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| Washington News i | i WOMEN'S DRUG JAG ENDS IN' HOSPITAL; PARTY PAL IS HELD Two Young Mothers Taken' to Gallinger—Say Man Gave Soporific. PREVENTED MEDICAL AID Arrested Male Victim Admits! Drinking With Two, but Denies Giving “Kick” Potion. Two women and a man are in Gal- linger Hospital today by order of the Tourth precinct police afier an admitted | “drug jag,” had ended disastrously for the women and had resulted in_the arrest of the man James Herman Zea- man, 23 of 300 block Eleventh street southwest, investigation. The women, Mrs. Evelyn Van Winkle, 22, of 778 Sixth street southeast, and Mrs. Alice Taylor, 20, of 3527 O street, | cach the mother of a young child, were treated at Emergency Hospital late last night for drug poisoning after they had been brougnt to the institution in a taxicab from the Sixth street address. They were accompanied by Abraham Blaum, 19, of 224 Seventh street south- east, a friend, who Mrs. Ella Lockard, mother of the Van Winkle woman, said had come in to render assistance after her daughter had become violently ill from the effects of the drug. Says Medical Aid Refused. Mrs. Lockard said she first summoned an amublance from Casualty Hospital when her daughter became ill, but that it finally was necessary for the sick weman to b2 removed to Emergency by taxicab because the ambulance interne | refused to take her to his institution unless she paid in advance. She said when told that she did not have the money, the interne turned and walked out the door. At this time, Mrs. Lockard stated, her daughter was in violent pain and was in a dazed con- dition. _ She said the girl's brother, James Edgar Williams, and others were attempting to prevent her injuring her- self. lliams corroborated his mother’s story in regard to the ambu- lance incident, as did his younger brother, Arnold Williams, 16, and his half-sister, a child by Mrs. Leckard's seoond marriage. Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, head of Cas- | uaity Hospital, when informed of the | statement this morping, said that the | ambulance doctor had explained that | the “people were fighting when he weat | to 77¢ Sixth street, and that they would not_quiet down.” ' Dr. Rogers said the smbulance attendant denied that he | had made any mention of moncy, and | added that he thought it & case for tae | police rather than a hospital. Cites Drug Effects. When told that Mrs. Lockard had | stated that the struggle was caused by ALICE TAYLOR. —Star Staff Photo DISTRT CHECKS SURPLLS PROPERTY Redistribution of Sites Not in| Use Is Planned—May Seek Sale Permission. The District Engincer Department has begun checking off the parcels of | property owned by the municipality. | for which it now has no use. An efort will be made to redistribute these prop- erties to those departments which | might need them. If.anything is left over, authority will | be sought from Congress to dispose of | it. Property bought under congres- slonal sanction may not be sold by the Commissioners without such sanctior. | The Board of Education probably will | keep five cld school sites, although no buildings are planned for them. The list of properties owned but not now used by the District includes a small piece of land near ‘Thirty-ninth | street and Cathedral avenue, once used as a powder house, but vacant for many years; 1062 Wisconsin avenue, the site of an’ old police station; a strip of land | on Potomac avenue between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, temporarily used as a playground; the old Conta- gious Disease Hospital site, between | Pairmont and Girard streets, Sherman | and Georgia avenues; the old Fish arket, Potomac avenue and Grace | street; a building at 5320 Sixteenth | street: two Water Department sites, at| Clark street and Ellicott place and on Volta place between Wisconsin avenue and Thirtv-third place. The school sites are the Abbott School, New York avenue between Fifth and Sixth strects; Brentwood Road School, Twentleth and Jacksen streets northeast; Chamberlin School, Twenty-sixth and East streets: Good Hope School, Bowen and Naylor road: DRIVER SUCCUMBS; @he WASHINGTON, D. Drag vicum | IMISS RUETHES CAR C., Has to Be “Hard Boiled” bening Staf WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1931 WOMAN CAB DRIVER FINDS JOB NO CINCH. 