Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1931, Page 16

A—16 % SPECIAL PROBERS | T0 HEAR STAPLES Prize Winners i Report of Refusal to Appearé Is Spiked—Ex-Policeman Asks Guard at Talk. | | i LS ! Former Policeman Orville Staples, & who the grand jury charged was re-| moved from the force three years ago as the result of a “frame-up,” announced today he would appear voluntar Tuesday before the Special Committee | of Lawyers appointed by the Commis- sloners to investigate the charges. The announcement was designed to} spike reports that Staples would follow | the course of former Policeman Freder- ick A. Schenck in refusing to testify behind closed doors. Stapies declared | he would support the committee in any | way and devote as much of his time as possible in aiding it to establish the! grand jury's charge that he was a vic- | tim of & “frame-up.” Allen Expected to Testify. ‘The reports that Staples proposed to | Join Schneck in opposing a et in- quiry were the outgrowth of his failure to respond to the committee's request to | appear yesterday. Staples, however, | said he did not receive the written in- vitation until late in the afternoon. | Immediately, Staples declared, he com- municated with Henry P. Blair, com- mittee chairman, and explained his fail- | ure to appear, at the same time pledging his co-operation in the investigation. | Mr. Blair then invited him to appear Dbefore the committee Tuesday. at wiich time former Policeman Robert J. Allen also is expected to tostify. Allen did not figure in the Staples | case until the grand jury undertook an | investigation of Schenck’s belated con- | fession that he was a party to the “frame-up.” For his activities in this inquiry, Allen was commended publicly in the special report, which recom- mended the reinstatement of Staples and punishment of those responsible for | his removal from the force. Asks Protection at Speech. Aside from denying the reports that he would refuse to appear before the committee of lawyers, Staples also an- nounced that he ‘intended to ask Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po- | lice, for a special guard of policemen to protect him tonight when he speaks be- fore the Washington Open Forum in the lub auditorium cn “Po- Staples said he had Teceived a threatening letter, warning him to “soft pedal” his remarks. “You had better be careful what you say in your lecture, though it probably won't have much effect. as every one knows why you were custed,” the letter read. he said. “Unless you soft, pedal your remarks the results may not be entirely to your liking. Staples’ Life Threatened. “You claim that your life was at- tempted on one occasion, but maybe the rext attempt won't be a failure, which many people regret the first one was. ‘There are as many ways to keep a man’'s mouth shut as there are to make bim talk, and if you know so much about police brutality, you know what we mean. “Some of us will be at your talk and you had better be governed by a little caution in what you disclose if you want to live and do well.” This threatening letter. Staples sald, would not cause him to alter his speech, which, he explained, is “most sensa- tional.” DISTRICT REPUBLICAN PROGRAM IS PRAISED McGarraghy, at Committee Session, Lauds Work Preparing for 1932. The work accompilshed by District| of Columbia Republican preparatory to the 1932 presidential campaign was| commended by James C. McGarraghy, a member of the District bar, at & meeting yesterday of the membership | commiitee of the National Capital Re- publican Club. Mr. McGarraghy said he doubted if there is any State or local Republican organization in any other part of the! country better organized for the next campaign. He said the constructive work done here should be an inspira- tion to all Washington Republicans not identified with any party activity to lend their support in the coming cam- paign. He hailed the formation of the Na- tional Capital Republican Club, now housed in its own clubhouse at Six- teenth street and Scott Circle, as one of the most important movements in this city toward arousing interest among Republicans. 