Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1931, Page 9

101 RANCH HANDS SKEPTIGAL OVER PAY-OFF RUMORS 400 Troupers Continue to Guard Show—Court Ac- tion Seen. SHOW OWNER’S MESSAGE TO ADAMS IS REPORTED Wednesday Set for Arrival of Wages, Message Is Quoted as Saying. Despite a Tumor that Col. Zach Miller, owrer of the 101 Ranch Wild ‘West Show, stranded at Camp Meigs, will pay on Wednesday or before five to eight weeks' wages owed the 400 troupers, the men remained on the lot last night, determined that the show shall not be moved until their money actually is forthcoming. Another rumor permeated the lot that & plan was afoot among the mu: clans to attach the entire show prop: erty for the benefit of the company, but could not be confirmed. Pay-off Rumered. Jack Brown, head cowboy, said that a telegram sent to Col. :mur by George ¥ o Famous Globe Flyer’'s Be- ginning Told by Old Tutor. | Until He Accepted $4.50 for Ride. ‘Wiley Post, famous around-the-world pllot of the Winnie Mae, le his aviation debut by plowing a furrow across an Oklahoma farm fleld with the seat of his pants behind a bucking parachute, according to a story told here yesterday afternoon by the man who gave Post his first flying lessons, and transport pilot. Post's hlu'odupctlan to aviation was of i rived in Washington during the course has taken him 10,800 miles through 26 “Tip” Schier, veteran “bflmwmm.") a character to deter many a less de- termined man, Schier said as he ar- of a tour of the country, which already States and 3 Canadian provinces, with stops at 80 citles. Schier is flying one of the most luxurious club planes ever built in this coun and is taking a group of American business men on a campaign to combat the industrial de- pression. He left Washington yesterday evening for Richmond, Va. “I was Tunning a flying circus down in Oklahoma, when I first met Wiley Post,” Schier sald. “We were flying in a small town one afternoon, when Post, then just a youngster, came up bought a ticket for an airplane and ride. ~After the hop, which was his first | gian’t go and 1 signalled him agan. |$100,000' over the appropriation for flight, he asked me if he couldn’t do some exhibition wing walking. He said he wanted to learn to fly, but had no money and thought the best way to Pay | start was by parachute jumping, wing gram. That some movement is afoot the musicians of the b‘b‘;‘ to take Egfi g syighishs & 8F i § T e SEE: :ig ieg ¢ bsk has authority to s:1l the he thinks it necessary. Emergency Fund, $560. ‘The show has an e ney fund of the American medicants were running out. The elephant trainer puts the huge beasts through their tricks every d‘lur, otherwise they would get stale and sul- len. Here is how a few of the hands view the situation. Mexican Joe (Jose Bar- w always been good to me in the past,” hu.;- Joe. “It would not be right for me to question Him now. He will pro- vide. nothing ne with Buffalo Bill's show broke in Denver in 1898, but here 1 am today. If I have to go home, I will beg from door to door for the sake of God. God will provide. “I am 60 years old, but over there (pointing to Tephon, the Cossack rider) is & man 71 years old—" “You're a Har” said Tephon, dis- passionately, “and you know it. I am 66 years old and I can get along as well as you can.” “God Will Provide.” “He says 66, but I know better,” said gER: i ¥ st L1 | | i - fi: i i g o Good models walking and other exhibition stunts. Experience Paid For. “We had all the talent we needed, and P B ly | $2,500 damages and with this money id take him up and let H jump free, “I strapped a parachute on him and ‘Flying Circus Man Bothered he Sunday St WASHINGTON, D. C, FIRST PARACHUTE LEAP GAVE WILEY POST BUMP OVER FIELD | | | i l “TIP” SCHIER. told him how to use it and we took off. We were flying from a little fleld, with & ToW of trees at the downwind side and | & newly-plowed field beyond the trees. | My experienced jumpers had little diffi- | culty slipping their parachutes if neces- | sary to gzt into the fiying field, but I | was afraid Post would get into the trées | and hurt himself and damace the para- | chute. so I determined to drop him in ime plowed field. | Hard to Decide. | “I got into proper position and sig- | nalled for him to go over. He was out |on a little trapeze arrangcment on the | wing and was to pull the rip cord and |let the parachute drag him off. He Still he hesitated, trying to make up | his mind to jump. Just as I decided | we were getting too far away from the field he suddenly