walter McPeek, educational | director of the Washington Scouts, was master of ceremonies. BOY DIES IN FALL Plunge From Second-Floor Window Being Investigated. Carl Parker, colored, 11, ward of the Board of Public Welfare, living at the home of Hattie Colbert, 2703 P _street, 1 1 BRYAN SHIFFLETT, 12. NEW POVER RATE STALE SUBMITED Utility Commission Studying| Scale Proposed to Benefit , Consumers. A new modified slid'ng 'scale, by which the basic rate of return to the Potomac Electric Power Co. would be reduced in favor of the consumer, was submitted to the Public Utilities Com- mission today for its approval. Its effect, if adopted, would be to abrogate the consent decree promulgated on De- cember 31, 1924, under which electricity rates have been steadily reduced from 24 cents per kilowatt hour to the pres- ent rate of 4.2 cents per kilowatt hour. The new proposed scale which would make the basic rate of return 7 per cent instead of 7': per cont, will be | taken up at Monday's meeting of the Public Utilities Commission. In the event of approval an immediate appeal to the courts by the Potomac Electric Power Co. for an injunction, is regarded as a foregone conclision. Whether the courts would grant a stay or not, it was the understanding that the commis- sion does not contemplate applying the | new sliding scale to ratz reduction until next December. Company Condition Good. ‘The Public Utilities Commission last | Jenuary proposed to amend the sliding | scale to a basis more favorable to con- sumers, considering the excellent finan- cial condition of the company. concusion of hearings conducted last weck the commission directed W. A. Roberts, assistant corporation counsel, to prepare an order by which there would be a more equitable adjustment of rates. It was this order which Mr. Roberts submitted to the commission and on which a vote is expected Mon- ay. The rates are now governed by the consent decree of 1924, which provides | whenever in any year the profits of the ccmpany constitute more than 73 per cent on-a bese valuation half of the excess profit should be used as a basis for a rate reduction during the following year. The other half the company retains. New Sliding Scale. Under the new sliding scale if in any year the e: are between 7 and 8 per cent, one-half of the excess would be used for rate reduction, as now, during the follow year. When the excess profits are between 8 and 9 per cent, however, three-fourths would be reserved for this purpose. In event the compal profits exceed 9 per cent return, five-sixths of the excess would be used as a basis for further rate reduction. ROBB DECLARES FUTURE CONSTRUCTION HERE SAFE Assistant Engineer Commissioner Says No Trouble Expected in School Building. Maj. H. L. Robb, Assistant Engineer Commissioner of the District, in an ad- dress before the Chillum Heights Citi- zens' Association last night assured members that investigation into the matter of recent school frame collapses had been thorcugh and predicted no trouble in the future. Maj. Robb told of the school ground and building projects now under con- templation which include the erection of a new school to substitute for the Joseph R. Keane School. The plans are for an eight-rcom building, he said. Mrs. H. E. King, principal of the Keane School, also addressed the asso- ciation on school gardens in the city and told of the accomplishment in gar- den work by the Keane School students. The District Commissioners were re- quested to investigate the drainage con- ditions surrounding Kennedy street from First street northeast to Third and Concord avenue. Thomas Joy, president, presided at the meeting, which was held in the Keane School, Riggs road and Rock Creek Church road. BY YOUNG REPUBLICANS Local Organization Prepares for National Meeting to Be Held Next Year. Preparations were made for the na- tional conference of Young Republicans, to be held here June 11 and 12, at a meeting last night of the Young Repub- licans of the National Capital Repub- lican Club. The convention is to_ be conducted under the auspices of the Re- publican National Committee. J. Alfred Trott and Mrs. Madge Graves Ballard, chairman and chair- woman of the General Convention Com- nittee, spoke briefly on arrangements, and Donald J. Sherbondy spoke on the part of young voters in national politics. Miss Addie Hughes, alds to Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, director