Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1931, Page 17

Washington News WASHINGTON, he Fo WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. ¢, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1 WAGE SCALE PAID ON SCHOOL WORK SOLGHT BY ROBB Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner Acts on Rumor of Pay Reduction. NOT PUBLIC S BUSINESS, CONTRACTOR DECLARES Woodridge Job Let After Law Fix- ing Prevailing Salaries Was Passed. Formal demand was made today on the W. P. Rose Construction Co. for a statement as to the wages paid workers on the Woodridge School addition, now under construction at Central and Carlton avenues northeast. ‘The demand was forwarded in writing by Assistant Engineer Commis- | sioner Holland L. Robb, who is investi- | gating rumors that the wage scales on lhi.s job are about to be reduced. Maj. Robb was to have conferred to- day with J. W. Hunt, vice president of the Rose concern, and shington representative, about the wages paid | on this job, but another engagement intervened and the conference has been put off until tomorrow morning. Has Two Other Contracts. “The Rose Co. is working on two other | | Robert 8. 12 Heroes to Get Awards | UTSTANDING Washington fire- | men and policemen will be | decorated tor fests of bravery | prior to the beginning of annual Policemar - mn‘n‘;fl base ball game at Grifith Tabor day, "officials announced today. A dosen'men, half fisgmen and bati policemen, will be awarded medals by Gen. John A. Johnston, former District Commissioner, who is chairman of the board of award. Other board members include Chief George S. Watson of | the Fire Department, ‘secretary-treas- | urer; Maj. Henry G. Pratt, chief of | the Police Department; Cudo H. Ru- | dolph and Henry C. Stein Thspector Louss J. Stoll of the Police | Department and _ Battalion _ Chief | Thomas O'Conner of the Fire Depart- ment today were named to complete arrangements for the presentation. In addition to the medals, each hero will receive a certificate signed by the District Commissioners. Medals to Be Awarded. Gold medals will be awar to Clpl Fraser of the Detéctive Bureau, Pvt. E. E. Davis of No. 20 Ennne Co. and Pvt. Bwyant of the second police precinct. Silver medals will go to Pvt. Walter A. Walker of No, 20 Engine Company, Pvt. Van Doran Hughes of the second police precinct, Pvt. Henry G. Watson, laide of the first battalion chief, and | Pvt. L. D. Johnson of the Traffic Bu- | reau. Bronze bars will be received by Pvt.| Company, Pvt. Edward L. Shelton of | the second police precinct, Pvt. Joseph | |E. R. Bryan of No. 10 Truck Company | and Pvt. Fred W. Bauer of the second | police precinct. The citations read: Capt. John R. Groves on August 18, | construction projects for the District, the Stuart Junfor High addition nnd‘mfle feet of water, applied artificial | Gallinger Municipal Hospital, but both | e of these contracts were let before the |® 1928, at Chapel Point, Md., rescued a | drowning and unconscious man from | iration and first aid, thereby saving | fe and demonstrating the highest | b Bacon-Davis act, compelling contractors | degree of judgment and zeal.” to maintain loc: effective. after. the law went into effect, and the contractor is required to file at the end of every month a statement cf the wage scales being paid. scale i3 due until the end of this month, Maj. Robb ordered it to be forwarded immediately. Agents of the Rose gon- cern declined to give out the scale for publication, holding that it was “none of !h!'wblle'l business.” Wage Radically Different. _ 'Two other scales have been filed un- der the terms of the new contracts by | other contractors, and aithough the | wages are supposed to conform to the| “prevailing wage scale,” the two are | radical) ‘wage scales, became ly different, one of them belng- in most respects more than double the other. One of these contracts calls for construction of the Murch School, at Thirty-sixth and Ellicott streets, and the other for a fow and horse stable at Blue Plains, D. C. The school con- tm:th)nmbyme’r T. Taylor Co. f Washington, and the barn contract h, Charles S. Bennett, Inc. of Phila- delphia. The striking difierences in the two scales is shown in :.nz follow- | ing comparison: Skt “Testor; Ceats per hour. Per hour. Qeaimon 1sbor 35 45. 