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WASHING TON, D. €, SUNDAY The Sundy Star MORNING, OCTOBER 1931. 25, PAGE B—1 TAXI DRIVER SHOT BY BANDIT AFTER ROBBERY MAY DIF Cabman Is Lured to Alley| for Attack—Bullet En- ters Back. PAIR LINKED TO OTHER { RECENT HACK HOLD-UPS Toot Is $25—Victim Is Taken to Emergency Hospital by Passerby and Nearby Resident. A taxicab driver was shot and per- JHaps fatally wounded last night by one of two colored bandits who lured him to an alley between Eighth and Ninth ! streets and M and N streets and robbed him of about $25. The eab driver, Vernon A. Renshaw, 4602 Montgomery avenue, Bethesda, Md, told second precinct police the | yobbers hailed him near Fourteenth | and L streets. At their direction, he | €ald, he dtove to the alley, where one | of them—a tall man between 25 and | 30 years old—jammed a revolver into | his back and ordered him to give up | his money. With the gun still pressed against his back, Renshaw continued, he got out of the cab and handed the bandit the money. Orders Him to Walk. “T've got & good notion to shoot you nyway,” the robber said. “Go on, walk ;Lol;lx down the alley—and don’t look i As Renshaw obeyed, the robber. with- | out another word, fired. The bullet en- tered Renshaw's back and lodged in his | abdomen. The bandit fled as the| wounded man fell, screaming with pain. | A colored resident of the neighbor- hood, attracted by the shooting and thc wounded man’s cries, ran into the alley and found Renshaw. He placed thc cab driver in another taxicab and ac-- ‘companied lt-‘ly a 3 _n:ry. d;ovh to Emergency Hospital. There, physicians said Ellil'l ‘wounds were l:o’lerlo\u the_had little chance to recover. Renshaw told police both men were young and that the one with the re- Volver was and the other short. One and the other wore the its, said their descriptions and their methods correspond with those of two robbers who had staged a series of taxicab hold-ups here within the last two months. Lived With Mother. Renshaw, who is 28, lives with his mother, his wife and two children, and a brother. He has been driving a taxi about four years. His mother said she had a premoni- tion “something was going to happen” last night. He was empl by the Dial Cab Co. Another holdup in which an armed colored man figured oceurred last night . at the Sanitary Grocery store at Third O, H. Preeman. 819 Buchanan street, & clerk *in the store, said the colored man came into the store bran- dishing & pistol and shouting, “Hands up, I'm a robber.” Unimpressed at fist, Freeman told the intruder “he | would have to see the manager.” H Asks for Manager. “Where's the manager?’ robber. “Mr. Southern is the manager. He's over there,” Freeman replied, pointing to where Andrew W. Southern, 1247 B street, southeast, was busy stacking up some canned on & counter. “What do you want?” Southern said he asked the maskman. “I want all you got in the cash Tegister.” Southern, Freeman and the robber then mace a grab for the register at the same time. The robber backed the two men off with his gun and helj himself to six $5 bills. manager and Freeman told police they saw the robber a few minutes later running north on Third street, accompanied by another colored man dressed in a “reddish brown uni- form with & uniform cap to match.” BOY HIT BY AUTO IS SERIOUSLY HURT Ryland Hall, 8, Darted in Car's Path, Police Say—Men Badly In- jured in Another Mishap. asked the | | Eight-year-old Ryland G. Hall, 1320 1. street southeast. was seriously in- jured yesterday when struck by an automcbile in front of his home. He was admitted to Providence Hospital with cuts about the face and possible internal injuries. The boy was playing on the side- walk with a group of companions and suddenly darted into the path of a car_operated by John C. Reid. 23, of | 1311° L street southeast, according to police. Severe injuries also were suffered by bert E. Forbee, 31, of 1640 Thirtieth et when his automobile collided at | wenty-sixth and K strfets with a machine operated by Dwight G. Sart- well, 17, of Mc Va bee was | Cerolina avenue southeast was knocked down by a truck at Eighth and East Capitol strests and was treated at Emergency Hospital. He told police he had become confused by the traffic. Evelyn Tilley, 21, colored, was cut on the leg when the car in which she was riding was struck and overturned by a second car. ‘The driver of the lat- ter ran away and when police examined his vehicle they found a gallon of whisky in it. DANCE TO AID VETERANS Brig. Gen. Glassford Will Attend V. F. W. Benefit Tuesday. A dance for the benefit of Advance Post of the Veterans of Forcign Was. recently organized at the Washington Post Office, will be given Tuesday night at Meridian Mansions, 2400 Sixteenth street. Bri Gen. Pelham Glassferd retired, newly appointed