pulled the cord and I cocked ihe ship around to get the tail out of his way. “As he dropped I circled around over- | head watching him. He neared the trees and, apparently fearing he was to hit them, pulled up his Ieg' | until he was in a V shape, sitting the air. . In this position- he hit the plowed field, sitting, and before he could collaj the ’chute he plowed a furrow of hmwn 50 feet long across the fur- rows of the field, beating himself black and blue on each furrow. “He took a terrific beating, but was not daunted and came right back for more. He sign>d on as an exhibition 1o pay for flying mstruction and first fiying lessons that way. He couldn't make enough money to get started for himself, however, until he was injured in an oil-well which’ destroyed one eye. He collected bought a_plane and started in barn storming for himself. He was doing this until he tied up with F. C. Hall, the | Oklahoma oil millionaire, sent him 'around the world in the Winnie Mae.” ARCRAFT MODELS MAKEGOOD MARSS 6-Minute-Plus Flight of Hand- Launched Plane Makes Jack Friedman “Ace.” Many good flights with model air- participating in the meet at Bolling Field, under auspices of the District of Columbia Model Aircraft League. contest fo be held prior to the District of Columbia T 14 d was by aviation offi- , an cials of Bolling Field and the Naval Alf Btation. John H. Willlams was in cl 5 | By virtue of flying a hand-launched scientific model for 6 minutes and 45 second, Jack Priedman, until yesterday |in the’ “pllot class,” became an “ace.” Plane Finally Lost. Frank Salisbury, widely known for it nts with various types of model a t, flew a hand-launched time not recovered at all. good flights with the model craft included Jack Park, hand- 254 seconds, and Harry Heimer, who became a junior pllot by virtue of a a member of the groups at the mode! building centers this Summer. and until yesterday was in the novice class. R. O. G. Fuselage Models. records in R. O. G. fuselage were made by Jack Friedman and Morris Krucoff, and in dynamic Beginning tomorrow, a series of city- in model aircraft bullding to enable the builders to become junior pilots, in time to register on August 28 for the 1931 he be d will at on at Y, | Takoma oo okl Park playi Casualty Hospital Head to Back Employe in Police Court 4 If Officer Presses Charge. e Casualty Hospital ambulance driver arrested Friday for unwarranted use | siren was within his aired cratt were made yesterday by boys| The affair was the last clty-wide| g fax of Philadelphia and the Chatham, | launched scientific model, of 3 minutes | flight of 1 minute 20 seconds. He has | wide contests will be held for novices | AMBUL;NCE DRIVER’S ARREST FOR USING SIREN IS PROTESTED A test case to determine whether | 54000000 ASKED - OFF.H.SMITH G0, Refunding Bonds Charged by Bondholders. Actions seeking to recover more than $4,000,000 in cash and securities from the F. H. Smith Co. have been brought |in Wilmington, Del, courts by the Bondholders' Protective Committee, | George E. Roosevelt of New York, | chalrman, announced yesterday. The suits contended this amount of | cash and securities was diverted by the | Smith Co. from the proceeds of the | sale of six issues of so-called first and | refunding mortgage bonds. Smith Co. officials were alleged to have repre- sented falsely that the proceeds of the | sale of such bonds would be used to re- tire first mortgages on the properties. | Properties involved include the Cava- lier Apartment Hotel, Washington: the Fairfax of Buffalo, Buffalo, N. Y.. the Pairfax of Pittsburgh and the Law and | Finance Building, Pittsburgh; the Pair- | Philadelphia. Efforts were made to prevent thei | Smith Co. from disposing of the cash | and securities involved in the com- plaints untll final adjudication of the | suits. Theodore L. Weed, president of the | Smith Co., recently testified in re- ceivership proceedings that the con- cern's assets consisted of $4,000,000 in | securities and $200,000 in cash. : | WRECK NEAR ROCKVILLE | # { Passenger Traffic Delayed by De- railment of Freight Car. Deraflment of a freight car last night on the B. & O double tracks to New York delayed two east-bound and two | west-bound passenger trains near Rock- {ville, Md., for about an hour and & | half' while workmen were putting the | car back on the rails and clearing its | eargo of feed from the right of way. No one was hurt in the accident, which ' occurred shortly after 9 o'clock be: n Rockville and Kensington. eyt ,.nh.ai'migég I‘A. t | flexible progressive traffic signals and | Diversions From Proceeds of |* {lights in Washington, more especially VAN DUZER (RGES S0 INCREASE N TRAFFE FUNDS Declares Recommendation for 54 New Intersection | Lights Only “Suggestion.” | A. A. VICE PRESIDENT AROUSED AGAINST PLAN Redraft of Estimates Predicted at| District Building—Action by Commission Delayed. | | Announcement yesterday that Wil- A. Van Duger, director of traffic and vehicles, had submitted budget es- timates to the Commissioners for 1933 calling for the installation of traflic lights at 54 intersections brought the statement from Mr. Van Duzer that he merely had lu:selud that studies be made of the situation at the intersections listed and that no addi- tional lights would be installed unless the ‘traffic count justified them. recommendation estimated that the new lights and current expenses of the c Department would cost $278.981, an increase of more than 1932, Redraft Seen. At the District Building it was pre- dicted that Mr. Van Duzer would re- draft his recommendations. It was said that he had made the recommenda- tions with a view of obtaining a sub- stantial sum so he could install lights ‘where they later appeared to be needed. Actlon on the estimate was delayed due to the lh;lenee ffflnn the city of Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, Van Duzer's Under the for increases in 1933, Mr. Van said: “For purchase and installation of traf- fic light signals and equipment, $111,341, an increase of $76,341. To compiete the Timited o Bexible Progreatioe syeicem ot le ve at 77 intersections at an estimated cost of $233 per intersection. To install new | equipment at 54 intersections at which automatic control is urgently needed, at $1,200 per intersection, as follows: ' | “Pennsylvania avenue, 13 _intersec- | tions between Sixth and Twentleth | streets northwest. | “Florida avenue and on U street, | seven intersections. “H street northwest, between fourth and Thirteenth streets, five intersec- | tions. Nine on Connectiéut Avenue. | “Connecticut avenue between KX | street and Florida avenue northwest, nine in! 3 E Plaza, 10.inte; llaneous intersections for which requests for signals have been received and are now being studied, 10 intersec- “To change the control apparatus and nstall ‘detectors st 2 submitted.” Ernest M. Smith, executive vice presi- dent of the American Automobile Asso- ciation, said of the recommendations: Hits Light Plan. “I want to make it clear that I have no desire whatsoever to make it harder for a new man coming on a job by cast- ing a lot of criticism at hum. “But it seems to me that this latest proposal of Van Duzer's to flood th: city with traffic lights when there are altogether too many of them now ought to be turned down. Our experience | with traffic lights indicates they only serve to block traffic and Jn many cases now where intersections are controlled ' by automatic signals they serve only to stop an even flow of trafic. To place lights all over the city would mean that traffic all over town would move in a series of jerks and stops.” Washington, by its very nature as a tourist town, Mr. Smith said, should have more policemen where traffic lights | are operating. “The development of traffic devices came about largely be- cause of a shortage ®f policemen,” he said, “but there can be no substitute for men as controllers of the traffic. 1 “I am firmly opposed to more traffic | with the bicentennial year and heavy flow of traffic in the offing.” its ADMITTED TO BAR AND TAKES BRIDE Melvin H. Friedman, Patent Office Employe, Has Double Occasion for Happiness. Melvin Hillard Friedman, 25 years old, attained two goals yesterday that give him just cause for exuberation— he passed the District bar examination and took unto himself a wife. Friedman, who lives at 1858 Cali- fornia street, is employed at the Patent Office, while his bride, former Beatrice P. Zisman, 23, of 1669 Columbia road, is a typist at the Veterans' Bureau. The ceremony was performed last night at the residence of Rabbi George Sil- verstone, 1511 Lamont street. Priedman avers the two develop- ments were merely coincidental, the wedding having been planned without consideration of the outcome of the ex- tion. romance blossomed on the| jnf |(20L¢JRED MAN CHARGED of justificat ber i SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1931 =* “Old Ironsides” May Take Part in Pageant JAHNCKE SUGGESTS HE AND SECRETARY ADAMS SAIL SHIP INTO YORKTOWN FOR SESQUICENTENNIAL. ‘The blowing up and