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The Foening Slaf WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | | Society and General WASHINGTON, Do, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1932. PAGE B—1 UTILITIES BOARD 10 TAKE NO ACTION IN TAX] RATE WAR Patrick to Await Court Rul- ing Before Acting on New Schedules Here. WILL TEI;L COMPANIES REDUCTION IS FORBIDDEN Chairman Says Issues of Meters and Fares Are Closely Related. The Public Utilities Commission in- tends to take no action on the latest phase of the taxi rate war, further than notifying the Black & White and Yel- low Taxicab Cos. that their recent ie- duction in rates is forbidden by the taxicab code enacted by the commis- sion. | Chairman Mason M. Patrick of the commission said today that, although the question of rates is not directly before the court in the present ap-; peals from the code, the question of meters, which is before the court, is so closely connected with it that the com- mission believes it would not be cour- teous to the court to try to enforce any order having to do with rates until final disposition of the case in court. | Court Record Awaited. The record of the testimony offered before Justice Jesse Adkins in District Supreme Court, in the taxicab case has ot yet reached the commission. When it does it is not expected that the com- mission will use it as a basis for any further hearings. e’ code, enacted last November, provided that by January 10 all cabs Cperating in Washington must be equipped with meters. A rate of 25 cents for the first two miles, and 5 cents for each additional third of a mile, was fixed. Further, the court provided, that there must be no change In rates until January .0, except a change to the meter rates set in the order. Since that time the effective date of the order has been changed to €0 days after the final decision by the court. Will Replace Machines. Meanwhile the Black & White and Yellow cabs are carrying passengers at the new rates of 20, 40 and 60 cents, and Will Brown, president of the Black & White Taxi Co,, has informed the com- mission that all cabs now in operation will be replaced by new equipment. Brown today denied all stories relat- ing to purchase of control of the local cabs by outside interests. “The Black & White and Yellow Cab Co. will remain here as a subsidiary to nobody, and 1 will remain here as its president,” he said. “We are going to 'THEFT SUSPECT IS TOO SLOW | TO ESCAPE BASE BALL BROTHERS Earl and Abbie Clark Sprint to Rescue as Woman Calls for Help. Quickly Catch Colored Man Fleeing After Purse Is Snatched. Earl and Abbie Clark, whose names have been linked with what the sports writers like to call “stellar perform- ances,” in all manner of athletics since they were first allowed to put on base ball gloves and toddle out on Washing- ton's sandlots, yesterday starred in an impromptu affair—a 500-yard sprint down a track of asphalt and concrete. The brothers chased a colored man suspected of snatching a purse, who had advantage of more than a block handi- cap, for five blocks, then turned him | over to police, who pulled up in a car | at the finish. Hear Woman's Calls, The men, who live at 612 Jefferson | street, were walking to their automobile, | parked on Kenyon street, after bowling iat a Pourteenth street bowling alley, | when Mrs. Fannie Cadel, 1318 Kenyon | street, attracted their attention by her | calls that her purse had been snatched. She pointed at a fleeing man, and Earl and Abbie, who will report soon | for Spring training, set out for a little | preliminary conditioning. Earl, who was with the Boston | Braves two years ago, will report back | | | o, ~N % \i;?g .‘%% v - ~ S » 4 EARL CLARK. with them this Spring. He is well known in the city as a sandlol base | ball and soccer star, and has been | | playing with Columbia Heights teams for years | Considering Offer. Abbe, also a_sandlotter, is manager | of the Columbia Heights teams. He | has played professionally with teams in | the California State League and other | minors. He has an offer to play with | Hagerstown this year, but “hasn't de- | cided” whether or not to accept. The colored man told police his name was Johnson Jones, colored, 27, of 1906 Ninth street. He is being held for in- vestigation. SUSPECT ARRESTED INILSLEY SLAYINGS Colored Man Taken on Long Island Tallies Closely With Fugitive. | | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LEESBURG, Va., January 19.