Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1931, Page 17

Che NG EDITION Fpening & ( ) DAY, OC RARE NEW GUIANA ANIMALS BROUGHT 0 NATIONAL 200, Dr. William Mann and Wife Return With 400 Mammals, Birds and Reptiles. STRANGE CUXIO MONKEY AND SLOTHS INCLUDED ¥wo-Toed Beast Spends Life Up- side Down, but Is Very Aggressive. Bringing more than 400 mammals, birds and reptiles, representing an al- most comple section of the wild life of British New Guiana, Dr. Wil- liam M. Mann, director of the National Zoological Park, was back in Washing- ion today after two months in the South American jungles i 10 of the animals represent species | probably in captivity for the first time. Among these are the strangely shaped | cuxio monkey, a small. night prowling dweller in the high tres tops, which even the Guiana Indians seldom have seen, and the two-toed sloth. a rare family, which spends jedown. sleeping and om branches by its eating suspended long claws. ed Opossum Found. ction included one of thel madillos in captivity, several a two-toed sloth, thres ith American monkeys, t rats known as capa- ¢ and a jagurondi cat.| v of the collection is th2 | fcur-eyed opossum. This creature docs | not actually have four eyes, but under | its real eves are designs on its fur which col! a The largest ar to be two extra eyes. i "PPhe two-toed sloth, Dr. Mann said. | may be the most v le animal in the | collection. It is very rare and, while it | differs little in outward appearance | from the three-toed sloth, is an entirely | differcnt animal. The three-toed sloth, | customarily seen in captivity, is about | the most sluggish of living animals. | which hardly can be provoked into a; fight. The two-toed sloth is a very| aggressive, fairly lively animal. { Carry Many Birds. | The bulk of the coliaction is made | up of curious birds and reptiles. Among the birds are many rare parrots, sun bitterns, the almost priceless ~ itae macaw, trumpeters, blue and brown | tanagers, and bush turkeys and pheas ants which represent all the game-birds | of Northern South America. ] The reptiles include coral snakes, fer | de lances, boa constrictors and anacaon- | das and many smaller snakes, some of Which may be new to science. The rarest of the snakes is the rainbow boa, | a large constrictor which has all the colors of the rainbow in its glistering skin. There are many toads, frogs and | lizards and six caimans, or South Amer- ican crocodiles. Fail to Find Rare Toad. | Almost superhuman_efforts failed to| yvield the most prized of the Guiana| ptiles, the Surinam toad, which car- ries its young in pockets on its back In an effort to capture this animal, Dr.| Mann had several canals. a half-mile | long and 12 feet deep, entirely drained of water and the mud at the bottoms thoroughly explored. This required the | of labor- | At this| services of a large number hited at 20 cents a day. . Dr. Mann said, the total cost of draining such a canal was about $2.50. | Dr. Mann was accompanied to Brit-| ish Guiana by Mrs. Mann and Frank{ Lowe, Zoo keeper. They sought speci- | ed by Indian hunters, along | Pomercom Rivers, | 3 ild and almost unin-| habited country. The trip involved shooting dangerous rapids and on one | occcasion the hoats just ahead of them | were overturned, drowning 12 natives. vy made their headquarters at Georgetown, the capital of British Gui- na, and received much assistance from the British officials. They also traveled | for several days with a surveying party, | mapping the Brazil-Venezuela-Guiana | border. MERCHANTS PETITION 15TH ST. REOPENING Group Co;u;\;h 7horough(are Should Be Cleared of Shed Obstructions. | | | Merchants and Manufacturers’ today _petitioned Assistant of the Treasury H. K. Heath to reopen Fifteenth street, between Constitution avenue and E strect, which has been closed on account of building operations in connection with the new Department of Commerce Building. In r authorized at a moeting } of ti ard of governors of the asso- | ciation Friday, Edward D. Shaw, secre- | tary of the group notified Mr. Heath of | the board’s action in protesting the continued obstruction of the stret in 1t was pointed out that since | bletion of the Commerce Build- The Assoc Seere ¥ for this arterly is further | Shaw's letter stated, becaus of the closing of Thirteenth strest be- low Pennsylvania avenue to through traffic. on account of other Federal uilding operations he District Commissioners also were upon by the associaton today to the completion of excavating work on E street. between Fifth and Ninth streots, which has been at a standstill for several d In a com- munication to the city heads, Shaw stated the stand taken by the board of govornors with respect to this situation, pointing out that series congestion re- from the blocking off of this KLEIN TALK ON HOOVER TRADE BOOST DELAYED The radio address which D#. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, was to have delivered tonight on Pres. ident Hoover’s plan for improving busi- ness conditions, today was fndefinitely postponed. Postponement of the speech was de- scribed at the White House as due to a desire to wait until machinery neces- sary to the President’s plan was com- pleted. Theodore Joslin, one of the Presi- dent’s_secretaries, said it was felt un- desirable to have such a speech made while the organization proposed by the President was in process of completion. Dr. Klein said the speech had been Wed “in view of pending develop- le. | R. WILLTAM MANN (above), head of the National Zoological Park. with | nkey, cne of a number of rare animals which he brought | to the park today from an expedition to South America a howler mi Below, Frank Lowe, who ac sloth. LIST TO CLOSE TOMORROW of C. Election Takes Place at Meeting October 20. Nominations for new officers of the Washington Chamber of Commerce will close temorrow night, one week in ad- varice of the annual meeting of the or- ganization, it was announced today by Dorsey W. Hyde, jr. secretary. Elec- tions will take place at the meeting October 20. Committee and bureau heads of the chamber will meet Thursday to com- pile annual reports to be submitted at the annual meeting, Mr. Hyde said. | MAN AND 500-GALLON STILL ARE CAPTURED Prisoner Puts Up Stiff Fight With U. S. and County Officers at Cedarville. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, October 12—Sweeping down on a still at Cedarville, local and Federal authori- ties seized a 500-gallon liguor-manu- facturing plant and arrested C. R. Hyde on charges of manufacturing, posses- sion and transportation early yester- day. Police say they captured Hyde as he was driving down a lane leading to the still. His car was alleged to contain several bottles of liquor. The man was arrested only after putting up a stilf battle. according to the officers. A companion jumped from the car and escaped, though the officers say they fired four times at him. A quantity of liquor and mash was also confiscated at the still. County Policeman Elon Turner. Con- stable William Kreitzer and a Federal agent made the raid. Hyde was re- leased on $1,000 bond. YORK WOMAN BURIED Mrs. Vrrno;B;on D;e: on Twen- ty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va. October 12—The fu- neral of Mrs. Vernon Bailey, 47 yea old, of York, Pa. was held this after- noon from Morning Star Lutheran Church. with interment in the ceme- tery close by. Services were conducted ! | by her former pastor, Rev. A. L. Boliek, assisted by Elder Walter Strickler. She formerly lived at Fairview, this county, but moved away with her fam- ily about seven years ago. Her death occurred at, York on the twenty-fifth anniversary’ of her wedding and was caused by paralysis after an fllness of eight months. companied Dr. Mann, with the two-toed —Star Staff Photos. HANGING OF WOMAN LAW ENFORCEMENT JOBSEEKERS GUT BY FINGERPRINTING One in 20 Had Criminal Record in Year Ending June 30, 1931. ~ REDUCTION ATTRIBUTED T0 WIDER KNOWLEDGE Results in Prohibition Bureau Are Particularly Startling, Says Civil Service Commission, The deadly efficacy of fingerprinting in turning up hunted ren and baring the records of those whose past will not stand close scrutiny is working to reduce the number of applicants for positions in the law enforcement branches of the Government and in the Post Office Department, This was made known today at the Civil Service Commission, where it was | said that for the year ending June 30 last. records showed 1 in 20 perso | seeking_employment in these two cate- gories had previously been fingerprint ed for running afoul of the law—some- times in minor cases—as compared to 1 in 14 for the year ending June 30, ' 1930. Knowledge Widespread. “This difference in the results for two vears may well be explained by more’ widespread knowledge of the fact that the commission is able, through fingerprints, to discover records that applicants would like to conceal,” it is said at the commission. Up until the start lack of funds, was able only to take {the prints of those seeking work in the Bureaus of Prohibition, Prisons. Industrial Alcohol, Customs and Nar- cotics. and for the Secret Service, pa- trel inspectors in the Bureau of Immi- gration. food and drug inspectors of the Department of Agriculture, police and firemen in the District of Columbia | and post office forces in the large cities