Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1932, Page 17

T Washington News The WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1932. POSTAL ENPLOYES FACENEW HARDSHP IN MCARL RULING Increased Administrative Cost or Unequal Pay Loss Alternatives. FURLOUGH IS POSSIBLE ONLY IN SLACK PERIODS Substitutes Must Be Added to Force in Times of “Peak Load” at Easter and Christmas. Controller General McCarl's ruling on the furlough plan, which requires} wage deductions to be made at the | time Government employes are on| leave, has created a situation in the Post Office Department field service. which is due either to boost adminis- trative costs several million dollars or force the workers to lose pay & appre- ciable amounts in a few months in- stead of having the cut distributed evenly through the year. The problem arises because of theI fact that the Department has two periods yearly when it carries a “peak” load—one around Easter, which runs! about a month. and the other. at the | Christmas holidays, starting the middle | of November and winding up at the; end of January. g At these times it is not feasible to; furlough clerks and carriers, in fact, it | is customary to hire thousands of sub- gtitutes for the Christmas rush. Two Alternatives. In comsequence, it was said this| morning the department must either furlough the workers for several days at a time in the slack periods and de- duct pay accordingly, which is viewed | as a hardship on those affected, or ! if the furloughs are spread, must use | substitutes more extensively. and thus incur an expense that should be un- necessary. | Another element enters here, too, it was sald, as it is not certain how much | of the postal appropriation would be | available for substitutes, this depending on whether the controller impounds the entire anount saved under the fur- Joughs, or only that diff~rence between the pay a regular worker would draw and th> amount received by his sub- gtitute, which is about one-fourth less The Post Office Department had hoped to make a flat pay deduction of two and one-half days a month from cach pay envelope, and then furlough workers as desired. Such an ar- cment would have necessitated ex-| iture of $5,121,000 for substitute and carriers, bringing the De- | nent’s net saving under the econ- bill to $35,677.000. is saving is still possible, but it was pointed out, for example, that a five-day furlough for which a deduc- tion of six and one-quarter days pay | i I ( the | must be made, wculd slash more than | 20 per cent from an_employe’s salary at one time. The other alternative is to boost the substitute cost. Previous Orders Issued. In an effort to take up as much of the furlough as possible during the dull season, the department, before the Mc- Carl ruling, had issued instructions for post office and railway mail employes to bte held out of service for not to exceed five days this month. Postmaster General Brown discussed the matter with President Hoover to- day. He is hopeful of working out a satisfactory solution. Tt was also pointed cut today that while the Government is against loss, by requiring pay deduc- tions at the time of leave, those em- ployes who see fit to accumulate leave by working on “payless days” would be out of luck if they were separated from the service before taking this leave— for instance, by death. In such event the opinion was expressed that survi ors would have to sue the Government to collect. Meanwhile the eyes of the Govern- ment workers are directed toward the White House, where President Hoover has the recommendation from the Council of Personnel Administration that the five-day week be invoked where feasible in administering the fur- lough. An order covering this is expected this week. RED CROSS OPENS SWIMMING LESSONS Confidence and Froper Breathing Are Impressed on Reader- Pupils. The first swimming lesson for be- ginners—confidence and proper breath- ing—was described today by Wilbert E. Longfellow, assistant director of life saving, American Red Cross, in a state- ment marking the opening of “National Learn to Swim week.” Introducing his reader-pupils to the water, Mr. Longfellow said that the fear of the novice vanishes when he Jearns the natural laws of swimming. He cautioned them, however, against the danger which lurks even for experts when swimming alone, and advised the pupils to form friendly pairs or circles. While standing in the water, the be- ginners were told to hold their breath, put their faces uncer and open their eves naturally. “Look about.” MTr. Longfellow said, “and you will be sur- prised _how much you can see under