Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1931, Page 17

FRIENDS DEFEND SINCLAIR AT TRIAL ON ROV CHARGE Officer Pleads Not Guilty as Men From All Walks of Life Testify. EFFICIENCY IS PF!AISED IN TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Pankers, Lawyers, Automobile Dealers, Insurance Men and Po- lice Officials Join in Tribute. Pleading not guilty to charges of intoxication and conduct unbecoming an officer, Policeman Raymond V. Sin- clair today went on trial before the Police Trial Board, his career as the champion arrester of the Trafic Bureau ot !tak';.‘ e If Sinclair is harges, growing out of a party last ;flc{:y nlg;t at his home, 5218 Illinois avenue, dismissal from the force is ndatory. He is now under suspen- sion. found guilty of the From All Walks of Life. Sinclair called upon men from all walks of life this morning to testify to character and sobriety. The trial board room Wwas crowde: :':)lch nkers, lawyers, insurance men, - :t'. automobile dealers and high police officers waiting. to testify for him as his trial began. Inspector Ernest W. Brown, in charge of the Traffic Bureau, the first witness, | said he had known Sinclair for 12 years and regarded him as “exception- ally efficient.” He said he ‘never had any reason to suspect Sinclair used in- toxicants.” o ts made by Sin- | ‘The number of arres! e Tact e ly justified clair is gty iv’ s mearly” all | 1 Called to His Home. b Others who testified for him included Albert R. Peters, insurance ?wnkfl,' Harry Viner, 713 Lamont street; Ben- amin _Ourisman, _automobile 3 B. Olds, of Silver Spring, an in- Vestment broker; Inspector T. R. Bean, Capt. Jeremish 'E. Sullivan and Capt. Benjamin A. Lamb, all police officers. The charges were preferred against Policeman Sinclair as & result _of & call made at his home late Friday night by Sergt. R. B. Carroll, acting lieutenant of the‘ m:‘uenm Wm who re he fous the mn".:’.'fifi of liquor. Carroll made the visit to Sinclair’s l:wme in response & call from the policeman, )':’e wanted an officer sent around quiet an argument between his and one of the guests. 860 SEEK PLACES AS D. C. Civil Service Applicants Nearly Double in Number Those of Last Year. The Civil Service Commission has Te- eeived 860 applications for the forth- coming examinations for appointment to the District Fire Department, it was 2&: fovt Pexamination, in October of 1930. The examination date will be an- nounced shortly and those eligible will take the test. The licants was September 9. The Pire partment starts a pri- vate at $1,900 annually. ' Applications for vacancies announced by the commission are considered fairly to reflect the unemployment sif 4 and it was said that throughout the country this year, where some 500 ex- sminations have been held, the num- ber of those seeking positions ranges from twice to six times that for the same classes of work last year. This ratio is not applicable to the higher classes of employment, such as scientific workers, but rather for the general run of jobs. ’ This added work entalled, it was #aid, has been handled at the commis- slon with a slightly smaller force than Jast year. ———— WOMAN'S DEATH LAID | T0 RECKLESS DRIVING, Manslaughter Charge Faced by: Doctor—Bail Set at $5,000. By the Associated Press. RENO, Nev., September 16.—A cor- oner's jury yesterday afternoon found that Mrs. Martha Hutchinson, former deputy county \clerk at Fairmont, W. Va., was killed Sunday night when she fell frcm an sutomobile driven in a “reckless manner” by Dr. Carl Plerre Andre, also of Fairmont. Dr. Andre was immediately arrainged | before the justice of the peace on a felony complaint, charging involuntary manslaughter. Bail was temporarily fixed at $5.000 and setting of the date for preliminary hearing was postponed until Saturday. The verdict was returned eafter the jury had he>rd testimony of a mechanic thet the right frent brake on Dr. An- dre's automobile was defective and An- dre’s own statement to Sheriffl Russell Trathen that he was traveling faster than 50 miles an hour when Mrs. Hutchinson fell from the car. Dr. Andre testified that Mrs, Hutch- he WASHINGTON, - D. C, Left-Turn Troulbles Varied Policemen at Pennsylyania Avenue Intersection Risk Lives to Guide Motorists in Traffic Change. Wise-Crackers Busy. Getting into the swing of the new| o?t turn at_controlled yea- terday got a lot of Washingtonians into L3 varie:{hnf g:;diur;m‘\;l, Altogethér, however, the