Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1931, Page 17

- Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star WAS HINGTON, D. C, MON 9 DAY, NOVEMBER 1931. e S———— 0T, LINE AWAIT TAXI REGULATION - TOBETTER SERVICE / New Equipment Promised % When Utilities Body Curbs Cut-Rate Cabs. HANNA SEES POSSIBLE i ZONE FARE OR PASSES Says Improvements Require Regu- tion to Remove Handicaps in Crowded Streets. This is the second of a series of articles discussing the problems con- Jronting the street car companies of Washington. The next article will ap- pear tomorrow, ‘The Capital Traction Co. stands ready to improve its service and pu chase new and modefn equipment as a means of stimulating street car riding, according to John H. Hanna, president, Jjust as soon as the Public Utilities Commission takes definite steps to throttle the competition of unregulated and cut-rate taxicabs. Mr. Hanna said his company also might be willing to go a step further and experiment_with the zone fare or ‘weekly passes, plans already adopted in & number of other cities to win back a part of the riding public lost to the motor vehicle. But right now, with no indication from the commission of what it pro- poses to do, if anything, Mr. Hanna declared his company is holding pians in abeyance. It has the funds to ase new equipment, he said, but do#s not feel justified in spending in the face of uncertain conditions. M?r, Hanna, a veteran in traction company operation and management, is one of those whose outlook on the | stree is ra tions, Josses, principally on account of the , and he foresees little im- provement unless drastic and definitg nur are taken to curtail taxicab com- pet Part of City Comm®ee. ‘The street railway companies, in his opinion, pre an integral part of Wash- commercial life and therefore must eontinue ul’t., e})‘fln. Mt h‘ mass tnT-uuon unit, he said, they ean- not scrapped, because motor busses and taxicabs are unable to supplant the service of the street car in mass trans- portation. With continued inroads by the taxi- cabs into the revenues of the car com- Mr. Hanna believes that even- the public will be forced to take over the operation snd maintenance of the traction lines or else they will have 10 be subsidized in some other way. ‘The campanies, he said, cannot go on forever losing money, and from the Tailway situation in Washington et gloomy under existing condi- present outlook there is little hope of | relief. \ Evidence brought out at the recent taxicab hearing before the Public Utili- ties Commission, Mr. Hanna pointed out, showed conclusively that the exist. ing situation is resulting in a large eco- nomic loss, since the taxicab drivers as well as the car companies are not making money. The only beneficiaries, he said, are the companies which own the cabs and rent them to the drivers. Aside from the unrestricted taxi com. petition, Mr. Hanna feels that some of the ills of the street railway companies are due to the lack of co-operation on the part of the utilitles commission. ‘The policy of the present commission, he declared, has been antagonistic rather than co-operative. Fought by Commission. ‘The commission, Mr. Hanna ex- plained, fought the companies in nearly every move they made for self-better- ment, forcing them to turn to the courts for relief. Another example of the Jack of co-operation, he declared, oc- curred during the merger negotiations several years ago, when the commission s had an amendment tacked to the bill authorizing a consolidation of the street railway systems which would have restricted the right of the companies to appeal to the courts from the deci- sions of the commission. Mr. Hanna is firmly convinced that the street car companies can be re- stored to profit-making utilities with ympathetic emcouragement from the commission, as well as the public. He {feels has company, at least, is in a posi- tion to improve its service, purchase new equipment and make car riding more attractive, but that it must have some assurance taxicab competition is to be kept within reasonable bounds. For some time :the taxicabs have been drawing passengers away from the car companies, but the condition be- came serious in July, Mr. Hanna sald, when the taxi operations started a rate war, In that month the losses of th Capital Traction were heavy, amount ing to $37.984, In August the losse: amounted to $47.840 and in Septembe: they jumped to $48,000. Crowding of Vehicles. Mr. Hanna declared the large num- ber of taxicabs added to the already ;heavy street traffic in many cases fur- nishes more vehicles than the streets can economically and properly handle In a recent count at certain locations he said, out of 9.004 taxicabs observed, Sonly 3.952 were carrying passengers. This congestion, Mr. Hanna contends, 145 slowing