Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1931, Page 16

A—I6 == PRATT AND SHELBY GIVEN WATCHES BY . POLICE OFFICERS Superintendent and Assist- ant Will Leave Department Tomorrow Morning. MAJOR DECLARES FORCE | IS BEST IN COUNTRY essage to Men Urges Same Loyal and Honest Service to Gen. Glassford. Maj. Henry G. Pratt and Inspector | William 8. Sheiby, superintendent and | assistant superintendent of police, who | STAR,. m fl c EMPI.UYES | Artesian Well Found on 1. Retiring Police Heads Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, and Assist. Supt. William S, retire officially at 8 o'clock tomorrow | Shelby, who retire from the department tomorrow, were presented with watches morning. were presented with watches today by the ‘officers of the Police rtment. r the 15 days between the time Maj. Pratt goes out of office and Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford takes over command of the metropolitan police, Ernest W. Brown, assistant | & tendent, will be acting super- ndent of lice. Gen. Glassford will take over the post on November 16. Inspectors, captains and lieutenants, all in uniform, gathered about Maj. Pratt's desk and Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detectives, pre- sented the timepleces to the retiring officials in the name of the officers of the force. Unaware of Arrangements. Maj. Pratt, wholly unaware of the ar- fangements for the presentations, ex- his_appreciation. He said he idepartment the best “It already is t! foent in the country” Maj. Pratt as- serted, “and I defy any statement to #he contrary.” Inspector Shelby said he expected to feave the city soon. He counseled the officers to give the new chief their best efforts and assist In increasing further the efficiency of the force. e inscription on Maj. Pratt's watch indicated service from 1896 to 1931, while that on Inspector Shelby's showed service dating back to 1902. Message Given to Force. Maj. Pratt today sent to the several try. he best Police Depart- | Thirt) today from members of the department. Inspector Frank 8. Burke and Inspector Shelby. In the photo, left to right: Maj. Pratt, —Star Staff Photo. TRID KILLED AS CAR. PLUNGES OFF CLFF of Accident on Mountain Near Lynchburg, Va. liam Wallace Melrose, 20, of 1259 -fifth street, died early this morning near Lynchburg, Va. of in- i:na received last night when the car which he was riding with three com- panions plunged 100 feet over a preci- pice at a sharp turn on Lockes Moun- tain, according to an Aspociated Press dispatch from the Virginia city. 0 other persons in the quartet, Robert C. Floyd, 25, anjd Miss Virginia Campbell, 18, both of Jynchburg, also were fatally injured in fhe mishap. Mrs. Louis E. Houston of She same city was injured seriously. Reports stated that, the driver of the car failed to make the turn at a hazard- members of the force what probably s his last message to the department. It reads as follows: “On the eve of my retirement from active service I desire to express my deep . appreciation and thanks for the ever loyal and willing service which you have rendered the community dur- ing my administration as head of the department. “And it is my wish that you continue #o carry on to the end that the citizens of the District of Columbia may receive that measure of police service to which they are entitled. “I know that you will give the same. Joyal, honest and conscientious services to my successor, Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, and I want every one of you to know of my continued interest in your welfare.” THE WEATHER District of Columbia-Virginia—Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, not much change in temperature, lowest tonight about 42 degrees, moderately westerly ‘win ds. Maryland—Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, rain or snow in the moun- tains, not much change in temperature, fresh westerly winds. West Virginia—Light rain in east| and central and rain or snow in ex- treme east portion tonight, not much change in temperature. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. g Inches. 4 pm o 1) 29.74 8 pm. . Midnight 4 am. . 8 am Noon 2985 | Highest, 62, 12 noon yesterday; year ge, 52 Lowest, 43, 4 a.m. today, Tide Tables. p (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. 10:53 am. 5:42am 11:16 p.m. 5:08 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises 6:33am year ago, 39. ‘Tonorrow. 