51370 workers fi ers -mnm Seorseinas Cement finishers Two Secales ldentical. Under a recent decision by Secretary of Labor Doak, the “prevailing wage” in Washington as to painters was | identical with the union scale. decision was rendered in a dispute on | the painting contract for the Internal Revenue Building. It is said, how- ever, such a would not neces- sarily be made as to other trades. Maj. Robb said no formal complaint had been made to him of the Rose Co. scale, but if one came he would lnr- ward it to the Department of Labor for adjudication, should he fail to ad- Just the grievances himself 1,85 H it i i the case was already under gation. ONE-MAN GAMING RAID investi- { Policeman Said to Have Smashed | Furniture in 1200 Block H | Street. Inspector William S. Shelby, assistant chief of police, today ordered Capt. W. E. Holmes, first precinct commander, 1o file a detafled report explaining a one man warrantless raid said to ha-e made Tuesday by Police Gravely in the 1200 block ‘The report is expected quarters some time late s8id. No action will be tak Gravely, he said, until the ma been thoroughly investigated Gravely is said to have sn way into the place and | | dro No arrests were made at the time Severa reported. escaped t trance. The house re olice vice squ: a C street addre with Policeman Diver did not leged raid ROUTED BY SCREAMS, THIEF FLEES IN LEAP Purks: Wokbes ot 90 Room of Mrs. Barnett Kliban Store Robbed W participate of in Sleepinz An unidentified colored man, who had robbed her purse of $9, escaped in & 15-foot leap from the home of Mrs Barnett Kiiban, 1014 Pirst stree Mrs. Kliban screamed whe awakened to find him in I ¥o0m at 3:30 o'clock this x Police of the second precinct respond- ing to the call of neighors, who were arouses by Mrs. Kliban's cry, were un- able to determine how the intruder gained -entrance to the house. THe which Mrs. Kliban had Jeft on found rified in the, outside her room door. Be- cause of the darkpess, the woman was unable to provid® the police with a| description of the man, An other search for 'a colored man | under way by police today for was he had robbed Nathan Priedman's store at 1012 Seventh street of 27 dresses valued at $162; a fur ccat worth $150 and other apparel valued at $21. A night watchman saw a colored nm. carrying two bulging burlsp sacks, boat an au in the vicinity of the Friedman store at 1 am. Subsequent examination of the storés in the mlxl"ry yevealed that that establishment been enterea by mxlu » glass uml in the front door. “THis | 1] ! “Pvt. Robert J. Praser displayed cour- | | assailant at 331 Missourl avenue on | April 7, 1929, when he closed with and | | killed his man, but suffered stab wounds | { | 1 old, of 4112 Gault place northeast, At the Labor Department it was said | | know the name of either mar IS PROBED BY SHELBY | Although mo | in chest and face from which his life was despaired for many days.” “Pvt. E. E. Davis on April 18, 1930, | at great risk of his own life, rescued two boys from a gas-filled sewer in front of 3831 Warren street.” “Pvt. Robert S. Bryant displayed dar- | ing and extraordinary police ability in | the pursuit and capture of a felon on | January 3, 1930, in the vicinity of First | and L streets, in the face of gun fire from the felon’s pistol which had al- ready felled a fellow officer who lay | wounded on the ground.” Rescued Woman. | | “Pvt. Henry G. Watson on“December 11, 1928, through dense smoke ascended | a smali ladder held on a porch roof by other firemen at a fire in 3201 Clifton street and rescued a woman from a third-floor window ledge. thereby dem- ohstrating courage and the highest de- gree of zeal " “Pyt. 'L D. Johnson performed extra- ordinary police service and heroism | during "his probationary year on April SIX FIREMEN AND SIX POLICEMEN TO BE HONORED. Medal to be awarded police and fire- men for outstanding acts of heroism | willam E. Thomas of No. 7 Engine |12, 1929, in arresting single handed an armed and threateting man and wom- an in an automobile, wanted for high- way robbery “Pvt. Walter A. Walker on April 18, 1930, at great risk of his own life, rescued a boy from a gas-filled sewer in front of 3831 Warren street” “Pyt. Van Doren Hughes displayed r'l‘uck and courage on January 3, 1930, the vicinity of First and L streets in an exchange of gun fire with a felon | whom he pursued, the officer firing | upon and wounding his adversary after being himself shot down and severely The Woodridge job was let | 8¢ in an encounter with a murderous | wounded in the side, wrist and thigh.” Captured Armed Man. “Pvt. Joseph E. R. Bryan, unarmed, at risk of his cwn safety and with the highest degree of zeal, captured & man known to have been armed and to have fired several shots at another in an a!