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] " WASHINGTON, The Zn DA,y SNy WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 ey TRAMS' PASSENGER L0SS T0 TAXICABS 1S HELD 23 000000 Byers McX. Bachman Tells Utilities Board Hacks Hurt Companies. $97.55 MONTHLY DEFICIT ON CARS IS ESTIMATED Accountant Would Base Standard Rate Only on Cost of Replacement. Byers McK. Bachman, accountant | for the Public Utilities Commission, | today estimated that taxi operation is taking about 23,000,000 passengers a | year away from the street car com- panies. In spite of the enormous bus ness being done by the 4,600 hacks on Washington streets today, he estimated | that the taxicabs were being operated at a loss of $97.55 per month per cab. This startling testimony came at the! * fourth session of the commission's open | ; hearing on Washington's taxicab situ- | t ation. Mr, Bachman selected at random | reports of operations from 86 operators | involving 134 cabs. Putting these re- orts through their statistical paces. e established that each car averaged | 2,637 miles snd carried 683 passengers was $268.30 per month, leaving a net | loss of $97.55. Reports Misleading. The figures are necessarily estimated, since the Teports of the drivers and operators are not very detailed and in many respects, perhaps, misleading, ac- cording to Bachman. Going back to 1928, before the present taxi warfare had started, he showed | that the cabs in operation’then carried ! 3,816,219 passengers. Today the cabs are carrying an annual total of 26,620, 000 passengers, and the difference, Mr. Bachman estimated, would represent a direct loss to the traction lines. H In explaining how he made his| statistical deductions, Mr. Bachman | sal “I am of the opinion that the o] eration of these 134 cars is fairly repr sentative of all reports filed covering | individual operation. As I have pre-| viously stated, only the revenues repcrt- ed can be used for statistical purpos: and even then I do not know whether such _represent collections only from | established rates, or whether or such include tips. I am assuming the latter to be the case | “In the establishment of a uniform | taxicab rate, I do not believe that there | could be considered the cost of the | owners of the nondescript cars now cn | the streets, but rates will have to be | based on replacement costs. | | If anj owner has purchased a used car and | operates it in taxi service, it is just| his good fortune if repairs be small and | his return large. However, the business is so ccmpetitive that rates based on! on new cars should be considered—that is. if the commission is to fix a uniform | Tate for all who are engsged in taxi service.” In making his estimatc, Mr. Bach- man used 5 cents per mile as the wage to be paid the drivers, He estimated that the average fare. received for a trip was 30 cents. This | would have to be raised to about 50 cents if the cabs were to cease operat- ing at a loss. 1 His estimate of yearly revenue for the cabs, except the meter cabs, was | $7.986,000, and his estimate of the total | number of cab miles was 105,340,000, Assuming an average price per ride of 35 cents, this would mean that 2281 143 passengers ride the cabs a year. Assuming an average payment of 30| cents, the number of riders per year is | 26,620,000. Estimates Per Mile Cost. Mrs. Bachman also submitted esti- mates on the per mile cost of operation for various companies. These ranged from 8.249 cents to 11.246 cents. The expenses per mile of the Black and White Cab Co. during 1930, exclu- | sive of the salaries of officers, starters; and other items, Mr. Bachman esti-i mated at 1598 cents. He explained that most of the cabs of this company are old and hence gas and mainten- ance costs would be high. The cabs, according to bis estimate, averaged only 4.2 miles per gallon, which is described as & most uneconomical operation when | compared with the 12 to 14 iniles per gallon for lighter and less expensive cabs. Mr. Bachman suggested a new system | of accounts which should be required of | taxi operators, including a manifest on | which every driver would be required ' 1o post or record in detail all revenues | and expenses to keep for checking | against his monthly reports. In the present situation, all figures as to the number of passengers carried and the like must be estimated, whereas simi- | lar figures for the traction companies are kept very accurately and are re-| ported to the commission in detail. | NEAR-ACCIDENT ENDS IN SHOOTING OF MAN Colored Taxi Driver Wounded by Bullet Intended for An- other Man. An argument over a near-accident re- sulted early today.in the shooting of Paul Jones, 33, colored. Jones, a taxi driver, was wounded, police reported, by a bullet intended for Charles Chase, colored, 1633 Tenth street, also a cab driver. Police said Chase and several white men were involved in a dispute over a near-mishap, and the taxi driver, after leaving the scene, was followed to his employers’ garage at 924 Fourth street. ‘While Chase was replenishing his su ply of gasoline, it was said, two auto- mobiles, each containing two white men, appeared. Without a word, it was added, the' occupants of both cars opened fire. Ten shots were fired. Jones, wounded in the leg, was treated fijheedmm‘s Hospital. Chase escaped ury. WINS SPELLING BEE Clay G. Walker, 404 Raymond street, Chevy Crase, Md., won the monthly spelling bee of the Capital City Spell- ing Club last night in the Mount Pleas- ant Branch Library. Walker was ad- judged winner after he successfully spelled