over from the ‘“rotary” to the “insider Geft turn passed off without serious acci- dents. Here are some of the incidents report- ed to The Star with the changing of the turn yesterday: The police were not without their troubles. As many as three narrow escapes on one turn of the hand signal were wit- nessed at a Pennsylvania avenue inter- section. Two ‘policemen stationed by the signal to guide the unwary novice at inside turns gave the sign for cross- town traffic to pass. One of the offi- cers began & methodical waving of his hand to indicate the proper course for turning cars. ‘The first motorist in the left lane didn't intend to make the turn any- way. He went straight past the inter- section, followed by a would-be left- turn artist, who realized too late ihat he was on a false trail. The realiza- tion dawned just as the driver reached the center of the street. With con- fused vigor he cut hard around the signal stand, almost bowling over one officer, and drove dly away with- out observing the cutting looks which were cast after him. At this point it was discovered that a cab driver had pulled to the right and was waiting to make the old-fashioned left turn. One of the policemen started over to explain matters to him. The hacker suddenly recalled that some- thing had been said about a new traffic rule. He seemed even to remember what it was, for he threw the car into gear and lugged forward. The officer jumped aside, protesting. The cabby departed hefore the angry lecture reached his ears. ‘The intersection was almost cleared of cross-town cars, and the “Go” sign for avenue traffic was imminent when a large woman in a small car came weaving down the ‘drove in the left lane. The officer made the “left turn wave” and pointed to the painted arrow. The woman ‘obediently ewerved to the left then, spparently, in | revolt, swung back n. There\was a | squeak of sliding brakes and her car came to & mA: pol who | had almost had their clothes ripped off during the * wild maneuver, returned from their point of. retreat. “Officer,” said the woman, “do I have to go left? I want to go straight nn‘:.hh street.” | e was encouraged to proceed. The officers walked back ‘toward the | post. “Well,” said one, “it's & good thing street cars run on tracks.” Any radical change in traffic regula- tions always is accompanied by a del- uge of wisecracks, and so the new method of making left turns is getting its. share. In the National Theater 8. Jobby between the acts last night the got busy and went to work used to this mew left turn in about ive years and by time therell another traffic for with a new of turning.” “Yes,"” agreed & cerfain well known | FR e mttumh!wrdumhu! st an intersection.” A ‘motorist from Missouri, visiting in Washington yesterday, had a big laugh 8t the local woman driver was making the left turn t and from near side ‘Washington woman, driving north on Sixtesnth, pulled her machine . sudden halt, after failing to give right of way on the Missourian's turn. and proceeded to give him a sharp lecture. ‘The Washington woman wound up her tirade by concluding that “I guess this is the -best we can expect from a from Missouri.” man L x The . Missourian, however, after listening patiently through it all responded: “Don’t .you ever read the newspapers?” ©One of the few controlled inter- sections in Washington where drivers did not have to change the method of making & icft turn is Thirty-fifth and M streets, the gateway to Key Bridge. Ever since there has been a rule governing turns, bridge bound traffic has negotiated a left turn on the green signal, because there was no other way to do it without jamming up through traffic to Canal road. That's one rea- \son Arlington County motorists were so proficlent in making the turn at other intersections. At Eleventh and E streets a man was voicing much enthusiasm over the new “There’s one making it mow!" he shouted, waving excitedly at a taxicab negotiating the turn. The cab driver, seeing the man ges- ticulating wildly him, abandoned his left turn for what he thcught would be a more lucrative S turn, and drove up to the curb. The man sheepishly informed the driver he didn't want a cab. “That was & good turn you made, though,” he added. East-bound motorists on G street making the new left turn into Four- teenth street in midafternocn yester- day found themselves running into a trafic jam which stretched from G street to New York avenue. A solid