1In this connection, Mr. McGarraghy sald the creation of this club should appeal to those citizens of the capital who are not legally entitled to a vote in any one of the States. ‘The meeting of the membership com- mittee was one of a series to be held each Friday this Winter. In the ab- sence of R. F. Camalier, chairman of the committee, the meeting was con- ducted by George E. McNeill. Others who spoke were Charles J. Waters and A. E. Chaffee. CHURCHES GET RELIEF| APPEAL OF GIFFORD Clergy and Laity Are Urged to Aid Unification of Community Efforts for Jobless. Walter S. Gifford, national relief di- | rector, and Eliot Wadsworth, a com- mittee chairman of the President's Or- ganization on Unemployment Relief. | today issued an appeal to the clergy and lafty of every religious denomina- tion to aid the cause of unemployment relief In a letter to the clergy the relief of. ficials asked for assistance in unifying community efforts to relieve distress. “It is important that every force in each community should support local activities concerned in the raising of funds for unemployment relief, wisely administering relief and increasing op- wortunities for unemployment,” the let- ter said. “May we not count on you to keep in touch with your community organiza- tion for unemployment relief, to keep : your people informed as to 'its plans ' and to urge them to lend all strength and influence to the end that distress ! from unemployment may be kept at a | minimum? “Perhaps you will consider it advis- able to read this letter to your congre- gation and take any definite action which seems appropriate.” DIES OF AUTO INJURIES Frederick A. Furnald, Struck by Car September 24, Fails to Rally. Frederick A. Furnald, 72, of 803 Taylor street, died at Emergency Hos- pital today of injuries received Sep- tember 24 when run down by an auto- mobile at Georgia avenue and Upshur street. Furnald suffered a fractured skull when struck by the car operated by Caldwell Cheeney, 21, of 1304 P street. northeast. An inquest into his death has been scheduled at 11:30 o'clock Monday at the District i | | 1 1 l BIDS ASKED INPLAN. T0 BEAUTIFY PARK Washington Channel Wharf to Be Shifted on Building | of Engineer Office. Ma). Joseph D. Arthur, jr.. district engineer for the War Department in the Washington area. today called for bids for the construction of a stcrage bufld- ing and steel shop structure at Eleven and O streets southesst, near the Navy | Yard. This is the first concrete step looking to removal of the buildings of | the United States engineer office from | the Washingtcn Channel side of East Potomac Park, so that that area may be | turther besutified. | Maj. Arthur said that he expects the | wharf, which is located across the | channel from Water street and near the railroad tracks, will be moved to a new location on the Anacostia River | and that the entire transfer will take place in the next three months. In calling for the prospective con- tracts today, Maj. Arthur said that the bids will be recelved until 3 pm. on | October 20. One set of bids will be for | constructing the foundations, floors and | brick end walls for the two buildings, | while the other bids will provide fcr | actual construction of the steel storage | building and steel shop building proper. The District engineer has co-operated with the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks in agreeing to the removal program so that the further beautification of €ast | Potomac _Park might proceed. ‘The moving of the wharf and plant of the United States Engineer Office to the Buzzards Point area is in keeping with the commission’s plans to use that sec- tion for industrial purposes. The commission has under considera- tion the creation of a small yacht basin | at the northerly end of Washington | Channel as an added feature of the | waterway. Both contracts for the new construc- tion must be approved by Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army Engineers. The successful contractor is to start work on the foundations within 10 day: after being awarded the contract, while | the other successful contractor is to | begin his work within 15 days after receipt of notice to proceed. ~Bidders must name the time of completion of the work, and this will be a factor in ' awarding the contract. GETS WEST POINT POST | | Capt. Harris Jones Named Profes- sor of Mathematics. Capt. Harris Jones, Corps of Engi- neers, recently cn duty with the Amer- ican Battle Monuments Commission in | Paris and in this city, has been ap- | pointed professor of mathematics at the West Point Military Academy, with the rank and pay of lieutenant colonel. He fills the vacancy caused by the recent | retirement of Col. Charles P. Echols, who | had served as prcfessor of mathematics | ince 1898. | Lieut. Col. Jones is from Connecticut | nd was graduated at the Military Acad- | emy near the head of kis class in April, | 1917. He served in the World War as| the Distinguished Service Cross for gal- | lantry in action. His appointment as professor of mathematics at the acad- | emy is withcut limit in time and takes | him out of the Engineer Corps. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY. 2CTOBER 3, 1931. | | n Grotto SELECTIONS MADE IN FALL FESTIVAL. Little Margaret Louise Maynard, 4 years old, being crowned “Baby Mon- arch” at the Kallipolis Grotto festival last night. Below, Miss Thelma Smith, 213 Ninth street southwest, chosen as —Star Staff Photo. BYRD WILL SPEAK AT AMBLER RITES Memorial Services Will Be Held Tomorrow for Victim of Argtic Trip. Former Gov. Harry F. Byrd will de- liver the principal address at memorial services for Dr. James Markham Mar- shall Ambler. past assistant surgeon, U. 8. N, and Arctic explorer, who lost his life as a member of the ill-fated Jeanette Expedition, October, 1881, to be held in Leeds Church, near War- renton, Va.,, tomorrow. Other speakers on the program are David Rankin Barbee, newspaper man, and Willism Marbury, prominent at- torney, of Baltimore, who will speak on “Dr. Ambler the Explorer” and “Dr. Ambler; His Personal Character,” re- | spectively. Dr. Ambler, said to be one of the most distinguished men in the history of the Navy Medical Corps, sailed with a group of other explorers on the steamship Jeanette to find a north- west passage to the pole from the Pa- cific Coast in 1879. Most of the ship's company, including Dr. Ambler, was either siarved or frozen to death when the explorers became marooned on the ice 500 miles from the delta of the Lena River in Siberia. Dr. Ambler was a‘- member of one of Virginia'’s most distinguished fam- ilies, being related to Jefferson, John | Marshall, Lee, John Randolph of Roa- noke and other famous individuals. MORROW RETURNS HOME Conference Held With Stimson but Details Ncot Given Out. Senator Dwight W. Morrow returned a major of Engineers and was awarded | to: his home in Englewood, N. J., last ! night after conferring here with Secre- tary of State Stimson. Both declined to_comment on the subjects discussed. The Senator had been called to the Capital for the meeting. Oldest Mother Nominee Mrs, Harriet A. Wh y of Danforth, | Me., is the oldest nomdnee yet to be; named. for the principal role in the; Mother's day celebration being planned | or next year by the District of Colum- | bia George Washington Bicentennial | Commission. She passed the 100-year mark on July 8 last. | One cf the outstanding of the elderly | mothers whose names have been sub-| mitted to the commission since it announced its quest for the oldest living ' American mother, Mrs. Whitney was, suggasted for the role by the American Gold Star Mothers. The centenarian wes born in Wash- ngt:n County, Me., and has narried four tim: v all of her hus- | bands, each one of whom was a Civil War veteran She has 8 grardchildren, 32 great- grandchilaren great-great- grandchild. A son, Winfleld S. Ell | and a daughter, Mrs. Lottie Nesbit, botiu of Danforth, Me., are living. A daugh- ter-in-law of the aged widow js Mrs. W. G. Ellis of 130 Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, whose four sons also live here. They are Ellory H. Ellis, Bertrand L.| Ellls, Winfield G. Ellis and Ray H. Ellis. Another interesting candidate for the | “oldest mother” role is Maj. Isabell De Morin of Denver, Colo.,, who is 73 years old. She attained the rank of major in the Colorado National G . Maj. De Morin, whose father served with the Union Army during the Civil War, has also been married ?our times and is the mother of five children. She went West | in 1872 and served as a Texas Ranger for three years and was wounded in battle three times. In her letter to the District Com- mission she writes: “I am in good | health and can ride s horse, shoot & CENTENARIAN ADVANCED FOR FETE PART. MRS. HARRIET A. WHITNEY. —Harris-Ewing Photo. gun or revolver, march with the soldiers, run a foot race or dance “Yankee Doodle” with the best ugm" A PROBEDUE HONDAY N VIRGHA DEATHS Grand Jury to Investigate Finding of Three Bodies in Farm Fire. A Prince William County, Va., grand Jury will lJaunch an investigation Mon- 1 day into the mysterious deaths of Good- {win Miller, his wife and