Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1931, Page 17

’ Washington News Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening S farp Society and General p WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ¢ 2 1931 Y ey PAGE B—1 VREINIA RAIL LINE HALTS D..C. PAVING OF SPAN APPROAH Highway Bridge Road Plans Are Blocked by Dispute Over Railway. BYPASS FOR ’32 FETE NOW PLANNED INSTEAD Fill Across Park Lands Would Send Visitors Around Rough Stretch. D. C. May Condemn Tracks. The protracted legal and other com- plications involying the Mount Vernon, Alexandria & Washington Railway, op- | erating street cars between Washingto: But How About the Robbers? An Indignant Citizen Says He Never Got Into Trouble With the Police Until He Tried to Get Thieves Arrested. RT J. RICHARDSON, 615 |automobile. ogeznnsy]\'nnjn avenue, 50 years| had to do his duty. So he made me old, a taxpayer and a citizen, | leave $3 collateral. walked into The Star office and with considerable heat told the | yellow slip on which was written the following story: “I've been driving a car for many |signed by C. E. Hansboro, the charge yeais,‘her: and in New York and in | being preferred by Sergt. Maryland and I've never got a mark on . it, and always have tried to|‘Now you can go upstairs and tell the e | detectives about it.” obey the regulations. ~§mmd;’§"x parked my car on Sixth street between Missouri avenue Constitution avenue and went around to the St. James post office station to mail a letter. I wasn't gone 10 minutes. “When I got back to my car I was | Court thinking I would maybe get my shocked. There was the front window | $3 back. broken and the glass lying all over the sidewalk. The door Was hanging open I looked Inside and found my car had been robbed of my most valued posses- sons. One of the things in my car was & combination bag worth $60 and a and | seemed very much interested. Iot of papers that were valuable to me, | but ot to anybody else—like my dls-l charge from the Navy. Hails “Motor Cycle Cop.” | SAVINGS AND COLD BOTH CONTRIBUTING 10 RETAIL BUYING Approximately $8,500,000 i Christmas Checks Sent Out by Banks Here. But the sergeant said he Here's the receipt.” Mr. Richardson showed the familiar charge — “Disobeying official sign” — . L. Pasour. “Then they took my money and said So I went upstairs and told the detectives about it. They WEATHER HAS INFLUENCE ON SEASONAL PURCHASES Detectives Seem Interested. “This morning I went to Traffic But I Ik x Sl g kot hoiaomo Business Here Generally Started Earlier for Holidays and Is Keeping Early Pace. Distribution of approximately $8.- | 500,000 in Christmas savings checks D. C. ADVERTISERS MOVEBILLBOARDS; SUPPORT NEW LAW Morton Co. Refuses to Wait Three Years Allowed by Statute. INDIVIDUALS ALSO AID DRIVE TO CURB SIGNS Maj. D. A. Davison Says Co-opera- tion Assured in Banishing Un- sightly Confusion Here. With definite assurances of co-opera- tion from billboard cbmpanies and “I figured the first thing to do was | and Alexandria, have cost the District | ¢ 10 70r a policeman. I ran up to- ts chance of having a newly-paved y,rq pennsylvania avenue and luckily | road from the Highway Bridge to Water | 1 found a motor cycle cop. I waved to | and the advent of the first seasonal |many individual advertisers, Maj. Don- | weather of the Winter period today|ald A. Davison, acting Engineer Com- ccmbined to give Washington's retail | missioner, expressed the opinion today trade a real boost in its upward trend |that outdoor advertising conditions in POLICEMAN BATTLES FOUR, SENDING TWO TO HOSPITAL Disarms and Knocks Down| 250-Pound Patron in New York Avenue Restaurant. Patrol Load of Officers Ar- rives to Find Fawsett Has Situation in Hand. A 25 have drawn a .38-caliber revolver on Policeman W. G. Fawsett in Child's New York Avenue Restaurant early to- day, soon learned the error of his ways, and so did three of his companions, who are sald to have joined him in at- tacking the offic Fawsett, who is at- tached to the first precinct, not only succeeded in placing the four under ar-| rest, but sent two of them to Gallinger Hospital. The policeman was standing outside the restaurant at 1338 New York ave- nue, about 2:30 am., when he noticed a crowd around a table in the rear. The manager, Russell Keys, 35, of 2114 N street, was addressing the group, sev- eral members of which were noisily up- braiding him. Fawsett Tells of Fight. “When I approachad the table,” said -pound man, who is alleged to | — l W. G. FAWSETT. POLICEMA the first police precinct station and a patrpl filled with pclicemen soon was on the scene. By the time they arrived, however, Fawsett had everything under centrol. LM DESTRUCTION BRINGS D, €. WOVE FOR COORDINATION Capitol Architect’s Office Will Be Given Seat on Park Planning Body. F. A. DELANO DISCLOSES PLAN FOR CO-OPERATION Says Commission Had System for Transplanting Trees on East Capitol Street. Following destruction of fine old elm trees on East Capitol street by a steam tunnel, the office of David Lynn, Archi- street for the early part of the Bi- centennial year, Acting Engineer Com- missioner Donald A. Davison said today It had been planned to widen and re pave this road early this Winter, so would be ready for the Bicentennial visitors from the start of the year.