line of vehicles filled the narrow space be- tween the street car loading platform and the curb and extended from New York avenue as far back as the cross- walk on G street. A number of motorists attempting to turn left were unable to clear the intersection, because of the jam and for several minutes G street traffic was halted. ‘There was three cars coming down Sixteenth street in & row and each was looking forward to making the first “new” left turn. The two drivers in front stopped at the green light. The third stopped, too, behind them, wonder- ing what was the matter. Finally the red light flashed on and both of them made a perfect left-hand turn. The third car made a beautiful left- band turn and the driver was yelled at by one coming the other way. Later he realized that the other was right and he was wrong. He grinned good naturedly and waved his hand in apol- ‘The expressions on the faces of most of the motorists as they negotiated “""Mflm new left turns seemed to bfi one of eager confidence. They were a “primed” for the turns and seemed to e, ¥ e, Sl as T 3 . and a policeman, who stood on the w] she did. ceeded on its way. RITES TOMORROW FOR ADMR. LEUTZE Officer Who Sped to Relief of Dewey to Be Buried at- Arlington. Rear Admiral Eugene H. C. Leutze, U. 8. N, retired, who died yesterday | a* the Brooklyn Naval Hospitel, will | be Suried tomorrow® in Arlington Na- | tional Cemetery, after funeral services at 9:30 o'clock at the Joseph Gawler's Sons Puneral Chapel. Admiral l‘llfill‘:’hwk:ln lflhkvuvil llu;e | during the nish-American War by hastening tsop.the relief of Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay, had served st the Wi Navy Yard from 1892 to 1896. Later, in 1905, he beuune‘ commandant there, after having served | previously as superintendent of the | Naval Gun Factory here. | Admiral Leutze, the son of the| famous historical painter, Emanuel | Leutze, who painted’ “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” “The Landing of the Nomn.l:duleflu." ")::s From Lexington™ many e vasses of American history, was born in Prussia on November 16, 1847. While a_midshipman at the Naval Academy he wolunteered for service during the Civil War and later was on'the 1st on the to 1889, he served at the United States Naval Academy, teaching modern lan- guages. He was on light house inspection duty later and e oraered to guard Amcrican interests in Nicaragua dur- ing an insurrection there in 1898. His exploit in taking the U. S, S. Monterey on & long voyage acrcss the Pacific Ocean to the rellef of Admiral Dewey brought a letter of commenda- tion from Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, and likewise appreciation Irom Admiral Dewey himself. Service in the: Orient followed and he was promoted to the rank of rear nson, & widow, ceme to Reno three weeks 2go from Falrmont. Previously he 1s said to have told Sheriff Trathen the weman followed him here so that she could marry him when he obtained a divorce from Dorothea Howard Andre. VISIT TO EUROPE IS PRIZE Xallipolis Grotto to Send ‘‘Miss Personality” on Trip Abroad. ‘The Washington girl who is vietorious in the “Miss Personality” contest now being conducted by Kallipolis Grotto wili win = trip t5 Europe, it wes an- nounced here today by Carlton P. How- ell, head of the organization. ‘Twenty-five entries have been Te- ceived thus far in the competition, ‘which will be judged at the Washington r 2 Auditorium London, Amsterdam. Brussels, Wies- . Lucerne, Interlaken and Paris .: included in the winner's itine ) ey, tired list two years later, but was con- tinued on active duty. From 1910 to 1912 he served as commandant of the Navy Yard at New York, and of the New York Naval District. He was de- tached from all duty in 1912 and made his home at Annapolis, Md. Admiral Leutzs is survived by two children, Capt. T. W. Leutze, who is in the Navy Supply Corps at Brooklyn, and Mrs. G. J. cliff, the wife of Capt Rowcliff, who is commanding the Na- val Training Station at Newport, R. I. For a time, following his retirament Admiral Leutze made his home at 1805 Nineteenth street, and was a member of many prominent clubs. Rita La Roy. to Be Married. HOLLYWOOD, Oslif., September 16 () ~Rita La Roy. motion mtrv.ur- actress, and Benjamin Hirschfield, actors’ agent, have annonnced that HEER TN » admiral in 1907 and placed on the re- p, THREE BOYS HELD IN CHUM SHOOTING Other Members of “Three Skulls” Sought in Arms Probe. ‘Three boys—two 14 years old and the other 15—were held at the Receiving Home today in connection with the { shooting of John Manthos, 13, who was ded by one of the three vester- S Playing in what police de- scribed as & “miniature crsercl” on the oor of young Manthos' hom at 326 John Mnlrshlll‘ place. 