up street car operations and { causing delays of from 2 to 15 minutes. | These delays, he said, were determined { by observations, and represent the time the cars were off schedule. Trafic lights also contribute some- what to the delays, he declared, but where traffic is very heavy they prob- ably are more of & help than a hin- | drance. Lights at points where traffic is relatively small, however, he said. do cause & delay Whether the weekly pass system or the so-called zone system of fares would | aid the companies in improving their {financial condition is a matter of con- jecture, according to Mr. Hanna { company. jtain the result if the taxicabs rought under control ing to some extent, but it is doubtfu whether the *proved material rate of fare that would prevail In some of the cities where the pass system has been adopted it has aided the companies. Others have not beer benefited, Milwaukee is one of cessful. It has make up for the loss in the peak load To be really successful in Washing- ton, Mr. Hanna thinks, the pass. sys- tem would have fo be worked out be- to make It would he tween the two car com ihe paas g extremel It ted out, to the revenues ble. however, His company is suffering heavy | 'ROVER NAMES R ISons of D. C. Justices' Get Positions on Legal Staff. Vacancy—One Situation Newly Created. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover today announced the appointment of | Roger Robb, son of Justice Charles H | Robb of the District Court of Appeals and Frederick Hitz, son of Justice Wil- liam Hitz of the same court, to be as- | sistant United States attorneys for the | District of Columbla. Both appointees will be assigned to work In Police Court. One will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation, an- {nounced today, of Assistant United | States Attorney James F, Hughes, who |1s returning to private practice. The | other is an additional assistant allowed by the Department of Justice. Robb Vermont Native, Roger Robb was born in Bellows Falls, | Vt, July 7, 1907. He attended Western | High School here and received his law | degree at the Yale Law School. He is | single and a member of the Phi Beta | Kappa Honorary Scholastic Praternity and Corby's Court Law Fraternity. While attending Yale he was assoclate editor of the Yale Law Journal. Prederick Hitz was born in this city | April 22, 1905. He received his_early ucation at the Priends’ Select School and St. Alban's School, and his bache- | lor of arts degre. from Princeton Uni- | versity. His law degree was obtained | from Georgetown University Law School, and he received high honors in | both his Princeton and Georgetown courses. b Hughes Has Good Record. James Francis Hughes, who retires As assistant United States attorney, is a native of Bristol, R. I, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Hughes. He was graduated from Catholic University an assistant prosecutor, handling a number of murder cases successfully. He concluded his duties today with a favorable opinion from the Court of Appeals in its decision of the Sam Hur- Law School and for 2'; years has been | OBB AND HITZ AS U. S. ATTORNEY ASSISTANTS| ROGER ROBB. FREDERICK HITZ. witz_case, Involving the Jones which he argued. ; | "'He had practiced law for five years before going into the office of the Dis- | trict attornmey. He is married, has | three children and resides at 4312 Twelfth place northeast. He will open offices in the Columbian Biulding. law, WORK IS PROVIDED * INCHOPPIG Wo0D Hoover Gift Starts Local Job Committee on Winter Program. Rescued from straitened financial circumstances by a gift of $2,500 from ;Presid!m, Hoovgr, the District Commit- | tee on Employment today started its ‘Winter's program by taking a goup of {men over to Arlington Cemetery to cut {and transport wood, which is expected | to furnish work for the unemployed here | during the cold weather. | | _The wood will be cut up into lengths | short enough for transportation in | Army trucks, which have been loaned | for the occasion. The site of the, wood yard has not yet been selected. The choice is ex- pected to be made today or tomorrow between sites at Virginia avenue and Pirst street and one at Sixth and B streets. ‘The Employment Committee, accord- ing to George J. Adams, its secretary is also preparing for the work of check | ing up on the District residential qual- ifications of those who apply for the ! 400 positions to be avaiable in the | District Engineer Department, begin- | ning November 16. Only bona fide res- idents of the District will be accepted for these jobs and the Unemployment Committee will assign investigators to check up on the applicants. 