Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1931, Page 17

AUTOMOBILE TTLE | REGULATION O BE ADVERTISED JULY 1 New Traffic Act Requires Alll Vehicle Owners to Get Certificates. LAW TAKES EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 1932 | Beven Employes in License Bu- reau Transferred to Traffic Office. Regulations governing the titling of Butomobiles, under authority of the new Srafic act, have been completed and Wwill be publicly advertised July 1. The fregulations were drawn up by Willlam A. Van Duzer, who will take office as Hirector of vehicles and traffic July 1, and have been approved by the cor- fporation counsel’s office. Under the new traffic act, titling of all automobiles registered in the Dis- trict is compulsory on and after Janu- ary 1 next. Although not compulsory between July 1 and January 1, the new | department will be ready to issue cer- Sificates of title in proper cases to all mpplicants between those dates. The regulations are expected to come before Board of Commissioners for ap- at the board meeting next Seven to Be Transferred. Transfer of seven employes of the of- ce of the superintendent of licenses to e new Department of Vehicles and raffic will also be made July 1. The oup, headed by Miss Alice Buettner, {r“ charge of issuing license plates for sutomobiles. The employes will move from their present quarters at the Dis- trict Building to the fourth floor of the Police Headquariers Building at 462 Louisiana avenue, where tags will be ssued after July 1. Other traffic matters expected to come before the Commissioners Friday inci- dent to the change brought about by the new traffic act include a design of & card to be given to members of Con- gress to park their cars in specially marked areas and many transfers of amployes now connected with the office f the director of traffic over to the new partment of Vehicles and Traffic. Staff Shifts Due. W. H. Harland, now traffic director, g’“ M. O."Eldridge, assistant traffic di- ctor, are expected to become traffic engineer and assistant engineer, re- spectively, under Van Duzer. All of the other employes will probably also be given jobs in the new organization, and | several additional employes will be taken | on. DOUTHITT STILL ILL; CASE DELAYED AGAIN | Succumbs to Soda HAT venerable mahogany bar in the Raleigh Hotel, the last re- maining relic of the pre-Vol- stead era in Washington's fa- mous hostelries, become a mere soda fountain. Between now and the middle of August the transformation will take place. The bar itself will remain, but its spirit' will be gone. And with the departing spirly will go the lingering memories of #he golden days when statesmen, diplomats and Southern | gentlemen’ shared its brass rail, clicked | glasses and drank a toast to the health and prosperity of a nation. Back in those days, the Raleigh bar had a reputation and an envious cli- entele. The fame of its gin rickeys and its mint juleps was nation-wide. The men who gathered there were even more farous. “Uncle Joe” Cannon, for instance, spent many Testful hours at that y bar. John Sharp Williams, and Mark Hanna were also among the regular patrons. And in later years came Champ Clark and Boles Penrose. Diplomats, too, found its environment enchanting. Prohibition came, but three years before that, in November, 1917, the Sheppard law dried up Washington. Famous barrooms since have passed into history—all but that of the is about to | | | | { FAMOUS RALEIGH BAR TO BE MODERNIZED. Left to right: L. Myers and I. Cox, veteran bartenders of the historic Raleigh Hotel bar, who are getting in their hands on soda dispensing. Raleigh. It became a light lunch bar. It was a rendezvous for hungry news- papermen and business men. Through- {out these intervening 13 years it has lingered on in the hope that some day it could go back into the service for which it originally was designed. Its veteran bartenders, in white aprons, also have remained with the same hope, dispensing food, near beer and milk, and cider, but nothing stronger. The decision of the owners to con- vert the bar into a soda fountain may be regarded as prophetic. At any rate, the long mahogany counter will remain and so will the brass rail. No change will be made in the artistic iron grill work and the huge ofl painting that hangs on the wall, the work of the fa- mous artist, Chelmonski. In fact, nothing will be changed to destroy the old pre-prohibition