| Owing to the apparently interminable legal complexities which have inter- | vened, however, Maj. Davison said it| was certain the work could not be started until February 1 | Even if the legal tangle between the Treasury Department and R May, owner of the line, is settled this montk the Winter season will be s0 far ad- vanced before the Highway Depart- him and he came over to where I was and I reported the robbery to him. He | said for me to go to the nearest precinct station and report the robbery and then he started out to hunt for the robbers, | suppose. TP an back to my car and started toward the nearest police station. I| guess 1 should have gone down to New | Jersey avenue to No. 1, but I was| anxious to get that robbery reported | and so when 1 saw the Traffic Bureau | snd Police Headquarters on Indiana avenue I decided to stop there. “But I couldn't find a place to park There was no parking space except next to a fireplug. I never park next to a Incident to holiday gift buying. Although the Christmas gift shop- ping got under way earlier this year| than previously and has maintained an even-with-average gait since early last month, the continuous warm weather seriously affected the sale of heavy apparel in the retail stores. In the opinion of business men, the coming of cold weather, the release of the greatest Christmas club fund in the history of local banks and the new month will push December buying to a new high level, the “depression” withstanding The Chrisimas savings checks, which Washington would improve greatly un- der the new sign regulations which be- came effective Monday. The Morton Advertising Co., one of the largest users of billboard space in the District, has notified Maj. Davison it intends to remove its boards from public parks and buildings areas and residential zones as soon as practicable. The company will not wait, it was said, for the expiration of the period of grace allowed under the regulations before doing its part to clean up conditions in ment could get to work that the danger | fireplug so I ran up into the alley and of freezing would prevent the under- taking of any paving. Bypass Planned for 1932. | The present scheme calls for ‘con- struction of a temporary fill across park lands adjoining the North end of the bridge, paved with old material, as s bypass for the bicentennial trafic around the ancient cobbled paving near the bridge. | The District ordered the company to | move its tracks out of the area east of Fourteenth street by April 1, 1931. The step was taken in order to allow the Treasury Department to close the | streets in the Mall-Pennsylvania Ave- | nue Triangle and proceed with the Fed- eral building program. The company's | terminal is within this area, at Twelfth | and D streets. | Order to Repave Issued. The company, after failing to obtain & cash payment from the Treasury in | exchange for giving up fits tracks,| sought an injunction to restrain the TTreasury from interfering with its tracks or terminal. In the Supreme Court this injunction was denied, and the case is now on appeal in the Court of Appeals. The appeal bond was filed November 18. The road is under order from the Public Utilities Commission to replace its tracks by December 1, 1931. No effort has been made to comply with this order, and pending the decision | by the Court of Appeals, the District | is without power to enforce it. ; Maj. Davison said it had been esti- | mated that this job would cost $136,000, | and it is uncertain whether, assuming | the case is decided in the company’s favor, the company will undertake this expense in order to continue operation. Should the decision go against the com- pany, it would have to abandon its pres- ent terminal and go to one either on B street south or on Constitution avenue, since the Public Utilities Commission has three times declined to consider any terminal north of Pennsylvania ave- nue, It is even more uncertain whether the company would elect to continue operation to the shortened terminal or mot. Assuming, however, that the com- pany would elect not to continue in operation, any money the District might spend in repaving the street with the | tracks in would be wasted. May Halt Use as Dangerous. Assuming, on the other hand, that the company elects to continue operat- ing, then it is doubtful whether the District can compel it to spend the $136,000 to replace its tracks. The Dis- trict. would probably do the work at its own expense, Maj. Davison said, and then sue for the value of the track work, with small hope of ever getting satisfaction of any judgment. The tracks and the surrounding pav- ing are at present in extremely poor shape, and Maj. Davison said that an- other alternative would be for the Pub- lic Utilities Commission to issue an order forbidding the company to use them on the ground that they were dangerous to public safety. He said that the “fish plates” used to hold the tracks in place are loose and that many of the sections of track are far too short. It is considered somewhat doubt- ful, however, whether such an order would be issued At present. CONGRESS HEIGHTS ASKS COMMUNITY CENTER Citizens Seek Recreation Home in That Section — Committee Named to Push Plans. The Congress Heights Citizens' Asso- elation meeting last night in the Con- gress Heights Baptist Church, Esther &nd Brothers places southeast, request- ed that a community center be de- veloped in that section. After stressing the need for such a center a committee consisting of Rev. E. C. Connor, Frazier White and E. J. Read was appointed to develop plans. The