9 & 32-caliber bullet wound in his back, the boy is at Emergency Hospital, where physiclans prepared to take X- ray photographs in an effort to deler- mine the seriousness of his condition. Meanwhile, police are investigating the activities of the other youngsters— the wounded boy’s brother, Michael, 15; Joseph Caroralett!, 14, of 50 E strest and Quido Antcnio, 14, of 112 E street |—Who are said to have called them- | selves “The Three Skulls.” Arsenal Found. The inquiry was begun, after discovery of five 45 ealimer rer volvers and a bottle of nitroglycerin in the room where the shooting occurred. John's mother, Mrs. Antonia Manthos, | was in her apartment on the first fioor of the bullding when she heard the re- | Doth‘thn Tun.‘,she said, chael, Joseph and ran downstairs and out into the flifii-' she .uld. “1 went to the ‘play room’ on the fourth floor and found the door locked. At fiist John refused to open it, but I told him I would faint if he didn't. Victim Faints, “He said the revolver had accidentally ®one off while Joseph was examining It but no one was hurt. I felt better then, but Jater on—after I'd almost for- gotten the incident—he fainted. Some- body heard me scream and called the police; who had John taken to the hos- | The other | short time later, were arrested & athletic - equipment, etc. Thus far, they have been unable to learn how the boys obtained possession of the | firearms and the explosive, but their | theory is that it was stolen. The boys arrested e: “The | Three Skulls” is a nelghborhood organi- | zation, using the “play room” as a meeting place. Police are seeking other members of the group. Marriage Licenses. W. MONUMENT LIGHTS CHOSEN BY GRANT Permanent Equipment Ex- “pected to Be Installed About November 1. {APPEARANCE OF BEACON AVOIDED BY OFFICIALS .| Unequal Illumination Desired to Make Peak Stand Out. Batisfactory lights for the Washing- ton Monument, as a safeguard to night fiying. over Washington, have been found as a result of tests made last night, it was announced today. at the office of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks. ‘The equipment of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. was pronounced satisfactory. Permanent equipment is expected to be delivered in 30 days and installed about November 1. Will Avoid Beacon Effect. tm“;iu" ;hmfl. l-.llfl tant director jof pul an ublic parks, | explained the Office of Public Buildings iand Public Parks does not desire to make the Wi Monument & beacon, ‘but will illuminate it to elimi- hazard viators. The nate the to & . Wi Monument, he explained, is subordinate to' the .Capitol, and can- not be permitted to eclipse the Lincoln { Memorial, which is {lluminated at night. | The ise the two requirements—to get a light on the Monument that is not glaring, but at the same time a suitable mark of warning to airmen, Five lights will be placed on each side, three 1500-watt lamps and two 1,000-watt. The plan is to use only | two ‘of the 1,500-watt lamps in clear | weather, Lieut. Butler said, but all five { will be brought into play when it | foggy or raining. Lighted Unequally. All four sides of the Monument are not equally illuminated, two sides be- ing less intense. Under present plans the north and south sides will be the brighter. ‘This, the assistant director said, will be controlled through the voltage of the lamps and not a dif- ference in lamp arrangement. If all four sides were equally illuminated, the Monument would appear from the air as a rounded tower, and this effect the officials desire to avoid. Last night's experiment ted the third effort of the Westinghouse firm, officials said, to demonstrate their uipment. Previously the General Co.. and the Crouse-Hines | Electric Co. had demonstrated their equipment. Another test is to be made tonight, | Lieut. Butler said, but this will not af- fect the award to- the Westinghouse firm. Tonight's test will place the lights on the edge of the proposed grass plot around the Monument. | | | DR. ARTHUR 6. HUNT TO BE BURIED HERE Assistant G. P. 0. Sanitary Chief ‘Will Get Military Honors at Arlington Cemetery. Funeral services