Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1931, Page 14

LIVING COST DROPS EIGHT PER CENT IN YEAR IN CAPITAL Labor Department Reports Reduction of 5.8 Per Cent in Six Months. DECLINE 6.5 PER CENT | FOR NATION AS WHOLE! Washington's Foed Prices Show | Greatest Fall—Level Above 1914. The average cost of living in Wash- | ington decreased 8 per cent during the} past year and 5.8 per cent during the | six months from December, 1930, to . June, 1931, according to a survey re- ported today by the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics For the country, s a whole, the average decrease was put at 6.5 per cent for the six-month period. Lowered costs of living and wholesale prices in June were set forth in the report to show a 1926 dollar was worth $1.42 last month. 43 Per Cent Above 1914. The report showed that while the cost of living in the Capital has dropped 29 per cent in the last 10 years, the level of June, 1931, is computed to be still 43 per cent higher than that of the pre-wer days of 1914. In the national report, food prices were credited with a decline of 13.8 per cent in the last six months, while «clothing dropped 4.6 per cent and rents likewise were down 3.1 per cent, com- pared with the December figures. The department also reported an in- crease of 2.7 per cent in building con- struction employment in 20 representa- tive cities and a 2.1 per cent pay roll increase. The 3,423 firms reporting for the pay period ending June 15 counted 49,564 employes, against 48,264 in May. Furniture Down 6 Per Cent. House furnishing goods, the depart- ment said, joined the recession, with an average decrease of 6 per cent, and fuel and light costs fell 5.5 per cent, while miscellaneous items averaged .7 per cent less, Wholesale prices dropped 1.75 per cent in June to 70 per cent of the 1926 levels, used as the basic 100 index for 550 commodities weighted according to their importance. Farm products averaged 2': per cent beiow May, with the main decreases in grains, cattle, poultry, cotton, wool and oranges. Corn, onions, apples and lemons were slightly higher. Food prices fell off one-half of 1 per cent and textile products were lower by 11. per cent; petroleum products dropped 4!2 per cent; bituminous coal and coke .6 and .2; building materials .9; chemicals, fertilizers and drugs, 1.5, and miscellaneous products, 1 per cent. 30.6 Per Cent Under 1920. From the peak of prices in June, 1920, to June, 1931, the cost of living in the country decreased 30.6 per cent, the re- port set forth. The decline during the «past 12 months was fixed at 9.8 per cent. In its comparison with pre-war costs, the following percentages of increase were shown as of June, 1931, over De- cember, 1914: Food, 22.8 per cent; clothing, 49.7; rent, 28.2; fuel and light, 32.5; house furnishing goods, 86.6. and miscellane- ous items, 75.7 per cent. GREECE WILL AID TOBACCO WORKERS' Government Forced to Furnish Re-! lief for Labor Thrown Out of Jobs by New Methods. B Cable to The Star. GENEVA, July 18.—Greek tobacco, en agricultural asset of rather more than 159,000,000 pounds per annum, has nearly doubled since 1920. This product, which finds its way into most of the popular brands of cigarettes on the American market, has developed a labor crisis. : The international labor office here has yeceived a report from the Greek gov- ernment relating to that country’s to- bacco workers. The recent changes in ihe methods of tobacco manufacture have resulted in the placing of many of the workers on short time. Unemployed tobacco workers have been granted government relief in spi‘e of the other economic strains on the country’s coffers. The Greek tobacco Avorkers’ insurance fund has been grant- ed speclal allowances during the past two years amounting to 37.000.000 | drachmas (about $490.000) in order that unemployment benefits may be paid to ; such workers. | The necessity for this financial aid | has by po means.come to an end. and the probiem is being studied in all its ! aspects, from growing to manufacturing | and exporting, in the hope that some | satisfactory solution may be found which will relieve the financial drain. | ‘The indications are that cigarettes of Meacedonian tobacco will some day soon cost the consumer more. (Copyright. 1931.) COMMISSIONERS SUED FOR DAMAGED CROPS Upper Marlbcro Farmer Charges County Failed to Grade Road Properly. i By 2 Staff Corresponcent of The Star. ! UPPER MARLBORO, Md., July 18.