—A col. ored man belleved to answer the de- scription of George Crawford, 35, wanted for the murder of Mrs. Agnes Boeing Iisley of Middleburg and her maid, Mrs. Mina Buckner, has been arrested and lodged in jail in Suffolk County, N. Y., Sheriff E. S. Adrian announced here today. The man was arrested near Bay | Shore, Long Island, yesterday by New York State troopers and sentenced lo‘ 30 days for vagrancy, the sheriff said. | Locked in the Suffolk County Jail at | Riverhead, Long Island, the suspect was | | fingerprinted and Sheriff Adrian as- | | serted he would await copies of the | i | borhood dance. CIRL SFES ESCORT SHOT AFTER FIGHT| Telephone Repairman Be- | lieved to Be Recovering After Northeast Shooting. | | Temple Newell, 27, a telephone re- pair man of 2808 Twentieth street | northeast, is believed to be recovering ;nt Sibley Hospital from a bullet wound ‘Lhrough the abdomen received last| :mgm in altercation with Gilbert Ward | Lewis, 38, of 1607 Kearney street north- east. Lewis is being held pending the | | outcome of Newell's injuries. The shooting occurred, police say, when Newell, accompanied by Miss | Elizabeth Thorn, 22, emerged from the | girl's residence, at 3310 Twentieta street northeast, to take her to a neigh- Gun Found in Bushes. The gun was recovered this morning | by Detective Charles A. Berry of No. 5 precinct from bushes alongside the Ed- monston road near Bowle, Md. Lewis, COLLADAY URGES INGREASE OF THIRD IN GIFTS T0 CHEST Speakers’ Group Discusses Plans for Record Series of Talks at Luncheon. 76 NEW SPECH{L GIFTS MAKE TOTAL $563,980 Many Donations Higher Than Those Given Last Year Reported by Division Captains. Plans for the most far reaching and organized series of talks in the of the Community Chest were outiined today at the luncheon of the | speakers’ unit in the Raleigh Hotel Edward F. Colladay, general campaign chairman, urged increases of a third or more over last year in individual gifts due to the tremendous financial burden piled on the shoulders of Chest agencies by unemployment. speakers included Joseph D. Kaufman chairman of the speakers unit; Thomas E. Campbell, chairman of the govern- mental unit; Clarence A. Aspinwall, chairman of the special gift unit, and politan unit 76 New Pledges Total §103,785 Countless increased donations were reported yesterday at a meeting of he special gifts unit. Captains an- nounced 76 new pledges for a total of $103,785, which raised the group's ag- gregate collection to $563,980 Outstanding pledges included a dona- tion of $40,000 by The Evening Star, or $10,000 more than last year, and $6,000 by the Palais Royal, as compared with $4,500 last year. Mrs. Whitman Cross declared unem- | ployment had caused an increase of more than 5,000 in the number of cases handled in 1931, as compared with 1930, by the Instructive Visiting Nurse | Society. one of the Chest agencies. She said the nurses visited 500 homes daily, with each nurse making an average of nine calls. Gifts Show Increases, Among the gifts showing over last year were Chestnut Farms _Dairy, $2,000, up $500; Mrs. Mabel W. Stimson, $500, up $150; A. Fred Jorss, $500, up $100; Chevy Chase Dairy, $1,000, up $250; Mrs. F. E. McCormick-Goodhart, $1,200, up $200; Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar Mur- dock, $600, up $100; James F. Shea, $600, up $100; Mr, and Mrs. William H. White, jr. $1,150, up $150; Frank B. Noyes, $3,500, up $509; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Tumulty, $1,200, up $100; Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Atherton, $900, up $100; Mr. and Mrs. J. A Councilor, $600, up $100; ‘Miss Annie Mav Hegeman, $4.000, up $1,000. Mrs. Zaida Gaff again’ boosted her gift. making her total for 1932 $1,000, or $400 more than last year. increases Other | H. L. Rust, jr., chairman of the metro- | School Pupils Furnish Own Library [ | | | | | | B some time. | the room. filled with flowers and plants. in the school into a cozy, inviting library and study. TAKOMA STUDENTS PAINT CHAIRS AND HANG CURTAINS. OYS and girls of the fifth and sixth grades of the Takoma Park Public School have transformed a shabby old room | d Miss Elizabeth O'Hara, principal of the schcol, encouraged | the children in their desire to make something livable out of the first vacant room the school has had in “We had several pieces of old furniture which had been condemned,” the principal explained. “Several boys of the fifth and sixth grades sandpapered the chairs and tables to the natural wood. Then they put a coating of fiiler over them, finishing with three coats of varnish.” Having made the old furniture look like new, the children wanted to try their hands at really new pieces. An un- painted table and six chairs were purchased and turned over to the boys to work on. bing, varnishing and waxing, until now they have the appearance of fine mahogany, adding greatly to the attractiveness of These also were treated to rub- ; ‘Woodwork and walls of the room also were given a renovation and painted by the boys in tones of orange and tan. | Bookcases were varnished and in them were arranged the books contributed by the Parent-Teacher Association. ~ The boys' work finished, girls of the sixth grade were given a share in the