11:40a.m. 6:27a.m. 5:58 pm High . Low High . Low . Sets. Sun, today 5:10 p.m. Sun, tomorrow 6:34 a.y Moon, today 9:39 a.m Automobile lamps to be lights half hour after sunset Rainfall, Monthiy rainf inch Htal (current month to date) Month January in the Cap- | Record 7.09 8| 84| 91| 89 | 89 | '00 86 | 28 6.3¢ 8.84 9.13 10.69 10.94 10.63 14.41 10 8 Weather in Various Cities. T | e ous curve on the ‘winding mountain road. The group was clad in Halloween costumes, apparently bound for a party. Melrose lived wilh his sisters, Miss Sue Melrose, Mrs.'J. N. Leebrick and Mrs. May Markham. It was said today that Mrs Markham had left here Tues- day to accompany him on a visit to relatives in Lynchburg, his native city. Also surviving ‘are 'a fourth sister, Mrs. Raymond of Lynchburg, and a brother, Thomas Melrose of Penn-| sylvania. Mrs. Houston, the lone survivor, was taken to a Lynehburg hospital, where an examination disclosed fractures of the right leg, the right ar as well as ifternal injuri 'm and nose, es. LETTER OF APPRECIATION IS SENT TO DR. NEVITT Commissioners Praise Service on Eve of Retirement as D. C. Coroner. The District Commissioners today sent to Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, retiring as District coroner after 30 years of service, a letter of felicitation upon his long and faithful service. Dr. Neviit relires tomorrow on account of physi- cal disabilities. “The Commissioners canmdt “let this occasion pass,” the letter said, in part, “without an expression of their appre- ciation of the long and faithful service that you have rendered the District of Columbia in the very responsible posi- tion which you have occupied for 30 years. They hope that in your retire- ment your health will improve and that you will enjoy many more years of fe.” POWER HEARING SET Plea for More Water at Niagara Falls to Be Heard. The Federal Power Commission has called a hearing here on December 8 on a proposal to permit additional di- version of water at Niagara Falls for the benefit of the Niagara Falls Power Co. hydroelectric rmject and to deter- mine if there shall be any addition to the fixed capital account of the project for the diversion, which would amount tc 275 cubic feet per second. This grant would complete the 20.- 000 cubic feet per second originally au- thorized. Gov. Roosevelt and other New York authorities have been hearing. "CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Party, St. Margaret's Sunday school, Connecticut avenue and Bancroft place, 3 to 5:30 pm me dance, League for the Larger 01 K street, 8:30 p.m Dance, Aurora Juniors', Club, Ham ton Hotel, 10 pm. Dance and Hamilton Hotel, supper. Amity lub, 9:30 pm. Halloween Bal Masque, Hotel, 9 pm Mayflower Card party and dance, Ladies' Board of Trinity College, Mayflower Hotel 2t0 7 pm Dance, Kappa Sigma Chapter, Alpha Sigma Lampda Fraternity, Willard Hotel, 10 pm lub, 8 p Ball and entertainment, Knight Pythias, 1012 Ninth street, 8 p.m Dance, Census Bureau | Arlington Hotel, 10 p.m. employes, Marriage Licenses. anke 37, and Harriett P. Des, x S Bt New York. N.Y.298 Okiahoma_ City. 30 32 Omaba, r.. 3033 Philadelphia ... 39 Phoenix. 3 e 23u85232uL28R22D | sgwus ‘Women Hurt in Labor Clash. SARAGOSSA, Spain, October 31 P —Five women work;drs in a M.lcmr: actory were injured todoy in a clasi L(,"wn members of General Workers' Union and the National Labor Federation. The fight m during it ‘which Mu u S George L Spencer, 8. Dellwyn, Va. and Eunice E. Parks, 20. Manteo, Va.: Rev. H. A, Kester Edward Pord. 23 and Clarice Cook. 22 both of New York: Judse Robert E. Mat- tingly. Frapcis M. Morton. 21 and Joas: D. C. Man Is Among Victims advised of the PRISONER HANGS . HIMSELF N CEL Arrested on Warrant Sworn Out by Wife Charging Drunkenness. Charles Hunt, 59, arrested on a drunkenness charge last night, hanged himself in his cell at the second pre- cinct police station early today Hunt, who was arrested en a war- rant sworn out by his wife, Mrs. Lula Watson Hunt, 36 Rhode Island avenue, was found suspended from a bar across the top of his cell by Policeman B, C. i ‘Thompson. His shirt was looped around his neck. ‘Thompson was in the cell room at the time, having conversed with Hunt just a few minutes before. “I was | making the rounds of the cells,” the policeman said, “when Hunt, who had been raising a lot of fuss, suddenly be- came quiet. I investigated and found he had hanged himself.” Cellmate Was Asleep. Members of the fire rescue squad, summoned by Thompson, attempted to revive Hunt, who was pronounced dead by a Freedmen's Hospital physician. | Harry Coakley, 55 of 936 Fourth | street was in the cell with Hunt. He was asleep, however, he said. | The warrant on which