Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1931, Page 17

he Foening Sfar | WITH SUNDAY MOR! G EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 9 3. 1931. s PAGE B—1 COLORED DOORMAN HELD FOR JURY IN NORMAN'S SLAYING Coroner’s Jury Deliberates Less Than Five Minutes on Wardman Park Shooting. VICTIM SHOT IN BACK, EYE-WITNESS ASSERTS Joseph H. Diggs Declines to Tes- | tify Upon Advice of His Attorney. Joseph Henry Diggs, colored door- man at the Wardman Park Hotel, was held for the grand jury today on a charge of murder in connection with the shooting yesterday of Capt. Wil- liam Frank Norman, prominent at- torney, who resided at the hotel. In deciding to hcld Diggs, a coron- er's jury deliberated than fives minute Norman was shot four times by the doorman aftor they quarreled over a parking space at the hotel. Th: only eye-witness account of the shooting was given by William Pearson, a taxicab driver. Pearson said he saw the at- torney leave the hotel and signal for his personal car while standing in front | of the main entrance. «Shot in Back, He Says. About a minute later, he said, Diggs walked ug from behind and shot him twice in the back. Norman fell, and while he was on the ground, the colured | only | him, He gald b man fired two more shots one of which took effect. saw before the shooting. on advice of his attorney, Jam:s J. O'Shea, declined to testify. The Government was represented by Assistant District Attorney James F. Hughes. It was brought out at the inquest that the quarrel which led up to the shooting had its inception last Friday. 1t wes testified the doorman was struck by Norman in the lobby of the hotel Monday evening. Norman was former special assistant to the Attorney General. Diggs surrendered to House Detective Daugherty immediately after the shoot- ing, expiaining, e just shot & man out there ght by An autcpsy performed last ni Dzputy Coroner A. Magruder MacDon ald, revealed two of the .32-caliber bul- Jets were buried beneath Capt. Nor- man's left shoulder, one in his jaw and tie other in his backbone. Says He Was Slapped. Quest'cned by Sergt. James Spring- mann newly appointed ckief of the homicide squad, Diggs is said to have Ceclared Capt. Norman slapped him, According to Sergts. George, Darnell 2ni Jokn Flaherty, however, witnesses | os5 rted Diggs fired upon the attorney f-om behind, apparently without provo- ca'i~n. Diggs s°id his revolver was pur- chaed rbout two years ago. This was contredicted by Sergt. Springmann, who dezlared he had definite - knowledge Diggs bought the gun Tuesday. Three days before, police said, Diggs ‘warned Capt. Norman's color:d chauf- feur, Enoch Craig, that he was not at liberty to park th> lawyer's automobile in a restricted area behind the taxicab stand in front of the hostelry. Quarrel Described. Informed of the incident by his driver, Capt. Norman was said to have slapped Diggs twice, after tollin, him it was none of his business where the car was parked. Diggs, w"o has been employed at the hotel for more than a year, brooded over the slapping, in the opin- jon of the detsctives. When Capt. Norman fell after the first two shots, witnesses declared, Dig3s stood over him and shouted. “I knew I'd get you!" He pulled the trigger two more times, they said, despite the wounded man's plea, “Please don't shoot me any more!"” Pearson took Norman to Emergency Hospital. where he died a short time later. After surrendering, Diggs wes taken to the fourteenth precinct po- lice station, where he was charged with murder. Capt. Norman’s secretary, Miss Beryl Roberts, 1616 Kilbourne place, collapsed when she learned of the shooting. She, too, was treated at Emergency. Miss Roberts, who was Capt. Nor- man’s flancee, said funeral arrange- ments had not been completed, but ten- tative plans call for burial in Arlington National Cemetery Saturday. Final ar- rangements, she said. await the arrival of the dead man's brother, Capt. Louis Norman, who was motoring through Des Moines, lowa, at the time of the tragedy. AUTOS TWICE CRASH WITH WOMAN DRIVERS Mrs. Eugere Oberdick and Mrs. Jamas Fennicle, Friends of D. C., Escape Injury saw in h'r wind- tion of the headlight le's car, which was fo ¢ them the lights of sn ap- Mrs. Obe was ba continied on 1 out crasl trees and The frien wery who had traveled aboat 2006 miles, continued their journey by train Neither woman is listed in the city directory or the telephene book and thelr names aze not on the lists of & tomobile owners or holders of drivers’ permits at police headquarters STOLEN CAR RECOVERED A stoln rutomobile belonging to William T. Howell, 1427 Corcoran street, wes rec:vered by Pollcoman J. C. Riley last night when the latter