Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1931, Page 17

ANDTHER CONPANY J0INS BATILE FOR THENT [4B RATE Bell Company Adopts Low Fare for Three District Zones. . 'COMMISSION’S ACTION SEEN HALTING FIGHT Applicants for Right to Cut Prices Must File Ten-Day Notice in the Future. The Capital's taxicab rate war ap- peared today to be due for an extended holiday following the action of another large company in agreeing to the 20- cent first-zone rate. The request of the Bell Taxicab Co. for authority to reduce fares from 25, 50 and 75 cents to 20, 40 and 60 cents for the three princ {okier scale in & wel position. In gome quarters it was believed the ' last skirmish in the rate war had been \finuh!. due to the Public Utilities Com- moission’s rul terday that all re-| terity and =Sy ust be preceded = ductions hereafter m by 10 days’ notice. May Walve Notice. that t this ed in INDIANS ASK . S. HEL AGAINST WILD HORSES bt Wyoming Tribe Complains of Dep- redations on Cattle Grazing MILLIONTH LEGIONNAIRE IS GREETED BY HOOVER fPittsburgh Landscape Architect Is Accompanied to White House by Legislative Chairman. ‘President Hoover today greeted the ene-millionth member of the American the person of T. W. Nicolet, pcmhlmmd%,;t ccompanied to the tional Legislati: told the President the Legion bership is now 1,026.258 snd the auxil- jary more than 500,000. Mr. Nicolet, the one-millionth member, joined the Legion June 8 last MOTHER SUES TO REGAIN CUSTODY OF DAUGHTER Suit Charges Child’s Grandmother Attempted to Influence Her to Make False Statements. “The District Supreme Court was asked today by Edna M. Neumayet to award her the custody of her l4-year-old daughter, Frances, now in the custody the child's paternal grandmother, Ballie B. Holt. Mrs. Holt is alleged by the petitioner to persuade th the child, has had | two automobile accidents when the child ‘was in the car, and that as & result the nervous eom‘l;:‘l?n of the girl has been Shiorneys Hawken & Havell appeared for the petitioner. e “MEN'S WEEK” PLANNED Camp Roosevelt to Be Opened to 1 sones left the|the ice News e WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION P O There’s Arctic Weather Right in Capital ' RCTIC boots, woolen mittens, | heavy sweaters and full-length | underwear are being worn in ‘Washington these days to pro- tect havdened men from the cold. ‘While the mercury mounts, the city | swelters, electric fans drone and crowds | storm soft drink stands, these men are working in temperatures of 10 to 20 de- grees below zero. ‘Handless of ice cream who store the containers in the hardening rooms, work themselves to works the layman who ventures into the lening rooms for the first time. Reporter Cools Off. ‘Take it from a reporter for The Star, who set out in quest of the t:l!;x"}l coolest. spot, and found it, it is easier to mop perspiration than to quell the ague which accompanies sud cream plant hardening room, &t 20 M ture of health. Rotund lnx:‘m“a‘l&kzfl :enmuflekmd his | the ' MEN WORK IN ICE CREAM PLANT WITH MERCURY 10 BELOW ZERO. Left ln’ right: Ward Oéhman and John Smith in the Southern Dairies’ ice | street northeast. tinuously from 5 to 8 o'clock in the morning. From then on they are con- stan passing back and forth from ', loading trucks and stor- ing cans of ice cream. Once in a while, ‘dry | he said, when they are especially rushed, s man will have to stay in the ‘cold room all day. “But you don’t mind it.” he de- clared, “there’s plenty to do and you forget about the cold.” Decorated COL. SULTAN AWARDED OAK LEAF CLUSTER. October 17 Limit Ordered by Supreme Court Justice. All Consent. With consent of the parties involved, Associate Justice Plerce Butler of the United States Supremé Court today LIEUT. COL. DANIEL 1. SULTAN. Lieut. Col. Daniel I. Sultsn, Engineers today was swarded an oak leaf ‘the | services” in_con: vey of the Toute Taguan Oanal. 