Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1931, Page 17

**. Washington. HEAT OVERSOMES | B HERE; SHOWERS |, ONLY RELIEF HOPE Maj. Pratt Grants Policemen Restricted Privilege of Shirt Sleeves. 75 DEGREES MINIMUM WITH 90 AT 11 D’-CLOCK[ Drop in Humidity Makes High Temperature More Tolerable. Record Last Year. Aside from the temporary comfort of focal - thundershowers this afternoon and tonight, Weather Bureau officlals | said there was no reliet in sight from | the existing heat wave which yesterday | caused eight cases of prostration in With the official bureau thermometer climbing steadily during the morning, reaching 87 degrees at 10 o'clock, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po- | lice, came to the relief of policemen | by directing a rush order to all pre- | cinct commanders making shirt sleeves | the uniform of the day under certain | conditions. The order was received | with cheers at the various precincts. An hour later the temperature was 90 degrees. Shirt-Sleeve Rules Issued. The order read: “Members of the force provided with clean white shirts, black tles and who do not wear sus- penders, will be permitted to perform street duty in shirt sleeves. Command- ing officers are especial charged, however, with responsibility of secing that the members of their force main- tain themselves in a cleanly and pre- sentable manner.” When the purport of this order was understood, all the suspender-wearing policemen went scurrying for belts and there was much discussion as to just what constituted a “clean” shirt on a humid day. The last police order to this effect was for desk sergeants. At the Weather Bureau it was said ®hat local thunder showers, pretty gen- eral over the whole Eastern United States, would continue indefinitely. ‘While it is about 2 degrees above nor- mal, the heat of today is mild compared to this time last year. A year ago yes- terday the official reading was 106 de- grees, an all-ime record for Washing- ton, and today a year ago the ther- mometer registered 103 degrees. There | was much less humidity, however, than there was today. Last year's extreme heat wave lasted from July 17 to the end of the month. There is no likeli- hood, it was said, of this record being duplicated during the present Summer. 75 Degrees Minimum. Today's minimum, 75 degrees, was yegistered at 5 o'clock, about the same as yesterday. At 6 o'clock the mercury had risen to 77 degrees. The other readings were 81 degrees at 8 o'clock, 85 at 9 o'clock, 87 at 10 o'clock and 90 &t 11 o'clock The humidity. however, was slightly Yower than yesterday. The percentage at 8 o'clock was 81, as compared with 90 per cent as that hour yesterday. If the relative lowness of the humidity continues during the day the weather will feel a bit more comfortable, even though the mercury might soar a pomnt or so above vesterday's maximum of 93 egrees official. Compared with California coastal eities, the Central West and Eastern parts of the United States are com- fortable. West of the Rockies 100 de- grees was common in most places and in some sections it reached as high as 106 degrees. At no place east of the Rocky Mountains was 100 degrees re- corded. but the temperatures generally ranged 90 and slightly over. Unidentified Man Collapses. One of the eight heat prostration fases yesterday was that of an uniden- tified man_who collapsed at Fifth and K streets. He was taken to a private physician by unknown persons, police Jearned. Ulysses Wells, 88 years old, of Balti- smore employed by the Washington, Bal- timore & Annapolis Railroad, fell from @ ladder at Twelfth street and New York avenue after being stricken by the heat and cut his head. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. Others treated for prostration at Emergency Hospital, were: Eva Jones, colored, 31, of 1837 Ninth street, who was overcome in a G street store: Wil llam Johnson, 41, colored, 1128 New Jersey avenue, overcome at First_and Elm streets, and Dorothy Paw, Fifth street near Eye street, overcome at Sixth and F streets James IMcCall, 48 years old, 1307 Twelfth street, employed by the Dis- trict Repair Shop, collapsed at Prospect avenue and Bank street, and was treated at Georgetown University Hos. pital. Rosa Frederick, colored, 35 years old, of 706 Second street, was taken to Casualty Hospital from her home. Charles Barnes, 27, colored, was overcome while walking at Nineteenth street and Potomac_avenue northeast, and was taken to Gallinger Municipal | Hospital for treatment. MERCURY REACHES 114. Jdaho, Western Washington and Orego: Swelter in Heat. SEATTLE, July 2] (#)—Lewiston, Twin Falls and Boise, Idaho, today had new heat r-cords to shoot at, yesterday’s | baking sun having sent temperatures 10 114, 1048 and 108, repsectively, while a Washington town, Reparia, reported; 115 degr es. Spokane, Lind and Wapto, in Wash-; ington, sweltered at 106. A strong wind kept coastal tempera- tures normal. The humidity, three degrees above the normal 58, reduced fire hazards in Western Washington. In Idaho, forest fires in the Challis National Forest continued uncontrolled and brush fires were blazing last night $n the vicin! of Boist. THREE DEAD IN POLAND. W¥iolent Windstorm Unroofs Buildings, Injures 50 at Lublin. i LUBLIN, Poland, July 21 (P).—Three persons were dead and 50 Injured and 1,000 buildings were roofless today as the result of a violent windstorm. The wind, which reached the peak of its power during the night, disrupted electric and telephone service and shat- | O E Taking pity on Washington policemen, Maj. Henry G. Pratt today gave restricted permission to all of them to shed their coats for the day. In the photo, Traffic Policeman F. J. Behnke, at Twelfth and F streets, is taking advantage of the order. —Star Staf Photo. PLANE MAKERS ASK CODEAMENDMENTS Manufacturers to Request 25 Changes in Government Craft Requirements. With a view to further increasing the | safety of American designed and manu- | factured aircraft, representatives of | commercial plane manufacturers will | seek more than 25 amendments to the Government airworthiness requirements for aircraft at a meeting with heads | of the aeronautics branch, Department of Commerce, here on July 31, it was | announced today. | ‘The changes not only will seek to bring about greater margins of safety, | but also to bring regulations governing | design and construction of airplanes | into conformity with engineering ad- vances during the past year. | Committee Prepares Amendments. The proposed amendments have been | prepared by the Engineering Commit- tee of the airplane manufacturers' sec- | tion of the Aeronautical Chamber of | Commerce of America. They will be discussed and a final draft prepared for | presentation to Department of Com- | merce officials at a general meeting of the manufacturers’ group at the Cariton Hotel July 29 and 30. | Raloh S. Damon, chairman of the section, has invited all aircraft manu- | facturers and producers of structural | airplane parts, such as seaplane floats, to attend the two-day conference here preceding the meeting with the Depart- ment of Commerce officlals. Whatever the amendment finally | adopted by the Department of Com- | merce, they will take effect Septem- ber 1. this year, for the first time, the | previous customs having been for such | changes to go into effect January 1.| The change in effective date of the amendments has been made to allow manufacturers an opportunity to bring out new aircraft models February I, instead of April 1. Ask Spin Requirements, In many instances, it was learned today, the manufacturers are seeking more stringent requirements for air- craft. Chief among the proposed amendments is one asking that light airplanes, which have been produced in large numbers during the past six months, be required to exhibit the same spinning characteristics demand- ed of heavier planes. Larger planes, under the Department of Commerce rules, must recover from a tall spin in less than a turn and a half after making six complete revolu- tions. The planes must do this with controls in neutral and power shut off. Knowing that the new light airplanes | are to go into the hands of private pilots, who are less skillful than com- mercial pilots, as a rule, the manu- facturers are insisting that light planes | show equal ability to recover from the deadly spin. | Other amendments deal with rate of climb, suggesting that the minimum re- quirement be framed so as to require | planes to show an ability to clear an | obstacle more than 400 feet