remodeling of the room. Under the direc- tion of one of the parents, several girls made attractive orange curtains, and in the window recesses placed painted pots Now, not only do boys and girls of the school enjoy the coziness of their remodeled room, but teachers hold con- feyences there and music classes are taken to the library to hear records played on the Victrola which has been placed there to give to the youngsters an appreciation of good music. REATER CAPITAL WORKERS REPORT Curtis Hodges Tells Commit- tee Conventions Will Bring $7,000,000. The Executive Committee of the | | Greater National Capital Committee at Horse Traffic Light Installed in Park To Protect Riders A traffic light for horses is the latest installation of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. One is being erected at Pierce Mill Tea House and Tilden street to permit riders to cross on the Rock Creek Park bridle path at that point in safety. Vehicular traffic, passing through between Park road and Tilden street is so heavy that riders have com- plained ‘they are unable to cross the road without danger of being run down. The new light will operate on a BRONN AMALVZES * BRUTALTY GASES |Report Asks One Be Dropped and Others Studied by Bride for Decision. | Inspector E. W. Brown, acting super- | intendent of police, returned to the Dis- | trict Commissioners today eight alleged COVERNMIENT ENDS EVIDENCE IN TRAL OF THO POLICEMEN Mother of Boy Alleged to Have Been Beaten Tells of His Condition. PRESIDENT OF TAXICAB CONCERN ALSO TESTIFIES Witness Says Policeman Struck Youths While Quizzing Them About Thefts. With the testimony of two additional witnesses today, the Government con- cluded presentation of its case against Policemen Charles E. Bremmerman and Hollis H. Clark, suspended members of the second precinct. The policemen are on trial before a jury in the Dis- trict Supreme Court, charged with re- peatedly assaulting a 17-year-old col- ored prisoner, Thomas McKeever Wil- liams. For more than five court days, Gov- ernment attorneys have piled a mass of corroborated testimony against the twe policgmen. A wooden stick, a police- man’s billy, a blackjack and fists were employed, according to the testimony. to procure from the boys confessions of petty thievery and housebreaking. Say They Were Approached. Come of the witnesses testified the two policemen approached them, when it was learned they were to go before Department of Justice agents investi- gating third degree methods, and either warned them not to testify or tried to find out what they had toid the agents 3bout the scenes n the locker room last The last of the 15 witnesses called by the Government today was Mary Williams, mother of the Government's complaining witness, who described the boy’s condition after his alleged beat- ings. Throughout the trial evidence had been brought out to show that Williams* shirt had blood spots on it, caused from blows on his head. The Government did rot put the shirt in evidence, but Defense Attorney Willlam A. O'Shea asked that it be produced. Fail to Find Blood Spots. i Willlam'’s shirt, when examined, was favorable to the defense. No blood spots were visible, although the boy’s mother said she had tried to wash out the spots but couldn’t. When the court resumed this after- noon the defense was prepared to put on a number of character witnesses to testify in behalf of the two accused officers. David E. Beaver, colored, operator of a fleet of 185 taxicabs, testified an hour and a half. His testimony was directed mainly against Policeman Bremmermann. He said he was in the locker room about Jhalf an hour last Summer, sustained a blow in the ribs himself and testi- fied to seeing one of the boys fall over. put new equipment on the streets, but s betos hentinglip ew ok B Region 5 Organized. a meeting in the Occidental Hotel today p | Berry said, dccompanied him to the ¥ b | & photo-ele€tric - cell. When the e . et I do not yet know what kind.” The company is a jelaware corpora- tion, operating Yellow cabs and Black | & White cabs in the District. REFUSES ERECTION | OF TOURIST BOOTH Alexandria Council Denies Board of Trade Request on Com- plaints. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 19.