atmos- phere. But under the bar, in compart- ments where once was stored a varied assortment of rare old liquors, will be installed fancy containers for fruit juices and other ingredients for sodas. Cream puffs, chocolate eclairs and deli- cate Prench pastries will stand on shelves where liquor used to be. And the white-aproned bartenders —while it hasn’t been decided yet— may go into training in the art of mix- ing modern drinks. MERCURY DROPS - Wrraignment on Contempt Charge Postponed Third Time by Justice Fordon. " Appearance of Harry N. Douthitt be- fore Justice Peyton Gordon, who cited him for contempt of court, was post- poned for the third time today. Assistant United Stal Attorney ‘William H. Collins told the jurist Jus- tice Department agents have assured, him the editor of the Bluecoat, unoffi- | cial police organ, still is too {ll to war- rant his returning here from Phila-| gelphia. | Justice Gordon gave Douthitt until pext Thursday to show cause why he $hould not be charged with contempt of court for failure to appear before e grand jury in connection with that 's investigation of graft charges ainst first precinct police. The accusations were made following [hn attack on Douthitt in his apartment t the Portner, Fifteenth and U streets. Vhile confined to Casualty Hospital, Douthitt declared the police were pro- ll‘? gamblers. Following his discharge from the hos- tal, Douthitt went to the home of s daughter and son-in-law in Phila- phia. 13 HELD AS VAGRANTS GET TRIAL DELAYS Defendants Taken in Gambling Raids to Be at Liberty Until August 15. i { i i ? ‘Thirteen ' men ~arrested recently on ncy charges in the police drive gainst gambling, will remain at liberty under $500 bond until August 15, under . ruling today by Police Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt. Judge Schuldt granted .continuances [In the cases of Morris E. (Dutch) Irwin and James B. Miller, the first two de- endants arraigned. The other 11 were dus to be tried this week. but their | cases probably will b delayed until a | ecision has been reached in the Irwin | nd Miller cases i Charles E. Ford, representing Irwin nd Miller, contended the information | pepers on which thev were taken into ustody were insufficient and did not ollow the Distrit Code. He argued he code provided vagrants were per-| ons without visible means of support. ! e information papers did not con- in such a charge. merely alleging the fefendants were “living without work.” The defense attorney said the Court pf Appeals had ruled any one posses- ng money with which to pay current penses could not be held under the grancy law. Judge Schuldt instructed Edward T. elliver to submit authorities in sup- of his contention that the man d been properly charged. The judge ook no action on a motion to quash made by Ford. The cases at first were continued for week, but Judge Schuldt agreed that ey should be delayed until August 15, ter Ford explained Irwin wished to o out of town *“on business.” STUDENT FOUND DEAD LENOIR, N. June 24 (#)—Ham- iton Weller, 25, of Cincinnati, Ohio, member of a party of students studying jorth Carolina flora and fauna, was found dead today in the mountains be- een Linville and Blowing Rock. ‘Weller had been ‘'missing from the udents' camp since Monday. His d was crushed and he is believed to : have fallen over a cliff, : AFTER HEAVY RAIN Lightning Hits Two Houses and Pole, Injuring Woman in Home. Washington was enjoying clear, com- | fortable weather today, follow'ng a storm in which lightning struck two houses and a telephone pole in the southeast section, while a heavy down- pour caused other damage, including several washouts of roadway. A middle-aged woman was_slightly hurt when & bolt hit her home: A man and his 2-year-old daughter escaped dnjury when their residence was struck. The storm, which did consideérable damage throughout this section, broke a heat wave which had caused several deaths and prostrations here. ‘Temperature Drops. As a result of the storm, during which about three-fourths of an inch of rain fell, today’s temperature was running about 10 degrees below that of yester- day, Weather Bureau officials reported. The forecasters predicted fair weather today and tonight, followed by a slight increase in, warmth tomorrow. How- ever, there is no immediate prospect of a return of the torrid wave, they said. The mercury probably will not rise higher than 78 or 80 degrees today, they