— Suits against the Prince Georges Coui- ty commissioners for $1,000 damages! and $250 for work performed by him| under an implied contract were filed yesterday in Circuit Court by Elzey Parl colored, who lives near here. Although no declaration was filed, Parker s understood to bese his claim on the fact that his crops suffered a $1,000 loss when desiroyed by a wash- out due, he charges, to failure on the part of the county to properly grade a yoad. He asks $250 for labor performed 4n fixing the road. ‘The man appeared before the county commissioners several times to request payment and filed sult only after pay- ment had been refused. He is repre- sented by Attorney S. Marvin Peach. OFF TO CONVENTION William R. Enyeart, member of the Policc Department Bureau of -Identifi- cation, has gone to Buffalo, N. Y., to | attend the annuzl meeting of the Inger- national Association. for Identification, <f which he is a member. The 2ssociation will be in session four | ¢ Delegates will be entertained by city officials_of Buffalo and private firms, a trip to Niagara Falls being in- eluded in the entertainment program. THE EVENING Orators Off for Europe CONTEST FINALISTS SAIL ON PRIZE TOUR. in the cighth National Oratorical Contest, who com- tion Hall in May for the national championship, sailed from New York late Thursday on their hard-earned, two-and-a-half- month tour of Eurcpe. They will return to the United States in Septem- ber, and Robert Raeburn of Newton, Kans., will be in Washington in the Fall to compete in the international finals. The group includes, frort row, left to right: Willlam J. Donahue, Her 1= mer. N. Y.. Miss Ever Louise Connor, Chicago; James Alfred Xloore, Washington, D. C., and Jack Emmett of New York City. Back row, left to right: Williem J. Codd, Spokane, Wash.; Robert Raeburn and James Pelham, Birmingham, Ala. AN EEPS LIUOR HEATH ANSHERS peted in Cons HEATH ANSWERS ONLY 15 MINUTES LETCAER' CHARGE Police Seize Case of Intoxi- Says Senator Has Not Taken cants Soon After Delivery. Advantage of Public Owner Pays $50. Building Facts. Another chapter was added to the| dispute between the Treasury and Sen-| Lol o A '+ ator Fletcher, Democrat, of Florid Fifteen minutes after a case cf Hquor| To0 1o % chiarged that the public build-| arrived at his home last Saturday the | jo® o8 SR B oL M aelayed, when police came to his door and confiscated | Secretary Heath of the Treasury yes- it, arresting him on possession charges, | terday afternoon :uthori?(‘d ‘2 s!:tfiz‘ W. F. Boswell of Bald Eagle told Judge | Ment, taking sharp exceplion to recent e criticism by Senator Fletcher. J. Chew Sheriff in’ Police Court yes-| ~Calling attention to a statement terday. | issued by Senator Fletcher :he grta-mus” o swell its sym| | day through the Democratic National| an’lc;hac ‘cg:rél;gcme BopeleiE me\Commumu in which the Floridan sug- g | gested that “these delays in the main Two Others Fined. | may have some political significance Two other men also drew $30 fines |and arc not unrelated to the approach- for liquor law violations. They were |ing 1932 campaign, in which the ad: Carl F. Catlin of the 2700 biock of |ministration expects to advance its Seventh street southeast, convicted of | cause by a show of labor-employing ac- ssion, and Lee Soper, colored, of | tivities throughout the country at that Oxon Hill district, convicted of sale. | time,” Heath said that “it is not worthy James Proctor, also colored, of Chapel | of comment.” Hill acquitted of a possession| Assistant Secretary Heath said that charge when police failed to produce | a previous statement issued through the the ligour he was accused of owning. | National Committe by the Senator had Catlin, Soper and Proctor were all 'been replied to by the department arrested by Deputy Sheriff Frank P.|which “endeavored to answ:r specifica Prince. ly the complaints of the Senator a A fine of $101 was imposed on Wal- |at the same time pointed out that the ter W. Kerr, 1200 block of New Hamp- | information on which his remarks were | shire avenue, for driving vhile drunk bascd was inaccurate.” and reckless driving. The man was| “Apparently th> Senator does notf arrested by Policeman G. William | care to take advantage of the suggestion | Gray. Aaron Wilson of Drury, Md. |previousiy given that accurate figures arrested by Officer Oscar Beall, paid & |and facts are obtainable at the Treas- $100 fine for driving while drunk. |ury at all times,” Mr. Heath said. Fine to Be Appealed. | - o Claiming Officer Elon Turner had THIRD D'PLOMAT DAVILA ! ASSUMES DUTIES HERE| illegally searched his car, Cloyd W Gardner of Riverdale, Md, informed Celeo Davila of Honduras Joins| Davila of Chile and Davila the court he would appeal a $5 fine of Rumania, By a Staff Correspondent of The St UPPER MARLBORO, Md., July 18.