Apennines, the name of a mountain range in Italy. J. Louls Bix- ler_was interlocutor. The spelling club will hold its an- nual banquet at Collier Inn, 1807 Co- lumtia road, November 4 REAL “BATTLE OF YORKTOWN"™ FOUGHT BY POSTAL CLERKS Demand for Special Stamps at Sesquicentennial Swamps Force. Helpers in Small Quarters Kept Furiously Busy ' by Crowds. The real “Battle of Yorktown" was fought by the postal clerks, according to Michael L. Eidsness, superintendent of the Division of Stamps, who had charge of the Post Office Department’s special arrangements at Yorktown dur- ing the recent commemoration of the famous struggle there. Mr. Eidsness returned to Washington yesterday. He and his aides were the anonymous servants of thousands of philatelists wko were interested to secure the beau- tiful new stamp issued by the depart- ment as its contribution to the celebra- tion. “We thought that we should have at Yorktown something of a repetition of our experience when the Edison stamip ‘was first placed on sale at Menlo Park.” Mr. Eidsness explained. “But that was a mere skirmish compared with what happened at Yorktown Monday. There was more curiosity and excitement about the Yorktown stamp than there ever has been about any other com- | memorative stamp issued in this coun- Not the professional collectors only, but people who never before had ever thought about philately in any of its phases suddenly, under the compul- sion of the moment. became collectors. It was a sight never to be forgotten. Soldfers, Marines, sailors from the 42 ships in the Bay, little children, elderly ladies and old gentlemen, policemen, N s, mere visitors, even whose allotments: had already been ex- | bausted stood in line at_the window of {the little third-class Yorktown post { office to buy the special issue and mail {it to themselves and to other people all over the world. Everybody wanted an {envelope with the cancellation ‘York- town, Va. October 19, 1931." Worked Long Hours. “Cne man stood at a little winiow sheli from early morning until Jate in the evening licking and sticking until we wondered that he did not collapse. Scme of our customers came and went again and again until we began to think that we were seeing double. More tFan a thousand collectors put an entire sheet of 50 stamps on a single envelope. Many used blocks of two or four. Anything, everything, in order to secure the precious cancellation. Such an envelope is called ‘a first cover,’ and everybody seemed to believe that in time to come they will be worth more than their weight in gold.” Mr. Fidsness described the post office building at Yorktown as consisting of two_rooms. each only 20 feet square. “Of course, we had to handle all the parcel post mail of the occasion. Pho- tographic materials for the cameramen on the scene, packages of printing and novelties for the concessionaires, bun- dles of clothing and other props for the pageant cartons of commodities of every conceivable kind, including food- stuffs.poured in on us until the build- ing was bursting with its burden. From floor to ceiling these things were piled. | In addition we had the first-class mail for the distinguished visitors, for whom we maintained a special post office on the field; the first-class mail for the i ships in the Bay, for the Army details, for all the delegations and committees attending and for the average people who had simply come to see the show. | T had never seen so many people gath- 2d in one place at one time. Little Chance to Watch. “But we did not have much oppor- tunity to enjoy the spectacle. We had taken down 10 helpers from Washing- ton, there were six from Richmond, and the five who customarily serve Yorktown, as well as eight or ten men lent us by the Army for hauling the mail back and forth. When ordinary | trucks were found incapable of meeting the need for transportation we pressed private cars into service. Like President | Hoover, we were granted a motor cycle | escort. | "“In"the office proper we had set up machinery brought from Washington— | | typewriters, adding machines, cancell- | ing machines, etc. We do not vet | know how many stamps we sold, but | we _estimated the number of cancella- | tions on Monday at more than 130.000 |1t will be several days before we have | the final figures. ~They will exceed a million and a half. It was utterly im- possible to meet the demand in the one day. We brought back 10 sacks of re- | quests, and today we are filling trese orders. Every letter received up to| midnight of Monday will be dealt with | just as the sender desired. We will fill | every order. It may take 10 days. but we will do it. Collectors we know will | be patient. Every one who ordered a first cover up to midnight Monday will | receive one. | “The Yorktown post office did at least 10,000 times as much business Monday as it ever did in any other day | in all its history. By sundown our people were ready to drop at their sta- | tions of duty. It was necessary for them to sleep at Hampton. some 21 miles distant. They made the trip twice a day by automobile. They worked for 12 to 14 Fours at a stretch, | and they picked up lunches and din- ners as and where they could, eating at their machines or desks. Attracted to Frigate. “The frigate Constitution was an ob ject of particular interest to collectors. There is a post office on board. Peo- ple bought stamps of us. rowed out *o the ship, posted their letters there and returned to shore. Many made the trip several times. The cancelling de- | vice of this marine post office reads ! S. Frigate Constitution, Oct. 19, 1931 “Other collectors hit on the idea of | getting their first covers autographed | by distinguished guests at the celebra tion. They surrounded every notabil ity. Other people caught the fever and tre notabilities were overwhelmed. i “A pathetic incident at the office was | the finding of a letter from Representa- | tive Ernest R. Ackerman of New Jer- sey, ordering the special stamp. Mr. | hilatelist. erman was an eminent pl He died on Monday.” | Mr. Eidsness was assisted by Inspec- tor in Charge at Washington W. J. sSatterfield and Inspector John H. Col-| lier. The latter slept in the post office with a loaded revolver at his side to guard the accumulated mail. A detail | of troops surrounded the building at| the crisis of the excitement. Mr. Eidsness belicves that similar | scenes may occur on January 1. 