5 ARE HURT HERE Third Death Reported in Crash That Killed Gunston Hall Teacher in New York. VICTIM WAS JOCKEY ON NEARBY TRACKS Taxicab Turns Over Three Times in Potomac Park, Sending Two Men to Hospital. Edward H. Kennedy, 21-year-old Baltimore pockey, who was driving the automobile in which Miss Sina Reuthe and Charles H. De Thierry of Wash- ington were killed Sunday at Buffalo, N. Y. died today of injuries received in_the collision. ‘Word of his death at Buffalo was re- ceived here as the body of De Thierry, who lived at 316 Fifth street southeast, reached here from the New York city. He will be buried tomorrow in Mount Olivet Cemetery after funeral services at his late residence and mass at St. Peter’s Catholic Church. Funeral services for Miss Reuthe, a French teacher at: the fashionable | Gunston Hall School for Girls here, were held in Buffalo yesterday. A fourth passenger in Kennedy's car, Charles B. Harris, 30, of Baltimore, is confined to the hospital with a broken leg and suffering from severe cuts and bruises. Returning From Races. The accident occurred when Ken- | nedy, returning from the Fort Erie races, drove past a red traffic light, ac- cording to police, and crashed into a machine driven by Edward Farchman. De Thierry and Miss Reuthe died al- most instantly when both machines were overturned by the impact. Farch- man escaped injury. In four local accidents last night and early today, six.persons were injured, while charges of intoxication ~were placed against drivers of two other machines following collisions. As the result of a freak accident in Potomac Park early today, two men were in Emergency Hospital, a taxi driver lodged at No. 3 police precinct station and a taxicab, which turned over three times. knocked a parked truck almost into Georgetown Channel: Leo Sherwood, 30, of the First block of R street, and John Cunningham, 28, | of the 1000 block of Nineteenth street, were treated for cuts and bruises. The latter also received treatment for an injury to the right knee. Later, the pair was taken to No. 3 and charged with intoxication. Charge Cab Ran Amuck. Police sald Sherwood and Cunning- ham were occupants of & cab, driven by James F. Harrison, of the 500 block of Twenty-first street, that ran amuck. Harrison_was treated at the hospital RS. ROSA REAGEN, 3039 Douglas_ strcet northeast, claims the distinction of being Washington's most successful woman taxicab driver. And the secret of her success, she explained today, is that she's “just as hard botled” as any of her masculine competitors. “That's the only way to get along in this racket,” she said. “The men drivers try to make it tough for me, but don’t let 'em. I always manage to go them one better, and 1 think most of them are learning to like it. “But don't get the idea it's a cinch, because it isn't. When I started driving a taxi last October most of the men took delight in beating me to the punch, 50 to speak. Sometimes they'd nose in ahead of me and pick up a customer | who'd signaled for me to stop. At cther times when I'd parked in a cab zone { they'd push my taxi out into the street. “All in all, I was having a heck of a time. It didn't last long, however. Pretty soon I got mad and made up my mind that no matter how tough they got I'd be at least twice as tough. And 1 haven't had any trouble since then, cither.” M Native of Barcelona. Mrs. Reagen, who was born in Barce- lona, Spain, and reared in the Panama Canal Zone, came to Washington in 1921 with her late husband, John MeAmis. MRS. ROSA REAGEN. 1| that time. | kind of questions, but I answered them just like that"—sh> snapped her fingers several times in rapid succession—'so they gaie me my permit. | “Meanwhile I had been working in a | beauty parlor, but I didn’t like it. I ‘ had to start work at 9 o'clock in the morning, and that's too early, I think. | | So I quit and started driving one of my | | husband's Potomacs. He had two at | “The one I was using wasn't in very good condition, though. So I got a job | | driving for another man who owns sev- eral cabs of the same kind as my hus- | pand's.” {i> Has Housework, Too. | Mrs. Reagan's working hours are more | | satisfactory now than they were when | she wes employed in the beauty parlor. | She works from about 11 am. to about | |11 p.m., devoting her mornings to her | | housework. | "It keeps me pretty busy driving a taxi and keeping house, t00.” she ad- mitted. “But I like to be busy. It's a! | 1ot of fun. especially when the men try | to_get tough. | | ““When I first started I felt kind of | funny, because everybody looked at me so hard. But I've gotten used to it now, |and when people stare at me I just make believe I don't know they're do- ing it.” jDistrict Code contained no statute de- | FHF PITTS AGAIN SEEKS RELEASE FROM JAIL INHIGH COURT WRIT Convicted Realtor Files Ha- beas Corpus Petition in U. S. Supreme Court. BAIL IS REFUSED HIM PENDING CASE HEARING Contends- District Code Is Shy Statute Defining Punishment for Cgnspiracy. G. Bryan Pitts, former chairman of the board of the F. H. Smith Co., now under sentence to the penitentiary for conspiracy, today filed a petition in the United States Supreme Court asking| his release on haveas corpus proceed- ings from the Washlnglonm Jail, where | he_is now being held. | In his petition Pitts advanced sub- | stantially the same grounds urged | asking the District Court of Appeals to | release him. He again asserted that the | fining_or prescribing punishment far | conspiracy, and insisted that under the | Federal criminal code, under which he | had been indicted, he could be tried | only in “'a district court of the United States.” He declared Congress delib- | erately omitted from the criminal laws of the District a conspiracy section. . While there is provision for holding “a district court of the United States” in the District of Columbia, no attempt was made to bring him before such a court, he stated, contending that undar | these’ circumstances his trial and con- viction. in the Supreme Court of the District was invalid and that he must be released because he is being held under a sentence imposed by a court which had no jurisdiction to try him, | Pitts was refused release on bail by Justice Butler pending the action of the highest court on his petition. GIRL BURNED BY LYE HAS SECOND RELAPSE Slight Scratches Send Victim to Hospital Twice Since She Was Injured. Five years ago Gladys Meek, 23, 810 Twentieth street, received a burn from lye accidently spilled on her arm by a younger sister, and ‘today she is re- covering in Providence Hospital from her second relapse from the injury. Although ekin grafted on the ago is a arm about seven weeks l ] Edward L. Wagner and his mother, Mrs. Willlam D. Wagner. Edward L. Wagner, who is 23 months | old now, but who just cant refrain from hopping about on the overstuffed | sofas and chairs, bounced off the bed springs at 1208 East Capital street this morning into the middle of a quandary. Edward L. was up to his wonted divertissment—bounding and rebound- ing on the bed springs, baving insured himself against interference by locking | the door to his mother's bed room. In addition to being precocious, Edward L. is big for his age. His | mother, hearing a groan of springs. ‘hurfled up, found the door locked and ordered Edward L. out. After some final bounces, Edward L. would have complied, but the key stuck. He turned this way and that to no avail and when a note of fear began to | creep into his mother's voice, Edward L. echoed it loudly from within. Presently both Edward L. and his mother, Mrs. Willlam G. Wagner, were |in a panic. Mrs. Wagner called the Fire Department. Edward L. had settled down to some plain and fancy walling when No. 7 | Track ~ Company arrived. = Pvt. L. Knight squeezed half way through the transom, and while his comrades held | his legs' he prevailed upon Edward L. | to take the key from the lock and hand | it to him. | “You will bounce on my bed will you,” said Edward L's when ™ her son came forth. this be a lesson to you.” | “Sure,” replied Edward L., on his way downstairs to the davenport. .. b} OYMENT DRIVE springs, mother, “——»Let | MR PAGE B—1 DISTRICT TO MAIL 1932 AUTO TAGS 10 AVOID DELAYS New Plan Also Affects Ap- plications, Van Duzer Announces. CAR OWNERS MUST SHOW TITLES FOR REGISTRATION Service to Be Rendered, as in Other States, for Payment of 10 Cents for Postage. Registration tags for 1932 will b2 mailed, upon request, to all motor ve- hicle owners in the District, it was an- nounced today by Willam A. Van of vehicles and traffic. A system for mailing tags, simflar to that used in a number of States, already has been worked out by Mr. Van Duzer, and no delay in its intro- duction is anticipated when the time comes for the issuance of the 1932 tags. Mr. Van Duzer believes the new ar- rangement will facilitate the distribu- tion of the tags and at the same time save car owners the time and trouble of coming to the tag issuance bureau and standing in line for several hours. The plan, he believes, will be just as popular in the District as it is in the various States which now mail tags to car owners. Must Show Titles. Adoption of the tag-mailing system, Mr. Van Duzer said, has been made possible by the automobile certificate of title law, which prescribes the titling of all vehicles as a prerequisite to reg- istration. A car owner in the future who does not have a certificate of title cannot procure registration tags. Car owners who want their tags mafled to them will be required to pay 10 cents to cover the postage. There will be no other fee for the mailing. Aside from receiving tags in the mail, car owner§ also will receive ap- plications for the tags in the same way, thus saving them another visit to the tag bureau. The plan worked out by Mr. Van Duzer is so simple that no motor vehicle owner need leave his hcme to procure the 1932 tags. All of system of tag distribution will be han- dled in the traffic department. ‘When a vehicle is properly titled at the traffic department, a special plate will be made containing the name and address of the owner, the make and model of the car, the engine number, and other information usually put on the registration card. This plate will be used in printing the data on the