Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1931, Page 17

WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. w []MAN WH[] PA"] l In Memory of Henry Lansburg RENT ON TEA HOUSE SOUGHT IN PROBE Story of Hushand Employed at Naval Academy Dis- puted by Check-up. MARYLAND HOUSES UNDER SURVEILLANCE Police Push Investigation of Shoot- ing in Which One Was Killed and Five Wounded. Every suspected disorderly house in nearby Maryland was under Department of Justice surveillance today as agents of the Bureau of Investigation, Balti- more detectives and Prince Georges County police continued their combined investigation of the Old Colonial Tea House shooting, in which one man was killed and five other persons wounded early last Monday. ‘While Justice Department operatives were understood to be preparing to question the wife of one of the wounded men, county police, under direction of Chief Jeremiah Crowley, were seeking another woman, who said to have rented the Bladensburg tea house less than a month ago. Cisberto Renzuli and Nicholas Trunco, arrested in Philadelphia a short time after the shooting, were ordered re- leased today by Chief Crowley. It was understood, however, that Department of Justice agents had placed detainers against them and would question them regarding white slave activities in Penn- sylvania and other Eastern States. ‘They had no connection with the shoot- ing, it was said. Auto to Be Examined. Lieut. William Feehley of the Baltimore De- tective Bureau are to examine a bullet- marked automobile parked on a vacant ot in the 2000 block of Franklin street northeast the day of the shooting. Meanwhile a man and a woman, arrested by Baltimore police Saturday and “held for Federal authorities on suspicions of violating the Mann act,” were scheduled to be quizzed in con- nection with the case. ‘The couple—Mitchel Munjeanu, 35, an Atlantic City “singing waiter,” and his wife, Mrs. Lorraine R. Munjeanu, 24—was picked up near the Baltimore water front by eastern district police. Locked up at the eastern police station, Baltimore, #hey are said to have ad- mitted being associated with disorderly houses in Atlantic City, and a search of the man’s pockets is reported to have disclosed cards bearing the names and addresses of similar estab- lishments in both Baltimore City and Baltimore County. False Information Charged. According to Chief Crowley, the road house was rented less than four weeks ago by an attractive woman who gave her name as Mrs. Helen Carey. She is said to have told the real estate agent from whom she rented the place that her husband was a boxing in- structor at the Naval Academy at An- napolis and that her two: soms were students at the University of Maryland. A check up by county police is said to have revealed, however, that the woman's husband, whose name was given as Roy Carey, has no connec- tion with the Naval Academy, and that the enrollment list of the Univer- sity of Maryland contains no such names as those given by the woman. The tea house, Chief Crawley de- clared, was placed under police sur- veillance a few days after it was rented. Bailiff Lawrence Dayton of Bladensburg, the chief said, watched the place almost constantly, but saw no evidence of law violation. Examination of Car. The bullet-marked car was examined Saturday by Constable Andrew Gasch of Bladensburg and Detective C. Berry of the twelfth precinct, after ti county officer had received information it was the same make, type and color as the one used by the gunmen who raided the roadhouse. The man reported to have placed the machine on the lot, Gasch said, has the same surname as that given by one of the women ar- rested as a witness to the shooting. Reports that officials of Casualty Hos- pital feared that an effort would be made to remove the five wounded per- sons under treatment there were denied today. While three policemen and a police woman have been on guard in the hospital continuously since the shooting, this is merely routine in such cases, it was pointed out. Those_held at the hospital are Mrs. Verne Edwards, 24; John J. Bartlett, 2lias “Man of War”; Thomas Simone, described by polic> as a member of the bandit gang, and Charles Levitt, said 10 have been the proprietor of the place, and Norman Garey, alleged Baltimore gambler M. M. MADDOX FUNERAL SERVICES WEDNESDAY Easton, Pa., Merchant, Capital Resident, to Be In- terred at Arlington. Funeral services for Maurice M. Mad- dox, conductor of an auto accessories store in Easton, Pa., will be held at the W. W. Chambers funeral home, 1400 Chapin street, at 2:30 Wednesday after- noon. Burial at Abbey Mausoleum, Ar- lington, Will be in charge of Hope Lodge, No. 20, F. A. A. M., of which he was a member. Rev. E. H. Swem will conduct services at the funeral home. Mr. Maddox, a native of Washington, died in Phillipsburg, N. J., Saturday, after a long