Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1931, Page 17

- The WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, Foening Slar WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION JUNE DEALERS OPPLSE MANUFACTURERS AUTO TILE PLAN Conference Ends in Deadlock Over Van Duzer Proposal. AGENTS SAY NEW RULE WOULD HELP PUBLIC Makers Fight Regulation as Addi- tional Burden and Irregular Procedure. A deadlock was reached today on the proposed new rules changing the pro- cedure for the titling of automobiles at a conference of representatives of dealers and manufacturers and traffic officials held today before Commis- sioner Herbert B. Crosby. With the dealer representatives tak- ing a strong position in favor of the new method of titling and the manu- facturers opposed, it was decided to put the whole matter off until July 10, when another conference will be held. The new rules were prepared by Wil- liam A. Van Duzer, wio Wednesday becomes director of the new Depart- ment of Traffic and Vehicles. They provide that the title certificate shail originate with the manufacturer. Op- position to this method as a burden on the manufacturers was voiced at the conference by R. B. English, Dis- trict manager for the Ford Motor Co., ! and L. M. Cary, Baltimore manager of | the Chevrolet Co. Agents Favor Rules. Richard J. Murphy, president of-the , ‘Washington Automotive Trade Associa- | tion, sasid the dealers were strongly in support of the now rules, realizing that the automobile buyer should be given the utmost protection in securing a proper title, The conferees were una- ble to agree on many detal's for en- forcement, and, being split also on the question of origination, Commissioner Crosby decided to conduct a further hearing. Today's conference was pri- vate, as will be the conference on July' 10, Delay Adoption. The effect of today's confcrence will sorve to delay enforcement of the new Tules. ‘The manufacturers are opposed to the new method of titling because most other States require certificates from the dealers. One reason, however, for the plan to have the certificates origi- nate from the manufacturers, it was explained, is to provide a greater de- gree of protection to the public. Charles P. Clark, general manager of the American Automobile Association, was also a conferee and sided with the | dealers. ROOSEVELT ASSAILED BY MRS. NICHOLSON| | Democratic Woman Dry Also} Criticizes Col. Heuse's Comments. By the Associated Press An editorial characterizing Gov. Roosevelt of New York as “wetter than Smith,” and calling upon Southern Democratic women to bolt the party if he is nominated for President, was | published today by the Naticnal Wom- an’s Democratic Law Enforcement League. The article was written by Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, president of the league, and appeared in its official organ, the Woman Voter. Mrs. Nicholson also assailes Col. Ed- ‘ward M. House, confidential adviser to President Wilson, who recently con- ferred with Roosevelt. Referring to a statement attributed to House, that the New York Governor would be accepta- ble to the drys, she said “What drys does he mean? The very few Scuthern politicians who sup- ported Smith in 19282" At the recent convention of the Dem- ocratic Women's League here there were frequent speeches urging an or- ganized bolt from the Democratic party in 1932 if the candidate nominated was a wet. The entire group of delegates, many of whom voted for President Hoover in 1928, called at the White House to pav their respects. In her editorial today, Mrs. Nichol- son advised Col. House to “get the viewpoint of the Scuthern dry wom- en” if he would be “saved from em- barrassment later on. BIG SPORTS PROGRAM HOWARD LAW SCHOOL STAFF REAPPOINTED Trustees Announce Institution Is Registered With Education Council of American Bar. Every member of the present admin- istrative staff and faculty of the How- ard University School of Law has been reappointed to serve during the next school vear, it was announced today at the’ university, The action was taken at a_meeting of the Trustees’ Commit- tee Saturday, at which time the rec- ommendations of Vice Dean Charles H. Houston were adopted. The committee also received a formal report from the law school faculty cer- tifying that the school had been regis- tered by the Council on Legal Educa- tion of the American Bar Association and the State of New York. FATHER GAE'RLAN FETED Filipino Catholic Association Hon-l ors Priest With Dinner. | Rev. Father Juan Gaerlan, S. J., Fil- ipino priest, was guest of honor at a dinner yesterday following the celebra- tion of his first high mass at St. Aloy- stus Church. The Filipino Catholic As- sociation of America was host at the dinner, held at the Colonial Hotel. Arsenio N. Salcedo, president of the association, founded by Rev. Father Fduardo Anicceto, S. J., Philippine mis- sionary, presided. Rev. Gaerlan was rincipal speaker. L Amgng the guests were Mrs. Camilio Oslas, wife of the resident commis~ sioner from the Philippines; Director Vicente Bunuan of the Philippine Press | Washington Sent Servant With “dog days” approaching, histo- rians of the George Washington Bi- centennial