— imposed for failing to stop at a stop sign. Charles Diggs, colored, convicted of assault with intent t> kill Charles Simms, colored, was sentenced to six months in the House of Correc- tion. Diggs will actuzlly serve a year, having_been raroled on a previous six_months’ sentence for assault. James Young, colored, drew a $35 fine for throwing stoncs at an auto- mobile. ‘The duplication of names which more than once has led to confusion in iden- tifying the respective activities of Dr. Carlos Davila, Ambassador of Chile, and| Charles A. Davila, Minister of Rumania, has been further complicated by the addition of a third Davila to the local diplomatic set. Cele&Da\'xlu. successorr ;;) Ddr Ern!x!ol Argueta as Minister of Hondvras, ar-! UNSOLD LOTTERY TICKETvaed here yesterday to take charge of | e S g | the Honflurflé\ ll!galleniJ HOOdS\Xlfi‘en!h* i Deals $120,000 Blow | strect. Dr. Carlos A. Parmado, charge ! Eard Shin o8 ikt d'affaires_of the legation, was unable | to_meet Senor Davila, due to illness. The new Minister is expected to call | | at the State Department next week to ! (). — Hard | arrange for_presentation of his cre- | dentials to President Hoover. CAPITAL PRIZE AMONG to University of Concep- cion Drawing. CONCEPCION. Chile times have hit the University of Con- cepelon lottery. A recent drawing revealed about | $120,000 worth of tickets unsold, among | them the number for first prize of $60.000. The university officials did not worry half so much about the unsold ticke as sbout the unsold first prize. Th feared the public would shy further from ticket purchases. DESTROYED BY BLAZE| Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 18.— Fire swept away the three buildings of | | tne Roxbury Flour Mills, 12 miles from here in Spotsylvania County, and re- sulted in a property loss variously es-| timated between $40,000 and $50,000. RUBEN RITES TOMORROW During & storm & bolt of lightning Alexandria Philanthropist Will Be geruck the principal building, but &n STAR, W.AS.L.INGTON IFIRFAX CITZENS | DIFFER AT PARLEY | ONLEE BOULEVARD! Delegation Presents Varied " Views on Extension to Road Chairman. FUNDS REPORTED LOW FOR CULPEPER DISTRICT Broad- Street Is Opposed by Re dents—Another Route Held Unsightly Special Dispatch to The Sta FALLS CHURCH, Va, July 18.—A delegation of citizens of Falls Church and Fairfax County yesterday went to Richmond to interview H. G. Shirley, chairman of the State Highway Com- mission, in regard to the proposed ex- tension of Lee Boulevard from Fort Buf- alo to the Lee Highway at Falls Church. The delegation included Guy Church, J. V. Turner, H. A, Fellows, E. T. Fen- wick, Frank Birch and R. E. Ankers from the town, and Harry Leigh, Her- bert Willlams, Mark Turner, W. S. Hoge, jr, and George Harison from the | county. | ‘The delegation represented several di- vergent points of view as to the proper course for the Highway Commission to pursue, and Chairman Shirley an- nounced himself as dubious at the close of the interview as to what the citizens really desired. He promised to present to the commission when it meets next week the various arguments advanced, but warned the delegation that Culpeper district’s funds during the coming year are in large part promised toward route 21 from Warrenton to Charlottesville and Danville. He stated that three other districts in the State have agreed to allow Culpeper district to use their share of State funds, providing the money is spent on route 21, an opportunity of which he felt Culpeper district should take advantage. Embarrassed for Funds. This leaves the commission somewhat embarrassed for funds to spend herc, he stated, and prevents i.s undertaking any very expensive improvements. Guy Church as spokesman for those who are opposing the proposal to route Lee Boulevard from Fort Buffalo to the Lec Highway through the colored settle- ment, asked Shirley to use this money instead to complete the boulevard at its Arlington County end from Station 107, the dead end in a field, to the entrance to Fort Myer. This suggestion was im- mediately and emphatically vetoed by Shirlev. who stated that the State had criginally offered to build the boulevard through _Arlington County to the Ar- lington Memorial Bridge, but the Fed- eral Government had turned the State down on several occasions. The com- mission has definilely decided, he statad, xlxg; to extend the road beyond Station Church then presented arguments against the route through the colored settlement, saving it provided an un- sightly approach to the town and would give tourists a poor impressicn. He stated that so many of the lots