1932, when the 12 Bicentennial stamps and 13 different sizes and denominations of Bicentennial envelopes will be placed on sale in Washington, one day in ad- vance of their release to offices through- | | out the country. Sent to King George. Postmaster W. M. Mooney and As sistant Postmaster W. H. Hi mated that approximately a million Yorktown stamps were sold and used in the Capital on Tuesday. They" went to every section of tbe globe. One man sent a block of four to King George V of England, whose collection of phila- telic relics is one of the most celebrated PLAN DEDICATION OF NOYES SHL Dahigren Terrace Citizens Reveal Speakers for Event Nov. 13. Plans for the dedication of the new Crosby S. Noyes School on November 13 were formulated last night at a meeting of the Dahlgren Terrace Citi- zens' Assoclation in the school audito- rium, Tenth and Franklin streets northeast. Notables Will Speak. Speakers at_the dedication serv- ices will be Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of public schools in the District; Henry P. Gilligan, member of the Board of Education: Representative ‘Willlam P. Holaday of Illinois; Selden M. Ely, supervising principal of the association’s school division; Miss Mar- garet Pepper, principal of the Noyes School, and a representative of the Engineer Commissioner. Members of the Noyes family will at- tend the services. and a photograph of Mr. Crosby S. Noyes will by them be presented to the school. The association voted to participate in the Halloween celebration being sponsored jointly by the Greater Na- tional Capital Committee of the Wash- ington Board of Trade and the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations. Delegates Uninstructed. ‘The delegates to the Federation of Citizens' Associations were sent “unin- structed” to the next meeting and told to “use your own judgment” in the election of officers. Mrs. A. U. Smith, president of the Brookland School Parent-Teacher As- sociation, spoke, and Willlam J. Weber, president of the association, presided | at the meeting, held in the Crosby S. Noyes School. which was the first of the season. BURGLARS LEAVE NOTE DEMANDING $5,000 SUM_ Two real estate offices on the second floor of 1024 Vermont avenue were en- tered last night, the desks rifled and a note left demanding $5,000 be left in front of the White House at 11 a.m. today: The note threatened that unless the money was left at the appointed place, “you’ll be put on the spot.” ‘The offices were those of the C. W. Simpson Co., Inc., and A. A. King. De- tectives are investigating. The intrud- ers rifled desks and file cabinets, strew- ing papers all over the offices, but noth- ing was taken. in the world. | TRAFFIC DEATHS * HELD ACCIDENTAL | Coroner’s Jury Returns Ver-! dicts in Probe of Three Fatal Mishaps. | Three trafic_deaths were held acci- dental by a coroner’s jury at the Dis- trict Morgue today. The first inquest was into the death | of Dorothy Bryent, l4-year-old col- | ored girl, who died in Gallinger Hos- pital yesterday from injuries received when ‘struck by an automobile oper- |ated by R. E. Sisson, 26, 1424 K street. |at Seventh street and’ Massachusetts | avenue. Two Skulls Fractured. The second inquest was into the death of Alexander Griffin, 57, col- {ored, of the 1000 block of Thirteenth street, who died in Gallinger Hospital | Tuesday from injuries received when | hit by an automobile operated by Fred | erick Rawson, 33-year-old barber of | Gaithersburg, Md. Grifin was struck |by Rawson’s automobile near the in- | tersection of Western and Wisconsin |avenues early Sunday. The third inquest was into the death of Raymond Murphy, 43, colored, whose death occurred in Emergency Hospital |late yesterday from injuries received | when struck by a truck operated by Au- | Bustus Gaddis, 35, colored, of the 900 block Eighth street northeast, at Twenty-second street and Virginia enue Monday. Both Grifin and Murphy were said | to have died of fractures of the skull | and other injuries, while the colored #irl died of an internal injury. Seek Hit-and-Run Driver. Police were seeking a hit-and-run driver who late Tuesday knocked down Caroline Stuart, 11, of 1452 Fairmont street, while she was crossing Fifteenth street, near Euclid. The girl was first treated by a family physician at her home. and later removed to Garfield Hospital, where her condition was re- ported undetermined. Police of No. 10 precinct obtained a report an the acci- dent last night. Elizabeth Fountain, 27, colored, 4900 block of Meade street northeast, was in- jured late yesterday when hit by an automobile operated by Samuel T. Farmer, 52, 1300 block of Jonquil street, at Sixtenth street, near Allison. She was taken to Emergency Hospital. James W. Ryan, 