superintendent VERNON A. RENSHAW. TRAFFC T0 SHFT ONKLINGLE BRIDGE New Span to Carry South- bound Cars and Autos Tomorrow, Southbound traffic on Klingle Bridge will be shifted from the center of the old bridge to the temporary roadway on the new bridge being built to replace it tomorrow morning, Highway Engineer Herbert C. Whitehurst announced yes- terday. Northbound trafic will shifted to the temporary roadway a week from tomorrow. This applies to both street cars and other vehicle ‘Then the portion of the old bridge | freed will be removed and work on the | new bridge continued without interruj tion to traffic. This is one of the many important p- ment at the present. On Tuesday the department will open a new road from Highway Bridge to the grade crossing of the Richmond, FPredericksburg Potomac Railway on the Alexandria- ‘Washington road. This will'be a 20-foot strip of asphalt. As soon as is open, to traffic work will be sta on the 20 t strip immediately adjoining, so eventually this part of the road will be 40 feet wide. The grade cross- ing named marks the end of the juris- diction of the District. From there on ‘Widening Work Finished. ‘Work has just been completed on widening and paving Alabama avenue southeast, from Pennsylvania avenue to to the District Line. The roadway is mow 30 feet wide. It was 18 feet wide. In about 10 days a similar job will be completed on Pennsylvania avenue southeast, from Alabama avenue to Thirtieth street. On Monday, November 2, New York avenue will ‘be opened to traffic be- tween Florida avenue and Bladensburg road northeast. This is a job of which the Highway Department is particularly proud, wwmz it represents absolutely the. word in highway engineering. The road has what is known as a “black base”—that is—it does not rest on a concrete foundation, but is all asphalt. This is to secure greater flexibility of the material to :\lel:t the expected settling of the earth Bridge Never Opened. ‘This stretch of New York avenue was put on the McMillan highway plan in 1901 and the rights of way were bought 14 years ago. The New York ave- nue bridge over the Eckington rail- road tracks was built in 1907 and has never been open to traffic. The road will cut seven-eighths of a mile from the distance to Baltimore, starting from the Treasury. More important is the fact that throughout the length of the new road there are no intersections and only one entering street (Fourth street, northeast), so thgt trafic will not be slowed down by Gross-currents All of the banks of the filled portions of the road are planted with honey- suckle to prevent erosion of the earth by rain. The job cost a total of about $231,000. O street northeast has also been cut_through from New York ave- nue to Florida avenue to lessen the traffic at the intersection of the two avenues. ROAD BIDS SET Offers on Columbia Island Work Due Wednesday. On Wednesday bids will be opened for construction of a temporary mac- adam road across Columbia Island, as part of the Arlington Memorial Bridge project. The ~ filled-in Island. betwecen the the short bridge across Channel to the Virginia shore, is s tling at the rate of ab-ut an inch month. In view of this, a_perman roadway cannot be constructed at this time. BRANDT RECOVERING Condition of Post Foreman, a Shot by Ex-Employe, Is Good, William R. Brandt, 48. Washington Post composing room foreman. who was shot five times early Thursday by d _emplove, was said to last night at Emergenc; John A. Kenne it avenue. A J 1 by police pendirg the ¢ t's wounds e g hel come of Br Highway Engineer Herbert C. White- hurst yesterday announced his inten- tion of asking for a police detail on Highway Bridge 24 hours a day to pre- vent heavy trucks from speeding ond t | compel them to drive on the steel tra fic treads adjacent to the car tra If some such action is not taken imme- diately, he said, there will be ‘not enough pavement left to find with a microscope” after excavations for the of police, will be a guest. Miss Sibyl Baker, head of the Dis- trict Playgrounds Department, judge the costumes of the dancers. She will be assisted of the District of Columbia D'-nuunenc of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, other Federal buildings are completed HIGHWAY SPAN PATROL SOUGHT AS TRUCKS DAMAGE PAVEMENT| .o/ 1 AxNuAL BANQUET Whitehurst Will Ask 24-Hour Policing of Bridge Used 201 Excavation Dirt-Hauling Vehicles. Interstate Commerce Commission and DALE FGHTS LT INFEDERAL PAY A BLOW TORECDVER Senator Says U.’S. Should Set No'Retarding Example i in Depression. COUZENS, BROOKHART ALSO FOES OF PLAN Bill for Retirement System in Legislative Branch to Be Taken Up Early. Senator Dale, Republican, of Ver- mont, chairman of the Senate Civil Service Committee, came out yesterday in oppositioms to the proposal to reduce salaries of Government employes at the coming session of Congress. The sug- gestion for a graduated scale of reduc- tions was advanced several weeks ago by Representative Wood of Indiana. Senator Dale said he thought that if the Government were to set an example of salary cutting it would have a ten- dency to retard improvement of busi- ness conditions generally. Others in Opposition.