Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1931, Page 17

Wash_ington News ¢ Fhe ning Star I | | Features and Classified WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1931. ———= PAGE B—1 ¢ POLICE EXPECTED <10 SHOW LENIENCY ON ONTILED ¢S Motorists May Be Able to Drive Until February 1 Without Papers. WILL BE CALLED UPON TO EXPLAIN TARDINESS Mere Filing of Application Not Sufficient, Van Duzer Explains. Leniency will be shown toward Dis- trict motorists driving untitled cars be. tween January 1 and February 1, it was indicated today by officials of the police department Capt. B. A. Lamb, acting supervisor of the traffic bureau in the absence of Inspector E. W. Brown, said there would not be a special crusade to round up drivers of untitled cars, although such drivers likely would be called upon for an explanation of their falure to pro- cure a title, should they be arrested for a trafic violation The policy of the department with respect to operators of the untitled cars, however, has not been definitely de- cided, but Capt. Lamb is planning a conference for this purpose with In- spector L. I. H. Edwards. 12,000 Cars Untitled. William A. Van Duzer, director of trafic, estimates there will be approx: mately 12,000 untitled cars in the Dis trict January 1, which, under the la cannot be operated legally. There have been reports that the mere filing of an application for a title would constitute compliance with the traffic act, but the traffic director declared the law clearly stipulates that no vehicle shall be oper- ated after January 1 unless it has been titled. Paragraph D of the traffic act was cited by Mr. Van Duzer to contradict the reports. This paragraph reads in part: * s * “The owner of a motor ve- hicle or tratler registered in the District | Dog Brings $47 Home RESCUES PURSE DRO! LTHOUGH he came bcunding home with $47 off the streets last night, Rinty Wolf is no miser; just a collector—an en- | thustastic collector of pocket- | books “Rinty"—the children around Four- teenth and Cliftcn streets dropped the “Wolf” part of it when they learncd to tangle their fingers in his mane— likes to sniff and sniff again at purses which he appraises between hys fore- paws like the connoisseur that he is Last night his mistress, Miss Esther Davis, heard him scratching at the do of her bakeshop at 2516 Fourteenth street, She went on summing up her & counts until there came a faint tinkle of metal on concrete Owner Comes for Purse. “Now what,” she asked, opening the door, “have you been up to this time? Rinty was crouched there with & pocketbook between his forepaws, from which a key ring had just fallen. Miss Davis had the surprise of her life when she opened the pocketbook and fcund $47 in bills. An hour later a casual customer, whose neme Miss Davis did not learn | hurried by in frantic search of the | purse. Out for a walk with her two children i she explained, it had slipped from th sleeve of her coat to the sidewalk in that block Rinty had tagged after the two chil- | dren, but when he found a pocketbook he brought it straight home to his mis tress If Rinty wasn't such a polite dog | Miss Davis said, she would be a littie | apprehensive over his passion for | pocketbook Satisfied With Purse. “Just give him a purse” she went on, “and he'll be satisfied for hours. He doesn’t hide them, though—he just PPED ON SIDEWALK. searches them out and holds them be- tween his paws.” The 5-year-old police dog weighs more than 100 pounds and he's strong enough to carry home market baskets which grow too heavy for Miss Davis. Other times he goes to the stores by himself—drug ~stores, grocery stores, butchers’ shops, but he is impatient of poor service. “When the clerks don't fill his bas- ket at once,” Miss Davis said, “Rinty turns right around and runs home to sulk. He can't seem to learn that he must wait his turn.” When Rinty had to give up the pocketbook to its owner he got an extra large soup bone in return. “He likes soup bones,” Miss Davis said, “but I know he would rather have kept that pocketbook. and Sergt. Keck Also Promoted. of Columbia shall not, after the 1st day of January, 1932, operate or permit or cause to be operated any such vehicle upon any public highway in the Dis- trict without first obtaining a certificate | of title therefor.” Rush Subsides Somewhat. The eleventh hour rush for title certificates which developed yesterday had subsided somewhat today, indi-| cating, Mr. Van Duzer believes, that| some of the estimated 12,000 pro- crastinating owners have their chrs in storage for the Winter or do not pro- pose to use them for some time. By January 10 he expects to