Commission have just made a timely discovery of a cure for rabies, which apparently had the indorsement of George Washington. The remedy consisted of one ounce of red chickweed, four ounces of theriac and one quart of beer, taken internally. The commission’s research experts found an item written by Washington on October 18, 1797, as follows: “Gave my servant Christopher to bear his ex- penses to a person in Lebanon, Penn- sylvania, celebrated for curing persons bitten by mad animals, $25." i Old Greek Remedy. ! The “person” to whom Washington referred was a colorful figure vl served his community as both preacher and doctor. His name was Dr. Henry Willlam Stoy. The Lebanon County Historical Soclety describes Dr. Stoy's rabies remedy thus: “It consisted of one ounce of the herb red chickweed, four ounces of theriac and one guart of beer, all well digested, the dose being a wine glass- Iful. Red chickweed is supposed to be antivenomous, nervine and stimulating. | The theriac js an old remedy, the the- \riac andromachi having been originated iby Andromachus of Crete, and origl- Inally contained some 60 different in- | gredients, on, the order of the latter- day poly-pharmacy or shotgun pre- | seriptions, in the hope that some of the | medicines wouid strike the disease. The {name is derived from the Greek, mean- {ing & venomous animal, and the medi- cine was believed to be capable of cur- | Ing or preventing the effects of the bites | of venomous animals. Its principal in- | gredient was opium. of which there was one grain to about 60 grains of the { medicine.” Servant Returns $§12 | 'The records do not show whether the iremedy was for Christopher or for some other resident of Mount Vernon. They do show, however, that Dr. Stoy did not charge much for his medical services and that Christopher was an | honest _servant, for he returned to |Mount Vernon with $12 of the original $25 intact. Incidentally, the Rev. Dr. Stoy was famed for other things than medicine. One of his sermons was so forceful that it has been preserved to this day. { An excerpt from it follows: “I have now preached God's word to you for nearly 20 years, but it seems to have had little effect, especially in these later years. The pay of your |pastor has been shamefully bad and i Mt. Vernon Had Mad Dog to Get Rabies Cure From Preacher—Doctor in Pennsylvania, Old Notation Reveals to Experts of Bicentennial Commission. you seem to forget that he has a wife and children at home who have mouths that must be filled and bodies that need clothing. Times “Worse and Worse.” “When I look over the list of those who have paid to the pastor’s support, and those who have not, it sends a chill down my spinal column, for I find so few who have paid anything. “Yes, Yes! The times are getting worse and worse. Many have grown so stingy that they cannot give the pastor a dollar for baptizing their children, but willingly expend $4 or $5 for fine clothing for their children and dress them up until they look like monkey: ‘Where her:tofore $5 were given for marriage, scarcely a dollar now is given, and this is wrapped in so many pieces of'paper that it is only obtained after infinite trouble. “You give the preacher a good din- ner, a few scrubby apples and a dollar for conducting a funeral, and forget he has a family at home with erapty stom- achs and wide open mouths. If you were unable to pay, I would not speak of it, but th> majority of you are able, and I can point my finger from this pu Pit to more than a dozen persons who recently slaughtered six or eight hogs and boasted that each one weighed over 500 pounds. Whers are the puddings and saus: , the hams and bacons, that were sent to the pastor? He hadn't any. I am to tire lunch and body di- | recting you the way to heaven, whither | you all desire to go, especially when it | costs you nothing.” Heave the Horse, Too. Tradition tells us that Dr. Stoy was a man of great physical power, | much so that stories of his feats of | strength traveled far. A notorious | “bully” in Philadelphia, hearing of thse | tales, male a special trip to Lebanon to challenge the minister-doctor to a fight to decide supremacy. The stranger, | riding hors:back, came upon Dr. Stoy {on the road, recognized him by his ha- biliment, and announced his purpose. Dr. Stoy protested he was not a fight- | ing man and did not want to quarrel | . The ruffian dismounted and declared the minister would have to fight, wheth:r he wanted to or not. |~ When he arproachedthe clergyman | with a belligerent attitude, Dr. Stoy grabbed hold of him and with little ap- parent effort tossed him over a road- side fenc:. Recovering from the mo- mentary daze of the fall and from astonishment, the ~stranger ~ solemnly Said: “And now, sir, would you mind toss- ing my horse over, too?" DROWNING IS LAD T0 HEART ATTACK Capital Man Meets Death in Shallow Water Near North Beach Park. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. NORTH BEACH, Md. June 20— John A. Caldwell, 58 years old, of 1516 D street southeast, Washington, drowned in waist-deep water near North Beach | Park, following a heart attack yester- day. Held Accidental. His body was recovered in the shal- low water by companions who had accompanied him to the resort. Fol- lowing an investigation, Justice of Peace Thomas John Hall, 3d, of Tracys Land- ing issued a certificate of accidental drowning. When Caldwell's companions noticed he had disappeared and started search- ing for his body, Harold McCarthy, a taxi driver, of the 1500 block of Taylor North Beach, was dispatched for a phy- sician. However, he was arrested for reckless driving and jailed in default of a $5 fine. ‘Went Bathing Early. Caldwell was bathing shortly after dawn with J. T. Weikle, an employe of the Government Printing Office; Nor- southeast, and S. A. O'Neal, 2100 block of D street. The case was investigated by Deputy Sheriff J. Bruce Lyons. Swimming, Golf, Canoe Races Among Events Listed as Part of Independence Day Festival. Numerous outdoor sports programs have been arranged by the Independ- ence Day Committee appointed by the District Commissioners. Co-operation pledges have been ob- tained from various community com- mittees, the Welfare and Recreation Association of Public Buildings and Parks, the Potomac River Canoe Asso- ciation and the Washington Tennis As- soclation. City-wide swimming meets will be held at McKinley High School and Francis Junior High. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the winners. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions, will drive the first ball at the opening of the new Anacostia golf course. . Canoe races will be staged in the Tidal Basin, and a 7-mile marathon will be run from the District Building to Takoma Park. ARMY OFFICER DEAD Capt. William P. Montgomery Ex- pires in Honolulu Hospital. The War Department was advised today that Capt. William P. Montgom- ery ol the Judge Advocate General's Department, stationed at Honolulu, died Saturday at the Tripler Hospital in that city. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Helen J. Montgomery, who was with him in Hawaii. Capt. Montgomery, a native of Se- attle, served as a captain of Infantry during the World War. He was made a captain In the Judge Advocate Gen- eral's Department in 1920. au; former President Macario g:{:o of the association and Mrs. Balco. N Heat Overcomes Workman. Lawrence White, 29, colored, of 1620 fTenth street, an employe of Havennet's Bakery, 476 C street, was overcome by heat this morning while at work at . He was treated at Casualty Lea Creditors to Meet. ASHEVILLE, N. C., June 29 (®).— Creditors of Col. Luke Lea, Tennessee publisher and politician, will meet here late this week for consideration of a plan for the orderly liquidation of Col. Lea's financial 2ffairs, Gurney P. Hood, State commissioner- of banks, said. street, who brought the swimmers to | man Andre, 200 block of Third street | PLANNED FOR FOURTH| | SHERMAN STATUE MAY BE SHIFTED ‘Location at Seventh and Crittenden Seen Solution of E Street Problem. | The famous equestrian statue of the | Ereat Civil War hero, Gen. William T of the Treasury Department Building to | Sherman Circle, Seventh and Critte: den streets, to make room for the Go ernment’s building program. Director Grant of the National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission has been authorized to confer with Treas- ury Department officials as to plans for the widening and paving og E street, and its extension westward into the park system would mean that the new highway waquld abut near the Sherman Statue. | Col. Grant said it would require an act of Congress to move the Sherman statue frcm its present site, which it has occupied for more than a quarter of a century. Sherman Circle has an acreage of 2.04 acres. This is considered adequa:e | to accommodate the large statue of the Civil War hero. The Sherman Statue which is the work of the sculptor, Carl Rhol Smith, was unveiled on October 15, 1903. The circle into which it is proposed to place the statue has an es- timated value of $44,334. | Congress, by act of July 5, 1892, ap- propriated $50,000 for the statue. By act of March 2, 1895, $30,000 was ap- ‘propruted and the Army of the Ten- nessee subscribed $11,000 for it. Addi- tional amcunts totaling $40,055 have since been appropriated for the sub- foundation, mosaic work, granite curb, improvement, of the grounds and other embellishments. HOTEL THEFT VERDICT FOR OWNER REVERSED Tenant Who Lost $410 Granted Rehearing by District Court of Appeals. ‘The District Court of Appeals today reversed a decision of the Municipal Court which had found in favor of the Fidelity Storage Co., owner of the Mon- mouth Hotel, in. a suit for $410 filed by Violet Foster, & tenant, after she was robbed of money and jewery by a thief who entered her apartment in February, 1929, by means of a duplicate key kept by the resident manager. The Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Justice William Hitz, held tenants of the hotel were entitled to the same measure of care exercised by the resi- dent manager in her own behalf. The record showed three keys to each apartment were in existence, two being held by the tenant and the third kept by the resident manager on a large ring in the lobby. After the Foster robbery the third key was found on the second floor. The resident manager testified at the trial