Hunt was ar- | rested was the third obtained by Mrs, | Hunt within the last few months. About | four months ago, she said, she had him | arrested on drunkenness and abuse | | charges, but he was placed on six | months’ probation on the former and ;wu given a year's suspended sentence | on the latter charge. ; Learns of Another Wife. | Shortly thereafter, Mrs. Hunt de- | clared, she learned her husband, whom | she married last February, had another | wife, Mrs. Bessie Hall Hunt of Balti- more. The second Mrs. Hunt communicated | | with her, she sald, and Hunt was ar- rested for bigamy. He was tried in Baltimore about a month ago and was paroled for a year, she added. Hunt's body was taken to the morgue | to await instructions of relatives. He is said to have brothers in North Caro- | lina and California, and police are en- | deavoring to communicate “om, as well as with the first » 4 | DOLE SYSTEM DEBATED | 6. W. U. and British 1. | Decision Contest at Corcoran Hail. Debaters from George Washington University and two British universities ‘ last night argued the merits of the dole system in a no-decision debate in Cor- coran Hall under chairmanship of Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Stuart Craig of University College, | Nottingham, and John Needham of Durkam University were the English speakers who upheld the merits of the g | dole while James Ronald and Ralph Gilby of George Washington University opposed the system. The Britons con- tended that the dole is good for em- ployer and employe because the former | would rather contribute to “unemploy- ment insurance” of that kind and the latter, holding himself entitled to the aid, could retain his self-respect in timeof stress. The Americans con- tended that the dole system was proven poor because it had ruined British financially, and had crippled the party which proposed it. ANNIVERSARYiPLANNED Association of Oldest Inhabitants to Hear Report Wednesday. The next regular monthly meeting of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants will be held at the Old Union Engine House next Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock A report will be made by the Enter- |s. tainment Committee regarding arrange- ments made for the celebration of the sixty-sixth anniversary of the associ- ation, to be held Monday, December 7. In ymphony First Flutist Has Been Con- nected With Many Musical Organizations. Meeting, Biological Society, Cosmas Domenico National Sym by but my Orchest: American try for of years, the ‘sam Orchestra nurber at under George Bar- rere, in New York, preceds his en- gagemidt as flute and picrolo soloist in Vessella’s Band for three years. Then followed a long musical serv- ice in and about Philadelphia, dur- ing which time he played at Willow Grove Park under the late Victor Her- bert. At various times Mr. Jascone has played with the DeFeo Grand Opera Demenico Iascone * | Company, the San Carlos Grand Opera Thresia Thomas Company, the La Scale Grand Opera Company, the Aborn Opera Company | and a well known Russian ballet orches- | tra in Chicago. He had been connected with theater gy l-m in Wash- ington anr sel first " (flutist of the Natonal boy. | Allen F. and Natha i WASHINGTON, PUT ON 3.DAY WEEK T0 HELP JOBLESS New Places Created and Present Workmen’s Sea- son Extended. COMMISSIONERS CONSULT | WITH THE PRESIDENT District and Federal Authorities Will Co-operate to Handle Un- employment Problems. | In order to alleviate to someg extent | the expected hrashness of the coming | Winter to unemployed persons, the Dis- | trict Commissioners today announced & | plan for putting certain per diem work- | ers on part-time work—three days & | week—and- thereby not only avoid the | necessity of laying men off in the de- | partments involved during the Winter, | but making it possible to secure 400 new part-time jobs. The scheme will be put into effect November 16 in order to have 1t start immediately after a pay day to avoid pay roll confusion. It will only apply to laborers below the rank of foreman. In selecting the 400, the Commis- sioners announced, only bona fide resi- | dents of the District in need of jobe will be taken on. who apply will have to submit their credentials to the District Committee on Employ- ment for checking to make sure that District workers will not be sacrificing themselves for the benefit of those from other parts of the country. There are about 2,000 per diem work- ers in the various engineering depart- ments of the District government, about 400 of whom normally would be laid off by the end