Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1931, Page 17

T8 BUS CONGER \SHY STATEMENTS ONE DAY REMAINS D. C. Joint Board Has but Five Responses to Demand on Operators. DOWNTOWN PARKING PROBLEM TO BE FACED he Fp WASHINGTON, Where D. C. Firemen Train Bulk of Vehicles Seen Obstruction to Traffic and Night Noise Disturbing. Alt] tomorrow is the last day on which operators of interstate busses entering Washington are to be allowed to file statements of their routes, sched- ules and terminals with the Public Utilities Commission, only five of the concerns in the business have thus far done so. ‘The filing of the schedules was or- dered by the joint board July 15. The Joint board consists of the members of ihe Public Utilities Commission and the District Commissioners sitting. At ‘the " hearing before the Utilities Commission June 1 there was evidence that there were 23 concerns lg‘lnlefluu bus oper- ation as'common Carriers, with a total of 572 scheduled tips per day, and it Was also in evidence that the number is ntly increasing. + The five which have filed up to date are the East Coast Stages, the Wash- S5 tne e Bhue Ridge Tranapor: c.; the Blue - mhthn& Co. and the Interstate Transit Co., the last-named operating the Colo- nial Stages. The East Coast Stages and the Colonial Stages operate from 1421 Pennsylvania avenue, the Blue Ridge and Luray Lines from Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue and the Great Eastern Stages from 1349.E street. Given a Classification. These lines come in the Class A cla. mission, and according to the the order they will not be allowed to operate after tomorrow except along routes and to terminals approved by the. joint board. After April 1, 1932, none of these lines will be allowed to ick up rs within the first zome, by Seventh and Fifteenth wtreets, Pennsylvania and New Ydrk avenues, and H street; nor will- they be :nuogred t.:fis have an oa—meez‘\m-ml!n:l ithin area. Beginning August 1, 1832, none of the lines wmm:e ;llcwfi pick passengers at curb -eeo:g g _zone, surrounding the first, they will be allowed wflhh flh-:mfl terminals in this - Assuming that the regulations with- T T n usses out of the downtown area, but there is in the order to prevent their parked outside of zone two. There been mamny compiabmts ' of late the parking of busses on the streets at night, and of the nuisance incidental to the stopping and starting of the heavy motsrs during the sleeping hours. The Commissicners and the Utilities Commission are. expected to make some attempt to soive this prob- Jétn, ‘there being nothing in the laws at present, which can be used in getting Tid of it. Parking Problem Serious. ‘While the probletd of Afght parking has not received much official attention thus far, the seriousness of the problem of having these large busses parked on the-street during the day was in large responsible for the issuance of the order. In the finding of fact by the com- mission which served ss a preamble for the order it\s stated: “Testimony of trafic officers and others cited in- stances when as many as five class A busses were grouped about street ter- minals at angles approaching the per- pendicular with the curb line, with the result that other vehicular traffic was diverted and the movement of access to the curb loading points was impracticable, the vehicles parked in gene: traffic lapes .or crulsed through the city, adding materially to the general congestion. It was urged on the part of the class A bus op- erators that their large -carrying ca- pacity and the public service rendered warranted unusual privileges in the oc- cupation of public space. They ad- mitted, however, that under the pres- <gure of intense competition they had been obliged 10 locate their routes and terminals at points of maximum cen- gestion, and conceded that curb loadihg points, even under the most favorable conditymns, were inconvenient both to ‘the operators and passengers and were the occasion of dangerous diversion of fraffic.” « The Utilities Commission is now at work on a study of class F busses— sightseeing busses, which operate on a common carrier basis over regular routes in the city. . Some effort will be made to regulate their routes and schedules 50 as to eliminate unnecessary traffic congestion, and the other classes will De taken up at a later time. KREUGER TO APPEAR BEFORE POLICE BOARD | Arnold F. Kreuger, suspended from his- position _as member of the police foree and sentenced to jail for bootleg- ging and illegal possession of intoxicants, has been notified to appear before th Police Trial Board next Wednesday and answer charges preferred against him for alleged violations of the depart- ment's regulations. ‘The fact that he is under jail sen- tence will not prevent hix appearance before the Trial Board. it