chased mt‘::lg:le cfter it ;:x“ urh-e": fgnal at rteent street mfi Pennsylvania avenue. “The driver of the car, a colored man, in Potomac escaped. el between the two men | | i | ROKE, out of work and with lit- tle prospect of jobs in the near future, two young Indians with the 101 Ranch Wild West Show, | | stranded at Camp Meigs, are | | planning to be married Saturday night, | { although they have not received their back pay. | ‘They are Clarke Trammell, 25, and !Grace” Osage, 18. They have been | | sweethearts since childhood. The ceremony will be performed on | the rostrum of the Washington Audi- | torium, where Joe Turner, wrestling promoter, will stage & benefit for the show folk. The couple had planned to be mar- i ried following the close of the present | show season, but failur: to receive | their wages disrupted their plan. C. D. | Allen, member of the American Legion, learned of their plight and arranged for ths marriage. The wedding ring was donated by a downtown j:weler, the marriage license fee is being paid by the American Legion and a small portion of the funds derived from the ben°fit is expected to give the young couple a start. Judge Asked to Tie Knot. | Police Court Judg:= Robert E. Mat- tingly has been requested to perform the ceremony. ‘Trammell is of the Pottowatomie tribe, and his bride to be is a Cheyenne | The bride's parents, Chicf No Hair end Young Bird, are with the show. ‘A mew apswer to the petition for an injunction to restrain employes of the {101 Ranch Wild West Show from in | terfering with movement of the shov property is being prepared today by attorne; on Titling Cars Issued by Van Duzer. Washington’s reorganized Department of Vehicles and Traflic will be moved {from its present guarters in the Police { Administration Building Indiana | avenue to the Ford Building, at Fourth {street and Pennsylvania avenue, Wil |liam A. Van Duzer, director, announced | today = At the same time, Mr | issued another warning tha | must obtain titles for thei | expect to uce the streets He revealed only about 1 have been registered vnder {law at an average of about | He added this total must be to st least 1,000 a v if | vehictbs in operation ! he registration of § nee of tags that ar to automobile owners on not rector’s office, ther sections ferred to that 700 or de elevators daily fice. Mr. Van Duze h the said d floor, He redic ) the convenien ASKS SPECIAL SESSION ing upon Fre th® American to ask President Hoover of Congress to relieve reso'ution st either direct donation prov ded by Breke, but They’ll Wed INDIANS WITH SHOW WON'T WAIT FOR THEIR PAY. ——Star Staff Photo. the former answer filed in District Su- preme Court Tuesday. Norman B. Landreau, co the employes, said today that the new answer would contain documentary evi- dence to support his contention that the for | Western Show Co., Inc. lessee of the show, was formed for the purpose of “fraudulently depriving the employes of their just wages,” as was alleged in the first answer. Receivership Is Aim. He said he also would attempt to prove the allegation of the first answer that the $153,000 mo:tgage on the show was “a fraudulent instrument to de- fezt the m of creditors”’ Mr Lendrcau declared he hopes to pur- suade the court to appoint a receiver to take over and sell the show property s0 es to pay the $28,000 in back wages said to be owed the troupers. Key men of the show were in eon- feience with the attorney all mroning and scemed considerably cheered when they returned to the circus lot at Camp Meigs. Meanwhile, preparations were going forward for the benefit ditorium. all the receipts to the show people to enable them to maintain their'stand at Camp Meigs. If plans of Fred Olm stead, representative of the owners, go through, however, the show will have becn moved by Saturday nignt. He sald that if the court grants the in- junction restraining the ‘employes from preventing the movement of the show, he will move the property and live stock for the troupers to replace | Saturd: TRAFFIC BUREAU HOSPITAL STARTS STAFF WAL MOVE BULDING SO0 ‘New Warning to Motorists $19C 000 Addition ‘to St. Elizabeth’s to B:gin Next Week. The $2,000,000 building program at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital will get under way next week, probably on Wednesday At that time ground will be broken for a tuberculosis building to cost $190,000 It is hoped to get the remainder of the program sta Fall, 1t was said today at the jor Department, which has supervision over this work d of this month bids will be nuous treatment 000, and as soon ask building® as the: bids will warc TF have been delay in the the tuber as and contract that this sam \ese other two were held