have titles issued for 110,000 vehicles. Approxi- mately 104,000 of the estimated 120,000 in the District have been titled. Tfl% certificates have been issued thus far for 89,000 passenger-carrying vehicles, an increase of 3,000 over the number of 1931 tags issued in January of this year. Mr. Van Duzer believes this is indicative of an increased regis- tration for 1932 Motorists whose cars have been titled will mot be required to display 1932 tags before February 1. Police will be instructed, it was said, not to arrest | drivers with 1931 tags upon exhibition of the ce of title. Motorists whose title certificates are held by finance corporations or banks, however, will be required to satisfy police that the vehicles have been titled. POLICE PROBE BLAZE ON SCHOOL SCAFFOLD| Discharged Employe of Building Company Suspected of Incendiarism. Police today are investigating the source of the slight blaze which last Saturday morning was discovered in the contractor’s scaffolding at the Ben- amin Stoddert Elementary School at 'ortieth and Calvert streets. According to the municipal archi- tect's office, the Bennett Construction Co., which is erecting the building, sus- | pects that & workman who was recently | discharged by the firm set fire to the company's property. Detective A. M.| Tolson of the seventh precinct is mak- ing the investigation S. B. Walsh, assistant municipal architect, said today that Morris Stone, night watchman for the Beanett Co., discovered the blaze at 4 a.m. last Sat- urday. He promptly extinguished the flames with a bucket of water. The| company itself said the damage did not | exceed $5. The blaze was not reported to the municipal architect until this morning. The Stoddert School, one of the new type elementary schools, is completion and is scheduled to be oc- cupied some time during the next semester. Investigation revealed that| the building itself was undamiged by the fire TELEPHONE COMPANY T0 EXPEND $737,845 The directors of the Chesapeake & Potomae Telephone Co. today authori: improvements to the local telephone &ystem to cost $737,845. The appropriation was made at the monthly meeting of the board and brings the total for similar additions and improvements authorized in 1931 to $3,458,409, John A. Remon, general manager, said The appropriation today is to cover nearing | The District Commissioners today dered the promotion of Lieut. Sidney Marks to-a captaincy to replace Capt. J. E. Wilson of the ninth precinct, Who will be retired because of age Decem- ber 31 Capt. Wilson reached his 64th birthday, December 26. He has served in the department for 31 years and will receive a pension of $150 a month. Sergt. Ira E. Keck, now acting as eide to Police Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, was promoted to lieutenant to replace Marks Three precinct detectives also were promoted to headquarters detectives. A. M. Tolson, E. F. Lewis and E. P. Hartman were promoted to fill the va- cancies _created by the retirement of | Sergt. H. A. Cole, the death of Sergt. J. A. Springmann and the promotion of Sergt. Keck. 'GIRLS AMONG 4 HURT IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS Runaway Auto Bowls Man Over,; Races Down Hill and Smashes Lamp Post. Traffic accidents late yesterday and last night took a toll of four casualties, including Abraham Miller, 40, of 133 Webster street, who was severely in- jured when a runaway car struck his parked machine and then continued on for nearly a block before coming to a halt after demolishing a lamp post Among the_victims were two_little girls—Grace Pruitt, 10 years old, of 2041 Michigan avenue northeast, and Jane Mur 8, of 3608 Van Ness street—who were knocked down by au- tomobiles near their homes. | Miller was hurt when a-car belonging | to William Graham, 109" Webster street, drifted down the incline from its park- ing place and struck him as he was | preparing to enter his own sedan. He | was moved to Soldiers’ Home Hospital and treated for cuts and bruises. His car_was badly damaged. The runaway machine veered after | felling Miller and continued down the hill until it smashed into a lamp post in the next block An automobile operated by Clyde W. Petty, 27, of 709 Eighth street, knocked down' the Pruitt child as she was going to the store for her mother. She was taken to Casualty Hospital, where it was found she had suffered a possible fracture of the pelvis and internal in- Juries. The Murphy girl suffered severe cuts | of the hand a broken tooth when a iriven by Dr. Glenn Irving Jones, of Bethesda, Md., struck her in nt of her home. She was given first d at home. John H. Joeschke, 47, of 540 Ninth street