is stated. as the department will arrange to have him brought from the prison by a deputy marshal Inspector T. A. Bean, in charge of the ligquor squad, served a copy of the charges upon the accused policeman in LIM BRICK,” thus affection- ately dubbed by those who've mastered it, towers six from the concrete courtyard “SLIM BRICK” IS HARDEST OBSTACLE OF COURSE. excerpts from a series of lectures on dis- cipline and good habits which he bas compiled expressly for this course. The officer in charge of a company 4 (5 back of 635 North Carolina | must lead his men into & burning build- avenue southeast. , and, like a captain deserting his A band of sturdy men stand at its | ship, he must be last to leave, regard- ase, apparently surveying its sheer wall, | less of imminent dangers. Every officer unbroken except by windows sills. Then |in the department, uniess prohibited at & given signal they answer the chal- | from doing so through physical inability, Jenge. - Less than 50 seconds later the | is required to undergo training. In the foremost of them clambers over the |cases where medical examinations have cofnice stones onto the roof, having |shown thet the work would be too stren- climbed from sifl to sill. y | uous the officers are placed in observa- From ranking officer to lowliest pri- | tion classes. vate the District of Columbia Pire De- | Appreciating that the fireman's life ent is steadily accomplishing the |is replete with ever-present dangers, uge task of putting every one of its | Chief George S. Watson, chief engineer men through a rigorous course in fire |of the Fire Department, established the b now risen to the stage of a |fire training school eight years ago. JIt fienu , even mathematical, study.| was not until November of 1928, how- Upon the successful completion of the |ever, that he succeeded in getting a course now hinges to an extent a man’s | $20,000 approj tion to build the tower service in the department. |and compietely equip the school. Chief The ascent of “slim brick"—that's the | O'Connor subsequently made a tour of 67-foot training tower at the fire train- | the country, partially at his own ex- ing school—is' but one of the many | pense. du which_he visited repre- of through which Chief | sentative training schools all over the omas O’'Connor, head of the instruc- | United States, with an idea to embody- tion unit, puts his men. | ]ln'ln:he"mm?.;lt valuable me&hodfl of | tral r Must Penetrate Smoke. | T They must venture also into the inky | Up to the present t'f:e 369 men in 24 depths of smoke-filled chambers, some- | classes bave undertak § the course, rep- times masked and at other times bare- | resenting the complet.on of about half headed. This to appreciate the dangers | the task of putting all the men through of smoke fumes and the value of gas | the school. When the entire depart- masks. They are required to slide six |ment has completed the study each stories down a life-line, alone and again | company will be brought to the school carrying the burden of an unconscious |at regular intervals as a unit for addi- body. They must learn to jump, , |tional training. Even now instructors 110 & life-net held by com: below. | journey to the various station houses to ‘There is an art to hoisting ladders, | conduct drills and instruction periods, to carrying hose and conne 1t, to |upon which individual records cl the m.u rescues from greater heights | firemen's are complled prelimi can be reached with the longest ¢tourse, and at the end are accomplished in every phase. Porter, Sergt. A. J. Bargagni and Pvt. | A. H. Schwink, intersperses the outdoor | IU REDUEE FUREE | firemen are instructed as to the use of every one of the hundreas of imple- Twelve Men Out as Navy | . how to gauge pressutes of water | Yard and Florida Avenue according to hose and tip measure- as friction, length of hose, etc. The | fireman must know exactly the pressure | Bary %o the ralning courer, Iadders. In classes of 18 the firemen emerge Chiet O'Comnor, with the assistance | practical training with lecture periods. ‘The latter forms an important part | ments associated (meny of them ex- ments, taking into consideration me‘ Lines Are Changed. sre taken carefully *hrough the 30-day AT AR expected to | of his staff, which includes Capt. S. T. Must Know Pressure. of the course. During these periods the | clusively) with fire fighting. They are shown elements figuring in loss of power, such | of water which emerges from the nozzle | of his hose for a certain type of fire. It is & mathematical problem in hydraulics that goes far into the dectmal points It is incidental also that the pressure gauge taught the firemen here, which was worked out by O. E. Fearn. the Fire Department’s superintendent of machinery, has been accepted as the standard by the Board