- tercation on K street between Third | and_Four-and-a-half streets southwest on October 2, 1928." “Pvt. F. W. Bauer displayed courage and ability on March 1 Logan place in killing a murderous assaflant whose pistol misfired while pointed directly at the officer, the as- sailant having already murdered ope woman and seriously wounded another | Just prior to the officer’s arrival.” “Pvt. Willlam E. Thomas on Janu- ary 5, 1930, at unusmal risk of his life and with painful burns ascended the flaming stairway at 814 Barry place and rescued a man overcome by smoke.” “Pyt. E. L. Shelton displaved cour- age and alertness on May 9, 1930, after responding to & call for police assistance at 1639 Tenth strect in quickly dis- arming and arresting & murderer who | stood over the body of his victim with | | smoking revolver in hand * WOMAN S DRUGGED AND ROBBEDBY PAIR |Says Men She Met Casually Took $105 and Jewelry | Worth $200. Polica today were investigating the story of Mrs. Muriel Crawford, 26 years that she was drugged and robbed of $105 in curtency and $200 worth of two casual male acquaintances whom she met at Police Court yesterday aft- ernoon. Mrs. Crawford, who said she did not related to police how she accepted when they offered to take her home and d with them to Seventh and D streets, where one hailed a taxicab. They stopped. near Fourteenth and D streets, Mrs. Crawford said. while one | man went into a filling station and ob- tained a pint of liguor. The vyoung woman said she took a drink of whisky and what she thought was a headache tablet, Begins to Lose Consciousness. The tablet, Mrs. Crawford told police have contained dope. because aft- er swallowing it she began to lose con- sciousness and could Temember only dimly that they stopped at a restau- rant near Twelfth and E streets Mrs. Crawford, still semi-conscious | was brought in a taxieab to the home ¢ her sister. Mrs, C.-R. Henders address, late yesterda chauffeur drove away e could be questioned Crawford revived partly several later and her brother-in-law her to an apartment near Fifth and streets. where, she explained she hoped to obtain information of the missing valuables n of before Mrs hours Henderson Is Attacked. According Mrs, Henderson, her sbend. a construction foremen. was acked by a ile seated at the cel of his automoblle waiting for Crawford to come out of the apart- The stranger Janded a blow on jaw before he could drive son sajd, leaving Mrs e apartment Crawford said she had no idea | EXCAVATION DIN BREAKING UP PARLEY WITH PRESS| Labor Secretary Comes Out Against Too Much Toil Under His Window. Two stesm shovels, four pneumatic hammers, a fleet of motor trucks, & | clanking tar wagon snd the yells of a score or more workers, excavating the 1 1700 block .of G street for paving pur- poses, caused Secretay of Labor Dok today to declare himself against labor. | especiaily against the toil of man, which | he said had been going on under his window in the Labor Department Build- lln[ for several days. At a press conference this morning bhe “:ekn;d himself very strongly on the sul Mr. Doak had made several attempts to answer qusstions newspaper men only to have his voice | He was in the act of informing his | interviewers that the date n:r the eom ing ml wnlmee when his lnthl“flh"fl JURY 70 QUESTION JEX-POLICEMEN Ezell Anderson and Goodwin Called at Instance of Staples” Friends. ‘Three former members of the Metro- | politan Police Department are to be called before the grand jury Monday in connection with its_investigation of jewelry by pthe charges of former Policeman Pred- erick A. Schenck that Orville Staples was dismissed from the force s a re- sult of & “frame up ‘The pey witnesses are Claude Ezell James W. Anderson and Chester I Goodwin, ‘all of whom were attached to the third precinct with Staples. A'l three of them were removed from the department in 1996—Evell on charges of intoxication; Goodwin for desertion, and Anderson for being absent without leave and willful insubordination. Subpoenas for the appearance of the three former policemen were issued, it was said, at the instance of friends of | Staples, to support the charges of Schenck United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, who is directing the investigation, was not in the city today, but will return in time to examine the three new witnesses when they appear before the | grand jury Monda How much Jonger the inguiry will centinue attaches of the United States attor- ict, but indi- cations are, it wes said, that it Hkfl_!“ would conclude some time next week. | The nature of the testimony of the three former policemen is not known | by court atteches. Police officials also sald they were unaware of any - | mation the three men could give m, connection with the Staples case Ezell and Anderson were on patrol | duty at the third precinct while Staples ' was stationed there and Goodwin was a station clerk e . | { | | | who attacked Hende 10 the money, the woman was robbed of | a diamond-set wedding ring valued at $150 and & wrist waich worth $50 more, she reported Police broadcast two men_furn on In addition descriptions of the Mrs. Crawtord | SILENCES DOAK, “Well, g can’t make emen, thet's that mysclf heard ‘How about the Boulder Dam siiua- tion, Mr. Secretary?” shouted oORC DNewspPapiT man. “We reccived a telegram this morn- ing.” shouted Mr. Doak in reply, “that all of the men on strike there had re- turned to work, and—" The rest of hie