southeast, was taken to Eme | Hospital with an injured knee and I |ated ear after a car operated by Jack Abraham, colored, 31, of Alexandria, | va., struck him as he was crossing | Fourteenth strect southwest in front of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. | | 15 Feared Drowned at Sea. ¥ NGSFORS, Finland, Decem ber () —Fifteen men were feare: {to have been drowned last night in a | shipping _disaster in a heavy snow- | storm. The freighter Orion ran aground off this port. Twelve of the crew were saved, and nine others were taken aboard a salvage vessel, which later was reported lost with its own crew of | stx | with its demands. the cost of construction of underground , ccnduit and cable systems in several | sections of the District, installation of | POLICE CAPTAINGY LAUDS WILSON'S VRN TO NARKS PLAN FOR PEACE |Three Precinct Detectives Lawrence Says U. S., to All Intents and Purposes, Has loined League. Declaring that America to all in- tents and purposes has joined the League of Natfons in spirit, David Law- rence, editor of the United States Daily, | paid tribute to Woodrow Wilson and his conception of world co-operation in a radio address last night on the sev- enty-fifth anniversary of Wilson's birth. “President Wilson believed the Leagu would be a constantly changing instru mentality for peace,” Lawrence said, in speaking over a network of the Na- tional Broadcasting Co. “He thought it would be a kind of continuing peace conference, ready from year to year to adjust the inequities that might arise and to correct the injustice of a hastily written peace treaty. It is this concept of the League which 10 years has failed as yet to be widely appreciated. For as the nations are able to see clearly the awfulness of peace without victory, they will in time come to rely on the corrective influence of public opinion as the greatest force behind the League of Nations.” Meanwhile, Lawrence pointed out, the League of Nations cannot be expected | to be an enforcement agency and em- ploy physical force to secure compliance On the contrary, he said, “we can expect, instead, the steady and persistent growth of its influence in world diplomacy and the gradual ac- ceptance of its advice by recalcitrant naticns, for whether today the United States is an actual member or merely & co-operating nation in essential mat- ters, it is a fact that the whole world knows_that nine cascs out of ten the United States has ranged itself alongside of the nations Geneva and develop the deliberate judg- ments that reflect the morality of all civilized nations.” CHICAGO ACCOUNTANT WINS YEAR'S AWARD William B. Castenholz Judged Au- thor Contributing Most to Profession. William B. Castenhol certified public accountar nounced foday as the winne 1931 award of Beta Alpha P: author whose work contributed during the year to the adva accounting. The award was made through the American Association of University In- structors in Accounting at its sixteenth annual convention dinner last nigh the Raleigh Hotel. Tt is the f nual award made by the n counting fraternity, many of bers of which are delegates to vention, Mr. Castenholz was honored for his work entitled “The Control of Distri- bution Costs and Sales.” He is in at- tendance at the Washington conven- tion. A proposel to change the name of sociation was voted down at night's meeting. Some of the dclegates thought the name was too long The association will close its . late today following the annual on of officers. Pussell A. Stevenson of the University of Minnesota is the retiring president. 5 a Chicago was an- of the as the most ement of n- ational ac- ihe Tnit Marine Engineer Succumbs, RICHMOND, Va., December 29 Frederick W. Nagle, 73, widely known marine engineer, died yesterday that sit at| telephones and private branch exchange equipment on the subscribers’ premises end the installation of additional switchboard equipment. FIRE ROUTS RESIDENTS Monmouth Hotel Patron’s Ciga- rette Blamed for Blaze. Residents at the Monmouth Hotel, 1818 G street, were aroused early today when fire broke out in an apartment on the third floor and gave firemen s 15-minute struggle before it was extinguished The blaze started in the bed room of C. E. Slade when he fell asleep shortly after 4 am. with a burning cigarette in his mouth, the police re- ported. He was awakened by the smell of smoke and the burning mattress several moments later and jumped from the blazing bed before he was b the fla d y saw the flames an tumem:n alarm. The damage was estimated st $500, SLOW ELEVATORS GIVE HOLIDAY s TO 2,500 COMMERCE EMPLOYES | | | Grant Workers The slowest elevator service