off fcCarl. Rose is satd to be staged | Saturday night at the Washington Au- | Turner said he will turn over | TWO MORE PLACES 10 BE PADLOCKED N MURDER PROBE Houses Said to Be Used for Dispensing Liquor to Ex-Soldiers. STATE i Injunctions Obtained as Aftermath to Slaying of Charles D. Poole August 4. As an aftermath of the killing Poiceman Charles D. Poole, Augus ! in a clump of woods near the cemetery | of the Soldiers' Home, padiock {day from Just United States Attorney {and Assistant United State: | John B. Williams for houses said to {used for the dispensing of liquor | old soldiers residing at the home. Bert | Davis, who is charged with the murder of the policeman, was so_drunk ) |taken into custody that he cou! b: questioned for several hours, it wa reported by police | The premises against which the ter | porary injunctions are dir F | Allison street and 22 Shepherd stroe ! northeast, both close to the Home | Cemotery. The fenants at the Allison street place are named as Norman | Jones, Ferman Jones and Eunice Jones. all colored. At the Shepherd street ad- dress the tenants are said 9 b2 William | W. Smallwood, Sue Tomer and Pharoah Robor, all colored | Police cfficers make affidavits in sup- iport of both petitions that they made a number of “buys” at both places and two additional ere sacured to- . {that the national prohibition law has| ibten so violated as render both {places nuisances within the meaning of | the law. James Anderson and Rosetta Ander- | son. tenants of a house on Fort Totten {road, within 50 feet of the clump of | woods where Poole was killed, were re- |cently cited for contempt of court on charges of sales of intoxicants in viola- tion of a previous “padlock” injunction against them. They are at liberty on bonds of $1,000 for a hearing scheduled for September 1 SHILOH DRUMMER BOY WHITE HOUSE CALLER to Maj. Gen. John L. Clem Marks 80th Birthday—Clears Story of Title. As a part of the observance -of his 80th birthday anniversary, Maj. "Gen. John I m, retired, known as the ‘Drummer Boy of Shiloh” called at the White House Foday. Gen. Clem received congratulations from Secretdry Joslin, Executive Clerk Foster and other White Hoyse sttaches whom he is & familiar and pula: | 'Gen. Clem, while receiving the felici- | tations, cleared up an argument regutd- |ing the place where he reeeived the | title of “Lyrummer Boy.” He said he was known as the “Drum- mer Boy of Shiloh” and not of Chicka- mauga es has been contended by many of his friends. The general stated that | he beat the drum, while 11 years old. at Shiloh, thereby receiving his title but at Chickamauga a year later he was made a sergeant in the 22d Mich- 13°n Volunters. He said he served through the re- of the war, but aftem Ap- pomattox went back to séhool in his sme town at Newark, Ohio, and th: following “his high school gradu- tion in 1870 he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 24th United States Infantry by Gen. Grant. He was made a brigadier general irf 1915 and he retired the following year as a major general. POLICE GET SCARE While police were looking for a man reported to have leapei from Key Bridge early today, James Keesley, 36 colored, climbed over the rail ef the span and v n for the said to have v Zeesley, wh nifeth street | | v n the bridge. e the man Hospital ntal ob- lice were unable iver Injured WASHINGTCNIAN HURT NEAR ¥ CHICAGO. to find ar BUT ]UDGE REFUSES TO BET | “Judge. I bet 2 Defendart Somerset Matiingly to 1" said s 1o Judge e Court you W 3 magistrate, “I have no doubt.but that I'd win. | but what good would it G0 me? Y. would probably pay me with a bad one. Waetirs, brought into ecourt many times for issuing worth’ess ks, was arrested this time by Detsctive Sergt 0 ¥ hed 060, Old Offender Fails to Impress Court With Promises. ! Cnly One More Chance Granted. blood by offer of the wager, Waters then inform>d his honor that he would for- t a sum to him if he wore arrested n the next year for the chack of providing, of course, the ju him fresdom. ‘This propes.tion !s0 rejected, whireuson Watsrs med: en ‘mpassioned plea for “just on> more chance.” “I know dern well that you will Le back here again bafore a month is up.” | Judge Mattingly told the man, “but I'm going to give you your chane: and when Clarence Talley, headquarters check you are brought before me the next ints from local ts. squad. Failing to stir the after receiving A half-dozen | time I'll tend vou down for the limit.” Waterr was subsequently placed on e's sporting ' probation for & gear. THOMAS LEIiTER, | Twenty-cne, son of Mr. and Mrs | Joseph Le 1500 New Hampshire avenue, and ninent Wash- | ingtonian, wa: st night near | Chicago ' when sutomobile