illness. He moved to Easton 27 years ago, and later became building inspector there. He is survived by his widow, Mrs, Eva R. Morris Maddox, formerly of this city, and four brothers, Joseph and Samuel of Wi on, Luther, of Dayton, and ‘Whitfield Maddox, living in Maryland. ISLAND PASTOR TO TALK Rev. Leo T. M'Afee of Philippines to Address Episcopal Women. ‘The annual memorial communion service of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington will be addressed by Rev. Leo T. McAfee from Upl, Philippine Islands, tomorrow at 10 o'clock, il’:‘ed B.!thehem Chapel, ‘Washington Cathedral. The monthly business meeting and reports from the Summer Conference will be at 2 o'clock following a box luncheon. Former SN T Pilsudski Appears in Public. ARSAW, Poland, November 30 (). ;’ rshal Joseph Pilsudski appeared at a public function yesterday for the first time since his illness in Rumania. The oceasion was the 10ith anniversary of the Polish Revolution, observed at his Belveders, ._“lli - 3 A Cornelius Roche and Sergt. | 'CI’I‘IZENS PAY TRIBUTE TO LATE PHILANTHROPIST. his death. | ters of the Nile, the Boy Scouts. eulogies. grave. Those sending flowers included EMORIAL services were held yesterday at the grave of Henry Lansburgh in Rock Creek Cemetery in observance of the sixth anniversary of Despite cold and rain, many friends of the late merchant, philan- thropist and civic leader—known widely as “Call Me Henry"—gathered | to honor his memory. Among organizations represented were the Masons, Daugh- ssociation of Oldest Inhabitants, Society of Natives and Robert S. Regar, potentate of Almas Kendrick of Philadelphia and the Henry-Stanley Club. Kendrick’s wreath was placed by Harry Courtney, whom Mr. Lansburgh sent to the Shrine Hospital for Cripples, in Philadelphia. The Henry Lansburgh Memorial Committee consists of Harry Bedell, Dr. Mark C. Bullls, W. Seaton Kent, B. F. Larcombe, Frank D. Payne and Vergne W. Potter. The Society of Natives was represented by Mrs. Mark C. Bullis, Mrs. Watson V. Shelton and Mr. Emery. The latter also represented the Association Temple: George C. Shaffer, the Daughters of the Nile, former Mayor Freeland | 9 FLYING OFFICIALS of Oldest Inhabitants. —Star Staff Photo. 0 FIGHT PILLARS Conference Here May Start Campaign for Regulation of “Navigable Air Space.” Controversy over erection of the pro- posed Columbia Island 200-foot granite | columns is expected to lead to a Nation- wide campaign by aeronautical organi- zations for Federal regulation of “navi- gable air space” similar to the regula- tion of navigable waters. The campaign is to be launched early in January during a three-day confer- ence preceding the All-American Air Races at Miami. During this confer- ence the Nation's airport managers and | aviation leaders are to devote one day | to the fight against the Columbia Is- | land columns and to the necessity for the proposed Federal legislation, Pilots May Join Fight. ‘The fight against the columns also is expected to enlist the support of scores of the best pilots of the United States, gathered for the Miami races, in view of the action last Friday of 40 local transport pilots in signing a petition to President Hoover against the construc- tion of these hazards to transport fly- ing in th> Capital. The three-day conference at Miami is to be attended by local aviation leaders and representatives of airports and | transport lines from many parts of the | country. At this conference the strug- gle of the Washington Board of Trade Aviation Committee and other aviation | | interests here to block construction of | the columns and other hazards to transport operations from Washington- { Hoover Airport will be one of the most important subjects for consideration. Wynne Will Preside, John S. Wynne, manager of Wash- ington-Hoover Airport, has been desig- nated as presiding officer at the session. Among the speakers is to be A. Pendle- ton Taliaferro, jr., chief of the airports section of the aeronautics branch, Com- merce Department. Lowell Harding, one of the pioneers in transport flying in the Capital, now a division traffic manager for Eastern Air Transport, also is expected to participate. Mr. Taliaferro’s presence at the con- ference is regarded as of great impor- tance in view of the expressed opposi- tion of the Commerce Department to construction of the proposed columns, which have been branded menaces to the lives of passengers and pilots. SpiE | GARAGE OWNER WINS | SUIT OVER OCCUPANCY | Appeals Court Upholds Injunction to Prevent Revocation of Cer- tificate in Residence Area. ‘The- District Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Chief Justice Martin, affirmed today the action of the Dis- trict Supreme Court in enjoining the District of Columbia from revoking a certificate of occupancy issued o Robert F. Cahill to use the first floor of premises at 1615-1617 O street