45, 2800 block of Thirty-fourth place, received a broken leg when knocked down by an automo- bile operated by M. A. Fryer, 25, 300 block of C street, at Fifteenth and I streets. He was teken to Emergency Hospitel. of PLEDGESLONALTY TOD.C.INSPEEH Gen. Glassford Makes Bow to .Public at Board of Trade Meeting. WHALEN PRAISES HOOVER FO'R DEPRESSION EFFORTS Country-Wide Planning. Rover Defends Grand Jury System. Urges Glassford’s Booming Voice Is Too Much For Speaker System ‘Washington's new police head made his first public utterance last night—and his powerful voice disrupted the loud-speaker system. It seems the volume control op- erator failed to anticipate the full power of a soldiers voice when Brig. Gen. Glassford rose to greet the Board of Trade through an arplifying system in the Willard Hotal. “Brrrrrrr. .. wham!!” berated the loud speakers gor words to that effect, as e six-foot-three general addressed himself to the assemblage. A ripple of laughter spread through the big crowd, but the general himself was perhaps the rst of the some 1,200 present to get the joke He chuckled heartily, while the electrician on the volume control board toned down his instrument, before proceeding with his address in_somewhat modified tones The electricians, it was said, will make allowance next time for a dynamic personality. rever- Making his first bow to the public of | Washington since his selection as the new superintendent of the metropolitan police, Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford pledged loyal service to the District in a brief talk last night before members of the Board of Trade at the Willard Hotel Grover A. Whalen, general manager of one of the country's largest retail | stores and a former police commissioner New York, who was principal speaker of the meeting. urged the Na- tion to look to the future with confi- dence in an early return of prosperity. He cited the importance of country- vide planning by industry for the fu- ture. A defense of the grand jury as an im- portant link in the judicial system was made by United States Attorney Leo A Rover, who saw in_ the inquisitorial body protedtion for the individual citi- zen’ against possible overzealousness on the part of prosecuting officials. “Two-fisted American.” The new Washington chief of police, who assumes his auties November 16, was introduced by George W. Offutt, president of the trade body, as a “red- blooded, two-fisted American” who had risen to the rank of brigadier general in the wartime Army at the age of 35. President Offutt at the same time| paid tribute to the 33 years of service endered by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, re- | tiring_superintendent of police, declar- ing that the Board of Trade had re- tained its faith through his long career | here. Assuming his full share of responsi- | bility for conduct of affairs of the po- lice, Gen. Glassford asserted that the | efficiency of the department depended upon the ability of the man at the head of the organization. Pledges Himself to Duty. Remarking that the District Com- missioners had appointed him because they had confidence in him, Gen. Glass- ford pledg=d himself to “duty. and the city of Washingion,” para- phrasing the West Point pledge. Mr. Whalen, who is a member of the | Tammany Socicty, praised President Hoover for some of ths efforts being made to overwhelm the forces of de- pression. President Hoover, he said, wisely has moved to mobilize the Naticn to save the citizen who is willing to work but unable to find employment to carry him through the period of depression. The President also has acted wisely to bring about formation of the national banking pool to relieve frozen credits. Mr. Whalen sald signs of improves ment now could be seen in economic conditions and declared the end of the depression is not far away. Lack of public confidence constitutes the worst problem: today, he said, urging that each citizen become an optimist and give full support to the Government. Defends Grand Jury System. Taking cognizance of questicns being raised by groups as to the need of re- | taining the grand jury as an important element in the judicial system today. United States Attorney Rover said the ancient inquisitorial body should be retained, because it is the best system of protecting the individual from the possible overzealous acts of the gov- ernment prosecutor. It would be unfair to the citizen and place too great a burden of respon- sibility on the district attorney, he said, to leave to his office the decision as to whether accused perscns should be | brought_to trial. Mr. Rover pointed out that even now, with the grand jury in operation, | his office receives on an average 600 petitions a month for warrants for the arrest of persons, two-thirds of which applications are rejected for lack of sufficlent evidence to warrant '.rgl,.uin the opinion of the prosecuting official. Objects to Criticisms. Mr. Rover also discussed the dis- qualification of several of the grand juries here in the past two years, due to the finding of ineligible persons sitting as members of the juries. Objecting to the criticisms made against_“court officials” for this con- dition, Mr. Rover said that apparently it had never occurred to these critics that perhaps prospective jurors in each case were asked proper qualifying ques- tions and failed to answer them cor- rectly or failed to pay proper atten- tion to them. ' Declaring that the court machinery was at the mercy of the honesty of the prospective jurors, Mr, Rover contended that no system