application for tags. The application will then be sent to the office of the tax assessor where the amount of the personal property tax will be stamped About November 15 Mr. Van Duzer Duzer, director of the new department |the details of the heretofore involved ~ i proposes to mail these applications to ~ for a possible fracture of the right leg and lacerations of the head and then arrested on charges of colliding and reckless driving. A witness, Randall Rowles, of the 1600 block of Irving street, told United States park police that at about 2| o'clock this morning a taxicab, running | southeast; Military Road School An dhering to nex, Rock Creek Ford road. D. C. AIR SURVEY all car owners whose vehicles have been titled. ~All the owner will have to do is to s'gn his name on the application - and return it to the Traffic Depart- ment with a check or money order cov- ering the amount of the personal prop- erty tax, plus $1 for the tags, and 10 efforts to quiet Mrs. Van Winkle, Dr. Rogers said that a person suffering from drug poisoning did not fight, but lapsed into a state of dazed drowsin>ss. Dr. Rogers declined to give out th name of the interne on the ambulance. | Mrs. Van Winkle and Mrs. Taylor told McAmis, an American soldier, who had been stationed at Fort Davis, in the Canal Zone, died about five years {ago. A year or s6 later the soldier’s *Mrs. Reagan thinks many more|the flesh, a blood transfusion, ital | women would became cab drivers if they | authorities explained, s negas?::}?"l.r: had the courage. order to restore her strength. Her | “Lots of them ask me how I got my | brother, Willism Meek, will submit to | widow became the bride of John Reagen, | job and tell me they'd like to have one | the transfusion. a cab driver. like it” she said. “But most of them | The accident occurred when Miss | Driving a taxi was a pretty good way |say they couldn't stand people looking at | Meek and her sister Hzlen, ow 15 years | f LISTING TO START hospital officials they had consumed 20 and 10 drug tablets. The former said that she had taken nine tablets Sunday | and eleven yesterday, and said Zeaman | had given them to her. Mrs. Taylor sald she had taken the tablets in the effort to cure a headache. Both ad- mitted that they had been told that the drug would “give them a kick.” Mrs. Lockard said that several pills were missing from a bottle of soporific tablets which she had purchased for the use of her husband, David L. Lockard, who suffers from heart trouble. Denies Giving Tablets. Zeaman, who was arrested last night at his residence by Patrolmen H. W. Beechner and C. R. Burr of the fourth precinct, after Emergency Hospital had reported the arrival of the patients, denied that he had procured drugs for the women, and insisted that they had been drinking liquor with him. The women countered by saying that Zea- man not only gave them the drug, but that he had taken some of it. At- tendants at Gallinger said that Zeaman undoubtedly had used some alcohol prior to his arrest, but that the women showed no evidence of use of anything but drugs. The Police Woman's Bureau said to- day that the young women probably wiil not be held after they have recov- ered sufficiently to leave the hospital. TWO HELD FOR THEFT AFTER SERVING TERM Ohio and Seat Pleasant, Md., Men ‘Wanted by Authorities in Grum Lynne, Pa. Arrested as they were released from the District Reformatory after serving three-year sentences for housebreak- ing, Ray Noble, 23, of Warren, Ohio, and Lewis Sweltzer, 28, of Seat Pleas- ant, Md., were being held today for authorities of Grum Lynne, Pa., on theft charges. Noble and Sweltzer, another man and two women were arrested in Prince Georges County, Md., in 1928, police recovering hundreds of dollars’ worth of clothing and other property, al- leged to have been stolen. The two men were tried here and sent to the re- formatory. Detective Robert J. Barrett ar- rested the men yesterday when they were released. Pennsylvania authorities were notified R. W. FARRELL, 33, DIES Insular Affairs Bureau Employe Served U. 8. Since 1916. Raymond W. Farrell, 33 years old, who served in the War Department Bu- reau of Insular Affairs since 1916, died today at Walter Reed Hospital after a six-month illness. A World War veteran, Farrell was a native of Evansville, Ind., having come here in 1916. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elsie D. Farrell, Miramar ents; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Farrell, of Evansville; two broth- ers, Henry, of this city, and Arthur, of St. Louis, and one sister, Emma ¥arrell, of Evansville, Ind. Farrell was a_mem- ber of Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 33, F.A A M ASSESSED $100 FINE Miles James O’Connor, 813 Connec- ticut avenue, said to be an attorney with the Government, was fined $100 on a charge of reckless driving by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Traffic Court today. O'Connor was arrested on M street mrdly by Policeman J. J. Ramsay, precinct. GROUP 1S NAMED Local Committee to Study Plane Movements to Determine Traffic Conditions. Creation of a local committee to study, as a part of a national survey. i the handling of civil air traffic in the Capital was announced today by the aeronautics branch of the Commerce | Department. The study will cover Washington- Hoover Afrport, one of 26 leading na- tional airports selected for the purposes of the survey. The fact that more than 50 transport planes now are amriving and | nearly crashed into the Potomac River | departing daily at the local field makes it one of the country's busiest airports. The local committee is headed by Al- bert G. Ober, jr. vice president of Washington Airport, Inc., chairman. Members of the committee are John R. Leighty, Southern Railway; A. N. John- son, University of Maryi'nd; Roy W. Crum, Highway Research Board; Paul { F. Collins, vice presiden. of the New York, Philadelphia and Washington branch of the Ludington Lines; E. G., Cross, Eastern Air Transport, and Paul J. Rabbitt, Washington Airport, Inc., secretary. The committee will study airplane movements to and from the local air- port to determine existing traffic con- ditions and psriods of greatest density in traffic; estimate the volume and maximum density of traffic probable during the next three to five years; study the landing area layout from the standpoint of traffic flow and the suit- ability of servicing and terminal ar- rangements; make time studies of air- port traffic operations in crder to de- termine delay points; and draw up rec- ommendations as to the extent and ch: acter of signal systems in connection with the control of airport traffic. The committee will report its find- ings to the Commerce Department Com- mittee on Airport Traffic Control, headed by Harry H. Blee, director of aeronautic development, for use in the working up of & plan of nation-wide application. PARENTS ASK POLICE AID IN SUSPECTED KIDNAPING Mr. and Mrs, C. F. Stack Become Alarmed When Man Questions Maid Concerning Son. Aroused by the suspiclous actions of a man in an automobile who drove at intervals through an alley in the rear of their home and stopped to question a maid concerning their 3-year-old son, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Stack, 4619 Fifth street, appealed to police today for a lookout to frustrate a suspected kidnaping };un, Police said their aid was sought after the driver of the car described the boy and asked if his description tallied with the child’s appearance. On receiving an affirmative answer the man is sald to have driven off. DEATH IS CERTIFIED Aged Home Inmate’s Body Found in Field Near Blue Plains. A death by natural causes certificate was issued by Coroner Nevitt late yes- terday in the case of Robert Schutz, 67-year-old inmate of the Home for the Aged and Infirm, whose body was found in a field near Blue Plains. Schutz had been reported missing from the home since July 6. His body was_discovered by Carville Hemp, an employe of the home, A between 50 and 60 miles per hour, crashed into a truck parked on the | Georgetown Channel side of ‘he Speed- way, near the golf course. The taxi, the witness told police, turncd over three times and totally demolished the cab. The impact was so great that the parked truck was catapulted from the roadway, across the flower bed and over the cement promcnade and was saved from toppling into Geo:getown | Channel only by the iron railing that | fringes the park { Officers at No. 3 said foday that Sher- {wood and Cunningham were being | taken to court immediavely and park | up_tomorrow. The operator of the truck that was could not be found. Police said the truck was listed to Mrs. A. C. Hein- baugh, of the 900 block of New York avenue, Two Pedestrians Hurt. ‘Two pedestrians, Miss Winifred Tin- sley, 30, 1445 Park road, and William Flighter, colored, 39, 409 Holland court, received cuts and bruises when run cars in downtown Washington late yes- | terday. Miss Tinsley was struck while crossing Pennsylvania avenue at Twelfth street, while Flighter was hit on Seventh street between F and G streets. Both were treated at Emer- gency Hospital and later returned to their homes. Four-year-old Patricia de Argo, 1919 1 street, received a fractured leg, when she was hit by an automobile as she ran from behind a parked car. She was treated at Emergency Hospital. Traffic accidents led two motorists into the hands of police last night on charges of operating automobiles while under the influence of liquor. Willlam P. Cherry, 25, of 739 Third street, was arrested for driving while drunk when his sedan collided on H street with a taxi operated by Ashton B. Nixon, 44 of 650 C street northeast. Ernest Evans, 917 Twelfth street, who police said was with