through vhich the proposed right of way passes are small that there would remain rem- | nants of lots on which would be erected | an _unsightly collection of shacks and hog-deg stands. George Harrison. W. S, Hoge, Mark Turner and H. A. Pellows | supported this argument. Heavy Traffic Opposed. Councilman Frank Birch and R. E.! Ankers, stating they had come as dele- gates from a well attended meeting of | the citizens who live on Broad street, | held Thursday night. protested the us: of Broad street for the heavy traffic boulevard would entail. They stated that some of the residents were pre- pared to move away if this route is se- lected. Shirley stated that he felt it was not fair to & town to impose heavy traffic on any of its streets unless the town wishes it George Harrison and W. S. Hoge, ir., | stated frankly that they opposed this extension of the Lee Boulevard by means of a new road because th feared it would jeopardize the construc tion of the boulevard as originally planned across Fairfax County. If the detour is built and the Lee Highway widened to correspond, they fear that the Lee Boulevard construction will be postponed for years to come. They thercfore advocated construction by the State of a connection along the original boulevard right of way from Fort Buf- falo, 1% miles, to the south of the town, to connect with the Annandale road. From this junction they suggested tem- porary use of the Annandale road to Falls Church and a sharp turn to the | left on to the Lee Highway Follow Out Plans. | They argued that whatever money the State spends now should be along | the lines originally mapped out for the boulevard. Shirley, in reply, stated that | the Lee Boulevard had originally been | undertaken by the State with a great deal of hesitation, as the commission realized just how expensive it would be, which factor made its continuation be- | vond Falls Church very uncertain. He refused to prophesy how long it would be_before it could be continued. E. T. Fenwick and Herbert Williams | voiced a vigorous and emphatic protest against the plan of Harrison and Hoge if_that necessitated two sharp curves, one from the boulevard into the An- nandale road and a second from the latter road to the Lee Highway. Wil- liams stated that the people of the 3 | students of the different schools. | have decided that once a month a well- | Buried at 3 P.M. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 18.—Serv- ices for Leopold Ruben, local philan+ thropist and retired merchant, who died | inspection by the watchman disclosed | no conflagfation. It was supposed thg | spontaneous combusticn tock place bins of meal husk and cracked corn. Efforts to salvage were defeated by the | intense heat which kept firefighters at The flames started in the \suicide by inhaling fumes from the | suddeniy early yesterday morning, willla distance. be held tomorrow afterncon. | main building and soon enveloped the The scrvices will be held at the adjoining warehouse and elevator. Wheatley undertaking chapel, in the| The mill, owned by A. L. Brulle of 800 block King strect, beginning at 3| this City, was two years old, and sup- o'clock. Burial in the Home of Peace|plicd the ncighboring counties with its Cemetery here will follow. products. SUICIDE WIFE’S CREMATION WISH GRANTED BY PENNILESS HUSBAND Undertaker Advances Fee as Jobless Printer Spends Last Funds to Pay Gas Bill. Despite the fact Willlam Gedeon is turned to Washington immediately. virtually penniless, his dead wife's last| Although Gedeon had only $1.50, he went to the morgue and claimed his request—that her body be cremated— | gyerg body, determined to 1 was granted today, thanks to the gen- | I e R | potter's field and to carry out her last erosity of an undertaker, who advanced | rec{}lestt, g pos%l:l& i esterday omas 3 ergeon, n i it M i dbied undertaker, with headaquarters at’ 1011 Meanwhile, however, Gedeon, & job- | Seventh street, volunteered to advance less printer, wes preparing to spend |Gedeon the cremation fee. The body nearly all the money he has to pay a|Was removed from the morgue to Ser- ' 40-cent gas bill, received shortly after ' geon’s funeral parlor, where it was pre- his wife, Mrs. Mary Gedeon, committed | pared for the crematory. And this morning it was taken to kitchen range in their apartment at|Fort Lincoln Cemetery and reduced to 1107 Eleventh strect. When the ill is|a tiny heap of ashes. The residue wes paid, he will have only a few pennies |placed in an urn and turned over to Rt Gedeon, who said he plans to keep it For two weeks, Mrs. Gedeon's body |with him until he has’ paid all his lay unclaimed