words were picked up by & hul steamshovel and” were thrown violen I just 1920, at 34 TRAL EXONERATES [ st ot iy DETECTIVES AFTER FIVEHOUR SESSION Board Requires Only Four Minutes to Free Pair on Assault CHarges. JONES AND McCARTHY ARE HELD NOT GUILTY| Had Been Acculed of Beatmg and Verbally Abusing Two Men, Woman and Child. | | Requiring only four minutes to eon- sider testimony taken in a five-hour | session, the Police Trial Board ye<ur- !dl.y returned a not guilty verdict I|I favor of two tenth precinct detectives | charged with assault and verbal abuse | while on duty. The officers exonerated were R. L. Jones and R. F. McCarthy, who hm‘i been accused of assaulting and verbally | | abusing a 4-year-old child, a woman | and two men, # The principal complainant was Mrs. | | Elsie Willlams, who occupled an apart- | | ment at 1122 ‘Spring road on June 27, | the time of the alleged assault. The | others were Prvt. Joseph PeSavage, ' stationed at Walter Reed Hospital: Mr. | {and Mrs. Walter Sawyer of the Spring |road address, and Mrs. Williams’ 10- | | year-old daughter Peggy. Both Denied Charges. Mrs. Willilams sald she called the | officers to her spartment to arrest an alleged burglar, and that they refused | to arrest the suspect and cursed her. | beat PeSavage and Sawyer and Inad- | vertently injured Sawyer's four-year-old daughter Phyllis. The charges were denied by both officers, their testimony being supported by that of George Kefler, another Wal- ter Weed private, who was present in the apartment at the time. Mrs. Wil- liams said Keffer was the man she tried to_have arrested. Keffer testified that he had attended |parties at the apartment when liquor was consumed. Kefler also denied the officers had {used any profanity or that they had struck PeSavage. as charged by Mrs. Williams. He said he had been beaten | ! DAVID BIERL TRUCK HURTS SON OF NAVAL OFFICER David B|er| Knocked From Bicycle Near Home in McKinley Street. | | tion on freight payments on i by PeSavage and the woman shortly | [before the police came to the Pari- | over by an ice truck near his home to- | | ment. day, David_Bieri, T-year-old son of | Sewyers Acouse Jemes. Comdr. B. H. Bleri, U. S. N., is in a | : ® serious condition at Georgetown Uni- | c';""d ’;‘."’gflz‘mfihfm?;“'" ©ON- | versity Hospital. 1t was said the boy | s : had a broken hip and internal injuries. | The Iatter, according to the Sawyers, | 23 # broken hip and internal injuries. | came to their apartment and ordered | ;" oqr of his home, 3926 McKinley | | them to Lout Sut D6 Doise." WREN | street, when the truck, operated by | Sawyer objected to the manner m[mmm S Dats. 35 ot et o | | ‘h‘f{,’ - ““"‘f_‘djm‘”‘"‘ bb”g";‘“ bridge place, came out of the alley onto | |to the testimony. Jones grabbed him |y ‘€L Teo'™ knocking him from | his by the throat, choked him into un- the wheel. He rolied und:r the vehicle, one consclousness 4nd then beat him with | Y60 e Tolied under the vehicle, one Mrs. Sawyer sald her small daughter, | 3Ddomen before the truck could be | Phyllis, grabbed the officer by the leg, | SWOPPe . crying, “Leave my daddy alone.” Jones. Takes Boy to Hospital. she testified, then said “Get away, you | Howard A. King, 2914 Olive little brat,” and kicked with his leg, | a helper on the took the youth throwing the child against the wall | to Georgetown Hospital in Comdr Deputy Coroner Joseph D. Rogers Bieri's automoblle, which was p.n:edl testified the child was bruised on the |in front of tg Biers home side and eve and that the father had mother accompanied him to the several bruises on his head. tal and his father, on duty in the En- The alleged fight in the Sawver listed Personnel Office at the Navy De- | apartment was also described by Peggy | partment. was summoned. Williams. David was treated by Dr. J. P Cusick She confirmed the testimony of Mr.| Police did not hold the driver, as and Mrs. Sawver relating to the beating | witnesse: said the boy rode directly into administered by Jones. the path of the truck, the brakes of Says Man Resisted. which were found to be good when tested by police. The truck is owned Jopes admitted he struck Sawyer, but | by j. J” Ryan, 3007 Cambridge place, said the latter had: resisted arrest after [ DUycc ‘ciq | using profanity toward the police. He | TR | said he did not enter the Sawyer apart- v‘ Two Young Girls Hurt. ment, Sawyer having approached him| Two 4-year-old girls were injured in {in the hall, and deniéd even seeing the a traffic accident last night | 4-yéar-old child. He also said he was! struck by an automobile operated by | | attacked by Mrs. Sawyer and another | Wilbur R. Rodgers, 17, of 3915 Eighth | woman, whose identity was not learned, | street, at the corner of New Hampshire { No attempt was made to arrest Mrs. |avenue and Newton street. { Sawyer or the other woman for the Jean