of the open working season, November 15. Disgrict and Pederal authorities con- ferred yesterday at the White House on co-ordination in obtaining the best ad- glntlt! of the public building program ere. At this conference the President called District Commissioners Reichelderfer and Crosby, E. C. Graham, chairman ot the District Employment Committee; Elwood Street, director of the Commun- ity Chest; Charles C. Glover, jr., Dis- trict representative of the President’s Organization on Unemployment; Fred Croxton, assistant director of the Presi- dent’s Organigation, and Merle Thorpe of the United States Chamber of Com- merce. Plan to Be Worked Out. The purpose of the conference was to bring about a closer co-ordination | of the District and Federal activities incident to the public buildings pro- | gram and other public construction | work. The meeting adjourned with | the understandin | suthorities would work out a plan to | effect co-operation on the part of the | various Federal departments and the | contractors engaged in public con- struction work. From the representa- tions made to the President during the | conference regarding the unemploy:- ! ment situation in the District and what | is essential at this time to relieve the | situation during the coming Winter, | President Hoover is understood to feel | there need b no cause for any worry about conditions here. Later Mr. Hoover summarized this conference in a statement which was | made public. The statement said: “A conference was held this after- noon with the chairman of the District | Employment Committee, representatives of the Community Chest, the District | Commissioners, Mr. Gifford’s Commit- | tee and others, in the matter of co- ordination between the Federal de- partments with the District activities in the relief of unemployment over the Winter. “The District authorities will present # plan by which the departments and ontractors working on public con- struction can actively co-operate to handle such unemployment problems as may arise in the District.” Births Reported. boy. .. boy. . Boy. and Lucille Harley, boy. Abner C.‘and Margaret A. Clatk, boy. Willlam ™ T. and Dickerson, boy. t0 L. and P . ot John G, a; imer. boy. Harry H. Robert P. Ditmore, boy. Altred °C. Eunice M. Harveycutier, | N John and Margaret Kennedy. girl. | Joseph A. and Josephine A. De Miro, girl. Arthur F. and ‘Margaret J. Brown, Eifl. | Adam'J.'and Dorothea E, Lewis. wirl | Rovdon L. 'and Kathryn E. Reichles, girl. | Albert J.“and Mary C. Poss, girl | Frederick J. and Lillian_Ouster, boy. | Joseph A. ‘and Frances Scott. if. boy. | Oliver J." and Carolyn Irish. boy. | Thomas 1" 'and Anne Dawson. Marvin E. and Eiizabeth B. lis E. Grum, boy. | n C. Morris, boy. | d and , Boy. | Kennebeck, Joseph 8. Hele: n, Lorraine Estep. boy James D. and Catherine L. Johnson, boy Albert and Velma Liser, girl Hosea and Ethel M. Lee. boy. | | [5eaths Reportt;d. Samuel H. Woods. 84, Casualty Hospital George W. Shoemaker, 81, 2014 l4th st Cole, 80. 3222 13th st 75, ‘3413 Holmead pl. .72 2501 14th s r. 72, $529 13th st . 21 U st s. e Laura M Mary A. ne al Hos- is," 64, U. s, 63, 2120 O st Sey. €3, 1544 st st. s.W. . 58, Sibley Hospital del 420, S Naval Hompital. rd, 39. 1 tmore st. , Walter Reed U. S. Veterans' Corkran, 76, 2503 14th st . 60, Gallinger Hospital 325 15th st. see. 34, Tuberculosis Hospital er Hospital Whitelaw Apart- Hospital Annie H M; M Gal 31 27, Gellinger Hospital 0. Gallinger Hospital 15, 2585 Nichols ave n. 3, 431 M st hnson. ‘1. 1009 er, 4 months, se. v st Gallinger Hos- ary E. Tolson, 8 hours, Gal- g that the District |y ATURDAY, ocC TOBER 31, 1931, C. C. Building Site 15.GALLONS-AMINUTE FLOW MAY C00L NEW OFFICES, he site of the new Interstate Commerce Commission Building, where workmen yesterday un- ol openung'oer;ltw;‘m may furnish enough cool water to cool the entire building. covered an artess BEDDELL FACES QUIZ IN MYSTERY CASES | Will Be Confronted by Cun-| ningham Murder and Rum Theft Witnesses. William E. Beddell, a suspect in the murder of Jack Cunmingham and the liquor robbery at the El Salvadorean legation last May, was to be brought to Washington this afternoon for ques- tioning in the two cases. Detective Sergt. Larry O’Dea left last night for New York City, where Beddell was arrested two weeks ago on a forgery charge, to bring him back to Washington. cided to waive their claim on Beddell in order that he might be returned here. Headquarters detectives planned to question Beddell immediately after his arrival. Later it is expected that a number of witnesses in the murder of Cunningham, a pelice informer, and | the El Salvadorean robbery will con- front him tomorrow. It is understood that Beddell has waived extradition to expedite his return. Cunningham was shot to death in an alley in the rear of his home on the night of May 15 while returning from he first precinct station, where, it is said, he told police the names of the men who staged the liquor robbery at the El Salvadorean legation two nights before. Among those who will face Beddell will be Don Carlos Lieva, lega- tion counselor and. charge d'affaires, who was beaten into unconsciousness by the robbers when he returned as the men were stealing the liquor. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE IN PHILIPPINES URGED Mrs, Hurley, Back From Islands, Says They Should Be Given Right to Vote There. | Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, wife of the | Secretary of War, returned from the | Philippines convinced that the hard- working, capable women of the islands | ought to be voters. | “It s my opinion"—Mrs. Hurley spoke earnestly—“that no nation can rise above the moral or intellectual standards of its women. “The Philippine women will lead in the advancement of eduction and the | building of the Philippine nation, They should be permitted to participate pub- licly in this work by having the right to vote.” ] The Filipino women, Mrs. Hurley | found, have gone American less slowly than their men folk. They still wear the beautiful picturesque mestizo costume of stiff gauze-like blouse made from pina or pineapple cloth, with a heavy silk skirt and long train, all in- tricately hand - embroidered. Mrs. Hurley brought one back, and treas- | ures it. “Tte men wear American clothes almost entirely,” she said. “They are succeeding 4n being Occidental.” VISITOR AND CONDUCTOR OF TROLLEY HELD UP Michigan Man Says ;Indlt Forced Him Into Taking Cash, Shoes, Trousers. to Drive Country Two hold-ups were reported to police here last night by Gerald Charles Lud- wig of Grand Rapids, Mich., a visitor at the Lee House here, and Joha | Taylor, a street car conductor of 202 | Benning road northeast. Ludwig told police a man boarded his car at Florida avenue and R street last | night about 8 o'clock, pressed a pistol to his side and ordered him to drive into the couniry. Near Cabin John, Md., the, bandit told him to turn into a side road, Ludwig said, and then | robbed him 'of his shoes, trousers and $30 in cash. The robber made his escape in o car which had trailed the pair throughout the drive, police were told. Ludwig furnished a description of the man. 3 Two colored bandits held him up and {removed two empty oill folds from his pocket as he switched his street car at the terminus of the Columbia branch | shortly after 11 o'clock last night, Tay- lor reported to police. Finding that the wallets were empty, the men discarded them and fled 1 AUTO HITS SON OF POLICEMAN | AFTER DEATH TAKES GIRL OF 3 Strong’s Home Twice Visited Though Boy’s Injuries Por the second time misfortune last night visited the home of Policeman B. M. Strong, at 506; Second street southeast. This time the officer’s 6- year-old son, Bruce, jr. was run down by an auf while crossing Sec- | ond street near E southeast. -~ Only the previous day Pvt. Strong’s | 3-year-old daughter, Colette, succumbed to a heart attack as she was tugging a chair toward an electric light switch in the kitchen. She had arisen during the night and her body was not found until the following morning when her mother got up to prepare breakfast. The child had been il with grip by Misfortune in Two Days, Are Held Not Serious. and it was supposed she grew restless | and went to the kitchen for a look at Halloween gift she had received the previous day at a Halloween pageant at Garfield playground. Bruce. however, was only slightly in- jured. He was taken to Providence Hospital by the driver of the machine which hit him, Willy Long, colored, 22 years old, of 92 Myrtle street northeast. | Bruce was treated for bruises and | brush burns about the head and body. The driver said he ran suddenly into the path of automobile from the sidewalk. were booked New York police de- | 3 m.’l,“: I . | N artesian well spouted forth | yesterday from & depth of | about 30 feet below the sur-| face of the site for the new Interstate Commerce Commis- sion Building at Twelfth street and | Constitution avenue and is flowing at | the rate of about 25 gallons a minute. | The well was drilled by the Raymond | Concrete Pile Co. as part of a plan | to pump out underground water and | thus reduce the water pressure in the ! ground so as to make pile driving easier. When the well reached a depth about 30 feet the water broke the surface. May Cool New Buildings. If the flow continues, it is likely | it may be considered as a le | source of water to be used to cool| the new buildings. A previous well | for such a purpose which was dug to a depth of about 70 feet in an alley | back of old No. 1 police precinct last | Summer proved a failure, with hardly | any water. It was filled in. | Some apparatus purchased for this | well, however, still remains on the lot. | | The' temperature of this underground water is much lower than that of the city water mains in the Summertime | and could be used to advantage to cool | air for the buildings. Bed of Old Stream Struck. The underground stream from which {the water comes into this new artesian |well is believed by Neal A. Melick, | United States Government construction | engineer, to be the same source struck | when piles were driven for the new Internal Revenue Building, locatzd on | the east side of Twelfth street at Con- | | stitution avenue. | The bed of old Tiber Creek, or the | canal, which flowed along what was | |later B street was struck by power | | shovels, not far down from the surface of the Interstate Commerce Commission | site. Shovels now digging some distance below the level of this old canal have struck In one place a gravel pit, con- sisting of fairly good gravel. It is too | dirty, however, to be of any practical use, and of insufficient amount to make it worth while to try to salvage it for construction purposes. The bed of gravel now being dug out of the hole varies in depth from eighteen inches to about four or five feet. INJURED MAN CLEARS " UP MYSTERY OF FALL | Regains Consciousness to Tell In- vestigators He Lost Balance ‘While Washing Windows. of | gh | | | Investigation of Carl Huff's plunge from a tbird-story window of his home at 148 Eleventh street southcast was dropped last night, when the injured m2n regained consciousness at Casualty Hospital and explained he had lost his balance while washing windows. Huff, who is 40, was found lying un- conscious in a yard in front of his home late Thursdey. Roy W. Harding. 30, of 3304 Veozy street, who was in the third-floor room with him a few | minutes before he fell, was arrested by | —Star Staff Photo. TRAFFIC INJURIES RECEIVED BY EIGHT GIVIC HALLOWEEN FETE 10 ATTRACH D.C. MASQUERADERS Revelers Will Turn to Parad- ing, Prize Awards and Pavement Dancing. 5,000 TO JOIN IN MARCH OPENING FESTIVITIES President Hoover Invited to Attend and Leading Citizens Are Taking Active Part. ‘The jostling and milling uer- aders who n years gone by have jammed the sidewalks of F street to- night will be coaxed away to historic Pennsylvania avenue and newly named Constitution avenue as the Capital at- tempts for the first time to organize its Halloween hilarity. Under the sponsorship of the city's trade and civic organizations, the - Clmlvl‘;lc;oicewol holidays for the - trict wi rn 3 awards and pavement dancing, cummmmeln. at 8 o'clock, when gayly Corted by & thrang of merermklere e cor a me: into lime at Seventh street for the march toward the White House. Forecast “Cloudy and Cool.” ‘The Weather Bureau forecast for the Halloween occasion was “cloudy and cool,” with a bare likelihood of rain. Victims Include Three Elderly Persons and Two Children. Eight persons—including an elderly trio and two young children—were in: jured in traffic accidents late yester- day and last night. Frederick W. Graham, 70 years old, of 1615 Riggs place and his wife, Mrs. Edith G. Graham, 65, suffered slight cuts and bruises when their automo- bile was in collision at Sixteenth street and Kalmia road with a Wash- ington Rapid Transit, Co. bus which was being tested by a mechanic. They were treated by a private physician. Severe injuries of the head were re- celved by Mrs. Elsie Barker, 62 years old, of 312 D street northeast, when hit by a motor cycle operated by Howard Clements, colored, 21, of 1850 Third street, at Massachusetts avenue and Third street. Mrs. Barker was taken to Casualty Hospital, while Clements was arrested on a charge of reckless ériving. Boy Struck by Auto. Charles P. Marshall, 14 years old, of 2000 H street, was taken to George- town University Hospital and treated by staff surgeons for a fracture of the left arm last night after he was hit at Thirty-fourth street and Wisconsin avenue by an automobile driven by Opha Johnson, 3731 Warren street. Five-year-old Nancy Maloney, 26 K street, was given