'HEARING ON HEALTH OF CHILDREN IS SET Express Their Opinions to Committee November 13, ‘The committee appointed by the Dis- trict Commissioners to study conditions of health and welfare of children in he District will hold a public hearing t 9:30 o'clock Friday, November 13, to eceive opinions on the subject from all | who care to offer them. The commit- tee has stipulated that all suggestions be submitted be in writing, so as to | save ¢ime. . | The committee is the outgrowth of a dispute as to health and nutrition conditions among District school chil- dren at the last session of Congress. During the hearings on the 3-cent school car fare bill last session, John J. Noonan, sponsor of the bill, sup- | ported an 'additional measure to give | undernourished children free milk and | soup. The question of how many school children were undernourished and what [ is the best way to take care of this problem was propounded to the com- | mittee for solution. Health Ofticer Willlam P. Fowler chairman of the committee, sald today the committee had held & number meetings since its formation and co sidered the various problems relating 1o the subject. Every person interest is invited to the publie hearing DESIGN FOR BRIDGE AT P T. APPROVED [Fine Arts Commission Puts 0. K. on Plans for Span Over Rock Creek. A design for the new P Street | Bridge fver Rock Creek Valley, sub- mitted by A. L. Harris and C. R Whyte, engineers of bridges, was ap proved today by the Fine Arts Com- | mission, which began a two-day ses- | sion. The commission offered a few | minor suggestions for the change of | the design. Approval was given the revised plan for the memorial gates at the Naval Academy, submitted by the Allied Architects. The commission examined plans for the proposed extension of the National Museum 200 feet on east and west ends. These were submitted by Dr. Alexander Wetmore, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Allied Architects, | Commission Visits Bridge. During the morning the commission members visited Columbia Island and mspected the progress of the Arlington emorial Bridge. It observed the prog- ress of paving on the bridge proper and gave attention to the proposed plaza on Columbia Island This afternoon, the commission ar- ranged to confer with the Committee | for the Fine Arts Exhibition of the | George Washington Bicentennial. H. P. Caemmerer, secretary of the commission, said that space for holding this exhibition has been made available in the National Museum Building and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. He added that the following national associations will co-operate in the exhibition: The 11 Interested Persons Invited to Mural Painters’ Soclety, the National| Sculpture Society, the American Insti- | tute ‘of ‘Architects, the American So- ciety of Landscapé~ Architects and the American Academy in Rome. | Will Confer on 25-Cent Piece. Late today the commission arranged to confer with Secretary Mellon regard- ing designs for the George Washington Bicentennial 25-cent piece, submitted by _the director of the mint. Edward W. Donn, Washingtoh archi- tect, submitted plans for a rest house to be constructed at Wakefield Manor, the birthplace of George Washington, in Virginia. NEW CLUE IS PROBED IN MARY BAKER CASE A report that a colored man in Lan- caster, Pa nvestigated today by Detective John Dalgleish of the homicide squad. The information was contained in &n anonymous letter, believed to have been written by a colored woman who indicated she had quarreled with the ian, & colored cigar store employe. ¢ he told her of his knowledge of the case “knows something” of the | Mary Baker murder mystery was being | His however, he said, might ex- {periment with them definitely to ascer- are Either of these plans, he said, might increase car rid- revenues would be im- because of the lower the cities where the system has been suc- increased non-peak riding—that is, riding during the hours that intervene between the morning and afternoon rush periods. The non-peak Joad was brought up high enough to e the prope: between the )] n Approximately 100 Washingtonians responded to the plea for blood donors for a transfusion to save the lives of Homer C. Hugill and his son, Homer, fr visitors here, who were overcome b, carbon monoxide gas in their cabin at a local tourist camp Saturday, it was Emergency Hospital. Despite the strengthening effects of transfusion, the men remained in a critical condition today. Blood for the first operation was taken from Alec McNeal. a tourist camp employe. and B. B. Deman of 1910 K 1t the men have not improved this eve. ning, two others from among the many T 'BLOOD IS OFFERED BY 1 TO SAVE TWO TOURISTS’ LIVES Volunteers May 00 HERE | Gas Victims, Given Transfusion, Fail to Rally, So More y Be Called On. volunteers will be selected to give as- sistance today, it was said. A thorough examination will be made today in an effort to