Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1931, Page 17

WARRANTLESS RAID POLICY TO CEASE ON ORDER OF CHIEF Conflicting Testimony in Po- lumbo and Baroni Case Leads to Probe. ROVER STARTS INQUIRY OF POLICE STATEMENTS Four Gaming Trials Continued to Await Results of Inves- tigation. What may be the death knell of the so-called “warrantless” sounded today when police officials in- dicated no more such raids would be made, after orderi'g an investigation of conflicting testifony by detectives at the recent trial o} two alleged gam- blers arrested after & rald without a warrant, The new policy in gambling raids ‘was announced by Chief of Detectives Frank 8. W. Burke, who said these ralds should be made “according to Hoyle.” Cases Fail in Court. “It may be effective to break down the doors of gambling houses,” In- spector Burke continued, “but cases made in this manner don't stand up in court.” This statement was made by In- spector Burke a few minutes after he had ordered four detectives, who, with- out warrants, raided an alleged gam- bling house in the 400 block of ninth street, to submit statements to him covering their testimony at the subse- quent trial. One of the defendants, Louis Palum- bo, was given a directed verdict of not guilty, and the other, William Baron, ‘was acquitted by the jury after the of- ficers gave conflicting testimony on the ‘witness stand. Rover Starts Probe. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover is responsible for the investigation. After the case had fallen down in court, he communicated with Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, request- ing an investigation of the confiict in testimony. Maj. Pratt. in turn, turned the matter over to Inspector Burke who ordered the detectives involved tc submit their statements tomorrow. ‘What action, if any, officials contem- plated taking against the individual of- ficers was not disclosed, but it wa clearly indicated warrantless raids arc no longer regarded favorably by policc officials. Four Trials Postponed. Another development today was the postponement until August 4 of four gambling trials set for today in Police Court. It was believed Mr. Rover re- quested the postponement until the investigation of the earlier case can be completed. The raid in which Baroni and Pa- lumbo were arrested was made by Detectives Fihelly, Ogle, O. W. Mans. field and O'Dea. At the trial the officers were unable to as to whether they were admit- ted Baroni or Palumbo and whether it was possible to see through the glass in door. Two said the window-pane was clear and the others said it was covered with a black sub- stance. They also disagreed on several other points. WOOD BEING SOUGHT FOR RELIEF OF NEEDY Fuel Being Destroyed in Bonfires, Civic Federation Head Tells State Board. By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va. July 20.—Claim- ing that persons in charge of clearing the right of way for the Lee Boule- vard have refused the request of poor people for use of the wood 30 obtained, and were burning it in bonfires instead. Thomas R. Mechem, chairman of the Relief Committee of the Arlington |tice has several basement holes in the | County Civic Federation, has written the Virginia State Highway Commission asking that the wood be turned over to the committee for distribution next ‘Winter. During the clearing, Mechem de- clared, many cords of excellent fire- wood have been piled in the right of way to dry and then have been burned. Some of these logs, he said, were of sufficlent size for timber. There is a hard Winter in prospect for the unemployed, Mechem said, and 4t is the desire of his cammittee to ob- tain and store the wood so that it may be available to dumll’g families who lf!l without funds for the purchase of fuel. R. 1. Mount, resident engineer for the State Highway Commission, de- clared today that only brush has been burned and that the logs are being hauled to Culpeper for use of the com- mission in its road work. He knows of only one request for the wood, he sald, and this was made last Winter at & time when there was none. CHILD FOUND IN ROAD AFTER FALL OFF BICYCLE Belletcn Boy, 8, Brought to Arling- ton County Seat for Treatment. Condition Not Serious. By & Btaff Correspondent of Taw/Btar. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., July 20.—John Fraber, 8 Ifiyde in Lyon Village near Lee 3 u‘:llckc?’:ll' o8 t he found the child lying in the He was given first ald by Mrs. N. R. Davies, county school d tha road. nurse, and then removed to his home. His condition is not serious. Normal Instructor Named. FROSTBURG, Md., July 29 (Spe- e h i L a X o years, has been .