high one minute after taking off from the| ground. Still other amendments deal | with load factors, stipulate that air-| craft liquid batteries be fully inclosed | nd properly drained and ventilated. Fabric Specifications. | The manufacturers ask that the De- | partment of Commerce issue specifica- | tions for fabric to be used in covering | the wings and fuselages of light air- planes. They also ask that safety belts | for pllots and passengers shall be capa- | ble of withstanding a load of 1,000 pounds. | The Engineering Committee of the | manufacturers' section will hold a! meeting at the Cariton Hotel July 23 | to complete a study of the argumens | to be made by individual members on | the proposed amendmients for presen- tation at the general conference. SCHULDT INDORSES MOTORIST SCHOOL Police Court Magistrate Be- lieves Classes Would Make Highways Safer. Establishment of a school for Wash- ington's motorists appeared a step toward reality today when Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presiding Police Court mag- istrate, gave his indorsement to the idea. The school, originally proposed by Inspector E. W. Brown of the Traffic Bureau, would instruct the driver in the common sense rules of the road as well as acquaint him with the contents of the traffic code. Judge Schuldt said he thought it would make driving much more safe and decrease the number of automobile accidents not only by showing what should be done in certain emergencies that might arise in driving but by giv ing the motoring public a more clear realization of the dangers of reckless driving. “The move is apparently a good ong,’ the judge said. It should result in better co-operation between the motor- ists and police. Many of the minor of- fenses are precipitated by thoughtless- ness and I believe this school would go a long dway toward curbing these and as a consequence decrease the number of accidents.” . — SUES ON THUMB HURT Roland M. Orrison Seeks $50,000 From Southern Railway. ‘The Southern Railway Co. was sued today in the District Supreme Court for $50,000 damages by Roland M. Orrison, 1348 Euclid street, for alleged personal injuries. Orrison says he was in the employ of the company October 6 last when, as he was working in a round house near Alexandria, the power operating a turn- table was started without notice to him and his thumb was caught in the gears and had to be amputated. He has been permanently injured, he asserts. Attor- ney Alvin L. Newmyer appears for the plaitift. $7OB GEMS STOLEN New Hampshire Ave. Woman Re- ports Theft With $52 Cash. Jewelry valued at $700 and $52 in cash were stolen from Mrs. Marguerite Hale of 1930 New Hampshire avenue, she reported to police yesterday. The Jewelry, which consisted of three rings, two of them set with diamonds, and the third one with a diamond and emerald setting, and a sunburst dia- mond pin, was in a pocketbook which | Mrs. Hale claims was removed from the reception hall of the apartment building. BABY DIES AFTER FALL { Colored Child Fractures 8kull in Three-Story Drop. ‘Ronald Humphries, 16-month-old col- ored boy, died in Freedman's Hospital this afternoon from a fractured skull, sustained when he fell from a third- st street, today. The boy was taken to the hospital in a private automobile. Physi he first thought his condition serious, but held some hope for the boy's re- covery up to the time he died. CAR STRANDED AT ROCK CREEK FORD RESCUED BY FIRE SQUAD! Auto Carrying Doctor and Family Is Marooned in High Waters of Stream Swollen by Recent Rains. Marooned in their automobile by the high waters of the usually peaceful was stopped midway by the high water. Park Policeran B. J. Beckman dis- tered thousands of windows in one sec- | Rock Creek, Dr. Charles J. Demas, 1301 ! covered the stranded car -and sum- tion of the city. | It blew down ancient trees in City Park and overturned eight railwy cars. DURANGO, Mexico. July 21 (#).