Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1931, Page 17

TRAFFIC VIOLATION BUREAU URGED FOR, NATONAL CAPTA Central Agency to Handle Minor Infractions Seen as Efficiency Move. OTHER CITIES REPORT PLAN PROVED SUCCESS Police and Trafic Officials Study Proposal Which Was Lost in Congress in 1926. Advisability of establishing a traffic violations bureau to handle cases in- volving minor infractions of the traffic code, has been taken under considera- tion by police and traffic officials in connection with the operation of the new Department of Vehicles and Traffic which will begin to function July 1, un- der the direction of William A. Van Duzer. A traffic violations bureau was first| sugeested back in 1926 by Col. I C. Moller, former assistant traffic director, | and steps were actually taken fo pro- vide for its creation in legislation. A bill to authorize establishment of the proposed bureau, however, died in Con- ress. e plan for violations bureau con- templated a fixed schedule of fines for minor traffic violations. which motorists would be given the option to pay with- out going to court. It was designe Sriginally to relieve congestion in Traff Court. Centralization Planned. The plan now under consideration is similar, but the primary purpose is not 50 much to relieve the Traffic Court, as it is to establish a central agency for handling traffic cases which are not taken into court. Every police precinct station, under existing arrangements, LOIS MAE PUMPHREY. MATCHES CAUSE DEATH OF CHLD Shock of Second Recent Death in Family Sends Policeman to Bed. Policeman J. L. Pumphrey of the sec- ond precinct was confined to his bed this morning as a result of the shock a | caused by the second tragedy to occur | C | in his family within little more than a | month. Six weeks ago, the officer's wife, Mrs. _Che WASHINGTON, D. C, 1., 70 SUMMON MORE WITNESSES AGAINST SHAPIRO Trial of Former Realty Head on Fraud Charge Re- sumes Monday. 30 PURCHASERS ALLEGE THEY WERE SWINDLED Clients Induced to Buy Homes on Which Trusts Were Hidden, Indictment Charges. With court in recess today the prose- cution in the District Supreme Court trial of Jacob Shapiro was arranging for additional witness2s to take the stand Monday when the case is resumed. Mr. Shapire, at cne time a leading | realty and building operator here, went on trial Thursday before Justice Jesse C. Adkins on a charge of fraudulent us2 [of the mails in connection with an al- leged scheme to induce real estate pur- chasets to buy properiy encumbered by a “hidden trust.” The indictment is in 12 counts, and alleges that more than 30 persons were induced to buy property which they thought had only one deed of trust on it, and to give a trust which they thought was a second encumbrance, but which was a third trust because of the alleged “hidden trust.” Ten Witnesses Called. When Justice Adkins called a recess | for the week end late yesterday. As- sistant_District Attorney John W. Fi- ’Speeding Suspect Claims Immunity; But Nobody Knows | ]Pul]s Out Identification v Card, Drives Off, Arrests Lost. Possibly an alleged speeder paced by a policeman in Potomac Park last mid- night was no diplomat, but he seems to have established the fact of his im- munity from arrest. So reported Officer T. Fogarty of the United States Park Force to his su- periors today. Fogarty was able to identify the motorist only as a “Mr. Sabit.” The officer said he noticed two cars skirting the Polo Field at an “excessive rate of speed.” Fogarty followed the length of the field on his motor cycle, establishing the speed of the automo- biles, he said, at 38 miles an hour. Ordered to the curb, the lead car pulled over and the other automobile proceeded some 50 yards before halting. ‘The officer dismounted to walk over to the latter machine when it started off. Hefollowed and stopped it again ! across the inlet bridge. Here the motorist, Fogarty reported, Ifllshed an identification card purport- ing to come from the Turkish embassy. The officer placed the card on a mud- guard and was bending over to write | out his report when the motorist took ' | the card, saying Fogarty had seen| enough. Fogarty explained he understood | diplomats were not subject to our laws | | and that all he could do about it was make a report to his superiors. He said the motorist drove off before he could learn more of the card than the name “Sabit.” Then Fogarty went back to where he | had told the other machine to wait, | but it had turned about and disap- peared into the night. ‘The diplomatic list shows that a Mr. | Nuri Sabit 1s first secretary of the | Turkish embassy and makes his home | at the Hay-Adams House. Mr. Sabit was absent from the em- | | bassy offices at the Hay-Adams House yand could not be reached for a state- | ment today. i by Representative Mapes of Michigan, | | Tda Mae Pumphrey, 22, died of a heart | attack, and last night his 3-year-old | | daughter, Lois Mae, succumbed to burns | | received 'while she and her brother, | | Robert, 4, were playing with matches. | | The