determine whether Of not the men are suffering mething more than gas poisoning, as they have not responded well to the customary treatment for such cases, Dr. H. B. Weinberg. who is attending the patients, said this morning. So far, no relatives of the men have been located, It is understood that the elder Huglll was an employe of an Asheville, N. C. school, but recently |by the men near his home about 5|ing and had been out of work. The men are thought to have come here in search of work. from | Man Says He Was Shot in Arm by | KINDLER T0 DIRECT CAPITAL SYMPHONY IN CONCERT TODAY | | Distinguished Audience to At- | tend First of 24 Winter Musicals. |MRS. HOOVER TO LEAD NOTABLE GATHERING | Der Freischutz” Overture to Head Program Introducing 12th Major Orchestra in U. 8. | ! . | ! Whe National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Hans Kindler, | |this afternoon is making its bow in ‘Washington before a distinguished audi- (ence, among whom, it was expected, { would be Mrs. Hoover. | The initis¥ program at Constitution | Hall was scheduled at 4:45 o'clock. In {all, 24 concerts are planned. The Washington organization is the twelfth major symphony orchestra in the United States, and its formation brings to realization the goal which music lovers here have aspired for years. H The Inaugural concert opens with the | overture to Carl Maria von Weber's great score for his opera “Der Prei- | schutz,” which was given its first per- formance in Berlin in 1821 and which today is regarded by musicians every- | where as a model of overture writing. | Beethoven Symphony. | _‘The next number is the Beethoven Fifth Symphony, which, even today, is | regarded as the crowning glory of pure | instrumental composition, with its iouri movements. A distinct novelty is| given the program in its third | number, which consists of three Dutch_tunes of the sixteenth century from J. C. M. van Riemsdijk's collec- | tion of early Dutch music, arranged | personally by Conductor Kindler and dedicated to the National Symphony Orchestra, Petrovich Moussorgsky's fa- mous “Chant Russe,” also arranged by Mr. Kindler, constitutes the fourth number of the program, which will be closed with Tschaikowsky’s memorable “Marche Slav,” commemorating the| stirring martial events of 1876-77, when Russia, Serbia and Turkey clashed at | arms. The 72 men who face Conductor Kindler at today’s concert bring into play 16 first violins, 12 second violins, | € violas, 6 violoncellos, 6 contrabasses, 1 harp, 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 English horns, 1 saxophone, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trom- bones, 1 tuba, 1 tympani and 3 battery. Two more members are scheduled to Jjoin the orchestra before the next sym- phony concert, making a total of 74 men. | First Concert in Series. ‘Today's concert is the first of a series of eight concerts to be given on one | Monday and seven Thursday after- noons at 4:45 o'clock at Constitution Hall, others being scheduled on De- cember 3 and 17, January 7 and 21, February 11 and March 10 and 17. There will also be a series of eight Sun- day afternoon concerts at 4 o'clock, also at Constitution Hall, on November 15 and 29, December 13, January 3, 17 and 31, February 14 and March 6. Conduetor Kindler has also arranged & series of eight morning and afternoon concerts for children and young people to be give at Central High School Au- ditorfum. The four Thursday concerts will be given at 4 p.m. on November 12, December 10, January 14 and February 18. The four Saturday morning con: certs will be given at 11 o'clock oh De- cember 19, February 6 and 27 and March 5. A much lower scale of admission will prevail for the children’s concerts, while students desirous of obtaining tickets for the symphony and Sunday after- noon concerts may avail themselves of a deferred payment plan recently put into effect whereby only half the price of course tickets need be paid at the | time the tickets are obtained, the rest payable in January. The National Symphony Orchestra has been organized as a permanent Tesident symphonic group in the Na- tional Capital. A total of $65000 has been con- tributed by approximately 100 promi- nent Washingtonians, while the balance needed for maintenance of the orches- tra over its first season is intended to be realized {rom ticket sales. The box- holders’ list is headed by Mrs. Hoover and includes some 45 other music en- thusiasts of the Capital. RIGID POWER LINE CONTROL PROMISED! Commission Not to Permit Occu- pency of Land Without Permits. The Federal Power Commission an- nounced today it would not tolerate the construction “of electric power lincs prior to application for license. In a strongly worded statement, the commission said it decided “to be no longer forced into the position