offer of the National Electric Co. o present a prize for the residence having the best outdoor yuletide deco- ration was accepted by the association and E. J. Read, J. L. Gelbman and E. M. Richardson appointed as a commit- tee on arrangements association adopted a resolution that Ninth, Tenth and h streets and Alabama avenue southeast be improved. HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SALES WARNING IS SENT OUT A waming against house-to-house peddlers, canvassers and operators of merchandising schemes who ply their trade during the pre-holiday season was issued today by the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. In emphasizing the dangers of deal- ing with this type of operator, the as- sociation pointed out that hundreds of canvassers are taking opportunity of the holiday season to solicit homes for the sale of all manner of commodities. Some of this merchandise, it was stated, will turn out as repregented, but in many ceses the schemes are fraudu- lent and the housewife will lose what- ever investment is made. The association urged a careful in- | a car to pass my car, because I knew parked there, leaving enough space for policemen there and they said that it the patrol wagons come out of that | was hard luck, but that the judge would alley probably soak me $2 more. So I let the Told He Must Post Collateral. | $3 g0 “I jumped out of my car and ran| “But I don't think that's any way to into the station to report my robbery, | treat a citizen. but before 1 could get started a sergeant | — came up and said to me, ‘Now I'll just | Sergt. W. L. Pasour of the Traffic get you to step over here and leave $3 | Bureau told The Star that Mr. Rich- represent a total of nearly a million dollars more than the amount dis- | tributed last year, went out to 98,000 | savings club members last night and | were in the hands of recipients today. | It has been conservatively estimated by | statisticians that approximately 55 per cent cf the amount distributed goes directly to the stores for purchase of Christmas merchandise. neighborhoods where large billboards tend to create an unfavorable impres- sion, Three-Year Limit Set. In framing the regulations, Maj Davison and the Sign Committee agreed to give the billboard companies three years in which to comply with | an agreement to remove all advertis- | | Fawsett, “George Charuchas, 24, of 311 | Linworth place southwest, drew a gun | and pointed it at me.” | Without_bothering to draw his own | Tevolver, Fawsett said, he punched | Charuchas, “knocking him down and causing him to drop the gun. Before Charuchas could regain his feet, three of his four companions— | James Dean, alias William Deitz, 26, of | 1845 New Hampshire avenue: Samuel | H. Goldstein, alias Melincov, 28, of 933 Penusylvania avenue, and Samuel J. | Kahan, 30, of 1824 Chapin street, are | reported to have rushed at Fawsett. They were joined a moment later by | Charuchas. “I told them they were all under ar- | rest” the policeman said, “but_they didn’t pay any attention to me. So, to maintain the arrests, it was necessary for me to use my baton” Policeman’s Club Broken. He asserted he used it with such vigor that it was soon broken and he had to resort to the butt end of his revolver. collateral for parking in that alley.'” | “I said, ‘But man, how about those | robbers! My car has been robbed. Look | such a way as to block the alley adjoin- I want to get |ing the headquarters. | somebody after the robbers, and this is | he saw the car there and waited beside y | it until the owner emerged from the “The sergeant said he was sorry about | building. He then gave Richardson the at the broken window! the only place to park my car.’ that, but I had parked my car near a no-parking sign and would have to leate collateral; that I was blocking the alley. “I said there was plenty of room for measure the space. his, remember, was while I was trying to get some policeman to find out who robbed my shows that Mr. Richardson was booked |at 4:55 pm. on the traffic charge. Detective a car to pass my car, and offered to | that the report of the robbery was made | at 5:30 pm. mace. Extra Clerk Hire Off, | A canvass of Washington retail stores has revealed that extra employ- jment for the Christmas buying season has remained cousiderably below the average up to the present time, but within a week it is estimated several | hundred additional helpers wil' be put on to take care of the influx of holiday | shoppers anticipated. | Because the burden of shopping will fall within a comparatively scant peri- | od, due to the delay in customary “cold weather buying,” merchants believe the number of additonal employes soon to | e given work will offset the smaller ardson’s car was parked between two “no parking at any time” signs in ‘The officer said traffic ticket, the policeman said. At the Traffic Bureau a notation At Headquarters is a notation No arrests in the robbery have been BOARD OF TRADE TAKES UP PROTEST Will Ask Hoover to Eliminate Columbia Island Shafts as Menace to Aviation. | ‘The fight of District aviation inter- | ests against the proposed erection of two 200-foot granite shafts on Columbla | Island will be carried directly to Presi- | dent Hoover by a special committee of | the Washington Board of Trade. | This committee, authorized at a spe- | cial meeting of ‘the board's aviation | committee yesterday, will ask the Presi- Cent, in his capacity as chairman