children were_frolicking yester- | day in the yard of the home of their | | grandmother, Mrs. Olive Suddath, when | { Lois Mae's dress suddenly burst into it was pointed out, serves as a traffic | flames. violations bureau when it accepts col- | “Hoy' the younmgsters obtained posses- lateral for minor Infractions of the | o0 e ToUMRS €S O e oo far | traffic_regulations. o heir fa - Traffc officials believe timt centrali- | génfggf“b B s sl et helly had called about 10 witnesses, of them being home purchasers from the Shapiro Co. A title record ex- pert testified he had examined the rec- | ords of 20 home purchasers and in each | case found the existence of a “hidden trust,” the amount of which was read to the jury. Around the following 20 homeowners who claim they discovered the alleged “hidden trust” after they had concluded their initial transaction with Shapiro, the Government is centering its case: Mrs. Nellie M. Cahill, 1710 Irving SLAYING VERDICT PUZZLES JSTIES gation of the work of handling minor | traffic offenses, not only would facili- tate the disposition of these cases, but would, at the same time, relieve the station clerks in the various precinct stations of considerable routine work. The greatest relief, it was said, would come to the station clerks at precincts in which business sections are located, #s the majority of the minor violations occur in these areas. . Brown. in charge of 1, has given the pro- iolations bureau con- the Traffic Bure: Fosal for a tr; He recertly visited several cities, in- cluding Syracuse end New York, to siucy their systems of handling minor trafiic offenses and wrote to several others for information. One of the lat- ter was Detreit, which has had a traffic violations bureau in operation for more | than six years. The need of a central bureau for handling the minor traffic cases, it w sa2id, will be more urgent upon ti adoption of the triplicate plan for i suing tickets for overtime parking and other minor violations. Arrangements are being made to put this plan into | effect soon after the new department of vehicles and traffic is established. i | Runs Screaming Into House. Mrs. Suddath, a widow employed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was at work at the time, and her son- in-law, who had just completed an afternoon in court in connection with his police duties, was asleep. Suddenly, Lois Mae, with her dress ablaze, ran screaming into the house. Her brother, who also was yelling, was close behind her. ‘The children’s cries were heard by their aunt, Mrs. George Thompson, who was working on the second floor. She attempted to beat out the flames, but succeeded only in burning her hands. Seizing a blanket, which happened to be hanging nearby, Mrs. Thompson wrapped it around the girl, smothering the flames. . Meanwhile, a neighbor also had heard the youngster's screams, and she volun- teered to take Lois Mae to Providence Hospital. Awakened by Mrs. Thompson, Pum- i phrey, who had not heard the ckil- dren’s screams, went to the institution, where he collapsed a short time later. Unable to work today, he was excused from duty. Child Dies at Hospital. Although two physicians and three With the uss of triplicate tickets, a | nurses made every effort to save the record will be kept of every violation for which a ticket is issued, and of- fenders will not have an opportunity to escape a penalty, as the officers issuing child's life, she died less than four hours after her arrival at the hospital. Following the death of his wife, Pumphrey had planned to purchase a the tickets will be held to strict account | home in nearby Maryland. His parents for the disposition of these tickets. der this arrangement, it Un- | M s expiained, | w policemen will not be so likely to “fix { in Texas to care for the children. up” violations for their friends, as one ' deal was to have been closed within & | and Mrs. Robert O. Pumphre ‘The ticket will go to the Traffic Bureau for | few days. the records. Of the two remaining duplicates ihe officer will keep one for his records, and the other will be issued to the offend:r. CREW OF SCOUT CAR RESCUES DETECTIVE Disperse Colored “Mob” Enraged ‘When He Catches Boy Who Threw Stones. The timely arrival of the second pre- einct station's radio scout car 1 Delphian Society to Have Art Cu-| Pumphrey, who came here about sevsn years ago, has been a member of the police force for about four years. Following funeral seryices at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, Lois Mae will be buried ?e. ide her mother in Cedar Hill Ceme- ery. MISS GUEST TO SPEAK rator at Monday Dinner. Miss Grace Dunham Guest, assistant | curator of the Preer Art Gallery, will | address the three District chapters of | the National Delphian Soclety at their {first_annual dinner Monday evening at the Shcreham Hotel. . She will speak on “The Art$ of the saved Detective Sergt. Michael J. Dowd | Ancient World.” and an unidentified man from pssible serious injury at the hands of an en- | three chapter presidents, Mrs. Charles | raged colored “mob” at First and N |F. streets early last night. Dowd was driving to his home for dinner when a colored boy picked-up a handful of gravel and threw it into the officer’s face as he passed First and N streets. Dowd stopped his machine, ccl- Jared the boy and taking him to his home for parental reprimand when he was set upon. A score of bystanders attacked Dowd while a crowd gathered quickly. An un- identified white man leaped to the de- tective's assistance, and was helping him stand off the attackers when tie scout car, notified by radio, arrived and dispersed the mob. The gravel-throwing ycuth escaped during the melee, but six persons, all colored, who are said to have partici- | enport streets. | A Addresses also will be made by the Schoonmaker, National ~Capital Chapter: Mrs. Clem M. Jansky, Jjr., Co- lumbia Chapter, and Mrs. Evelyn Bright | Buckley, Gamma Chapter. Mrs. F. A. Casteel is chairman of the Banquet Committee of the Delphian chapters. STABBED IN FIGHT ailant of Seriously Injured Col- ored Man Is Sought. Charles Brcoks, colored, 37, of Nauck Station, Arlington County, Va., received serious stab wounds in an altercation last night near Thirty-eighth and Dav- Physicians at Emergen- pated in the attack, were arrested and | cy Hospital, where he was taken, re- booked on charges of assault and dis- | ported his condition to be critical. orderly conduct. They were to be ar- raigned in Police Court today. MRS. HELEN B. GRAB DIES IN G. U. HOSPITAL Wife of Trade Commissioner of De- partment of Commerce Was 111 Short Time. Mrs. Helen Blanche Grab, wife of Frederick D. Grab, trad: commissioner of the Department of Commerce, do- tailed as assistant chief of the Foreign Service Division, died in Georgetown Univesity Hospital last night, after a| short iliness. She was 33 years old. Mrs. Grab, befors her .varriage Miss Moye, was a native of West Virginia. Until two years ago she and her hus- band had been living in Caracas, Veno- guela, where he was stationed as trade commissioner. Mr. Grab, a former newspaper man, was with the Associated Press, the Universal Service and later an independent correspondent here prior to becoming connected with the Department_of Commerce. Mr. and Mrs. Grab have been residing at 1833 New Hampshire avenue. He served as lleutenant in the World War. Puneral services will be conducted shem Chapel of Washington ], Monday morning, at 11 Interment will be in Arlington Ve in. Bet Cathedra o'clock. Cemete: | Po'ice are searching for Howard Fair- fax, col:red, 39, of the 4800 block of Bel* road. e to have gone there from their home | | street; James S. Hadley, 427 Madison | street: Mrs. Minnie W. Reed, 1734 Irv- ing street; Clarence M. Hughes, 3625 Eighteenth street northeast; Walter S. Frisbie, 1718 Irving street; Horace W. | Hullinger, 419 Madison street; Mrs. | Daisy B. Kelley, 1708 Hobart street; | Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Crumley, 411 | Madison street; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph | C. Enger, 422 Marietta place: Mr. and | Mrs. Morrison W. Perly, 1718 Hobart | street; Mrs. Helen Mae Conrad, 417 | Madison_street; Mr. and Mrs. Walter | F. Studdiford, 423 Madison street: Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Hall, 1732 Irving | street; Mr. and Mrs. Willilam J. Haste, | 3615 Eighteenth street northeast: Mr. and Mrs. W. Calhoun Furr, 1716 Hobart street; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L. Espey, 421 Marietta place; Mr. and Mrs. | Howard M. Carter, 420 Marietta place: | Mr. and Mrs. Willlam J. Slattery, 1823 | Otis street, and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Norton, 413 Madison street. $26,367 Involved. ‘The total amount of alleged “hidden ing to records introduced yesterday, is |$26,367.17. The trusts range from $400 to $2.500. From Mrs. Slattery, Roy H. Bonavita, | 425 Madison strect: Mr. Hadley, Mr. | and Mrs. Studdiford, Mrs. Conrad, Mr. and Mrs. Espey and Mrs. Furr, while they were on the witness stand, the | Government drew a recital of the diffi- | culties they experienced with Shapiro in | getting from him certificates of title showing their property clear of all in- cumbrances with exception of the first and second trusts. All testified they knew nothing of | alleged “hidden trusts” until they were | notified by B. F. Saul Co., mortagee, | that their payments were due; of their | repeated visitations to the Shapiro Co. to get this matter straightened out and | finally receiving their certificates of titles. On cross-examination the wit- | nesses, except Mr. Hadley, admitted this | trust had been paid by Shapiro, but not until from one to two years after they purchased the property and had been held liable for payment by the Saul company. The jury is composed of eight men and four women. D. L. CHAMBERLIN HEADS ENGINEERS’ CHAPTER | Increased Membership for Unit of National Organization to Be Sought in Campaign. | Donald L. Chamberlin, vice preslden!