— Torrential rains flooded the southern section of the city last night, causing several buildings to collapse. per- son was killed, Massachusetts avenue, and his family. were rescued by Fire Rescue Squad No. 2 early this merning. i Heavy rains at the headwaters of the creek in Maryland had swollen the| trickling stream into a swirling torrent, and when Dr. Demas attempted to cross moned the Rescue Squad. A member the squad waded into the creek and “landed” the 4-year-old son of Dr. Demas, and the car was towed out by the squad car. The usual depth at the ford is B inches. Mrs. Demas and 8 sister of the doctor rescued can the ford on Beach drive, hisXutomobile | were i the window at his home, 1536 Ninth | ians from | VAN DUZER WARNS CAPITAL DRIVERS OF TARDY TITLES Traffic Chief Says Late Mo- torists May Lose Use of Cars. SEES ENORMOUS TASK TO COMPLETE BY JAN. 1 Certificates Will Have to Be Issued on Average of 2,000 a Day, He Declares. Traffic Director Willlam H. Van Duzer 4ssued another warning to Wash- ington motorists today that unless ap- plications for certificates of title are filed in larger numbers than in last week, many will be without the use of their cars after January 1. Response Is Slight. Since approval by the Commissioners of the regulations governing the titling of motor vehicles, Mr. Van Duzer said only about 2,000 applications for title have been received at his office. There are approximately 135,000 resistered vehicles in the District, he pointed out, which means that title certificates will have to be issued at the rate of about 1,000 a day to complete the titling of all cars by January 1. The 1932 tags, Mr. Van Duzer ex- plained, will not be issued to any au- tomobile owner whose car has not been properly titled. Consequently, thoge who delay filing title applications, he s may not receive their title certificates before January 1, and will be unable to procure tags. Applications Available. ‘The Title Bureau, according to Mr. Van Duzer, is equipped to title about 1,000 vehicles a day. Applications for a title may be procured at any police station, the American Automobile As- sociation, the National Motorists As- soctation. the Board of Trade, Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce and Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association. E STREET WIDENING Shift to North Will Place Road- way Through Park—Will Help Traffic. Work has started on the widening and extension of E street from Thirteenth to Fiftecnth streets. The line of the street, which forms the northern boun- dary of the new Commerce Department Building, will be shifted north and the street, will be widened from 40 to 56 eet. The new street will cut through the grassy park in front of the District Bullding. so that between Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets there will be two E streets, one running along in front of the National Theater Building and the other in front of the District Build- | ing, with Pennsylvania avenue in be- | tween. | The new street is designed to relieve other east-west streets in the Federal triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue teenth to Fifteenth streets are now blocked off by the new Commerce Building. DR. HENNINGER IS NAMED COLLEGE HISTORY DEAN Appointment to Franciscan School, Quincy, I1l, Is Learned Here. Dr. Lawrence Henninger, who attended Catholic University here last year and was awarded a master of arts degree in history on June 10, 1931, has been appointed dean of the history depart- ment of Franciscan College at Quincy, I, it was learned here today. Dr. Henninger will replace Dr. Francis Stech, former dean and authority on early American history who was re- leased for two years to the Texas His- torical Commission to complete the early Texas missionary history. The appointment will make Dr. Henninger one of the youngest college deans in the country, it was stated at the Fran- ciscan Monastery here. He is said to be under 30 years of age. WORK INAUGURATED some of the congestion expected when | are closed. C and D streets from Four- | U. S. COMPLETES 115 BUILDINGS IN HUGE SCHEDULE $37,737,362 Finished Struc- tures Leaves 186 Projects Under Contract. SITES PURCHASED HERE NOW $23,866,963 Government’s Program to Be Fin- ished in Six Years at $700,000,000 Total. By the Assoclated Press. The Treasury has completed 115 buildings of the expanded public build- ings program, at a cost of $37,737,362. In addition, there are under contract 186 projects which, when completed, will cost $104,795,366; sites have been purchased in the District of Columbia at.a cost of $23,866,963 