* Opposition to a lowering of Govern- | ment salary levels also has been voiced within the last few days by Senator | Couzens, Republican, of Michigan, and | Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa, both |of whom are members of the Civil Serv- | ice Committee. The bill to establish a retirement system for employes in the legislative branch of the Government will be one be | of the questions to be taken up early in | the coming session by the Civil Service Committee, Senator Dale said. Report on Personnel. he report submitted to Congress by | the Personnel Classification Board last | Pebruary, outlining a proposed revision {of the classification law, also will be | jobs confronting the Highway Depart- awaiting attention of the Civil Service Committee this Winter. Senator Dale said he expected this would be among the matters referred to the committee & | for report, but did not indicate what he thought might be done on it at the forthcoming session. This report of the Classification Board was requested by Congress in the Welch act of 1928, ‘which called for a study of cl ication the field service. The board’s report recommended a new system for promotions in the Govern- ment service. 'PIGEON ASSOCIATION | COMING HERE IN 1932 Sessions in Capital During Bicentennial. Another convention was added to Washington’s Bicentennial year list when members of the American Racing Pigeon tion, in convention at Toledo, Ohio, yesterday accepted the |invitation of Washington delegates. The convention, which, it is estimated, will bring about 1,000 delegates to the city, will be held in October. The Washington delegation; includ- ing W. F. Dismar, Harry Burke, Harry Crack, John Kibby and Joseph Turow- ski, was organized following a meeting of Washington racing pigeon fanciers Monday night at the New Amsterdam Hotel: delegates were instructed to make every effort to get the conven- tion here. A m from the group last night told of their success. The last convention of the associa- tion in Washington was in 1922. This year's convention ended in Toledo last night. DISTRICT LABOR POOL PLANNED BY BRENNAN Wage Scale Committe Chairman Suggests D. C. Transfer Men Due to Be Laid Off. | _Roland M. Brennan, chairman of the District Wage Scale Committee, is at | work on a scheme for labor pool in the various branches of the Engineer Department of the District Govern- ment. Although the scheme has not progressed_very far, the object of the pool, Mr. Brennan explained yesterday, would be to effect the transfer to vari- departments needing men-of work- laid off in other departments. is expected that such a scheme | 1d work both to' the advantage of employe and to the various de- ments; to the former becauss of the ter case in finding. new emplo ment, and to the latter in the greater case and speed of picking up experi- e d men when needed. The matter will be tgken up with department heads This week. s POISbflED BY MISTAKE Chester A. Bailey Given First Aid ! After Taking Tablets. Chester A. Bailey, 34, of 226 R street northeast, walked into the first district polic2 headquarters last night and an- nounced that he had taken two poison tablets by mistake. H H. Prince of the third pre- | ad- was nt who was cn_ reserve duty, ministered first aid, and Balley taken to Sibley Ho:pital for treatme: e | day, as fast as the steam shovels can them. ]D-'ghc speed limit for trucks on the ridge is 15 miles per hour, and they “d to drive on the -1 trerds provided. Cept. Whitehu 214 the bridge tenders Tcport the trucks traveling at 30 to 40 miles per hour anywhere except on the trc This constant punishment is literally pound- ing the pavement to pieces, he said. f'he present pavement was laid three years ago, and is the first successful ‘The excavated earth is now loaded away over the bridge to Virginia. Capt. by Comdr. Jennings | Whitehurst said that there are 201 | steel treads are e latest count, engaged in | take up much of 2¢ howra g ' heavier traffic, trucks. at the the wark, aog they gayel willfon five and 10 ton trucks and carted Beside the car tracks heavy inserted, designed to the shock of the 1,000 Delegates Expected at| : Legation Robbery |And Slaying Suspect| Denies Complicity Beddell Tells D. C. De- tective He Was Not in Capital at Time. William E. Beddell, sought since last May in connection with the Cunning- ham slaying and the El Salvador lega- tion liquor robbery, denied having any knowledge of either crime