added. Arthur Meyer, 22, a student at Gecrge Washington University, was the last vict'm of the heat wave, He was found dead yesterday in his apartment at 1915 | I street by Israel Aspren, with whom he lived Elmer Sothoron, a resident of the same block, examined him and de- clared his death was due to a heart attack brought on by the heat. ‘Woman Hurt By Boit. “The woman injured by lightning was Mrs, John O. Stewart, 3635 Nichols avenue southeast. The bolt knocked the chimney from her dwelling, darted into & window and struck Mrs. Stewart's arm, She was knocked to the floor and her arm was slightly burned. Dennis Morris and his daugh Louise, were in the kitchen of their home ‘at 115 Wilmington place south- east, when lightning shattered the chimney. The bolt traveled down chimney and damaged the kitch stove, but Mo his deughte unhurt, althot ae girl playing on the £ covered with 50« A tel: e nue and Ba st hit, with y ighs wires were thrown to the ground. Lightning also caused some damage in various sections bercnd ‘the District line, and roads in nearby Maryland and Virginia were inundated, whilz several minor washouts were reported in the city. An autcmobile was stranded in Rock Creek, the water rising above the run- ning boards after the engiue stalled. ‘The car was pulled out by firemen after the driver had carried his feminine companion to safety. ‘The storm broke shortly after 4 pm., causing the temperature to drop from 1so was 88, the maximum for the day, to 70| within an hour. ‘Trolley service on Pennsylvania nue between Seventeenth and Nine- teenth streets wes held up as a result of short circuits ip feed wires. Hold-up Victims Lose ‘Watches. ‘Two hold-ups, in which watches were stolen, were reported to police tod: Claude M. Rocca, 1138 Sixth street. sald he was robbed early today at M and Kirby streets by five' colored men. Roy Smith, Keefe. W. Va,, declared he was robbed of a $10 wa by-an un- dentified man last night in I’n tension | MAYFLOWER BILL QUASHING SOUGHT Hotel Counsel Say Court Act Irregular in- Amended Petition Filing. Asserting that Justice Oscar R. Lubring acted “improvidently: and rregularly” in granting permission for the filing of an amended bill of com- plaint by petitioners seeking a receiver- ship for the Mayflower Hotel, counsel for the hotel moved yesterday to have the new bill stricken from the files of the District Supreme Court. ‘They also say the action was directly contrary to the Court of Appeals order of June 3 setting aside the temporary receivership granted previously by Jus- tice Luhring. Bill Followed Hearing. The amended bill was filed after Justice Luhring, pursuant to instruc- tions from the higher court, had heard lengthy arguments for and against the original bill. It was charged. that permission to file the substitute bill was given Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrapndt, counsel for the plaintiffs, cn an ex parte applica- tion in the chambers of Justice Luhring and without notice to'the defendants. ‘This, counsel for the hotel aliege, was directly contrary to court practice, which requires that notice of such ap- plications be served on counsel for the defense before being granted. The motion to strike was filed through Attorneys Leahy, Toland and Hughes with the reservation that it was done without prejudice to any other mou; that may bz filed in the Court of A peals for the protection of the interests of the defendants. / Refused to Act. The principal amendment is that Charles C. Moore, trustee under the second mortgage on the property, has refused to act for the protection of the bondholders. Mrs. Willebrandt says no i answer was recéived to a letter written ter, | Moore demanding that he take action. ‘The am:nded bill seeks to draw the American Bond & Mortgage Co. more closely into the litigation. It charge: the bond and mortgage company owes the hotel company more than $1,000,000, for which suit might,be brought. RESERVE COMMISSIONS GIVEN TO CAPITAL MEN Eric Haquinius Becomes Major in * Engineer Corps—Ten Get Medical Corps Posts. as & major of /Engineers Bol- ton, 1426 Clifton stree! bell, 1409 Newton street; Edward T. Gary, 403 Sixth street southeast; Jesse . Cesey, 200 Massachusetts avenue; Maurice J. Kossow, 2757 Woodley vlace; Allen E. Le Hew, 629 Quincy reet; Richard V. Mattingly, 1848 Quincy street; Beveridge Miller, 1579 Forty-fourth street; Harry S. Woitcman, 3660 Park place, and George P. Wyman, 1603 Vainum sircet, as first lieutenants in_the Medical Corps. Robert Bruce, 1516 Columbia road, and Donald G. Dow, 555 Randolph street, as second lieutenants of neers; John L. Crosby, 1701 Park road, and Sumner 8. Kittelle, 2229 California streét, as ‘second lieutenants in the Field Artillery, and Stephen L. Gregg. 