Hortense Samaha, daughter of | | alleged assault by them {Mr. and Mrs. Mason Samaha, 737 New | Both officers denied striking PeSav. | Jersey avenue, suffered a broken hip | age or using profanity in Mrs. Wil- |and head injuries. while the other child Knocked from his bicycle and run| avenus, | | | Both were | { ening Sta? 931. * COAL DEALERS ASK ANTHRACITERATES FROM MINES BE CUT $3.28 a Ton to Washington | Excessive, Says Petition to Interstate Body. REPARATIONS ON PART SHIPMENTS SOUGHT Request for Voluntary Reduction by Pemnsylvania Road Unsuccessful. Eleven retail coal dealers in Wash- | ington and its suburbs filed a_petition with the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion today asking a reduction in the | freight -rates on anthracite from the | coal fields of Pennsylvania to the Dis- | trict Charging the present rate of $3.28 per | ton is excessive, the coal men asked not only a reduction, but also for repara- past ship- ments. The petition followed an un- successful attempt on the part of the | | coal men to persuade the Pennsylvania Railroad to make a voluntary reduction, according to James E. Colliflower, one of the petitioners Reduced Last Winter. Mr. Colliflower sald that last Winter the railroad voluntarily reduced its rates to Baltimore to $3.02 cents per ton—a | reduction of 26 cents per ton—on cer- tain sizes of coal He said approximately half a million | tons of anthracite are shipped here | frcm Pennsylvania ficlds every year. Previously Washington and Baltimore always had enjoyed the same freight | rates on Pennsylvania anthracite, and when this differential was introduced, | the coal men sought to persuade the railroad officials to reduce the Wash- ington rates also. This the railrcad declined to do. Present Rates Not Fixed. However, the petition does not tie iiself to the $3.02 rate, and an effort will be made to bring the rate even lower. The present rates, it is said. have | never been fixed by the commissicn, but | have been allowed to stand unchalleng- | ed as filed by the railroads. The Baltimore rates also are nder attack by {ife Baltimore Association of Commerce, which is said to be dissatis- fled with the present rates to that city. John T. Money has been retained by the coal men to represent them before the commisgion. The dealdrs joining in the prmlon are Agnew & Co., George M. McCul. loch, James E. Collifiower & Co., Inc.: Curtis W. Perry, Grifith & Perry, E. Steuart & Bro., District Coal Co., A. P, | Woodson_Co., Dickey Bros., Fadely & | Co. and William ng & Son. WOMAN’S DROWNING INVESTIGATED HERE 52-Yenr-0ld Govemmen: Worker ‘Was Despondent Over Fail- ing Eyesight. Deputy Coroner Joseph D. Rogers to- day was investigating the drowning of Miss Catherine Nealon, 5%-year-old Gov- ernment worker. whose body was found | { floating in the Tidal Basin late yester- | day. The body was discovered by Floyd Miller, 12, of 517 Sixth street northeast, who ran to the wall of the basin to re- trieve a ball. James Dean, 232 C street, who was fishing nearby. helped the boy recover the body. The Rescue Squad worked on Miss Nealon, who lived at 1028 Con- necticut avenue, for some time before she was pronounced dead by Dr. C. W. Le Master of Casualty Hospital. She apparently had been in the water only | a short time, it was said ‘The dead woman's sister, Miss Mar- liams’ apartment. They said they did not | arrest Keffer on the burglary charge be- cause they did not learn of it until after they had returned to the station house Mrs. Willilams testified she made the | complaint to the officers when entered her apartment. they A number of policemen and Charles | Ford, an attorney, testified no complaint | | was made of the officers’ conduct after | the party had returned to the station | house. They sald Sawyer appeared normal at that time. although the lat- ter had contended he did not “know anything” until the following day after he had been choked The two detectives also denied they had been drinking. as charged by the mmplllnmx witnesses, LONG ILLNESS IS FATAL T0 MRS LILLIAN BROCK | Wife of Patent Attorney Was In- ! terested in Patriotic and Civic Affairs. Mrs. Lillian Burritt Brock, wife of Fenelon B. Brock, patent attorney, died at 1604 Park road today after a long illness. E Born in Uniondale, Pa.. in 1859, Mrs Brock came to this city when a young girl. She had long been interested in mmonc and civic affairs. She was 3 | former regent of Columbia Chapter Daughtefs of the American Revolution, Mayflower Descendants Mrs. Brock is survived by her hus- d, a son. Rev. Walter Oakland, Md., and four daughters, Mrs. Lilllan” Brock of Chevy Chase, Mrs. Adriel U Bird of Rockland. Me.; Mrs W. C. Holmes of New York City and Miss Marian Brock of Detroft. also leaves nine grandchildren The funeral wiil be heid from Gawler's chapel, 1754 Pennsylvania