For these the prints are made at the; time of examination. Now, all classes of workers are fingerprinted, with the exception of law entorcement and postal | employes until obtain ments. The commission began fingerprinting several years ago, when mail robberies indicated inside collusion. By taking the prints of post office employes in several large cities, it was found that a number had long criminal records These were disposed of. and the com mission then began its eflorts to b the entrance of criminals. Results Were Startling. When the prohibition force w placed in the classified service, finge printing was applied with what are de- cribed as “startling results.” This demonstrated even more the they appoint- of the present | fiscal vear the commission, because of | CATHEDRAL WORK PLANNED T KEEP ST PERSONS BUSY | Trustees Approve Spending of $500,000 to Complete Various Projects. BISHOP FREEMAN SAYS TASKS WILL FEED z,ooo| | Finishing of High North Transept Is Part of Winter Program to Prevent Unemployment. | Trustees of Washington Cathedral !have authorized expenditures totaling inearly $500,000 for construction and | symbolic adornment in order that the employment status of several hundred | workers may not_be disturbed, Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of | Washington, announced today. ! | " Explaining that America must over- come a fear complex that has gripped | the whole country, Bishop Freeman said, | “We have in this country both resources and men, but for the time being we seem to be suffering a paralysis of initative and the energies of our people have suddenly been suspended. ~What we need, supremely, is courage. The program of the Cathedral to con- tinus employment for its skilled crafts- men will include, Bishop Preeman said, {the following work for which generous donors have provided funds: Will Finish North Transept. Completion during the next few months of the north transept. which, rising 100 feet above Mount St. Alban lon the north side of the Cathedral grounds, is now more than three-fourths | finished. The pouring of concrete for the steps | leading to the south transept and the i bullding of adjacent piers, made pos- | sible through an anonymous gift of $100,000. Immediate building of the east clolster | leading from the north side of the apse or sanctuary to the Administration | Bulding ultimately to be erected on | the Woodley road slope to the west of | the College of Preachers. Ground was | | broken a few days ago for this cloister, the gift of anonymous donors. The contract totals approximately $100,000. Stained Glass Window Listed. | The reredos and altar for the Chapel | of St. Mary in the north choir aisle is being created in Boston from designs prepared by Frohman, Robb and Little. the Cathedral architects. It will be of wood, 25 feet high, with a gold back- ground and figures in colors. Models for the stone reredos and altar | in the Chapel of St. John in the south | choir aisle have been completed and are ready to be carved. Completion of one of the 65-foot | stained-glass windows in the south wall of the apse. The text for this window is “The holy church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee.” Completion of the remaining two stained-glass windows in the Chapel of 'OBER 12, 1 e 93 ? B—1 No Injuries in This Crash DRIVERS ESCAPE John N. Davis, 405 Fessenden street, machine overturned. No arrests were m: IN COLLISION. , Chevy Chase. and Clarence W. Tignor, { colored, of 1812 Twelfth street, escaped injury when the automobiles they were driving collided at Tweifth and P streets about 8 o'clock this morning. Tignor's | ade. , —Star Staft Photo. '100-FEET A MINUTE ASCENT NEW SUB CREW "LUNG™ MARK Eliminating Slow Method and Practicability of a new method for facilitating escape of lung-equipped submarine crews has been proved in a series of deep-water tests conducted recently in the Lower Potomac by Navy diving experts. The experiments, held secretly off Morgantown, Md, confirmed previous “laboratory” tests which showed that unretarded ascent with the “lung” sub- marine device does not seriously affect the human system. | The new “free ascent” method was tested successfully for depths up to 100 feet and experiments at greater depths are planned. The “free ascent” plan, eliminating the “stop and count” sys- tem of retarding ascents, showed that member of a stricken submarine crew could be brought to the surface from a depth of 100 feet in a minute—about one-thirteenth of the time required under the old system. The slow ascent method was adopted when the “lung” was adopted, on the theory that a rapid rise through the water would subject the human