and 66 projects outside the District have advanced to or beyond the specification stage. When @completed these will cost $68,041,800. $700,000,000 Total Cost. The entire program, pushed during the last year to ald the employment situation, will cost the Government ap- proximately $700,000,000 when finished six_years hence. ‘The largest part of the program, that outside the District of Columbia, and authorized over the last six years, con- templated total expenditures of $415,- 0.000. In that program 52 buildings have been completed at a cost of $10,974,412, 182 others are under contract to cost $80,917,566, and 82 others are in the specification stage or beyond. They were to_cost $61,716,800. In this program about 400 projects are in the drawing stage ready for drawings, sites have been accepted, agents are inspecting sites, or sites have been advertised for which when com- pleted these 400 will cost the Govern- ment approximately $182,000,000, Plans Privately Drawn. Of the total projects private archi- tects are drawing the plans for 78 buildings which have a total limit of cost of $165582,023. The supervising architect of the Treasury is prepar: the plans for 115 projects, with a total limit of cost of $22,821,000. OUTING TOMORROW FOR MISSION CHILDREN 1,000 Lunch Boxes Prepared by Women's Guild for Big Day at Glen Echo. ‘The Central Union Mission will hold its annual picnic for children tomor- |row at Glen Echo. In preparation for the outing the ‘Women's Guild of the mission was pack- ing 1,000 lunch boxes today for as many children and mothers who are to take the trip. These will be distributed at the building, 624 Louisiana avenue, to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock, when the crowd assembles to go to the park by street cars. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bennett have provided amusement tickets for each child. The fortunate children are known to the mission. their names h: ing been taken from its Christmas lists Included among the number will be about 35 little boys and girls who make their home at the mission. BUS PENALTIES SET Fine of $100, Ten-Day Sentence, or { Both Planned for Violators. A blanket penalty of $100 fine, or 10 days imprisonment or both for vio- lation of the order of the Joint Board relating to Interstate busses, which are be barred out of the congested downtown section next year, was adopt- ed by the board yesterday and will be 1| advertised in the method escribed for police regulations. It will become sfludve after being advertised for 10 ays. ORDERED TO OXFORD Second Lieut. Edward M. Parker, Corps of Engineers, stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Md., and Second Lieut. Lawrence H. Rodgers, Cavalry, stationed at Caspar, Wyo., have been detailed by the War Department as stu- dents at Oxford University, England, for two years, subject to an extension of three more years. The course opens ! October 10 {“P. F.” Assures Showmen September Will See Drive | Renewal. :Campaign Needs Support of Ministers on Vacation, He Says. Because this is a “bad season” for crusades, the Methodist Board of Tem- perance, Phohibition and Public Morals has declared a moratorium in its cn&- paign against immoral shows until the arrival of Fall and cooler weather. v 1" It was not conceded that the curren lhot ‘weather huu?;d nn‘); eb?liul ‘upon the members of the board, 3 Sald,ml number of ministers and ochee; citizens whose co-operation IS ml:dt“ have left the city to_escape the o eal Therefore, the crusade must wal i However, according to Deets Pickett, who was disclosed today as the mys- terious “P. F.” suthor of an Iliflcle excoriating indecent Shows “bo-or?: theaters, which appeared in the s last clipsheet, theater ‘managers D 2 rude awakening in store if they construe the board’s hot-weather armis- tice. When September rolls around, t.h‘: crusade is going to get under way - earnest, according to Mr. Pickett, an if the theater men are Wise they . clean up their productions before thal time that he is a member of a Pg\")lr.