in Wash- | ington will cause the Government to | grant a holiday to 2,500 Department of | Commerce cmployes this Saturday. Notice was posted today in the main Ccmmerce Department building, Penn- sylvania avenue and Nineteenth street, that employes stationed there need not report to duty on that day because all { elevators will be used for hauling furni- carted off to the new building, which is to be occupied Monday Officials decid>d it would be impos- Isible for the slow-speed elevators to | carry employes to their respective office floars and at the same . ture to the main floor, where it will be | continue | Moving of Furniture on Lazy Lifts Cause Officials to Saturday Off. with the moving assignment. So, the employes were told their services would not be needed Saturday. Extra grea: was also placed on the cvator traci with hopes this would encourage the cars to last through the moving ordeal The three elevators during their 13 vears of active service in this building have gaired quite a reputation for their slow speed. They also have many antics. Sticking between floors 1s one of their favorite pastimes despite efforts of repairmen to remedy this trouble. All employes not stationed in this building must report to their respective offices on that day, officials said, FARNERS IARKET 10 BE DRVELPED .. EADS DECI Prospect of Track Removal if River Tunnel Is Built Fails to Alter Plans. |GRADING BEGUN AND ALL BUT ONE LOT PURCHASED Maj. Davison. Says Tube Project Is Too Far in Future to Permit Sacrifice of Food Center. Although fruition of the National | Capital Park ang Planning Commis- |sion’s plans for a tunnel under the Po- | tomac, carrying the Southern Railway's tracks, would probably mean eventually | the removal of track facilities from the | ket to be established in | Farmers' Max] |the Southwest section, the District | Commissioners intend to go ahead with |the development of the market center. Bids were to be opened at 2 o'clock | this afternoon for a contract for the construction of market sheds, watch- {man's quarters, marketmaster's Qqua |ters and a lunchroom, on the square bounded by Tenth, Eleventh, E and F streets southwest. This job is estimat- ed to cost about $20,000. An appropriation of $300,000 for the purchase of the site and building of the sheds has been available since, July 30, 1930, and the two squares bounded by Tenth, Eleventh, E and G | streets southwest have been ‘bought, except for one lot, the condemnation award for which is now on appeal in | the Court of Appeals. Davison for Market. The north square was bought by private negotiation for $123,500 and | the south square, with the exceptioh of the lot mentloned, for $141,800. Al- | ready $10,400 has been spent on grad- | ing the north lot and about $3,000 in | repairing a building on it to be used as | a repair shop Acting Engineer Commissioner Don- ald A Davison said that if the tunnel plan is ever carried through, its ac- | complishment will be so far in the fu- | ture that it would not be economical | to sacrifice the development of ghe | | Farmers’ Market meanwhile. Maj. Da- | vison Is also an acting member of the | | National Capital Park and Planning | | Commission, which wrote the repor” urging the construction of the tunnel and abandonment of the freight track- | age now nearest to the proposed Farm- | rs' Market. Market Center of Dispute. The Farmers’ Market has been a bone of contention in the District ever since the development of the Federal GO ernment’s. building program made ne essary the abandonment of the farmers' Iine ‘adjacent -to the former Center | Market. | One group of citizens wanted the| market in the northeast and another in | | the southwest. ~ Congress chose the | | southwest, and the northeast group | | went ahead and built a wholesale prod- | | uce center near the B. & O. Railroad | tracks at Fourth street and Florida | avenue northeast. The Pennsylvania | Railroad has built a wholesalers' row in the southwest, where it has inter-| ests in a refrigerator company and other concerns. The congressional decision did not by any means still the conflict, and recent- ly the Co'nmissioners came in for sharp criticism for a proposed agreement to borrow part of the land owned by the Terminal Refrigerating & Storage Co. on the market site until the market | appropriation should be increased. As a result the company sold to the Com-| missioners the property in question. | | The price was $5,000, although the con- demnation jury had fixed the value of the lot at $32,000. AHMED BEY HONOR GUEST AT DINNER Dr. Patterson Is Also Speaker at Gathering of Pi Gamma Mu Members. | | [ | Ahmed Muhtar