3 ..,,’:.ud.mmu?-&mnn- , “Col. Sultan maintained : ' iy i z ; it : H % i i —— - BRITISH EMBASSY'S DOGS HAVE BRIEF VISIT Thoroughbreds Stray on American Soil Until Policeman Finds Them. Service Medsl, but- the law suthorizing this decoration prohibits any person be- The stay of Donald, a Great Dane,|ing given two medals. The oak lef and Alex. a Scotch terrier, on American | cluster, therefore. reprecents. the award ol yesterdsy was short lived. Their | of the Distinguished Se s S Unauthorized presence on Massachusetis | second time. o~ Avene was ended abruptly by a seventh | Col. Sultan was born in Oxford, Miss.. recinct policeman who, armed With & |and entered the Military L {lookout for _their -gnnqulnn. ol | Bar it At Doy M | them back in His Majesty’s territory at | in the office of the chief of the British Embassy two hours &fter | here. Enginsers ar. ‘The oak leaf cluster indicates that Col. Sultan has rendered services worthy of a second award of the The second annual golf match be- , Assistant of t.h:l bers of the Club David 8. Ingalls, Roger M. Makins, | Navy | third secretary of the embassy, and Mr. | vertising Club will be piayed at the Rogers Forge Golf Club in Bal- ;Torr. the disappearance of the animals | the Washington organization liceman A. M. Green found them | todsy. | wandering on Massachusetts svenue and them to their master. in charge of arrangements. POLICEMAN'’S SON, 5, IS MOURNING LOSS OF GALLANT PRECINCT PET i“]erry," Officers’ Aide, Disappears—Once Rescued Child From Lake and Helped Capture of Store Bandit. AD CLUBS SET GOLF PLAY |paie fs of Washington and the Baltimore Ad- | route. notified | timore, President Howard W. Berry of Shortly after the police were j Howard T, Mattingly of Baltimore is | ACGIDENT VERDICT IS GIVEN IN DEATH Coroner’s Jury Rules on Fatal Fall of Gordon Thompson, Steelworker. A verdict of accidental death was returned by a coroner’s jury in the case of Gordon Thompson, 46-year-old steel ‘worker. died in Casualty Hospital mm e fell from the second- story level to the auditorium floor of the new Brown School, Twenty-second street and Benning road northeast. Testimony introduced at the inquest at the District Morgue showed Thomp- son fell when his hand slipped from the boom of a derrick which he sought to grasp. The man, according to wit- nesses, struck his head on a steel beam on the auditorium floor, fractu: his skull. Thompson lived at 300 inth street northeast. Among those who testified at the in- quest today were Lee Burch, foreman | under whom Thompson worked: Wil- liam H. McGuire, a fellow worker, who took the man to the hospital, and John B. Sparks, another worker. Thomas 8. Sweet, inspector of building construc- | tion for the District, stated the derrick was in order at the time of the accident. 120 SERVICE SHIPS T0 JOIN AIR RACES Army, Navy and Marine Corps to Present Features on Cleve- land Program. Approximately 120 Army. Navy and Marine Corps combat planes, ranging from swift little single-seater pursuits to the largest flying boats in the coun- try, are scheduled to participate in the National Air Races program at Cleve- Jand from August 20 to September 7. Four squadrons, totaling 72 planes, will be sent from Selfridge Pield, Mich., to put on a demonstration of ing on Army day, September 1. Two squadrons are to be at the races for the full 10 days of the classic. In addition, the Army will have a ‘fiying comet™ in the air every night of the races. This is a Curtiss Hawk | racks under the wing tips. | Maj. Gerald E. Brower, commanding the 1st Pursuit Group, will lead his | four squadrons to Cleveland. { The Navy is sending the famous “Striking Eagle” fighter squadron from the U. S. 