of Fire Directors of the United States In the matter of weapons for com- bating fire Chief O'Connor. whose 37 years' experience in the local depart- ment takes in the period of horse- drawn fire apparatus, has assembled in his school. as far as possible, every type of implement used in modern fire fight- | ing. Included in these are tools which are designed to aid the fireman past the most stubborn barrier—lock breakers, door openers. celling hooks, battering rams, tin-roof cutters, clawbars, crow- bars, axes, pinchbars, electric wire cut- ters. etc. The respective use of each of these and many other weapons are carefully taught. Extinguishers Studied. The various types of fire extinguishers are studied, the methods of combating fire with chemicals, manner of hitching hose of various sizes together, firing life-lines, drawing water from rivers or streams and ventilating buildings after fires are extinguished carefully are gone over in every detail with the firemen. They must know, too, how to shut gas mains, water mains and electric current in a building that has been attacked by fire. Scaling to a sixth-story level in 50 id of an hook-ended pole with cross members for jail vesterday aftetnoon. It is charged that he is gullty of conduct prejudicial any attempt to defend the charges. PRISONER HITS OFFICER rungs. The implement is 14 feet long and weighs about 3¢ pounds, and capable of carryil 7 28E ; i % 3 E j Hil Yy § E | ; & ’8 ;g ¢ ; ;E i » F @, | Bs i J i il 14 - t i 2 : i inl g &1 Scheduled changes contemplated by the Capital Traction Co. will cause a | reduction in the force of 12 or 15 men, John H. Hanna, president, announced today. Mr. Hanna declared service would be speeded up in the rush hours on all of the lines operated from the Navy Yard and Fourteenth street barns. He added the other sactions of the sevice would not be affected unless other changes should be warranted by devel- | opments in the passenger situation. Trips Reduced. He said the most important change would involve a 7;-minute headway between cars, instead of 6 minutes, | on the Florida avenue line after 7 pm He said about six trips would be cut off of the Florida acenue schedule &% different periods during the day and night because studies had shown these cars were not needed to enable the company to provide adequate service. The 12 or 15 men stricken from the payrolls. Mr. Hanna said. would be extra motormen and conductors. He added they Would be given “furloughs” obably would be returned to duty Iater. The. president said no changes in bus line schedules or personnel were | under consideration The new schedules were filed with the Public Utilities Commission today. $Earl V. Fisher, secretary, said they would be brought to the attention of the Commissioners at a meeting Mon- Ay | Mr. Hanna stressed the fact that the street car company would continue | practically ail of its regular runs and attached little importance to the change. He said it was only a routine u’f shift, aithough it was the first that ever had involved furloughs for em- MESSENGER OF GORDON FREED IN LIQUOR CASE ening Sta? WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D € WOMAN 1S BLAMED FOR DEATH OF TWO IN BERWYN CRASH I. C. C. Bureau of Safety Ex- onerates Train Crew in Crossing Tragedy ALERTNE—S—S OF DRIVER QUESTIONED IN REPORT Miss Thomas’ Testimony Is Found to Differ From That of ‘Witnesses. Responsibility for the grade-crossing crash at Berwyn which cost the lives of two Baltimore & Ohio enginemen, July 21, when the fiyer Columbian ploughed into a stalled automobile, to- day was placed on the driver of the car, jMiss Ethel Thomas of St. Anne's Orphanage, in a report by the Bureau of Safety of the Interstate Commerce ‘Commission. A coroner's jury had held the railroad responsible for the accident in which J. A. Ward, engineer, and L. R. ‘Walters, a fireman, who had just been promoted to engineer, were killed. Motor Stalling Blamed. The report said: “This accident was caused by an automobile being brought to a stop on a highway grade croesing and the motor being stalled when a train was approaching, for which the driver of the automobile, Miss Ethel Thomas, is responsible.” ‘The report also brought out for the first time that the train was brought 1o & stop by C. B. Owens, an engipeer, wbo was riding in the baggage car, and who boarded the engine and fought his way through the flames in the cab, after Ward and Walters had jumped to escape a fire which had been started by blazing gasoline from the tank of the automobile. Fireman “Knocked Down. ‘Walters' and Ward lost their lives in jumping and the report said that J. W. Lundy, the fireman, who Wwas badly burned, likewise would have leaped from the cab had he not been knocked down accidentally in the rush of the others from the flaming cab. In