when ques- tioned in New York yesterday by De- tective Sergt. Larry O'Dea. Beddell, arrested on a forgery charge by New York police a few days ago, told the Washington detective, who inter- rogated him in Tombs Prison, that he was not in the Capital at the time of the killing and robbery, which occurred within a week of each other. The legation, at 2600 Connecticut as robbed May 13 and Dr. s Leiva, charge d'affaires, was attacked by one of the thieves. Six days later Jack®H. Cunningham, police informer, was shot to death in an alley in the rear of his I street home. After comparing the bullets found in Cunningham'’s body with one fired by Dr. Leiva's assailant and embedded in & wall of the legation, t. John H. Fowler, police ballistics expert, declared the same gun was_used in both crimes. The police believe Cunningham was slain because he “knew too much” about the liquor robbery. MITCHELL AIDE SAVED FROM JAIL Justice Wheat Rules Court Is Without Jurisdiction in Contempt Case. Philip H. Marcum, special assistant | to Attorney General William D. Mitch- ell, who through Atiorney Richard L. Merrick recently filed an affidavit of prejudice againist Justice Jesse C. Ad- kins, was saved from a term in jail yesterday for contempt of court when Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat decided that the District Supreme Court is without jurisdiction to commit for con- tempt a husband who fails to pay an attorney’s fee awarded a wife in a final divorce decree. Refused to Pay Counsel. Justice Adkins had granted Mrs. Maria S. Marcum. wife of the special assistant, a limited divorce with ali- mony and fixed an attorney’s fee of $650 for her lawyers. Marcum refused to | pay the counsel fee and he was cited for contempt of court. He had also filed an injunction suit seeking to stay action in the divorce case while his appeal from the divorce decree is pend- 4ng in the Court of Appeals. Chief Jus- tice Wheat dismissed the suit for lq- junction. It was in ccnnection with the postponement of & rule issued in that case that Merrick filed the affidavit of prejudice and sent the case before Chief Justice Wheat. The Court of Appeals hai never passed on the question, Justice Wheat points out, but the reason for awarding suit money and counsel fees while the case is being heard is to enable. the wife to_conduct her defense, but this reason fails when the final decree is passed. Her case has then been con- ducted to a conclusion and the neces- sity upon which the rule rests no longer exists. Court Without Power. “To imprison a man for refusing to give his wife the necessary means wherewith to prosecute her actiol says Chief Justice Wheat, “or mal helpless s one thing. It may fairly be made a contempt. To imprison him for not paying for services already per- had the benefit is quite another thing. The latter is, in effect, imprisonment for debt. There being no statute expressly allowing it, I am constrained to hold that the court is without power in a for contempt. \ MAN AND PASSERBY ARE SHOT IN MELEE Free-for-All Row Ends in Arrest of Three Men—Gun Vietim Walks Out of Hospital. What police described as a free-for- |all fight in a house at 2516 I street lest night resulted in the shooting of a man and a woman, the latter passerby, and th> arrest of three men. Theodore Harris, colored. occupant of the dwelling, told police Floyd, | Charles, Fred and Calvin Harris, col- | ored, brothers, but not related to him, forced their way into his home and started the fracas. During the battie—in which two re- volvers, bricks and other weapons were used—Andrew Alexander, colored, was wounded in the head, and a wild shot struck Mary Woodland. 24, colored, 2604 I astreet, as she walked past the house. The wounded man and woman were taken to the Emergency Hospital, where the woman was treated. but Alexander paring to attend him Theodore, Charles and Fred Harris were arrested, but the others escaped The Harris brothers live at 2608 K treet. The men arrested declared they jdid not know who had done the shoct- ing. | {FRATERNITY ALUMNI ' ° Delta Phi Epsilon Members Ad- dressed by Dr. Donaldson, Dean Notz and Clarence E. Brooks. Delta Phi Epsilon alumni staged their annual banquet last night at Scholl's Cafe. The principal speakers were Dr. John Donzldson. George Washington University; Dean William F. Mot town University School of For- cign Servize, and Cl E. Brooks, chief of the Latin-Am n ractlon cof }xh(‘ Department of Comm:ree. Each spoke on travels recently un- dertaken. Dr. Donaldsen had just re- turned from a conference of professors of international relations at Geneva: Dean Notz from a trip to Russia and many European countries, and Mr. Brooks from & 10-year stay in South America. ‘The fraternity, founded in 1920, is made up of students of foreign service subjects. » tain her