water.” With regard to breathing. Mr. Long- fellow said to inhale entirely through the mouth, discharging the breath through the nose. He advised his pupils to practice this manner of breathing, which guards against stran- gling, and to remember they must time this breathing with the swimming strokes, which he would describe in subsequent lessons. “Do not be disappointed,” Mr. Long- fellow said. “that we have not tiken up stroke today. We are acquiring confi- dence, which is 99 parts of swimming, and breathing, which is the remaining 1 per cent. Stroke will come along in & later lesson.” BOY KILLE.D BY AUTO An inquest was being held at the Dis- trict Morgue today into the death yes- terday in Freedmen’s Hospital of Mel- vin Brown, 8-year-old colored boy, fatally injured when knocked down by an automobile at Tenth and O streets Saturday night. Malcolm L. Johns, 20, of the 1400 biock of Eleventh street, who, police say, was driving the car which struck the boy, was released in custody of his attorney pending the inquest. The dead boy resided in the 900 block of O sureet. protected | | jured in the crash and six others were | Goes to Reno Mrs. Rheem Seeks Divorce. Amiable” MRS. EDMUND D. RHEEM. Just one year after her husband's commitment to Lorton Reformatory for a seven-year term, Mrs. Edmund D. Rheem, the former Alice Wardman, yesterday left Washington for Reno, Nev., to get a divorce. Mrs. Rheem, according to her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wardman, is seeking an “amiable” divorce from her husband. Rheem is serving sentence on his plea of guilty to a charge of “conceal- ment of writings” of the now defunct Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co., of which he was head at the time of its | bankruptcy. , When her husband went to jail Mrs. Rheem opened a gown shop on Con- necticut avenue. She still operates the shop. TWO ARE DROWNED IN ANNE ARUNDEL Death of Glen Burnie Woman Brings Week End Fatality Toll to Three Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 11.—Two persons were drowned and another was killed in an automobile accident in Anne Arundel County over the past week end. Those drowning were Dudley Lovely, 30, of Middletown, Ohio, who late yes= terday stepped into a hole at Idlewilde, West River, and Willlam Lawrence Harrison, 2, son of Patrolman Edward |H Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department, who stepped into & hole | at Mayo. | Lovely was Irene Mattlack of 138 Bryant street, { Washington, when he disappeared. | His body was located by grappling hooks. | He was beyond first aid given by | members of the West Annapolis Fire | Department | Young Harrison got away ifriends who were watching him. | Mrs. Lena Wright, 44, of Glen Burnie | was killed on the Annapolis-Baitimore | boulevard when the machine in which | she and several others were riding col- {lided with a bus driven by James | Spivey of Norfolk. Mrs. Addie Wright, 74, of Glen Burnie was seriou: from | badly bruised and cut. The bus driver is being held by State police for in- vestigation. RULES ON GAS RATE PLEA Commission Postpones Publication of Decision to Wednesday. The Public Utilities Commission to- day decided on a ruling on the peti- sociations and People’s Counsel Rich- mond B. Keech for a reduction in gas rates, but withheld publication of the ruling until Wednesday. claimed that the Washington Gas Light Co. has been making a return of 13 per cent on its valuation and demanded the reduction for this reascn. How, the commission will rule could learned. | e Boy Rescued by Cousin. LYNCHBURG, Va, July 11 (Spe- | cial) —Randolph Ricketts, 7. fell into the James River Friday afternoon at the camp of C. L. Ricketts and was drowning when he was rescued by his 10-year-old cousin. Charles Ricketts, an expert swimmer. The child fell from a spring board and Charles plunged in | after him without removing his clothing. swimming with Miss | tions ot the Federation of Citizens' As- | The petitions | not!’ be | VIRGINIANS OPPOSE | USE OF MT. VERNON ROAD FOR BUSSES Residents of Arlington and Fairfax Plan Fight Before Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. OTHER FACILITIES HELD AMPLE BY OPPONENTS | Arlington C. of C. Head Declares Boulevard Should Be Kept for Pleasure-Seeking Public. Vigorous opposition to the proposal that the Mount Vernon Memorial High-} way be turned over to the indiscriminate use of bus companies for regularly | scheduled bus lines was developing all | | along the route traversed by the high- | way today. Civic leaders and public officials of Arlington and Fairfax counties and of | | the City of