went | through & fence snd plunged 35 feet cown a steepravine. He suffered {acial bruzises ¢nd cuts, but managed to ex- tricate himself without aid. The young man, who cnly recen went West to enter the brokerage business in Chicago with his cousin, Collin Stirling, is well known in the Capital younger set. He entertained at severa) brilliant paeties here last Winter. His parents are nbw at Saratoga, N. Y. PURCHASVES MADE, POLICE IN AFFIDAVITS\ | Block | A view of the triangle at New York avenue and M street, one of the locations used by interstate busses for a erminal and parking place. Residents of the vicinity have complained that the busses arrive and depart all night and constitute a nuisance. There is no regulation forbidding the use of the street for this purpose, but the Commifioners d Public Utilities Commission in their investigation of the bus situation as & whole are expected to look into this | » WATCHMAN HURT man | phase. BY AUTOMOBILE James C. Perry of Engraving Bureau May Have Skull Fracture; Others Injured. | Struck by an automobile as he was crossing Fourte nth street southwest in | front of the Bureau of Engraving and | Printing, where he is employed as a { vatchman, james C. Berry, 54-year-old | Spanish War veterans, was seriously in- ijured last night. Tae driver of the machine which struck him, Milton L. Mendelson, 18, of 3931 Fourteenth street, was_arrested by police of the fourth precinct pending the outcome of Berty's injuries Berry, who was leaving his place of | employment to board & strect car when | knocked down en to Emergancy Hospital, ‘'where ph e sald he may have a fractured skul | Three Hurt in Crash. | Three persons were injurcd last night when th utomcebi e in whici they were riding str j Island avenu: and Monroe street north- | east Those injured were Miller Mec- | Murray, 1121 New Hampshiie aven owner and driver of the car; Helen M | Carthy, 22, of 2708 Ontario road, and | George M. Schaefer, 32, of 1816 Belinont road. Three otiaer occupants of the | car left the scene before police crrived. Two young men were treated at Georgetown University Hospital follow- ing a collision between a motor cycle and an automobile at Thirty-seventh street and Reservoir road last night They were Prancis P. Hadden, 19, of 3011 Georgia aveniie and Walter For- bush, 18, of. 1533 North Capitol street, both passengers on the motor cycle. Three Knocked Down. One man was seriously injured and two others ightly hurt when an auto- mobile driven by Frank Giardine, 19, f 219 K street northeast, a student driver. kni ed them down at Florida and West Virginia avenues shortly after 11 o'clock last nigh'. Those injured | were Walter Edwards, 21, of 1444 Neal street, who sustained injuries to his Ihead " and " bruises about the body: Charles Cashell, 22, of 1346 Monroe strcet nottheast, and James Johnsqn, colored, 51, of 827 Ninth street north- east. All ‘were treated aL Sibley Hos- pital Two youths, said to have been hitch- hiking their way to New Orleans, La., were ed -down by a hit-and-run oil truck near Potomac, Va. early to- day, according to police. The youths, Paul Bennett, 18, and Ralph Denis, 18, both of the Louisiana city, were brought to Emergency Hospital for treatment ‘The ck which struck them was said to have borne District license tags JAHNCKE PLANS TWO TRIPS WITHIN 16 DAYS | s - | Flights Will Carry Naval Official | 4,319 Miles to Four Midwest By the Associated Press | Two round trips Into the Middle West by airplane within 16, days to keep speaking engagements were planned to- day Navy Dgpartment > flights will total 4.319 miles and y Jahncke to Chicago. Milwaukee, as City and Chippewa Falls, Wis. e first trip will start this week end. ing Washington early Saturday morning in a_tri-motored: plane with t. Arthur Gavin at the controls, he Newport Ne=ws, Va. for the ning by Mrs. Hoover of two new merchant vessels. Immediately after the coremony he will go to New York from where he will take off Sunday for | Chic With an escort of Navy planes, Jahncke will fly from Chicago to Chip- pewa Falls, Wis., on Monday to be guest of honor at an American Legion gather- ing, retwning to Washington on Tues- day On Thursday turn to Chic: next day, esco scheduled to | waukee to i serve Fleet and address a banquet in th evening. Re 27. he will re- shington. The plancs, he is hicago to Mil- August Chicago Saturday, {33 off on Sunday for | Eansas City to address the Vetorans' of Foreign Wars Conventioa on Monday. ! August On Tuesday he plans to be | back in Washington. iASKS DILL TO EXPLAIN | TARIFF STAND IN PAST Senator Hebert Also Urges Demo- to erat to Give Opinion on Specific Duties Now in Force. Senator Felix Hebert, Republican, of