— Request of the Greater National Cap- ital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade for permission to rs-l tablish a tourist information booth on | North Washington street to direct tour- ists visiting Alexandria and Washing- ton during the Bicentennial celebration has been denied by the Alexandria City Council, following complaints of ' residents on the street Mayor Edmund F. Ticer said that because of the opposition that has de- veloped to the establishment of the | booth here City Council has decided to | withhold permission for . its erection on North Washington street as well as | anywhere else within the city | Before opposition to the booth had been advanced, Cotmcil, at its meeting | two weeks ago, intimated to members | of the committee of the Washington | Board of Trade present that permission | would be given for the booth’s erection | on the northeast corner of the 600 block North Washington street. The committee's request for a site in the| middle of this block was denied at that ; time. | The information booth here was to | take the place of the one now located | at Hybla Valley, which will be thrown | out of the direct line of north-south traffic by the cut-off to be built from | the Richmond-Washington highway to | the Mount Vernon Boulevard KIWANIS CLUB PRAISED BY MOTHER OF CRIPPLE| Booklet Tells How She Cxeduedi Organizaticn “Making My Little Girl Able to Walk.” for How a mother appeared at a recent meeting of the Parent-Teacher Associa- tion of the Weightman School for Crip- pled Children and gave the Kiwanis Club of Washington credit for “making my little girl able to walk” was told today. The story was told in a “History of the Orthopedic and Welfare Work of the Washington Kiwanis Club," written by Harry G. Kimball “The girl” according ment. stood straight cn at her mothers side and hadn't been for Kiwanis, stand up as I do now Before being operated on by Dr. Cus- tis Lee Hall, Kiwanis orthopedic sur- geon, the girl “necessarily her hands and feet, like an animal.” it was said. The booklet described many similar cases D. C. RESERVES ELECT to the state- her crutches said, “If it 1 couldn't M. Kenyon Will Head Of- ficers’ Associaticn. | one Green's hand. Green's skin is copper- | 5 feet, 5 inches tal question the man. “The man arrested at Bay Shore an- swers Crawford's description very well,” said Sheriff Adrian. “His dress is sim flar to that worn by Crawford when he was last seen. “However, 1 shall await a check on the finegprints before sending to Bay Shore to make a positive identifica- tion. It locks like the man, though, and is at least closer than we have come yet to getting the murderer of Mrs. Tisley.” With nearly a week gone by since the double murder of Mrs. Iisiey and her maid in the former's cottage on her Colonial manor estate in Middle- burg last Wednesday morning, Virginia authorities have exhausted every lead in attempting to track down the slayers —pelieved by police to be Crawford and another younger colored man. Au- thorities of Loudoun County virtually have covered the State of Virginia in | their search for the murderers and are now marking time, developments or clues to the where- abouts of the two men. SUSPECT IS ARRESTED. Man Held on Long Island Tallies With Killer's Description. Special Dispatch to The Star. BAY SHORE, Long Island, January —Arrested here yesterday as a sus- n connection with the murder of Agnes Boeing Ilsley, prominent Va., and her maid, Mina Buckner, a colored man answering the description of George Crawford, alleged murderer, told police today his name was William Green. The man said he vicinity for years, but had been away for the past six weeks. Questioned a to his whereabouts, he told authorities he had been in Kentucky, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh. He denied having been in Virginia. Police said Green's description and that of Crawford, alleged bootjack wicld- er in the twin murder, tally closely Crawford is said to have a scar above thumb. A scar was found on 19 pect 1 Mrs, sportswoman of Middleburg, had lived in this colored. the same hue of the alleged murderer. But police said today Green is about 11, whereas the height of Crawford, as filed in the Virginia State Penitentiary at Richmond, is only 4 feet, 113 inches Sentenced to 30 days for vagrancy, Green was fingerprinted and after a classification of the prints, copies will be sent to Loudoun County authorities | for comparison with those of Crawford. Man Is Released. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 19—A colored man, picked up by detectives as a possi Lle suspect in the slayings of Mrs. Agnes | Boeing Iisley and her maid in Middle- burg, Va., was freed of suspicion in the case tonight when arraigned in Night Ceurt Baltimore He wa, D.tectives charged with vagrancy said fingerprint here. He received a suspended sen- tence. At that time he said he was 19 years old. The man sought for the slayings, George Crawford, former convict, is 35, according to records on file at Rich- mond, Va Officers elected at a meeting of the Reserve Officers Association of the Dis- trict of Columbia last night in the Cairo Hotel are: Col. J. Miller Kenyon president; Lieut. Col. Thomas H. Shan- ton, first’ vice president; Capt. Arthur C. ‘Adair, vice president, and es, treasurer. The BREAKS ANKLE IN CRASH Kermit Sidel, 22, of 3400 Morrison street received & fractured ankle when his motor cycle and an automobile op- | spot and showed where he had thrown| | the