‘; of the Kennedy-Chamberlin Develop- ment Co., was elected president of the Washington Chapter of the American Association of Engineers at the annual meeting of the organization held at 2400 Sixte=nth strect this week. Other officers elected were Byron M. Allen, first vice president; George B. Kissinger, second vice president: Don- ald K. McKenzle, secretary, and Ver- non D. George, treasurer, Mr, Cham- | berlin succeeds W. 1. Swanton, former president. Plans were discussed at the meeting to conduct a drive for increased mem- bership in the chapter. The group consid: also the necessity of apply- ing to Congress for legislation requir- ing the registration of all engineers in the District. Better co-operation among the veri- ous :;x:nl enginesring organizations was urged. U.S. V&ORKERS REFUSE TO PAY | NICKEL A DAY FOR PARKING {Cars Parked Free on Site of Burned Federal Building | After Admission Collector Boycotted. The unwillingness of certain Federal workers to pay a nickel a day for a place to park has created a highly com- plicated situation, which, smong other things, is baffling one of the Govern- ment’s keenest minds. The “other things” are so numerous that they can be told best in chrono- logical order. . On June 1 the site of the burned Federal Trade Commissicn Building was leased to A. G. Dezendorf, 722 Tenth street, for parking, purposes at a rental of $350 per month, The lexsing was done by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of publiz build- ings and public parks. It is Col. Grant who now finds himself baffi-d. After the deal had been made, Mr. Dezendorf spent $150 in grading and cleaning up the lot. Then hg hung up a sign advising all who cared to read that Governm:nt workers could p>rk ‘tiherz for $1.50 a month, or a nickel a ay. Although the lot could accommodate 1,000 cars, Mr. Dezzndorf had but two customers the first day and only one the second. He investigated and found he was being boycotted. Somebody was circu- lating petitions charging that his rates were too high and urging the worke to park on the streets. On the thir day there were no customers. Mr. Dezendorf wrote off the $150 invested in grading and retired from that en- ‘The workers now park there in droves for nothing, and Col. Grant is baffied. ‘The thing that’s baffling him is how, where and from whom he is going to collect the $350 monthly rental | trusts” on the above property, accord- | {Three Men Acquitted Sep-| arately, but Convicted Joint- } ly, in York Death. May three men be acquitted indi- vidually of a charge of first-degrez mur- {der and then be held collectively guilty {under an omnibus count? The question is causing concern| among the five justices of the District | Court of Appeals, when called on to| decide appeals of the three men, John ! Borum, John Logan and Milton Guy, all colored, who were convicted of kill- | ing Lamar Watson York, a prohibition agent, in April, 1930. The case was argued last April, and wken the justices | had begun to consider the matter, the | question arose. Counsel had not raised | the point in their briefs, nor had men- tion of it been made in the arguments. All Sentenced to Die. The indictment was in four counts, one placing the pistol in the hands of Borum, another placing it in the hands of Logan, and the third in the hands of Guy. The fourth count charged all | three men with committing the murder. {The jury reported the men not guilty on the first three counts. but guilty on All were sentenced { the fourth count. justices have decided to reassign {the case for argument in October, and | i have notified counsel that they may file briefs on the one point &s to the suffi- | ciency of the verdict to support the | death sentence. Execution Set for September. ‘The order of the appellate court reads: “It appearing from the record in this case that the defendants and each of them were severally acquitted of the charge of murder under the first three counts of the indictment, and found guilty under the fourth count, a ques- tion arises as to whether or not the ver- dict is so inconsistent as to be insuffi- cient to support the judgment thereon, and as this question was not noticed in the briefs, or argued at the hearing, it is ordered that the cause be set down for reargument on the first day of the next October term of this court. on that point alone. and that counsel be per-| mitted to file such sdditional briefs in the cause as they may be advised.” The three men are under sentence to be executed Seplember 2, but another pestponement will be necessary. They were convicted in July, 1930. 