as a garage. The building was erected in 1911 and, although in a residential section, was used as a garage when purchased by Cahill in March, 1926. He applied to the building inspector for a permit to fireproof and repair the premises and for a certificate of occupancy of the first floor as a garage. The permit was granted June 8, 1926, and-Cahill spent ing outlet and leased the garage for & term of five years. On complaint of neighbors the Dis- trict Commissioners om January 31, 1927, notified Cahill the permit had been issued under & mistake and should be revoked. Cahill brought suit and was granted an injunction. Attorneys Frederick Stohlman and $6,000 in repairs and $135 for a drain- | he POLICE PROBE 15 - WEEK END CRIMES Bandits and Burglars Reap Cash, Jewelry and Cloth- ing in Robberies. Fifteen cases of hold-ups and bur- glaries and one attack, all reported over the week end, were being investigated today by the police. Two taxi drivers, Bennle James, col- ored, 824 Half street southwest, and Ernest Freeman, 512 Ninth street south- east, were the hold-up victims. James reported he was hired by two colored men at Seventh and T streets yester- day morning and toid to drive to Ninth street and Barry place. Arriving there, he was held up at pistol point and robbed of $27. he said. Freeman told police he was robbed of about $4 by two men whom he drove from Tenth and D streets to Fourth and F streets southeast. ' Japitor Held Up. Howard Jackson, janitor of Charles Young School, Oklahoma avenue and Twenty-sixth street northeast, also was held up by two colored men, who left when they found he had no money. George Vlahos, 1910 Seventh street, awakened early yesterday by two burg- lars, fired three shots at the intruders, frightening them away. He reported nothing stolen. The attack victim, Oliver C. Mec- Cardell, 212 Maryland avenue northeast, reported he was struck on the head with a brick last night in Temple court southwest. He was treated at Casualty Hospital for a scalp wound. He was |not robbed and could give no motive for the attack. Loot Is Listed. The following persons reported thefts: John Nicholes, 1733 G street, $200 in cash; John M. Snydor, 916 Fifth street northeast, a $100 watch; Charles Shore, 1009 Willis court southwest, $228 worth of clothing; Michael Zanzanis, 4018 D.C.LEADS NATION IN PERSONS FILING INGOME TAX DATA Average Sum Paid Per Capita Falls Below Average for Rest of U. S. FEWER FILE RETURNS AND COLLECTIONS LAG Sum, Nevertheles, Tops Several States—Wealthy Decrease and Business Losses Double. The District of Columbia leads the Nation in percentage of population filing income tax returns, but the aver- age tax paid per person here is con- siderably below the average for the country s a whole. This was disclosed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, which last made public two voluminous tax re- ports, showing tne general decrease in the net income ot the American people from 1928 down to the calendar year 1930, when effects of the depression were fully evident. ‘The individual in- come in 1930, for instance, was more than $7,000,000,000 under 1929, the year of the big break in the stock market. ‘The District of Columbia, it was dis- closed, stands at the head of the list in one respect, with $.88 per cent of its population filing returns for 1929, as against the avcrage of only 3.28 per cent of the population of the country at large. The average individual here paid into Uncle Sem’s Treasury $133.27, as compared fo $247.74 for the average American Federal taxpayer. Average Income Drops. This average of $133.27 here for 1929 was a drop from £169.17 in 1928 from Fred A Emery, former president of the Soclety of Natives; Rev. Dr. John $152.35 in 1927 and $138 in 1926. Carpenter Palmer, pastor of the Washington Heights Presbyterian urch, an - 4 - Max Kahn, representing the Henry-Stanley Club, were among those who delivered | In the District of Columbia was re- Three troops of Boy Scouts formed an honor guard. Floral tributes from many organizations and individuals were placed on the [ i1 1928 to $242282,698 in 1929, but, The total net income of individuals ported as increasing from $227,620,606 strange to say, the average income here lecreased during the same period from $5,151.77 to $5,038.42. ‘The District of Columbia, by turning in to the Federal treasury a total in- dividual income tax of $6408,622 and a corporation tax of $5,460,289 in the year 1929, again showed its position of priority over several States, which paid less than that to the Federal treasury in_both individual and corporate taxes. Preliminary figures for the calendar year 1930 made public by the Bureau of Internal Revenue did not give de- tails for the District of Columbia, but showed how the Nation's income took a big nose-dive in 1930, following the crash late in 1929. Tax Rate One Pct. Higher, Income of