avenue, Sat- urday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock terment will be at Cenumue \/ | CLUB TOLD OF STUDENTS ‘Dr Ruth Pope Dellveu Address at Hay-Adams House. Dr. Ruth Pope, who is studying stu- with a ton or more of dirt onto lhe | floor of a steel truck. “I's no us:” Mr. Doak e when the noise had subsided. me & favor, please, by me get rid of all that racket,” he plesded. It was the first time on record, vet- were ulon mloly | e | Semerans dent life in colleges l.nd universities of 3 e m “‘Why deenu Leave College’ meeting of club lt lht H.y-mnl Houu reasons for ltud.nu leay- lncmuqe be(mmd k- er umidity, failure g’ a sald, that a labor press mkrmtycmmtynumhdu-hle them to tl adjust themselves to working and with other students. and was a_member of the Society of | B. Brock of | She | In- | Jeanette Marie Hoffiz. daughter of Mr. | garet F. Nealon, told police she had |and, Mrs. Benjamin Hoffiz, 749 Newton | been despondent ‘because of failing eye- | taken to Children’s Hospital after be- ing treated at Garfield Hospital ! SRS o ROVER TO REVIEW struck. Rodgers was taken to the tenth | CASE custody of his father. jAYNES DEAT" In another accident near the south place, was cut and bruised. Both wnr‘mm Witnesses said the children were at- precinct station, But released in the end of the Highway Bridge, Ruth Young 26, of 1129 Tenth street, received a | fractured leg when run down by an| | unidentified motorist. She was taken to | Gallinger Hospital. Police are sv-okmz" | the ariver. ) | SCOUTS TO ENJOY SWIM Indians Also to Give Demonstr:\tmn District Attorney to Rule on Evi-| dence—Three Slaying Suspects Held, Fourth is Sought. Evidence gathered by police in their [ investigation of the slaying of Mrs | Elizabeth Jaynes, 57-year-old Garden T Shoppe cashier. to be turned over “n District Attorney Leo A. Rover to- { ! on Tech Pool Program. Several hundred District Boy Scouts | will take part in a morning swim next | Tuesday at Tech pool, First street be |tween S and T streets north A | dozen Mohawk Indians will be present |at the pool to give a costume dian Jore demonstration Contests, farcy diving, races and an exhibition of “modern Red Cross life | saving methods” by the District of Co-|also a postman; Thomas Jordan, 30, llumbia Red Cross Chapter Life-saving |and Mrs. Edith M. Dodsworth, also 30 Corps will b2 on the morning’s pro- | The man sought, like the two held, is gram | said to have known Mrs. Dodworth for | some time. SUES FOH INSOMNIA | { Man Says Auto Accident Besulted [ Mr. Rover. it was said at police head- | |quarters, was to be asked for an | opinion ‘as to what action should be taken in the case. Mesnwhile, three persons—two men and In-|and a woman—still were being held, and a fourth, described as a postman, was being sought. Those held are Ralph E. Aiken, 31,/ One Dead, Two Hurt in Plane. BAHIA BLANCA, Argentina, August 20 (/) —One man was killed. another was probably fatally injured, and a! third was lees seriously hurt today | The Washington Railway & Electric | when an Argentine navy plane plunged Co. is named dGefendant in & suit to re- ! into the sea near here during a train- cover $10,000 damages, filed in the Dis- | ing flight. trict Supreme Court by Art H Moran, 3627 S street. Moran charges |that & car belonging to the company ollided with en automobile which he vas driving at Thirteenth street and |New York avenue February 25, 1929 and caused him to suffey permanent headaches and insomnia. He is Tepre- | resented by Attorney Claude A. Thomp- { son. MOTORISTS NOTIFIED Asked to Mail Title Requests to Trafic Director. District authorities today requested motorists to mail title applications to| William Barr, manager the office of the director of traffic and | stable in the rear of 2021 L meet. vehicles, instead of to the collector of | failed to return with them. taxes. It was explained that, to mail Before hiring the horses, Barr quizzed he collector of taxes, caused | the boys and was satisfled of their good in Sleeplessness. Using a stolen automobile as a guar- antee of “good faith,” two boys yester- day afternoon hired two horlfl from unnecessary delay in issuance of titles. Confusion was caused because the ed their automobile BOYS LEAVE CAR TO GET HORSES; AUTO AND MOUNTS BOTH STOLEN Newcomer Mourns Shoes Stolen as He | Slept on Park Bench Theft Dims Joy Over Prospects of Starting New Job Today. No money, credit, friends, job—Wil- | liam Plunlen of Pottsville, Va., was up | against i A clean-cut young man, however, he managed a good “front” in his neat suit lnd new shoes. Last night when he lay down to sleep, although his bed was a park bench near Seventh street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, he had occasion to re- Joice. ““Tomorro he told himself, “I'm going to work for wages.” He had. earlier that day, landed a job with a | road