sinking of the British ship Java by the frigate Constitution during the War of 1812 is shown in this rare etching, which was executed over a century ago under authorization of the British admiralty. Owned Assistant Secretary of Navy Jahncke, it is one of two such printe in this country, the other being owned by Joseph E. Widener, millionaire Philadelphia sportsman. Insets show Jahncke to the right and Secretary Adams on the left. —Star Staff Photo. NAVAL pageant wherein Charles Francis Adams, yachtsman Secretary of the Navy, and Ernest Lee Jahncke, seafaring istant Secretary, would sail Yorktown Sesquicentenni next Octo- envisioned yesterday by famous old craft himself, he said in| However, he discussing the proposal. added that his chieftain is the Wy'l:ll‘ | commander and that he would be satis- fled with the job of piloting. ‘The spectacle suggested by Jahncke would be a substitute, he said, for the highly controversial scene dej surrender of Lord Cornw , should that finally be eliminated to “avoid shocking British sensibilities.” 1If the surrender scene should be included in the celebration, Jahncke feels that the pageant he suggests would supplement the re-enactment of George Washini ton's victory. Forming of Two Lines, Jahncke suggested forming the At- | 1antic forces into two great lines, with every type of naval craft represented— ting the | victory | battleships, cruisers, destroyers, sub- marines, aircraft carriers, tenders and minesweepers. In the lane between the ships of today would sail the Con- stitution—the greatest vessel of her era—under her own canvas. “It_would be a mighty fine sight,” said Jahncke enthusiastically. Assistan le of pnn:.tu e of B it in his father | ter of and belleves it only aj Navy be represen celebration. W;lhlll'o mtl 1l the credit fc n gets al or the over Cornwallis,” ssid Jahncke, “it was tiue Navy that was largely re- sponsible for the defeat of the British. {1t was one of rare occasions in | military history where both the Army | and Navy operated as a single unit in |a major. offensive. ko have the Constitution sail | through the V! | York River and received by the fleet would be a grand climax to the celebration, in my opin- fon. “My only idea in suggesting that this at the Yorktown the defeat good-naturedly — weren’t they going to put on & show of it at Was| nd? | ber 16 and October 23. ‘ 1t will visit Washington November 6-12. BELT LINE ROADS PROPOSEDBY .. 55 Survey Indicates Outlying Routes Would Relieve Traffic Jams. ‘The need for more belt line motor roads near Washington to carry through | cars, trucks and busses ing each station, the State*in which vehicles are registered as indicated by the license tags, the direction of travel and Ob- servations a5 to weather 8 additional recorders, | | duty of the by offictils of the United States Bureau | % of Public Roads, as preparations get under way for the comprehensive Fed- eral traffic survey of this metropclitan area. . The benefit of some of these outly- ing roads already has been amply dem- onstrated by recent developments, ac- cording to E. W. James, chief of the | Division of Highway Transport of the bureau. Mr. James, who is shaping plans now for the big survey, said yesterday that one of the outstanding examples of the value of such belt line roads was the new East-West road on the northern outskirts of Washington, in Maryland. East-West Road Benefit. said, “until that East-West road was finishedr Persons wishing to cross there had to come all the way south to Military road to get through. The East-West rcad has proved itself of great benefit.” Just what new roads may be rec- ommended, for the future of Washing- ton, or where they will run, cannot be foreseen at the present time, according to Mr. James. The hig traffic survey, which is to occupy virtually a year, is being made in order to get a mass of facts and data upon which to base a study and conclusions in the matter, he explained. But it already appears likely, he thought, that some kind of new belt line motor highways will be found necessary and may be rec- ommended. The survey, which is under general direction ¢f Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the Buresu of Public Roads, is to begin early in September. The movements of many thousands of motor vehicles will be charted and analyzed to serve as a basis fcr a program of highway improvement for the ares. Daily Record Promised. The survey is to record the daily WITH HOUSEBREAKING | ent L Apartment Victim Identifies Sus- pect as Masked