individuals fell r.f 20.12 per cent to $17,220,753,620 and 574,705 fewer persons filed income tax returns. The tax collected on the income showed @ 5220 per cent drop of $517,247,417 to $473,689,563. Corporation income tax returns re- vealed net income of $5,627,212,995, a decrease of $4,633,994,149. Corporations paid $618,246,431 in taxes, a decline of $428.739,406. While the tax collections from both individuals and corporations were less in 1930, the rate of tax was one per cent higher than in the previous year on normal and corporation incomes. Deductions for business losses roughly doubled over the preceding year to fibmtlit a blxlllondlnd a quarter, while de- luctions for donations dropped al $100,000,000. i ek Fewer Taxable This Year. Net profits from real estate and se- curities were about three-quarters of a billion, against two and a quarter the previous year. The bureau reported for 1930 that 3,376,552 individuals and 498,110 corpo- rations filed income tax returns, against 4,034,702 individuals and 495,515 cor- porations in 1929, Of the individuals filing returns last year, 1,946,675 were taxable, as compared with 2,465,385, while 214,412 corporations were taxable, as compared with 263,768 in 1929, In 1930 the taxpayers took deduc- tions for loss on sale of real estate, stocks, bonds and similar property totaling $1,215,055499, as compared with $661,773,366 in 1929. Reductions in 1929 for miscellaneous reasons totaled $3,063,361,740, while in 1930 they lamounted to $2,823,956,016. Deductions for contributions to charity, scientific, religious organizations and’ similar or- ganizations in 1930 aggregated $405,- 740,765, as compared with $518,533,347. In 1930 profits from real estate, | stocks, bonds, etc., amounted to $775, 315,899. against $2,239,763,714 the prev- ious year. Wealthy Persons Decrease. ‘The report showed a sharp decrease in the number of wealthy persons. The number having incomes of $300,000 to $500,000 decreased from 1,622 in 1929 to 551 in 1930° the number having in- comes of from $500,000, but under $1,000,000, dropped from 967 to 311, and the number having incomes of more than $1,000,000 decreased from 504 Eighteenth street northeast, and Michael to 149, Mantones, 3520 Douglas street morth- east, wearing apparel worth $120 from a northeast store they own; Arthur Umstot, Keyser, W. Va., a visitor here; Adella 'Bronson, 2236 Twelfth street; James Stewart, 6415 Eastern avenue, Takoma Park; Marietta Smith, 16 D street southeast; Cora Hurley, 1417 Eleventh street, and Joseph T. Foster, 307 M street, all robbed of clothing. WAGE COMPLAINT MADE ON BUILDER Company Erecting School Refuses to Give Union Pay, Council Charges. The District Ccmmissioners have re- ceived from the Washington Building Trades Council a complaint that a builder erecting a Washington school has refused to pay a workman the union scale required under the Commis- sioner’s interpretation of the Bacon- Davis act. This act requires payment of the “prevailing scale of wages” on Government building contracts. The workman in an affidavit stated that when he tefused to sign the pay roll as having received the union scale was ed. The company, he claimed, had paid him less than the union scale, but presented a pay roll on which he was credited wi the full union scale for his signature. Assistant Engineer Commissioner H.|* ny in question | willa L. Robb said tie compa: had denied the workman's charges, but had declined to submit a denirl under Daniel W. O'Donoghue repre Corporation Counsel William [y ey VIR oath. The matter has been referred to W. Brid ‘The $300,000 to $500,000 class had net incomes of $206,898,805 in 1930 against $620,986,135; the $500,000 to $1,000,000 class had income of $207,742,387 against $663,450,463, and those having income of more than $1,000,000 had aggregate income of $355,661,694 against $1,185,- 135,330 The $300,000 to $500,000 class paid $32,993,639 income tax in 1930 against $96,255,257 the previous year; the $500,- 000 to $1,000,000 class paid $33,825,869 against $105,193,713, and the class hav- ing income of $1,000,000 or more paid $60,470,813 against $186,144,252. . Business Incomes Also Fall. ‘The gross income reported in the in- dividual returns was $21,665,505,850, with deductions aggregating $4,444,752,- 230, against $28,762,965430 in 1929, when there were deductions of $4,243,- 668,453. Wages and salaries, as usual, accounted for the major part of the total gross income, amounting to $9, 380,995,395, as compared with $10,740, 029,412 the previous year. Business reported ne: income of $2,- 539,289,909 against $3,295,616,192 in 1929, while income from partnerships was $1,080,880,137 against $1,816,841,- 499. Profits from sale of real estate, stocks and bonds, except that taxed as capital net gains, aggregated $775,315,- 899 as compared with $2,239,763,714, while capital net gain from assets held more than two years was $549,746,754 as compared with $2,316,193,430, & Marriage Licenses. Fred W. Lirkins, 29. and Mary E. Nolan, e T Richi ;:And: Rev. Allan 21, both of R A . Uik Mass, an i, “Alai Rev. John W. Patton. 