taking up the circumstances of the accident, the report points out that there are discrepancies in testimony between the witnesses and Miss Thomas. ““Miss Thomas said in substance that she was proceeding at a speed of 20 miles per hour or less and that after passing the first track of the three- track crossing and when on or nearly on the eastbound track (which was the track nearest her) she heard the crossing bells begin to ring and then the north gate dropped .1 front of her, causing her to stop her automobile so suddenly that the motor stalled,” the report said. Alertness Is Questioned. “She said she did not see the gates when they actually started to come down, and also stated that the north gate 'was _entirely down when she stopped. It is difficult to account for the action of the automobile driver in this case, unless she was not as fully on the alert as she should have been when approaching a grade crossing. Her statement indicates that her first warn- ing was when she saw the.north gate down in front of her, and she had no recollection of seeing it descending as she approached or started over the L . ‘The north gate requires about six seconds to come down from the vertical 1o the horizontal position, while the south gate requires sevem seconds. As an automobile traveling at a speed of 20 miles per hour would cover slightly more than 29 feet per second, during the six-second interval required to lower the north gate, the automobile would have traveled a distance of more than 170 feet. Allowing for the time ost in making the sudden stop and also for the one second’s slower oper- ation of the south gate (which was the first Miss Thomas approached), it still would appear that the autamobile would have been 100 feet or mere from the westbound track (where her car was struck) and approximately 50 feet from the first of the three tracks when the gate actually started to descend. Deduction Held Consistent. “This deduction is consistent with the statement of Agent Lorentz and the witness, E. C. Yost, to the ef- ect that the gates had started to move before the automobile reached the crossing and that the automobile passed under the south gate as it was on its down. There is & confiiet, however, between the driver's estima <! her speed and thosc made by some of the other witnesses, and between her statement as to when the bells began to ring and statements made by other witnesses on this point, in addition to the conflict in the statements made as to the position of the gate immediately praceding the stopping cf the automo- bile, but in view of the time interval required to operate the gate, there seems little doubt but that the automo- bile had not reached the crossing when the gates started to move, and had the driver exercised the caution which every driver should exercise on ap- proaching a grade crossing, she would track. Train Has Right of Way. “At a grade crossing, not only does ratlroad trafic have right of way, but a train is not under the same degree of control as an automobile, as is evi- denced in this case where the train in- volved required more than 3,000 feet within which to stop. “The traffic density on this highway is not heavy, the view is fairly good when approaching from the south on the highway, and the warning devices provided were working properly and should have been ample to prevent the occurrence of an accident of this char- acter, and apparently the only element lacking was the failure of the driver to have a pro lute necessity, not only of materially reducing speed. but of paying very close attention to all of the warning devices in us: and of being prepared to stop at any instant. “Safety at protected grade crossings requires that automobile drivers must observe and heed the warnings of crods- ing signal devices. Even after stopping on the crossing, and stalling, and being unable to start the motor, this might have been prevented had Miss Thomas put the car in gear, stepped on the starter switch and used the starter motor to move the car off the crossing.” Engine Crew on Alert. ‘The report points out that the crew only saw the stalled car about 1850 fect away from the cross- ing, and that Ward applied his brakes when about 1,500 feet away. It adds: “This is sufficient evidence that the members of the engine crew were on the FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1931. | '| Reserve Cava I WOMAN APPOINTED SCHOOL PRCIPAL |Miss Julia Hahn, Now Direc-; Itor in San Francisco, Named to Head Third Division. Miss Julia Hahn, director of kinder- garten and primary grades in the public schools of San Prancisco, Calif., has| been appointed supervising principal of | the third division in the Washington | school system to succeed Miss Janet | McWilllam, who will retire September | 1 at her own request. : | Miss Hahn