baby, whose charred bodies were found in the ruins of their home, near Joplin, Va., a week ago Friday, it was announced today. Yesterday a fifth prisoner was taken in a surprise arrest by State officers and questioned concerning the case. He was Walter Wolfendon, 46-year-old neighbor of the Miller family, who was seen near their home the day before the night they died. Arrested by Dry Officer. ‘The man was arrested by State Pro- hibition Inspector M. A. Lynch, who sald he saw Wolfendon's car parked near Miller'’s home Thursday afternoon as he was searching for liquor. Yes- terday Wolfendon explained before Jus- tice of the Peace Thomas H. Cobb, at Manassas, that he was in the woods at the time shooting squirrels. Wolfendon was released on his promise to appear before the grand jury. they plan to question Elmer De Witt, another neighbor of Miller, sometime today. De Witt was the first to discov- er that the Miller home had been burned, but notified no one because, he sald, he did not think Miller and his family were in the house when it burned. Death Theories Differ, ‘The four men, besides Wolfendon, who have been taken into custody for questioning, lived together in a cabin about 2 miles from Miller. They are B. J. and Eugene Barber, Jonah Cole and Ben Dooley. The last named is at liberty on $500 bond. All have been questioned at length, and authorities have stated that they thought the men had no connection with the deaths, Officials are divided as to how the tragedy came about. Sheriff John P. Kerlin and Coroner E. H. Marstellar hold that the trio were murdered and their bodies burned. Commonwealth’s hand, thinks the fire was accidently kindled and caused their death. \PARK SECRETARYSHIP Civil Service Commission Is Grad- ing Papers From Applicants in All Parts of U. S. Seventy-nine persons, from all over the country, want to be secretary of the Commission. This was learned today at the Civil Service Commission, where the list was closed on Tuesday. Commission exai iners are now going over the applicants’ papers, which are in the process of being graded. This is expected to take some time. The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission will be furnished with a list of three names standing at the top, and a selection will be made from these for the secretaryship. The exami- nation for the post was what is termed a non-assembled one and applicants are being rated on the basis of qualifica- tions and experience, rather than on any competitive examination. The present secretary of the Planning Commission is Thomas S. Settle, former practicing attorney here. with offices in the National Press Building. He is seeking the secretaryship, which was vacated by the resignation of the late | Fred G. Coldren. The secretary of the commission must_be an attorney and familiar with park matters. QuITS 4 U. S. ATTORNEY | | Nelson H. Carver Resigns Post in Row With District Judge Over { | Court Action. Nelson H. Carver today was appoint- ed district attorney at Memphis. He succeeds L. B. Phillips, resigned. | MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 3 (#).— Lindsay B. Phillips, United States at- torney for the western district of Ten- nessee, has tendered his resignation, which will become effective at the close | of business today. i While he did not issue a statement. it is known the resignation resulted from a “feud” between the district at- derson, which began more than two years_ago when Phillips complained to | the Department of Justice regarding Judge Anderson’s disposition of prohi- bition cases before his court. | Later a congressional investigation | into Judge Agderson’s activities resulted | in his exoneration by a House commit- I give the judge a clean bill of health. FUNERAL OF C. J. SMITH WILL BE HELD MONDAY Services for Red Cross Official at Fort Bragg to Be Conducted in Baltimore. i Funeral services for Charles J. Smith, field director for the Red Cross War ! Service, at Fort Bragg, N. C, and a | member of the organization's staff for 13 years, will be held Monday in Balti- died Thursday at Walter Reed Hospital. Smith entered the Red Cross service as assistant field director at \ Camp Humphreys, Va., during the de- mobilization after the armistice. He later served in the same capacity at Edgewood Arsenal, Md., and had been at Fort Bragg for nine jears. He also served in the Red Cross relief in several major disasters, including the Mississippi Valley