of selecting jurors would prove successful unless the persons called for possible jury service are not honest or attentive Mr. Rover also defended the Jury Commission, urging that its members should be paid to devote full time to this work. s Punishment Is Rapid. Regardless of glrnnd Jury difficulties of the past, which he said can be cor- proper application of careful rected attention, Mr. Rover contended' pun- NEW POLICE CHIEF ~ FEDERAL WORKERS' POOL IS CREATED T0 AID EFFIGIENCY New System Will Prevent Trained Employes Staying Star 1931, FHF PAGE B—1 ERNEST L. JAHNCKE, JR., HURT IEIELL AT NAVAL ACADEMY Bones in Midshipman’s Left| Foot Broken in Accident at Annapolis. Assistant Secretary’s Son Hopes to Keep Up With Classes Despite Injury. in “Blind Alleys.” WILL ALLOW TRANSFERS AS JOB SUPPLY SHIFTS No Reductions in Pay or Number of Clerks Contemplated Under New Plan. Creation of a Federal employes’ pool | in Washington has been undertaken in | line with President Hoover's economy program. As explained by Thomas E. Camp- bell, chairman of the Civil Service Com- Emnest Lee Jahncke, jr., son of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and a midshipman at the Naval Academy, fell downstairs and broke some bones in his left foot yesterday, and will be con- fined to the hospital from six weeks to two months. The Assistant Secretary went to An- napolis last evening and saw his son. finding him in a very cheerful mood, studying his books, although his foot is being placed in a plaster cast and will be held horizontal for an extended period—until the bones can knit. While exact details of the accident could not be learned, it is understood that while the youth was in formation or at drill, he stumbled down some steps and was hurt. He was picked up immediately and taken to the hospital, where an X-ray picture was taken. Assistant Secretary Jahncke, who at- ERNEST LEE JAHNCKE, JR. —Harris-Ewing Photo. ‘The young Midshipman, who is sched- uled to graduate from the Naval Acad- emy in June, 1933, is being cared for by the regular Navy doctors at the academy, Capt. Charles M. Oman and Capt. John B. Kaufman, both of the SIGN RECULATIONS NEAR COMPLETION FOR BIENTENNAL Committee Drafting Code to Make Report Soon to Commissioners. ABSENCE OFF CRITICISM BY PUBLIC NOTICZABLE “Doubtful Locatiens” Is Only Sub- ject of Contention Remaining. Sites Thoroughly Checked. The District Sign Commitize, it was said today, has prectically ‘completed drafting the new set of sign regulations controlling all forms of outdoor adver- tising within the District of Columbia 1,200 | honor | | mission, the new unit will have the two- } fold purpose of preventing Government | employes from remaining indefinitely in | “blind alley” positions when they pos- sess real ability and will enable one de- partment or bureau to transfer em- ployes to another where the demand is greater. Would Get Preference. Under this plan, if a lawyer obtained {a position in the Federal service as a | | mere typist. he would be placed on the | civil service lists and when an attor- ney was needed in some other depart- iment hé® would have preference over an outsider. This same principle would | apply to every fleld of work. The com- | mission would maintain a list of law-| | yers, engineers, chemists, etc.. on hand but doing other work. They would be | called on when needed. Commissioner Campbell said that the | Census Bureau now needs to trim its| | rolls, while additional employes are needed at the Civil Service Commission {due to the depression. It is just such | i situations as this, he explained. which |in the future will result in the transfer |of employes from one department to another instead of the employment of new workers by .one department while another is dismissing experienced em- ployes. Cuts Not Contemplated. It was said that the pool plan does | not contemplate any dismissals or sal- ! ! ary reductions. Instead, it is primarily ! a ‘method of increasing general effi- | ciency. Though it probably will result in less personnel turnover, nothing will be done to threaten the security of those | already on the rolls. The White House is said to have been particularly concerned over the success of the pool and interested in | seeing that prompt steps to place the | plan in operation be ‘taken. Several conferences between officials of the va- rious departments have been held for | discusion of details of the plan. 'SEEK ARSENIC SPRAY | I CHILDREN'S DEATH Chemical Analysis of Viscera Or- dered After Victims Eat Locust Seeds. Police tcday were awaiting the re-| cera of two colored children who died within 24 hours of each other after they had eaten locust seeds. One of the youngsters, Lois Colbert, 7, of 312 E street southwest, died Mon- | day, while her brother, Charles, 5, died the next day. At Gallinger Hospital, | where both children were patients, their deaths were listed as due to “un- | known causes” Their 21-month-old brother, Wendell, is seriously ill. | Detective Sergt. Floyd Truscott, who ! investigated the deaths. reported the | trees from which the locust seeds eaten by the youngsters are believed to have | been obtained, were sprayed with an arsenic solution by the District recently. | Samples of the seeds, commonly | kfown as “St. John's bread” were turned over to Dr. Edwin R. Donaldson, | District chemist, by Truscott vesterday. A short time later, Deputy Coroner Joseph D. Rogers performed autopsies ! on the children’s bodies, turning their viscera over to Dr. Donaldson for | analyses. | Locust seeds, which grow in small pods, are frequently eaten by children. I | Thy | campaign of the organization, whic Marriage Licenses. Johnson R. M . 