first aid at Sibley Hospital for cuts about the ankles when she was struck at North Capitol and T streets by a taxicab. Two Government excavation workers were seriously injured when the of an automatic dump truck slipped from the chassis of the vehicle at Ninth and B streets and pinned them beneath it. Hit-and-Run Driver Sought. The men, James Page, 22 years old, of 638 Pennsylvania avenue and Wil- liam Eellegman, 27, of Clarendon, were released by fellow ,workmen and re- mov:d to Emergency Hospital for treat- ment. A hit-and-run driver, who knocked down Maude Moore, colored, 31, of 1823 Belmont road, is being sought by po- lice following an accident near the woman’s home last night. She was treated at Emergency Hospital for cuts about the face and discharged. The car bore Maryland tags, police reported. PARKING RULES RELAXED FOR HALLOWEEN CROWDS of Navy and Munitions Buildings Open to Public After 6 P.M. Today. Rear fourth precinct police. He later was released in the custody of his attorney, | T. F. Burke. Huff, according to hospital physicians, | is still in a serlous condition, suffering | from a fractured skull, cuts zbout the‘ | FOR RHEEM HOLDINGS Sale of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey | Co., Properties Worth Millions, Urged in D. C. Court. | | A plan for selling at public auction millions of dollars of Swartzell, Rheem | & Hensey Co. properties was submitted to the District Supreme Court yester- | day for approval. It had been planned to keep the | properties off the market until real estate prices improve, but a need for cash caused the trustees to change their plans in this respect. Fred J. Eden, referee in bankruptcy, set November 11 as a date for a meet- ing of creditors to discuss plans for | the best disposition of the bankrupt | holdings. | _ Properties scheduled for auction in- | clude ‘the company's office building on | Fifteenth street, the Hurley-Wright | Building, the Securities Building and | several unimproved pieces of real estate. LIGHTS AT MONUMENT TO BE TURNED ON NOV. 15 Will Be Placed on Four Sides of Shaft for Benefit of Night Flying. The electrical equipment that will turn the Washington Monument into a brilliant shaft of light for night-fly- ing aviators will be turned on Novem- ber 15, First Lieut. F. B. Butler, as- sistant director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, announced today. Work- men were busy excavating around the Monument today for the lights, which have begun to arrive, and these will be placedl on the four sides of the me- morial. Plans to have the lights hidden by day in ornamental benches have been altered and now they will be concealed shrubbery. byl.leut. Butler said his office proposes to spend some $3,000 in Meridian Hill Park in hnmsmxé Work on the cascades that will fiow down the hill- side has been started. Excavation for the foundation of the warehouse in Southwest Washington, which the Federal Government is build- . is now in progress, Lieut. Butler , and the earth is be! placed on junction No against Long. ™) the Mall in con| the road t there. ! to ‘The public will be permitted to park in the rear of the Navy and Munitions Buildings this evening, after 6 o'clock, as an accommodation in conjunction with the Halloween celebration, Capt. R. C. Montgomery, U. S. Army, super- intendent of the United States Park Police, announced today. Entrance will be by way of Nine- teenth street, on Constitution avenue, and by way of Twenty-First street, with these same openings being used for exits. The Seventeenth street entrance the parking in the rear of the build- ings will be closed. There will be no parking permitted on Constitution ave- nue, which was closed after the rusa Io: Government traffic today. Officials of -the District government made arrangements to clear off all dirt and grease from Constitution avenue, so that it might be suitable for danc- ing tonight as a feature of the Hal- loween celebration. Capt. Montgomery will have a special detail of park police l(; assist in keeping order in that re- gion. Y. M. C. A. TEAMS REPORT 114 MEMBERS ADDED Goal of 500 Set for Rest of Drive by Workers at Dinner—Em- blem Club Formed. Enroliment of 114 new members was reported by teams engaged in the an- nual Y. M. C. A. membership canvass at a dinner of 100 workers in the Cen- tral Y, M. C. A. assembly hall last night. A goal of 500 additional members has been set for the drive, which will close next week. Many prominent men in public and private life were included , in the list of new members reported last night. Organization