flood of 1927 and }:els%est Indian hurricane in Florida He was a native of Baltimore, where he engaged in the insurance business prior to joining the Red Cross staff. APPEAL FOR CLOTHING An appeal for donations of warm clothes for the local needy this Fall and Winter and for Summer clothes for children of Porto Rico is made by the | District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross. The appeal states also that 40 per cent of the Porto Rican children are unable to attend school for lack of iclothing. It is to ald these that the Summer clothing is wanted. ‘The appeal asks that clothes be left at 1730 E street, headquarters of the District Chapter, American Red Cross, or to telephone National 5400, branch 44, and arrangements will be made to Authorities said this morning that|for an advertised position as a maid | Attorney Thomas H. Lion. on the other | 5T, STOTRE, the FORIC In flttle more | IN D. C. SOUGHT BY 79 Natfonal Capital Park and Planning | IN RUM CASE “FEUD”| | torney and District Judge Harry B. An- s, s tee, a subcommittee voting 4 to 1 to!> JOB SEEKERS FILE 2 NEW COMPLAINTS Deceptions by Local Employ- ment Bureau Charged in Drive on Evil. ‘The Better Business Bureau, which is co-operating with the district at- torney's office in efforts to stamp out alleged illegal practices in the conduct of employment agencies in Washington, today reported two new complaints from perscns, who claim to have been deceived by a local employment bureau. Louis Rothschild, director of the Bet- ter Business Bureau, said -tke com- plainants would be taken to the office of Assistant District Attorney Willlam C. Gallagher for hearing. Mr. Gallagher is handling the investigation for the district attorney’s office. Meanwhile John D. Kendall, operator of the Washington Business Bureau, who was named in a warrant sworn out yesterday charging false pretenses, surrendered to headquarters detectives today and was released on $500 bond aor arraignment in Police Court Mon- ay. ‘The warrant was sworn out by Fan- nie Lytle, colored, of 615 Fifty-seventh street northeast, who said she applied and was told that such a fob existed, but thst a $2 registration fee would be required. After paying the fee, she avers, Kendall told her the job was not available at the time, but to return later. This she did on several sub- sequent occasions, she said, but never obtained a position. HAROLD GATTY HERE ON BUSINESS TRIP Flyer Will Discuss Navigation In- strument He Designed With Navy Expert. old Gattr, who, with Wiley Post. flew around the world in little more Hoover Alrport with Mrs. Gatty today to discuss a new type of navigation in- strument of his own design with Lieut Comdr. P. V. H. Weems, Navy aerial navigation expert. Gatty's instrument, a ground speed and drift indicator, tested on the world flight and has since been somewhat modified and improved. Gatty and Weems are recognized as on aerial navigation. Gatty said he has no plans in mind now for any future fiights of the type he made with Post. He expected to re- main in Washington for several days He made the trip here from New York with Mrs. Gatty as a passenger on &n Eastern Alr Transport plan Comdr. Weems has been ordered to Washington from the United States Naval Academy, where he has been an instructor, for duty in a special post created for him in the Navy hydro- graphic office. Here he will be given an opportunity to make his knowledge of serfal navigation available not only for the use of the Navy, but for com | mercial aviation as well. CORONER IS SEEKING NEW MORGUE EDIFICE Present Building Is Worn Out and Insanitary, J. Ramsay Nevitt Tells Commissioners. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt is mak- ing another attempt this vear to ob- tain for Washingion @ new morgue bullding. the present one being “worn out and insanitary,” he reiterated to the District Commissioners in submit- ting his annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30 last. A total of 104 suicides and 93 homi. cides occurred in Washington during the year, the report revealed. The coroner's office passed on 32,060 cases during the year, including 418 deaths from violent causes, such as automobile trafic accidents, falls, etc., and 1445 deaths from natural causes. Included among the violent deaths were 102 from blows and falls; 37 from drowning; 67 from automobile accidents in the District and 76 outside the District. Four persons jumped to their deaths from Willlam Howard Taft Bridge dur- ing the year. Marriage Licenses. TIIIH. Charles R. Hager. 