gun after the shooting. awaiting further | The man gave his name as Ernest Wolcott, 27, and said he had no home and had never been farther South than records walked on | showed that in 1923 Wolcott was ar- rested and convicted of petit larceny | The two men, police say, became In- | volved in an argument in a drug store | at Rhode Island avenue and Twentieth street northeast. Newell is alleged ta have taken exception to a remark made | by Lewis about a passing woman. Blows were exchanged and during the altercation Lewis is said to have struck Newell with his cane, which he finally broke across the younger man's shoulders. Blows Are Exchanged. After the two were separated, Newell | walked the few blocks to Miss Thorn's residence, while the older man, accord- ing to Berry, hurried home after his | | revolver. He returned just as Newell | | was leaving Miss Thorn. i The men are said to have exchanged | blows and grappled before the shot was fired. Newell was felled by the bullet and was treated by Dr. Rush W. Conk- lin of 3100 Twentieth street northeast Pf!ol‘? being removed to Sibley Hospital in a patrol wagon from No. 5 precinct. Telephones Police. Meanwhile, Lewis had driven off in his automobile. He telephoned the po- lice, however, shortly after midnight, Berry said, and promised to give him- | self up. Lewis later surrendered at the ggencmct and was held for investiga- He explained he drove into nearb; Maryland to hide the gun, but later re}: | considered, Berry said. Police so far | have been unable to obtain a state- | ment from Newell because of the seri- |ousness of his injury. Doctors said, however, he probably” would recover. | _ Lewis admitted he knew Miss Thorn, Berry said, but denied jealousy had ‘E:;n“ };;sann::tlxw }:::l shooting Newell | Lewis utomobile bepdp el trimmer. Neither MAPES WILL GIVE TALK ON FISCAL RELATIONS Legislator to Address University of Michigan Club Banquet | | Saturday. | Representative carl g Mapes Michigan, chairman of st Fiscal Committee, willdisois ~Biss | Relations Between the District and | Federal Governments” in an address before the annual banquet of the Uni- versity of Michigan Club of Washington at the Mayflower Hotel Saturday Other_speakers at the dinner will be | Dean Christian Gauss of Princetcn | University, who will talk on -Unders graduates Under Depression,” and Maj Gen. James E. Fechet, U. S, A retired, who will discuss “National Defense.” Mark Foote, president of wil act as toastmaster, e chiiintl WILL HONOR BURNS | Honoring the birthday Bu_x‘ns‘ Scotland’s poet "lh:! Sg)l').kt)l(;rl': iSaml Andrew’s Soclety of Washington will hold its sevent -Seventh annual dinner at the Lee House on January 25, |it was announced today by Robert W. | Bruce, president of the society. Speakers for the occasion will include Senator Cameron Morrison of North Carolina, Surg. Gen. Robert U. patter- son of the Army and Douglass Burrett of the Saint Andrew's Society of Balti- more. The program will feature Scot. of + Academy in erated by Police Sergt. Cyrus E. Perry, 411 Pessenden street, collided yesterday at the intersection of Connecticut ave- nue and Fessonden street. Sidel 1es treated fi Emergen- Hospital, tish songs by Andrew Patters, M. Bowle and Marie Shermier B and Scottish dances by Miss Christine C:]:lnpl;el]llv Ge%rxe Mann of Baltimore will deliver Burns' “Add Haggls." ress to a Deaths Charles C. Evan: Nellie £ _Smith. Pritz C. Sara K Reported. 80. 736 4th st se 0. Providence 4355 Gragy ya ootk 6).2210 Pa. ‘ave, 1cv Hospital G laren's Hospital 9 “dme . Trecamen's Hospita T Maj. Campbell C. Johnson, secretary, | announced organization of Region 5 cf the Metropolitan Unit has virtually been completed under the direction of Dr. Kelly Miller of Howard University, chairman. This section will embrace practically the entire colored pop: tion of Washington. The region is constituted as follow Division 31—George Wiggins, chair- man; Miss Marion Conover, secretary; Mrs. Lydia Freeman, Mrs. Blanche Hudson and Mrs. Sarah Gray, captains. Division 32—Mrs. Elnathan Early, chalrman; Lee W. Johnson, secretary; Mrs. Thelma Stafford, Mrs. Beatrice Linsey, Mrs. Ethel M. Seaton, Mrs. M. K. Simpkins and Mrs. P. C. Getts, cap- tains. Division 33—Maj. H. O. Atwood, chair- man; Mrs. L. N. Caloway, secretar Mrs. Alice Harris, Mrs. Esther Jones, R. W. Harris, M Inez Pearson, Mrs. Emily Jennifer Jones, Mrs. Jennie Brown Lee, Mrs. Martha Hatcher, Le- Roy Johnson, Boynton Dodson and Rev. J. L. S. Holloman, captains. Division 34—Charles Pryon chair- man; Miss Sara Magowan, secretary Division 36—F. C. Johnson, chair- man; Miss Irene Ruff, secretary; R. H. Ashton, W. B. Hall and Richard Jenni- fer, captains Division 37—Rev. G. W. Coleman, chairman; Robert McGraw, secretary. Division 38—Rev. William L. Wash- ington, chairman; Mrs. Alma J. Scott, secretary; Mrs. Janie Epps. Mrs. Ella