for Dr. Arthur Guy Government Printing Monday at Naval Hospi! at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sixth and A streets ‘mortheast. The body will be burfed with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. . Hunt, a resident of Washington for four years, was stricken at church Sunday, and taken to Naval Hospital. A native of Banner, Miss, and a graduate of Oxford, Miss, High School, the University of Mississippi and the Memphis Medical College, Dr. Hunt made his Washington home at 201 D street northeast. During the war he saw active service as a lleutenant in the Medical Corps, and was made captain following the armistice and placed in charge of a hospital in France. In April, 1919, he returned to this country, and was sta- tioned at El Paso, Tex., prior to leaving the Army late that year. He re-entered (private medical practice in Oklahoma {and Texas on his discharge. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was active in Masonic organizations. i b v Sl Births Reported. ‘The following births have been the Health D‘Pl!lmflll in the last Prancis E. and argaret Du boy and mirl. tilios_and :llllbtlh Lampin. & et e Pl 0 and Luells B. Taylor, James 0 and Gwendolzn tef B an: o rt H. Tt M. rted to hours: twins, . girl, boy. boy. Rose E, Hughes. boy. and Amelia_ Yorkdale. boy. 4 Edna Verdin bov. Gatherine Bickford, boy. » Edith M. Beahm. girl John J. Véronica A. Riley. mirl. hur B. and Thelma Hayes, jr.. sirl. iliam snd Pauis Bi M uf and Conchita Peri id W. and Margaret and Agnes Do and Ethel . ahd Fannie Fountain. boy. smbson and Estelle Green.”boy. liver ang Nellle Gray. bov. arence . and Evangelistia Hughes. sirl v and Jessie N. Samuels, girl. ames . and, Eirulla Biscoe. 'boy. ‘Elnora Joi and Pannie nd Henrletta Cla Deaths Reported. deaths h: o R Bep e ment in the Tast B¢ therine E. Naylor, 82. 442 Mass, Jennie W. Farne. T7, 8. Elizabeth Plifinie M. Powler, 76. 515 13th s rie Vi, Lesch. 71111 SO st 7 mps 1 man. ‘eirl iwins. ried to hours: ave. s Hos- ry A, s, ary Smith, 4. foler G Barbour, 63, Waller Reed Hos- . 50. en route United :fii i Afi:"}“‘\ ital. homas M. Curr 4. Conard Apart: Engene © i rch, 68, e o8 r, 66, George ital . Batten, 34. Walter Reed Hos- effort has been, he explained; to | s CAPITAL ATTORNEY T0 GUARD- FLYERS | FACES ARREST N [sso ALIEN SMUGGLING Charges Involve Marriage of Woman to U. S. Citizen to Evade Law. FIVE OF EIGHT ACCUSED ALREADY IN CUSTODY American Who Wed Foreigner Was Given $45 and Car, With Annulment Promise. ‘The arrest of a man identified by nent Washington attorney, who special- !izes in immigration cases,” may follow the seizure in New York City today of five men charged with alien smuggling. The Labor Department announced this afternoon that the five men had been taken into custody, while an_As- sociated Press dispatch from New York said eight warrants had been issued for persons believed implicated in a smug- fillnl ring in which 19 arrests already ave been made. One of the men arrested, it is under- stood, was a principal in a plot in which the Washingtonian was said to have been implicated. The Labor De- ! partment refused to divulge which of the five men arrested was being held in this connection. Involves Woman's Marriage. Secretary Doak in a speech in the National Radio Forum arranged by the ‘Washington Star revealed the plot which involves the marriage of a ‘woman, who entered country il- ! Jegally ‘six years ago, to & man whom she had never seen before in order to obtain legal entry papers. The Wash- ingtonian’s connection with the case, according to Secretary Doak, was that he gave the woman a letter of intro- duction to the prospective husband. ‘The marriage was solemnized in New York City and the bride and bride- groom, accompanied by another attor- ney, who is now under arrest, and the man wHo smuggled the woman into the country six years ago, went to Canada, where they obtained a visa from the American consul showing the ;umln was the wife of an American ‘Was Promised Annulment. ‘The woman returned to the United States alone. The bridegroom, for his trouble, received $45 in cash and an automobile. However, was forced to smuggle into the United States in his new automobile two undesirable citizens, the Secretary said. He was also promised a marriage annulment, but so far as the department knows this has never been carried out. ‘The department’s announcement to- day gave the names of those under arrest