1760 Euclid street, as a second lieuten- ant, Ordnance Pepartment. 3 Lhe WASHINGTON, D. C., {LABOR O PROTESTI VETO OF ESTIMATES (ON TRADE SCHOOLS Refusal of Commissioners to 0. K. Items in Budget Irks Gentral Union. A. F. OF L. BACKS PLAN FOR VOCATIONAL WORK John Colpoys Forecasts Appeal to Congress and Civic Groups on Proposed Buildings. A determined fight by the Central Labor Union, backed by the American Federation of Labor, for the carrying of the Board of Education’s complete esti- mates for public schools in 1933 was forecast today by John Colpoys, editor of the Trade Unionist and spokesman for the labor group. Mr. Colpoys’ promise of the lahor or- ganization’s support of the school board was given when he was advised that the District Commissioners had elimi- nated entirely two items submitted by the school board which were to advance Washington's vocational ~educational facilities. It was indicated at the District Building_that among the items pruned by the Commissioners from the School Board's 1933 estimates was a sum for the erection of a new bullding on land already owned by the District in the vicinity of Thirteenth and Upshur streets for the Dennison Vocational School for Girls, and a sum for the purchase of additional land adjoining the old Dennison School at Fourteenth and S streets so that agnew structure can be erected in the future for the :helps Vocational School for Colored oys. ‘Will Appeal to Congress. “The Central Labor Union,” Mr. Col- poys declared. “will carry its fight for the vocational education items straight into Congress 1tself and there it will urge not only the appropriation of taese two amounts, but every item asked for the Board of Education. The school board, we are convinced, has rubmitted & ‘pared’ list of estimates that represent the rock-bottom needs of our school system as seen by the men who best know what the system needs. The business of the Commissioners, or the auditors and anybody else in the Dis- trict Building paring the school esti- mates is nonsensical because none of them knows what is needed.” Mr. Colpoys. asserted also that the Central Labor Union would appeal im- mediately to every parent-teacher as- sociation in the city, all citizens’ asso- ciations and other civic bodies to ally behalf of the school estimates. “In this campaign,” he added, “the Central Labor Union has the complete backing of the American Federation of Labor and the federation’ will go with us into Congress to urge that no items— and emphatically none which look to the development of the vocaticnal edu- cation system—are eliminated from the appropriation bill.” Congestion Relief Sought. ‘The significance of the elimination of the two vocation educational items from the school board figures was empha- sized by school officials at the Franklin Administration Bullding today. While the two amounts offer immediate ad- vancement to the vocational educational system in accordance with recommenda- tions made by the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Vocation Education, they also permit the execution of a plan which would afford relief to the colored elementary school needs in the Tenth and U streets region, As planned by the school authorities in‘the framing of the estimates for 1933, the now inadequately equipped and badly designed Dennison Voca- tional School for (White) Girls would be replaced entirely. The mew build- ing for this institution would be erected on part of the Tuberculosis Hospital site near Thirteenth and Upshur streets. ‘The then vacated Dennison School could be rebuilt or replaced by a new structure for the Phelps Vocational School through the addition to its site of a few inexpensive adjoining resi- dential properties. Charge Change Wrecks Plans. The present Phelps Vocation School, now housed in an elementary. school building on Vermont avenue near U street, in turn could be transferred to the elementary divisions for use as a colored elementary school. = Additional elementary school ‘facilities, the officials reiterated today, are needed sorely for that neighborhood. ‘The congestion will be relieved some- what when the