Rifode lsland, nday asked Senator | Dill of Washingtén, Democratic eritic [of the Hawley-Smoot tariff act, to | explain precisely, what he believes 10 be wrong with fhe bill and to name the rates he favors lowering. - 1 In &n open letter issued through the | Republican National Committee the | Rhode Island Senator also asked Dill if “you have viewed the attitude of ‘flhe Democratic {in relation to it?" leaders on the tarifl Asserting the record showed the Demccratic Senator cast 17 votss for increases in tariff rates and 22 against proposed decreases, Hebert asked Diil ically his attitude toward the duties on timber, long staple cotton, sugar, cement, wool, casein, hides, bricks Tags. { | i | common a trolley pole at Rhode | by Assistant Secretary Jahncke of | csue in the light of your past record | GYPSY AND $240 GONE ‘ Colored Women ,s,n,y Sflhe Promised | | to Return Money Doubled. | The gypsy woman who can make | money grow (she says) wita a few fer- tilizing fol-de-rols over it has falled to return, and there are two colored peo- | ple who sre wondering if everything is all right with their $240. ‘They've asked the police to find out for them. H Perry Jumper and Maggle Simpson | of 1608 Sixth street say they gave the | | money, Perry, $150. and Maggie, $90, to | the roaming fortune teller to be| | “blessed.” think she is so | busy “ble 's forgotten to re- turn it as she said she would. SCHENCK INQUIRY -~ NEARLY FINISHED Grand Jury Yet to Hear Elizabeth Mills, Colored, and Louise Hanley. and ing” it ‘doubled, t With the exception of testimony of Elizabeth Mills, a colored maid, and of Louise Hanley, both of whom are tem- porarily absent from the city, United | States Attorney Leo A. Rover annsunced | | today that the grand jury had about | cdmpleted its inquiry into charges made by Frederick A. Schenck, a former po- | liceman serving a term of 20 veass at | | Leavenworth Penitentiary. Schenck | | charges that Orville Staples was re- | moved from the police force on “framed" | testimony and also alleges acts of mis- | conduct against members of the staff | of United States Attorney Rover. The two absent witnesses are expected o | | be heard early next week. i Both women testified bafors the Trial which recommended the dis called Jat» vesterday aftrrnoon for further examination and when he had completed his testimony | was rushed back to jail. As he was being removed from the cell room at | the court house to the van he was| carefully guarded by a cordon of deputy | marshals. | WIFE FINED INVATT-ACK WITH GLASSWARE “Nice, Happy Family,” Says Judge in Assessing Mrs. Heinrich $15. Convicted of assaulting her husband | with glassware, including a vasc, water pitcher and fruit bowl, besides some furniture, Mrs. Mary Heinrich, 1461 Harvard stieet, was ordered to pay a 515 fine by Judge Robert E. Mattingly in_Police Court today. Heinrich, a Connecticut avenue | tailor, told Judge Mattingly that the trouble in his home August 4 started when his wife's son, by a former mar- | riage. Leon Deacon, 15, struck him over the head with a golf club. When he grabbed the boy to protect himself from | further punishment, Henrich said his | wife intervened and finally broke a vase r his head. Later, he declared. she hurled furniture and other glass articles at him, several of which found their marks on his head Mrs. Heinrich denied striking her husband, saying she had been the re- cipient of the beating. ¢« “A nice happy family,” said Judge Mattingly, after all the testimony was in. “They fight like cats and dog: Mary TWO BANDITS HOLD UP AND ROB HOTEL CLERK Victim Menaced by Guns as Men Make Getaway—Place Robbed Before. Two colored bandits held up a- clerk in the cffice of the Whitelaw Hotel carly today and escaped with $13. After scooping the money from the cash register the robbers ordered the clerk. John Gibon, also colored, 1341 T stroet, to remain silent as they backed into the street. A similar hold-up was staged at the hotel several months ago. Two other armed colored robbers held up James Foster, 132 Bates street, at Pourteenth and B streets and ob- tained $35 yesterday. VOLUNTEERS ASKED | would be of invaluable aid in event of | blood from patients who have recovered | requests for serum for the District of | pointment_yesterday. —Star Staff Photo. 