of the women's division of the Republican National Committee, spoke bricfly. Mectings of subcommit- it2es wiil be held on Monday and Tues- day at the temporary club rooms, 1331 G strect. P. H. Marcum, Assistant Attorney for U. S., Protests $135 Grant. Phillip H. Marcum, special assistant to Attorney General Mitchell assigned to the office of the Alien Property Cus- todian, today not>d an appeal to th2 District Court of Appeals from the de. was fatally injured last night, when he | fell from a second-floor window at the ; P street address. The boy was alone ! in his room, where he was confined by Aliness, and how he fell from ths window has not be determined. He was given first aid treatment be- fore being taken to Freedmen's Hos- ital, suffering from a fractured skull. ge died at’ about 2 o'clock this morn- “ ing. ‘The death is being investigated By Coroner J, Ramsay Nevitt, . A cision of Justice Jesse C. Adkins, al- lowing alimony of $135 monthly and $650 counsel fees to Mrs. Maria: S. Marcum. A mcmorandum opinion was filed by Justice Adkins a_short time ago and the wife, through Attorneys Cyril S. Lawrence and Dwight E. Rorer, ob- tained a formal order today granting her a limited divorce and fixing her alimony and counsel fees, from which At the | <s profits of the company | TWO BOYS DROWN AS BOAT CAPSIZES | WITH TRIO IN CANAL Survivor and Fourth Youth, Who Refused to “Explore,” Fail to Rescue Pair. VICTIM FOUND HOLDING | BODY HE TRIED TO SAVE| Police Lieutenant and Citizens Dive in Search—Resuscitation Proves Impossible. Lust for adventure last night cost the lives of Bryan Shifflett, 12 years old, and Stanley King, 11 years old, a few min- utes after they had set out to “explore” the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in a bor- rowed rowboat. A third member of the “crew,” George Becroft, 15 years old, narrowly escaped drowning when the small craft capsized, throwing him and his two companions into the water. The trio, accompanied by Edward Abell, 13 years old, went to that part cf the cinal opposite the 4500 bl of Canal read, at about 8 o'clock. They discovered the boat, which was old and {’mk\'. as they were walking along the ank. 3 Stanley, who lived at 4549 Conduit road, suggested that the group row to the other side of the canal and do a bit of exploring. Bryan and George acquiesced, but Edward decided such a cruise would be too Tisky. Fourth Boy Goes Home. As the three adventurers embarked, Edward returned to his home at 4582 Conduit road. The others paddled across the canal, went ashore on the other side and played for a few min- utes. Tiring of their sport, they decided to i take to their “ship” again and continue their cruise. ‘They had not gone far when the craft suddenly was upset. Meanwhile, Edward had returned to the canal, arriving just es the boat capsized and the ‘“explorers” were thrown into th: middle of the canal. which is about 50 feet wide and about 15 feet deep at this point. ‘Youngest of Trio Sinks. “Get Stanley!” Edward called to George, p2inting to the youngest mem- ber of the party, who, being unable to swim, was floundering in the water. | Both George and Bryan swam toward Stanley, but he sank before they reach- ed him. |, Convinced that he could not save his i friend without additional help, George swam ashore, ran to_his home at 4639 Brewer place and toid his father what had happened. _After notifying the police, the elder Becroft hurried to the | canal. Meanwhile, Bryan, a fairly good swimmer, had dived for his friend. It }is believed that he reached the younger boy and was_ attemptirg to drag him ashore when he became exhausted and drowned. Stanley was clasped in his arms when their bodles were recovered about three hours later. Police Lieutenant Dives. Seventh precinct police, led by Lieut. J.J. Burke, were the first to respond to Becroft'’s alarm. The licutenant, | who is 55 years old, removed his uni- | form and dived into the water in an effort to locate the bodies. Although he continued diving for the better part of an hour, he was unable to find them. In the meantime the Fire Rescue Squad and police from the harbor pre- | cinct arrived and they dragged the caral. However, it remained for Daniel Sul- livan, 24 'years old, of 1415 Foxhall road, to discover the bodies. He was among the residents of the vicinity | who gathered on the bank of the canal when the alarm was sounded. Locates