| Jane won raids was | | BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘The ideal weight for strength and endurance may be between 160 and 170 pounds. The old platitude that a good big man always can beat an equally good smaller man apparently does not hold true after the 169-pound line is crossed, it is shown by extensive statistical studies of physical measurements just issued by the United States Public Health Service. Nearly 500 men, between 20 and 34, were tested for pushing, pulling and lifting strength, d grip and lung force. Other factors than weight being held constant, it was found that tic measurements increased steadily up to the 160-169-pound group. For each 10-pound increase in weight there was a corresponding increase in s % Then the relationship became erratic. The statistical line tended to straighten out, increases being offset by decreases. Pulling strength in the 160-pound oup, for ' example, averaged 96.9 pounds. It remained the same for the 170-pounders, but decreased to 91 pounds in the 180-189-pound group. Pushing strength reached its maximum in the 170-pound group with an average of 121.9 pounds. For the next heavier group it fell off three pounds. Lifting strength fell off sharply for the 170- pound men, but arose again for those who tipped the scales between 180 and 190. Similar relations were found for grip and lung force. Allowing for in- dividual differences, men seemed to ain little, if they did not actually he. by increased weight after the critical point was reached. The Public Health doctors then found that for each weight group, strength decreased with height. For the 160- 169-pound _group, for example, the greatest strength in all the capacities measured was found in those between 67 and 68 inches tall. For the next taller group, between 69 and 70 inches, there was a slight decrease in strength, ]‘whlch become even more marked for | those who measured between 71 and 72 inches. The same was found true for_the other weight groups studied. The measurements showed that a person continues to grow stronger, so far as strength can be measured by push, pull, lift and hand grip, until about 30 years old. Then the increase stops, but the strength remains fairly constant until about the 50th year, when it begins to decline. Lung force increases in the same way, but does not show any falling off during adult life. Lung fatigue, measured by the length of | Ideal Weight Shown Men of 160 to 170 Pounds Have Most Strength and Endurance, U. S. Examiners Discover—Power and Height Also Correlated. - The bening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1931. THREE RECEIVERS NAMED BY GORDON - FOR MAYFLOWER John L. Smith, J. M. Kenyon and R. L. Holland Chosen for Two Companies. time that a person could hold a column of mercury at a certain height with one breath, was found to vary very little be- tween 15 and 50 years. The human body, the measurements showed, is better equipped for pushing than pulling. Pulling strength starts at about 60 pounds for 15-year-old boys and rises steadily through adolescence until the 30-year maximum is reached. Pushing strength at 15 averages about 70 pounds and increases in the same wi Push and pull, the measurements showed, are stable strengths, changing little from one test to another. Grip, 1ift and lung force show considerably greater variation for the same indi- vidual from time to time. The lung fa- tigue measurement showed & great deal of variation, thus causing well founded doubt as to its reliability as a physical measure. Push and pull strengths, as would have been expected, were closely ;eoltn:ed & eu:hnmn other.n"é'hhz relation !gl wit g stre) was consid- w” % erably less, but lung force had about """;' Lewis Smith and J. Miller K’": the same relations to all as they had |YOn, former presidents of the District to each other. It evidently was nearest | Bar Assoclation, and Rush L. Holland, fo a measure of the general strength | former Assistant United States Attor- C. C. MOORE IS OUSTED FROM TRUSTEE’S POST Justice Overrules Dismissal Plea on Suit for Foreclosure Under Second Trust. factor. Practically no relationships were found between the various strengths and body bullds characterized as slen- der, aversgs, stocky and fat, weight being kept constant. Considerable dif- ferences in strength were found among individuals in the various height weight groups, but they were less in push and pull than in the other strengths. There seemed to be no particular relation be- tween variabflity and age. Between 15 and 50 years age seemed to be a negli- gible factor if the physical measure- ments were held constant. ‘The measurements were carried out on high school boys and adults drawn from the population of New York City, and included only white Americans whose parents were born in the United States. They were carried out by Surgs. | Louis Schwartz and Lewis R. Thomp- | son and Ascociate Stetistician Rollo H. Britten of the Public Health Service. In the same connection, these investi- gators studied the effect of exercise systematically administered cn a group of high school boys, who were com- pared to a control group in the same high school who took no regular exercise. Over a period of four months, they found, there was a greater increase of all the strengths in the experimental than in the control group. This was true especially of vital capacity, or the alr capacity