in the District morgue, | debts. Then, he added, he will take it while her husband was in Cleveland |to Cleveland, where he lived before seeking employment. Learning of his|coming to the Capital, and have it wife's death Wednesday, Gedeon re-!burieds =Y | county would oppose building such a | crooked road, whether for 2 or 20 years, |and that it would be a continual menace to trafiic safety. ! {DRIVERS ASKED TO CEASE BLANK MAILING REQUESTS| e | Trafic Bureau officials ask that car owners cease writing requests for the ! mailing of certificate of title blanks for | their cars. Such blanks are obtainable at the District Building, police stations, the American Automobile Association headquarters and at automobile dealers. Requests for the mailing of blanks have been received in such gieat num- bers, it is stated, that the work of the bureau has been’ greatly hampered. It | also may mean a delay in receiving them. Traffic Bureau officials also request that automobile owners make every ef- fort to obtain their bills of sale in order that titles to cars may be per- fected. e TWO MEN FINED Convicted in Alexandria of Con- tributing to Minor’s Delinquency. By a Staft Correspondent of The' Star. July 18— g to the de- linquency of a minor, two men were fined $100 and costs each and a young woman placed on probation by Judge William 8. Snow in Police Court today. | i The men were William H. Bowen, 29, employed as a firxman on a dredge, and John Davis, no address given. Rosie Raines, placed on probation. ‘The three persons were arrested on complaint of Ada F. Wood, 216 North Pairfax street, 16, of 211 Queen street, was | i SATURD: Weather Maps Now Sent by Wire DEVELOPMENT HAILED AS AID TO AIR NAVIGATION. HE regular airways teletypewriter circuits now in operation over many of the Nation's the transmission of weather maps under a new sysiem demonstrated here yesterday afternoon. are inserted in the machine at ly. This will make possible the ali parts of the Nation simultaneo noon in the local offices of the America: ager of the company: Capt. F. JULY 18, the receiving end, t t: e information being n Telephone & Telegraph Co. nsmission from the Weatirer Bureau of ‘The photograph shows a demonstration of the device yesterday after- Left to right are: John A. Remon, general man- C. Hingsburg, chief engineer of the Airways Division, Department of Commerce; G. J. Dibarbieri, representative of the company, and Miss Sarah Keefe, teletype operator. | 1 | ir Toutes may be used for Outline maps | typed in the proper places automatical- andard weather maps to airports in —Star Staff Photo. SUNDAY BASE BAL LAW HELD LEGA Maryland Attorney General, Young Already Eaten Medals to Be Awarded by Rules Hagerstown Refer- endum Not Needed. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., July 18.—Ha- gerstown's Sunday base ball law, which kgalized professional ball in this city between the hours of 2 to 5 pm. on the Sabbath, is legal and no referendum is necessary for the bill to become a law, Attorney General William P. Lane ruled yesterday A group of church leaders had peti- tioned for a referendum cn the question after the bill had been passed by the General Assembly. The attorncy general ruled that the referendum article of the State Constitution did not apply to public local laws for any municipality outside of Baltimore City, and that the measure uncer questipn was local to Hagerstown and did not affect the rest of Washington County. He cited the Court of Appeals as reference. Church leaders sent a petition bear- ing approximately 2,000 names. believ- ing that a petition bearing on‘-tenth of the number voting in the last clec- tion would force a referendum on the question. One Sunday game was played after the passag> of the bill, and th> at- endance at this was mall that Joe ambria, owner of the Hagerstown fran- chise in the Blue Ridge League, decided to transfer the franchise to som= other city. The franchise is now held by Youngstown, OEio. It was not illegal before the passage of the Sunday ball law for semi-pro teams to play Sun- days here. PARENT-TEACHER PLAN GETS HOLD IN TURKEY Smyrna Body Organized and Others Are Planned If Experi- ment Succeeds. ISTANBUL, Turkey.