Cherry, also was taken into custody on intoxication charges. A charge of operating an automobile while drunk also was placed against James Miles O’Connor, 31, of 815 Con- necticut avenue, when hjs machine struck a parked car belonging to Charles Brook of Wilmington, Del, in the 1900 block of M street. Pt THEFTS TOTAL $1,223. Eleven Victims Report to Police Loss of Gems and S8ilverware. ‘Thefts of jewelry, silverware and other articles valued at $1,223 was re- ported to police last night. The thefts were reported by Harry Dansinger, Valley Vista Apartments; Frederick Simeon, 2148 P street; Elsie Brown, 1709 Ninth street; Vera Lassiter, 1712 Summit place; Mason Martin, 1725 Seventeenth street; Willlam B. Smith, visiting from Orange, Va. and Alfred , Emmett Rogers, William Falk- ner, James Barnes and Willlam Ander- son, all of 916 P sf . CAUGHT WITH LIQUOR Two Colored Men Held for Hauling Nine Gallons of Rum Here. Overtaken by Detectives W. R. Lafiin and W. C. Grooms, two cclored men were booked at the first precinct police station last night on a charge of trans- porting 18 half-gallon jars of whisky. The men gave their names as James Rucker, 20, of 444}; H street and Syl- ven‘ehr lI Ccle, 23, of tz“b‘u/: C _street ! southeast. They were arraigned in Police Court today. e | police said Harrison's case would come | down by Capital Traction Cb. mm; to earn some extra money. it seemed to | Mrs. Reagen, so the decided to have & | try at it. Unfortunately, however, she | was unable to obtain a permit, despite the fact that she had learned to drive several years before while llving in Panama City. “I knew how to drive, all right,” she | explained, “but they asked me a lot of | questions and I got stuck. ‘You'll have | to study the District regulations and | | learn the locations of various buildings,’ they told me, ‘and when you've done | that come back and try again.’ “Well, that's what I did. My hus- band helped me learn the regulations. and I spent as much of my spare time | as possible going around the city, learn- ing where different places are located. “Then last October I tried again They asked me pretty much the same | | them so much.” Asked if any of her man customers ever try to make “dates” with her, Mrs. Reagan replied in the negative. “Some of them ask me a lot of ques- tions about whether I'm married and things like that,” she said, “but I tell ‘em I've got mot only a, husband but a half-dozen children as well. They usu- ally shut up when they hear that. And if they ask too many questions I just old, were cleaning house at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen T. Meek, 4542 Conduit road. The younger girl accidently spilled lye on her sister's Ieft arm. Two years ago a slight scratch sent her back to the hospital for more skin grafting and the transfusion of 3 pints of blood from the veins of her brother. With the second grafting, 32 inches of skin had been transferred to the girl's don’t answer.” Driving a_taxi isn't exciting enough | to suit Mrs. Reagan, however. “I got quite a kick out of it at first,” | she said, “but I find it kind of boresome now. Soon as I can save up enough | money I'm going to take up aviation. | 1 guess that'll be pretty thrilling. i “At least traffic cops won't be able to | bother me much.” SOCIETY ADVOCATES NEW COLLEGE HERE Southerners Urge Interna-| tional University in Honor of Washington. Urging a “belated tribute” to George Washington “otherwise than through monuments of bronze and stone,” the Southern Society of Washington yes- terday adopted a resolution requesting the Bicentennial Commission in- augurate a movement leading to the establishment of an international edu- cational institution here as a living memorial to the first President. The resolution, proposed by J. Cloyd Byars, president, was unanimously adopted by the soclety on its annual cruise down the Potomac River. The resolution asserts that the in- dustrial depression ‘“emphasizes the foresight of Washington in advocating an educational institution to embrace all subjects pertaining to human bet-: terment.” ‘The resolution continued: “It is the sense of the Southern Soclety, that the Bicentennial Com- mission, in planning to properly cele- brate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Washington, should, in grate- ful recognition of his sublime service to this nation and the world, inaugu- rate and sponsor a_moyement to estab- lish in or near the Capital, & great international educational institution, which, in its curriculum, as the majestic design of its buildings, should reflect sometaing of the dignity, no- bility and idealism of ‘Washington' life.” - The resolution asserted further ‘that war, poverty and disease, the three chief “contributirg factors to hum::’x misery, can be overbconeg and relimlnn rmanently only by the eve! fifluence of such an international dl:: cational