of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission. to eliminate the columns, which have been branded menaces to the lives of passengers who fly from Washington- Hoover Airport. on Mr. Hoover are Lawrence , chairman; william P. Mc- Cracken, jr. former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics; Charles M. Saxelb; and Robert J. Cottrell. They will an appointment 8s soon &s possible. They will take with them petition bearing the names of 40 transport pilots operating out of the airport, urging that the plans for the columns be abandoned or that architectural motifs which would not be dangerous to transport planes be sub- stituted se Airport Will Be Closed. Mr. Cott executive secretary of the board, presided in the absence of Mr. Willia He told the commit- tee the Aeronautics Branch of the Commerce Department is opposed to construction of the columns and has indicated that if they are put up it will close the local zirport by taking up the operating licenses of the transport lines operating out of Washington. o Mo unt kable that the Capital should lose the fruits of its aviation progress in any such manner,” Cottrell said In resp President by tion of the governme: for the out that than Wask Gravelly Poir surance an way of proy the next 10 Must S ‘Wi RU only air tern to a suggestion that the asked merely to defer erec- mns until a_permanent rport might be provided Mr. Cottrell pointed only available site other ton-Hoover Alrport is at but there is no as- hing would be done in the ars . feguard Passengers. Hoover Alrport is the al the Capital has or is likely to have for a number of years,” he said. “We must make every efort to safeguard the passengers and pilots who use that terminal.” The Arlington Bridge columns, mem- bers of tre committee said, will be taken up at a conference of officials from leading American airports and air transport s in Miami, Fla., early next mc Regardless of whether the President decides in favor of or against the columwns, it was indicated, the controversy will be used as in il- lustration of the need for Federal regu- lation of navigable air space. FOOT BALL PLAYER’S FUNERAL TO BE FRIDAY Funeral Dyer, 21, services for George Thomas who died late Monday at Gallinger Hospital from injuries re- ceived on November 22 in a foot ball gime at Potomac Field, will be held Friday morning at his late home, 5104 Sherricr place, followed by requiem mass at 10 o'clock in Our Lady of Vic- Cemetery. of all merchandise not of- iding an airport there within | tory Church, and burial in Mount Olivet The young man was halfback on the Potomac A. C. eleven, which was play- ing the Navy Yard club when he re- ceived the injuries which resulted in|mayor and | of the subcommittee which | m’m‘mm‘h regular channels of dis- his death. His death was said to have trtbution. been vertebrsy caused by a dislocated ¥ |Soterios Nicholson Protected | | were frightened away by - Py away by the body. | amount of employment given to date this season Ihe number of extra | workers during the Christmas period in the retail stores cach year customarily totals in the neighborhood of 8,000 persons, and there is little indication, in the opinion cf business leaders, that tbe figure will be less this year, | The Merchants ana Manufacturers’ | Association reports productive results from its aggressive “shop early—mail | early” campaign, in_which it co-oper- | ates with the local Post Office Depart- |ment in a drive to hasten Christmas { buying and mailing of merchandise, to alleviate “eleventh-hour hysteria” for | shoppers and merchants alike. Christ- { mas shopping, according to Edward D. | | Shaw, secretary of the association, was | advanced all over the country to an earlier date this year than ever before, and public response to the movement has been encouraging. New Clubs Forming. Banks already are recetving enroll- ments in 1932 Christmas savings clubs, the period from November 30 to Jan: ary 15 having been set aside for regis- tration. Deposits are accepted from $1 to $20 weekly and interest at 3 per cent {is added upon completion of the pay- | ments within the specified time limit Membership in ~ Christmas _savings clubs has increased from less than 50,- {000 in 1924 to nearly 100,000 this vear, and the amount distributed yesterday is | almost thrice that of 1924, The follow- ing table gives an idea of the year-to- year growth of the Christmas club idea: Amount | Subscribed. | $3,000,000 | 4,747,741 | 5,544,976 | 5,994,903 | 7,046,497 7,462,079 1930 . 92107 7,835,250 | 1931 . 98,869 8,484,410 The National Retail Dry Goods Asso- ciation, in a_current publication, esti-| mates that the volume of retail trade| all over the country during the four| weeks prior to December 25 may be ex- | pected to attain $5000,000,000. More | than 50 per cent of this vast sum, the | association points out, probably will be expended in department stores, apparel | stores, home furnishing concerns and jewelers, Approximately $1,300,000,000 of this total can be directly attributed | to the sale of gift merchandise. 600,000 More Empioyes. The association points out also that the services of 600,000 additional peo- ple on the staffs of retail stores alone‘ is required, not including extra freight, | mail and express personnel needed | “The success or fafluré® of holiday | trade,” the association states, “will h:\\'p‘ an important effect upon the immediaw; future of economic conditions. Iff goods on the shelves of our stores move | during the holiday season, depleted | stocks will have to be replenished, and this will mean maintenance of employ- ment in production channels. This will result in encouragement to industry and | more employment.” SOTERIOS NICHOLSON. WARNING OF DEATH S SENT T0 LAWYER Year. 1924 1925 1926 ...iu0eee 1927 . 