—The first Par- ent-Teacher Association has been |formed in Smyrna and this example will be foliowed in all the cities of Tur- key if the experiment is successful The president of the association is Zeki Bey, head of the Smyrna Chamber of Gommerce, and most of the members are prominent people of the city. They will gather once a week at the Boys' Normal School and come in contact with the teachers of the city. The as- sociation also will try to help the poor They to-do family will provide & hot lunch for the needy students. The whole question of discipline in schools has become a difficult one. The republic has abolished the old methods of corporal punishment prac- ticed in the medresses. The ministry of education went so far as to say that all forms of punishment were forbidden in the schools. A slap can lose a teacher his or her place. The students know this and they have be- come very hard to manage. The question of discipline in the schools and the homes will be taken up first by the association, and the.| | members and teachers hope they will i find a remedy for the present situation. t, 1931, by New York Sun Fore (Copyrigh! by New, POLICE PROBE FINDING OF UNCONSCIOUS MAN Victim in Hospital Unable to Talk of Injuries, but Condition Is Improving. Police of No. 4 precinct were investi- gating today to determine how Herbert Berry, 50. of the 400 block of Tenth street southeast, met with an injury last night at Tenth and G streets south- east. The man was found on the corner in an unconscious condition by Robert Blaine of 3337 Fifth street southeast. ‘was taken to Providence Hos- pital, where he was treated for a severe laceration on the head. Physicians at Providence Hosg}ul stated the man was in a dazed con mr:-a%wfldng'gl them how he mef e injury. Ty rted to be better toda; Relatives of Berry explained he fre- quently left home to be gone for several days, and they thought nothing of it when he failed to return last night. They said he lost one of his arms in a train accident when & boy. PLAN RUE DE PERSHING PARIS, July 18 (#).—The name of Gen. Pershing is to be given to a Paris street now known as the Boulevard de Verdun, the City Council dzcided today. 1t is & new thcroughfare on the edge of the suburb of Neuilly, adjacent to the Bols de Boulogne, K |Robin’s Cries Bring/ | Aid as Blacksnake Casts Spell on Him ! 'Mother Bird and Three | When Help Arrives. Special Dispatch to The Star. | LEONARDTOWN, Md. July 18—A | male robin, fighting gamely for his lite, | was rescued last night in a tall apple iree by its incessant calling when a large black snake, which had eaten its mate and three young birds, was | atlempting to atiack the father robin, Wilson Buckler and Johnson Wood of | | Loveville were a‘tracted by the bird’s frantic cries and rushing out of the| house, armed with a hoe and flash light, isaw the snake up the tree near the house and the reptile trying to hypnotize the robin. | The young men hastily set fire to a pair of old trousers and holding this | up to the tree, smoked the snake down | and killed it. It measured 6 feet long. { When cut open the mother bird and | three other young birds were dead. It is believed that this is the mate | to the other black snake killed here | several days ago, which had devoured |10 hen eggs and 6 turkey eggs, and | hen Eilled measured some 6 ieet long } also. JOBLESS STIR DUST ON VIENNA STREETS Shoulders Unemployed Army | Brooms to Prove Zeal for Work, but Police Interfere. | VIENNA, July 18—Vienna's most fashionable thoroughfare, the Karnt- nerstrasse, was swept the other day cleaner than it had ever been before— | | until the police interfered. | A score of unemployed men, equipped | with brooms, descended on the street and swept it vigorously to show that | they were not afraid of work if only | they were provided with something to o. | The sweepers wore signs on their | backs reading “Don't help the bankers, | give us work,” and “Banks may fail, but our arms are still willing.” Traffic was stopped during the dem- onstration. Shoppers did not pause |long to watch, since the sweepers in their zeal raised great clouds of dust. | Policemen finally grabbed the brooms and arrested the men on charges of disturbing the public peace and of vio- lating tke recent national decree against parades or other street demonstrations. | (Coprright. 1931.) | POLICEMAN INJURED |John R. Le Foe Collides With Bus | on Bladensburg Road. Motor cycle Policeman John R. Le Foe, 31, of the traffic squad, was injured last night when his motor cycle collid- ed with a bus on Bladensburg road near the District Line. The bus, running on the Nevin Line, was operated by Frank E. Crandall, of Philadelphia. Le Foe was treated at Casualty Hospital for minor arm injuries. e Wins Marksmanship Medal. Lieut. A. M. Morgan of the Navy's Construction Corps, who makes his home at 1010 New Hampshire avenue and is now on duty at the navy yard, New York, N. Y., has qualified in small arms as a distinguished marksman. He was one of 18 officers and enlisted men to receive this award