6. F. WILSON BURIAL T0 BE IN ARLINGTON Navy Man, Drowned Near New- port, to Be Given Military Honors Tomorrow. Funeral services for George Frederick Wilson, son of Capt. James E. Wilson { of ninth prec’nct police station, will be !'held at the home of h’'s parents, 504 ! Oglethorpe street, at 9 o'clock tomor- row morning. Burial will be.in Arling- ton National Cemetery, with military honors. The young man, who would have completed a four-year term in the Navy in September, was drowned in Nar- ragansett Bay on May 16. The body was returncd to Washington Tuesday. He was formerly a student at McKin- ley High Schosl here. Besides his parents, he is survived by three sisters, Frances, Elizabeth and V.rgnia, and two brothers, Charles and Arthur. MRS. GALLAGHER SEEKS $2,000 BACK ALIMONY Charges Husband Delinquent in Payments Toward Children’s Support. | seem fair to call on them to contribute WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1931 FISCAL RELATIONS STUDY HELD FUTILE BY MAPES GROUP Attitude Indicates They Have No Great Confidence Prob- lem Is Solved. MORE VIGOROUS SENATE OPPOSITION IS FEARED Chairman Declines to State How $3,500,000 in Tax Estimate Will Be Absorbed. The special House committee headed | which announced yesterday it would, recommend to the next Congress several new taxes for the people of Washing- | ton, really feels that its study of fiscal relations between the Federal and Dis- trict Governments is futile. ‘While members of the committee, in- | cluding Chairman Mapes, are reluctant | to make any statements regarding its decisions other than the formal state- | ment issued by Mr. Mapes yesterday by! unanimous agreement, their attitude; shows they have no great confidence they have solved or will solve the prob- ! lem which has been vexing Congress | and taxpayers of the District for nearly | a century. 1 Fear Senate Opposition. There is a thought in the minds of some members that the fact it is a{ House Committee, on which practically every member previously has advanced decided opinions on the question in- volved, may cause the Senate to oppose such measures even more vigorously and take a firmer stand in opposition to_the attitude of the House toward the Dis- trict on fiscal matters. The committee was charged with two duties. One was to report what the contributions of the Federal Govern- ment should be toward the support of the Capital. The other was to sce what new sources of revenue m‘ght be tapped or what changes should be made in tax methods. | Action Is Deferred. In deferring until its next meeting | on November 15 any determination re- garding the amount the Federal Gov- ernment should contribute toward the expenses of the District government, the committee has left this question | open. Chairman Mapes and other mem- | bers of the committee declined today | to state how the $3,500,000 or more which it is estimated will be raised by the proposed new taxes will be absorbed in District finances, whether this amount will go toward reducing the Federal contribution; whether it will g0 toward reducing the real estate tax, or whether it will be merely giving so much more revenue to spend. Chairman Mapes said it was his attitude and that of other members of | the committee that with taxpayers suf- fering keenly in other States it did not | toward the expenses of the District as long as people in the District were not’ paying certain taxes which people in other States are compelled to pay. Sees Little Hope of Settlement. Representative Mapes has repeatedly heretofore let it be known he sees lit- tle hope of settiing the controversy which has existed between the people of the District and Congress since prior to 1835 regarding fiscal relations. He points out the gasoline tax | throughout the States average at least | 4 cents a gallon, which is the new tax | rate his committee recommends for the | District. The records discussed by the Special | Committee show the average tax on | automobiles, based on weight, which is enforced in most of the States, amounts to about $12 per car. In its report, the Mapes Committee has reached no con- | clusion regarding the rate of tax on | automobiles by weight. Regarding the estate tax, Chairman Mapes and other members of the com- | mittee point out that all but one State have such a levy. LEGAL FIGHT OVER CHILD ENDS IN MOTHER’S FAVOR| D. C. Supreme Court Gives Mrs. Ruth Harris Bell Custody After Battle in Three States. A court fight over the custody of & | 3-year-old child, which extended over | three States, was concluded today when | the District Supreme Court decided in | favor of the child’s mother, Mrs. Ruth Harris Bell, Conard Apartments, an employe of the Census Bureau. ! Attorneys Willlam R. and Saul G. Lichtenberg, representing the wife, said she had married John Paul Bell of | Minden, La., at Shreveport in 1928 and was divorced May 10, 1930. The decree, obtained in Texas, made no mention of the child's custody, it was said. While the child was with its grandmother in Louisiana, the husband filed habeas corpus proceedings in that State and | obtained custody of it. Mrs. Bell went to Louisiana and took ! the child away and then began pro- ceedings here to establish her custody, which the local court legalized. E. F. HAYCRAFT ELECTED Paul Home and School Association Names Officers. E. F. Haycraft was elected president of the Paul Home and School Associa- tion at the organization's final meet- ing of the year last night at Paul Junior High School. Other officers chosen were: Mrs. L. H. Windsor, first vice presi- dent: Prof. L. J. Cantrell. second