1928 . 1629 Members. 49,385 66,279 73,615 78,145 83,178 . 87,701 by Bodyguard as Result of Giving Petition to Grandi. While a private bodyguard is pro- tecting Soterios Nicholson, attorney, following receipt of a threatening let- ter, elicited by his presentation of & petition to Dino Grandi, Italian foreign minister, police are conducting an in- vestigation to determine the authorship Nias Teceived November icholson, who lives at 7 East Thomapple street, Chevy Chase, Md., and has offices in the National Press Building. 1t stated that he had but three more days to live. Prowlers Seen Near Home. Since then, A Nicholson said to- day, he has persons prowlin, g about his house at night on two occa-. sions. In each instance the intruders Firem;n Plan Novelty Dance. GREATER CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md.,, December 2 (Special).— The Greater Capitol Heights Volunteer Flre' Department will give a novelty dnncel Saturday night in the Bradbury Heights | School. Carl Price and John McAfee are in charge. :hle UX;NE! Is believed by Mr. Nichol- son to have come from supporters of Fascism and to have been gamed by the petition submitted to the foreign minister on Tecent visit here, call- ing for restoration of the Dodel nest Island to Greece i At first Mr chols was to ignore the Jet Sen swas clined ing units from residential and public building and park zone sites. The stipulation was that 40 per cent of the units would be removed during the first year. In agreeing to begin the removal of all its boards in these areas at once the Morton Co. has gone far beyond the original agreement with the committee. In return for removing boards from these zones, practically all of which were authorized at one time by per- mit, the companies will be allowed to rehabilitate boards in busingss and in- dustrial districts. Many of these boards are now in an unsightly condition. Maj. Davison said he believed other companies would join in taking down their boards instead of doing the job plecemeal over the three-year period. The appointment of a chief sign in- spector is the first problem that must be decided in enforcing the new regu- lations. Maj. Davison has not indi- cated who he has in mind for that post. Building Inspector John W. Och- mann will designate one of his inspec- tors in each district to cover signs as well as building activities. In that way, with police co-operation, the Sign Committee believes there will be strict enforcement of the rules. Sees Little Hardship. Maj. Davison does not anticipate any lack “of co-operation from business firms and storekeepers indulging in outdoor advertising. Inspectors will Meanwhile, a bystander telephoned | Nevertheless, the patrol came in | handy, because Charuchas had to be | | taken to Casualty Hospital and Gold- stein and Kahan to the police station. Dean, better known as Dietz, already had been taken to Emergency Hospital |in a taxicab. He was treated for a scalp wound and transferred to Gallinger, where he was rejoined by Charucas, who had received treatment for a simi- {lar injury at Casualty. Both were placed under police guard. Four Others Disappear. The foursome was booked for inves- | tigation at the first precinct station. An- other man and three women, who were members of the party when the fight | started, disappeared when Fawsett | struck Charucas. Police immediately | began a search for them. After the battle was over Fawsett learned, he said, that Charucas pre- viously had drawn the gun and was told to “put it away” by Keys. The group | was ‘arguing with the restaurant man- | ager over Charucas’ right to carry the | | revolver into the place when the po- | liceman entered. | Fawsett, came off with a slightly dis- | i colored eye, a bruised shin, a torn coat and the broken club. THREE WOODYARD FOREMEN OUSTED {Adams Says “Straw Bosses” of Unempoyed Were In- clined to Loaf. Three unemployed men, employed to keep the unemployed busy at the Dis- trict woodyard, returned to the ranks of ‘the unemployed yesterday when George J. Adams jr., executive secre- |tary of the District Unempioyment | Committee, discharged a trio of fore- {men, hired to supervise the two-hour work shifts there. Mr. Adams saic the men were dis- missed because they were inefficient as “straw bosses,” cid not carry out or- ders and were inclined to loaf on the job. let out because they did not “drive” the men working under them. The ex-fulemen say they were| | keep in close touch with the sign paint- | ers, who generally work on contingent | Ernest F. Moss, 3153 Mount Pleasant contracts. Permits, it was reminded, | Street, brotber of the late Judge Mc- will be required for every new il |Kenzie Moss of the Court of Claims: eq Yy new sign B e Rl DUt in place. or patateq C. C. Webster, 815 Maryland avenue The regulations will work little or no|DOTtheast. and A. P. McMeen, 917 hardship on places of business, it was | Eighteenth strest, were the men ousted. believed. With a few notable exceptions, | PTIF to the opening of the woodyard most of them now are complying with | 5t Week nonc of “them had a job. the