that she did not keep the extra key to her apartment on the ring because she often had as much as $1,000 in her room. The court pointed out that the ten- ant's loss was nearly one-half of that amount and that she was entitled to the same measure of care as the resi- dent manager. The case was Tre- manded for a new trial. OKLAHOMAN 1S NAMED Doak Appoints Mack Kellty State Employment Director. Secretary Doak today completed the personnel of the reorganized United States Employment Service by appoint- ing Mack Kelley of Muskogee, Okla., to be Federal employment director for that State. Charles E. Day of Oklahoma City was named assistant to Kelley. Headquar- ters for the service will be at Okla- homa Citg, 1 50| Sherman. may be moved from in front southern end of the pedestal of the| 5445 T0 PEN CAPTAL BULDNG ACTNITY FORFETE Fireproof Warehouse Heads List of Projects Grant Will Take Up Wednesday. WEST POTOMAC PARK HEATING PLANT $750,000 { Planning Commission to Have $4,- 000,000 Available Wednesday for Parkway. The Office of Public Buildings and | Public Parks faces a busy fiscal year, starting Wednesday, with an appropri- ation of $5,541,445 available, a_part of |this being for getting the National | Capital in shape for the George Wash- | ington Bicentennial celebration, start- [ing six months hence. Outstanding in the appropriation that the director, Lieut. Col. E | Grant, 3d, will spend are: Erection of ia fireproof warehouse for storing Dis- {trict and Federal Government supplies, |$1.310,000; construction of road in the Mall, $100,000; for “the care, mainte- nance, repair and alteration, refurnish- {ing. improvement, heating and lighting, |including electric power and fixtures | tive Mansion greenhouses, including re- | construction, and the Executive Man- |sion grounds and travcling expenses to | be expended as the President may de- | termine, $185,000"; $15,000 for the il- lumination of the Washington Mon- ument as a protection to air navi- | gation; $52.000 for the construction {of a tunnel and installation of pipe line between the central heating | plant in the General Land Office Build- !ing and the Judiciary Square Building: 1513000 for pay and equipment of the \new Mount Vernon Memorial Highway | police force; $750,000 for construction { of a new.heating plant in West Potomac | Park; $5,000 for a tourists' camp in { East Potomac Park; $38,000 for park concerts and outdoor sports; $25.000 for the improvement and maintenance as recreation parks of the areas in Anacostia Park befween the District nursery and the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge; $279.000, for the improvement of the Rock Creék and Potomac Park- way: $100,000 for further development pof Meridian Hill Park, Sixteenth and W streets; $37,000 for improving the Rock Creek Park roadway to the Dis- trict line, and under the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission $1,000,000 for continuing work on the monumental span across the Potomac River. Four million dollars will be available to the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, of Which Col. Grant | 1s the executive officer, for pushing for- ward the George Washington Memorial parkway along the Potomac River from | Mount Vernon, Va., and Fort Washing- ton, Md,, to Great' Falls. 220 T0 LOSE JOBS IN CENSUS BUREAU Temporary Employes Cut as Com- pletion of Work Nears End. The Census Bureau tomorrow will off 220 temporary employes, who have been in service for about a year in con- nection with the taking of the decen- nial census. In all, approximately 5460 temporary empioyes are to be dismissed within the next 12 months, as the work is complet- mal. The end of the fiscal year also will see the severance from service of a group of employes at the Shipping Board, who have been on e with pay since June 1. placed at 20 today at the personnel of- fice. Thesc were given notice March 16 last. Some temporary employes whose pe- riod of appointment at the Veterans' Bureau_expires tomorrow, also will be dropped. Included in these are clerks who were hired in_connection with the veterans' loans, where it was said the work is about completed. Some other branches also are affected. No permanent em- ployes are involved. Mrs. Brady Honors Cardinal. VATICAN CITY, June 29 (®).—Mrs. Nicholas Brady, widow of the Ameri- can_public utilities magnate, is to give to St. Peter's Cathedral a carpet for the altar of the confessional which is used only by the Pope. Tha gift is in memory of the late Cardinal Bolzaro, who was apostolic delegate to Wash- ington. Gets New Post JOINS PLANT QUARANTINE CONTROL STAFF. AVERY S. HOYT. Mr. Hoyt entered office today as assistant chief of plant quarantine and control administration. Since May Mr. Hoyt has been associated with the administration in European corn borer and Japanese bettle work, coming there after resignation from a position as director of the California Department cf Agriculture. He has been connected with plant quarantine work since 1912, Mr. Hoyt fills the position left vacant when his predecessor, S. A. Rohwer, was transferred to the Bureau of Entomology as assistant chief of that burgay, on ARril 1, 1931, of the Executive Mansion, the