Bey, Turkish Ambas- sador to the United States, and Dr. Ernest M. Patterson, president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, were the guests of honor and principal speakers at the national dinner of Pi Gamma Mu, social science honor soclety, last night at the May- flower Hotel The Ambassador, who spoke on “Changes in the New Turkey,’ was presented with an honor key in_the name of Pi Gamma Nu by Dr. John | Donaldson, governor of the District of | Columbia Province, in recognition of |his distinguished contributions to | social science as an educator, admin- | | istrator and diplomat. In his talk, the | | envoy traced the modernization of | | Turkish customs, education, financial | | and governmental systems which has | been taking place since the Ottoman Empire became the Turkish Repubiic. Dr. Patterson’s subject was “Progress in the Social Sciences.” He first told | | of recent changes in the field of the | social sciences which have resulted in| | breaking down boundaries between the social sclences; introduction of new ex- | perimental and fleld methods to take the place of “book learning” and greater specialization within a small | field, as transportation or finance, in place of general surveys. Greetings were presented by repre- { sentatives of colleglate chapters of Pi | Gamma Mu at Georgetown University, George Washington University and Catholic University and on behalf of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service by Dean William F. Notz, a member at large. Among the special guests at the dinner were members of the staff of the Turkish embassy, Dr. George Boncesco, financial counselor of the Rumanian legation; Dr. Jan Skalicky, counselor of the Czechoslovakian legation, and Mme. Skalicky; Clyde B. Aitchison of the In- terstate ' Commerce Commission, and Frank Morrison, secretary of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor. ZIONIST MEET TONIGHT Mrs. Archibald Silverman to Be Speaker at Center Meeting. Mrs., Archibald Silverman of Provi- | dence, R. 1., will be guest of honor and | principal speaker at the joint Hadassah | PR Zionist District meeting to be held | |tonight at 8:30 at the Jewish Com- munity Center. Others appearing on the program will be Miss Theresa Shefferman, who will sing Yiddish folk songs; Mrs. William Bralove, speaker, and_John M. Safer,! president of the local Zionist | | | | More Fine Trees Fall in Stre et Widening BEECHES AND POPLARS VICTIMS ON RESERV Lack of co-ordination in saving trees for District beautification in the street widening program again was forcibly pointed out today when workmen widening Reservoir road cut down the massive beech tree shown on the right. It is estimated to be 125 to 150 years old. On the left is a row of fine American poplars, which are due to fall under the woodsman's ax in the road widening process. That various agencies identified with public improvements in the District should consult each other before programs of destruction and save all trees possible for other locations is the opinion expressed by leaders in the OIR ROAD. AP TRACES TRIPS | These researches 'FUNERAL ARRANGED Capital's civic affairs. —Star Staff Photos. WASHINGTON MADE National Geographic Society Compiles Record of First President’s Travels. | A map showing all the travels of George Washington has been issued by the National Geographic Society as its contribution to the commemoration of the bicentennial of his birth. The first President is represented as having traveled more widely in America than any other official of his time. His journeys extended from Savannah, Ga., to Kittery, Me., and reached westward to the vicinity of Lake Erie, in Penn- sylvania; the neighborhood of Point Pleasant, in West Virginia, and to Gallipolis, in Ohio. product of more than a year's careful research by the staff members and map makers of the Geographic Society. included the most | thorough check yet made on the diaries of Washington, contemporary accounts of his travels and observations and personal visits to many places where changed or duplicated names long have | caused doubt about the exact routes | taken or places visited | The map, which is being sent to the society’s membership, is printed in five colors and is 28 by 18 inches in size. Divided Into Four Periods. Washington’s travels are divided into four periods—that of his surveying and | the French and Indian campaigns, his | travels to the West from 1759 to 1774, | the years of the Revolutionary War | and his travels after the war from 1784 | to 1799. The principal highways of Colonial | times are shown. On the map com- | binations of color and italic and Roman | type are used to show the places Washington _ actually visited, other places existing in his time and places rebuilt or renamed since his death, Five inset maps show in greater de- tail his travels in the vicinities of Bos- | ton, Philadelphia, New York and Tide- | water Virginia, and the plat of the| farms about Mount Vernon. | The Father of His Country is por- trayed as traveling on horseback from | Williamsburg to Fort Le Boeuf and from Mount Vernon to Boston. He also made | three sea voyages which generally are not known, one of them to the Bar- | bados. [ On horseback he sometimes averaged more than 35 miles a day for more than a week, and on one occasion rode 560 miles in 16 day | “The accuracy with which Washing- | ton on horseback gauged distances well may excite our wonder,” Dr. Williath Joseph Showalter states in an article accompanying the map. “Often he tells in his notes how far he traveled on a | given day. In many places, where a| staff member of the National Geo- | graphic Magazine was able to check | these distances with speedometer read- ings, they were found to correspond ce- | markably Wwith Washington's mileage | record.” | FOR GUN VICTIM Charles Smith, 13, Killed in Acci- dent, Will Be Buried Thursday | The map, on a single chart, is the | HERBERT L. PEACEFUL PARLEY DERSON. -AINOF DEMOCRATS Leaders Confident Raskob Wet Plan Will Not Trouble National Committee. By the Associated Press. Confident Chairman Raskob has defi- nitely abandoned his State liquor con- trol plan as a Democratic platform plank, Democratic congressional leaders believe a harmony session is in sight at next month's National Committee meet- ing. If Raskob, however, does bring up either this proposition or insist upon a referendum plank, the congressional chieftains are just as confident of vot- ing to refer the whole prohibition ques- tion to the national convention. Raskob's recent declaration, strongly feel the party should take neither the wet nor the dry side of this highly controversial question,” is the basis for the hopes for peace on the prohibition issue, at least until the con- vention. Meanwhile, the party leaders are de- voting more and more attention to the possibilities of the various presidential potentialities. Discussion recently has centered on whether Alfred E. Smith intends to seek renomination. On that there is much division of opinion. While many of the congres- sional leaders have declared for Gov. Roosevelt of New York as nominee, | none so far has proposed Smith as a candidate, and the recent stories that he might be an active contender again have caused considerable speculation. Also, the names of Newton D. Baker of Ohio and Gov. Ritchie of Maryland recur regularly in the party conversa- tions. Smith has an opportunity to advance himself at next month’s party confer- ence. At the Jackson day banquet, to be held on January 8, the night before the National Committee meets, he is one of the three speakers. Raskob invited the other living Democratic presidential candidates, James M. Cox of Ohio and John W. oy | Davis of New York, to address the| at Mount Olivet. gathering. .S, TRADE BOARD EXAMINER 1S DEAD Herbert L. Anderson Suc- cumbs to Peritonitis Follow- ing Brief lliness. Herbert Lyman Anderson, 1340 Park- wood place, chief examiner of the Fed- eral Trade Commission, died early today at his residence following a brief illness | which developed peritonitis. For a quarter of a century, since he | joined the former Bureau of Corpora- i!!ons in 1907, Mr. Anderson had been active and prominent in the Federal service. He directed many important investigations of the Federal Trade Commission, including that of the radio industry which resulted in creation by Congress of the Federal Radio Commis- sion. For a number of years he has been liaison officer between the Trade Com- mission and the Department of Justice. Coming to Washington in 1907 from his home in Xenia, Ill, where he was born April 20, 1887, Mr. Anderson en- tered the Federal service as a clerk in the Department of Commerce and be- came an accountant in the former Bu- |reau of Corporations, which was trans- ferred in 1915, with its personnel, to K(he Federal Trade Commission. He studied law at Georgetown University and was & member of the local bar. His early education was received at Xenia, I, and Lincoln University, Il Mr. Anderson was special agent of the Federal Trade Commission from 1915 to 1920, when he was promoted to assistant chief examiner. In 1928 he became chief examiner, succeeding M. F. Hudson. Mr. Anderson is survived by a widow, Mrs. Ethel Vernon Sheppard Anderson, to whom he was married in Wilming- ton, Del, September 15, 1909, and a daughter Marguerite, who resides at the family home, 1340 Parkwood place. Also surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fernandes W. Anderson of Kansas City, Mo., and a brother, Max- | well Anderson, and a sister, Mrs. Harry | Borgmier, also of Kansas City. | Mr. Anderson was a member of Bar- risters Lodge, No. 48, of the Masonic Order of Washington, Modern Wood- men of America, the Federal Bar Asso- ciation and was also actively connected with the Fourth Church of Christ Scientist. Funeral services will be held at the residence at a time to be announced later. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery. e BANDIT SUSPECTS HELD | Police Say Two Are Identified by Colored Hold-up Victim. Chester Smith, 43 years old, of 3317 N street and Richard Lower, 37, of 1202 Wisconsin avenue are being held for investigation at the seventh pre- cinct station following their reported identification as the men who held up and robbed a colored man Christmas eve. Smith and Lower were picked up as suspects by Sergt. Beverly C. Beach and Patrolman C. D. Thompson yes- terday afternoon and were identified, police say, a short time afterward by Irving Payne, colored, of 2018 Second street, who was robbed of $5.50 while walking home from the Old Home Restaurant, in Georgetown, where he | works. Thirtebn-year-old Charles Smith of 1026 Quincy street northeast, acci- dentally shot and killed yesterday after- noon when he dropped an old .22-cali- ber rifie he had been dismantling, will be buried Thursday morning in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Funeral services will be held at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Twelfth and Monroe streets northeast, with schoolmates and companions of the boy, | who saw him Kkilled, acting as pali- bearers Charies died at Sibley Hospital shortly after the rifle bullet penetrated | his forehead between the eyes. The gun discharged when it slipped from his hand as he was putting it in a case. It | had already been “broken,” according to his compenions, but was cocked and | loaded. | Made Reserve Colo;xeL Irving C. Moller of the University | Club has been commissioned by the ‘War Department & colonel of Field Ar- | tillery, Reserve Corps of the Army. CAB STRIKES WOULD-BE BANDIT, DRIVER FOILS HOLD-UP ATTEMPT | Antonio Urda, With Motor in Gear, Ignores Command to Hand Over Money. A lone colored bandit, foiled last night in an attempt to hold- up Antonio Urda, a_driver for the Irving Cab Co., probably is nursing a choice collection of bruises today. Urda, who lives at 133 Varnum street, was cruising on Rhode Island avenue who _was | mistake of stepping out of the machine before the cab driver could comply with his command—apparently intent upon making a quick getaway. Urda had left his car in gear and when the bandit stepped from the taxi the driver let ouv the clutch and the near Second street shortly after 10:30 | machine sprang forward, the open rear o’clock, when he was hailed by a young | door hitting colored mon and esked to drive to Sixth | sprawling | a and U. Upon_reaching his destination, the “fare” drew a pistol and ordered Urda to hand over his money, but made the | {he bandit and sending him o the gutter several feet way. The hacker drove hurrtedly away in search of a policeman, wnile the bandit limped down U street, TREASURY TOPUSH COMMERCE HOME PARKING SURVEY Whole Downtown Problem to Be Studied at Later Period. ECONOMY PREVENTS DATA SUBMISSION New Authorizations to Congress Barred by Budget—Future Report Promised. ‘When Government workers move soon into the new Department of Commerce Building serious study will be made of the parking situation in that part of the Federal triangle by the Treasury Department in an effort to solve the much-discussed question of what is to be done about the whole downtown parking question. This was disclosed today by Maj. Ferry K. Heath, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in charge of the public | building program. Although the Treasury Department has much data on hand concerning the triangle parking problem, and was pre- | pared to submit the question to Con- | gress for solution, the administrative | policy of submitting no new authoriza- | tions for additional expenditures to | Congress this year has deterred the Treasury from making its suggestions. Director of the Budget J. C. Roop recently explained this new policy would serve to advance the public building program and other programs of the Federal Government. which have been specifically authorized. But he empha- sized the budget for this year would approve no