Clasped Bodies. Returning to his home, Sullivan don- ned his bathing suit, ran back to the canal and joined Lieut. Burke in div- ing for the bodies. He finally lucated them about 75 feet from the place where the craft was overturned. He broke Bryan's grip on the younger boy and called membors of the rescue squad. Unable to revive the youngsters ths firemen turned the bodies over to har- bor precinct police, who took them to the morgue. Stanley was one of the eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest King. The cthers are Raymond, 13 years old; Wil- liam, 10 years old; Mary, 9 years old; Charles, 7 years old; Edward, 5 years old; Richard, 3 years old, and Helen, 2 years old. Bryan, who resided at 4557 Conduit road, was the son of Guy Shifflett. Be- sides his father and stepmother, he is survived by two brothers, Claude, 14 years old, and Ray, 9 years old, and two half-brothers, Donald, 3 years old, and Walter, 4 months old. Neither family has completed funeral plans, but tentative arrangements have been made to bury Bryan at Oakton, Va., early next week. FREED OF PROFANITY, OFFICER BACK ON JOB J. A. Smith Accused of Using Ob- scene Language Before D. C. Society Girls. Special Dispatch to The Sta: RICHMOND, Va.,, June 6.—J. Alden Smith, State motor vehicle officer, who was suspended ding his trial and that of Prohibition Officer J. rren Davis_in connection with the charges brought by two University of Virginia students at Charlottesville recently, has been reinstated by T. McCall Prazier, commissioner of motor vehicles. Smith and Davis were by Thomas Dew and another student, Baker, with unlawful assault and the use of profanity in the presence of two ‘Washington soclety girls, Margaret and Eleanor Calvert, when the party was halted on the highway. Davis was fined $5, but Smith was absolved. In reinstating Smith, Mr. Frazier | condemned the practice of highway patrolmen working with prohibition officers, or other officers receiving fees Ifor arrests, “except in ceses of emer- gency.” st FIRE AUXILIARY ELECTS Mrs. W. E. Hawley President of Takoma Park Group. ‘The Woman's Auxiliary of the ‘Takoma Park; D=C., Fire Department announced yesterday that Mrs. W. E. Hawley will serve as president of the 'or‘mmgflom lorb'mesenmln' year, be- ! gining ember 3. Other officers elected were: Mrs, W. T. Sabine, first vice president; Mrs. H. A. Morrison, seccnd vice president; Mre. A. L. Rey- Tnolds, third vice president; Mrs. Bryan Davis, sccretary; Miss K. King, cor- | responding secretary, and Mrs. H. C. Hefener, treasurer. Members of the exscutive board are Mrs. C. B. Smith, Mrs, Irvin Ware, Mrs. E. B. Fetty, Mrs. Harry Huston and Mrs. J. W. Dudley. 2,300 PARTICIPATE INPLAY FESTIVAL Program. of Dances and Marches Given by Kinder- garten Children. Twenty-five hundred. boys and girls today froliced ‘in the second annual play festival of the kindergarten de- partment in the white schools at Wil- son Stadium to present a colorful ar- ray of descriptive dances, games and marches. Preceded by the raising of the flag by little Ernest Birckhead: of the Webb School and the colorful march of the host of children to the three circles on which they were to play in the festf- val, the program was featured by an interpretative play, “The Awakening of {Spring.” In this phase of the program, jchildren wearing crepe paper costumes, emblematic of trees, flowers, birds, but- terflys and bees, presented a dramatic and artistic story of the bursting of the firt buds of Springtime, the blossom- ing of flowers and subsequent flight of | ! birds, butterflys and bees. Despite the magnitude of the gram, the festival was staged without rehearsal and the 2500 youngsters played together today for the first time. The children represented kind:rgarten classes from all over the city. Music was provided by the Sol Minster Band, and the prcgram was witnessed by 3,000 persons. Today's festival followed the reinauguration a year ago of the annual kindergarten display. which was interrupted for a decade or more by the World War. Previously, the festivel was presented each year. Its renewal eroused new interest In the attendance suppcrted the decision to continue it. Following the raising of the flag and the pledge to that banner by the chil- dren, the boys and girls swung into interpretative rhythms. These included sce-saw, skipping, swing, airplanes, waltz and flying birds. The rhythms