Perry and Rev. B. H. Whiting, cap- tains. Division 39—Mrs. Tda Plummer Lis- ton, chairman: Arthur A. Green, secre- tary; Mrs. Emma Chaplain Brewer, Mrs. Ella Gibson, and Mrs. Katie P. Oscar, captains. WAR DEPARTMENT CHIEF OF IDENTIFICATION DIES A. I Daugherty, 61, of 2229 First street, chief of the identification sec- t:on, War Department, died this morn- ing at Sibley Hospital. He had been ill_since December 17 Mr. Daugherty's section at the War Department is said to have been one of of the most complete fingerprint identi- fication systems to be found anywhere. A native of Crisfield, Md, Mr. Daugherty served in the Maryland Legislature two terms from Somerscl County before coming to Washington in 1897. He has been connected with the identification office since coming here. was a member of Masonic bodies at Crisfield and in the Capital. He is survived by his widow and a son, Wal- ter Emory Daugherty of Washington Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Armistead C. Rogers, formerly a res- ident of Washington, died Saturday in Long Island. N. Y. hospital, accord- alg logword received here. He was for- merly a lieutenant in the United States Navy, resigning in 1920. Since his e ignation he had been connected with & New York brokerage firm. Mr. Rogers was born June 1, 1893, in Nashville, Tenn., and entered the Naval 1911, receiving his (‘(;m~ ission as ensign in 1916. Late thal ar ne was assigned to the U. S Utah and during the war he was with destroyers stationed at Queenstown, d Irel-lln(!"] was the son of Rear Admiral Charles C Rogers, U. S. N. VERMONTERS PLAN DANCE OGERS DIES tate Society will hunm; Y members of its congressiona e T reception_and dance at the Washington Club, Seventeenth and K streets, Friday night The guests of Lonor will be Senator and Mrs. ‘Warren R. Austin and Representative and Mrs. John E. Weoks. ¥The reception will be- gin at 8:30 o'clock. The Vermont Sf 1 hefore Congress to urge an amendment | | heard reports submitted by Curtis| Hodges, director, bearing on activities of | this department of the Washington | Board of Trade for the first six months | of its existence. ! A. C. Case, chairman of the Greater | National Capital Committee, presided. | | Hodges reported that a total of 200 | conventions will be held in the Capital during the current year, which are ex- | pected to bring $7,000,000 to the city. | | The committee contracted all of these | groups, supplying prospectusses and material about the city, and of the total | 43 were obtained on the initiative of | the Greater National Capital Commit- | tee, Hodges said. | | Reporting on the activities of the | four tourist booths established by the | committee at strategic points on the main roads leading to the Capital, | | Hodges said a total of 3,241 hotel reser- | vations had been made through these | units, while information was supplied to 18,594 tourists. ‘ The booths are on the Rockville pike, | Washington-Baltimore Boulevard near | Laurel. on route No. 1 at Hybla Valley | and at Union Station. “HOMESICK" ON TRIP, DECLARES GLASSFORD Anxious to Return to Direct Police Activities, He Says in Letter. Away less ghan a week, Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, superintendent of police, already is “homesick” and anxious to return to Washington to direct the activities of the Police De- partment This, in substance, is what Gen. Glassford told Inspector E. W. Brown, | acting superintendent, in a letter which reached police headquarters today— the first report from the police super- intendent since he left Washington for a rest in the South: En route to Aiken, S.C., where he ex- | pects to_spend about a week, Gen.Glass- ford said he visited Fort Bragg, N. C.. | and remained there several days. While at Fort Bragg he procured coples of the Washington newspapers and read for the first time of the robbery of the branch of the Washington Mechanics’ Savings Bank at Ninth and East Cap- | itol streets. “Too bad,” as Gen. Glassford’s only commgnt on the bank hold-up. Gen. Glassford told Inspector Brown he had been unable to shake off the heavy cold which caused him to go South, and_would return to Washington as soon as his condition improved. “EQUAL RIGHTS” FIGHT T0 GO TO CONGRESS Women- Say Amendment Is Only Way by Which They Can Obtain Objective. The National Woman's Party will go to the Constitution to give ‘“equal rights” to women as the only way in which the women of the United States can obtain that objective. Instances of methods “tried and found wanting” in obtaining such equal rights were cited at a meeting yesterday of the council. These in- cluded what was described as “the Nation-wide attempts to force women out of industry during the present period of depression.” Complaining of the slowness of gains in State Legislatures and that “sex dis- crimination can and will b» written