defense and thus render herd formed and of jvhich she has already | case like this to punish the defendant | it disappeared while physicians were pre- | HALLOWEEN PARADE ANDPAGEANTPLANS NEAR COMPLETION Civic, Fraternal and Patriotic Groups as Well as Schools Will Participate. POLICE DEPARTMENT PLEDGES CO-OPERATION Merchants Donate Cups and Trophies—Dancing on Consti- tution Avenue. Scores of groups and organizations | throughout the District are enlisting for active participation in the first an- nual Halloween parade and carnival Saturday night. Many entries have been received at headquarters for the celebration, the Greater National Capital Committee's office in The Star Building, from civic, fraternal and patriotic organizations, as well as from private clubs and school and college groups. Plans are nearing completion for brilliant lighting effects along the line of march of the parade, from Seventh |to Fourteenth strects on Pennsylvania avenue and for the scene of the com- | munity dance, between Fourteenth and Seventeenth 'streets on Constitution avenue. The parade starts at 7:30 o'clock and the dance is expected to get under way at 9. ¥ Police Pledge Co-operation, The co-operation of the Police De- partment has been pledged in clearing Pennsylvania avenue of parked auto- mobiles prior to the parade and in hgndling traffic. Boy Scouts will assist the marshals along the line of march, and the parade will be led by Gen. Anton Stephan, Cups and other trophies have been | donated by merchants for the winning floats and individual costumes. In ad- dition to the Washington entries, many out-of-town floats, bands and march- ing groups have registered for the event. The sponsors for the celebration, in addition to the Greater National Capi- tal Committee, include the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association #nd the Federation of Citizens Associa- ons. Many Entries Received. Among entries received to date are: Community Center Department, with two non-commercial floats, a costumed group of several hundred marchers and two bands; George Washington Uni- versity, with six floats, and the G. W. U. Glee Clubs; Congress Heights Citizens’ | Association, with float, local costumed group, and Troop 66, Boy Scouts, and {large group of marchers; Benning Parent-Teacher Association, with float; Columbia Heights Business Men's Asso- clation, with float featuring the First President and his cabinet; Association of Oldest Inhabitants, with a float; District of Columbia Congress of Par- ents and Teachers, with float; Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Association, with float; Society of Natives, with floats and coach, possibly a stage coach, bearing costumed District of Columbia “natives”; Francis Scott Key Parent- Teacher = Association, with "a float; Conduit Road Citizens' Association, with float; No. 22 Fire Engine Com- pany, with float; Logan-Thomas Circle | Citizens' Association, * with. - float; Progressive Citizens’ Association of Gecrgetown, with float and costumed people; North Cleveland Park Citizens’ Association, a float; Clan MacLeman Order of Scottish Clans, and Lady MacLeman Lodge, Daughters of Scot- tish Clans, with a float and a costumed group; Citizens’ Association of Takoma, D. C., with decorated private vehicle; Federation of Citizens' Association, with a decorated private vehicle; Chillum Heights Citizens' Association, decorated private vehicle; Barber & Ross, Inc. (with Midcity Association section), commercial float; Hecht & Co. (with Midcity Association), commercial float; Park View Community Center, 200 marchers in local costumed group: Costello Post, American Legion, local costumed group of 56 persons, with Drum and Bugle Corps; Southeast Com- munity Center, Buchanan branch, & float, with 25 children and adults, and 100. ecostumed marchers; Southeast Citizens' Association, and other South- east civic groups, a float and marchers. COLORED MAN ARRESTED AND LIQUOR CAPTURED Anderson Williamson Freed on $500 Bond—Raid on House Bares 21 Gallons of Whisky. | Anderson Williamson, colored, 25, of | 823 Twenty-third street, was arrested last night by Pvts. William McEwen and W. D. Perry on charges of trans- porting liquor. ‘Twelve half-gallons of alleged whisky were seized and his auto- mobile confiscated. Williamson was re- leased on $500 bond. ‘Twenty-one gallons of whisky were seized in a rald on a house in the first block of N street. The raid, made by Sergt. C. A. Mussleman and Pvt. A. L. Saunders, came as a result of an anony- mous telephone call to the first pre- cinct. No arrests were made. IN JAIL BRIBE ATTEMPT !Abner Siegal -Is Charged With | Beeking to Effect Relense of | a Prisoner. Abner Siegal. local attorney, will go on trial in District Supreme Court to- morrow charged with attempting to bribe a guard at