3 McDonald. 48: R:r & !sgn Ll b :hfl Viola Devore. 19: . 25. and Ada M. Ross. FRES dtorse s Atialoh Frank Seay. 35." Brema Bluff. a. and | Mltllfiébufin I?Htld. 21. Shores. Va.. Rev. | william Johnson. 22, and Ausustine New- | map i goanign. 2, and H. Neale. 24. and Rosie L. Myles. 20: | J. Olds. i hn Rey. Alonzo J, seph J ‘Anderson. 30. and Freda F.| - 36 both of Baltimore. Md.: Rev. | Poore. Leyi A. Hall. 28. Hopewell, Va.. King. 27, Pefersburg. Va.. Fred Goode. 21. and Adel Youn. 19: Rev. Alexander Wiilbanks. James Muse. 41, and Alice Grasty. 39: Rev. | Robert Anderson. 'mond Waters. 23. and Rebecca R benstein v, . Gri William Stalcv. 32, and Mary Adway. 20: v. R. D.Grymes. Robert Clatterbuck. 26. and russ. 21, both of Orange. Va.: Pierpoint. and Vivian | Rev. A. R.| Ola E. Bur- Rev. William | ishment of law violators here is rapid, in_the average case. He said a_persons brought to Police Court may be tried the day after his arraignment unless he seeks delay and that in_District Supreme Court trial may be had in three weeks in the aver- age case. Walter Bruce Howe told of plans for the Elem‘nfl" establishment of & Washington Symphony Orchestra and asked for public support for the or- ganization. " A. K. Shipe described plans for the organized Halloween' celebra- tion. Musical entertainment was fur- nlshedd by Fred East and William Ray- mond. At the conclusion of the meeting the audience stood for a minute, while the lights of the auditorium were dimmed, | in tribute to Thomas Edison. Chief Asks Co-operation. At the organization meeting of the Washington Police and Fire Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars last evening in the board room of the District Build- ing, Brig. Gen. Pelhem D. Glassford for the first time faced an assembly of the men with whom he is to work as chief of police.” He asked their co- operation in the interests of the in- crease of civil peace and order. Other guests at the meeting were jOtho R. Beall Maj, Gen. Amos Fries, Inspector E. W. Brown, Judge Robert E. Mattingly, Judge Isaac Hitt and the principal offi- cers of the local department of the veterans’ organization including De- partment Comdr. Jennings, Senior Vice Comdr. Davis, Junior Vice Comdr. Rose ) youth on a description furnished by and the Rev. V, ment chaplain, \ ©O. Anderson, depart- tended the opening of the budget hea ings on the naval estimates this morn- ing, said he was not worrying over the condition of his son. FIGHT 15 RENEWED FOR DISTRT VOTE National Representation Campaign to Be Opened at Industrial Show. The opening gun in an aggressive Winter campaign will be fired by the Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia, at the Seventh Annual In- | dustrial Exposition of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, which opens for a week’s running in the Washington Auditorilum Monday, it was announced today by Jesse C. Suter, vice chairman of the committee. A display booth at the exposition has been donated to the committee by the chamber, which is among the many trade and civic bodies actively support- ing the movement for national repre- sentation for the citizens of the National Capital. Cartoons Are Exhibited. Exhibiting mammoth size reproduc- tions of cartoons by Clifford Berryman cartoonist for The Evening Star, on the plight of un-Americanized Americans of the District of Columbia, the booth will have for distribution a large amount of informative literature and publications on national representation, in addition to printed broadsides on the subject. The space allocated to the Citizens’ Joint Committee will be ap- propriately decorated and will bear pungent slogans calling for votes for District citizens in the House, Senate and Electoral College. Visitors to the industrial exposition | also will be given an opportunity to sign petitions to Congress requesting passage of legislation to provide for rcpresenta- tion in that body of local citizens. At- tendants will be on hand at the booth throughout_ the period of the show to sults of chemical analyses of the vis- | answer questions of those interested, Mr. | Suter said. Results Are Encouraging. Far-reaching educational work has been conducted by the committee in its fight for national representation for the District, and this work has been pro- ductive of encouraging results. ; | was organized in 1916, has been ener- getically conducted through the medi- ums of the press, the radio and corre- spondence and through addresset to conventions and organizations. The | plight of District citizens has been ad- vertised in practically every section of the country and the number to become acquainted with the unique situation is increasing rapidly. ‘The officers of the committee are: Theodore W. Noyes, chairman: John Joy Edson, A. Leftwich Sinclair, Ellen Spencer Mussey and Mr. Suter. vice chairmen: Robert J. Cottrell, secretary, and Robert N. Harper, treasurer. The headquarters of the committee is at | Room 339, The Evening Star Building. MRS. ALICE M. BEALL BURIED IN MARYLAND Granddaughter of Vice President and Secretary of Navy Died Tuesday. Funeral services for Mrs. Alice M. Beall, 78, granddaughter of a Vice Pres- ident and a Secretary of the Navy, wer: held today at her late residence. 