‘l:’g:l‘!t:: 4 o!k n:e _gedemtion of . Pickett said: Cl}%l&esfilfirm season to start any- thing, but as soon as the ministers get back from mewtlm 1 expect to take vigorous to drive indecent METHODIST IMMORAL MOVIE CRUSADE IS HALTED BY HEAT | Senator Calls Car “Island” at Sixth DEETS PICKETT. shows from this city.” He has not, as {:fi‘ decided just what steps will be en. ferences with some of the theater man- agers and the District Commissioners, but this has not been definitely decided. Mr. Pickett feels his article in the Cllpl 'iheet may already have produced resul One of the shows which aroused his will | ire and in part inspired the article was presented at an F street moving pic- ture theater. “I went back to the same theater last night, and they had a beautiful show, absolutely unobjec- tionable,” he said. Mr. Pickett said his only purpose in returning to the thea- ter where he had seen the immoral show was to find out whether there improvement! had been any t. bening Sfar SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1931 Troupers Up a Tree COCEATOOS SIMPLY FLY ME. BESSIE'S carnival troupe is up a tree, the troupe in a figurative sense and the twp star performers literally. Veterans, with never a broken engagement for 17 years, the | stars flew out on Mme. Bessie last night with raucous hoots, just before the show was to open. They climbed a tall tree at Third street and Main avenue southwest, & | very tall tree, and from there jeered | while the act folded up, the ‘ticket barker banged his window down and Mme, Bessie made tearful overtures. Still Holding Out. Today the Ted-Lee combination was still holding out, high in an American | elm. -They hopped about making wise- | cracks and refusing to dicker with Mme, Bessie. The latter had taken up what prom- ises to be a long vigll. Mme. Bessie planted herself in a camp chair at daylight and, with an act which she had spent the best part of her life building up at stake, prepared to stick it out until dark. Meanwhile, the runaways—Australian | OUT OF PERFORMANCE. cockatoos which have led the trick per- formance of their 10 mates for almost 20 years—snapped twigs off the elms and cheerfully sought to decapitate sparrows. They flew out of their coop last night —possibly prompted by the heat—when Mme. Bessie's husband started to feed them preliminary to the opening per- formance of a carnival sponsored by Company F. 121st Engineers of the District National Guard. Hopes Against Flight. Ted is on vacation from his role of musician, having mastered a set of chimes. His partner in the treetop, Lee, has wearied of playing “the American eagle,” an assignment which required that he march in time to “Yankee Doodle,” with an American flag in his beak. “After all these years.” sighed Mme. Bessie, “who'd 'a thought they'd stand especially with this depres- Mme. Bessie tock a handkerchief from her pocketbook and daubed at her eyes. “If they decide on a non-siop flight,” she said, “good night!" DRUGBIST GROUP MANAGER IS DEAD Wymond H. Bradbury Suc-| cumbs at Office Follow- ing Heart Attack. Wymond H. Bradbury, 61 years old, manager of the Washington Wholesale Drug Exchange since its founding 32 years ago, died of a heart attack in his | office at the Exchange Building, 459 C | street, shortly before noon today. | Mr. Bradbury had been talking to Frank T. Stone, a retail druggist, in his | office, and had just sat down after cool- | ing himself before an electric fan, when | stricken. The Fire Rescue Squad was | summoned, but was unable to revive the man, who was pronounced dead by Dr. James W. Esler, 1029 Vermont avenue. Mrs. Bradbury was called immedi- ately after her husband was stricken and came to the office from their home at 2011 Klingle rcad. A daugh: ter, Mrs. Robert Berberich, jr, als survives. Before becoming manager of the ex- change-Mr. Bradbury, who was a gradu- ate pharmacist, conducted a retail drug | business in the city. Mr. Stone sald he and Mr. Brad- bury were discussing a trip to Mon- | treal, Canada, which the latter plan-| ned to take about September 1, when| Mr. Bradbury was stricken. BINGHAM ASKS REMOVAL OF LOADING PLATFORM o Street and Pennsylvania Ave- nue Hazardous. Describing the street car loading platform on the south side of Pennsyl- vania avenue at Sixth street as a hazard to motor traffic, Senator Bing- ham, Republican, of Connecticut, today recommended to the Public Utilities Commission that it be moved to the east side of Sixth street. Senator Bingham