the District Jail to ef- fect the release of a prisoner. Siegal will be prosecuted by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, assisted by Aaron W. Jacobsen, agent of the Bureau of Investigation of the Depart- ment of Justice. The attorney was arrested on & war- rant several months ago and is now at liberty on bond. ATTORNEY TO RETIRE Paul D. Wollard to Quit Justice Job After Long Service. Peul D. Wollard, 50 years old, an assiztant attorney in the Department [ of Justice. assigned to_the Prohfbition Enforcement Bureau, has applidd for retirement after 28 years' service in various legal branches of Government departments. Mr. Wollard has been ecritically 1l at his home, 1119 K street northeast, for the past several weeks. He plans to go to Southern California im an effort, to regain hiy health. | | | | Poljce Head Confident GLASSFORD PLANS T [ In the Washington police force, Brig. | Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, who takes | command on Novemer 16, hopes first to restore a esprit d' corps by gaining for himself the loyalty and respect of the rank and file. “Every one tells me that I am em- barking on a road with many deep | ruts,” Gen. Glassford declared yesterday | in an interview <with a Star reporter. | “Perhaps so, but I do not belicve the | big_difficulties arc going to be from within the Police Department. “I have been fortunaie enough to | gain the loyalty and respect of the Army units I have commanded in the t, and here, on the metropolitan po- lice force, I am to deal wiih men of & | much_higher standing. 1 _cannot | i gain their loyalty and support, I might as well quit right now.” Relies on Army Methods. In one way Gen. Glassford is pre- paring to enter upon an entirely new line of duties, yet in the matter of deal- ing with the men who.are to come un- der his command, he is determined to try his methods of Army discipline. With the realization that firm but just discipline is essential in maintaining Army morale and efficiency, Gen. Glass- ford hopes eventually to restore the old | confidence of Washington’s police force by the methods ne employed success- fully in training camps during the World War. From his observations of the police force it is quite evident that this vet- eran officer, described by one of hl.s‘ former soldiers as “hard as nails” ‘when it became necessary to reprimand and discipline his men, but exercising “a firmness never lacking in kindli- ness,” views his future job in opti- mistic vein. He knows men, and he expressed confidence in the personnel of the police force. “I am told that there are more than 1,300 men and some 40 women on the force, the latter all college graduates,” he remarked. ““A man cannot get on the police force without being strongly recommenced by reputable citizens in his community. He must pass a diffi- cult mental examination as well as come up to high physical standard.” In this re: t, he believes the men are of a er standard than in military life. Gains Favorable Impression. “T have met some of the officers and talked to quite a number of the pa- e R he & Tegre! has not had the ity at present to meet more of them. “My impression is that they are splehdid men.” | In these few contacts, Gen. Glass- | ford explained that he dropped in af the third precinct a few days ago to see Capt. Beckett about the armistice | costume ball in which he is interested. “Naturally, we got into a conversa- tion on police matters,” the newly ap- pointed. chief said. “Capt. Beckett was | regretful that I had not arrived a half | hour sooner so that I might have seen his nfen at inspection. He was proud | o&hill men l;ld enthusiastic about their | efficiency and appearance. “That's the way I hope to be about | the entire police force when I take office,” he added. “If all the officers have the spirit of Capt. Beckett, I an- | ticipate no difficulties within the police | force.” In taking charge of the police force, Gen. Glassman said he has not enter- | tained any definite plans for its ad- ministration. “I shall first undertake to find out the problems of the officers and the men under them so that I may be able to work with them and be Thelpful.” But there is one change which Gen. Glassman per] will inaugurate. It would not at all be surprising to his friends if he discards’ the superinten- dent’s automobile for a motor cycle side car as a means of easy transportation between police stations. Likes to Ride Motor Cycle. He confided that he was a target for some jocular comments from his fellow | | | officers during his war expeditions for | 27e his attachment to the motor cycle. He | would not divulge whether or not he plans to use this mode of transportation when he becomes superintendent of | oolice, but one may be surc that if he finds the motorcycle the most satisfac- tory way to