vice president; Mrs. E. L. Griffin, secretary, and Mrs Mary Lamond White, treas- urer. Retiring president, Mrs. D. S. Shankle, and Prof. Cantrell, school principal, were presented with gifts. BURNET IS RECOVERING David _Burnet, commissioner of In- ternal Revenue, ‘who underwent a major operation for disorders of the upper abdomen at Homeopathic Hospi- tal yesterday, is doing ‘“very _satis- Charging that her husband, Cyril Dean Gallagher, Woodley Park Towers, 15 $2,000 in arrears in alimony payments, Mrs. Louise Moonran Gallagher, the Chastleton, filed a petition in District Supreme Court today asking that her husband be held in contempt of court. Justice Bailey ordered him to appear and show cause why he has disobeyed the court order requiring him to pay $100 a month for the support of his wife and two children, 5 and 9 years I old. ‘The wife, through Attorney Godfrey L. Munter, told the court she is des- titute an Il:’r practically nothing since that her husband has paid | October, various reports upon approximately half & dozen investigations, factorily” it was said today. Mr. Burnet robably will fot be discharged from rhe hospital for three weeks, according to his_physician, Dr. James F. David- son. Dr. J. P. Shearer performed the operation. "CRIME STUDY NEARS END Nearing the completion of its two; year study of crine, the Wickersham Commission adjourned today until June 23. > It has until July 1 to complete the | thick. % Foening Shaf * Cooling System Started UNDERGROUND WATER SOUGHT water, as will the executive offic { } made on the 70-foot well now FOR POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. HE new Post Office Department probably will be cooled by underground e of the new Department of Commerce. This became increasingly probable today as rapid progress was being being dug for what will be the first “undergr-und filter unit,” from which the water will be obtained. ‘The well is being dug down to solid rock, which has been found at a depth of 70 feet, in an alley near the corner of Twelfth and C streets. The hole now under way is 6 feet 4 inches in diameter and today had | been decpened to a point about 15 feet below the surface. part of the hole and then drove into the ground a circular wall of stzel sisting of heavy interlocking pieces 40 The contract’r dug con- fect long. 14 inches wide and 5 inch ‘This circular wall of steel ncw has been criven by a steam hammer down to a depth of 40 feet. When the dirt has been dug down to a much Jower level, further interlocking sheets of steel 40 feet long will be placed on top of those now in the ground and driven to solid rock, making a solid well i of steel from the surface down to rock. When the well is completed, a metal casing will be let down into the filled with clean gravel. The water, gravel, will be pumped out through the inside metal casing. This will furnish | | water for the “air conditioning system.” | middle of the hole and the area between the inside and ouside casings will be rising frim bedrock level through the ‘This first well is a test well to determine how much water can be obtained through this one hole in the ground, and whether other wells might be needed The general contract for the und | to furnish sufficient water to conditicn the air in the Post Office Building. lerground filter unit went to Sprague & | Henwood, Inc., of Scranton, Pa., while a subcontractor, Merritt, Chapman & Scott of Baltimore, is digging the well, Ivan Boganoff Charged With Drunken Driving and Failure to Stop. An alleged hit-and-run motorist who eluded several citizens and two motor cycle policemen in an exciting race on Connecticut avenue early today was ar- rested by a cruising detective squad 15 minutes after a lookout for his machine had been broadeast to police radio cars. He was booked as Ivan Boganoff, 41 years old, of 1725 Riggs place and charged with operating an automobile | while drunk, colliding and failing to stop by the arresting officers, Detective Sergt. Henry Jett and Pvts. R. H. Rus- sell and M. B. Groves, members of the Detective Bureau's cruiser crew No. 1. Started at Midnight. ‘The chase started shortly after mid- night when a car crashed into the rear of a parked sedan in which Mrs. Rosalie Youngs, 45 years old, of 814 I street was sitting with her husband on the Speedway near Hains' Point and then sped on without halting. Mrs. Youngs suffered lacerations of the head and legs and was removed to Emergency Hospital for treatment. Meanwhile several citizens, including Dr. Ignatius Rutkoski, former Emer- gency Hospital interne, and two motor cycle policemen sgave ‘chase and pur- sued the car up Connecticut avenue, but their quarry escaped. Cruiser crew No. 1 from the Detec- tive Bureau picked up a. “lookout” for the car from the police radio station at 1:08 am. and exactly 15 minutes later spotted Boganoff's machine and ar- rested the man at New Hampshire avenue and R street. Leg Ts Fractured. ‘William H. Smith, 40 years old, of | 4401 Connecticut_avenue, was taken to Emergency Hospital with a fractured