body to the peril of the “bends,” dreaded disease of divers. Tests Off Morgantown. Members of the experimental diving unit at the Washington Navy Yard con- ‘Navy Yard Divers Test New Equipment. "Stop and Count™ “Bends“ Fear. ments went forward, with about 10 men participating. Each man made one as- cent without stopping and none felt any ill effects. Somg of trem said it was easier than working in the pressure tank. In the experiments off Morgan- town, we directed that the men had to stay on the bottom in a diving bell, which was made {rom a gasoline drum, for 15 minutes, as we estimated that it would take that long to get out of a ubmarine. “The men were Jowered over the side of the diving launch two at a time to the bottom in the diving bell. While in the bell, they put on ‘the lung' and charged it with oxygen by breathing. | Then they ascended the line, without stopping. Tre average time for ascent was found to be from 60 to 65 seconds. “We feel that it is still necessary to have & buoy line, as a guide and to keep the men in exact position, head up. “The Jung’ is so designed that if a man spreads out horizontally, he will lose | the oxygen. ‘The lung’ is dependent upon the difference in pressure between the top and the bottom to keep the gas intact. Likewise the line gives a degree of confidence. “We know ‘the lung’ will work down to depths of 300 feet in the tank tests PUPLS OF SCAOOL CLOSED AS INHFE T0 USE PORTABLES First Six Kenilworth Grades Will Be Housed in Yard, Dr. Ballou States, OTHER STUDENTS 70 GO TO JUNIOR HIGH NEARBY Mothers Prefer Temporary Units to Sending Their Children Across Rails to Benning. Pupils of the first six grades at Kenil- worth School, closed last week as un- safe, will be housed in portables in the school yard, while seventh and eighth | grade students will be sent to a junior high school, under_tentative plans an- | nounced today by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools ‘The name of the junior high school will be announced later by Dr. Ballou. Either Stuart, at Fourth and E streets northeast, or Hine, at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, is ex- pected to be selected. Possible inability to use wash rooms {in the old building, which was evacu- {ated when large cracks were found in ! the front wall. may make it necessary | to send fifth and six grade pupils else- | where. though this will be avoided if i possible, Dr. Ballou told a group of YKcnl.\\l\'ol’lh mothers who called upon | him to protest transfer of their children | to Benning School. Mothers Prefer Portables. _The superintendent explained that three portable buildings are being erected on the school yard, but that if one of these must be set aside for wash room use. only the first four grades can be accommodated. A sur- | vey is now being made of the old build- ing to determine whether it will be ’safp to use its wash rooms, he said. The mothers agreed they wouid pre- | fer having a fourth portable built, if | necessary, than to send their children {to Benning, despite the curtailment of | playground” space that would result. | They objected to Benning. they said, because of the distance the children would have to travel and the danger 1of crossing the railroad tracks at | Kenilworth” Junction. The delegation { was led by President John S. Griggers of the Kenilworth Citizens' Association, | who acted as spokesman | Dr. Ballou told the women that his | office appreciated their wants and would do everything possible to prevent trans- { ferring " their children. His suggestion | that the seventh and eighth grade stu- {dents be sent to junior high school, | where he said the educational advan- itages far outweighed the additional :(‘Ost of car fare, was unanimously ap- | proved by the delegation. i New School Proposed. On behalf of the citizens of Kenil- | worth, Mr. Driggers presented Dr. Bai- | { | | necessity for extending the system, and now the coverage is complete. In several instances the fingerprints have turned up criminals who were fugitives from justice, one, a man wanted for a hold-up in Los Angeles being detected when he sought a postal position in Philadelphia, and in another case, a post’] robber being located through applying for a postal job in Detroit, The commission gets a check on the prints, both from the police at the FOUND SUICIDE ACT Mrs. Greenleaf Had Tried| Several Times to Take Life, Doctor Says. Mrs. Adaline Greenleaf, whose body | POINt from which the applicant hails | was found Saturday hanging from a|and through the Burcau of Investiga- ducted the tests off Morgantown, utiliz- ing the diving launch Crilley. Simulating members of a crew trap- ped in a