as. Edward Shieman, a steam- ship ticket agent at 1 Broadway, New York; Emanuel M. Wertzer, another steamship agent of the same address; Joseph McDevitt, a chauffeur of Carth- way, N. J.; Chirles E. Fink, a consult- ant, Times Building, New York, and Stephen Tillinghast of 226 West Seventy-eighth street, New York. Scores Are Questioned. I I was the first move the de) made since Secretary held a con- ference with officials here last Saturday. He followed this with a Nation-wide appeal in the National Radio Forum for the support of citizens and aliens alike to aid the department’s campaign -nmmn large smuggling of the country. According to the New York dis- patches, the eight warrants were issued late yesterday after Murray A. Garsson, Assistant Secretary of Labor, spent sev- eral hours i Ellis Island and in va- rious other Federal offices questioning "scores of Governngent employes. Department- officials said today no Government employes were named as suspects in the investigation. It was said the warrants were the outgrowth of a renewed investigation of a smuggling ring. The ring has been revealed by the slaying in a Park avenue office building last Thursday of Salvatore Maranzano. Secretary Doak said he believed the man was killed by persons who feared he was about to make disclosures. Blank immigration forms and letters {rom attorneys, some of whom Secretary Doak said were prominent, were found in Maranzano's office. The immigration forms had been forged and the corre- spondence indicated he had been con- cerned in various immigration cases. o MORGAN INSTALLED 'AS GEORGETOWN DEAN Veteran Instructor Assumes New Post as Head of University's Medical School. ent has Secretary of Labor Doak as & “promi- | 4! the ‘The serving of the warrants today | o Tings | said he believed been discovéred ening Ssbae EDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1931 FLEEING ROBBER IS WOUNDED STORE FOREMAN * ‘BY SHOT OF eper Catches Escap- ing Thief in Chase Down Alley. John Padgett Is Detained for Questioning in Shooting of Colored Man. Richard Willams, 27, colored, of the first block of Madison t, is in Emergency Hospital with a bullet ‘wound in the leg inflicted shortly before 10 o'clock today lb‘y John_ Padgett, 38, of Cottage Cl d., as Willlams runi an alley in rear of Cat- lin's, Inc, furniture and _electrical equipment store, 1324 New York ave- nue, from which he had fled when a burglar alarm went off. burglar alarm, attached to a radio, was fixed to ring when the radio was moved, the contraption |being rigged up after eight radios had been | a"fm from the basement of the store luring business hours within the past several months. Runs to Garage. Hearing the alarm go off, Padge who is foreman in the shop of Catlin's, Inc., grabbed his gun and ran to the smle in rear of the store and one loor below where he was working. As the colored man wound his way between automobiles parked in the g‘l'np, Padgett made a grab for him, t missed. top ett, Padgett then cried “Sf thief! I will shoot.” The colored man continued running down the alley and Padgett fired one shot, which hit the man in the leg. The colored man continued running, how- ever, but was caught by Samuel Hook, 22, of th: 600 block of Eleventh street no; a eeper at the store, | SAMUEL HOOK. who also ran to the rear of the building | when the alarm went off. James Brad- | ford, 37, colored,” a driver for the establishment, helped Hook subdue the man until police officers arrived a few moments later. Theft in Absence. The door in the rear of the base- ment of the store leads into the garage. It was pointed out by store employes that the radios were stolen during the absence of the salesmen in that part of the store. X-ray pictures were to be taken at Emergency Hospital today to determine gta:e bone in Willlams' leg was shat- red. Padgett was detained by police of |No. 1 precinct for questioning. He said he shot low in hopes of frighteniny the colored man so the latter woul | stop. He saild he was sorry the bullet hit the man. | | | PRATT AND CROSBY ADDRESS CITIZENS Major Tells Anacostia Group Criticism Is “Unfair”—Capt. Dent Honored. Confidence in the integrity of the Wi Police ”t ot and or its .cuvmgmm were expressed three city officials and many citizens ::tlnm'eeulmum(o(mw G. Pratt, superintendent of Met: itan Police; Corporation Counsel . Bride and- Police Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby were honor