were followed by games, which also were interpretative and included the step-step, rig-a-ma-jig, wooden-shoe dance, the one-two-three-four, _little playmate and “I Wash My Dolly’s Clothes.” The play was directed by Miss Cath- arine R. Watkins, director of the kin- dergarten department in the white schools. TWO MEN INJURED AS TRUCK IS UPSET Delivery Men Seriously Hurt When Vehicle Collides With Lamppos! ‘Two colored deliverymen were seri- ously injured today when a two-ton truck of the Hecht Co. overturned at Trinidad avenue and Mount Olivet road northeast. One of the men hurt was identified as James Alkens, while the identity of his companion was not determined. Both were remcved unconscious to Casualty Hospital. Superficial examina- tion revealed they were suffering from serious head injuries. Although the twelfth precinct police were unable to locate any eyewitnesses, it was re- lieved the van had failed to negotial the turn because of the approach of another machine. The truck was going north cn Trinidad avenue when it struck a lamp-post, swerved east on Mount Olivet road and then overturned. ‘W. L. Hughes, jr., employe of a near- by filling station, took the mén to the hospital. He said one of them was pinned beneath the truck. e GREEN DENIES LABOR WILL TAKE WAGE CUT By the Assoclated Press. President Willlam Green of the American Pederation of Labor said to- day rumors reaching him that the fed- eration would agree to a 10 per cent wage reduciion were “positively untrue.” “I don’t understand how such a rumor could have been inspired,” Green said. “There is no justification for it whatsoever. Not only has the federa- tion not consented to any lowering of the wage scale, but it is not sympathet- ically inclined toward such a move.” Reports reached here also thaf, Sec retary of Labor Doak had been con- ference with labor leaders and that a downward revision of the scale been. char- foolish. He reiterated he favored upholding the wage scale. s os Saadl St ADMIRAL GIVES UP POST Kittelle Succeeded by Admiral Day—Will Be Retired July 1. Rear’ Admiral Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle, U. 8. N., president of the Board of Inspection and Survey, Navy De- partment, today turned over his post to Rear Admiral George C. Day and prepared to go on leave until he is re- tired from the service, due to age, on July 1. Admiral Kittelle was presented with an electric clock by his associates. He will go to the commencement ex- ercises at Purdue University in a few days to witness the graduation of his son, Sumner Sigsbee Kittelle, a former student at Central High School here, who has led his class at the university. Rear Admiral Day has been serving in Washington as a member of the Navy’s general board. LEASES GRAFTON HOTEL P. Clarke today announced he had the Hotel Grafton, at Connecticut ave- nue and De Sales street. The Grafton, which has been by Harrington The :uxulhry during the last eight Harrington Hotel, has been 1 ths a kitchen at & cost o' W | the privilege of a five-year work of the kindergarten and today’s | high-stepping horses, galloping horses, | acquired a five-year lease on | WOMAN, AWARDED fton, Mforueg‘un the Is, proprietor | 20 By, $2.500 DAMAGES Mrs. Mae B. May Gets Ver- dict for Stroke She Alleged Result of Threat. BANKER WILL APPEAL DECISION IN VIRGINIA | Defendant Expected to Post Bond. Plea for Reversal to Be Based on Lack of Malice. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, Va. June 6.—Mrs. Mge B. May of Falls Church, Va., was awarded $2,500 dam- ages against B.' Agee Bowles, vice presi- dent - of Potomac = Savings ‘Bank, Georgetown, in a verdict returned last night by a Fairfax County ~Circuit Court jury after six hours of delibera- tion. Mrs. May had sued for $20,000. The damages were granted for = paralytic stroke Mrs. May claimed to have suffered as a result of threats Bowles is sald to have made during two visits to her home in February, 1930, to have sher sent to jail for al- legedly circulating “criminally libelous statements” about him and a Mrs. May Mills of Falls Church. The trial lasted six days. Bowles was expected to post $3,000 bond today pending an appeal to the Virginia Court of Appeals at Rich- mond, which his attorneys sald would be made within the 60-day statuatory period. Will Appeal Decision. Notice of appeal was made following Judge Walter T. McCarthy's refusal to set aside the verdict on