of the lungs. TREASURY TO RENT NEW PARKING AREA Sites Cleared for Buildings to Be Leased Temporarily for Use of Cars. So persistent has been the demand for parking space in the downtown area that the Treasury Department has de- cided to rent out temporarily for vehicle parking some of the areas cleared for the Government’s public building program. ‘The first area to be opened will be that bounded by Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, Constitution avenue and C streets, part of which at one time was used as a parking place. There are two squares in this area, separated by Ohio avenue. Bids to Be Separate. wishing to rent these two squares at the office of the Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department Frank A. Birg- feld, up to 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Bids will be received separately, for both the north and the south squares in this area. A building for the Inter- state Commerce Commission will be erected on the site later. It is also likely that another large area, the site for the new Department of Justice, bounded by Ninth and Tenth streets, Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues, may be opened up by the Treasury Department for automobile parking. The Treasury does not lease to the individual automobile owners direct, but lets the ground out to per- sons who will take charge. Area to Be Fenced. ‘The site for the Department of Jus- north side, but the south side is com- paratively level. It has been cleaned off and a white wooden fence erected | around 1t. The site for the Archives Building, where old Center Market stood, is being used informally by persons who simply drive in‘and park there without paying. ‘Whether this will be rented out re- mains a question, as the Treasury, it was understood, is making plans to have the excavation dug soon for the Archives Building. Parking in any of these areas would be only temporary, as work is to start this’ Summer on excavations for the new buildings. TRAINING URGED TO AID |CITY’S COLORED CHILDREN C. M. Thomas Addresses Oldest In-| habitants on Social Needs in Congested Areas. More practical training for the social 1 betterment of colored children living in the congested areas of Washington was urged last night fore a meeting of the Colored Oldest Inhabitants of the District by Charles M. Thomas, an in- structor at Dunbar High School. ‘The speaker declared home economics and vocational training should receive wors emphasis condition of the colored population is to be bettered. Others who made informal talks were R. R. Horner, J. C. Nalle, John Paynter, John Burrell, Whitfileld McKinlay and John Syphax. Samuel W. Watson —_——— . WIN DOLL SHOW PRIZES Bhirley Slickinger and Mary Jane Love Given Awards. Shirley Slickinger and Mary Jane ‘| Love were first-prize winners in a doll stow staged today at Tenley-Janney playground, under the auspices of Mrs. Lydia Gassman, playground director. More than 100 dolls were entered. Little Miss Slickinger wen firit p for the prettiest doll, while M ry the pi the doll division. Marthp Co- ! Mildred Thompeon were the second: prize winnera, Bids will be received from persons | in the schools if the | tio; SCHOOL TRANGFER FACES LONG DELAY Final Action on Census Data | and Shift of Greenleaf L’acks Board Quorum. With a quorum of Board of Educa- tion members lacking, postponement of final action on the pending transfer of the Greenleaf School from the white to the colored divisions appeared un- avoidable at the Franklin School Ad- ministration Building today. Five of the nine board members, it was explained, are out of the city on vacations, and unless at least one re- turns by Saturday, the date set by the board at its last meeting for presenta- tion of necessary census data on Southwest Washington, the matter will not be placed before the educational | tribunal until September 1. Order Already Issued. ‘The school board already has ordered the Greenlerf School transferred to the colored divisions. On the strenuous protest of white citizens, however, the board agreed to reconsider the trans- ‘rer. Its new action, it asserted, would be based on the actual white and col- ored populations of the Southwest- ern section of the city. ‘The statisticlan of the school sys- tem is compiling the comparative fig- ures secured in a house-to-house can- vas for transmittal to the School Board. ‘The Southwest Washington Business Men'’s Assoclation and executives of Neighborhood House also have made population counts. Ballou Sets Final Date. | The School Board plans to reconcile | the two surveys and determine finally whether the Greenleaf School shall re- main a white school or whether it shall ‘z occupled this Fall by colored chil- en. At the last meeting before the cur- rent vacation period of the School Board, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent, declared that August 1 would be the last date on which transfer of the Greenleaf School or some other Southwest school could be effected. Necessary administrative