guests, and each addressed the ner Crosby confined his re- marks on the current investigation to the brief opinion that “the whole de cause a few are derelict.” " Pratt Calls Press “Unfair.” BRENNAN REVEALS Billboards Erected in First Precinct Without Proper Permits, He Says. piliooards and Wall signe i the St wal police precinct was revealed today by Roland M. Brennan, chairman of a committee now investigating the ex- istence in Washingfon of signs erected without proper permits. (pir Brennan, who is chief clerk of e T by Isadore Bryan of the Engineer Com- ?’meewrwmnnt g et Pitding jn spector’s office. The committee was appointed by Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant -Engineer Commissioner, to prepare a list.of illegal outdor advertising displays. The survey, which will reqbire aproximately three ‘weeks, is intended to elimina promulgated for the control of outdoor advertising. List Called Obsolete. S The present “authorized list,” com- piled from records of permits issued in the past, was characterized by Mr. Brennan as ‘“woefully unreliable and obsolete.” h most of the large bilboards and | _, Althoug] stand in the first precinct, officials be- e- meanors of a few, was the principal theme of Maj. Pratt's comments. statements which he qualified as his personal - opinion on the situation, the police superintendent asserted that the morale of the department is vitally dam- aged if the officers feel public confi- dence iri them has been destroyed, and no sufficient reason has for the withdrawal of this confidence. Capt. Dent Given Gifts. Capt. Dent, who retired from the de- partment recently after 35 years’ serv- ice, was presented with a silver service as a of esteem from his neighbors and friends of Anacostia. Lieut. Dennis J. Cullinane of the eleventh precinct, as representative of the men of that sta- ‘.'h;:l‘:‘hnv. the retired chief a gold Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Anacostia Association, presided over last night's session. Entertainment was provided by Raymond Fillius, Prof. Ful- ton Carr, Gordon Darling, Harrison Fillius, Mrs. Louise Tucker, Mrs. Alice ‘Williams and Mrs. Jacqueline Kelly. Prizes for the best gardens in Ana- costia were awarded to Harry Armold, 2348 High street southeast, first; Wil- ilam H. Benoff, 1345 Valley place south- east, second, and Jeremiah O’Connor, 1357 Valley place southeast, third. MAIL BARRED ON AKRON Stamp Collectors Must Wait for by | found in In | P! Special Flight After Trials. In the presence of Rev. W. Coleman| Stamp collectors, who are eager to Nevils, 8. J,, and the board of trustees | secure stamps from mail flown aboard of Georgetown University, Dr. William | the new naval dirigible U. 5. 8. Akron, Gerry Morgan was formally inStalled | must bide their time. Secretary Adams vyesterday afternoon as dean of the|yesterdsy told Postmaster General Georgetown School of Medicine, Brown that it would be “impracticable” ‘The exercise took place at the Medi- | to carry philatelic mall on the forth- cal School, where Dr. e | coming trial flight of the big craft. corted to his new offices. 1= ent Nevils presnter Sim with » aield| The Secretary sald, however, e bel:l'ng the coat of arms of the utr::- probably would arrange for a commem- versity. Following the presentation, the | grative mail on the first official flight trustees and Dr. Morgan made an in- | of the Akron. This will likely u%‘,.,: spection. of the medical building and| when the ship goes from Lakehurst, grounds, which are being improved. ‘N. J., to some port on the West Coast, Last night, Dr. Morgan was the din- | which is to be her future station. lieve many illegal signs also will be o the second and third pre- cts. “All lacking permits will have to be e).lmlmmlud from the list,” he ex- lained. Similar conditions, officials believe, undoubtedly exist in the second and Owing to laxity in the kesping of record years ago the work of cgecunz thousand uun:m has proved slow and tedious. In ly years per- lice, Engineer Department, the bui ing inspector's office or.even by The compilation of the “authorized” list was delayed during the by taxed conditions in the inspec- tor’s office. In making this physical inspection of signs in incts, the committee excess of the number called for in bona fide permits. It is expected there will third precincts, where signs are nu- merous. over the or more permits supposed to be ou mits were sometimes issued by the