1312 Park road. Burial was in the cemetery of St. Barnabas’ Church, Prince Georges ‘ount . Mrs. Beall died Tuesday at _her home. A resident of the city for more than a half century, Mrs. Beall was the granddaughter of Daniel D. Thompson, Vice President under President Mon- roe, and of Smith Thompson, Secretary of the Navy in the same administr: tion. She was the widow of the late of Prince Georges County. On her mother's side she was a direct descendant of Bishop Clagett, first Episcopal bishop consecrated in this country. Mrs. Beall was a member of St. Stephen’s Church, in Washington, as well as St. Barnabas', and was well known in church circles. She is sur- vived by a son, Otho T. Beall; a daugh- ter, Mrs. Maude B. Ford: a brother, Arthur L. Thompson, and seven grand- children. BANDIT TELLS VICTIMS ROBBERY:IS NECESSARY Takes $51 From Visitor to Capital, Explaining Act Is Only Means to Support Family. A young bandit, who explained he could find no other means of provid- ing for a wife and two children, took $51 at pistol point last night from William D. Willcoxon, an employe of the Department of Justice, vacation- ing here from Oklahoma, as Willcoxon and his wife alighted from their auto- mobile in the rear of 1365 Quincy street. While the youth was robbing her husband, Mrs. Willcoxon slipped a dia- mond ring from her finger and con- cealed it in her clothing. When the bandit turned to her he refused an amethyst ring which she showed him. Police broadcast a lookout for the the Willcoxons, who are stopping the Quincy street address. L4 Navel Msdieal Cotra: {and will submit its report to the Com- | ’A;:‘houlh ]youngl Jahncke will be out missioners én a few days. Approtal of his regular classes for about two|by the Commissioners § " months, he proposes to keep on study’ . copot sl i i G0 keep on studying. | fore"the regulation can be promulgated. Under the sign ast by which Con- | gress gave broader’ powers of regula- ‘uon and control to the District Com- { miscioners, a month must elapse after | the publi %on of the regulations be- }!nre they Bcame effcctive. In view jof this delay, the Sign Committee is 1anxious that the regulation: ! mulgated as early as possible if con- | ditions are to be corrected before the |opening of the George Washington Bi- STEPHAN NAMED PARADE MARSHAL Will Direct Pageantry Inci- | dent to Halloween Celebra- centennial celebration next February. Business Men Co-operate. ‘There was no_indication today as to how soon the Commissioners will act. | With perhaps the sole exception of the tion October 31. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com- manding officer of the District Na- tional Guard, has been named grand marshal of the Washington Halloween | celebration, it was announced today by | William A. Roberts, general chairman ! |of the committee sponsoring the event, | which will take place the night of | | October 31. ! Gen. Stephan will direct the parade | and pageantry incident to Washing- | ton's first organized celebration of | Halloween. The festivities will be tag>d on Pennsylvania and Connecti- | cut avenues, featured by a carnival on the latter street attended by music and | dancing. Bands. representing a total of 500 musicians, will participate in the cele- bration, it wz< announced by the com- | mittee. The High School Cadet Corps | Band, in command of Col. Wallace M. ! Craigie. will take part in the event. withr its total of 300 musicians in full | Cadet Corps uniform. They will rep- resent five senior high schools. It has been assured also, the com- | mittee said today, that more than 100 floats end other displays will be in the | parade preceding the carnival. George | Washington University is planning to | enter six floats. Entry blanks for participation in the | | parade are being returned by the dozen | | to the Greater National Capital Com- ! mittee of the Washington Board of | Trade, one of the sponsors of the cele- bration. The committee is urging all groups contemplating participation in the event to fill out application blanks, obtainable at the Greater National Cap. Jxm Committee headquarters, imme- diately. | 61 FACE DISMISSAL BY D. C. ARCHITECT| |Lack of Funds Cited as Reason, | but Decision Is Being Withheld. The Municipal Architect’s Office is | facing the alternative of laying off 61 employes in the designing and inspec- | tion divisions or else of not having| ! enough money to operate after the end | of the calendar year. According to Assistant Municipal Ar- chitect S. B. Walsh, the decision has not yet been made. Should it be de- cided to lay off 61 employes at once, this would delay many plans now in the office. including those for the main building of the Children's Tuberculosis | Sanitarium, expected to be contracted for some time this Winter. | The employes facing the lay-off are employed under the peculiar law gov- | erning the Municipal Architect’s Office, whereby 3 per cent of the appropriation | for construction items is set aside for | the employment of architects and oth- ers engaged in making the construction plans. | Some of the employes of the office | are on a regular annual salary roll and those are not threatened with the lay- |off. As to the others, the shortage of funds now is ascribed to the large amount of architectural work done early this Spring and Summer under the “immediately available” construc- tion appropriation. It is expected that an effort will be | made at the next session of Congress | to secure a $40,000 appropriation for | the continuance of work in the muni- | | cipal architect’s office. Forty per cent of the employes of the office on the per diem roll have al- ready been dropped because of the| | money shortage. | COLORED MAN CONVICTED OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER fl‘eltimony Shows He Sought Wife | at Home of Neighbor and Fired Two Shots Into Her Body. Benjamin A. Brown. 