at present is on leave of absence from her California position to | pursue graduate studies 4t Columbia | University, where she has just com-| pleted work for the degree of doctor of | philosophy, majoring in the department | of elementary education. l Has Wide Experience. In making this announcement today | first - assistant | | | | | Stephen E. Kramer, nt superintendent, who has just returned from his vacation to be intendent, said it was the 154TH BRIGADE, ON SUMMER TRAINING, GOES THROUGH PACES AT -VIRGINIA POST. have been able to stop.short of the ! Tealization of the abso- | g 25 Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, that Miss Hahn will be & valuable ad- dition to the District public school system. A nativé of Indiana, in which State she attended high school and the Teachers' College, Miss Hahn's educa- tional experience actually extends from coast to coast. Although she first at- tended Teachers' Caliege in Indiana in 1909-10, she did not complete the work for bachelor of sclence degree until 1923. From 1910 to 1913 she was a teacher in kindergarten and pri- mary les in the public schools of Pana. II.; from 1913 to 1918 she was a kindergarten and primary grade teacher in the Kansas City, Mo., pub- lic schools; from 1918 to 1920 she was training department of the Kansas gl:yd l&r:hr;:s:uézo to 1921 she was ead of rg;mn primary department of the State ' Col+ lege in Bemidji, Minn. was head of the kindergarten-primary department in the City Training School at New Orleans and in 1923 she be- came director of kindergarten and pri- mary grades in San Prancisco. Magazine Ecltor. Miss Hahn will come to Washington schools September 1. chairman of the National Council of Primary Education and an associate lc?lm of Childhood Education Maga- ne. Miss Hahn will enter the school sys- tem at a salary of $4,000, which will be increased to a maximum of $4,500. MARY BEALL ESTATE VALUED AT $68,750 Husband and Five Children Bene- ficiaries of Woman Under Will. Mary J. Beall, who died July 26. owned real estate worth’ $68,750 and had personal property of $1,000, ac- cording to the petition of her executors, Everett 8. Beall, jr. and Florence A. Lowry, for the probate of her will, She explains that because of the financial condition of her husband she restricts the provision for him to the life interest in premises 711 Pleasant court. To her son, Everett S, Beall, jr., she leaves premises 1103 R street and 1537 and 1539 Marion street: to daugh- ter Theodosia B. Lowry, is given prem- ises 1105 R street and 1525-27 Marion street; to daughter Lillie P. Alman, 1107 R street and 1521-23 Marion street; to daughter Florence A. Lowry, 1109 R street, 1533-35 Marion street and rear of 631 Girard street; to daugh- ter Dorothy J. Courchesne, 1111 R street, 1529-31 Marion street and rear of 633 Girard street. Premises 2016 Hillyet street is to be sold and proceeds distributed among the five children. Rev. Eugene A Hannan, Rev. Charle: O. Rosensteel, Mgr. E. L. Buckey an Sister St. Helena at Drumshambo Con- vent, Ireland. The remaining estate {1is to be distributed among the chiidrea. {By a codicil other properties are sul stituted where specific bequests have been sold. |WOUNDED IN ROW, MAN IS BELIEVED DYING { Colored Suspect Held in Shooting Which May Prove Fatal—Two Guns Are Found. Shot through the abdomen during a brawl at his home last night, Louis Brown, colored, 40 years old, of 1534 Swann street, was belleved dying at Freedmen's Hospital today. His alleged slayer, Jonnie Poindexter, colored, 42, a roomer at the Swann street address, was arrested two hours after the shooting by Detective Sergts. Robert J. Barrett and Dennis J. Mur- phy and is being held for investigation. Th tack climaxed an dexter ‘accident | him. a first grade critic in the teacher- | She is national | | | | PPER: Troopers of the 154th Brigade, Reserve Cavalry, passing in review today before the commanding officers of the post @nd brigade on the | Fort Myer drill ground. Lower: Col. Harry N. Cootes, commanding officer at Fort Myer | (right), and Col. John Phillip Hill of Maryland, former Representative | in Congress, commanding officer of the 154th Brigade, Cavalry Reserves. The | Cavalry brigade is made up of Virginia, Matyland and District of Columbia men. 5107 MACHINES REVERSAL LOONS TAKEN BY POLICE Tenth Precinct Officers Make Drive on Stores. and BarbergShops. Education Board Expected to Reinstate Greenleaf as White School. ‘The Board of Education is expected to reverse itself on the transfer of the Greenleaf School from white to colored divisions. At the recommendation of Robert L. Haycock, who was acting su- perintendent, the Board of Education members have been asked to approve the reinstatement of the Greenleaf to Division 7, a white unit, and to trans- fer the Smallwood