of a gold medal. ! | Anderson, William G. Graves, Joseph {for 10 years or more continuous serv- |ice with the Maryland National Guard: | !inspector in the annual inspection of GUBRDSHEN LEAVE FORCAP 0LY 23 Ritchie to Members of Sil- ver Spring Company. Special Dispatch to The Star. o SILVER SPRING, Md. July 18—! Members of the Service Company, Xst) Infantry, Maryland National Guard, are completing preparations for their an- nual encazpment at Camp Albert C.! Ritchie, Cascade, Md., the first con- tingent leaving Thursday, followed by the remainder of the company Satur-| day. The guardsmen will be cncamped | until August 8. | An advance detail consisting of First | Lieuts. L. V. Kreh and Ward W. Cad- | dington and 2o enlisted men will leave Silver Spring by motor bus early in the week for the purpose of drawing supplies and preparing the camp for the remainder of the regiment, which will arrive two days later. Fourteen men of the company will receive medals for perfect attendance at ' drills during the past year. Those qual- | ifying are Master Sergts. Ward P. Bur- ! dine. Joseph W. Saunders and Logan J. Purcell; First Sergt. John H. Saunders Sergts. 'Joseph E. Allen, James R. Pea- cock, Alfrcd W. Saunders and Charles | S. Voigt; Corpl. Charles W. Shauck | and Pyts. George G. Rabbitt, Harry A.| L. Jewell and Karold L. Kelly. ‘The following men will receive awards | Capt. Joseph C. Cissel. Lieut. Ward W. Caddington, Ward P. Burdine, John H Saunders and Terence Brady. The medals will be presented by Gov. Ritchie August 6, which has been designated as | Governor's day. The Service Gompexr, which obtained the highest rating given by the Federal the companies of the 1st Infantry, is| composed of 60 men, four of whom are officers. Capt. Joseph C. Cissel com- | mands the company and is assisted by First Lieuts. L. V. Kreh and Ward W. Caddington, and Second Lieut. Joseph | A. Glover, Lieut. Willlam E. Warfield, | O. R. C., will also accompany the local contingent. PROGRAM ON TONIGHT | Denishawn Dancers Giving Delayed Performance at Sylvan Theater. The program of the Denishawn Dan- | cers, scheduled last evening at the | Sylvan Theater on the Washington | Monument Grounds and postponed be- cause of weather conditions will be | held this evening at 8 o'clock. A special feature of the program. which is one of a secries presented each eek during July and August, will be sever2]l piano and violin selections by Syivia and Julian Altman, preceding the dances. Approximately' 15 dance numbers will be given with piano accompaniment by George Cornwall. WILL HOLD CARNIVAL Company F, 121st Engineers, District National Guerd, will hold a two-week carnival at Third street and Maine ave- nue southwest, opening Monday night, it was announced today. Several pro- fessional wrestling matches will b2 stzged during the course of the car- nival. ‘The committee in charge of arrange- ments includes Cdpt. George. W. Johns, Lieut. Edward A. McMahon and Lieut. Edward O. Hamilton. Ladders Already in Place to to Figure Atop By the Associated Press. washed and shine again in the sun. ady, with a ladder alongside each ear, she is waiting her brief, quadren- season of human . She's past 70 years now, this noble-browed Miss Freedom, who keeps solitary vigil on top the Capitol dome. She’s inclined to stay aloft—and aloof from mere mortals. But the longer they leave her to herself, the dustier she gets. | So once’each four years it has be- come a custom to climb right up and shine Miss Freedom until her bronze is as fresh as that of any sunburned bathing beauty on the seashore. This is always done when Congress is not in sessi jon. No professional steeplejacks and flag- pole sitters will have a chance to flirt with Miss Freedom. Her opportunity PREPARATIONS MADE TO WASH |\ MISS FREEDOM’S NECK AGAIN | Soon Miss Freedom will get her neck! to chat at last with earth-folk will be| Phoer Give Quadrennial Cleaning | ot Capitol Dome. conducted with a dignity worthy of her high station. From the regular Capi- l l FIREMAN VANISHES - ON WAY T0 WORK; SEARCH IS STARTED Charles G. Limerick Disap- pears Going to Join No. 20 Engine Company. WIFE IS CONFINED TO VIRGINIA HOSPITAL Two Children Left at Home With Maid—Woods Scoured by Polios and Firemen. Charles G. Limerick, 46, member of the Fire Department for 19 years and now & member of No. 20 Engine Com- pany, has been mysteriously missing from his home at 4116 Verplanck place since 7:15 o'clock yesterday morning and is the object of a wide police search. He left his home in an automobile to go to the house of his company, but failed to reach there. When Limerick failed to