into new laws,” the statement resolved for concentration upon an “equal rights” amendment In the present ses- sion of Congress. a photo-electric ray is broken by the passage of & horse, the traffic light will automatically change to enable the rider to pass. Except when riders are on the bridle path, the light will remain green for automobile traffic. CORONER PROBES DEATHS FROM GAS Haidinger Is Called Suicide. McGlynn Held Victim of Accident. A certificate of suicide was issued by the District coroner today in the death yesterday by illuminating gas of Frank Raymond Haidinger, 35, at his resi- dence in a rooming house, at 211%% Pennsylvania avenue. A certificate of accidental death was issued In the case of Michael McGlynn, 40, of 226 Massa- chusetts avenue, who also died yester- day from gas. William J. Dixon, 32, of 1465 Colum- bia road, a third man overcome by gas yesterday, was revived at Casualty Hos- | pital, and it was thought today he had a fair chance to recover. Haidinger’s body was discovered swathed in blankefs and a tube from a gas jet was run under the edge of the blankets near his head. He left a note saying he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haidinger, but did not | give their address. In another note he said his nearest relatives were Judge Albert Haidinger of Bogoda, N. J., and William M. Haldinger of Clifton, N. J., but did not mention the relationship. In connection with the certificate of accidental death of McGlynn, it was ex- plained that a pan of water on a steve had apparently boiled over and put out the flame on a gas jet, from which the gas escaped causing McGlynn's death. His body was found by his landlady when she entered the room With a pass key, after failing to see him during the day. Police were trying early today to com- municate with relatives of the two dead men. Their bodies were being held at the District morgue. | police brutality cases, remnants of the | exhaustive Department of Justice third- | degree investigation last Fall. Twelve | policemen are involved in these cases. ‘The report of Inspector Brown did not contain any specific recommenda- tions,, but analyzed each of the eight cases and suggested that the majority of them be referred to the corporation counsel’s office to determine whether charges should be preferred against the policemen for disciplinary action by the Police Trial Board. Inspector Brown however, urged that one case be dropped. Culled From 56 Cases. Conflicting testimony in many of the cases raised the question, in Inspector | Brown'’s opinion, as to the credibility of | the witnesses. This he wants the cor- poration counsel’s office to establish be- fore proceeding with disposition of the | cases. The eight alleged brutality cases | | were culled from 56 the Department of | Justice did not present to the grand | jury because it believed they were in | the non-indictable class. Instead, the Department referred them to the Dis- | trict Commissioners, on the theory that | perhaps _ disciplinary action could be | taken against the men involved. Action Follows Conference. The Commissioners, in turn, sent the records in each of the 56 cases to Corporation Counsel William W. Bride for examination and report. Many of them were automatically dropped be- cause the statute of limitations had run out, and others were cast aside be- cause the officers named were among the 18 indicted by the grand jury. | Brig. Gen. Pelnam D. Glassford, | superintendent of police, made a per- sonal study of the records in each of the eight remaining cases before he left Washington for a vacation in the South, but left final disposition to his executive staff. Inspector Brown's re- port was drawn up following a confer- ence of the executive officers, at which | the cases were discussed in detail. FAKE $10 BILLS BARED ‘Secret Service Chief Warns Pub- lic to Be on Guard. Warning against a “dangerous coun- | teffeit” $10 Federal Reserve note has | been sent out by Chief W. H. Moran | of the Secret Service. The bill is on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and carries these insignia: “Series of 1928 A; check letter ‘C’; face plate No. | 27; back plate number missing; W. O. | Wcods, Treasurer of the United States; | A. W. Melloa, Secretary of the Treasury: | portrait of Hamilton.” | | SAILOR, WHO BRAVED DEATH IN “LUNG” TO BE DECORATED Navy Hero, Unable to Swim, Played Dangerous Role in Perfecting Rescue Device. Although unable to swim, Chief Boatswein's Mate Roy Harrison Syphax repeatedly risked his life in further- ing tests of the “lung,” submarine es- cape device. In recognition of his ‘“extraordinary coolness and courage” in facing dangers “far beyond the call of duty,” Syphax. a member of the Naval Reserve, will be awarded a Nevy Cross Monday night at 8 o'clock at the Washington Navy Yard, it was announced today. The