8. Langley. The Marine Corps will send a 12- hter squadron from Quantico, Va. Novelty zn;: year will be the ap- pearance o nt Navy patrol planes, | which will be flown to Cleveland from | the' Atiantic Coast by the inland water They will be harbored at the 20 | Cleveland water front. OMOTED TO EXECUTIVE OFFICER | | FA: | Former Assistant Engineer Com- missioner to Assume Post at Fort Humphreys, Va. Maj. W. E. R. Covell, formerly senior Assistant Engineer Commissions has been negotiations which ultimately to the signing of the con- it decree g‘v!flllu el the city in 1924 group | tactical maneuvers and formation fly-! | pursuit plane with special fireworks | ic rates in gt He will be relieved of his present |5 ., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 193 CARLINES CONSIDER EARNNGS RUSPET INPARLEY ONLEASE Negotiations for Deal Go On as Interested Persons Speculate on Price. | OFFER AND D. C. STAND ARE NOT REVEALED Minimum Figure for, Rental Held to Be $1,000,000 Plus Cost of Merging Operations. ‘While negotiations for a lease of the transit properties of Washington's two ly attractive propos of the immediate prospect for better cot ate earnings. t two companies in 1930 reported DRerl'-lnl incomes of $1,679,527.76, and they are doing somewha changes necessary for a tion, submitted by J. bins, en; hearing the |nual convention, which opens at 8 ting econo: ‘ The minimum rom which Degois years ago, decreased some- it of 1bb! of merged operations companies ‘Traction ha siastic, undertaking joint operating duplicate pa; would to scrap any of their 3 Gain Forecast Next Year. At any rate, the outlay to the lessee would bs pht lease. gram, with its many offices concen- trated in a small area away from park- ing spaces, and the increasing strin- gency of the parking regulations are expected to turn many thousands of automobile drivers pack into street car riders. The companies seem to have their 10-cent fare well entrenched, and are making & vigorous court attack on the 3-cent fare for school children on con- stitutional grounds. Taxl Fares Expecied to Rise. ‘The main adverse factor at the mo- ment is the taxicab competition, with are not expected ‘to outlive the low gasoline prices, and it is not thought that their inroads into the car fares will be permanent. So the car companies, according to some observers, seem to be in good po- sition to sit tight and’ unless the lease guarantees their stockholders a high dividend, there appears little reason for them to accept. ‘The negotiations are still being kept | from the Public Utilities Commission. ber in town, said today that sll he knew about them is what he has read in the papers. PR WORK WILL START ON PENNSY WIRING | Conduit System for Electrification i\ Program to Be Completed About ! First of Year. The Pennsylvania Railroad will start work at once on & conduit system be- tween Washington and Wilmington to carry the wiring for the signal and communications system, in connection with the electrification of the line, it | was announced today. This project is an im elec ind of communications and signal wiring. This set-up permits 135 messages to be handled simultaneously. The entire electrification will cost $7,000,000. GREEKS TO OFFER PRAYER FOR PRESIDENT, PEOPLE Mr. and Mrs. Samartsopulos and Mr. and Mrs. Constantinople Plan Ceremony Tomorrow. H | it il a gt 1. *9500 VETERANS | {March Opens Three-Dayi taxi rates low. But the low taxi rates g e bening Sfar 1 Detectives in Shake-Up FOURPROMOTIONS, TWO SERGEANTS RETURNED TO PATROL DUTY. in handling late yesterday as the result of the “inefficien a recent investigation. THODEHOTIONS N POLICE SHAKEAP Detectives Kane and Billman “Broken” for Inefficiency In Theft Case. MANSFIELD AND KENNEY GIVEN VACANT PLACES Pvis. 7. A. Mostyn and R. 8. Bryant Fill