Alexandria were marshalling their forces to combat the proposal when it comes before Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, at a public hearing Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. | Agreement Is Unanimous. Unanimous egreement that the stately | gateway to the shrine of the Nation, the tomb of Washington at Mount | Vernon, should not be made a boulevard | for commuter traffic, and that there are ample highway facilities for this traffic without the use of this broad, beau- tifully landscaped pleasure road was found among the Virginians. Louis Carl, president of the Arling- ton County Chamber of Commerce, to- | day declared he personally would attend | the hearing and oppose any proposal to open the road to regularly scheduled |bus traffic. He said he is seeking a similar expression from the entire board | of directors of the chamber. Senti- ment, he said, is in favor of retaining the road for pleasure seekers alcne. Opposes “Exploitation.” ‘It is a_pleasure road,” he declared, “and should not be turned over to bus | | interests for exploitation and utilitarian purposes. I will attend the hearing and make that clear.” Likewise, Harry A. Fellows, chairman of the Arlington County Board of Com- missioners, condemned the effort of bus companies to secure permission to make scheduled bus trips along the Memoria! Highway. “I am heartily in favor of keeping the | Mount Vernon Memorial Highway as & park area. The people going to and from Washington and points in Vir- ginia can be carried over other roads | and leave the Memorial Highway to the | enjoyment of the public,” he declared. Mayor Edmund Ticer of Alexandria was of the same opinion. Chambers Plan to Meet. Meanwhile, both the Alexandria_and Fairfax County Chambers of Com- | merce were planning to meet, the for- | mer this afternoon and the latter to- | night, to take action on the question of permitting the busses on the Memo- | rial Highway. | Dan S. Hollenga, secretary of the | Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, | while refusing to commit the board of | his organization to any proposal, said he believed the sentiment among the | Alexandria business men and civic | leaders is against anything that would mar the enjoyment by the public of | tie Memorial Highway, and believed | the chamber would go on record as| opposing the permitting of regularly scheduled bus traffic on the road. | Sentiment among business men in | Fairfax County likewise was reported | | unfayorable to the proposal to allow | bus iines to operate commuter service on the road. Virginians Oppose. W. F. P. Reid, president of the Fair- fax County Board of Supervisors, who also represents the Mount Vernon dis- | trict on the board, declared that “it | would be a shame to commercialize the Memorial Highway,” and that he did not | think it would be advisable to put busses on the Memorial Highway at the expense of the service now being given on Route No. 1, the Richmond-Wash- ington Highway. OIL PACT .PREPARED PARIS, July 11 (#) —British and American delegates attending the Tri- partite Oil Conference are in complete agreement, it was authoritatively | learned tocay, and satisfactory progress has been made in their negotiations | with the large Rumanian companies. Proposals to curtail production re- quire, however, the approval of numer- ous small Rumanian organizations. The British end Americans apparently are disposed to guarantee the future of these smaller companies by purchasing part cf their output. | Reynard Diet Not so Much Bob White as Mice and Rats, | Which Prey on Birds, Is Finding. | An ancient and war-like feud be- | tween quail hunters 2nd fox chasers in Virginia bids fair to approach a peace- ab'e end this scacon, with th> publica- | tion of a special report on the predatoy | habits of foxes prepared by the De- | partment of Agriculture. [ i For vears whenever Virginia sports- { men met to bend the elbow and con- Verse. there was hot argument betwesn the horsemen and those who go afield with guns as to the annual damagc Reynard meted to the quail hunters’ bag. as an angelic beast adorned with a halo as well as the coveted brush, while the gunners acidly describ>d him as a horn- nocent quail. Points in Controversy. Controversy raged, sometimes barely short of fatalities. Restrain the fox, and quail would flourish fat and plenty, the bird hunters said. Eliminate Rey- nard and many of his mortal enemies which feed constantly on quail would prosper, and the bird consequently dis- appear, the huntsmen answered. Furthermore, they contended, the fox seldom eats quail