33. Jonesboro. N. C.. and goh{‘r "C {t. 37, Clifton. Va.; Judge Robert ncly Kenneth é, Robertson. 21 and Elba L. Raidolph Henson, 3§ and EthelM. Sianc night ! K STREET ZONING SUIT 1S ORDERED TRIED ON MERITS Commercial Status Solght by Owners of Property West of Sixteenth. APPELLATE TRIBUNAL REVERSES LOWER COURT Holds Points Raised, if Proved, Tend to Show Value Impaired and Land in Wrong Class. ‘The District Court of Appeals today directed District Supreme Court to hear, on the merits of the case, a suit brought by Henrietta B. Bugher and others owning property on K street Just west of Sixteenth street, who have been denied a commercial status for the property by the District Zoning Commission. In an opinion by Justice D. Law- | rence “Groner, the appellate court re- | versed the action of the lower court, | which had dismissed the suit for an injunction to restrain the zoning body from enforcing its decision to hold the property in the residential classification. Case Remanded for Trial. ‘The action of the lower court was held premature and the case was re- [manded for trial with the right to the Zoning Commission to file answer to the bill which the court was directed to reinstate. ‘The lower court acted on the theory that it lacked authority to interfere with the exercise of discretion on the part of an administrative body unless such action was palpably arbitrary. Justice Groner points out, however, that the power of the Government, by zoning regulations, to interfere with the general rights of the land owner is not unlimited. Other questions aside, the higher court holds, such restric- tion as to the use of land cannot he imposed if it does not bear a substantial relation to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare, and that finally determination of this question is a duty which the court must dis- charge, Allegations Analyzed. ‘The bill alleges, the court points out, that the rezoning of this property would not affect the general scheme adopted by the Zoning Commission or defeat the plan to preserve Sixteenth street as residential. “We have nothing before us from which we may say that these allega- tions are untrue,” the opinion of Jus- tice Groner continues. “In addition, the bill charges facts which, if true, tend to show that the property has been rendered valueless and that it has been placed in a class wholly different from that of other like property in the neighborhood and excluded from class to which alone it is le.” Attorneys Peelle, Ol‘llgy & and Simon, Koenigsberger, Young & Brez appeared for the owners. YULE SAVINGS DUE TO HASTEN BUYIN Distribution of $8,500,000 This Week Is Expected to Aid Campaign. tribute $8,500,000 in Christmas savings a direct bearing on the furtherance of the early Christmas shoping movement being promoted in Washington by the Merchants and Manufacturers' Asso- ciation, according to Edward D. Shaw, executive secretary of that body. “Bankers have been quick to respond to the demand of the depositors in these clubs for an earlier distribution each year,” Shaw commented. “The depositors found that where distribu- tion was delayed until December 15 or later, they were losing the best of the Christmas shopping oportunities. Their money was not available until the mer- chandise stocks in their city had been somewhat depleted, and they were forced to compete with the tremendous crowds which thronged the stores dur- ing the latter part of the Christmas shopping season.” Bankers state that a chief factor in bringing about earlier distribution of these funds was that in practically all cities retail merchants have recognized the tendency toward earlier shopping and this season are placing their | Christmas holiday stocks on sale much earlier than in former years. In Wash- ington merchants this year are dis- playing their full holiday lines earlier than ever before. P GEN. LEACH TO TAKE OFFICE OATH TOMORROW Brig. Gen. George E. Leach of the Minnesota National Guard, recently ap- pointed chief of the Militia Bureau with the temporary rank of major gen- eral, will take the oath of office tomor- row in New Orleans. He will represent his State at the anpual convention of the National Guard® Association, to be held in New Orleans this week, and will report for his new duties at the War Department Monday. During the World War Gen. Leach commanded the 151st Field Artillery and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal and the Croix de Guerre and was made a member of the French Legion of Honor. CHEMISTS TO HEAR TALK R. 8. McBride to Speak on “Trends in Chemical Industry,” Thursday. R. 8. McBride will speak on “Trends in Chemical Industry” at