spirit of the new law. Indiscriminate | Yesterday they were summoned to ‘the | District Buildir after they had re- advertising is prohibited. For instance outdoor signs must advertise the prod- ucts actually sold on the premises or the business conducted on the premises | The rules themselves definitely limit the maximum space that can be de- voted to outdoor advertising, and the police have received instructions to en- force these provisions. _Some of the gasoline stations in the city already have adopted, of their own accord, a neat panel advertising the different brands of ofls sold on the premises. Maj. Davison believes this is the best form of advertising adopted, as it does away with an assortment’ of small signs that otherwise detract from the appearance of the filling station He is confident that other stations soon will follow suit. EMPLOYES’ LOCAL FAVORS FEDERATION War Department Workers Vote 275 to 234 to Remain in A F. of L. The War Department local No. 261 of the Federal Employes Union last night voted against withdrawal from the American Federation of Labor by the close count of 275 to 234. The result of the ballot was ordered made public by unanimous vote of the members. The National Federal Employes Un- ion, whose headquarters is in Washing- | ton, is submitting the question of with- drawal from the federation, which grew out of a recent controversy, to local unions all over the country. It is un- derstood action has been taken by many of the groups, but the headquarters of the union here declined to reveal the status of the referendum until all the questionaires are answered. Talks by James Dore, first vice presi- dent, and William J. Kinney, secretary- treasurer of the War Department unit, on the subject of a drive for new mem bers, featured last night's meetin; T, but later changed orted the matter to D. Glassford, super- intendent of police, who ordered S{)eps be taken to protect the attorney. Letter Signed “B, §. Mr. Nicholson said the signed with the injtials ABIIS” supposes these stand for “black shirt.” The petition was sponsored by the Dodecanese Committee of America and was drawn up and presented by Mr, Nicholson, who is a native of Corinth, g;fi:f;'neg ;xl}gsdillaly to restore the slands w) lr(?xn_;‘ Greee fh hich were taken € petition charged Italy carri out 8 systematic porafiru\mn (}:( '.I:e ifld- habltapts of the islands for the purpose of forting them to emigrate so the territory could o v Ttaliang, be populated with His mind and rep, Brig. Gen. Pelham letter was supposed to be an authority on vir- tully everything a big municipality might need in the manufactured line, | has at last found himself in a serious | predicament and must appeal to science help. rOr'l'he Mituation is due chiefly to the fact Mr. Hargrove failed to specialize in biology in s school deys. buf. he never dreamed at that time he would ever be called upon to determine the Common Council has been f & fowl by its bones. called for 8 o'clock e he Department of the calle tonighi o take Wp' The Sclence Deparime tho agent for the District government, is‘ | Hyattsville Council u; VMeet. HYATTSVILLE, Md, December 2 (Special) —A special meeting of the SEX OF CHICKEN BONES PU VETERAN PURCHASING AGENT Hargrove Advertises for Rooster’s Skeleton, but Doesn’t Know How to Tell if He Receives Hen’s. M. C. Hargrove, who as purchasing for Mr. Hargrove's present dilemma. In Z7ZLES accordance with its request, he adver- tised today for the skeleton of a rooster for use of high school biological stu- dents. That was easy for a veteran pur- chasing agent, but now he's ‘Worrying how to determine if the skeleton com- |]aups with specifications as required by aw. “I don't know the difference between the skeleton of a rooster and a hen,” Mr. Hargrove frankly admitted. “The specifications call for a rooster's skele.. ton, so I suppose the only thing I can do when the bones are purchased is to have them by an expert,* ported for work at handed their d sn. tendant at the tee office. Not Prejudiced, He Says. Mr. Adams said he did not take arbi- trary action in the matter, but released them after a conference with other bosses at the woodyard. He added he had no personal prejudice against them, and would be glad to assist them to find work of another order. “They are good men, but not foremen,” he added. ‘The foremen were ordered to see that every man who came to the woodyard put in an honest two hours’ labor, Mr. Adams explained, as he was anxious not to indulge panhandlers, who would re- | gard the place as an easy spot to pick | up a little money. “A certain type of unemployed man must have a foreman behind him to make him work,” the unemployment secretary said. “I told our straw bosses to see that these fellows were on the job, or to get them out of the lot. If we encouraged panhandlers to come down there and sit around for wages of 25 cents an hour, Washington will be- come a Winter resort for bums.” Mr. Adams charged Moss and Mec- Meen failed to keep the dilatory mem- bers of their crews at work, and that Webster, who was assigned to the gate to keep hangers-on from interfering with the work, did not guard it properly. | He said further that all three passed much time conversing with one another. | Says Men Were Hungry. Moss said: “Some of the men told me they had not had anything to eat. Do you think I had the heart to ‘drive’ men like that?” Mr. Adams’ comment on this was that the men are