and rehamili- tation work at the school selected, he explained, would require the remain- ing time before the opening of school. {CHERRYDALE FIREMEN TO GET NEW UNIFORMS | Chief O’Neil and President John- son to Represent Unit at Carnival Meeting. | Special Dispatch to The Star. CHERRYDALE, Va., July 20— Purchase of 25 new uniforms for mem- bers of the Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department was authorized at a meet- |Ing of the organization in Firemen's | Hall here Saturday night. | Chief Reese O'Nell and President E. C.. Johnson were named to represent the department at Ballston Piremen's Hall tonight when plans will be dis- cussed for the annual carnival of the Arlington-Fairfax Firemen's Associa- n. 1 Company No. 1 snd of ipany No. and Sha, captain of Company No. 2. Shants was elec leutenant of the former company and Carl Havener lieutenant of the latter. RESORT AIRLINE OPENS Daily Service Offered Between Cap- ital and North Beach. Daily air passenger sorvice between | Washington-Hoover Airport snd North Beach, Md., was inaugurated today, ted captain Roy day. The service is the result of suc- cessful serfal s'-htseeing service in- augurated at the resort earlier in the month. Sk An cpen-cockpit plane, carrying four passengers, ‘will be.used and the trip will be made in 25 minutes. “Tom" . borrowed " | City, from the positicn of trustee under one round trip being scheduled each | ney General, were appointed today by Justice Peyton Gordon of the District Supreme Court as receivers of the May- flower Hotel Co. and the Mayflower Hotels Corporation of America on the | application of a number of hclders of second mortgage bonds of the May- flower Hotel Co. The bond of the re- celvers was fixed at $100,000. Following out his memorandum opinion filed yesterday, Justice Gordon formally overruled the motion of the two corporations to dismiss the suit for foreclosure of the second trust be- cause of failure to pay interest and payments on the sinking fund provided under the trust. Moore Ousted as Trustee. ‘The court signed a third order re- moving Charles C, Moore of New York the second mortgage. No person was ?‘:llmud to act in his place at this e. Attorneys Willlam E. Leahyv. Willlam J. Hughes, jr., and Edmund M. Toland for the companies noted an appeal from the orders, but did not seek a supersedeas bond. The receivers will take over the property and also the active management of the hotel, and are directed to operate the hotel as a going concern. All three orders were TS, Wi, ot er ndt, representing the plaint{¥s. Justice Gordon Cities Rental. Justice Gordon ruled yesterday that neither the interests of the bondhold- ers nor the property and interests of the Mayflower Hotel Co. can be prop- erly conserved by either the Mayflower Hotel Co. or the Mayflower Hotels Cor- | about 93 per cent completed. |not expected until the latter part of | next year. NEW COMMERCE BUILDING WILL BE OCCUPIED JAN. 1 Transfer of Offices to $17,500,000 Structure Re- quires Two Months. 4,500 WORKERS IN NINE BUREAUS TO BE SHIFTED Standards and Census Units to Remain Until Latter Part of 1932. Fisheries Prepare to Move. ‘The Department of Commerce will occupy its new $17,500,000 building on next January 1, it was definitely an- nounced today by Malcolm Kerlin, executive assistant to Secretary Lamont. ‘The moving of equipment will be in | charge of Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, | director of public buildings and public | perks, and Mr. Kerlin estimated today ! that the tremendous task will not be | completed for at least two months. | All bureaus of the department. with ' the exception of the Bureau of Stand- ards and Census Bureau, will be moved into the new building at the beginning of the year. The greatest task in the moving line will be the transfering of the Patent Office equipment. Mr. Kerlin believes that this will not be ac- complished within 60 days. The bullding is understood to be 4,500 to Be Transferred. With the transfering of employes totaling 4,500 from the Bureaus of Aeronautics, Radio, Forelgn and Do- mestic Commerce, Fisheries, Light- houses, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Steamboat Inspection, Navigation, Patent Office and Mines of the depart- ment. Mr. Kerlin said no effort would be made to shift the Census Bureau be- cause of the many temporary employes now engaged in compiling the 1930 census count. When this bureau gets down to a permanent employe basis, he said, the transfer would be completed. This is Already the Bureau of Fisheries is making preparations to move into its section of what is reputed to world's largest office building. When the move is completed, this depart- mental branch space allotment will be one of the show places of Washington, as it is planned to exhibit in its large | lqu!ldrlum fish from all sections of the world. poration of America, because of their | dealings with the American Bond and | Mortgage Co. and because of an leged arrearage of rents due the parent | ompany