a meeting Thursday night at the Cosmos Club of the Chemical Society of Washington, local section of the American Chemical Society. The meeting, to be held at 8 o’clock, will be preceded by a meeting of the Executive Committee at 7:30 o'clock. PLAN TO BOOM RAINEY Illinois Democrats to Hold Caucus on Party Demands. ‘The Tllinois Democratic delegation will caucus Friday to consider plans for making demands on the general party caucus Saturday for committee assign- ments. The call was issued today by Repre- sentative Sabath, chairman of the group. The delegation is backing Representative Henry T. Rainey for the ivaderabip, The Foening Star MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1931. PAGE B—1 Veteran Employes Retire | | | | l MARCELLUS H. P. HAGANS. POLICE CHANGES ONE OF TRIO SERVES ARMY 48 YEARS. JOHN A. MADIGAN. HREE veteran employes of the ‘War Department were placed on the Civil Service retired list to- day. John A. Madigan, a native of this city, the eldest of the group, has served 48 years continuously in the Bureau of Ordnance, including two 2-year extensions beyond the statu- tory retirement age of 70. The second member of the group, Marcellus H. P. Hagans of Chicago, has just completed 32 years’ Federal service, mainly in the quartermaster general's office, and in- cluding three years as a captain of Ordnance, National Army, during the ‘World War. The other member is John L. Apple of Indiana, Pa., who served 18 years in the Bureau of Ordnance and 12 years in the office of the chief of finance. INJURED MOTORIST FOUND ON HIGHWAY Picked Up in Wreckage of Car—Six Others Hurt in Traffic Accidents. Found semi-conscious in the wreck- age of his car on the Baltimore Boule- vard near Laurel, Stanley Petrone, 20, SCHEDULE DELAYED Inspector Burke Revising Plans of Washington banks to dis-| j during the forthcoming week will have | . List, Which Includes Four Demotions. With four headquarters detectives slated for demotion, the announcement of police department changes scheduled to become effective tomorrow probably will not be made before the end of this week, it was learned today. Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, who will recommend that the four un- named detectives be reduced to patrol- men, said several recent revisions of his plans will prevent him from sub- mitting his list of changes to Chief of Police Pelham D. Glassford before the end of the week. Beckett Gets Promotion. Promotion of Capt. James F. Beckett of the third precinct to be inspector in charge of the liquor squad is the most important change to be made effective tomorrow. ~Another change involves the promotion of Acting Capt. Edward . Kelly to command of the third pre- nct. Lieut. Bernard W. Thompson, who becomes an acting captain tomorrow, will supervise detective work in No. 1 inspection district and at police head- quarters, while Lieut. Clement Cox will be given charge of the men in the sec- ond and third inspection districts. In- cluded in these changes will be the elimination of the morning roll call of detectives at police headquarters and the holding of a roll call at 6:45 o'clock in the evening. For Greater Efficiency. It is planned by Inspector Burke, chief of detectives, to have his men re- port upon their work at these roll calls and exchange views. In this way he hopes to improve the efficiency of mem- bers of his command. Speaking of the question of influence being brought to bear for certain mem- bers of the forte, Col. Glassford said he was able to recall that one Congress- man had recommended the promotion of a particular individual. It so hap- pens, Gen. Glassford added, that the man recommended has a high efficiency rating and probably will get one of the promotions. Members of the detective force this morning were very much interested in the question of who of their number have been selected for demotion. Nu- merous names were discussed, but In- spector Burke made it plain that he was ncy yet ready to make them public. Glassford Lists Changes. an order announcing changes in as- signments and transfers effective af i o’clock tomorrow morning. Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, in addi- tion to his duties in charge of the Bureau of Personnel, Statistics and In- formation, is designated as executive officer. Inspector T. R. Bean is relieved of his assignment in charge of the special | investigating squad and is transferred | from administrative headquarters to the command of the first district. Capt. J. F. Beckett is promoted to | grade of inspector and transferred from | the third precinct to administrative | headquarters for such duties as are as- signed him by the major and superin- tendent. Lieut. Kelly Made Captain. I Lieut. E. J. Kelly is promoted to the grade of captain and transferred erm" the Detective Bureau to the third pre- | cinct as commanding officer. Lieut. B. W. Thompson