21, and Stella M 19. both of Hagerstown, Md.; Rev. Allan F. Dizon, 25, and Fiorence L. TSere 22 Purcellyille, V.. and ers. 32, Purcellville. Va.. Margaret F. Morris, 20, this city, Rev. M. J. i R 24, Philadelphia. and Vir- Chester Flack, ginia M. Jones, 31. this city; Herbert . Smith Jacob Rubin. 66. and Bessie Goldstein, 65. th of Baltimore: Rev. J. T. Loeb 25, Warrenton, Va., and 2, Gainesville, Va.. Rev. hyon. 24, and Elizabeth K. . John C. all. 2 nd Roberta Payne, 21; ingl S Mited Hattie West, v; Dyniel Washington . Emerine. 27. Ballinger. 74, Lake Worth, Rela 1 & - 2%, and Alice, ¢ . 25: Rev. C. B. Austin. 2 glnorrrulm;nn.l 3, and Loiise Lederer. 24; Rev. Charles J. Trinkaus. n, 25. and Marilynn M O ot "ot Takoma. Park, Md M. Youns arcld E. MacGregor. 23. and Catherine M W liams, 31 Revi s, Harvey Dunham. Births Reported. llowing_births have been !ho‘rz.‘l:l 'gi!‘:lth'beplflmenl in the ., boy. Bk Pt Mo 2o i, v 3§ nevieve and Genevieve M. reported past 24 N bert E. and Bernadine Gibso: Thomas ‘A. and Ruby Moran. Joseph F. aret Lilly. James F. nd_Vivi rt i 4 Laurs McDonald: and Elizabeth Good: Apna Gallatin, & sthei isher. Maizie Cannon. gi Lenora Watts. eresa Thomp: n W. and The ), [ayme Fenton. girl. 'J'%da:‘ ?Berger. sir an sirl . sirl. “Anna. Haywood. ol Catherine Donald, John and Evelyn Boinis. boy. Jomes"R; and Helen Dimond. es A. and Bernadine Bell. and nd Helen Beck. nd Katherine Hazell, boy. d TI : Thomas W. and Martha Wi James and Hilda Ewen. gir) Francis M. and Elizabe . and Cora aruct 5 d Helen B &l it aura Gray. bo Tsho, dile Auto Demolished in Crash FIVE HURT IN CRASH WITH PARKED TRUCK. | HE driver of this automobile escaped with a sprained back and only one of his four companions was seriously injured when the car crashed into a truck parked in front of 3108 Rhode Island avenue northeast about 2:30 am. today. A taxicab following close behind the machine, also was in- volved, sideswiping a trolley pole in the middle of the street when the driver swerved to avoid striking the wrecked automobile, Those hurt were Alex- ander M. Brown, 23, colored, 1708 Seventeenth street, operator of the car; Creed Brown, 22, colored, 2029 M street, cut tongue; Leonard Richards, 19, colored, 1741 S strect cut chin; Evelyn Bullock, 19, colored, 1936 Fourth street, cut face, and Perry Champ, 26, colored, 48 R street, three fractured ribs and possible internal injuries. Champ was taken to Freedmen's Hospital, while Brown and his other companions were treated at Casualty Hospital. The cab driver, John Walter Malsy, 26, colored, 215 R street, was unhurt, although his taxi also was badly | damaged. Policeman L. M. Laughton and H. W. Kegebein, twelfth precinct, | arrested both Brown and Malsy on reckless driving charges. In the photo Police- man T. M. Lewis of the twelfth precinct is standing beside the wreck. —Star Staff Photo. was thorcughly | | I Killed in Crash among the foremost world authorities | CHARLES LAMBROS. ASON'S SENTENCE 10 BE SET FRIDAY Capital Man Is Too Sick to Hear Penalty Today, At- torney Pleads. Cecil F. Mason, who pleaded guilty recently to charges of obstructing jus- i tice, illegal possession of liquor and driving an automobile without a per- i mit, will be sentenced on the prohibi- | tion and trafic charges next Friday, it | was decided today in Police Court | "'Mason was due for sentence on the | liquor and permit counts today, but his | attorney obtained a continuance on the | plea that his client was too ill to face the court. Police Judge Given ordered ! Mason to appear before him for sen- tence on October 9. R The charge of obstructing justice was placed against Mason two weeks after his arrest _on the liquor and traffic charges, Three days after this arrest Mason is alleged to have attempted to intimidate George B. Baber, a witness in the Government's shird-degree in- quiry, by suggesting that the latter “go easy” on a headquarters detective who had befriended him (Mason). Maurice O'Connor is jointly charged with Mason in the intimidation case. Mason pleaded guilty when arraigned before United States Commissoiner before C. Turnage, but O'Connor pleaded not guilty and will be given a hearing October 9. The alleged intimidation will be in- vestigated by the grand jury, which meets next week. Attache's Daughter Hurt in Fall. Gracilla Aguilar, 