the ground of insufficient evidence and to grant a new trial on the ground the verdict was_contrary to law and the evidence produced. It was Bowles' contention that he had a right to go to the home of Mrs. May to defend his “good name and reputation.” McCarthy held that while the court might not have decided in favor of the plaintiff, he believed the jury could have rendered such a verdict from the evidence. The case went to the jury about- 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and the verdict was returned about 9 o’clock. After three hours of delibsration, Jury Foreman Arthur M. Bowling reported the jurors could not agree. Judge Mc- Carthy asked th>m to resume delibera- tion, however, due to the length of the case and expense involved. At that time it appeared only one man was holding out, as all other jurors turned to him to ask whether he thought an agrezment could be reached Will Deny Visit Vindictive, While Bowles' attorneys, Wilson M. Farr, commonwealth’s attorney for Fair- fax County, and State Senator Frank L. Ball, based their defense in arguments before the jury on Bowles' “right” to call on Mrs. May, Charles Pickett and F. S. McCandlish, counszl for Mrs. May, argued Bowles had “violated the sanctity of the home” by entering with- out invitation, “implied or expressed.” The appeal will be.based on the con- tention Bowles’ visils were not prompted by ‘vindictivencss, wantonness or ma- I{ciousness, as charged in the suit, which the banker's attorney: contend was not supported by evidence in the trial. Mrs. | May contended she was unjustly ac- cused by Bowles and blamed Mrs. Mills' 13-year-old daughter, Helen, for spreading the allegsd tales. CUBAN ATTACHE'S KIN RELEASED IN CRASH Joaquin Silva, Returning to School in St. Marys County, Runs Car Into Pole. By A Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 6.— Convincing Judge J. Chew Sheriff that the accident in which his car struck a telegraph pole near Clinton yesterday morning was unavoidable, Joaquin Silva, who described himself as nephew of the military attache of the Cuban embassy, was acquitted on charges of reckless driving. i) Silva, who graduated from Charlotte Hall School, St. Marys County, Thurs- day, had been to a dance and was re- turning to the school carly yesterday when _his car hit a pole and overturn- ed in front of the home of Constable A. C. Thompson of Clinton. Another young man and a young woman were in the car with Silva, but no one was hurt. Constable Thon:pson said the car struck a telegraph pole on the left of the road. He brought young Silva to Marlboro and preferred a reck- less driving charge. Attorney George Merrick represented the student. Two men were convicted on drunk driving charges and fined a total of $101 each. 'y were George R. Walker, 1100 block of Eighth street, ‘Washin , arrested by Constable ‘Thompson, and Roy Eugene Newman, colored, of Landover, arrested by Sheriff W. Curtis Hopkins. The laiter nearly collided with an automobile occupied by the sheriff and States Attorney Alan Bowie as the two were leaving the county jail. Joe Thomas Hall of Philadelphia, Pa., arrested by Chief of Police E. S. Aldridge of Riverdale, was fined $25 for speeding after being acquitted on charges of driving while drunk and reckless driving. Attorney Robert W. McCullough appeared for Hall, Marriage Licenses. Chase, 28, New York City, 26, this citys Reve B ckey. ”H:;,'Jfi'n’f':‘:c:i‘é: h‘“:muuum :MRO:: - by A‘iug' ’3-‘-"‘:-'.""21. and !on.h J. i) ."I'D- both of Baliimore; Rev. C. Er- Stanley J. Michael. 34, U. M. M Katherine y 34, Kather phy, 24, Hermai . 8. Na and this city; Rev. enn, 22, and Marle F. . A Doraetts ?:.'“x d:” ruumnd ndians, JElsn. 1, Salem. Ve Rev. - Syarner. n Wracks, 30, A N 3 e Vs 1, sna e Williard, 30; Hev. James . Preeman. " Dewey Brown, 30, 237 Rev. Charjes H. Fox, ‘Shermian, Rev. irne: Cook, 22, Stockman, 20; . s{lllfl:. o tman, 38 and Libby Kasten. 34 Paul E. Sours, 25, Leatherwood. Va. and Kathering E. Peaper, 23, this city; Rev. . Wright, 58. Charlottesville, Wosltolk, 35, Thornhill: Va. ATeit, 33. Capitol Helghts, Augusta B Butler, 23, this cit] Rober ‘Sickler, 39, and Aubrey N. ey e 30 Hs ¢i1y, ahd Mar- garel :’u«l‘x’h West Haven, Conn.; Rev. u-mm, 28, and Harriet. E. " Witllam Havey. etz. 24, and Josephine J. ar] T. Warner. 26, and Helen C. Kearney, rmon. . 