is transferred from administrative headquarters as liaison officer and complaint officer to | the Detective Bureau as assistant to the chief of detectives, with the rank | and pay of captain. | Lieut. F. A. Varney is transferred from the third precinct to administra- tive headquarters as liaison and com- plaint officer. Sergt. Emil Desch is promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the third precinct. Sergt. T. T. Hefferman is transferred from the seventh to the third precinct. Pvt. J. M. Larkins is promoted to sergeant and transferred from the eleventh to the seventh precinet. PLEA FOR REVIEW DENIED Lawrence C. O'Brien, Gold Coast Rep- resentative from Chicago in the Illinois Legislature, was refused a review today by the Supreme Court of his conyiction | A ehme sa% law plgletions, Gen. Glassford this afternoorr issued | of the first block of K street northeast, was in a serious condition in Sibley y. He is suffering from a possible frac- ture of the skull, possible internal in- juries, and deep lacerations about the head. The full extent of his injuries had not been determined. A motorist found Petrone and took him to the hospital. The injured man | said his car skidded on the wet high- way. Six Others Are Injured. Six other persons were injured in | traffic accidents early today and last . night. Most of the mishaps were caused by the treacherous condition of the streets due to the all-day rain. Robert Mills, 18, of 1018 Eleventh street northeast, was treated at Provi- dence Hospital for severe lacerations of the head after his roadster skidded into a sedan driven by Leslie L. John- son, 40, of 1146 Abbey place northeast. The collision occurred at New York avenue and Oates street about 1 o'clock this morning. Mrs. l"llnf:u Collins, 35, Plaza Hotel, received serious head injuries in a col- lision at Fourteenth street and Penn- sylvania avenue, with a taxicab oper- ated by Max C. Wiehll, 52, of 1723 Ninth street. She was treated at Emer- gency Hospital. The driver of the car in which she was riding, Robert M. Vann, 21, also of the Plaza Hotel, was arrested and charged with driving with- out & permit and running through an unoccupied safety zone. Woman Knocked Down. Knocked down by an automobile at Third and P streets, Mrs. Sarah Bowie, 55, of 10 New York avenue, was.taken to Sibley Hospital with cuts about the head late yesterday. Albert Behnke, 27, of Beltsville, Md., driver of the car, was arrested on a charge of operating an automobile with dead tags. Alfred Giovannoni, 52, and his wife, Agnes, 35, of 1110 South Carolina ave- nue southeast, suffered minor injuries when knocked down near their home by an automobile driven by Miss Elenore G. Guthridge, 27, of 1442 B street southeast. They were taken to Sibley | Hospital. | Struck by a machine at Ninth and K streets, Wilson Freas, 65, was taken to Gallinger Hospital with three frac- tured ribs and body bruises. The driver, William Palmer, 38, of 1139 Seventh street, was released after a brake test. |SMOOT SAYS TARIFF WILL BE UNREVISED Expects No Changes in Act at Congress Session. By the Associated Press. Senator Smoot expects no:tariff re- vision at the coming congressional session. ‘The chairman of the Finance Com- mitee, which would handle such legis- lation, said if the Democrats undertake revision “it will simply be a gesture for the 1932 presidential campaign. Smoot contended the Tariff Commis- | slon was acting promptly on requests for lowering and raising rates and any attempt to tinker with the present act at the session starting next Monday would be “foolhardy.” He voiced strenuous objection to the proposal of Representative Rainey, Democrat, Illinois, that the United States initiate reciprocity agreements looking to downward revision of rates throughout the world. BOY HUNTED AFTER FIRE Arcade Building Visitor Reported About 12 Years Old. Police today were seeking a youth seen coming from the Arcade Building, Fourteenth street and Park road, sho: ly before a blaze was discovered in the office of the manager last night. Papers and several empty money bags on the floor of the room were found burnng when the fire was discovered, but were extinguished without calling the Pire Department, police said. P lice sald they believed the youth, fin ing the empty bags, set fire to them about 12 years old, said to have been [N CURTIS WILL HEAD | COMMUNITY YULE TREE COMMITTEE Vice President Will Invite Hoover to Turn on Lights Christmas Eve. TIME OF CEREMONIES CHANGED TO 5 0°CLOCK Efforts Will Be Made to Provide More Singers of Carols as Part of Program. Vice President Curtis will be national chairman of the National Committee for the National Community Christmas Tree, which will be lighted south of the Treasury Christmas eve, it was an- nounced today at the first meeting of the Executive Committee for the Christmas tree