of con- | sidering, with little or no discretionary | power, the issue of Federal licenses fcr | transmission lines, the location of which | on public lands has already been fixed | | by_actual construetion,” ! The statement poiufed out that the | | commission, in the early years of its | activity, necessarily issued ‘licenses for many transmission lines already in op- eration across the public land: The practice of taking possession of | publicly owned lands and some years later asking permission for this occu- pancy has become so much of a habit that even now with the water power act mearly 12 years old, the practice persists, the commission declared. This disregard eof the statute, it was stated, is bad both in principle and practice. In view of this situation, all power lines constructed upon any public land or territory prior to application for license will be considered by the com- mission as in trespass, uniess the ap- plicant can show it has not been guilty | of willful disregard of law, or that“it | acted only in an emergency to serve a | present public interest. TRIO SOUGHT IN ATTACK | Assailants at Early Hour. Police are searching for three col- ored men who are wanted for alleged participation in an attack upon Wil- fred K. Fairfax, colored, 23, of 2037 Ninth street, early yesterday morning. | Fairfax told police he was attacked | o'clock and the left arm. He was given Hospital, aid at Emergency cirgical Pledge Day for G. W. U. Sororities EIGHT FRESHMAN CO-EDS SELECTED FOR HONORS. Today was pledge day for the sororities at George Washington University. Above are some of the fortunate fresh- men. Kappa Delta; Edith Mish, Chi Omega, and Helen Sherfey, Kappa Kappa Gamma. ‘Tranbarger, Phi Delta; Helene McLachlen, Delta Zeta, and Barbara Burkhardt, Zeta Tau Alpha. Front row, left to right: Gertrude Price, Pi Beta Phi; Beatrice Hoffman, Alpha Delta Theta; Mims Brasher, Back row, left to right: Katherine —Star Staff Photo. ONE KILLED, SEVEN HURT IN ACCIDENTS Driver Is Held for Inquest.l Pursued Taxi Injures Wom- an, 70, in Upset. One man was killed and two others were injured seriously in holiday traffic accidents in the Capital yesterday. Five persons escaped with minor hurts, among them a 70-year-old woman, who was knocked down by a taxicap when it overturned in a collision th an- other car while fleeing from a pursuing motor cycle policeman, The fatality occurred when Richard M. Carroll, 74 years old, of Pittsburg, | Kans., walked into the side of an auto- mobile driven by Timothy J. Lynch, 27, of 126 C street northeast, at State place | and Seventeenth street. He died shortly after he was taken to Emergency Hos- pital with a skull fracture. Lynch, police were told, was making a left turn into State place when the accident. occurred. Carroll, here on a | visit with a daughter, living at the Park | Central Apartments, was out for a walk at the time. Driver Held for Inquest. Police of the third precinct station Speaker FEMININIST WILL BE VOTE LEAGUE GUEST. 1SS BELLE SHERWIN, presi- dent of the National League of ‘Women Voters, who will ad- dress the Voteless District of Columbia League of Women Voters at its tea tomorrow afternoon in Stoneleigh Courts, placed Lynch under arrest following Carroll's death and were to-take him | before a coroner's jury at the District | Morgue today for an_inquest ordered | by Coroner Joseph D. Rogers. The two men seriously hurt were George T. Pearce, 48 years old, of 105 I street, who suffered severe spinal in- juries when felled by an automobile at New Jersey avenue and I street, and Sylvester J. Powers, 57, of 5727 Ninth | street, who was treated at Garfield Hos- | pital for a broken left collarbone, a | fractured left shoulder and shock his car was in collision with another at Thirteenth and Upshur streets. Other Motorists Arrested. Andrew W. Abernathy, colored, 40 years old, of 1700 Thirteenth street, driver of the car which struck Pearce, was placed under arrest by Policeman H. M. Smith of the Traffic Bureau cn a reckless-driving charge after Pearce was removed to Sibley Hospital. A reckless-driving charge also was lodged against Stanley E. Travis, 25 years old, of 607 Longfellow alreel,i whose car figured in the collision with Powers' machine. Travis obtained his | release on $500 collateral for appear- ance in Police Court. Mrs. Adeline Edwards, 70 years old, of 816 Twelfth street northeast escaped with bruises of the face and arms when | the taxicab of a colored hacker at- | tempting to_escape from Motor Cycle | Policeman G. M. Patton overturned | twice and struck her after colliding | with a coupe at Eighth and G streets northeast. She was treated at the Cas- | ualty Hospital. Fugitive Is Captured. | The taxi driver, Thomas Brezzell, 21, | of 902 Florida avenue, leaped from his disabled cab