himself. The Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, sensing immi- nent conflict between the infantry and the cavalry of its sporting ranks, step- ped into the breach with a request that the Department of Agriculture conduct a survey to discover reliable facts on ’ 'U. S. REPORT MAY END FEUD OF FOX AND QUAIL HUNTERS The huntsmen pictured their quarry | ed demon wont to feast nightly*on in-| | the habits of the fox and in relation | to” the abundance and longevity of | quail. ' | _ Assisted by the Virginia body. the Biological Survey of the Agriculture Department collected 50 stomachs of foxes killed in the Old Dominion (a few in other Southeastern States) dur- ing the past Winter. Quail Traces Scarce, | Of these. only one contained guilty traces of quail diet. Rabbits were the leading article, comprising 44 per cent of the food material analyzed. Mice and native rats—sometimes as danger- ous to very young birds as any other threat, made up 17 per cent of the whole diet. W. L. McAtee, in charge of the sur- vey's food habits research, says on the basis of the evidence presented in the first tests, “foxes cannot be condemned | for their food habits in Virginia. The | worst that can be said is that an occ: sional marauder may need to be elim- inated. | ,_On the other hand, the report admit- tedly is not complete. The first stage dealt with foxes killed during the Win- ter season. Since that time more than 170 fox stomachs have been sent in | for anaysis, many of them killed during | the nesting season when quail are most open to attack. ‘The first conclusions covered a period when quail are in full strength and difficult to catch. Later reports may | give the fox a record. | from | Carolina, | Hospital. Attacks Bandits ‘WASHINGTONIAN LEADS AGAINST INSURGENTS. LIEUT. MICHAEL M. MAHONEY, U. S. M. Whose home is at 1605 Kearney street northeast, led a detachment of the; Nicaraguan National Guard against some 200 bandits at Guanacastillo, Nicaragua, one day's march from Ocotal, last Thursday. News of the encounter, in which there were no guardia casualties and the bandit casualties are unknown, filtered through from the jungles and | was relayed today to the Nevy Depart- ment by Lieut. Col. Calvin B. Matthews, commanding the Nicaraguan National Guard detachment. The department said the bandit group fled in the direc- | tion of Quilali. ). FEDERAL TAYES BARE AVERAGELOSS Capital and Maryland Totalf Falls From 44 Miliions to 31 in 1932. While the District of Columbia and Maryland followed the general trend | throughout the country of a falling off in taxes paid to the Federal Govern- ment during the last fiscal year, the State of Nevada was the only one of all the States which showed an increase| over the prior fiscal year 1931. ‘Total taxes from this collection dis- trict, including Maryland and this city, | dropped from $44858,402.90 in 1931 to $31,940,729.59 in 1932. Of this, the in- come tax showed a falling off from $41, 17415255 in 1931 to 272,795.18 1932; corporation income taxes dropped $21,193.209 to $15,465583.50. and | individual income taxes from $19.980.- | 943.19 to $13.807,211.68. Miscellaneous taxes from this district in 1932 were | $2,667.934.41. For the whole country, according to the Internal Revenue Bureaus state- ment of Tevenues, there was a net de- cline during the period of al 5 cenf. Receipts of $1.554.233 compared with $2.428,2: cline of $873.995391. combined figure, ada returned $1.-; 346,332 in revenues during the cal year, as compared with $1, an increase of $270 The six districts comprising the State of New York returned more than 25 per cent of 2ll internal revenue during the ! year, their remittances amounting to| $394.627,449. The State paid almost a | third of the corporation taxes, or $205.- | 419,436, as compared with total receipts | of $629,603,704 from this source. Ap- | proximately 33 per cent of all income | taxes was realized from there, namely, ! $143,183,958, as compared with total in- | come tax receipis of $427,275,626. New York dropped far behind North however, in miscellaneous | taxes, the Southern State with its large tobacco factories paying $219.674,749, or approximately 40 per cent of the $497.- 354,033 miscellaneous taxes received by the Government. North Carolina, by virtue of its heavy | miscellaneous remittances, stood second on the State list of revenue producers, | accounting for $231,139,698 during the year. Pennsylvania returnkd $109,394,- 923 from all districts; Illinois, $106,702,~ 753, and Virginia, $99.968,361. The greatest comparative _declines were shown by Arizona and Colorado. The former returned $927331 in the fiscal year 1932, as compared with $2.