submarine, the Navy Yard men ascended safely and quickly from 100 feet. ‘The old method directed that a man using “the lung” would have to use a rope, attached to a buoy, with knots placed 10 feet apart in the line, to gauge his distance upwards and per- mit his system to become accustomed to the changing depths of water. | St. John. Two already have been in- ! stalled. Commissions in symbolism and decor- ation, amounting to $82.000. They in- clude carving of pinnacles on the north transept, making of models for the life- | size figures of angels to be carved on ir arch above the rood beam. ht iron grilles for St. Mary's Chapel, the Children’s Chapel and the south choir aisle, and the reredos de- | sign in the Children's Chapel. | “Lieut. N. . Ives, executive officer of Additional Gifts Sought. the diving school here, explained yes- Additional offerings are needed for | terday that the first experiments were | and down to 200 feet in actual operation | lou with a formal petition aski without stopping. We are hopeful that | a new school be bailt "é}m“:é.v.“&]t“ii the free-ascent method can be used up | care for the first six grades. He sug- from 300 feet. The time of its use has | gested ground could be purchased di- been shaved down from 13 minutes at | rectlv across the street from the closed the beginning. It shows ‘the lung’ is | building, but Dr. Ballou pointed out more valuable than at first anticipated. | that uniess shifting population neces- The new method facilitates training and ' sitated removal of the school, Congress gets the men out of a disabled sub-|Would never approve its construction marine much faster. without ‘ganging | other than on the present site. up’ on the ascent. Further, we do not| Other spokesmen for the mothers in- need knots in the buoy line any more.” | cluded Mrs. Amv Farr. president of the In charge of the experiments off | Kenilworth Parent Teacher Association Morgantown was Lieut. L. H. Bibby.|and Mrs. William Mortfield, president Lieut. Comdr. Henry Hartley is com- | Of the Ladies’ Guild of Keniiworth. manding officer of the diving school | here, and he has taken a prominent ! window about 10 years ago. pajama cord in a closet at 1026 | Sixteenth street, committed suicide, a coroner’s jury decided today. Her physician, Dr. George M. Ruffin, | 1625 Connecticut avenue, testified Mrs. | Greenleaf, whom he had known for about 25 years, twice tried to end her | life by leaping from a fourth-story After those attempts, Dr. Ruffin said, Mrs. Green- leaf was confined to the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, for several months About two months ago, the physician continued, Mrs. Greenleaf slashed her wrists with a razor blade. This act, he said, was followed about two weeks ago by a leap from the @ Street Bridge, in which Mrs. Greenleaf was only slight- 1y injured. The more recent suicide attempts, Dr. Ruffin concluded. were induced by the fact Mrs. Greenleaf lost $300.000 in- herited from her parents in the stock market Similar testimony was offered by the woman’s husband, Eric Greenleaf, gen- eral traffic engincer for the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.. and a friend, Frank L. Fisher, 4326 Seventh street, | also an employe of the telephone com- pany. HEART ATTACK FATAL FOR TWO IN CAPITAL James Grady Dies at Union Station. W. E. Dickinson Seiged While Entering Theater. Heart attacks were fatal to James Grady, 65 years old. of 77 H street. and W. E. Dickinson, 60. of 303 D street, last night, the former being stricken while seated in the wating room at Union Station and Dickinson whil walking down the aisle to a seat in downtown _theater. Grady died before medical attention could be summoned. A certificate of death from natural causes was issued by Deputy Coroner Dr. Joseph D. Rogers. Cards found on Dickinson identified him as a railway mail clerk working} on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. i WEEKLY RATES ON BUS RIDES Washington Rapid Transit Passes for $1.25 and Non-Rush Hour Ticket. ‘The Washington Rapid Transit Co.,| which operates bus lines on Sixteenth street and other routes, today applied to the Public Utilities Commission for permission to put into effect weekly rates in an effort to secure miore patronage. The proposal would leave the present rates undisturbed. but give the passen- gers an opportunity of saving money by buying the weekly passes. There are two kinds of passes pro- posed. One, costing $1.25 per week, would give the rider transportation on\ any of the company's busses anywhere in the District at any time of day. The | pass would be transferable, sq.that sev- cral meinbess of the family might make | me of . Co. Proposes “Any-Time” Since a rider who uses the bus twice a day every week day now pays the company $1.20 per week, this pass would not be profitable unless the buyer intended to make more use of it than the regular two trips per day. The second pass, to cost 75 cents, would be good all day Sunday and on Saturdays after 9 a.m. For the rest of the week days it would be good for rides only from 9 am. to 4 pm. and after 6:30 pm. This is designed for the “off-peak” rider who intends to ‘make more than eight trips per week during the non-rush hours. The petition asks that the passes be allowed for an experimental period of 11 weeks only—from October 18 (next Sunday) to January 2, 1932, | him as a routine requirement. tion of the Department of Justice. Its own experts also check prints in the commission’s files agninst those which come into the office on the usual police “lookout.” It was said that the commission has not_encountered the opposition to fi gerprinting that opponents had said would develop. Refusal Gets Rejection. ‘Where the applicant for a position has nothing to conceal, it was sald, the fingerprinting is just looked upon by applicant refuses to submit, the com- mission simply turns him down. This | happens, sometimes after an applicant has met all requirements. The commission, it was said, uses dis- cretion in treating those whose prints may have been taken by police for a| minor offense, or perhaps because they fell once and have atoned. The fingerprinting applics only to en- trants into service, it being emphasized | that it was not intended to fingerprint persons already employed uhless some special case developed. COLUMBUS’ DISCOVERY OF AMERICA MARKED Capital Observes 439th Anniver- sary of Italian Explorer’s Landing. Christopher Columbus’ discovery of America 439 years ago today was being observed _with appropriate ceremonies by the Knights of Columbus and the Catholie Italian Society. A hcliday in Maryland, State and county offices as well as banks were closed throughout the State today while homage was paid the great Italian voyager. Cancellation of Maj. James Doolittle’s three-capital flight from Ottawa to Mexico City, by way of Washington, curtailed somewhat the National Capi- tal's observance of the day. Doolittle was to have left Ottawa at dawn today, arriving here early this morning. En- gine trouble forced postponement of the epic flight. The Washington General Assembly of the Fourth Degree Knights of Co- lumbus will climax its observance of Columbus day with a dance tonight at the Mayflower Hotel. VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION PROVES AID TO JOBLESS Armory Being Built at Danville. Martinsville Gets Addition to School. New employment opportunities in Virginia were reported today by the President’s organization for unemploy- ment relief in the awarding last weel of public and semi-public works con- tracts totaling $157,794. One contract for construction of an armory and city auditorium at Danville totaled $116,794. % Other contracts awarded were Mar- tinsville, completing class rooms, $4,000; additions to school building, $7,000; Fort Myer, surface treatment of roadway, $6,500; Waynesboro, erect- ing chapel, $20,000; Charles City County, erecting sddition to high school, $3,500, 1 If an| | building roads and carrying forward | | the lardscape program. Opportunities | | for unskilled labor are afforded by this ! work. | As chairman of the Joint Committee appointed at th> recent general con- | | vention in Denver to state the attitude | { of the Protestant Episcopal Church | on world problems, Bishop Freeman | ! has been giving serious study to the | employment _situation. not only in Washington, but throughout the coun- | try. Continuing the interview, he said: | “To keep the Cathedral builders at | work end add to their number, when- | ever possible, has been the constant aim | of our emergency employment program. | 375 Kept Employed. “The approximate number of employes of ‘Washington ‘Cathedral is 375 per-| | sons, including workmen on construc- | tion and in the stone fabricating plant at Bethesda, employes on the Cathedral staff and in the general offices, in the College of Preachers, the National Ca- thedral School for Girls, the National | Cathedral School for Boys and in the | stained glass department in Pennsyl- nania. This, reduced to terms of fam- ilies, means that nearly 2,000 are de- pendent for their daily bread upon 1o cessation of the Cathedral program. Bishop Freeman explained that in the face of a declining income from free | will offerings, Gue to the depression, the | | Cathedral authorities have considered it eminently proper. whez