Execu- |ji ed, thus bringing the force back to nor- | ‘The number was | FOURMOREYOUTHS TAKEN N CUSTODY ON ARG CAARGES Second Group Arrested Be- lieved Last of Henchmen of “Al Capone, Jr.” POLICE DECLARE BOYS TOOK RADIO EQUIPMENT False Fire Alarm at School Leads to Apprehension oi Two Bands. A second gang of youthful bandits | was believed to be definitely “out of | business” today following the arrest last | night of four youngsters on houscbreak- |ing charges. The “gangsters,” according to Police- man J. L. Magnus, tenth precinct, who arrested them, were led by John F. Backus, 14, 3433 Mount Pleasant street, who also was one of the six members of another gang previously taken into custody on 29 charges of housebreaking and two of petty larceny. The latter group called itself the “Ca- | pone gang.” it was said and its youth- | ful leader styled himself “Al Capone, oy Young Backus, a member of this group, decided sometime ago to or- ganize his own “mob,” it was said. His followers in the branch gang, accord- | ing to Policeman Magnus, were his | | brother Gordon, 16; James Tipton, 15, of 1899 Ingleside terrace, and Chester | W. Morris, 14, of 1854 Ingleside terrace. Admitted Burglaries. The “Capone” gang. according to Po- liceman Elmer L. Dalstrom, tenth pre- cinct, who apprehended them last week, was under the leadership of Glenwood Insley, 14, of the 1300 block of Irving street. ‘This group was arrested following in- vestigation of a false fire alarm turned in at the Powell School, where five of the boys were students. Questioning of the youngsters in connection with this incident, Dalstrom said, resulted in their confession of the series of burglaries and housebreakings. And it was as a result of these ad- missions, Magnus explained, that John Backus and the three other voungsters were taken into custody on the other charges. They, too, are said to have acknowledged a_number of robberies. According to Magnus, however, all of them were of a comparatively minor nature, with the exception of one, in which Gordon is alleged to have stolen equipment worth approximately $195 and about $12 in cash from the Capi- tol Radio Engineering Institute, Inc., 3166 Mount Pleasant street. Two Branches of Gang. Each of the other boys is charged with the theft of merchandise valued at $30 from the institute. 5 John did not allow his connection with the “Capone” gang to interfere { with his leadership cf his own mob, | Magnus said. In fact. he added, the two groups were more like branches of the same gang than separate organi- zations, each division knowing of the | other's” activities. Like the members of the Capone mob, the youngsters apprehended by | Magnus were released in the custody of their parents, pending hearings in Juvenile Court. g KAPPA DELTAS OPEN CONVENTION HERE Sorority Members Visit White | House as Part of Twentieth Conference Program. Members of the Kappa Delta Sor- ority visited the White House today i colliding with two other cars, following opering sessions of the orga: ization’s twentieth annual convention, which is being held at the Wardman Park Hotel this week. The meeting is the first the group has held here since 1909. ‘The conclave opened with a break- fast at 7 o'clock and will continue through Saturday night. Today's pro- gram includes twilight memorial serv- ices in honor of deceased members of the organization, a dinner and an initiation ceremony. Among those whose memory the service will commemorate are the late Eleanor Cresswell Bell and Lucile Mathews, members of Sigma Mu, the George Washigton University Chapter of the sorority. The Delta Sigma will open its thirty- fourth annual convention at the May- flower Hotel tomorrow. The program, which ~ will be continued through Thursday, also includes a visit to the Executive Mansion as well as business sessions, luncheons, dinners, a tea dance and a moonlight excursion down the Potomac. WILL MAKE TEST JULY 4 OF MONUMENT LIGHTING Grant to Experiment in Ef- fort to Solve Problem of Illuminating Shaft. The Washington Monument will be illumniated on the night of July 4, it was announced today by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public build- ings and public parks, as a further step in the series of experiments being con- ducted in lighting the shaft as a warn- ing to night fiyers. A number of problems have arisen in conjunction with the lighting, Col. Grant sald, the glare around the circu- lar roadway being one of the most prominent. Bids are expected to be called for shortly for supplying lluminating equip- Col. ment, but & number of manufacturers | have co-operated with Col. Grant in experimentally lighting the Monument. ASKS JURY TRIAL Young Woman Motorist Released Under Bond on Traffic Charge. Charged with driving without an op- erator’s permit, Miss Edith Burgner, 24, of 3625 Sixteenth street demanded a jury trial today in Police Court. Judge Raiph Given ordered the girl released under $300 bond pending trial. Miss Burgner was arrested as the re- sult of a collision between a car she was driving and a machine operated by Julius Mannheimer, an attache of the German embassy. The collision oc- curred at Fourteenth and P streets last Society and General 