contractor. But the dawn brought misfortune During the night he had removed his new shoes for comfort, tucking them under the bench within reach of his hand. Plunkett, in alarm, looked all around —they were nowhere about. | Shortly thereafter he ptddfd into police headquarters in his stocking feet. Lieut. Clement P. Cox lent a sympa- address—his former address, that is Gnut as for new shoes, what could the Lieut. Cox did not know. Neither, he admitted, wandering out, | TURNING UPWARD | | Following 15 Per Cent Drop for Year. thetic ear, took Plunkett's name and e!ropohlnn Police Department do? did Plunkett. |One Per Cent Increase Seen| Retail food prices in the District of Columbia were reported today bv the Labor Department’s Statistical Bureau as being on an upward trend. after | dropping 15 per cent during the year. ‘Washington's wholesale market, as well as those in other principal cities | throughout. the country, the bureau as- serted. also has checked its slump and ‘was reported as being steady. An up- | ward curve in its chart is expected soon. ‘The upward movement in the retail | food narket. the bureau explained. is |based on reports from 51 principal cities throughout the United States, showing an average imcrease of cne-half (of 1 per cent since July 15 ,ast. when | compared with June 15, 1931, and an | average decrease of 17 per cent since July 15, 1930. Commodities Checked. Since June 15 last the retail market here has rallied 1 per cent. Likewise since that date. the burea: said. 12 articles on which mum-hl! es were obtained increased as fol- - Strictly fresh eggs, 11 per cent; pork chops, 8 per cent; butter, 3 per cent; round steak, onions and raisins, 12" per cent; sirloin steak, fresh | and oranges, 1 per cent, and sliced |C bacon, sliced ham and tea, less than | five-tenths of 1 per cent. ‘Twenty articles decreased: Cabbage, 8 per cent; potatoes, 4 per cent: ol margarine and flour, 3 per cent: ‘& of lamb, macaroni, coffee and bananas, 2 per cent: chuck roast, plate beef, hens, canned red salmon, cheese, bread, (‘Ornnlkes rice, navy beans and canned T cent; vegetable lard substi- tuk |n wheat cereal, less than five- | | tenths of 1 per cent. | | |~ Thirty of the fifty-one cities from | =hich prices were obtained showed in- creases in the average cost of food as follows: Portland,'Me., 3 per cent; Chi- | cago, Denver, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, 'New Orleans. Providence and St. Paul, 2 per cent: Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Cincinnati, Fall River, Louisville, Manchester, Newark, New Haven, New York, Omaha, Peoria, | 8t. Louts, Springfield, 111, and Wash- | ington, 1 per cent: Buffalo, Cleveland, Little 'Rock, Los Angeles. Pittsburgh | and Rochester, less than five-tenths of | 1 per cent. | Others Show Decrease. Seventeen cities showed decreases: avannah, 2 per cent: Bridgeport, Co- lumbus, Detroit, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Memphis, Norfolk, Portland, Oreg.; Richmond, Salt Lake City and Seattle, 1 per cent; Atlanta, Butte, Dallas, Mobile and Scranton, less than five-ténths of 1 per cent. In four cities, Charleston, 8. C.: Houston, Philadelphia and San Prancisco, there was no change. For the year ending July 15, all of the | 51 cities showed decreases: Birmingham and Dallas, 22 per cent; Houston, Little | Rock, Memphis, Savannah and Spring- field, TIl, 21 per cent; Cleveland, De- troit, Indianapolis and New Orleans, 20 | per cent; Columbus, Fall River, Jack- | sonville, Los Angeles, Louisville, Mobile, | Peoria, ' Richmond and Rochester, 18 | per cent; Atlanta, Boston, Norfolk, | Providence and Scranton, 18 per cent: Baltimore, Buffalo, Charleston, Cincin- nati, Manchester, Portland, Oreg., and Seattle, 17 per cent; Butte, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Prancisco, 16 per cent; Bridgeport, Chicago, Denver, Mil- waukee, New Haven, Omaha, Portland, e.; St. Louis and Washington, 15 per cent; Minneapolis, New York and St. | Paul, 14 per cent; Newark and Phila- delphia, 13 per cent; Kansas City, 12 per cent. HIKE OF BOY, 11, ENDS { Found More Than 50 Miles From City, Heading South. Beveral hours after William Amann, 11-year-old son of Mrs. William ‘Amann | of the Cavalier Apartments, had been reported missing to the local police yesterday, he was found by Virginia authorities more than 50 miles from Washington and headed South, with eqmpmem for hitch-hiking, according to_police. | The boy’s mother notified police when the youth failed to return from play lfler nevenl hours, PAGE B—1 BULK OF VIRGINIA TROLLEY TRAFFIC CROSSES AVENUE Survey Cited by A. K. Shipe in Dispute Over Location of , Rail Terminal. DECLARES PASSENGERS WOULD NOT TRANSFER Finds Only One-Third of Service Is Handled During Rush Hours, Preliminary surveys today revealed two-thirds of the Washington-bound passengers of one