necessary, to! borrow money with which to meet cur- rent_obligations. “Through additional gifts, which we are confident will be received, it is hoped to afford increasing employment | during the critical months which lie, ahead.” POLITE BANDIT ROBS SERVICE STATION HERE “Good Evening, Gentlemen” Greeting—Forces Employes to Lie on Floor and Flees With $22. A polite bandit last night held up & gasoline filling station at Rhode Island avenue and Eighth street northeast and, after forcing the two attendants to lie on the floor, fled with $22.31. “Good cvening, gentlemen,” the rob- ber said, when he entered the sta- tion, owned by the Gulf Refining Co. Before the attendants, Rudolph O'Meara of Cherrydale and Charles W. Malcolm of Hyattsville, could answer, the bandit drew a revolver and de- manded their money. After taking $15.31 from the cash drawer, the robber forced O'Meara to give him an addi- tional $7, secreted elsewhere in the sta- tion. Ordering the attendants to lie on the| floor until he was out of sight, the robber fled. AWARDED RESCUE MEDAL Capt. B. F. Johnson of Marines gaved Drowning Man in 1928. Secretary Mellon has awarded a sil- ver life-saving medal of honor to Capt. Byron F. Johnson of the Marinc Corps, who is! mow en routc to the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., following duty in Nicaragua. The medal, given for rescuing a civilian, M. F. Stoner, from drowning at Coronado, Calif., on May 13, 1920, will be presented to the offi- cer at Quantico, | | | Is| i i t jo | hs conducted in_the tank at the Wash- ington Navy Yard. Discussing the difference in the use { “the lung,” Lieut. Ives explained: “A diver breathes actual air through is helmet and for this reason. it is necessary for him to stop periodically, as he ascends. A man who is breath- ing through ‘the lung’ does not breathe air, but ogygen, and so reduces the nitrogen content of his blood rapidly and is taking no more of it into his system. It can readily be seen that the man using ‘the lung’ has the ad- vantage over a diver. “We did not know at first just what the effect would be, but tables of ascent or ‘the lung' are considerably shorter than the tables used by divers. “Forty men on an S boat, if all in one compartment, under our new method, can get out at the rate of about one a minute, said Lieut. Ives, who was until recently commanding of - ficer of the U. S. 8. S-4, and is slated to become commanding officer of the diving school shortly “Where the men had to stop on the ascent, by counting on the line, there Fwas a likelihood that they would get bunched up on the way. Further, it put an excessive strain on the line going up, which necessarily has to be small. Then, too, there was the danger that a man would get excited and kick the mouth-pieces of ‘the lung’ out of the mouth of the man below. Work on New Method. ‘About six months ago we got to work on the new method, whereby men could come straight up, due to the theory that they were breathing oxygen. ‘We started first in the pressure tank by putting in air pressures to simulate tre water pressure. The officials at the Diving School here started in at com- paratively low pressures and worked up in the tank to higher pressures, re- | producing as near as possible the actual ascent from the depths. Conditions in the tank do kave the safety factor in that a man can put his head up above the water, so it was decided that the experiments should be put to\an actual | outdoor test. “Last month, the diving boat was lo- | cated off Morgantown and the experi- part in the tes Lieut. Bibby, who is at present at- tending a safety conference in Chicago, hopes to effect free escapes at 300 fee* depth. as soon as the tests work out satisfactorily in the pressure tank. After that 200 feet of open water will be found. and later, if feasible, the experi- ments will be carried down to 300 feet. MLieut. Ives says that the naval officials are convinced that the theory is sound. | but requires a great deal of caution. He pointed out that with the experimental unit here and with the experimental unit aboard the S-4 there has never | been a casualty. ASKS $35,000 FOR HURTS Capital Traction Co. Sued by Vic-| tim of Auto Accident. Winifred L. Tinsley, 1445 Park road. today filed suit in the District Su- preme Court to recover $35.000 dam- ages from the Capital Traction Co. for alleged personal injuries. He savs he was crossing the tracks of the company at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest July 13 when he was knocked down and injured seriously by a car of the company, which was oper-{ Attorneys Rhodes & | ated negligently. Rhodes appear for the plaintiff. POLI