12-year-old daugh- ter of Don Francisco J. Aguilar, mili- tary attache of the Mexican Embassy, received a, sprained ankle yesterday when she tripped and fell at the Happy Hollow Playground. Playground officials took her to her home at 2002 P street, where first aid treatment was ad- ministered. CORONER TO PROBE BICYLIST'S DEATH Charles Lambros, 11, Dies at ! Hospital After Being Hit by Truck. A coroner's jury was to open an in- quest this afternoon into the death of 11-year-old Charles Lambros of 1300 Floral street, who died at Walter Reed Hospital last night of injuries suffered earlier in the day when he was thrown from the handlebars of a bicycle be- neath the wheels of an automobile. The boy was riding on a_bicycle pedaled by a 10-year-old playmate, James Thompson of 1208 Floral street The youngsters, police say, came out of an alley near s'reets and were struck by a_truck operated by Eugene Fiore Colella, 20 vears old, of 7512 Fourteenth street. Colella’ was arrested and released in tody of his attorney to appear at! ~ inquest. While young Lambros with minor cuts and bruises. Two motorists were slightly injured lost night when their automobile over- urned in a collision at First and B streets southwest. George W. Gould of 1415 Harvard sireet and Miss Goldie R. Beck of 1860 Columbia road were treated at Emer- gency Hospital for shock and slight bruises when the machine which Gould was driving was in_collision with an- other operated by James Tyler of 920 G street southwest. Street car traffic was interrupted while the autcmobiles were being re- moved. PHYSICIAN URGED FOR RESCUE SQUAD C:ntral Bus;n:qvm;; Association Asks Accredited Doctor to Go on Emergency Calls. Criticizing work of the fire rescuc equad of the District Fire Department as unscientific and inappropriate, the Central Business Men's Association | adopted yesterday a resolution urging that an accredited physician accom- | pany the squad or that its work be turned over to a hospital. | The association., which met at the Logan Hotel, acknow)edged that the | Fire Rescue Squad was composed of hard-working, serious men who did | their best, but. nevertheless, felt a com- | petent physician should direct their work so that more lives might be saved. “Be it resolved,” the resolution de- | clared, “That either an accredited phy- | sician accompany the rescue squad on all trips, having authority to supervise proper medical steps necessary, or else | the operations of the rescue squad be turned over to Gallinger Hospital or some other accredited hospital of this city for this purpose.” Resolutions also were adopted indors- ing the city-wide Halloween carnival es an annual affair and commending the Washington Board of Trade for the high quality of its literature prepara- tory to the George Washington Bicen- tennial Celebration. urteenth and Hemlock | sustained a ! fractured skull, his companion escaped | VAN DUZER TRAFFI CHANGES APPROVED ‘Commissioners Order New Hampshire Avenue and Fifth Street Boulevards. A number of changes in the traffic regulations, recommended by Traffic Director W. A. Van Duzer on petition of various civic bodies and in order to facilitate the movement of traffic, were approved yesterday by the District Com- missioners. New Hampshire avenue was extended as a boulevard from Georgia avenue to Grant Circle and Fifth street was made A boulevard from Grant Circle to But- ternut street. This i5 due to the volume of traffic coming in from the Takoma Park area and the designation of the route as boulevard will enable the de- partment to place stop signs at all intersecting streets. Sixteenth Street Restricted. Solid-tired vehicles are prohibited from using Sixteenth street between Florida avenue and Newton street, recent tests made by the Bureau of Public Roads having revealed that the route for the most part is a light type of flexible pavement. Parking between the entrance to Woodley Park Towers on Devonshire place as far as Connecticut avenue was banned because of congestion. The parking ban on the east side of Foxhall road, between Reservoir and Conduit roads, was changed from the east to the west side because of interference with certain business establishments. Fuller street, from Fifteenth to Seven- teenth streets, was ordered restricted to eastbound traffic only, with parking permitted on both sides. A one-hour limit on parking. from 8 am. to 6 pm., was ordered on Georgia avenue, between Park road and