10 DONATE BLOOD Former Victims of Iafantile! Paralysis to Be Listed as Precaution. In view of recent outbreaks of infan- tile paralysis in other cities, the Med- | ical Society of the District today ap- | pealed to persons who have recovered | from the disease to register their will- ingness to contribute their blood for the treatment of new cases should the | necessity arise. While the statement pointed out that | there are no more than a ‘“normal” | number of cases in Washington this | year, “and there seems to be no reason | to anticipate a serious situation in the future,” a list of available Contributors emergency and there is actual need now for small amounts of the serum. Accomplished Without Risk. The volunteering of blood, the state- ment continued, “is a service which will do no inju:y to the donor and may | be of vital importance to the one who needs this aid.” The statement was | signed by Dr. E. Clarence Rice of the society’s Committee of Pubfic Informa- tion. The statement follows: | “The Medical Society of the District | of Columbia for a number of years has appointed a committee to co-operate with Public Health and other estab- lished medical agencies in matters per- to communicable diseases, Recent reports from certain sections of the country have indicated an un- usual prevalence of infantile paralysis in those areas. It is natural that such reperts should cause concern among those living in other sections. A num- ber of inquiries have come to the com- mittee in this connection with regard to the situation in Washington. Our informstion is in agreement with the | several statements have been given out | to the effect that there have been no more than the normal number of cases in our city this year. more, there seems to be no reason to | ?mmpuu any serious situation in the ! uture. Serum Kept on Hand. “Since the adoption of the use of from infantile paralysis, in the treat- ment of the disease, the committee has kept on hand a supply of serum | ready for use by physicians as required, without charge if the patient is unable { to pay, and with qply such charge as| necessary to cover the actual cost in other instances. The committee is | carrying on this work at this time and | its efforts would be greatly simplified if those who have had infantile paraly- sis at any time would register their names so that they might b reached, as it is necessary to add to our supply of blood. We have always been able to meet all Columbia and on several occasions have been called upon for assistance by our neighboring cities. If those who have had the disease, and are willing to give blood for the treatment of others who may be & tacked, will call by telephone, in per- son or by letter, the clinical laboratory, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Adams 7500, giving their names and addresses. or telephone numbers, instruction will | be given as to how to proceed. DR. DIXON APPOINTED HOWARD DENTAL DEAN Receives Temporary Appointment Pending Action of Trus- tees. | Dr. Russell A. Dixon, member of the | cental faculty, today entered office as ! acting dean of the Howard University | College of Dentisiry, following his ap- | it was announced by the office of the president of the university today. Dr. Dixon will remain in office pend- ing the appointment of a permanent dezn by the board cf trustees. Two other teachers were under con- | siceration for the temporary office. | ‘These were Dr. Emmett J. Scott and | Dr. Carnot Evens, They were unaple to act, however, and Dr. Dixon was given the post, which has been vacant since | July 17, when Dr. Arnold Donawa, dean, was suspended. The custed official was | relieved of his office for insubordination | arising out of his refusal to permit his { | | took Furthier- | 3ccept ALL-NHT STREET PARKING BRINGS FIGHT ON BUSSES Regulation Lacking, District Officials Are Expected to Study Problem. COMPLAINTS OF NOISE MAY BRING ACTION Police Unable to Forbid Use of Highways for Terminal and Garage Purposes. Complaints of night parking of large intarstate busses on the streets of Wash- ington, with the din incident to stop- ping and starting of the heavy motors during the sleepi hours, have been added to the difficuities of the bus problen confronting the District Com- missioners and the Public Utilities Com- mission, Whether this problem can be con- trolled under the present laws and reg- ulations is doubted by District oflcm, and in the general overhauling of bus regulations by the two bodies it will be taken up for solution. Regulations Ineffective. At present there is a traffic regula- tion prohibiting the parking of any vehicle for more than 18 continuous hours. There is another regulation forbidding the parking of “commer- cial vehicles” in front of residences ex- cept for the purpose of loading or dis- charging merchandise. A , _how= ever, is not a ‘“commorcial vehicle” within the meaning of this regulation, which applies only to vehicles carrying B and C tag: for light and heavy trucks, respectively. The busses carry L tags. Neither of these regulations is sufficient to