celebration. Mr. Curtis' willingness to serve as the national chairman was given this morning prior ito the executive group's meeting in -the Franklin School Administration Building. In his position as national chairman, the Vice President will invite President Hoover to light the tree, thus signaling to the Nation the advent of the Christ- mas holiday. Time of Exercises Changed. At the initial meeting of the execu- tive group today it was decided to hold the tree-lighting exercises at 5 o'clock Christmas eve afternoon, instead of at 6 pm., as formerly. The time was advanced, it was explained, in order to afford more office workers an oppor- tunity to attend the celebration on their way home, instead of requiring them to return to the park at the later hour. It was also pointed out that the 5 o'clock hour would offer less conflict with home dinner programs and would permit a larger number of persons to attend. As formerly, the exercises will be broadcast over a Nation-wide hook-up of radio stations, provided the Presi- dent lights the tree, as he has done in other years. Every effort will be made to provide more singers of Christmas carols as part of the program, the Executive Committee decided. Mrs. Gertrude A. Lyons, president of the District of Co- lumbia Federation of Music Clubs, was authorized to undertake to obtain four different groups of singers. ‘Tentatively, the singers probably will be cl from the colleges, the churches, the Americanization School and the Federation of Music Clubs. * Committee to Spend $300. ‘The Executive Committee agreed to spend $300 for the civic celebration out of the Community Chest fund for that The members of the Executive Com- mittee, virtually all of whom attended the first meeting, are Mrs. Elizabetir K. Peeples, director of the Community Center Department, chairman; Ovid Butler of the American Forestry As- sociation, Lieut. F. B. Butler, blic buildings and public parks; Charles P. Clark, American Automobile Associa- tion; Miss Dorothy Green, Girl Scouts; Mrs. L. W. Hardy, Community Center Department; Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens Associations; A. F. E. Honfi, xl‘m&t.réc League of Washington; Col. E. L. - tice, Boy Scouts; Capt. Ray C. Mont- gomery, park police; Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham, Community Center Departe ment; Maj. Gen. P. D. Glassford, metropolitan police; Miss Sibyl Baker, Playgrounds Department; Dr. George . R , president of the Federa- tion of Civic Associations; M. Curry Turpin, Electric League; Miss Bess Davis Shreiner, Community Center De- partment; Curtis A. Hodges, director of the Greater National Capital Commit- tee; ‘George Offutt, president Board of Trade; Harry King, president Chamber of Commerce; Mark Lansburgh, presi= dent Merchants & Manufacturers As- sociation; A. C. Case, chairman Greater National Capital Committee; Dr. Paul Evans, president Washington Florists' Club, and Mrs. Lyons. PROBE CHARGE DEAD MOTHER WAS BEATEN Son, Woman and Hospital Patient Questioned on Death—Body May Be Exhumed. Acting on information that Mrs. Emma Hoffman was beaten prior to her death November 22 in her home in the 900 block of K street, homicide squad detectives today were questioning Mrs, Hoffman’s son and a woman with a view to possible exhumation of the body, which was buried at North Fork, Va., near Warrenton. After the death Coroner Jaseph Rogers issued a certificate of death from natural causes and the body was released for buiial. Information com- to police headquarters yesterday, 8 7 ing * |Scnate Finance Committee Head |however, resulted in the arrest of 19- year-old Beverly Hoffman, who lives at the K street address, and Ethel May Harrigan, 31 vears old, of the 6600 block of Eastern avenue. Another man, a patient at a local hospital, was artested for questioning and released today after police satisfied themselves he knew nothing of the case. © Young Hoffman and the Harrigan woman were brought to headquarter: this morning for additional questio ing. Police anncunced if their inves- Lireltion turns up definite information of a beating it will be submitted to Dr. rs, who will decide if an inquest be necessary. o R. V. BARRY HONORED ON HIS RETIREMENT Jahncke Emphasizes Need for Con- tinuing Policy in Navy Tri- bute to Clerk. ‘The importance of a continuing policy in the Navy Department, irrespective of administration changes, was empha- sized today by Assistant Secretary Jahncke in presenting a testimonial to Richard V. Barry upon his retirement after more than half a century in the””" or the department. le members of the civil service are the kind make the backbone of the Navy ," Jahncke said. “What we need is & continuing poua, not one disrupted by changes in - ruch & ooty fn "the. bamt terea o such a the national defense. Barry joined the Navy in 1878 and served nearly 53 years in the Navy roper and as a clerk, - He