said this change not only would remove a traffic bottle- neck on the west side of Sixth street, but would give the loading platform a more convenient location for the Cen- sus Bureau employes. The Senator, who is chairman of the subcommittee on District appropriations, wrove a letter to Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the commission. Two Postmasters Named. Lawrence C. Page was given a recess appointment by President Hoover today as postmaster at Norfolk, Va. A similar appointment was given today to Leland T. Short as postmaster at Denton, Md. Drug Head Dies —Harris-Ewing Photo. W. H. BRADBURY. TESTS 0 CURB GAS. IN SEWERS URGED Capital Manhole Explosion Showed Great Danger, Says Chemist. By the Associated Press Tests by public utilities in all cities to reduce the hazards of explosive at- mospheres in street manholes were ad- vceated today by Dr. Harrison E. Howe of the American Chemical Soclety. Cites Explosion Here. Dr. Howe cited a recent explosion in this city as a “reminder of the serious danger existing in many cities due to accumulations of gases in manholes.” “The President of the United States and a group of distinguished guests were at a dinner,” he said, “when an explo- sion occurred near the hotel on a street through which the President shortly thereafter drove back to the White House. Urges Need for Protection. “This particular explosion could ea: have been one of great disaster. For- tunately no one-was injured. It does, however, indicate the pressing need for adequate protective measures.” ‘The explosion referred to by Dr. Howe occurred April 27 while President Hoo- ver was attending a Gridiron Club din- ner at the Willard Hotel on Pennsyl- vania avenue, near the Treasury. Six manhole covers were thrown into the air, one near the east gate of the White | E. House. WOODRIDGE MAN’S FIGHT CHANGES NAME OF BUS LINE Utilities Commission Surrenders to Heat and Petitions as “Twenty-Second and Qu Joseph W. Cheyney, a_ resident of In the meantime, he may hold con- | Woodrit :'dha %ou! line of ge e of the Washington way & Elecrtic Co. changed to some- thing else. Mr. Cheyney is something of a |gen ialist t in Woodridgeiana, and it irks him no end to have a bus line bear the proud name of Woodridge when it misses the exact boundaries of that civic-minded subdivision by a full two blocks. Some time ago he waged a fight (with no success) to prevent the expenditure of lprropnnlons for a ‘Woodridge branch library on a site not within the confines of the original sub- division. troller General J. Ray- mond sgainst him, The incy Street” Is Adopted. Post Office Department was similarly unimpressed with his views on the location of the Woodridge Post Office. But the bus matter now, is some- thing different. With the utmost dili- ice Mr. Cheyney has plied the Public Utilities Commission with letters, pe- titions, pleas, personal visits, court d cisions, briefs—until it began to look as if the commission would have to hire extra space to take care of the ‘Woodridge file. ‘The mater came up at the commis- sion's regular meeting yesterday, for the nth time. The day was hot. The commission gave up. From now on the line will be called the “Twenty-second and Quincy street’ PAGE B—1 DRASTIC SLASHING OF PRICES REVIVES TAXICAB RATE WAR Protex-U Officials Hope for Showdown in New Reductions. CITY PROPER FARE CUT FROM 35 TO 20 CENTS Charges for Second and Third Zones Also Reduced in Attempt to Force Regulation. Another taxicab rate war appeared inevitable today as a result of an an- no{ncemenl by the Protex-U Cab Co. thit it would put into effect a 20-cent rate for the so-called city proper, be- | ginning tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock. Lowest In District. ‘The new rate will be the lowest in the District for taxicab transportation, and 5 cents under the city-proper fare charged by a number of independent operators. For the second zone the Pro- tex-U cabs will charge 40 cents. The fare to the third zone which covers the outlying and suburban sections will be 70 cents. Sixty and.85 cents were the former rates for the second and third zones, Tespectively. Several weeks ago, Charles H. Lettow, a member of the board of directors of the Protex-U Cab Co., announced a lower rate was under