School from Division 7 to Division 13, a colored unit. Both schools are in Southwest Washington. Two Approve Change. ‘This morning only Dr. J. Hayden Johnsor. and Rey. F. I. A. Bennett had responded to the written “poll” of the | board, and both approved the new Spurred into action by District At-| torney Leo A. Rover, police of the tenth precinct station confiscated nine slot machines in a drive on cigar stores, deli- | catessens, barber shops and grocery | stores in their precinct yesterday. No arrests were made. | The seizures were ordered by Imp& tor Louis J. Stoll, commander of the first police district, following receipt of a letier from Rover in which the latter em that slot machines are ille- gal and should be removed from all pub- lic_gathering places where they prevail. prietors of the establishments from which the machines, six of the FOR SCHOOL SHIFT Cash bequests include $100 each to! nickel variety and three of the 1l-cent type, were taken are: Jullus Waskow, 851 Upshur street, delicatessen: Peter Mejia, 3504 Fou teenth street, delicatessen; George Dal- fis, 1410 Irving street, rostaurant; | George Roushakis and John Boinis, 1967 Calvert street, delicatessen: David Paul, 2503 Champlain street, cigar storc; | ohn Dassouls, 3629 Fourteenth street, | delicatessen, and Fred Colaprico, 3501 wvenue, barber shop. Police seized two hines in the delicatessens operated by Waskow and gem”uwm'm of Roushakis and MARIAN MARSH VISITOR | 17-Year-Old Film Star Has White House on Call List. | Marian Marsh, 17-year-old movie actress,arrived here today on a vacation | trip begun following completion of her |latest film. She was accompanied by | her mother and representatives of the | company by which she is employed. | _ During her one-day stay here, Miss | Marsh planned to visit the White House, have luncheon at the Press Club and hold a reception for news- paper men at the Mayflower Hotel. | s st | { ¢, | children in the Smallwcod Schooi | order. Others are expected to be heard from within a day or two, since most of them are out of the city. In announcing this change today, Haycock’s office explained that the census of school population taken by | the school statistician revealed a great- | er decrease in the number of white di trict than in the Greenleaf School's district. Thus the claims of the South- | west Washington Business Men's Asso- | ciation and officlals of the Neighbor- hood House, that the Greenleaf School's | neighborhood was predominantly white, was upheld. Population Shift Cited. Transfer of some Southwest Wash- | ington school was demanded, school offi- |clals have explained, by the increase in the colored population of South- |ing decrease in the number of white | residents there. It was shown that while there was actual need for eight | additional class rocms for colored chil- dren to overcome the necessity for part- time classes and oversize classes, there was, on the other hand, a total sur- plus of approximately eight unoccupied | |tooms in the white school. Trans- | fer of one of the buildings to colored l‘:x‘i:m:’“ believed to be the logical so- “Theft” of Auto ‘There seems to have been considerable folowing "the ‘sauawking ‘of Baver W, e squa o er Herbert's ehlenm“ at Eighteenth street and Minnesota avenue southeast last L"" later, the |gressing, when the precinct telephone \CHICKENS SQUAWK, SO POLICE CAPTURE MAN PHONING STATION Gun Salvo Opens Drama Climaxed by Call Reporting ity. | ‘The roomer lost no time reporting the | s {matter in detail to police of No. 11| Anderson was ecinct. It couldn’t have been 10 min- | way events wers. pro- | f west Washington and the accompany- | POoS PAGE B—-1 lrymenwggviewed at Fort Myer COMMISSION GIRDS FOR COURT BATTLE WITH GAS UTILITY La Follette Anti-Merger Act to Serve as Weapon for Prosecution. GAS COMPANY CHIEF REFUSES TO COMMENT President George A. G. Wood Is Silent After Payments Are With- held From Parent Company. Additional evidence of the relations between the Washington Gas Light Co. and the Central Public Service Corpora- tion, a Chicago concern which owns most of its stock, was unearthed yes- terday by Assistant Corporation Counsel William A. Roberts at the offices of the local company, but no new action by the Public Utilities Commission today followed. Yesterday, on the strength of some of the evidence showing that funds af the local company were being drawn off into the parent comparny, the commis- sion ordered a halt on all such pay- ments, except those ifically au- thorized by the com: Y President George A. G. Wood of the local company today declined to com- ment on the 's order or th situation which Jed up to it y M. Roberts is preparing the Central Public Service in b:half of the commission for violation '0( the La Follette act. "The. letter sent by the commission yesterday