travel about the city. he | bas the courage to use one on ‘Wash- togton streets. i ectionately known to his as “Happy,” the new police chief | will ‘nnx to the’ department a guiding spirit that exudes cheerfulness in the realm of work. With him, it might | be said that work is a joyful estate. Attesting the esteem in which he is held by the men who served under him in France, Gen. Glassford has received hundreds of congratulatory messages from his former comrades in the Amer- ican Expeditionary Forces since his ap- pointment, to the police force. Carl W. Walker, battery sergeant of [147th Pleld Artillery, 32d Division, | who saw service in every battle of thc ! World War in which American troops | participated, gave this picture of thc . general “That Glassford ‘guy’ was hard a nails. but when it became necessary to reprimand and discipline his men hc acted with a firmness never lacking kindliness. He was one of the most | capable training officers overseas. Praised for Efficiency. “Demanding efficiancy of his men, he¢ gly fitted them for the trials on the ing “Like many others” stated Mr. Walker, “who trained under Hap) Glassford, I appreciate the splendid tnlnl.n; he gave me.” Mr. Walker is now an attorney in the Veterans’ Bureau. He trained under | Gen. Glassford, then a colonel assigned to the Saumur Artillery School. Glass- | ford was later made director of the 1st Corps Artillery School. From another war comrade, came the story of Glassford's reputation of never requiring an_officer or man to do any- thing that he would not care to do/ himself. As commander of the 103d Field Artillery on the Toul Front, Gen. Glass- | ford mldeuit fl.r rule neveruw movey‘l;l:\ troops until first personally surveying | tion. During an offensive sometime in 1018, Glassford was order- ed to move forward and be ready to nti- | ‘0 RESTORE MORALE. Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, new superintendent of police, on the motor cycle which he drove himself during the World War. Below: Elizabeth Glassford, Glassford's daughts the Chauteau Thierry-Soissons High- way. Deciding that a personal re- connoisance was in order he motor- biked up forward during the night and entered the town, which he found in- fested with enemy infantry. Recognized Germans. ‘That was easy to recogmize by the shapes of the helmets of the troops he found there. It must have been a cu- rious feeling that came over him, the division intelligence having been too optimistic. That town was certainly no fit place for an American colonel— even of a happy disposition. So back to the South he scurried, but not before the Germans had discovered that the motor bikeman was wearing an Ameri- can or at least a British helmet and, moreover, the engine noises were not exactly the pop-pop of the “one-lung” German motor cycle. At any rate, “Happy” got back under a hail of musketry fire which should have deterred him from taking such chances in the future. But, it didn't, as he experienced a number of similar exciting incidents. HEARINGS ON D. C. BUDGET NEAR END Bureau Will Finish Testimony Latter Part of This Week on ’33 Figures. Gen. ‘The Budget Bureau will complete its hearings the latter part of this week on the District's financial estimates for the 1933 fiscal year. Por two weeks the District Commis< sioners and Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, have been in daily session with the budget officials, going over the estimates, item by item. The estimates of all departments of the flmun, with exception schools, have now been The school budget is to be taken up when the hearings are resumed tomor- Tow morning, and indications are that it will require four days to consider the school needs, which constitute the largest individual group in the budget . Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent of schools, and other school executives, will attend the hearings this week with the Commissioners to defend the estimates. The Budget Bureau, it is understood, has made some changes and readjust- ments in the original estimates of the Commissioners, but the final approved total, it is believed, will not differ ma- vl,eslgglly from the $48,900,000 sought for CENTRAL LABOR UNION: MAY FILE TAXI BRIEF Dickson Calls Meeting to Act on Question of Outlining Stand to Utilities Commision. President R. A. Dickson of the Cen- tral Labor Union has called a meet- ing of the executive council to con- sider the question of filing with the Public Utilities Commission a brief out- lining union labor's stand on the taxi- cab situation in Washington. A date for the meeting has not yet been ar- ranged, but the commission will be FOUR D . POLE FACE RETRENENT FORPHYSIAL LS Action by Relief Board on Doctor’s Recommendations Is Due Tomorrow. CONSIDERATION OF 17 | OTHERS DUE THIS WEEK i \ t | { Inspectors