consideration, and indications were then that independent operators would follow the lead. Dia- mond drivers are still operating at the 35 cent city-proper rate, and Lettow declared if they reduce their rates to 20 cents, the cabs of his company would put a 10-cent city-proper rate into effect. Little Profit Left. Mr. Lettow admitted drivers of his company were making little or no profit under the present 35 cent city-proper rate, and the reduction to 20 cents was ordered primarily to bring about a showdown with the street car com- es. He thinks if the taxicabs continue to make inroads on the business of the car lines. the Public Utilities Com- mission will eventually be forced to establish a uniform minimum rate for cab service. and the sporadic taxicab rate war will end. The Protex-U Cab Cos. is composed of independent union drivers, and was formed iast Fall after the Independent Taxi Owners' Association, which ope- rates the Diamond cabs, announced it would abandon its policy, of hiring union men only. WOMAN 1S INJURED IN AUTO COLLISION Driver of One Car Held for Inves- tigation Following D Street Accident. Mrs. Ida Scott, 22 years old, of 2501 Fourteenth street, was slightly injured today when an automobile in which she was riding collided with another machine at Eighteenth and D streets. Robert Cummings Mason of the Army War College, one of the car drivers, was arrestad by Third precinct police, At the station house he was booked for investigation. Mrs. Scott was riding in a machine driven by her husband, Paul F. Scott. ?)lxeer:fi taken to Eénergency Hospital v] Wwas reported she only receive scalp lacerations. i o PLAN SUMMER OUTING Columbia Heights Business Men to Visit Chapel Point. Chapel Point will be the scene of the Summer outing of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association, July 30. Members of the association will assem- ble in motor cars at Fourteenth street and Park road at 11 o'clock in the morning to make the trip. B. A. Levitan IG.I«’ ??r:sldAem P\c;:d u: association and 3 eads th Committee. SRR Quebec Flood Routs 100 Families. ST. RAYMOND, Portneuf, Quebec, July 21 (#).—One hundred familfes were forced to flee from their homes early today when the River Ste. Anne reached the flood stage. Water three feet deep covered the ground floors of houses, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Card party, benefit St. James’ Catho- lic Church, Thirty-seventh street and Rhode Island avenue northeast, 8 p.m. Ice cream festival, McKendree M. E. Church, Ninth street and Massachusetts avenue, 8 p.m. Ice cream social. Petworth Baptist Church. Seventh and Randolph streets, 7:30 p.m. FUTURE. Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayflower Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Exchange Club, Carlton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Excursion, District Retail Grocers' Protective Association, Marshall Hall, tomorrow. .— Marriage Licenses. Malcolm _J. _Crowley. 21. Landover, : and Dorls E. Powell, 18, this city, Rev. Jona 2ES. Jdack D. Snow. 37, this city. and Flore Schander. 30, New York City: Judse Robert E Mattingly, " . Koch. 45. and Alice B. W: John Weldiér. et len. 21, ‘& 3 slas B, Tempie, 30. and Ethel B. 19”°both” of Wasnesboro, Va i Rev. P, e eRtemin Taslor, 2 enjamin Taylor. 21, and Evelyn M. Lee, : Rev. W. D Battl o attle. ey Taylor. 21, and Elizabeth Harris, ; Rev. . ‘Batile. William Praver. 21, and Susie Clark, 21; Rev. C. urra -G T, M Lioyd Brown, 31, and Evelyn L. Smith, 19; Rev. John 1. Carroll. Oliver T. Beasley, 23, Spottsylvania, Va., a 1. Johnson, 19, Falmouth, Va.: ohn Ohe 35, and Flora Melly, 35 Rey. Wiley Westray. ckioif Garland H. Reai 2, and Sarah V. Hall, 38, both ot Fichmond, a.\ Hev. W- 8, Abers y Rosers, 22, Elifs’ Kossow. 24, and Fay Bortnick, 19; Rev. Solomon H. Metz. Thomas J. Davis. jr., 23, and El: Mitchell,” 16, “both of Dillwyn, Vi rles !llnd. Wilbur M. Jones, 21, and Mary E. Turner, 20. both of Baltimore, Md.; Judge Robert E. Mattingly. ohn A. Covington. 26. and Louise C. Latta, 24; Judge Robert E. Mattingly. Max J. Weinstein, 24. this city. and Esther Messing. 30. New York City; Rev. Solomon etz. 3 ard Lepson, 28. College Park. Md., and Ann 8. Anderson, 21, this city; Rev. J. Harvey Dunham. Wesley ‘; -