from the leasing_corporation. | Proceedings for the foreclosure of the second trust were begun May 22, when | Mrs. Willebrandt obtained the appoint- | Mment of recelvers by Justice Oscar R. | Luhring without serving notice on the two corporations. This appointment was revoked by the District Court of Appeals on application of the com- panies and Mrs. Willebrandt was per- mitted to file the amended application for foreclosure which resulted in the three orders signed today by Justice Gordon. GIRL, 10 DAYS OLD, ABANDONED IN TRUCK Baby, Left in Machine Behind| Bakery, Weights Only Four Pounds 12 Ounces. Wrapped in a faded pink and white blanket and dressed in white clothing, a girl baby, about 10 days old, was found shortly after midnight in a truck behind the Holmes Bakery, 600 New Jersey avenue. Sobs from the little bundle of cloth- ing attracted the attention of Robert Myles, colored, 18, of 2121 Filagler place. Myles, a night employe at the bakery, turned the baby over to first precinct police immediately after find- ing her. %‘he infant was taken to Children's Hospital, where it was said this morn- ing she seemed healthy and none the worse for her abandonment, despite the fact she weighs but 4 pounds and 12 ounces. Her c!othln,l was inexpensive, it was said at the hospital, but it indicated that the little girl had had care during her brief existence. PASTOR AT GERARDSTOWN TO PRESENT RESIGNATION 72-Year-0ld Minister Has Been Ac- tive in West Virginia for Last Dozen Years. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 29 Retirement of the Rev. Dr. J. B. Bitte: ger, pastor of Presbyterian Churches Gerardstown and Bunker Hill, this county, from active ministry was indi- cated Sunday night when he announced to the Gerardstown congregation he would present his resignation to the Fall meeting of Winchester, Va,, Pres- bytery, at Hancock, Md., September 28. The announcement said he would ask his congregation to join himi in asking {to be relieved of active pastoral work. | “'The action is due to continued ill health, it was explained. Dr. Bittenger has been pastor of the county churches since 1919. He is now 72 years of age. Dr. Bittenger came here from Jeffer- son City, Tenn. | Bushey, t | William Mo Occupies Three Blocks. ‘The building occuples three city squares. Its length, 1,050 feet, exceeds that of the United States Capitol by, 300 feet. though its breadth, 325 foet, is 25 feet less. It is also longer than | the British Housss of Parliament by 110 feet, though not as wide. The structure Is seven stories high and con- struction underground includes a base- ment for general use, with a sub-base- ment for the heating and power plant. Departmental organizations, according to the plans announced today, have been grouped within the building with as much attention to efficient management as available space and special individual needs will permit. Offices Assigned. In the middle group will be the gen- eral executive and administration func- tions, as represented by the office of the cecretary, the assistant secretaries, the solicitor and the chief clerk’s forces. A large conference room opposite the main entrance is capable of seating a thousand persons. ‘The more compact bureaus and serv- ices of the department have been assigned to the central part of the building. The south rectangle of the building has been allotted to the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Census Bureau. The basement and first and second floors have been especially de- be t.hel | | | -Adams Tries enfels, Star reporter. Warr OBS are few and far between in Washington these days. In fact, it’s es hard for day laborers to find wirk as it is for the Na- tionals to catch the Athletics. This was the conclusion yesterday of George Adams, executive secretary of the District Employment ~Committee, two of his lieutenants and a Star re- porter who wandered all cver the high- ways and byways of the National Capi- tal disguised as penniless members of | the ceiebrated “Army of the Unem- ployed.” | Searchers Find Exit “Gate.” After trudging miles and receiving countless rejections, the quartet gave up the quest for work as a bad job. ! Every big construction project in ‘the | city was visited. Nowhere did the | searchers receive anything except the | well known gate. “Anyhow, it's the first time I ever got paid to look for work,” remarked Ernst Beelitz, one of the job-hunters. Beelitz recently lost his life savings in the Swartzell, Rheem and Hensey Co. | failure. Unable to find worz upon com- ing here from his impoverished Geor- gia farm in hopes of obdtaining some- thing from the bankrupt mcrtgage firm, | Beelitz forced police to arrest him so he would have a place o stay. Mr. Adams saved him from a Jall sentence | by providing a job. Jobless Wait and Ruminate. The only redeeming aspect of the | trek, from the reporter's viewpoint, was | the freedom with which bona fide un- employed workers discussed their hard- ships as they lolled about uncompleted buildings on the off chance they would | be given something to do. i Job Hunting UNEMPLOYMENT CHIEF FINDS NONE. Left to right: Ernest Beelitz, G. R. Exten, George Adams and Douglas —Star Staff Photo. “In my day,” confided a weather- beaten veteran, “I've been everything from a nursemaid to cattle aboard ship to a longshoreman in Frisco. Now lhey‘ :an't even give me a job slinging a pick.” Told of a rumor that a local concern was looking for floor layers, another job hunter responded: “I ain’t ever laid any floors, but I cnce tore out the kitchen floor of an apartment in Chicago and kicked through the ceiling below to get away from a guy who was waiting for me in the hall outsidey Adams Declines to “Burn.” Mr. Adams and the reporter ap- proach:d a foreman of a Pennsylvania avenue wrecking firm and asked for a job. “Can you burn?” the foreman in-; quired. Not understanding such language, Adams answered in the negative to be on the safe side. It developed that the foreman might be able to use an acety- lene torch burner in a few days. “I learned more about actual condi- tions in a day than I'd learn in a year interviewing th> unemployed.” Adams said. “I hope the information we ob- tained will help us in our Midsummer job drive. The thing which stood out to me was the courteous manner in| which the foremen knew how to say ‘no.’ I'm convinc:d a lot mere men would find work if they would keep go-| ing from place to place instead of be-| coming discouraged.” G. R. Exien, an atlache of the Em- ployment Committee, was the fourth member of the party. ROBINSON'S DEATH FOUND NATURAL Autopsy Clears Suspicion of Murder in Retired U. S. Employe’s Demise. | | Although the proximity of a .32-cal- iber revolver made the death of Walter B. Robinson, 50, whose body was found | signed to meet the needs of the en- gineers, technicians and the mechanical gl‘lnt of the survey. The upper floors ve been assigned to the Census| revealed he died from natural causes, |&venue, Bureau. ‘The north rectangle has been assigned exclusively to the Patent Office. MT. OLIVE MA.N, VICTIM OF APOPLEXY, IS BURIED Bervices Are Held at West Falls for William Henry Demsey, 74, Prominent Farmer. Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT AIRY, Md., July 28.—Serv- ices for William Henry Demsey, 74 years old, were held at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Mary O. Wicker, West Falls, yesterday, with the Rev. Frank E. Wil- liar, Mount Airy, officiating. Mr. Wicker, who died suddenly from apoplexy, was a native of Howard County and a life- long resident of the Mount Olive séc- tion, where he was engaged in farming. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alry Hartman, Hyatisville. and Mrs. Mary O. Wicker, West Falls, and one son, William T. Demsey, near Mount Pallbearers included Harry Marion Runkles, Chester Hobbs, oss, Willis Wisharr and A. Brown. Interment was made in Pine Grove Cemetery, Mount Airy. Guardsmen to Ent;in. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 29 (Special). —Company D, local unit of 201st Infantry, West Virginia National Guard, will entrain here Sunday with full strength, including 53 enlisted men and three officers, for the annual two- week training camp at Camp Dawson, near Kingwood. The company is cap- tained by Arlie C. Phillips, with Le- garde J. Thompson as first and John R. Bottl as second lieutenant, YOUTH IN BORROWED CAR LANDS PAIR, COURT AND SELF IN GRIEF Rides for Block on Loaned Permit Until Arrested—Two | gwishisy v Floa Suchanan, ‘e Lenders Walk Into Lock-Up. When. Harry Burrows, 18 years old, decided to take & ride it certainly did lead to a lot of grief for bis friends and Tramc Court officizls, who spent almost an hour yes! trying to find out what was what. Pirst he borrowed a car from Charles Taylor, 17 years old, 4715 Conduit road, 2nd then secured a psrmit from the lat- ter’s brother, Richard. He journeyed forth, but had gone scarcely a block before he was brought to a halt by a ‘command. frofin - Policeman H. O. Tutt, who sald the car’s lights were bad. the precinct Burrows admitted he had the m‘ A T Richard Taylor, seeing his brothet’s car at the precinct, stopped and was promptly held for lending his permit. A telephone call brought Charles, who likewise was locked up for allowing his :"fl:hlnzk to go on the streets with bad es. ‘When the tangle was straightened out, Judge Schuldt fined Burrows $25 for bhaving no permit, Charles Taylor $10 h harge :.M Richard $10 At | with late yestcrday in the kitchen ¢f his| home™ at 810 Taylor street, look like | either a suicide or a murder, an autopsy Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt said today. | Robinson, who was retired frcm the Navy Department about 15 years 2go, was found by his son, Raymond. Be- cause several of the dead man's loyer teeth were missing and he had bled profusely from the mouth, the coroner ‘was inclined at first to believe the case was one of self-destruction. However, examination of the gun dis- closed it was empty. This, coupled with the fact a partially-smoked pipe was