24, colored, was convicted late yesterday afternoon by 2 jury in Criminal Division 2 of mur- der in the first degree in connection billboard section, the regulations have been singularly free from public criti- cism. Business men and realtors have co-operated to a great extent, with the result that the general features of thc regulations, as tentatively presented at the public' hearing held early in the Summer, have been retained. The chief bone of contention with re- spect to the billboard section at this time appears to be with respect to so- called “doubtful” or indefinite locations and a clause permitting the billboard people to repair existing boards in the commercial and industrial zones under ertain conditions. Public interest groups have contended all along that this wouli reverse the time horored policy of the Commit- sioners, if approved. Due to the lack of an adequate force of inspectors, th Sign Committee is aware that a number of billboards have been repaired during the past vear. The commit.ce, it it understood. will propose that repairs will be permitted. with tne consent of the Commissioners. if a board has not deteriorated more than 50 per cent of its replacement value. __This is in line with the present build- ing code with respect to the condemra- tion of unsafe buildings. Study “Doubtful” Signs. The Sign Committee has studied the question of “doubtful” billboard locations from every possible angle. checked and rechecked all existing records in an effort to reduce the num- ber to the lowest possible. Assistant Corporation Counsel Edward W. Thomas, its advisor, is of the opinion that the committee cannot legally re- move these locations from its list of authorized billboards which is to be established under the regulations. Al- though the official records of authori- zation cannot be found, it was pointed out, authorization did exist at one time and the years in which these sites have been occupied give the billboards a standing in court. The only way the Sign Committe: could cope with the situation, it was believed, was through the willingness of the companies to agree to abandon some of these so-called “doubtful” sigr:s located in areas close to residentizl districts. There are some 300 of these signs A great majority of them are operatcd by the General Outdoor Advertising Co. PROFESSIONAL MEN MEET TOMORROW Colored Technical Association to Hold Sessions Here Until Sunday. Colored architects, engineers, chem- ists and members of allied scientific professions from all parts of the United States will take part in the fourth an- nual meeting of the National Technical Association, which opens tomorrow morning_at Howard University. Regis- tration for the sessions will be in the applied science department of the school at 9 o'clock tomorrow, and the convention will close with a meeting at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. Members of the association will call on President Hoover at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow, and a business meeting will be held during the afternoon. Dr. Mordecai Johnson, president of Howard University, and Charles S. Duke, presi- dent of the organization, will be the principal speakers at a public meeting to be held tomorrow night in the Metro- politan A. M. E. Church, on M street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. The professional men will be guests ol the Mu-So-Lit Club at a smoker following the meeting. Saturday morning the members will visit the Bureau of Standards, where special demonstrations have been ar- ranged for them. Saturday evening they will be guests at a dinner-dance to be held at the Whitelaw Hotel. Speakers at scientific meetings sched- uled as a part of the convention in- clude Dr. Axel H. Oxholm of the Na- ‘tional Committee on Wood Utilization: James A. Jackson, business specialist of the Department of Commerce, and others Officers of the local chapter of the organization are Ernest R. Welch of Howard University, president; John A Lankford, architect, vice president and general chairman of the Convention Committee; R. C. Arcter, jr., treasurer, and Darnley Howard, secretary. with the shooting of his wife, Alice, 17, March 21 last at 40%2 Hanover street. The verdict carries the death penalty and Justice Letts remanded the prison- er to await sentence. According to the testimony, MARINES PLAN BALL A Navy Day ball is being sponsored Brown, who had been separated from his wife | for Tuesday night at the Willard Hotel for a short time, sought her at the home |by the 6ta Marine Reserve Brigade, of a neighbor and fired two shots into | composed of 1,500 local Marine Corps her body, causing almost instant death. | Reservists. The brigade. which has won Brown ran away, but surrendered to|official recognition for training and the police the next day. Brown, in his | organization of personnel, is planning a defense, claimed the shooting was ac- |program of military-social activities. cidental and that the wife shot herself| Many high ranking officers of the during their struggle for the pistol. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Al:l‘shnl United States pAlwrnn have signified their intention of attend- ‘Walter M. Shea conducted the prose-|ing the ball, it was announced. Social cution, while the defendant was Tepre- {leaders will act as patrons. Several sented by Attorneys James A. O'Shea novelty entertainment features have and John H. Burnett. been planned for the ball. ¥