now sent from the missions and bring with them a card showing how many hours they are to work. They must do this labor before going back to the charity houses to get food and lodging. But, he pointed out, the men get their cards the night before | and, therefore, are fed in the morning before coming to the yard. In reply to Moss' statement that there were only eight saws and 10 axes to keep (0 men at work, Mr. Adams asked how 60 men could be overworked with that number of tools? He said the workers were asked to do only a nor- mal amount of labor, and that many of them neither sawed nor chopped wood, but carried logs and kept the lot neat. Adams also said there had been some criticism because observers thought the men were not doing enough work. He sald he did not want the public or the unemployed to feel that the woodyard was a dole, but that it ‘was organized to give a willing worker an opportunity to help himself. Webster, who called the office of Senator James Watson of Indiana yes- terday and asked for an appointment to present the matter to him, today de- clined to comment further. the yard, and sal slips by an at- employment commit- Fraternal Americans to Meet. HERNDON, Va. December 2 (Spe- cial) —The Herndon. Council, Order | Fraternal Americans, will meet here | tonight, with five candidates for | initiation—D'Ormond Robey, George Reed, Archie Hummer, William Fleming and Charles Hornbaker. Edgar E. Gil- lette and Arthur E. Wynkoop, State deputy president, will put on the degree work, .fm which a social hour will be APPROVE CHANGING POLICE PRECINTS D. C. Commissioners Accept | New Lines Abolishing Three Stations. A rearrangement of numbers and | boundary lines of Washington’s police precincts was approved yesterday by the District Commissioners. The change | followed abolition of three precinct sta~ tions last July and the seiting up of | three ‘inspsction districts. Under the new set-up there are 11 precincts, numbered 1 to 11. The old twelfth precinct is henceforth to be the fifth, the old thirteenth is to be the sixth and the old fourteenth is to be the eighth. Boundary Lines Changed. | Boundaries of the second precinct are | changed so territory west of the center | line of fifteenth is transferred to the Jurisdiction of the third. The territory east of the center line of North Capitol | street and north of Florida avenue and | New York avenue goes to the new fifth | precinct; territory east of the center line of First street northeast and north of the center line of K street and south of the center line of New York avenue goes to the ninth precinct. The boundary between the ninth and | new fifth precinct to the center line of | New York avenue from First street northeast to its intersection with the boundary line of the eleventh at the Anacostia River. Tenth Precinct Shifted. The tenth precinct is taken out of the first inspection district and placed | in the second. The seventh precinct is | transferred from the second to the first inspection district. Headquarters of the second district is moved to the tenth precinct station. Booths in the seventh, eleventh and fourth precincts will be abolished. The changes were made after study and recommendation by a committee consisting of Assistant Supt. E. W. Brown, chairman; Assistant Supt. F. S. W. Burke, Inspector O. T. Davis, In- spector T. R. Bean and Inspector L. I. H. Edward; 15,000 AUTO DRIVERS FACE LACK OF TITLE All Liable to $1,000 Fine or Year in Jail if They Run Vehicles Without Certificates. Fifteen thousand motorists will be liable to a maximum fine of $1,000 or & vear in jail if they drive their automo- biles after January 1. This was the opinion of Trafic Di- rector William A. Van Duzer, comment- (‘ ing on the delay af autoists in mailing | for titles for 1932 tags. He sald that due to the delay 15,000 motorists wil® be unable to obtain their titles hefore | January 1. The traffic director pointed out that under a recent act of Congress these tardy persons either will have to park their automobiles or be subjected to punishment by the courts. Although the maximum fizie is $1,000 or a year in jail, traffic officials sald the minimum fine can be as low as $1. There are at present 40,000 persons who have not vet made application for titles. By handling 1,000 titles daily the Traffic Bureau will be able to reduce that number to 15,000 by January 1, it is estimated. Eighty thousand titles al- ready have been issued. LIBRARY LISTS BOOKS Wide Range of Reading and L tures Provided. Lectures and cther informal educa- tional opportunities for Washingto- nians during December cover a wide | range of subjects from starvation of children in the soft coal flelds to the astronomical boules. The entire list is published in the current number of tect of the Capitdl, which has accepted responsibility for the tunnel, will be asked to place a member of that office on the Co-ordinating Committee of ‘he National Capital Park and Planning Commission, on which it has not here- tofore been represented. This was learned today from Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the Park and Planning Commission, who disclosed that the commission had a plan for transplanting the old elms on East Capitol street, instead of allowing them to be destroyed. Move for Better Co-operation. ‘The move to place the Architect of the Capitol's office on the Co-ordinat- ing Committee is in line with what Mr. Delano believes to be the