present Business High | School is turned over to colired ele- mentary school children, in accordance with the legislative provisions in- the appropriations act, which carried funds for the Roosevelt High Schocl, which will replace the present Business High School. Elimination of the two items from the 1933 estimates of the school board, it was declared, wrecks this carefully planned program and serves to increase the congestion and other problems arising from the use of the present in- adequate facilities. Carusi Board Made Report. The District’s vocational education system long has been the -object of bitter criticism. It was made the sub- | ject, of a careful scrutiny by the Citi- zens' Advisory Committee, which the | late Dr. Charles Francis Carusi, presi- I dent of the school b-ard, appointed. That committee’s findings were pre- sented in a volumnious report with concrete recommendations a year ago. The inclusion of the two stricken items in 1933 estimates by the School Board was designed to secure a large part of the committee's proposals. The first step in carrying out these recommenda- tions was the School Board's order transferring the present Abbott Voca- tional School to the Columbia Junior High School Building at Seventh and O streets. ‘The Advisory Committee on Voca- of Mr. Gen. James G. Yaden, Mrs. Giles Scott Raf- ter, Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, A. 8. ert, | A. 1. Cassell, Capt. John Smith, J. A. G. Lu Valle, Charles T. Le Fevre and Prank Coleman. FROLIC AT CARNIVAL Theatrical Talent to Take Part in Labor Show. A midnight frolic, with talent from ‘Washington theaters participating, is beln%eplume for Saturday ht by the Central Labor Union as a feature of its carnival at Fifth street and Florida avenue northeast. e carnival ‘to rds the ‘The union is holding" th rajse funds for its quota towa: District of ‘War with it in a District-wide campaign on | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening Staf Laying New Car Tracks for Plaza Plan l relocated on First and C streets northeast in the area covered by the Capitol-Union Station Plaza development, and several streets are to be widened starting July 1 under a contract let by the architect of the Capitol through the highway depart- ment of the District government. Under the contract stipulations all of this work is to be completed within the six- month period. Street car tracks are now being laid in Pirst street northeast between B street and the Union Station Plaza. This street, which is now 35 feet in width, is to be widened to 56 feet, which is the usual width for streets with double car lines. The tracks now run- ning on Delaware avenue are to be torn up ang replaced by the line on First street. C street is to be closed between Dela- TREET car tracks are now being, ware avenue northeast and New Jersey avenue northwest. The section of C street from FPirst street northeast to Delaware avenue is to be widened to 56 feet. The new car line will be located on this street, cn the north side of the Senate Office Building instead of on B street on the south side of the Senate Office Building. This new street car line along C | street will run through a cut between Delaware avenue northeast and New Jersey avenue northwest, with a tunnel 200 feet long at the line of North Cap- itol street. ‘The closing of C street between Dela- ware and New Jersey avenues will throw traffic into D street, which will thus become an arterial highway, and to meet the increased use will widened from 32 feet to 40 feet. Constitution avenue, replacing the present B street, will start from Dela- FIRST STREET NORTHEAST LINE, LOOKING TOWARD STATION. ware avenue northeast at its present intersection with B street and is to be widened to 73 feet between Delaware avenue and First street northwest, where it will join with the new Consti- tution avenue along the line of the old B street from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol Grounds. ‘The new Louisiana avenue, from Union Station to Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues at Second street, is now being laid out and will have & width of 76 feet. The work of street widening in the extension of the Capitol Grounds will be done under the supervision of the District officials, to be reimbursed from be |the funds appropriated to the com- mission on extension of the Capitol Grounds under the administration of David Lynn, architect of the