appear at 8 o'clock roll call, Capt. Frederick M. Edwards, commanding the company, dispatched a member of his command to his home. Two children of Limerick, a boy, 11, and a girl, 9. were at home. All they could teil of the whereabouts of their father was that he had left home abiut the usual hour to go to work. A colored servant is caring for the children. Capt. Edwards, fearing something had happened to Limerick, immediately sent out searchers, later calling upon police of the fourteenth precinct to assist Firemen and policemen searched the northwest wooded section, but without finding any trace of the missing fire- man or his automobile. Mrs. Limerick, wife of the missing man, is in a hospital in Petersburg, Va.. where she has been a patient the past seven months, and the family has friends in_Richmond. Fredericksbes, and other Virginia cities. Police haw communicated with the police of several Virginia cities to enlist them in the search. l THE WEATHER ] District of Columbia—Local thun- dershowers tonight and possibly tomor- row. not much change in temperature, gentle shifting winds becoming south- west Maryland—Local thundershowers to- night and possibly tomorrow, except generally fair in west portion tomor- Tow. not much change in temperature, gendtle to moderate shifting winds be- coming northwest. _Virginia—Local thundershowers to- night and tomorrow, little change in temperature, gentle to moderate mostly northwest and west winds. West Virginia—Partly cloudy with local thundershowers this afternoon cr tonight in north portion, snd in sout portion tonight or tomorrow, change in temperature. Records for 24 Hours. ‘Thermomster—4 p.m., 90; 8 p.m. 12 midnight, 73; 4 am., 73; 8 am 11 am. 82 Barometer—4 p.m., 29.9 & pm, 20.91; 12 midnight, 29.92; 4 23.87; 8 am., 29.89; 11 am., 29.83. Highest temperature, 90, occurred at 4 pm. yesterday; lowest tempcrature. 72._occurred at 6 a.m. today. ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 95; lowest, 73. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 4:26 am. and 5.04 p.m.; high tide, 10:08 am. and 10:44 m. It “Temorrcw— 5:50 pm.; 11:35 p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 4:56 a.m.; sun sets 7:32 pm. Tomorrow—Sun rises 4:57 a.m.; sun els 7:31 p.m. Moon rises 8:22 a.m.; sets 9:54 pm. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half mour after sunset. Rainfall. Comparative figures of the monthly rainfall in the Capital for the first seven months against the average are shown in the following table: Average. 1931, January .3.55ins. January February .3.27ins. February 3.75 ins. Low tide, 5:19 am. and high tide, 10:59 am. and March April May June July Record rainfall for the first seven months was: January, 1882. 7.09 inches; February, 1884, 6.34 inches: March, 1891, 884 inches; April, 1889, 9:13 inches;’ May 1889, 10.69 inches; June, 1900, 10.94 inches; July, 1886, 10.63 inches. Weather in Various Cities. ations. Abilene, Tex.... Albany, N. Y. Atlants, Ga Atlantic City. Baitimore. Md. Chicago, 1l Cincinnati, Ohic 29.9: Cleveland, 'Ohio. 29.9¢ Columbia, . C. 29.9 Denver, Col Detroit, Mic El Paso. Tex. 2. Galveston. Tex. Helena, Mont. EREE] Huroa, 8. Dai. 29. Indianapolis.Ind Jucksonville.Fla. 30.00 Kansas City,Mo. 29 Los Angeles’ ... 298 Loatsville, G Fla 2332832228 s@maaz .o Cloudy L. Pr.cloudy 6.0 0.02 Fossy o Clear 0.02 Bt.clouds [ etclovay 084 Cloudy Cloudy Bt.clouds .02 Ptcloudy ..+. Clear Clear ; Glear 4 Pt.cloudy tol workme; chosen. thon? can imagine her inquiring of em “And have they ever finished up that frieze that was started down thm“p in the dome during the Civil War?” And these workmen can answer: “Naw: it's_got the sam Haven't even ad a il n her callers will be | Tampa et nev i hearing on it since | Siockholm. 3 0.19 Pt.cloudy , Greenwich time, today.) Temperature. Weather. 58 ar Stations. don,. England. P =X we were up here last.” Miss Freedom may. not look it, but she's led quite an exciting life. She was shipwrecked in comirng from Italy | sa to America in April) 1858. And only this week she almost got hit by a light- | €01 ning bolt which burned an awning of the Banking and Currency Committee room window. ‘The newsreels are planning to glve due publicity to her polishing, which is part of a $28,000 Capitol clean-up job. 32 Clear time, today.) Part cloudy Part cloudy Part cloudy Clear Cloudy oon. Horta (Fayal), Azores. 0 (Cufrent observations. Hamilton, Bermuda...... 16 n Juan, Porto Rico. Have s 3 Mile. Mistinguett, the perennial mu- sic-ha!l darling of Paris, has announced that she washes her famous legs in champagne every day, and has had them insured for $250,000. 4