laying near Rcbinson's outstretched hand, caused the death to assume the aspect of a slaying. So Coroner Nevitt summoned the homicide squad. Carried $1,960. Possibility of a robhery motive was abandoned when it was discovered Robinson’s pockets contained $1,960, which he recently withdrew from a ‘bank following reduction of the insti- tution’s interest rates. Although members of Robinson’s family had made several attempts to in- duce him to redeposit the money, he hl‘fi steadfastly refused to do so, they . ? The suicide theory was strengthened ‘when Robinson’s relatives told the cor- oner he had been despondent since the death of his mother, Mrs. Margaret Robinson, who was killed in an automo- bile accident last week. Since then, they said, he had frequently remarked there was “no use living.” Death Held Natural. Coroner Neviti ordered the hody re- moved to the Morgue, where he and Deputy Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald performed an autopsy. At the | same time members of the homicide squad—Capt. Edward J. Kelly, Sergt. John Flaherty and Sergt. Robert Bar- rett—began an investigation, while Lieut. John Fowler, Police Department ballistic expert, took charge of the revolver, The autopsy revealed Robinson died of a pulmonary oedema—a kind of ling caused by the lungs filling with_blood—so the coroner issued a certificate of death from natural causes and the investigation was abandoned. son, Robinson is survived his widow, Mrs, Minnie Robinson, and tery tomorrow, f services sched- uled for 2. p.m. in the W. W. Cham| Co. funeral parlor, 1400 Clnv pin street. 1,000 VIRGINIANS SAIL Society’s Members and Guests Take Moonlight Voyage. More than a thousand members and guests of the Soclety of Virginia were passengers on the steamer City of ‘Washington on a m it trip down the Potomac River last t. dancing and Brief reports on the RAIDS ON DENTAL GOLD START HUNT Detectives Seek Thieves Who| Got $900 Loot From Offices. Headquarters detectives and police of No. 2 precinct today were sceking thieves who, in the past 36 hours, have looted the offices of dentists in the Medical Science Building, 1029 Vermont obtaining material valued at a total of more than $900. Records at No. 2 police station today show losses reporied as follows: By Dr. Benjamin J. Madert, office on the fifth floor, jewelry and dental ma- terial totaling $254; Dr. Samuel B. Ginsberg, on the seventh floor, dental material totaling $75; Dr. Irwin G. Kohlmefer, fifth floor, dental material totaling $150; Dr. C. W. Camalier, fourth floor, dental material totaling $150 in value. ‘These thefts are in addition to three reported earlier yesterday which totaled $285. The latter losses were: Dr. E. R. Stone, $60 worth of dental material; Dr. Edwin E. Golden, $150 worth of ma- terial, and Dr. E. M. Colvin, $75 worth of material. Police believe the thieves worked with duplicate keys. Detective Sergt. Robert Barrett of police headquarters was lead- ing the investigation of the thefts. Sergt. Fred Sandberg, fingerprint ex- pert, visited the building in an effort to obtain finger prints of the thieves to aid in _their apprehension. ‘The apparent skill with which the thieves operated led police to believe the thefts were committed by persons fa- miliar with the building. DISTRICT TO ACQUIRE OLD CONCORD CLUB | C Street Structure to Be Demol- ished in Municipal Center De- velopment Program. The District Commissioners today RENEWAL OF TAX| RATE WAR S SEEN INTRUCE FAILURE Diamond Operators Refuse to Establish Minimum Stand- ard Zone Fare. UTILITIES COMMISSION MAY ORDER INQUIRY Black & White and Yellow Cars to Remain on Higher Basis as at Present. Washington's taxicab rate war, be- lieved to have been amicably settled at a conference betwecn the taxi operators and Richmond B. Keech, pecple’s coun- sel, before the Public Utilities Commise sion, gave indications today of breaking out anew. Intervention by the utilitiss commis- slon now is contemplated, the result of which prcbably will be an attempt to stabilize rates by fixing 2 maximum and minimum schedule of tariffs. The com- mission at its meeting Monday is ex- pected to issue formal notice o1 a gen- eral taxicab rate hearing, 2t which every taxicab owner in the District will be invited to attend. The date for the hearing, under the law, cannot be fix=d until 10 days after the notice is issued. Big Companies Out. A large number of the taxi men got together at a peace conference yesterday afternoon with Mr. Keech, and after a two-hour discussion agrzed to abandon the rate war Saturday and adhere to & minimum and maximum schesule of fares in standard zones. But the larg- est taxi companies—the Diamond, Black & White and Yellow—did not enter into this agreement and their fail- ure to do so is expected to bring renewal of hostilities. Harry C. Davis. general manager of the 750 Diamond cabs, attended the conference, but declined to commit his company to anything, pointing out that a board of directors determines the policies of his concern. The directors do not