institution, which would af fract highest caliber minds from all nations and stimulate all colleges and universities in the cause of higher edu- cation and scientific 3 U. S. ENGINEER DIES hn H. Eldridge, engineer of the Uniod Siates Bureau of Public Roads and brother of Assistant M. O. Eldridge, who die in ‘ Tucson, ., will be morrow at Rockvi ed his Eldridge, who hmsurviv n\u s . G D. uw'n-uery lane, Bethesda, Md. D. C. LEGIONNAIRES T0 HOLD CONCLAVE Annual Departmental Con-| vention to Convene August 5—Parade to Feature. A perade consisting of post.mem- bers, floats and several drum corps will open the annual convention of the District Department, American Legion, to be held August 5-7 in the Buchanan Scheol auditorium, Thirteenth and E streets southeast. Some 250 delegates and alternates will attend from the 24 posts in the District. The parade will get under way at 7 o'clock on the evening of August 5 from New Jersey avenue and B street southeast, proceeding east on B street to Pennsylvania avenue, along the ave- nue_to Eighth street southeast, south on Eighth street to M street, east on M street to Eleventh street, north on Eleventh street to Pennsylvania ave- nue, east on the avenue to Thirtesnth street and north on Thirteenth street to Buchanan School. To Hold Block Dance. A feature of the program will be a block dance under auspices of the Southeast Business Men's Association, for members of the community, dele- d their guests. Prizes will be units for parade. William N. Morell, ci P. Van Hise, vice chairman; " Bush, secretary; Capt. Joseph V. Byrne, parade marshal; Emily J. Carey, Egbert E. Corwin, H. A. Renz, ames F. Kehoe, Edward L. Marthill, Kenneth T. Wright, John J. Orlosky, W. R. Beal, Albert H. , E. L. Person, H. Mc- Grath and Mabel F. Staub. The committee representing the Men's Association is Jenkins, A. J. Dargan, George H. Durity, T. K. Smith, Joseph B Bowies, 9. L Ritter, Julius 1. Reilly and J. E. Shelton. School Officer Named. FAIRFAX, Va., July 14 (Special).— Judge Walter McCarthy has appointed mllmn Ad!?'le :fl lal omc:; &). protect groynds ane mmxw Theo- Seminary, A. | timore, hurried to the Maryland city to ascertain the facts in the arm from other portions of her body. About seven weeks ago Miss Meek scratched her arm with a pin and ap- plied iodine to prevent infection. The tender tissue was scared by the strong antiseptic and she was returned to the hospital, where Dr. Dunlap P. Penhal- low performed a skin-grafting operation. | EMPLOYES DISMISSED AS MERCURY MOUNTS Trade Commission Workers Ex-| | Enroliment of Jobless to Start Tomorrow at Old St. James Hotel. Enrollment of unemployed, prepara- tory to the Midsummer job campaign {of the District Committee on Employ- | ment. will begin tomorrow morning at i the old St. James' Hotel, Sixth street | !and Pennsylvania avenue. it was an- | nounced today by George J. Adams, executive secretary. | The enrollment, running from 9 m. to 4 p.m., is to continue from tomorrow through Friday. The job campaign, it- | self, is to begin next Monday and con- | tinue to, August 15. Replaces District Office. The use of the St. James' Hotel was made available to the Employment cused—Temperature Is 93 | Committee by the Office of Public Build- at 1:30 P.M. With Capital thermometers rising | rapidly into the 90s, officials of the Federal Trade Commission dismissed | their employes at 1:30 o'clock this aft- ernoon. The temperature at that hour was recorded by the Weather Bureau at 93, with downtown thermometers sev- eral degrees higher. At the Census Bureau, it was said no plans had been made to let em- ployes off earl. clerk in the director's office saying “it's not so_hot here.” At 2:30 the Weather Bureau official thermometer had fallen off a degree, but forecasters believe & heat wave, paralleling the hot spell of three weeks ago, has descended upon Washington. No relief was in sight for several deys, although there was a possibility of local thundershowers late today. James Green, colored, 55, of 312 Grace street, was overcome by the heat at Wisconsin avenue and M street this morning. He was taken to Georgetown Hospital where his condition was said to be not serious. ings and Public Parks. Applications of | job seekers will be accepted there iun- stead of at the District Bullding. Immediately after the enroliment is completed all names will be turned over to the United States Puolic Employ- ment Service at 480 Indiana avenue to| avold duplication of the work of that office. All job offers coming to the Em- ployment Committee are to be cleared through the public employment service office. It is believed by the Employment Committee staff that the size of the en- rollment for work during the Midsum- mer job campaign will indicate whether employment conditions in the District arg improving. Co-Operation Asked. ‘The committee hopes the residents of Washington