to the company for the special attention of G. A. G. Wood, its presi- dent, reads as follows: “The Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia has been in- formed that there has accrued to the credit of the Washington Gas Light Co, an amount of $26,020 on account of fail~ ure to supply natural gas to the afore- said company. It is further informed that the Washington Gas Light Co. con- templates payments to the Public Serv- ice Engineering Co. for gas received without deduction for the amount of this credit. It is further informed that the Washington Gas Light”Co. has, oe Is about to make, certain other pay- ments for supplies and personal services which have not been approved by the Public Utilities Compmission and which are contrary to law. Payments Ordered Halted. “It is therefore ordered that the Washington Gas Light Co. and all affiliated or subsidlary companies and persons are hereby expressly forbidden to make any payments to the Central Public Service Co.'or any of its afliated or related companies, or its.or their agents, until such time as such pay- ments are approved by this commis- “The Public Utilities Commission informed that the Washington Gas Light Co. contemplates transferring the ownership and or control of a certain 12-inch gas transmission main extend- ing from the District of Columbia line at Eighteenth street northeast to its east station works, which was author- to be constructed by the aforesaid Washington Gas Light Co. under it No. 25951, October 30, 1930. The Wash- ington Gas Light Co. is hereby notified that any such transfer is deemed by this commission to be Tty unless and until consent of the commission shall first be obtained. Gas Pressures Still High. | Gas pressures continu: high in some | places in the city, according to periodic reports filed by the company with the commission on its survey of gas ap- pliances. The survey, made by em- ployes of the company. is checked in the field by a representative of the Gas Inspection Bureau of the com= mission. The latest report, for July, shows that at Porty-fourth and Dix streets east, 9 per cent of the gas range burners examined were “high” and other 9 per cent “slightly high.” Thirty-first and P streets 11 per cent the oven burners were “slightly high™ and 5 per cent “high. The June report shows that in the neighborhood of Forty-fourth street and | Klingle road, 5 per cent of the oven | burners are rated “high” and 23 per | cent more “slightly high.” In the same area 5 per cent of the rang top burners were “high” and an additional 20 per cent “slightly high. In the 3800 block of Albermarle street 5 per cent of th> top burners examined ;lvere 2 ‘high” and 29 per cent “slightly igh. " The report for July states that “as | Thirty-first and Ellicott streets the tests {appear to indicate the need for rather ive adjustments over areas which could be determined after this work is progressing.” Two districts, near Twenty-third and D streets and near Fourteenth and T streets, are reported in need of further inspections. The company’s report on these two areas says: “We prefer to tpone work in these latter two dis~ tricts until a little later in the year, can be obtalned better year-round condi- top an- At when results sulted to average tions.” The burners are considered correctly adjusted when the flame, secured by opening the gascock wide, is even with the grids on the range or comes up to the bottom of the oven. If it is within an inch of this it is regarded as “slightly high,” but if it is more than an inch higher it is rated as “high.” The high flames, it is explained, are wasteful as the heat goes off into the air or out of the draft instead of into the vessel on the range or into the oven. Another report is expected in soon showing pressure conditions at 14 “key” locations throughout thé city, which i§ sxpected to give a practical demonstras tion of the working efficiency of new governors and other devices installed by the company to regulate gas pressure Left by Intruder. Almost before Anderson could answer “Yes,” the officer had learned he was ¢ | talking from & lunchroom near Nichols avenue and Good Hope road southeast, and dispatched another policeman there post haste. ‘The latter officer, in & new police car, hurried. He ived before An- derson could hang up. In less time than it fakes to tell it, police to h\m and explain why they were holding said the with throughout the city. ——ia CAPT. NORMAN’S RITES SET FOR TOMORROW Victim of Colored Doorman’s Bul- let to Be Buried in Arling- ton Cemetery. Capt. William F. Norman, shot to death by a colored doorman at Ward- man Hotel Wednesday, wiil be buried in Arlington Cemetery tomorrow The former special assistant to the Attorney General will be buried after services at 1:30 o'clock at Hysong's funeral parlots.