Stoll and Headley A i Given Class B Rating-—D: | Up to Commissioners | Immediate rettrement faces four veteran Washington policemen, found physically incapacitated for further duty by the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons which last week examined 107 members of the Police Depariment, including Maj. Henry G. Pratt, supers intendent. The latter already has beem placed on the retired list, effective No= vember 1 hese four officers, | Furr and Pvis. Elmer W. Jones, David | O. Haves and Frank M. Dierkoph, were ordered yesterday to appear before the Police and Firemen's Retiring and Re- lief Board tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, at which time action will be :'l‘k;n lv.;‘\“ ;ecgmmennluon.s of the edical rd that the iately s 'y be immed MSeventeen other officers, inclu Inspectors Louis J. Stoll and Albert J." Headley, were found by the d to have physical defects, not serious enough to warrant a rece ommendation for retirement. Thelr cases will not be considered by the res tiring board tomorrow, although it i likely another session will be held be- fore the end of the we L ek to pass upon Stoll and Headley in Group. Inspectors Stoll and Headley were given a class B rating by the Medica) Board, which means they are able to perform service. The Retiring Board has authority to recommend retirement in class B cases. The Commissionera, Sergt. Minor E. iting Detectives Eugene Davis and Lieut. Charles John T. Wittstatt, Mullen, tirements, the this week also will have before them for consideration recommendations the investigated the July grand jury’s charges against the Police Department in the case of former Policeman Or- ville Staples. Inquiry Believed Complete. The committee's report has been ex- pected at the District Building for the last several days, but it was learned last night from an authoritative source that it would not be submitted to the Commissioners until tomorrow or Tues- day. The inquiry, it is understod, been completed, . but the committee's findings are being guarded with the closest secrecy. Corporation Counsel William W. Bride indicated that his study of the evidence in the 56 cases of lne‘eds:- lice brutality uncovered by the De- partment of Justice probably would not be completed for several weeks. These 56 cases are those classified by the Jus- ““non- " cers_ involved. MONUMENT GUARD LIGHTS DUE THIS WEEK Beacons to Warn Flyers to Placed on Top of Shaft Immediately. ‘The long-awaited lights for the Washington Monument, so that the shaft may serve as a beacon to warn aviators of its presence at night, are expected this week. They were shipped from Cleveland Thursday and will put in place shortly after their arrival James P. Gill, chief of the building division, ex- pects to place five lights each on the north and south sides of the shaft, with three being placed on the east and west. ‘This is , he ex- plained, as equal illumination al around would make the Washington Monument & round tower in the darkness, Further experiments will be neces- sary to determine if the present “red eyes” can be removed from the mon- ument, but the officlals are hopeful that this can be dcne. +The Westinghouse Electric and Man- ufacturing Co. is the contractor for the lights, which include 20 flood- lighting units in each battery, one light consisting of three 1500-watt lamps. Twelve 1500-watt lamps and eight asked to withhold a decision until the brief is submitted. John B. Colpoys, & member of the executive council, testified at the public hnrlnnmd. fiz gave his uv;e‘w:h as_his own not as represen e Cen- tral Labor Union. He favored meter cab operation at higher rates and pro- tection to the street car companies. “"n;e clentnl ufi Union speaks, for ocal unions, having & membership of about 65,000 union workmen. GETS PROMOTION POST Former Secratary to Dawes Given| Position With Chicago Fair. E. Ross Bartley, former Washington newspaperman, who served as secre- tary to Vice President Dawes, has been appointed_director of promotion of the ‘World's Fair. * Bartley has been with a_ brokerage house in Chicago since Mr. Dawes left the Capital. 1,000-watt lamps will be ytilized in set-up. BRENTWOOD POLICEMAN’S WIFE HURT IN CRASH Mrs. Gertrude McVay Suffers In- ternal Injuries When Car Is Struck by Bus in Capital. Mrs. Gertrude McVay, wife of Town | Policeman Steven McVay of Brentwood. Md.. suffered internal injuries last night when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a bus on Rhofe Island avenue. Her husband and Harry Reed, also of Brentwood, fhe other oc- cupants of the car, were uninjured. According to police, the accident oc- curred as the car made a left turn into Williams x:reet. Brentwood. Reed and George Elmer Kittley, 30, of White Marsh, Md., the driver of He formerly was with the Asseciated Press. Poli