First and Second Pre- " of two of They are, to right, Sxx detectives were involved in a shake-up ordered by Maj. Henry G. E. Kane, J. L. Billman and A. Dowell Mansfield. Lower: James A. Mostyn and James E. Kennedy. PARADE TONIGHT Session of District Legion. More than 3,500 war veterans will take part in the street parade to be held by the District of Columbia De- partment of the American Legion to- night as & feature of its thirteenth an- o'clock at Buchanan School for a three- day_session. The parade will form at 7 o'clock iwlth 46 units, including all Legion posts | in Washington, their auxiliaries, Forty and Eight socleties, 9 bands and 60 Legionnalres who are in the troupe of the 101 Ranch Show, prepared to enter the line of march. A revie! stand has been con- structed on Pennsylvania avenue near Pifth street southeast, from where offi- clals of the it and distin- guished guests ‘will watch the marchers. This group will include Capt. Watson B. Miller, chalrman of the American American Legion's National Legisla- | tive Committee; Dr. B. i i Byrne, parade marshal chairman of the Com tee, and officials of the Southeas Business Men's Association, who are hosts to the convention. Participants will gather on the south | side of the House Office Building, at New Jersey avenue and B street south- avenue, over Thirteenth to Buchanan School at nmmm and D streets southeast. 5 BABY SHOW IS PLANNED FOR GROTTO FESTIVAL | ! A baby show for youngsters between i1 and 5 years is to be staged as one ln( the features of the Fall festival of the Kallipolis_Grotto, which will be | held at the Washirigton ~Auditorium, October 2. The public is to be the judge of the best of the youngsters entered in the contest. Grotto headquarters for enroliment of the names of babies opened at 1417 G street yesterday. Arrangements have been made to examine the bables en- tered for the contest, under medical les. |WBRIDE WA onr T checks, Fort | Anti-Baloon Head Asserts “Strad-|old, 'lb PAY SCALENQURY REPORED TOOA Secretary Expected to Ru on Wages Paid Painters at Revenue Building. ge EEH b § L i i i i HE ; i E | A terior of the new Internal Revenue De- | work, partment Bullding has been completed, and the case has been piaced betore | REPORT ON PARKING Secretary of Labor Doak for decision, s indiested today. A ruling s expect- NEARING COMPLETION . ln:anu-tlon:yuuuborn?:r:;mmt Organization to Give Re- painters’ union leaders that the Al.| Uits of Prolonged Capital WOMAN ON TRIAL FAINTS R"s PART'ES Charged With 8ix Bad Checks, She Is Sent to Hospital. Accused of issuing six worthless Mrs. Genevieve Friel, 25 said she was a AGAINST DRY EVASION dle” Will Be Fatal in 1832 Election. SONS OF ITALY PLEDGE | gQresture. Mignon . ... . o WASHINGTON OBSERVANCE | onimes solo, “Bels of st. Mary" - hoers Group Visits Hoover With lnm--:,m from ~>r;§°m'm of sentative Bloom—Tell of Statue Gift. Louls Goucher. < Pm-dx:lem Hoover was informed today | Grand scenes from “Il Trovatore.'® y a legation representing the Sons of Italy that that organization has | Scenes frogm “The Pirefly” resolved to observe in fitting manner | Rhapsody, "Slavonic™ of the birth of George Washington. The President was told also by his visitors that their tered nurses will | off Physiclans and regisi chart the bables entered. Dr. Wade H. Atkinson chairman of the Dr. Prank W. Braden, Frank E. Gibson, J. 8. Arnold, Grant 8. Barnard, Bernard J. Gurwin, Clayton Hawfield, Asron Nimetz, William F. Grean Phillip Diatz and D. H. Duffey. . | of the . “Country Gardens”.... g ouse by Representative 80l | Cornet “Post Tm 3 Bloom of New‘;m’k. associate o Bl AR Commission. ISANDLOTTER DISPUTES JUDGE’S DECISION, IS FINED FOR CONTEMPT | Svect ‘Bvevioe *“$50 or 90 Days More,” k| Be, L g il £ o { 2, g 3 hauser” Says Mattingly as Colored