of an emblem club, composed of members who distinguish themselves in the drive for new mem- bers, has been effected. George Ken- | nedy explained that each member of | the club will be entitled to wear a special pin as a “badge of honor.” The teams were addressed by Dr. Everett M. Ellison, Membership chair- man; R. W. , Assistant Secre- tary of Agriculture and captain of one of the teams, and Ed Morton Willis, member of the Executive Committee in charge of the enrollment. Musical ertertalnment was f by Mr. and Mrs. Evert E. Ellis of Francisco, who are visiting here. WILL AID JOBLESS ‘The Schulte cigar stgres of Wash- ington will turn over 5 per cent of their receipts next Thursday, November | 5, to the District Committee on Em- loyment for the benefit of the jobless, San | More than half a dozen bands, 100 floats and approximately 5,000 par- ticipants have been signed up for the nocturnal . Reserve f from the Police rtment will be on hand dering " ares. The line of march"will be north on Pennsylvania avenue to Fourteenth street, thence north to New York ave- nue, and west on this street to ewing and the judges in the parade will be located. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, of the Office of Public Bu and Parks; David itect of Capitol, and Clifford Heading the parade as aides to Gen. Stephan will be the members of the official Halloween Oalehn'lh\ Commit- presidents of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Merchants and Manufacturers' Associa- tion and the Distriet Federation of Citizens’ Associations. Hoover Invited. President Hoover was invited yeste: day by Dr. George C. Havenner, pres- ident of the federation, and Mr. Rcb- erts to view the parade and the dence carnival. Leading citizens in the Distvi~t ave | taking part in some way in the first body | attempt of the National Capit-1 t+ late the carefree carnivel spirit Orleans. and if the celebratin §- successful as it promises to b=, it likely to become ‘an established policy in the future. Gen. Stephan and the committee In charge issued instructions to the 100 or more units of ths parads as to their individual assembly places as earlv as yesterday. Since then, there has been one change that wes annourcse. e Mid-City which were to as~ semble on Marshal: plac., are now to assemble on the north side of Loulsiana avenue, between Sixth and Seventh street, owing to the size of the unit. Samuel W. chairman, said the section one of the largest in the line headed by the 121st District Band, A. J. Driscoll, preside: Mid-City Citizens’ Associaf officers. All the floats in with the exception of two or ', arranged for by members of this City group. Silver Cups as Prizes. Silver loving cups and other will be awarded in eight classes. Evening Star Silver Trophy will the best local decorated automobile. Second this group will be the George wrist wateh. Post Silver Trophy; Vinning out-of- fown. fost. B ng out-of-town float, first s Rialto Theater Silver Trophy; mlfilm ing commercial float, first prize, George C. Shaffer Silver Trophy: second prize, Harris & Co., silver tro- phy: winning private decorated vehicle, first prize, Mrs. Ginn, silver trophy; second A. Kahn & Co., jewelry prize; third prize, Rudolph & West, coffee service; fourth prize, Kann's De. partment Store, tollet set; winning in. dividual costume, first . Eastern Air Transport air mg; second prize, Peoples’ Drug Store, fan and heater; third prize, Peoples’ Drug Stores, waffle iron; fourth » Hahn's Shoe Store, one pair of shoes; fifth prize, Dr'él:l Bros., Stetson hat, and sixth prize, o cade Cafe, bronze cigar lighter. Red Cross Will Operate. At Fifteenth street and Constitution un- hy; second hy; point. ‘Those competing for individual awards for outstanding costumes will gather near the judges’ platform on Constitu- tion avenue, across from the Monu- ment Lot, and will pass one at & time before the judges in the concentrated glare of a large number of 3 A 150-year-old stage coach, 8 the “Princesses of Halloween,” and & Colonial home float displaying “Wash- = ington and his cabinet” will mark the entries of the Society of Natives and | t dest the Ellipse while the progress. SRR AUTO VICTIM DIES Charles F. Miners, Struck by Car Two Weeks Ago, Succumbs ™ Charles F. Miners, 73, of 3646 New Hampshire avenue, died at Garfleld Hospital today from injuries received two weeks g0 when run down in front of his home by an automobile. Pl the local manager of the stores an- nounced today. D. A. Schulte, president of the com- pany, aiso will dehate an gwmlnm pear at o'clock.