29, 1931 BURGLAR TO LEAVE, SANS LOOT Newspaper Man’s Wife Tells Intruder There Really Isn’t Anything to Take. Awakens Husband After Using Cold Logic to Show Error of Man’s Way. ‘Words that have the power to charm and compel dissuaded a burglar from his nefarious purposes early today when Mrs. Ella A. Codel, 26-year-old social worker, attacked a prowler discovered in her room with such logic and persuasiveness that he fled in utter defeat. Mrs. Codel was awakened at 2:50 a.m. by the creaking of floor boards in the apartment which she occuples with her husband, Martin Codel, Washington newspaper man, at 1109 Sixteenth street. When she opened her eyes, Mrs. Codel said, she saw a man creeping | with catlike tread toward the clothes closet, some 10 feet from her bed. After waiting a moment to make certain she was not seeing a shadow, Mrs. Codel coughed two or three times, ‘as a gentle hint that some one was awake in the room.” The prowler, not insensitive to delicate suggestions of this sort, quickly returned to the window through which he had entered, and sat down on the sill. Mrs. Codel” expected the intruder to leave by the fire escape, which joins this window a few feet below its base. The man, however, apparently was not to be convinced by a mere cough. He again started for the closet. Mrs. Codel percelving that the unwelcome visitor was not particularily well versed in the etiquette of such situations, de- cided upon more drastic hints. The greater part of her possessions had al- ready been removed from the apart- ment, preparatory to departure for an extended trip. The uninvited guest's search was, therefore, extremely futile, FHH WOMAN'S KIND WORDS PERSUADE’ | | 'MRS. ELLA A. CODEL. and conducive to decided discomfort | on her part.” She resolved to outline the | case to him. | “My good man,” she began tenta- | tively. 'The man 'stopped and turned. | | “There really is nothing here now that | |is worth your attention,” she con-| | tinued, “and I think it would be much | | better if you went away." The man | | began swiftly to_suit his actions to| | the proposal. “The only thing you | might want to be bothered with"—the ! | fellow waited to hear this part—"is a | new dress which I bought last Satur-| | day, and intend to wear when I be- | gin 'my trip this week, 50 you mustn't take that” By this time tie would- be plunderer had reached the window |and slipped quietly over the sill onto the fire escape. He did not tarry to| thank Mrs. Codel for the tip. i | Mis. Codel then turned on the light and awakened her husband Martin. | They went to the apartment of some friends in the same building. told of Mrs. Codel's experience and telephoned the police. Nothing was missed from the apartment. TWO BADLY HURT INAUTO MISHAPS 60-Year-0ld Man and Small Girl Injured in Sunday Traffic. A 5-year-old girl and a 60-year-old man were injured seriously in traffic ac cidents here yesterday. Six other per- sons were also hurt in mishaps, accord- ing to police reports. ‘The girl, Frances Donaldson of 130 First street, was riding in an automo- bile driven by her father, Walter Don- aldson, 32 years old, when the car jumped the curbing and plunged head- on into a lJamppost at Maryland avenue and Pirst street southwest. Wallace Baldwin of 908 K street southeast, the other traffic victim seri- ously hurt. was taken to Providence Hospital with head injuries when an automobile took to the sidewalk at First and B streets sonthwest, to avoid and knocked him down. Father Is Arrested. The Donaldson child was treated at Providence Hospital, while her father was given first aid at Casualty Hospital. Fourth precinct police said they ar- rested Donaldson for reckless driving, releasing him later in bail of $100. A machine operated by Jack J. Bour. 25 years old, of the Naval Hospital felled Baldwin and then continued on and struck a_tree before coming to a halt. Mrs. Eva Condon, 21, of 1113 South Carolina avenue southeast, who was riding with Bour, received slight cuts. Hit-and-Run Victim. Victim of a hit-and-run driver. Ma: rice Girouard, 29 years old. of Belview. Md., was injured slightly in an acci- dent, at Eleventh and I streets south- east. Ten-year-old Warren Bass. 2603 Dumbarton _avenue, was treated at Emergency Hospital, after_an automo- bile driven by Clifton R. Shanklin, 25, of the 1300 block, Eleventh street khocked him from his bicycle at Twen- ty-ninth and M streets. MIDDIES TO ATTEND NAVY-MD. GAME HERE Entire Regiment Has Schedule of Four Foot Ball Trips Away From Academy. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 29.