of the two Virginia street car systems go 1o destinations north of Pennsylvania avenue. In making this disclosure, A. K. Shipe of the Washington Board of Trade, made it plain that a joint committee, representing Washington and nearby Virginta civic interests, would obtain definite facts and figures before,appear- ing again before the Public Utilities Commission to demand establishment of a terminal for the Virginia street car lines north of Pennsylvania avenue. Urges Avenue Crossing. Mr. Shipe declared an incomplete study ot the Arlington &.Fa Rail- ¥ Co. also disclosed only one-third of the total mumber of passengers daily were transported during the morning and late afternoon peak traffic hours. “The more I ponder over this matter.” Mr. Shipe said, the more I'm convinced the situation Would solve itself if the powers that be would authorize Virginia street. cars to cross Pennsylvania avenus at Fourteenth street, when they are foreed to abandon thelr present termi- nus south of the Avenue because of the Government building program. ‘Will Use Every Power. “Thousands of people living in Vir- ginla are entitled to adequate street car service into Washington. No traf- fic problem is impossible of solution. We know that from experience, and we intend to use every wer al our command to bring this fact home fo the gentlemen of the Public Utilities ‘Commission.” Mr. Shipe announced definite plans had been completed to start a three- dly h‘lflc count Monday on the lines Arlington and Fairfax and, the l‘ouht Vernon, Alexandria & Wash- n Railway Cos. Public Utilities Commission has taken the position that it would ve & physical impossibility to send th: Vir- ja street cars across the Avenue at ith street. The com: ion has suggested instead that the lines termi- nate at Pourteenth street and Consti- tution avenue. Virginia interests ob- jected to this proposal on the ground t.he Yines could not make money be- use passengers would not be bothered with transferring. $125,000 ESTATE TO BE CONTESTED Widow of J;;;:;ompwn Not Able to Make Valid Will, Grand- niece and Nephew Claim. A contest loomed today over the $125.« 000 estate of Mrs. Flora B. Thompson, widow of John W. Thompson, former banker and traction magnate, when Edward C. Reid and Adele M. Bowman, grandnephew and grahdniece of the de- ceased, flled a caveat protesting against the admission to probate of the will . George W. White and the National Metropolitan Bank are named as ex- ecutors under the will, and are directed, after payment of specific bequests to charity and near relatives, to devote the remaining estate to the establishment of a memorial in this city to her hus- band, John W. Thompson, lnd her mother, Elizabeth Markward, known as the Thompson: lllrkwd memorial. ‘Through Attorney Frederick J. Rice the contestants say their interests in the estate will be affected adversely if the will of July 31, 1924, is admitted to probate. They claim that the testatrix ‘was not of sound mind nor capable of making & talid will; that the will was not properly attested by the witnesses and that its signing was procured by undue influence of “Mary Smith or John Doe,” or some other person un- known to them. ROTARY EVENT REVI’EWED Reports by Dr. Chester Swope, John L. Weaver and Georg’ Harris, delegates to the recent Rotary Internatiohal Con- vention at Vienna, Austria, featured the weeklv luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club yesterday at the Washington Ho- tel. Past President Arthur D. Marks presided. and James Sharp introduced the sp!lkera Tlx Bllh Prepued Persons desiring to pay their taxes early this year may obtain their bills immediately, William P. Richards, Dis- trict tax assessor, announced today. He explained the bills had been prepared in advance, but would not be mailed until Septemb?r BAND CONCEBTS By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening, at\the band stand at 5:30 o'clock. John Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Navy Blue”.....Zimmermann Overture, “Prolic of the Fairies”..Bigge Grand fantasia, “Russian Folk Sor .Tobani lerbert “A’Southern Pnlmx o ngs’ Excerpts from musical comed: “Mlle, Modiste” Characteristic, | Riding Stable Manager Believes in Good Faith of Youths When Motor Is Shown Parked Nearby. la.ne,l tron of Barr's academy, as m}.”;T mmmm& thom'uercpu\d . faith when they told him they had ‘around the | Voelker Waltz suite, ‘anml‘ Hmlf, ““Magni! .Crosby “The Star Spnnnled ‘Banner. By the United States Marine Band this evening, at the Sylvamw Theater, Monument Grounds, at 7:30 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader: Arthur Wite comb. second leader. March, “Staunch and True" Overture, “In Quest of mppm.f.';“ Czardas, “On the Russian Phlmc.'::. Solo for cornet, “Premier Polk.l Musician Arthur 8. Wil.comb Selection, “Sicilian - Vespers” Ve “Rouge '