Newton place. No-Parking Ordered. No-parking was ordered on the south side of Harvard street, between Georgia avenue and Fifth street, at any time, due to the narrowness of the thorough- fare, and the same applies to the south side of Sherrier place, between Ca- thedral avenue and Manning place. Parking on Wisconsin avenue from Newark street to Woodley road is restricted to one hour between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., as it was held that all-day parking interferes with business. Acker street, from Sixth to Seventh streets, was designated for east-bound traffic only. Due to increased traffic, parking during the morning and after- noon rush hours was prohibited on Virginia avenue, bvetween Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets; the west side of Twelfth street, and on Fourteenth street from Pennsylvania avenue to New York avenue, from 4 to 6 p.m. Parking in that area before 9 o'clock already is ‘prohlblled [ RUSH BA LTIMORE WORK {War Department Officials Allot 18103,000 for Harbor Improvements. | _The War Department today allotted $103,000 for harbor improvement work at_Baltimore. The work consists of widening the channel in the Graighill entrance ‘» the harbor. Bids already have been received, and the department said it is to the interests of commerce and navi- gation that a contract be entered into “for prosecuting this important work without delay.” THE WEATHER District of Columbia, Maryland, Vir- ginia and West Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle to moderate south- west winds. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. Inches. B 30.12 I 30.14 | Midni 30.13 | - 30.19 30.25 30.24 Year ago.. 69 Year ago..44 | | 1 | 182, 4:30 p.m. 58, 7 a.m. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) | Today. ! High = . | Low | High Low ... | Highest. Lowest.. Tomorrow. 12:33 am. 7:4Z am. 12:59 pm. 7:00 p.x. . 6:47 am. . 12:01 pm. 6:15 pm. The Sun and Moon. Rises. 6:06a.m. | | Sets. | Sun, today ... 5:49 pm. Sun, tomorrow €:07a.m. 5:47pm. Moon, today.. 9:41pm. 12:49am. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1931 Average. Re January .... 156 355 7.0 February ... 1.36 327 March 350 375 April . 287 327 May . 484 360 June” , 212 413 July 420 August ..... 592 September .. 2.39 | October 00 398 Weather in Various Cities. cord. 82 His Papers on to Capital While En Route Home. Brought Up in Washington, Six-Foot “Real Musiciar?” Joined Corps When 18. Thirty-four years in the Marine Band is not ylol'\g enough for Capt. Taylor Branson, whose tunes have timed the ceremonial mll(r‘crldnu for every Presi- ince McKinley. d’?:ifi’z. %nnson‘s enlistment, expired while he was on his way back to Wash- ington yesterday following a concert tour that molk fied'lfl-plefl band as ar West 2s Cleveland. . rm veteran musician forwarded his re-enlistment papers to Marine head- quarters without waiting until he was hoxAnl:hough Capt. Branson is only 52 years old, he has been playing for offi- cial functions since he was Grew Up in Washington. Dressed in the red and blue of the Marine uniform, he is as familiar a hfllg‘- ‘Washington as many a public ::’:flfn}le is about 6 feet tall, weighs 200 pounds and is acclaimed by his men “a real musician, & good soldier.” Branson grew up in the Non‘,keust section of this city—and led the Boys' Band in his high school. Directly afterward he enlisted as a second-class 8. Capt. Taylor Branson Sends| MARINE BAND LEADER. 34 YEARS IN SERVICE. RE-ENLISTS AT 5 A CAPT. TAYLOR BRANSON. violin. musician in 1911, second leader in 1921 and leader a little more than four years ago. Hobby Is Music for Sick. He has cne hobby—music for shut- ins. Therefore, much of his spare time is given to radio concerts, which he | hopes reach many confined to sick beds. | He has reared five children while serv- ing with the band. Although given the rank of captain by courtesy during his period as band leader, Branson is not a commissioned gy | o Temperature 4 samo] Stations. 9UNH “quap_ase Weather. “*raepIRsas C Baltimor Birmingham Bismarck, N. D, 29.80 Bufialo, N. ¥ Charleston, . Chicag El Paso, Tex. | Galveston, Te: Helena, Mont. Hui Dak. 29. ron, Indianapolis,Ind 30. Ji ville. Fla. 30. 29.98 29.70 66 18 14 i 8, Nebr a Ehiladeiphia T They made him a first-class | W/ FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) pain. (Noon, Green: Horta (Fayal). Arores. ‘Curre Porto Ri Hamijton uba. . fllnn.C Sana Oolon,