and fled from the scene | on foot, but was overtaken by Patton | in a store several blocks away and ar- | rested on charges of reckless driving, leaving an accident without making his | identity known and driving without a permit. Brezzell was halted by Patton when he made a turn_at Fifteenth and H reets northeast in the wrong manne: Che officer sensed something *phon about the hacker's permit wien he ex- amined it and ordered Brezzell to drive | to the ninth precinct station. En route | Brezzel stepped on the gas and tried to | shake his captor. The cab, proceeding at a furious clip, crashed into & coupe operated by E. E Langley, 28, of 2515 Thirteenth street, at the intersection of Eighth and G streets northeast, careened and then overturned twice, striking Mrs. Ed- | wards. Neither Langley nor Brezzell | was hurt, and the latter took to his | rested by Patton, who arrived on the seene of the accident a few moments after the crash. | Second Chase Brings Mishap. | Another policeman chasing a_ speed- ing car was slightly injured when an | automobile he Wwas pursuing stopped | quickly in Clarks court, between L and | M streets southwest. causing his motor | cycle to crash into the rear of the ma- chine. The officer, Pvt. R. A. Cunningham of the Traffic Bureau, was thrown to the pavement by the impact. He ar- rested the driver of the car, William | Gales, colored, 29, of 346 'K street southwest, for speeding, reckless driv- driving without a permit, after e was given first aid treatment | | vhich he ;v 'rceum\ officers for minor bruises and cuts. A native of Cleveland, Miss Sherwin has been a leading figure in social, edu- cational and civic organizations for | more than 25 years. She was graduated | from Wellesley College in 1890 and she 1has been a trustee of that institution- since 1918. She is a member of the College Club and Women's City Club of | | Cleveland, the Cosmopolitan Club of | | New York, the American Association of University Women and the National ‘Woman’s Country Club here. PR PRESIDENT INVITED {TO CHURCH CEREMONY {Stone to Be Placed November 20 for Addition to Historic Pohick Building. By the Associated Press. President Hoover was invited today | to’ attend the laying of a corner stone November 20 for an addition to the ancient Pohick Church, in Virginia, the home church of George Washing- ton. ‘The vestry house, now to be bullt, was authorized in 1772 in a lengthy statement written in a flourishing long-hand and signed by George Washington and George Mason, among others. In 1774, the order was re- | scinded because it was believed the ex- pense would be too great. The President did not reply directly to the¢invitation, reserving his answer until a written invitation is presented later. Rev. C. A. Langston, pastor of %he church; Representative Smith of Virginia and others in the delegation extending the invitation posed with the President on the back lawn of the White House for a photograph. ARMISTIGE DAY SET BY HOOVER DECREE President Calls Upon Nation PAGE B—1 D. C. APPEAL GOURT BEGINS T0 RENDER OPINIONS WEEKLY District Supreme Tribunal Is Reversed Four Times as New Method: Starts. OUSTS DIVORCE DECREE ON RESIDENCE GROUNDS Undue Advantage Taken, Opinion Holds, in Woman's Forfeiture of $1,500 in Real Estate Deal. The District Court of Appeals today inaugurated its new method of an- | nouncing opinions weekly instead of | the old way of @posing of its decisions [in & group on the first Monday of the month. Another innovation is the fur- nishing of printed coples of the opinios 6 justices of the lower coura “r‘.; members of the Board of Tax Appeals and members of the Federal Rad Qoo mlo;lo. g‘um wmtch 'Qi_rlhunlh ap- e court. Ten "11'%2 r:lnd‘e.r’:d today. S v lecision of the District Suj Court was reversed in an oplnlm; Justice Groner in the case of Harry W. Roll inst Millie Rollings in which the lower court had Bureau, and Wwere residents of West Vln l.n{‘-‘. u'rlnlt'l.l 1921, when he came to Wi to accept the position and that up ?3"1‘»« the wife continued to claim residence in that State by voting there by mail and the record shows no contrary claim on the part of the husband or wife until their separation January 16. ‘The court held t| strainin Byt XA = Es . the election to - idence could be m:n whm with the separation and her declara at the time of the filing of the suit would be sufficient to by about the change of residence and thus comply with the District law As to residence, W Cruelty Caused Move. lntluprumtuu."uldflumn the cause which moved the wife change her residen, to Pledge Itself to Cause ] of Peace. President Hoover today called upon the Nation to observe Armistice day, November 11, with appropriate tere~ monies and to pledge itself to the effort to perpetuate peace and celebrate rela- tions of friendship