curb the nuisance com- plained of. Most of the busses parked on the streets at night are said to be those chartered for special trips to Washing- ton, lying over for the return trip. Such busses are not “common carriers,” and dealing with them is the task of the District Commissioners. The Utilities Commission has control over “common carrier” busses. ‘Thus far, however, the Commissioners have given no consideration to the mat- ter busses ked at night. ' Traffic Directer William A. Van . their representative in traffic matters, bas been concerned principally with matters T the flow of traffic since he Juiy 1. a:rked bus makes very the movement of traffic, as it is only 30 inches wider than the au- 3 of his traffic counts have included parked busses, but have night Attacked from New Angle. ‘The Public Utilities Commission is at- tacking the problem of parked busses from a somewhat different angle. The sightseeing busses which operate on a common-carrir basis, that is, which will any passenger who comes along with the fare and takes a seat, are be- lieved to be subject to its j and the commission is now making a study to determine how many of these: busses there are, what are their move- ments, and where they remain when parked. Preliminary returns show that the busses use every downtown street, vt!th'-'!,he possible exception cf F and G streets. Many of the operators of these sight- seeing busses advertise that they will call at hotels for passenge:s, and 2s a result they often draw up in front of the hostelries during rush hours. The commission is expected to tackle the problem of the sight-seeing busses at a future public hearing, and to make some effort to reduce the traffic ob- structions caused by them. So far the commission's attention has been con- fined to interstate busses on regular schedules—the so-called class A busses —which will be barred out of the con- gested downtown section altogether next year. SICK WOMAN SAVED IN BURNING HOME Mrs. J. H. Funkhouser, in Takoma Park, Taken From Bed as Daugh- ter Turns in Alarm. 3 BT A sick wWoman was forced to leave her bed today when fire damaged 8 | house at 6939 Maple avenue, Takoms Park, D. C. Mrs. J. H. Funkhouser, owner of the {dwelling, and her son-in-law, John A. Wharton, were asleep when the blase broke out. It was discovered by Mrs. Funkhouser's 14-year-old daughter, who was sweeping the front porch. The fire started in some rubbish in the celiar and quickly spread to other parts of the residence. Unable to cope with the blaze, the first group of fire- men, summoned by the girl, called for additional apparatus. Under the direction of Acting Bat- talion Chief H. B. Barker, No. 28 Engine Company, the fire was extinguished, but not until after it had done approxi- mately $2,000 worth of.damage. Routed from her bed by the smoke, Mrs. Punkhouser was assisted to safety while firemen fought to prevent the blaze from spreading to nearby houses. faculty to attend Medical School faculty meetings $16,000 CUT IN P SEEN AS DEPRE Largest Loss Shown in U. S. LICE FINES SSION RESULT | Branch, Where Bootleggers Haven’t as Much Money This Year. The depression has affected even the | Police Court, it was learned today when the financial clerk, A. J. Sanford, an- nounced that receipts from fines this | year have been almost $16,000 less for | the first seven months this year than | for the same period: during 1930. In 1920 the court made approximately $100.000 less than in 1929 While, according to Sanford, the | number of cass handled in the coutt have not decreased to any appreciable extent, mor: people have been serving |jail terms, not having the money to PAY, the altcrmate penaity which in most nstances is imposed in Police Court | sentences. i The amotint in @nes for | July, 1931, when the so-called court ‘‘depression” was most apparent was less thsn half of the amount taken in during this month two years ago. This year, records show, $32,515.81 was collected for July, while in the banner year of 1929, $65.810.45 came into court coffers in the : gonth. Sanford’s sald the ™ made $248.630.15 fgff the first months the current ve as compared to - 74128 last y@ar. Of the ur branches the ® States bra and Traffic Court wel most aff d. In the former boot- leggers ¥ counted u most e mm::li ) D as much money as in for- ter years, Sanford said. to pay inf} year they i METHODIST RIDICULES BUSCH BEER CLAIMS Dr. Eugene L. Crawford Declares Undertakers and Grave Diggers ‘Would Gain Business. A claim by August A. Busch of Annheuser-Busch Co. that would increase employme: ve 000, Dr. modest he amount of new might be effected pess that number: mong the undertakers, n‘melnunsuylumm n employes, the hangmen 3