leg and head injuries yesterday after- noon when he stepped from behind a street car at Connecticut avenue and Upton street and was felld by an automobile. The motcrist, Richard C. Leary, 30 years old, of the 2700 block Twenty- eighth street, was not held by police. Leaping from the path of an oncom- ing automobile, James Hodge, 11 years old, colored, cf 625 Eighth street north- | east, jumped in front of a W. B. & A. | electric car at Third and H streets northeast yesterday afternoon and was slightly injured. He was given first ald treatment at Casualty Hospital and then discharged. DRUM, FIFE AND BUGLE CORPS PLANNED FOR 1932 Unit to Be Organized in Public Schools to Participate in Bi- centennial Program. Plans for organizing a drum, fife and bugle corps in th: Washington public schools to participate in the George ‘Washington Bicentennial celebration were announc:d today by Louis Malkus, who will be in charge of the undertak- mglr. Malkus said the ¢orps was being organized with the co-operation of the Community Center Department and the approval of S. E. Kramer, acting super- intendent of schools, and Dr. E. N. C. Barnes, director of music in the publ schools, Questionnaires setting forth the pur- of the corps have been circulated gmns the school children. ‘The ?h“ has been indorsed by the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, th> Bicentennial Commission, Deughters of ths American Revolution a-d the National Federation of Music DRIVER IS CAPTURED “GENERAL GLOON" INRAGE WITH POLIGE WL BE INTERRED 'Potomac Services to Precede Annual Cruise of Merchants and Manufacturers. “General Gloom” and all that is sym- | bolic or indicative of business depres- sion will have a watery grave this after- noon, as a casket bearing the corpse of | the mythical “four-star general” is low- | ered into the Potomac River from the |decks of the S. S. Southland with mimic | funereal ceremonies by a group of Washington business leaders as they embark upon the annual three- cruise of the Merchants and Manufa turers’ Association, The river burial of “bad business” will initiate the twenty-first yearly “booster trip” of the merchants group, and as the members cast their tributes of mourning on Gen. Gloom's grave, o | will they dislodge from their minds’ the | | worries ana_burdens of officialdom, and | prepare for three days of joviality, sport | |and good_fellowship. | “M. G. Gibbs, general chairman of th booster trip, and Mark Lansburgh, presi- dent of the association, will direct the | burial ceremonies off the docks of the | Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co. las the Southland casts off at 3:30 , 0'clock, Party to Play Golf. Nearly 170 members and guests are grcup, but not a member of the fairer sex will be aboard. The first stop is to b2 at Old Point Comfort tomorrow morning 8 o'clock. A group of golf- ers will ieave the vessel at this point for games at the Hampton Golf Club, while the remainder of the party will journey on to Norfolk and return early in the afternoon to pick up the golfers. An _inspection of new ships at New- port News will be made at 2:30 pm., and a cruise out to the Virginia Capes and up Chesapeaks Bay will follow in the evening. Visit Annapolis Sunday. Annapolis will be visited Sunday, marked by attendance at church serv- ices and inspection of the Naval Acad- emy. tapsco River and down Chesapeake Bay will occupy Sunday afternoon. The re- turn to Washington will be made early Monday morning. Subcommittee chairmen arranging the program ar:: Bert Olmsted, commis- sary; James E. Colliflower, entertain: ment; Charles H. Frame, itinerary; Wil- liam E. Russell, publicity, and Lewis A. Payne, tickets. The list of honor guests is héaded by Frederick N. Zihlman, former Repub- lican Representative from Maryland. KEANE COUNCIL, K. OF C., ELECTS NEW OFFICERS J. E. Burns Named Grand Knight at Annual Election Last Night. At the annual ejection of officers last night, J. E. Burns was elected grand knight of Keane Council, Knights of Columbus, 'for the coming year. J. P. McKeon was chosen deputy grand knight, and Rev. Prancis K. Cavanagh, chaplain, Other officers selected were Charles J. Dean, chancellor; Dennis J. Niland, financial secretary; Edwin P. Goodwin, recording secretary; Charles D. Bool lecturer; Edward A. Strudley, treas: urer; W. A, Milligan, warden; Henry G. Nolda, inside guard, and -Clarence Von Brehl, outside guard. Delegatés to the building company are to be Charles W. Darr and Eugene C. Edwards; dele- gates to the Washington Chapter, Frank Haske and Dr. James B. O'Don- nell, and delegates to the Stat> Council, Mr. Burns and Mr. Darr, and alter- nates, Mr, Edwards and Mr. Goodwin, | making the cruise with the merchants | A daylight cruise up to the Pa- | PAGE B—1 CAPITAL'S AIRLINES ORDER 3 ADDITIONS INRAPID EXPANSION Ludington Schedule Changed to Permit Service for Atlantic City. POSTAL HEADS STUDY EXTENSION TO NORFOLK Eastern Air Transport Will Add Daily Round Trip to Greens- boro, N. C., Next Monday. Growth of air transport service out of