and amity with all nations. The President’s proclamation follows: “Whereas the eleventh of November, 1918, marked termination of the World War and the cessation of its de- struction and suffering, and ““Whereas, 1t is appropriate that re- be commemorated by exercises honoring those who gave their lives in the serv- ice of the country and dedicating to the attainment of the ideals of justice, freedom and, peace, for which they made a supfeme , and ‘'Whereas by concurrent resolution of the Senate and House in 1926, the Pres- ident was requested to issue a procla- :annon for -the observance of Armistice Now, therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of Amer- ica, pursuant to said resolution, do hereby order that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Gov- ernment buildings on November 11, 1931, and do invite the people of the United States to observe the day in their churches and schools and other suitable places with appropriate cere- monies, giving expression to our grat- itude that peace exists and pledging ourselves to the effort to perpetuate the peace of the world and to cultivate re- lations of friendship and amity with all nations. ~In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the seal of the United States. “Done at the City of Washington, this second day of November in the year of our Lord, 1931, and of the inde- pendence of the United States of Amer- | ica the 156th. “Signed, HERBERT HOOVER.” WASHINGTON BOY HURT IN ANNAPOLIS GRID TILT | Special Dispatch to The Star. |, ANNAPOLIS, Md., November 2.—In- | jured in a sandlot foot ball game at the | Annapolis Ball Park yesterday, Everett | Johnson, 1240 R street, Washington, underwent a successful operation today | at Emergency Hospital, according to Dr. | George €. Basil. | _Johnson, a member of the Congress Heights team, which lost its first game in two years to the Annapolis Cardinals, | tore two ligaments in his neck during | a scrimmage. The boy will recover, the | hospital reports. CENSUS REVEALS 264,732 IN D. C. CAN HEAR 67,800 RADIO SETS DAILY 50,000,000 for 12 The Census Bureau estimated toda; | heels, but finally was caught and ar- | 264,732 persons make up the radio au- dience daily in the District of Colum bia, listening, if they choose, to pro- grams received by 67,880 sets. For the Nation, the bureau has com- piled figures indicating the radio au dience numbers 50,000,000 persons, with 12,500,000 sets in use. As to how many sets are switched on for any one program and how many people are listening, the bureau refuses to commit itself. Statistics as to the number of sets in homes have been announce 45 States and the District of Coli The percentage of families havi ceivers varies in different Stat® does the number of persons per faf for bia. populous New York, syl- vania and not been made public. ‘jEstima(e of Possible Listeners Puts U. S. Audience at ,500,000 Receivers. ‘The bureau said these three States have more than a quarter of the total radio sets of the country. Maryland’s audience numbers 657, 153 persons, with 156,465 radio sets in | use, ‘while Virginia has 402,357 listen- ers, with 96,569 sets, and West Vir- ginia’s audience numbers 402,357 per- | sons with 87,469 sets in use. | In the period since the Census enu- meration, & year and 10 months ago, | @any more radio i homes and the hereby considerably increased. ‘The number of probable listeners has | not been estimated by the Census Bu- reau. It gives only the number of of radio e curring anniversaries of this day should - paid in ignoran: the forfeiture of the §l Reversal in The District Supreme Court was reversed in a decision in a will contest e Julia D. Strohecker, had been attacked on a influence by one of points out that the patent to Wilbur P. Stuart fer public lands in New Mexico. The court that Stuarcs final “proot as uhffhu: original entry was legally defective, and . that the issue as to the mineral classi~ versed by the court in a against, the board on the application of the ex- ecutors of the estate of Thomss Cover, Two other decisions of the District Supreme Court were affirmed the appellate tribunal. The conviction of Sam Hurwitz for illegal tion and sale of liquor was L the court holding that the amendment to the Jones law did not prevent s sentence under that law when the quan- tity sold or transported was in excess of one gallon, but merely gave the lower court- the right to discriminate between casual and habitual offenders, Upholds Lower Court, ‘The lower court was affirmed in its finding that the United States Shippi sets have been come . . placed average number of persons family various States. that | i | The number of sets in the three glost | in _the | average to the number of |in each State gives an approximation |of the ntimber of listeners. ¥