presentation will be made by Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler, com- meandant of the Navy Yard, in the name of the President. An inspection of the 1st Battalion will precede the ceremony. The citation, signed by Secretary Adams, follows: “For distinguished service in the line of his professfon in connection with the pre stages of developmept and testing of the submarine escape device known as the ‘lung’ With the final aparatus he made many test escapes. “Due to Syphax not being able t | swim, he was used to test apparat from this point of view—as a no» swimmer. All the tests with prelim inary design and with final apparatus | required extraordinary coolness and courage, necessitating assumption of | risks far beyond the call in line of duty. | The hazards were eagerly accepted by | Syphax to the furtherance of this de- velopment, and his work in this connec- tion contributed greatly to the final per- fection of the apparatus.” Lieut. C. B. Momsen, Chief Gunner C. B. Tibbals and Frank Hobson, civil- ian engineer of the Bureau of Con- struction and Repalir, co-inventors of the “lung,” received recognition several years ago. this occasion, he said, Clark taking no part in the beatings. Had Reported Thefts. Some_time before these events took place Beaver had reported the theft of accessories from his place of busi- ness. He also claimed Bremmermann had beaten up two of his taxicab drivers, but defense attorneys succeeded \filnblrflnl further testimony. along this e. v - He had received a telephone call from Bremmermann ordering him to come to the station house, where some stolen property was at hand. He said he sup- posed Bremmermann was 701113 to lock him up, although the policeman “had nothing on_him.” Meeting Bremmermann at the station house, Beaver testified the policeman swore at him, shoved him through a door into the locker room and struck him. in the side with his fist. Beaver was not charged with any offense and Bremmermann told him, he said, that no charges were to be preferred against him. The witness said that Williams and six or seven other boys were lined up against the wall on their toes with arms extended above their heads. Their shirts and faces were wet with per- spiration, he said, and they were crying Toudly. ; A policeman named Sheetz, on whose beat Beaver’s place of business is lo- cated, came into the room while Brem- mermann was directing the gymnastic cxercises. According to Beaver's testi- mony, Bremmermann told him to “get the hell out,” adding that he ‘“be- longed vwhere the birds are flying around.” On 2 second occasion, Sheetz returned, the witness said, and told Bremmermann he “had him wrong,” ! but -Bremmermann again ordered him from the room. After being struck in the side by Bremmermann, Beaver said he had complained of feeling sick. Bremmer- mann told him, he said, he could dle for all he cared. Never Convicted, He Says. Defense Attorney John Burnett asked the witness if it were not a fact that he had a lot of trouble with police. He began reading various charges from & slip of paper, Beaver maintaining stout- ly “he had never been convicted of anything.” One of the charges ap- parently had been preferred by the witness’ wife, for Beaver explained that “a man might slap his wife sometime.” The defense attorney then brought out that the District attorney’s office had filed information against Beaver, charging he had ‘“come out into the opga” with a pistol which he had mn- tefled to use. Government Counsel Willlam A, Gallagher succeeded in bringing to the attention of the jury the fact that four men had broken into Beaver's place of business when he was shut off by objections from counsel. Justice F. D. Letts sustained the de- fense in refusing to let Beaver explain the situation. The defense tried to get Beaver to admit “he had arranged with Officer Sheetz to go to the station house to intercede for him with Bremmermaun, This the witness denied. When he could not spell the name of one of the taxicab drivers whom he alleged Brem- mermann had beaten up, Burnett said: “You're the president of a taxicab com- pany and can't read or write.” “Oh, a little bit,” Beaver replied with onc of his expansive smiles, “but that don't keep me from being president.” Under further cross-examination Bea- ver said he had prevented one of his drivers from going to the station house t> prefer charges against Bremmer- mann. He added the man even wanted to place his grievances “before the Presi- dent of the United States.” Beaver gave as his reason, that he didn’t think the man would get anywhere. —_—— Two Slain in Mine Riot. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, January 19 (#).—Two miners were killed and three wounded in riots near Decpotovac when cwners of a coal mine insisted on pay- ing wages in trade checks good only in the company’s own stores. Y A