Capitol. BANDIT SUSPECT TRIO BARED AS TERRORIZERS OF NEWARK ! New Jersey Detective Says Men Held Here Operated With Three Others—Hold- Ups in Five Cities Charged. ‘The ‘“hatless trio” of bandits who have confessed five recent robberies here were revealed today, police said, as members of a notorious hold-up “mob” which terrorized Newark, N. J., drug stores for nearly three months be- fore they operations to#the Capital. Detectivée William Polistina of the Newark Police Department, who ca here t>day to question the three voutl declgred that nearly a score of add tional hold-ups probi to the trio, in addition to the eight they already have admitted to staging in that city. ‘Two_other alleged members of their gang, Sam Defino and Sebastian Sisto, with whem the “hatless trio” are sald to have collaborated in the Newark robberies, and a third man who is being held for investigation are being grilled at Newark following their arrest on information obtained from the trio in_custody here by Washington police. The New Jersey detective said that six men—Peter Sala, Jack Ross and Nicholas Vasilion, who formed the “hatless trio,” Defino, Sisto and a sixth man, organized the band late in Febru- ary and creratcd regularly in Newark until late in May. ‘The regular procedure of the six bandits, the Newark detective said, was to meet during the weck and make arrangements for several hold-ups. Then the: gang would sally forth on each Saturday night, steal an automo- bile and carry out their plans, he as- serted. ‘Their robberies were nearly always executed between 8:30 and Timid shifted the scene of their| ly will be traced | One of their number, Sisto, was convicted in Newark nearly two years ago of staging 32 hold-ups and was sen- tenced to serve 18 months in jail. band's organization after he was re- leased from jail, the Newark officer de- clared. Sala, Ross and Vasilion were brought to police headquarters shortly grilled by Polistina on the eight hold- ups which they voluntarily confessed shortly after their arrest by local de- tectives last week. They also were t0 be questioned on & score or more Newark “jobs.” In addition to the Newark robberies, the “hatless trio” have confessed to staging several in Maywood, N. J.; the robbery of a candy store on the out- skirts of Philadelphia, and the hold-up of a store and taxicab driver in Rich- mond, Va. Pollowing the by Polistine, local detectives were planning to com- plete theig questioning of the youths in conn: n gith\their activities here and also to k them on formal charges preparatory to arraigning them for preliminary hearing in Police Court tomorrow. Meanvwhile, detectives in Newark are checking the story of the three youths that they were working and living in that ecity on April 1, when the $6,500 People’s Store hold-up was staged here. Seven witnesses have partially lice say, but the trio have robbery, enied any connection with stoutly that case. Money IS Foolish Money Now with figures quoted last year. Class A 1930 $7.00 Hat .. 5.00 Shirt 4.00 Tie . 60.00 Suit . .55.00 2.50 Hosiery . . 200 170 Underwear (2-pc.) 150 11.00 Shoes ............10.00 1931 91.20 Total 81.50 Mr. John A. Doe saves $0.70 on his purchases, or slightly better than 10 per cent, while John B..Doe profits $13.85, or ‘Who said, “I can't afford to buy it now?” Never in recent years has the wage earner’s dollar possessed its present buy- ing power. Banks are reducing interest rates because “timid money” crowds their vaults, but alert customers are saving from 10 to 20 per cent and frequently more‘on thelr purchases. Listen to price facts. Last year at this time when John Doe assembled his seasonal outfit of wearing apparel, prob- ably he paid prices corresponding to arbitrary class A or class B. Perhaps he paid more, perhaps less, but the analogy, with negligible exceptions, still holds. Contrast today’s costs Here they are: Class B 1930 $5.00 Hat ... 2.00 Shirt . 1.50 Tie ... 