32, and Pearl M. Tate, Elizabeth Jens Pitzhugh, Harry V. Haynes, former president of the Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank, arriving at the District Jail yesterday after his conviction on charges of irregu- larities at the bank. In the photo, left to right: Deputy Marshal James T. Clarkson, Haynes and H. Winship Wheatley, Haynes' attorney.—Star Staff Photo. MAYFLOWER FIGHTS MAN DIES N LEAP RECEVERFINDINGS CFF COUNTY BRGE District Supreme Court Asked | John P. C. Peter, 71, Jumps to Strike Out Littlepage 150 Feet to Cabin Affidavit. John Creek. Because the District Court of Appeals, By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. had decided that es a matter of law CABIN JOHN PARK, Md., June 6.— no receivership ever existed for the! Despondent because of feiling sight, Mayflower Hotel Co., the District Su-' John P. C. Peter, 71, of Bethesda, yes- preme Court was asked today by 1h:]'t;dn.v :\';vg‘! slgod;'py to :lw]o men ;mm | attempted to stop him and leaped from | B ot eawmma Sitns. | the Tail of the Cabin John Bridge to page. cne of the persons nemed as re. | Lo 0°kS 150 el el e cevh'(rs by Justice Oscar R. Luhr‘mg{ ‘The would-be rescuers were but 10| two weeks 2go. | feet from Peter when he jumped. They Attorneys William E. Leahy. Ed- | were John Brightenburg, 5726 Conduit | mund M. Toland and William J. Hughes. | toad, "and - To Gl the” court thiat ince’ th|oon i Loraal Dilkuyer HCEBhy unal reversed their_ap- | receivers had no official | Suspicion Aroused by Actions. status and had no right to investigate | They told Montgomery County Po-| the affairs of the company. and the|licemen Windsor Poole and Theodore affidavit of Littlepage is a mere expres- | Vollten that they crossed the bridge in i i sion of his own private opini-n without | an automobile yesterday afternoon a! | any official standing whatever. | few minutes before 5 o'clock. Peter was | court yesterday to dismiss the suit for |on the span and his actions aroused receivership brought against it by Mrs. | their suspicions. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, representing | Stopping their machine, they lcoked | | mincrity holders of second mortgage | back and saw the man start to climb .| Monday between Washington and Pitts- bonds on the property. Attorneys for the court is without jurisdiction to interfere in controversies relating to the internal }managcmen! of th: affairs of a non- resident corporation. ‘The court is also asked to strike from | the record a rule issued last Wednesday | by Justice Luhring against the hotel | company to chow cause why receivers | should not bz appcinted again. | JONES ASKS REVIEW OF EMBEZZLING CASE | Attacks Indictment Charging Him ginia Orphanage. | | By the Ass ed Press. | James P. Jones, convicted at Rich- mond, Va., of embezzling funds of the Virginia Conference Orphanage of the | Methodist Episcopal Church South, has asked the Supreme Court for a review. | It will be impossible, however, for the | court to act on his petition until Oc- | tober. ‘The indictment on which Jones was | convicted and sentenced to five years| in the penitentiary contained 13 sep- arate counts. Jones contends the minimum punish- ment for each offense was one year and will challenge the validity of the action | of the trial court because, he says, it | failed to specify on which counts he had been acquitted. He also claims he was denied equal protection of the law in that he had been convicted of embezzling “checks,” whereas the counts of the indictment charged embezzlement of “money.” ‘The indictment was defective, Jones adds, because it failed to inform him of the offenses so as to enable him to present a proper defense. OFFICIALS WILL RI—DE PLANE OPENING SERVICE Airmail Between Washington and Pittsburgh to Start on Monday. When airmail service is inaugurated burgh, Postmaster General Walter F. ‘Brown, three members of Congress, and | other officials, will ride as passengers on the first plane over the line. Inauguration ceremonies will be held at Washington-Hoover Airport starting 8:30 a.m., the first plane leaving at 9:20 o'clock, followed immediately by iwo “extra sections.” ‘With the Postmaster General as pas- !ungerz will be W. Irving Glover, As- sistant Postmaster General in charge of | airmail; Representatives Kelly, Camp- bell and Kendall of Western Pennsyl- vania; Louise Thaden, noted woman pilot; Willlam M. Mooney, Washington City postmaster; Willlam P. MacCrack- | en, former Assistant