the National Capital, which last year exceeded similar development any- where in the world, is continuing, with two new expansions scheduled to be made Saturday and one on Monday. The airmail line between this city and Pittsburgh, resulting in an increase of passenger schedules to three round trips a day, was established four days ago. Passenger service already has in- creased more than 200 per cent be- tween Washington and Pittsburgh. ° ‘The Pittsburgh line, is being flown by Pennsylvania Airlines, fs an extens sion of the airmail line this company has flown for years between Pittsburg ’Bnd Cleveland. Schedule Is Advanced. ‘Tomorrow the Ludington Line, ope- rating hourly service between this city and New York, will move up its firsy | caily flight from 8 to 7 a.m. in both di: jrections and will open an hourly serv- {ice between Philadelphia and Atlantic |City. It also is arranging new trans- {portation schedules between Newark Au'opol'l.Mnn(:i New York. | n Monday, Eastern Air Trans | which recently inaugurated Mrmailp:l‘rl‘l; | passenger service on a new coastal route jfrom Richmond to Jacksonville, con | necting with the line through the Cap- lital, will increase its passenger sertice | between Washington and Greensboro, N. C., by one round trip a day. The Ludington Line Atlantic City service will be flown on hourly sched ules, connecting with every plane our of Washington and New York on the | present line. newcomer to the local air transport field is the ‘mchmond-washmg{,:n- New York Airline, put into operation by Richmond Air Transport to fiil ir | 8aps in the schedules now maintained | oetween Washington and Richmond, Va. | Passengers are transferred to New York planes at Washington-Hoover Airport. Buy Dixie Interest, Officials of the Ludington Line, it is understood, have acquired an active in- teresi In the Dixie Flying Service iine from Washington to Charlottesville, Va and are extending the service to White Sulphur - Springs, W. Va, and Ho: Springs, Va. The use of tri-motored | Planes on this line, o replace the sin- | gle-motored ships now use i considered. % e The fate of the proposed Washing- ton-Norfolk airmail and passenger line is in the hands of the Post Office De- partment, which has not yet announced any decision, though funds for the new line are to become available, July 1. Original plans called for establish-" ment of this line from Washington to Norfolk as a continuation of the Cleyeland-Pittsburgh-Washington line. The® Department of Commerce, in ac- cordance with these plans, has con- structed a lighted airway from Wash- | ington to Norfolk, with beacons every 10 miles and three lighted intermediate landing fields. These facilities are idle | awaiting the inauguration of mail serv= It is understood. however, that postal officials are considering a change of {plans which will call for establish- {ment of mail service from Richmond | to Norfolk, making connection with Washington by way of the present | Eastern Air Tiansport line. JUDGE SELLERS MAKES NON-SUPPORT RULING Orders New Information Be Filed Annually to Prolong Juris- diction. In order to prolong jurisdiction over i non-support _cases, Judge Kathryn Sel- !lers of the Juvenile Court ruled yester- jday that new information papers be filed annually in each of these cascs. The point arose when Attorneys H. M. and S. F. Hawkins disputed the iright of the court to extend its juris- diction over Frederick Russell Price, charged with non-support, for a period greater than one year. It was pointed out the District Code authorizes the Juvenile Court to place a non-support defendant on pro- bation, under the jurisdiction of the court, as an alternative to a work house sentence. Price was discharged by the court, but Judge Sellers said that new infor- mation papers would be filed each year {in such cases hereafter when the pro- | bationer has failed to make full pro- vision for his family within the one- | vear period. SHOREHAM NOTEHOLDERS NAME INQUIRY GROWP | Committee of Seven to Investigate Rights in View of $534,000 Mechanics’ Liens. Meeting in the Shoreham Hotel last night, 500 persons interested in the property, which was financied through Ilhe bankrupt Swartzell, Rheem Hensey Co., voted to place their rights as noteholders in the hands of a com- mittee of seven for investigation. ‘The investors were aavised that holders of $534,000 of mechanics’ liens on the property claim pricr rights and are considering court action. ‘The committee is composed of C. F. R. Ogilby, George W. White, Paul B, Cromelin, Edward F. Colladay. Martin J. McNamara, L. Russell Alden and ‘Walter B. Guy. FEARS FUTURE WARS Dr. Henry G. Rowland Suggests Ways to Lighten Suffering. Dr. Henry G. Rowland, physician, author, war correspondent and ad- venturer, related many of his more ex- citing experiences in the Spanish- American and World Wars in an ad- dress before the Arts Club last night. He outlined what might be expected in a !l:mre :var 12 ths way of mechanical equipment and suggested plans that might be made to atleviate such & l‘l