meet until Monday, two days after the pledged cessation of hostilities on the part of most of the warring taxi operators, but indications are that Diamond cabs will continue to operats on the present 20-cent flat rate zone fare, which is 5 cents under the maxi- mum set by the competitors. Want Standard Zones. The Diamond operators, it was said, are in no frame of mind at this time to talk peace, particularly because the peace overtures originated with the firms which started the price-cutting war. The Black & White and Yellow cabs will remain on their present 35-60-85- cent zone rates. Most of the other companies which engaged in the frenzied price cutting agreed to adopt 25-50-75 or 35-60-85 cent schedules. These companies also agreed to abolish the ‘“city proper” classification, and operate in standard zones. This was done at the suggestion of Mr. Keech, who pointed out that the so-called city proper zone is misleading and confus- ing principally to strangers. Diamonds Hold Balance. The Protex-U Co., which has en- gaged actively in the price-cutting war, was another concern which failed to enter into the agreement. The pri- vately owned cabs operating anywhere in the District for 10 cents also failed to agree to the plan, but they are not taken seriously 2s competitors by the {);\‘u men because of their limited num- The Diamonds, however, hold in their power, it was said, enough influ- ence to either end or continue the price war. And unless the Diamonds increase their rates from 20 to 25 cents for the first zone, it was explained, the companies which entered into _the agreement may be forced by compe- tition to adopt the 20-cent rate. Bride's Opinion Awaited. ‘Whatever action the Utilities Com- mission may take permanently to solve the taxi troubles will depend on a legal opinjon which it has requested of Cor= poration Counsel Willlam W. Bride, its general counsel. ‘The commission appears to be some- what in doubt as to its authority to regulate taxicabs and control taxi rates. Mr. Bride's opinion is expected to clari- fy this situation and pave the way for definite action. Fair Rate Is Problem. The commission. however. realizes it has a puzzling problem to solve in ad- justing the taxi situation. it does not want to do anything that might lead to higher taxi rates, but it does want to take steps that will put an end to the - recurring taxi rate wars. * The biggest question will be the fix- ing of fair and reasonable rates for the two different classes of taxicabs operat- ing in Washington. There is one class of cabs—the heavy vehicles equipped for standard taxi service—which cost more to operate, it was pointed out, than the light passenger vehicles which have been generally adopted for the at rate service. Consequently, this factor will have to be given serious consideration in any plan the commis- sion may draw up, and two schedules of rates appear to be inevitable. A BIBLE GROUP TO MEET Annual Marksville District Session to Be Held at Stanley. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., July 29.—The eighth annual convention of Marksville Dis- | authorized acquisition of one of the|trict Bible Association will be held at few remaining pre-Volstead bars when | the Baptist Church, Stanley, Va., Au- they signed papers for the purchase of the property of the Concord Club, 314 C street. The club resulted from a merger of 14 German societies, who used the building for. recreation purposes. addition to the bar, the building con- tains an auditorium and bowling al- leys. It is four stories high. The price agreed upon was $42,000. ‘The building, bsr and all, will be torn down to make way for the new municipal center development. Woman Dies in Car. Special Dispatch to The Star. C , Md,, July 29.—Mrs. Mary Patchett, wife of Joseph E. Patchett, McCocle, this county, former rator of the Keyser Knitting Mills, in the family automobile early yesterday morning while returning home from Winchester, V: Fire Excursion Planned. CHERRYDALE, Va., July 290 (Spe- cial).—The Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department will give its third annual excursion to Marshall Hall, Md., Au- musical |fi""" of the soclety were given by Pred Myers, treasurer, ments st 5. Convention officers are: C. L. Huffman, president, and R. L. Taylor, secretary. C. C. Louderback will deliver the ad- dress of welcome. Among the other In | speakers will be J. C. Kauffman, Rer. C. L. Hunt, Rev. E. L. Cave, Rev, ‘. E. Tucker, J. L. Farran, Elder H. E. Wakeman, Rev. F. J. Warnecke and Rev. L. E. Sheaffer. GUARDSMEN. PROMOTED Capt. Cissel, Silver Spring, Named on Col. Markey’s Staff. By & 8taff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., July 20.— Capt. Joseph C. Cissell of the Service Company, Silver Spring unit, 1st In- fantry, Maryland National Guard, has been promoted to the staff of Col. John D. Markey, in command of the 1st In- fantry, by Brig. Gen. Milton K. Reck- ord, commander of the Maryland Na- tional Guard. First Lieut. Ward W. Caddington has Mnmmwé-dmmums:m