Secretary of Com- by Postmaster General Brown and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. RALPH WALLACE NAMED Heads Columbia Heights Business Men’s Committee. Ralph. Wallace of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association has been appointed.chairman of a commit- tee to co-operate with the District De- partment of the Veterans of Foreign , which it will entertain at its forthcoming department encampment, it was announced today. Members of the committee include william F. Dismer, A. R. Swan, Frank J. Sobotka and John E. Burgett. The Veterans’ committee consists of Walker With Taking Funds of Vir- |q n;‘er;e for aeronautics, and Hainer Hin- CITY NEW. N fim shaw, At Pittsburgh there will be speeches -rorsun' 7 | onto the stone railing. They shouted | when they had almest reached him. Brightenburg and Billmyer summoned police and Dr. Benjamin C. Perry of Bethesda, who pronounced Peter dead wWhen he re ched the scene. The of Cabin John Run at the bridge is | covered with jagged rocks, but a few | inches, at some places, below the surface | of the water. It was on these rocks that | Feter 1anded. The body was removed to the Rock- ill> undertaking establishme'¢" cf Wil- liam Reuben Pumphrey. Ful.eral ar- rang:ments had not been completed this morning. Cousin of Judge. Mr. Peter was of a prominent Mont- gomery County famiiy. He was a cousin of Judge Robert B. Peter of Rcckville and f Rev. G. Freeland Peter, chancellor of the Washington Catihedral. He was born on the old Peter f>rm, which is now the site of the Town and Country Club. He was a widcwer and had no chil- dren. He lived with a orother-in-law Fred R. Reld, a scienti: f the Depart ment of Agricu'ture, at 4630 Montgom- ery avenue, Bethesda. According ta friends, he had threat- ened several times to take his life. His sight was failing rapidly and it was said he was afraid of becoming a charge on those with whom he lived. VACATION DEATH TOLL IS ESTIMATED AT 12,500 By the Associated Press. By the law of averages 3.500 persons killed in auto accidents in the next three months. These are the figures announced to- day by the American Motorists’ Asso- ciation in warning motorists of vaca- tion day perils. The computations are based on 10-year Census Bureau aver- ages for June, July and August. The association said there were 30.. 000 automobile fatalities last year, of which about 9,600 occurred in the Summer months. Of the 3,500 persons who drown during the Summer months, the association said the majority were unaccustomed to the perils of swim- ming and bathing in unfamiliar waters. MELLON PLANS TO SAIL TO EUROPE NEXT WEEK Secretary Will Visit England, Then Go With Son to Riviera to Visit Daughter. By the Associated Press. Secretary Mellon will sail next week to spend Summer vacation in Europe. He will his son Paul will graduate from Clare College, at Cambric University. Later he will go to France, where he and his son will join his daughter, Mrs. David Briice, who has a cottage on the e secr tary expects to be e e e awa; about six weeks. % ters of America, Masonic teenth and U streets soul Card, party, W. B. A. Club, Waghing- loan & Trust Co. Building, 0 p.m. Meeting, Alpha Chl Sigma Fraternity, amilton Hm:l, 8 p.m. Four- Hi Hotel, 7 pm. Meeting and dance, George Washing- ton Loan & Trust Co. Building, l:'n pm. ton University Alumni Association, Wil- lard Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Banquet, Chi Sigma Sorority, May- flower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Card party, La Fayeite Lodge Chap- Colston, chairman; William 1. Snyder, P, Boehm, Dr. Joseph F. Beattie, Dr. A. Victor Cercell, H. W. Woerner and R. C. Muschlitz. The encampment ‘will be held st the Wilson Teachers’ College, o ter, No. 27, O. E. 8, hall, Fourteenth and Kenyon streets, 8 p.m. Dance, McKinley High School gym, Second and T streets northeast, 8: [RRNSPONE | FoN i ttom | are to drown and some 9,000 will oe | hotel claim the @nd ran toward him, but he leaped, | | ! | go first to England, where |Cl N Dance, Fidelity Council, No. 4, Daugh- Dinner meeting, Coe Club, Hamilton st 16 am. tod: jsets 7:30 p.m. { half hour after sunset. HAYNES ‘STUNNED BY GUILTY VERDICT EXPECTED T0 WIN Repeats Contention Subordi- nates Were to Blame for Altered Bank Records. APPEAL DECISION AWAITS PARLEY WITH ATTORNEY Has No Funds to Press Fight, He Says in Discussion of Prospects. Harry