45.00 Suit ,.... '1.25 Hosiery 1.50 Ungeérwear (2-pe.) 1 7.00 Shoes - 63.25 . Total 49.40 almost 20 per cent. The consumer of popular-priced goods is favored even:more than his wealthier brother, for the manufacturers of his products depend on volume production to insire prosperity. . To sustain volume ant keep men at work, th difficult timi A 5 oods must be made more attractive, values must increase. Hence the advantage to the low-price dollar. \ * Wages have heen sustained at 1930 levels. The same pay checks that were received to come to John A. and John B. has been amplified from 10 to buy on the 1930 market still Doe. Their purchasing power 20 per cent, and even more. " The examples quoted, while they are taken from actual store records, are not necepnruy the best evidences of today's bargains. ¢ Large lots of goods frequently are available at extraordi- nary price reductions—as much as one-third and one-half. The exceptional values described may now be had in Wash- ington stores. It is impossible to predict how long this will : continue to be true, but unquestionably this is the buyers’. day! Sisto played a major part in the | after noon today - and were to be | identified two of them in the payroll | PHONESTOK SLE REQUIRE REPORTS $7,000,000 Authorization De- pends on Semi-Annual Data for Commission. | [ ‘The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. will be required to make semi-annual reports to the Public Util- ities Commission on the sale of its $7,- 000,000 additignal stock, according to the text of the commission’s order yes- terday granting the company authority to issue the stock. ‘The reports must state the “condition. of sale, to whom Sold, the money real- ized therefrom, and the use and appli- cation of such moneys.” The stock, the order read, shall be s0ld at a price not less than par. and the proceeds shall be used only for cancellation of obliga= tions of the company. ‘These conditions apparently are de- signed to put the commission on notice as to whether the stock eventually goes to the American Telephone & Tele- Co., which now owns all the stock of the local company. Last year the local company issued $2,000,000 in stock and soid it to the A. T. & T, and the commission, on | advice of its counsel, ruled the sale | a violation of the La Follette anti- merger act, which proifibits sale of stock in Washington public utility cor- porations to foreign holding or public utility corporations. .That stock issue was then withdrawn. INTERNES BLAMED IN DELAY INQUIRY Probe of Failure of Ambulance to Answer Emergency Call Narrows Down. Responsibility for the failure of the Emergency Hospital ambulance to re spond to a call Monday night' at 1824 California street, where Benjamin A. | Burleson was ill. 'has narrowed down to | two internes, it was said today by Woodbury Blair, president of the hos- pital board. One interne was prepared to answer the call when he was summoned to at- tend a ward patient. He phoned anoth- er interne to go with the ambulance, but for some reason the message Was not understood. Meanwhile, when repeated calls for the amb ce came from Burleson’s home, the telephone operator, thinking the ami nce was en route, so in- formed Policeman D. A. Davis and E. L. Knarr, a neighbor of Burleson's, who were making the calls. ‘While not excusing the neglect, Mr. Blair said “hot weather and overwork” no_doubt lay at the bottom. The Emergency ambulance answered 24 calls and the emergency room treat- ed 48 patients Monday. The hospital now has only six internes, but others "fd being added this week, Mr. Blair said: ‘Whatever disciplinary action is taken will follow investigation and recommen- dations by the Interne Committee, com- posed of staff doctors at the hospital. -{ASK DEPORTATION BAR FOR U. S.-BORN WOMEN National Party Seeks Protection ‘for Natives Who Marry Aliens. tions to- pre- 2 e dulegatiin whs colupoesd.of Mrs elegation was com| o 4 Burnita ;fidwn Matthews, chairman of the Lawyers’ Ccuncil; Miss Muna Lee, director of the organization’s ac- tivities, and Miss Margaret Luers of the Young Women's Council. careful study of the legal aspec of the Larsh case,” Mrs. Matthews said, “indicates that the deportation as an native-born ts | ey Ralph trict PAGE B—1 |GAS RATE UNFAIR TO LARGE USERS, KEECH DECLARES House-Heating Tariff Lower Than Others, People’s - Counsel Finds. OBJECTS TO SCHEDULE ORDERED BY COMPANY Discrimination of 20 Per Cent Against Business Houses Is Charged. People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech today wrote the Washington Gas Light Co., stating the company’s pmgoud schedule D, on which a public hear- ing will be heid in the next few weeks, is inadequate to remedy the alleged discrimination now existing between charges for house-heating service and those for wholesale use of gas in bak- eries, restaurants and other similar es- tablishments. ‘The discrimination, Mr. Keech charged, is about 20 per cent in favor of the house-heating consumers in cer- tain consumption ranges. “This office rcently has had a num- ber of inquiries by rers, bakers and restaurant operators,” Mr. Keech wrote, “as to why they are required to pay the amount fixed in schedule C for gas, the amount being far in excessof that charged for house heating, and notwithstanding the fact the consumption of & num- ber of these persons or companies ex- ceeds that consumed by a person using gas for heating purposes. 