will cc-operate whole- heartedly with the Employment Com- mittee by hii enroll Job-seekers, either temporarily or permanently, for odd jobs or steady work in the nome, office, factory or other place of business. The District of Columbia Boy Scouts are to assist the Employment Commit- tee during the job campaign by distri~ b}\:tm 'elmplikn literature throughout the city. POLICEMAN i—lELD AS RUM RUNNER| BOUGHT DRINK TO AGE IT IN WOOD cents additional if he wants his tags delivered through the mail. Mr. Van Duzer also announced that his department is now prepared to start the gigantic task of titling the 135,000 registered motor vehicles in the District. Approximately 25,000 applications for certificates of title already have been distributed. These blank forms have been placed in every police precinct station in the District, at the headquartsrs of the American Automobile Association, the National Motorists’ Association, the Washington Chamb:r of Commerce, the Board of Trade and the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association. Car owners can procure them at any of these places. Rate of 1,000 a Day. Mr. Van Duzer hopes to complete the titling of all motor vehicles before Jan- uary 1, so as to prevent any delay in the issuance of the 1932 tags. To do this, he pointed out, his office will have 1o title cars at the rate of approximately 1,000 a day. He believes it can be done, however, if the car owners co-operate and file an application for a certificate of title without delay. Mr. Van Duzer warned that there is no way for the motorist to escape hav- ing his car titled. Aside from being unable to procure 1932 tags, he said, the title law prescribes a penalty for failing to have a vehicle titled. This penalty is & fine of $1,000 or imprison- ment for not more than one year, or both. The fee for titling a vehicle is $1. CALLS RESCUE SQUAD TO TREAT ILL HORSE Owner Finds Anmial With “Thumps” and Fire Department Apparatus Dashes to Scene. Doctoring a horse with the “thumps” province of the Fire squad, Charlie Brown, colored iceman, learned this morning. When Charlie went to his stable in Wards_court early today he found his horse Fred flat on his back and unable to rise. After trying unsuccessfully to get the horse on its feet himself, Charlie called in the squad. “He's got the thumps,” the colored man told the firemen when they ar- rived. “I thought maybe you all could do_sor ing for him.” ‘The members of the squad looked the situation over and decided that while a veterinarian might be of some, as- sistance, it certainly was no job for firemen to tackle. is not one of the duties within the ' ent rescue - Fleeing With Christmas Spicits When Car Crashed, |y oe cpeen oo e Officer Tells Superior. Policeman E. A. Mumper, fourth pre- cinct, who was arrested Friday night near Ellicott City, Md., and charged with i 1 n.n'wmuon and posses- dono%.m nded to put the 10 allons by police in a charged g anmdu until next Christmas, he was today to have told In- spector T. A. Bean. Inspector Bean, ufin hearing of Mumper’s arrest and detention in Bal- case, but be- cause the policeman had been released in $500 bond, did not see him until Sat- urday. S Yoy v g the Lor, which, he sald, he was going to pu away until next Christm: Mumper, it was learned subsequently, aparently was a victim of his bootleg- to the home of a former county officer who is not only a strict prohibitionist himself, but who also assists in the arrest of offenders who come to his at- tention. ‘When the automobiles of Mumper and into this ,man's occupants tected, tlegger departed hastily, State highway. Ths rum car was outdistancing the pur- suers, and Mumper probably would have ped if his car had nmhlefl the road is scheduled United States Commissioner Supplee, in ger's mistake in selecting the spoct for the delivery. The place selected, it bas turned outy was ‘s secluded lane leading Baltimore. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, police superintendent, has arranged to have Bean or some other police of- ficial attend the trial, OF POSSESSING LIQUOR . Released in Police Court When “No Commercial” Element Is Found. Charges of possession of liquor, placed sgainst Maj. Joseph T. Kingsley, re- the Powhatan tired officer, at roof last night after about & pint of whisky had been found on & table, were thrown out by Assistant District At- torney David A. Hart in Police OCourt today because “no commercial element entered the case.” § Hart explained it is not customary to take into court cases in which a person was accused of having a small quantity of liquor where police dic not think the arrested one was selling the intoxieant. “I don't think the law was meant to punish persons arrested under these circumstances,” Hart declared. Police were called to the roof garden following an ergument between Kiigs- ley and Head Waiter Otto Pangrats,