V. Haynes, former president of the Farmers & Mechanics’ National Bank, was “stunned” by the verdict of the jury which yesterday convicted him on a 14-count indictment charging vio- lation of the national banking law as the result of stock market ventures, he said today at the District Jail, where he is awaiting sentence. ‘I can’t see yet how the jury reached their conclusion,” he said, “for until the end I ccgfldtnuy expecied acquittal.” He reaflirmed that he could not un- derstand how the charges of falsifying entries in the records of the bank and a report to the controller of the cur- rency could have been sustained, de- claring, as he contended during the trial, that these lay at the door of subordinates. Appeal Awaits Developments. He also was convicted of misapplyins the funds of the bank and of I&Qf{'flg ing collateral szcurities held for Mrs. Louise T. Chambers, in the maze of market dealings in which he was caught, he said, in an effort to heip her and protect the bank. ‘The bank suffered a $100,000 loss. Any appeal that may be taken awaits developments next Friday, when the banker comes up for sentence before Justice Gordon, who tried his case, in Criminal Division 1 of the District Supreme Court. Facing a maximum penalty of five years’ impriscnment and a $5,000 fine on each count, Haynes naturally is hoping for the best. Future procedure, however, awaits a conference with his counsel, H. Win- ship Wheatley, he explained. Unemployed Three Years. “The trouble is, I'm ‘broke, " Haynes said, in discussing the prospect of fight- ing for a reversal. Since his banking world crashed about his head three years ago, he has nst been employed. Haynes, who has been borne up well, expresses more concern over Mrs. Haynes than with his ewn immediate fate. She arranged to visit him today. _ “For my own part, my ishment came yesterday “Nothing worse could follow. Haynes is going through the same routine as any other prisoner, passing his day in his cell. He has no cellmate. THE WEATHER District of Columbia-Maryland-West Virginia—Increasing cloudiness, fol- lowed by showers late tonight or tomor- row; not much change in temperature. Moderate shifting winds, becoming southerly. Virginia—Increasing cloudiness, proo- ably followed by showers in north and west portions tonight and tomorrow and in southeast portion tomorrow. Not much change in temperature. Moderate shfting winds, becoming southerly. Recerd for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 84; 8 12 midnight, 72; 3 am,, 68; 8 11 am., 76. Barcmeter—4 pm.. 29.87: 8 pm, 29.90; 12 midnight, 29.95; 4 am, 30.01; 8 am., 30.08; 11 am., 30.9 Highest temperature, 85, occurred at 5 p.m. yesterday. Low temperature, 66, occurred at Temperature sare date last year— Highest, 89; lowast, 68. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 5:58 a.m. and 6:26 p.m.; high tide, 11:31 a.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 6:50 am. and 7:12 pm; high tide, 12:09 am. and 12:20 p.m. ' The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 4:43 am.; sun sets 7:29 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 4:43 am.; sun Moon rises 11:57 p.m.; sets 9:17 a.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- Rainfall Comparative figures of the monthly raintau in the Capital for the first six months against the average are shown in the following table: Average. 1931, 3.55 ins. January ..1.56 ins, . February .1.36 ins, . March 3.50 ins. . April 89 ins, May 5.56 ins. June .. 82 in. Record rainfall for the first five months was: January, 1882, 7.09 inches; February, 1884, 6.34 inches; March, 1891, 8.84 inches; April, 1889, 9.13 inches; May, 1889, 10.69 inches. Weuther in Varions Cities. ; Temperature. -2 FIE T3 314 £ SpfaE Stations. 5§ 22 =2Z7 weathen SR T i3 29. 70 .... Ptcloudy 30. 54 . -3 " Clear 30. Baltimore, M Birmingham . Bismarck, N. Boston, M Buffalo, arlest e Seaszatsecass EEER S SRR R ] 2B30ILE S22 4R2BIRIABTBIBTEIXTRSLY, uf harleston. Chicago, TiL..." Sinciunati, Ohid veland, Ohio. Columbia, & L8818 BBES: n.’ 8. Dak, Indianapolis,Ind gacksonyilic Fla SuRess ey 8, Nel Philadeiphia Phoenix, Al Bittsburgh, Portland, Portland, Raleigh. N. C. 2328 BVALRILRRL; n Diego, Ci San_ Francisco. FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Stations, ockholm, Gibralta Horta (Fayal), Azores Cloudy (Cuirent obse-vations. San J 30 Hav, Hamilton, Bermuda 72 Part cloud; Porto 82 R:lne i 1