91.74 Cents Per 1,000. “I have, likewise, received a communi- cation from a business concern here stating that, for the consumption of ap- proximately 130,000 cubic feet a month, they are being charged approximately 91.74 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. Inas much as the approximate cost per 1,000 cubic feet of gas to a person who heats his house by gas is about 75 cents, and in many instances not nearly 130,000 cubic feet per month is consumed, this merchant’s bill is approximately 20 per cent higher than that of a person using gas for heating purposes. “‘On the face of this, it would appear there is something to the contention of these users of gas that there is discrim- ination in favor of persons using heating purposes, assuming that the quantity used by them is not in excess of that used by merchants for cooking pul . m“ be you already have investi- accounting and rate-making staffs and ascertained that a justifica- tion exists for this apparent discrimina- tion. If such be the case, I would ap- preciate it if you would acquaint me with facts showing this justification. If you have not caused an investigation to be made in connection with this mat- ter, I would appreciate it if you would have this done promptly and advise me as }o h:he Tesult. S ve examined the proposed sched- ule I} submitted by you. but find many caterers, bakers and other persons utiliz- ing gas commercially will not be af- fected by the proposed schedule; hence, the addition of this schedule to the ex- isting tariff will not relieve the situa- ltlnn presented by the early part of thi Required to Use 100,000, ‘The schedule D, as submitted by the gas company, starts with a require- ment. thit the customer using the schedule guarantee to use 100,000 cubic feet of gas per month. Mr. Keech said this automatically would exclude from its benefits many of the bakers. restauranteurs, and others who had sought relief from the inequalities of schedule C, under which they now operate, . The price proposed under schedule D is (using net figures throughout) 80 cents per 1,000 cubic feet for the first 300,000 cubic feet, 80 cents for the next :oowh o:,nd 75 cents for all in excess of X per addition the net cha JUDGE HITT VIEWS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT {Mail Carrier Felled by Automo- bile Which Barely Misses Jurist. In the presence of Judge Isaac R. Hitt, who passes judgment on erring drivers in the traffic branch of Police Court, Willlam E. Waters, 46, colored mall carrier frcm the U Street Postal Station, received a severe scalp wound, but escaped more serious injury, when he was struck and knocked down by an automobile in front of 1620 R street shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. ‘Waters, who resides at 2000 Eleventh street, was crossing from the north to the south side of the street, ‘was hit by a light car driven by Primo Sojonia Naval, 22, a chauffeur, residing at 1920 Nineteenth street. The mail carrier was knocked to the street and received a long gash in his scalp. Judge Hitt, who lives at 3909 Mc- Kinley street, was driving east on: R street at the time of the accident, and ; according to reports to police, was al- most struck by the west bound driver who hit the mail carrier. The driver was taken into custody by H. C. Johnson and R. E. Talbot of No. 3 precinct radio car, arriving at the spot shortly after the accident, and ‘was being held at No. 3 today pending the outcome of Waters' injuries. The mail carrier was removed to the hos- pital in the Emergency Hospital ambulance. R LTI SRR ORCHESTRA BUREAUS TAKE UP BANKRUPTCY Hullinger and Columbia Organiza- tions File Petitions Today. Horace W. Hullinger, who, under the name of Happy Walker, has been en- gaged in the orchestra business at 419 Madison street, today filed a petition in voluntary bankruptey. Through Attor- A. Cusick he informed Dis- Supreme Court a schedule of his assets and liabilities would be filed |