—The regiment of midshipmen at the Naval Academy will attend four foot ball games away from this city in the Fall. One of the games to which the entire regiment will lend color is the Navy- Maryland game in Washington on Octo- ber 10, Other games which the regiment will attend include the Princeton game at Princeton, N. J. October 24; Notre Dame game in Baltimore November 14, and the final game of the season with the University of Pennsylvania in Phil- adelphia December 5. ‘The Middies also will get some addi- tional leave, 12 days being allotted at Christmas and 1 day each for Thanks- giving, Washington's brithday ~ and Memorial day. Leaves for the next school term, 1931-32, are about the average, according to Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart, superintendent of the Academy. . SILVER PLANS SHELVED UNTIL DEBTS RULING Senator Smoot Bids President Fare- Before Departing for Utah Home. By the Associated Press. Senator Smoot called on President Hoover today to say good-by before leaving for his home in Utah. The Republican Senator said the matter of securing Government, co-oper- ation for a plan for the rehabilitation of silver had been dropped tempo- rarily. “We cannot do ing about silver now,” Smoot said, cause the atten- tion of the world is on President Hoo- ver's war debt-reparations proposal.” ‘Water Thrower Fined. Regardless of the temperature, it is unlawful to throw a bucket of water on any one, Judge Isaac R. Hitt ruled today in Police Court. He fined Al- honso Smith $25 or 15 days for so reating_Dennis Davis, colored, yester- fay.in_Reeves courte. well CARE 1S ORDERED N 10 AGENCES Favorabl e Ruling for Office That Hired Thief Is Reversed. Persons conducting licensed employ- ment agencies must make a careful in- vestigation of applicants and must maintain a record. according to a de- cision of the District Court of Appeals, rendered today by Justice William Hitz. | A mere perfunctory inquiry is not suf- | ficlent to meet the requirements of the | statute, he ruled. The court reversed a decision of the | Municipal Court, which had held in favor of Mrs. John T. Newsom, trading as the Eureka Employment Agency. who had been sued by Bergha Janof for the loss of jewelry worth £1,000, which had i been stolen by a servant sent to her | from the agency. The case was remand- | ed for a new trial. The record disclosed that only a per- functory inquiry was conducted of the | | information given by the applicant. and | the court pointed out that the statute | requires 'a careful investigation and the keeping of a record. The defendant claimed that she had been told by other employers that the servant was all right, authough it de- veloped that she had been arrested and the address given was false. If | the requirements are burdensome, the | court suggests, the license may be sur- | rendered. |SCHOOL FARE CASE RETRIAL UNLIKELY Patrick Says Commission Is Ex- | pected to Deny Keech | Motion. | e | In advance of & meeting later today !of the Public Utilities Commission. Chairman Mason M. Patrick said it was expected the commission would deny the motion of People's Counsel Rich- mond B. Keech for a rehearing of the | school children’s 3-cent carfare case. This was taken to mean that the com- mission will defend the suit brought by the traction companies without en- deavoring to obtain any additional facts to support the order as it now stands. One of the allegations made by coun- sel for the traction companies was that the 3-cent carfare order was issued without the holding of a proper public hearing after due notice. In the face of many complaints from parents and school teachers, the commission repeat- edly has refused to modify the order so as to_permit children to pay 3 cents cash fare. Instead, they are compelled to purchase books of tickets at the re- duced rates bearing the signatures of their teachers. Mr. Keech in his petition for a re- hearing pointed out that under existing regulations many school children under 18 years of age are actually denied the reduced rate because of inability of their parents to buy books”of tickets. ‘The Public Utilities Commission also will have before it for consideration to- day an order drafted by William A. Rob- erts, special assistant corporation coun- sel, for the rerouting of interstate blums in the congested area of the city. No action was contemplated today on this tentative order, Gen. Patrick ex- plaining that it would merely be dis- cussed. Under the law the order can- not be issued anyway before July 1, and after its approval by the joint board. BEMENT TO SPEAK ‘Women's National Press Club to Hear Professor Tomorrow. Douglas Bement, assistant professor of English at George Washington Uni- versity, will be the guest speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Women's Na- tional Press Club at the Willard Hotel at_1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Bement, an authority on short- story writing, will speak on “The Struc- ture of Short Stories. HURLEY TO TOUR ISLES Unless present plans are changed, Secretary of War Hurley will make an official visit to the Philippine Islands in August to make a personal study of political and ‘industrial conditions there. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Hurley and will sail from Seattle next Amonid-an s Dolla Lipes sleamet, e el PAGE B—1 P A ASKS BIARD T0 RECONSIER 1S PLAN FOR NERCER Protest Is Third Made Against Creation of Single Science Department. TEACHERS TAKE MATTER TO NATIONAL CONVENTION School Heads Also Asked if Fur- ther Consolidations Are Contemplated. Here Reconsideration of the merger of the department of physics with tnat of chemistry and biology was asked cf the Board of Education by the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers in a communication sent to the board today in defense of Dr. Wil~ liam A. Hedrick and William P. Hay, veteran scientists in the schcol system. At the same time, the parent-teacher congress asked to be advised whether the school board contemplates any further similar reorganisations and sug- gested that all discussions of such changes be carried on in public meeting. This latest protest is the third voiced since the board’s action Wednesday when, with cnly six of its nine members present, it voted over the vigorous pro- test of Henry Gilligan to merge the two science departments. No official action was taken with respect to Dr. Hedrick and Mr. Hay, whose employment on August 31 will end. Before National Convention. A second communication addressed to the board carried the reguest of the teachers' union that if aLy reorganiza- tion invclving the classical language department is contemplated as a 1e- sult of the recent retirement ¢f Miss M. C. Hawes as diroctor of the Latin department, the final action be post- poned until the regular school cession. It further asked that “cpportunity be afforded for a full hearing cf teach- ers, parents and others whc might be specially interested in the tcaching of Latin.” Delegates to the national teachers’ convention in Chicago today re pre- { senting the story of the reorzaniza- tion of the science departments with the hcpe of securing the voice of a national organization against the school board’s action. This protest was voiced by the Teachers' Council, which zlso championed the two veteran instructors. The complete text of the Parent- Teacher Congress’ protest follows: “Whereas it has come to the attention of the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers that the Board of Education, at its meeting held Wed- nesday, June 24, decided to abolish the departments of physics and of chemistry and biology of the public school system, thereby necessitating the reduction in both rank and salary of two veteran teachers who have for many vears been the heads of those departments and of whom one is understood to be within two years of retirement; Ask Reconsideration. “Whereas, further, it is understood that such action was taken without proper notice to the said heads of de- partments and no opportunity was sf- forded for the parents and teachers of ‘Washington to consider the question and to be heard with respect to it; “Now, therefore, be it resolved by the District of Columbia Congress of Par- ents and Teachers, That we urgently re- quest the Board of Education to recon- sider its action in abolishing these two departments above mentioned and in demoting the heads of those depart- ments, in order that the parents and teachers of the District of Columbia may have an opportunity to consider this important and far-reaching change in the organization of our public schools and to express their views regarding it. “We also respectfully ask to be ad- vised whether the Board of Education contemplates carrying any similar plan of reorganization into other depart- ments of the public school system, and we suggest that full and free discussion of such matters with the parents and teachers of the District of Columbia in advance of final action is an indis- pensable part of the warm and hearty co-operation between the school authori- ties, the teaching staff and the public, without which we cannot hope to obtain adequate congressional support and to build up the high morale and esprit de corps necessary for the fullest and best development of the public school sysiem of the District of Columbia.” The resolution was signed by Mrs. J. N. Saunders, president, and Mrs. E. C. Rittue, legislative chairman. JOHN D. MURRAY DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME Father of Assistant U. S. Attorney Charles B. Murray Had Been Ill Month. John D. Murray, 74. father of As- sistant United States Attorney Charles B. Murray and for 42 vears sexton of St. Peter’s Catholic Church. died sud- denly last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James S. Gardiner, Clinton, Md. He had been in good health untii about a month ago, when he became 11l of stcmach disorders. Mr. Murray was born in.Warrenton. but spent practically all of his life in Washington. He was a familiar fig- ure at St. Peter’s Church. Fuperal services will be held at the family home, 1523 Park road, Wednes- day morning at 8:45 o'clock, to be fol- lowed by requiem mass at St. Peter's Church at 9:30. Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cen Ty. Mr. Murray is survived by a sister, Miss Sallie Murray of this city; two sons, John J. Murray, Charleston, S. C.. and Charles B. Murray, and four daughters, Mrs Gardiner, Mrs. Robert J. O'Nejll, Chevy Chase, : Mrs Thomas B. R. Mudd, La Plata, Md., and Miss Sallie Murray of this city. STRIPPED BY ROBBERS Man Found Minus Clothing Says He Also Lost $45. Robert Sherman, 25, of the 3000 block Cambridge street was robbed of all his clothing and a purse containing $45. he told fourth precinct police early yester- day after they found him in the South- west section minus any clothes. Sherman said he was robbed while in a house in the 300 block of Virginia avenue southwest. Three colored per- sons were arrested in connection with [3