Intruder Who Fled When She Screamed. “Washington was in bad shape,” he | | Roads. will be compiled and | maps will be drawn showing the aver- | age daily volume of traffic on all im- | portant routes and providing definite | facts for working out the character and priority of highway improvement. | 3 'Donald states that this sur- | vey will be the most extensive of the | kind ever conducted in the vicinity of the National Capital. Co-operating with the Bureau of Public Roads in the work will be the following agencies: The Na- | tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, the District of Columbia, the | e tase Highway Commission of Vir- the State Way n Ir- Illl’lh, the Maryland National Capital Park* and Planning Commission, the City of Alexandria, the counties of Ar- lington and Fairfax, Va. and the | countles of Prince and Mont- | gomery, Md. 'TAXI DRIVER HURT WHEN CABS CRASH W. P. McWhorton, 23, Suffers In- juries to Shoulder—Others Escape Unharmed. | wiliam P. McWhorton, 23, of 1927 | Otis street northeast, received sericus | injuries to the right shoulder late yes- ove a collision with an auto- mobile operated by Charles A. Hender- son, 29, of 1102 Fifth street, at Eleventh and L streets. - was taken to Garfield Hospital by police of the second pre- |cinct and later removed to his home SUBCOMMITTEE NAMED ‘Will Have Charge of Any Medical Changes—Contract May Be | terday when the taxicab he was driving | Ch! erturned in GELBAR INQUEST Jury s Sworn in Probe of Policeman’s Death in Car Crash. A coroper's inquest into the death of Policeman Arthur H. Gelhar of the fourteenth precinct, who dled in Emer- gency Hospital yesterday from injuries sustained PFriday in an automobile col- | lision, will be held at the Distriot Morgue Tuesday morning at 11:30 o’clock. H'wm]rlg;y for the inquest was sworn in_ye: v s Punenlyserflw are to be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Mr. Gel- har's late residence, 4612 Forty-third ace. 5 s, 7 W Savage, F. W. moomu,m.ml W. E 0. 14 are & o be in_Arlington honors. Additional arrangements for the funeral were to be announced later. Mr. ‘was & member of the Police RED CROSS NUTRITION How to Get Most Food for Dollar Subject of Eastern Section Pvts. C. C. Brown, E. H. Nolan, { .o, ot Railway LACK OF TERMINA MAY FORCE ROADS FROM WASHINGTON |Arlington .and Fairfax Line Abandonment Seen as Possibility. VIRGINIA INVESTORS’ LOSS SET AT $80,000 Slump in Value of Homes Along Route Forecast Unless New Station Site Is Given. If the District refuses to permit the location of a new terminal north of Pennsylvania avenue for the railroads which will be forced from the terminal at Twelfth and D streets by the Federal bullding _program, the Arl & Fairfax Railroad Co. will be compelled to abandon its lines in Arlington and Fairfax Counties, it was said today by Julius H. Parlelee, a director of the Bureau of Railway Economics and di- rector of the railway company. Abandonment of the line, Mr. Par- melee said, would completely out investments totaling ,000 which have been made in the line by residents of the two counties and will cause severe rfl'?m! loss to m: home owners in by | little communmes.fleu the railroad which are not served by adequate high- ways. Line Not Replacable. Beflwul:lhe]memmm n country far from motor highways, Mr. Parmelee sald, its service cannot be replaced readily either automobile or bus service, and its. fallure would hurt many residents of the two coun ties who depend on the line for trans. portation into Washington, where many are empi “A large part of the communities Mthemxm{:uumm: said, “are not near here 0 " M. or i g : i § £ : 5 EF -3 ifg { k4 communities, many homes would have to be sold so that these families could locate near other tra SET FOR TUESDAY £ a group of men and women of the two counties living along the lines bought the railway, placed a first mort- gage on it and have been operating the line since 1927. Deficit in 1930, ‘The Arlington & Fairfax Railway Co. ed a total revenue of $234,050 in purchased; paid an aggrega in taxes, and ended the year with a net deficit, after interest charges had been paid, of $5984. None of the officers or directors of , Alexandria & Co., across Highway to the terminal st Twelfth and streets, paying rental for the use of those tracks. “The value of the rallway and its service to Washi " Mr. Parmelee said, “lies in the fact that it brimgs into and takes out of the City em- EXPERTS TO CONVENE | Sore than 3000 work it EE i £t} i f £ iE f £ ¥ ; E i H