SITE CASE DELAYED Court of Claims Adjourns to Pay Respect to Late Chief Clerk. The case in which Sylvester Z. Poli and Shubert Bros. sued the United States for $268.666.32 damages for al- leged breach of contract in the demoli- tion of old Poli’s Theater was put off today to the November term of the United States Court of Claims. No exact date for the new hearing was set. The court adjourned shortly after convening this morning, out of respect for the late J. Bradley Tanner, chief clerk of the court, who died Saturday in Atlantic Gity and was buried here today. ABSENT-MINDED DRIVERS GIVE DETECTIVES LOT OF EXTRA WORK False Theft Reports so Frequent, They Begin Searches at Places Where Cars Were Parked. Absent-minded _motorists are the| bane of automobile squad detectives. A member of the squad revealed to- day that drivers who report their ma- | chines stolen after forgetting where | they parked them have become 80| numerous the sleuths now make a tour | of the vicinity from which the cars| supposedly disappeared before begin- ning a more comprehensive search. Squad members agreed nearly all of the automobiles stolen here are ma- | chines in which the drivers left the keys or forgot to lock them. About 90 per cent of such stolen cars are re- covered. A majority of them are left abandoned on city “streets after their gasoline supply has been exhausted. Most of the machines stolen here are ~orth less than $1000. The thieves, stealing cars of popular price, which | are only a few months old. Some, however, take cars from 5 to 10 years old, which are hardly worth driving away. ‘The detectives have many tricks to which they resort in recovering missing machines. They locate many cars from distant States by checking the license number of every machine of foreign 1egistry in which they find a suspicious character seated. No arrests are made, however, until the car is definitely es- tablished to have been stolen. Approximately 3.600 cars are recov- ered annually by the headquarters au- tomcbile squad, headed by J. A. Con- nors. Other members are F. M. Alli- good, H. D. Robey, Jaccb Wolf, J. J. Pcyn>, Jesorh Sincavi‘'s, J. E. Kenney mivuermmmh‘m H. M. Jett. | | PARK ROAD BUSSES’ ROUTE IS DEBATED Conflicting Views of Citizens Aired by Utilities Commission in Ef- fort to Settle Dispute. The Public Utilities Commission | listened for two hours today to argu- ments why the Park road bus line should and should ot be moved off enyon street between Adams and Eighteenth street T Residents of those two blocks wanted | the bus line moved somewhere else or stopped altogether. There was a petition | from 161 families requesting that the | bus line be kept, whether it travels on | Kenyon street or elsewhere. | Residents of Irving street were ap- gprehensn&e!thn the bus line which { once used to run on that str | ek e eet be put | It being impossible to solv | problem without offending :‘n)zn:bog:' | Chairmah Patrick of the commission said that an effort would be made to get it where it would prove least offensive. The Washington Railway & Electric Co., which owns the line, observed strict neutrality, promising to run the line | anywhere the commission wanted, so | long as its mileage was not increased. [VISITORS’ CAR LOOTED |OF PROPERTY WORTH $345 ;Thieveu Take Jewelry and Cloth- ing From Bay State Auto—Balti- more Man Loses Two Coats. Five visitors to the Capital were vic- tims of thieves who stole jewelry mnd clothing valued at $345 from their automobiles over the week end, police | reported today. Four of the victims were Roy P. Hatch, his wife, Elizabeth: Wallace R and his wife, Margaret, all of Beverl; Mass. Wearing apparel and jewelry worth $307 was stolen from their car, parked in the rear of the Chastleton | Hotel, where they spent Saturday nigit. The other victim was Morris H. Tel- lem of Baltimore, who told police two coats, worth $38, were taken from his machine, parked on Pennsylvania ave- nue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, last night. MRS. JETT DROPPED Police Telephone Operator Dismiss- ed in Liquor Case. Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Jett, 32, tele- phone operator at police headquarters, who was arrested Friday night in con- nection h the reported seizure of a still and a quantity of liquor in the attic of her home, at 3701 Seventeenth street northeast, today was notified nv Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, that her name had been dropned from the rolls of the department. Un- der the provision of the Civil Service law, however, it is stated., she will be given an opportunity to offer an expla- nat'an selative to the charges pending Ageinst ber in cowrk