new authorizations to go to Congress. Problem Considered. The parking problem in the triangle was recently brought to the fore by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in its annual report, which reiterated its suggestion that the new public buildings in the triangle should contain storage space for cars of em= ployes of the Government. Maj. Heath sald office space was too valuable to be used for garage space. It has been figured out that to house one automobile would entail the ex- penditure of $1,000 of Government money, the interest on-which would run from $50 to $60 a year. Whether Gov- ernment workers would be willing to spend this much or more for storage space, whether Congress would be wil- ing to provide such space at a rental to cover the interest on the investement or whether Congress would be willing to erect garages for free parking of Gov= ernment employes are serious questions, not for the Treasury but for Congress to decide, Maj. Heath said. Unwilling to Pay. According to a study made of the situation, Maj. Heath ‘said it had been estimated that .the rank and file of Government employes would not be willing to pay garage rent on a Govern= ment-erected building, sufficient to carry the actual cost. The new Department of Commerce, which cost $17,500,000, has been con= structed with space for five official cars to be parked and no more. There is room, of course, for the departmental trucks and necessary service automo= biles, but only space for five official cars. The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission said it has always ad- vocated that the triangle should be self- contained as to parking, and has re- peatedly brought the matter to the at- tention of Treasury officials. and- the Public Building Commission. Ask Parking Space. “In the opinion of the commission,” saild its report, “parking facilities should be provided within the buildings and courts of the triangle for the use of employes and persons doing business with the Government at a reasonable charge.” The new Department of Commerce, with about 5,000 employes will develop a situation which can be studied after the Government workers move in, ac= cording to Maj. Heath. One specific recommendation of the Park and Planning Commission dealing with the rental of Government garage space was recalled today in this con- nection as follows: “The palicy of progressively and per= sistently, increasing the stringency of restrictions upon the free storage of vehieles in the streets and parks should be so clear and so firmly established that fear of competitive free storage provided by public authorities at the expense of the general taxpayers will not deter investors from providing convenient and economical storage spaces on private property in the busi- ness district at charges commensurate with the cost of the services and with the value of the service to those who use it.” The storage in Government space for Government workers, the commission said, except in the case of official cars, “should be provided only on the basis of a reasonable charge sufficient to cover the cost of the service; so that those to whom the convenience ef such | storage on valuable central land is not worth its real cost may use the public transportation systems. Otherwise they obtain a luxury at the cost of others, which is not worth what it costs” JUDGE BREAKS ARM. Chief Justice Wheat Is Injured in Fall on Gotham Visit. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the District Supreme Court fell and broke an arm yesterday while on a holiday visit in New York. Acting Chief Justice Jennings Bailey was notified of the accident today by long distance telephone. He was told the chief justice responded to treatment satisfactorily at the New York hospital, where he probably will remain several days. It is not expected, however, that he will return to the bench when court reconvenes Monday. Chief Justice Wheat is 64 years old. He was appointed as an associate jus- tice April 18, 1929, and was promoted May 14, 1930, upon the retirement of former Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy. COMMUNIST SENTENCED Winston-S8alem, N. C., Organizer Gets 60 Days and $250 Fine. DANVILLE, Va., December 29 ().— W. G. Binkley of Winston-Salem, N. C., alleged Communist organizer, today was sentenced to 60 days imprisonment and fined $250 for conviction of a charge of _sedition. Binkley was arrested by Chief of Police Martin, who charged that he was distributing pamphlets of sediticus na- ture. The defendant appealed the case. He took the stand and for 15 minutes attacked the capitalistic system sad praised Communism,