Ba- the joners themselves. reason of annual leaves, and E: over- building Eliminations Expected. all is making urmhu:k of all signs in be many eliminations on this score alone. A good deal of the work of the com- mittee is being eliminated by the de- struction of buildings on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue in connection with the Government's building pro- gram. Wali signs existed on many of these structures. ‘The ‘other two members of the In- specting_Comraifiee are Isadore Bryan of the Engine Commissioner’s office and Thomas :. Roach, inspector of I signs in thy Twuilding inspector’s office. SCOUT CAMP CLOSES Camp Wilson, Boy Scout camp at Burnt Mills, Md., closed today after a season which has brought with it im- mvmenu and additions, One of the hlights of the season has been the completion of seven wooden cabins. e Cam) sisted of Wi and John George, Arlton Murray, Wallace, F. Fawcett, Robert Greenwood “%.f‘é' Krumke, jr. ummer program closes today, but dozens of Scout troops will use the camp as a hiking objective and over- ;‘:fl“ camping grounds throughout the tees at the college. Included - among the trustes who greeted the new medical dean, who had been & lecturer at the school for up- ward of 25 years prior to his recent appointment, were Dr. Edmund A. w.hhi a.t.v.. vice president and regent of ner guest of President Nevils and trus- VETERAN DRIVER OF FIRE HORSES DIES AFTER SUFFERING STROKE Parades, Absent This Year Because of Iliness. S Gets Virginia Trade Permit. ILLEGAL SIGNS|= PAGE B—1 'SHELTON FRIENDS | HOLD MASS RALLY AND LEND SUPPORT Secrecy on Meeting Asked of 200 Attending Behind Guarded Doors. PRAYERS ARE OFFERED IN BEHALF OF PASTOR Fund for Defense Is Reported as Clergyman's Trial on Sep- tember 22 Nears. About 200 friends of Dr. William A. Shelton, pastor of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South met last night in the church and agreed to support him against charges . brought by a former secretary. Newspaper men were excluded from the rally, and every effort was made to cast an air of secrecy around the entire affair. Nevertheless, it was learned that prayers were offered in behalf of Dr. Shelton and several members of his con- gregation made es in which they o en o ek ith ecclestiastical court. e Defense Fund Reported. to old-fashioned prayer meeting.’ It was reported that friends of Dr. Shelton from out-of-town already had come forward with sufficient funds to defray all the cost of his defense. expression of appreciation. - Dm( t,l;l;tnmthn was dis- ussed al night’s meeting so-called defense covnsel. ki A substantial nurber of women at- tended. All were pledge to secrecy be- ‘The doors intruders Dr. Shelton’s duties have been as- sumed by Dr. J. H. Balthis, THREE BOYS AT PLAY RUN DOWN BY AUTOS Two Victims in Accidents Hurt Badly—Hit-Run Woman Driver Sought for Hitting One. % A z:;?m hll‘:n;d-m driver is being unt Ppolice following a which she knocked down e surgeons Sibley Reidy, 120315 C street northeast, the driver of the van, police reported. D. C. ALIENIST URGES LUNACY COMMISSION Dr. D. Percy Hickling Also Asks Part-Time Assistant in An. nual Report. Dr. D. Percy Hickling, District alien- ist, in his annual report to the Commis- sicners yesterday recommended the creation of a lunacy commission in the District similar to those in existence in most of the States. He also urged the appolntment of an assistant to,the alienist on a ~time basis and with a salary of $1, a year, Difficulty has been rncountered, Dr. of a competent ald in the examination of patients and a r in court in the Cxamined in o.nmmw’ 'monosylm these 458 were committed for treatment to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. 2,000,000 MILES FLOWN THIS YEAR BY AIR LINES Alr transport lines, operating in the United States, with extensions to Can- ada, the West Indies and Latin Amer- ica, flew a total of more than 2,000,000 miles during the first six months of this, year, carrying 193,651 wgefi 4,589,707 pounds of mail and 1,299,863 pounds of express, according to & sur- vey just completed by the Department of Commerce aeronautics branch. ‘The amount of mail carried repre- sented an increase of more than 500,000 {”'m over the first six months o‘f 930. shipments . Express 386 pounds. The passenger total, gweur, was 14,706 less than for the period last year, ‘milea m:: increased by :.m.’n?n'n- 2 5 DONALDSON FUNERAL SET Puneral services for Mrs.