need for & better system of co-operation and pro- tection for all the trees of the National Capital. Mr. Delano, who has returned to ‘Washington, conferred on the matter of the elm trees with several officials concerned. In an interview, Mr. Delano ex- plained that while a plan for widen- ing East Capitol street was proposed several months ago, “it was laid aside to be carried out at a future date, be- cause of the fact that there was no money to carry out the proposal and because we thought this was a bad time to approach Congress for the necessary legislation.” Trees' Roots Already Cat. At the time the plan was adopted last Winter, Mr. Delano continued, nothing was said about the necessity of putting a tunnel down East Capitol Street. * * * “The location of the tun- nel should have been considered very carefully in view of the proposed plan for East Capitol street,” he said. “And if we had known that the building of the tunnel was an immediate necessity, I think it would have been perfectly possible to have mowed the trees whicn were werthy of moving to their new location which would have been te- tween the tunnel and the present grass plot, the sidewalk under the new plan being moved considerably further south. The situation now is that the putting in of this tunnel has cut the roots off the trees on the south side, and even if they survived, they could perhaps not be moved over the tunnel and into their new location. * * * I cannot help thinking that a location for the t el might have been found which would have injured no trees, nor even any grass.” Some of the trees were cut. m, as there was danger of them falling. Explains Difficulties. Referring to co-ordination, Mr. De- lano said, “there is great need of it, and yet it is exceedingly difficult to bring about in a government where there are so many commissions. The Park and Planning Commission from the first recognized the importance of this matter of co-ordination,” he explained, ‘and we have a committee known as the Co-ordinating Committee which sits with members of cur staff to con- sider every important project before it is voted upon by our commission. For instance, on this Co-ordinating Com- mittee are representatives of the Engi- neer Commissioner's office, men repre-~ senting the Highway Department, the Sewer and Water Departments, and several others who must be consulted. I find, however, that the Architect of the Capitol has no representative on this Co-ordinating Committee, and I am inclined to think this is a mistake and that his office should be included at least in all matters where he is interested.” Personnel of Committee. The co-ordinating committee, to which a member of the office of archi= tect of the Capitol is to be invited, cone sists now of: Capt. E. N. Chisholm, jr., engineer of the Park and Planning Commission, chairman; Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chief engineer of the Dis- trict of Columbia; Charles W. Eliott ,2d, director of planning of the commis- sion; J. B. Gordon, sanitary engineer of the District; Capt. Hugh C. Oram, Assistant Engineer Commissioner of the District; Thomas S. Settle, secretary of the Park and Planning Commission; John H. Nolen, jr., city planner of the commission; Maj. H. L. Robb, Assistant Engineer Commissioner of the District; Melvin C. Hazen, District surveyor George A. Ricker, engineer; Edward A, Schmitt, engineer in the United States Engineer Office, and A. B. Cammerer of the National Park Service. Mr. Delano made an extended in- vestigation of the scene of the elm destruction. At first he said he was inclined to believe there might have been a better place for the steam tun- nel, so that the trees might have been saved by not cutting their roots. But on more careful study, he said, he was convinced that the tunnel was placed in the proper place, beneath the pres- ent sidewalk, which will be under the street when East Capitol street is widened in the distant future. Suggests Transplantation. The plan for moving the old elm trees, instead of allowing them to be destroyed when the steam tunnel cut their rpots, was proposed by Frederick Law Olmsted, noted landscape archi- tect and a member of the planning commission. At his own expense Mr. Olmsted brought to Washington soma experts in tree transplantation and the East Capitol situation was carefully looked over. The elms along East Capitol street, it was agreed, could be trans- planted and placed in their new posi- tlon by a process which would use a large trench. This trenck would be dug from the tree's present location to its new location and the tree then could be pulled along the trench by block and tackle a few feet to its new transplanted location. The steam tunnel on East Capitol street is to heat the new Supreme Court Building and the new annex to the Library of Congress. the Public Library’s bulletin, “Informal Educational Opportunities in Wash- ington.” The bulletin lists the promi- nent courses of study, exhibitions and musical events. Copies of ‘he bulletin are being dis- tributed free at the central Public held. Library, Eighth and K streets, or an: branch of the library, i Tourist Camp Authorized. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., December 2 (Special).—A permit for the erecticn of a filling sta- tion and log cabin tourist camp at the Intersection of Frazier avenue and the Hghisnis, as bech secuted by Hesberd , has been securs M. Campbell and Fred H. h‘h 1