- 262,620 the year before, and Colorado remitted $5,394.360, as compared with $15.667.230 in 1931. Virginia showed a falling off in re- ceipts from $13,132,299 to $9,099,536. BANDIT VICTIM BEATEN; HOTEL OFFICE ROBBED 754 or a de- As against this; Hold-ups Cccur in Logan Circle and Massachusetts Avenue. Home Looted. One victim was severely beaten by robbers yesterday and another handed over $17 to two hold-up men who in- vaded the Harris Hotel, at 17 Massachu- setts avenue, not far from Union Station. . John Nesbit of the 1700 block of | Eighth street suffered a broken jaw and scalp wounds when he resisted three men who attacked him with blackjacks as he was walking througl Logan Circle about 6 a.m._ yesterday. Nesbit was treated at Freedmen'’s Willlam H. Scott. manager of the Harris Hotel, told police two armed men robbed him of the cash on hand | when they entered thé place shortly before noon. Jewelry and other articles valued at $125 were obtained by burglars who ransacked the home of Emory S. Scott in the 3600 block of Jenifer street. be- tween Saturday and last night, police ! were told. Sheppard Defends His Authorship of 18th Amendment By the Associuteq Press. Senator Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, defended in the Senate teday his right to be called the author of the eighteenth amend- ment. After reading a newspaper ar- ticle saying “It is generally known that Wayne B. Wheeler wrote and handed the eighteenth amend- ment to Sheppard to sign on the dotted line,” Sheppard said: “That is entirely untrue. I wrote and introduced the resolu- tion that became the eighteenth amendment. In doing it, I con- ferred with others in and out of Congress.” D. C. POPULATION INGREASES 6,131 SINCE 1930 GENSUS 493,000 Estimated Living Here First of Month, Bu- reau Report Shows. CAPITAL WILL REACH HALF MILLION IN 1936 Only 914,635 More in Country Than on April 1, 1930—Slow Gain Laid to Alien Drop. ‘The population of the District of Co- lumbia on July 1 was 493,000, an in- | crease of 6,131 since April 1, 1930, when the Federal census was taken, the Com- merce Department’s Bureau of Census estimated today. The bureau said the population here increased 3,000 between July 1, 1930, and July 1, 1931, and 2,000 during the last fiscal year. At the latter rate of growth the popu- lation here should top the 500,000 mark in 1936. As it now stands the city now leads eight States—Arizona, Dela- ware, Idaho, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Vermont and Wyoming— and is less than 1,000 under the popu- lation of Utah. U. S. Gains 914,635, The bureau estimated the total popu- lation of the United States increased only 914,635 during the last fiscal yeer, the lowest rate in more than a decade and 162,778 less than for the 1930 fis- cal year. This was attributed to the big de- cline in immigration figures, which amounted to only 7,086. This figure was 186,392 under the 1930 estimate. The bureau said 2,296,692 births oc- curred throughout the United States during the last year, and deaths amounted to 1,389,143. Births increased only 7,578 over the previous year. while lhgodeath rate was 16,036 less than in 1930. The number of centenarians in the United States is decreasing, according to a comparison of bureau figures for 1930 and 1920. Persons claiming to have passed 100 | years in 1930 totaled 3,964, as compared with 4,267 in 1920, a decrease of 7.1 per cent. Of the 1930 total, 2467 were Negroes, 1,180 whites and 317 of other races. While reporting that only 1.005 l’e-l turned 99 years as their age in 1930, the Census Bureau, with its tongue in its cheek, added: “Because persons of advanced age sometimes knowingly report themselves to the enumerator as older than they | actually are, or, not knowing their true ages, make exaggerated guesses, the re- turns undoubtedly overstate the number of centenarians, particularly in the Negro population. YOUTH FACES JURY ON LIQUOR CHARGE Trenton, N. J., Boy, 18, Arrested in Rock Creek Park With Alcohol, Is Bound Over. Herman Kansas, 18-year-old youth from Trenton, N. J.. who, according to police, was opcrating a truck in which they found 260 gallons of alcohol in Rock Creek Park Saturday night, was bound over to the grand jury under $1,500 bond in Police Court today. The discovery was made by Park Po- liceman W. R. Lutes. As it was a vio- lation of the park regulations for trucks to be on these roads, Lutes halted the truck and demanded to see Kansas's rmit. When the boy answered that e had none he was escorted to the sixth precinct, where Policeman Lutes saw a liquid leaking from the rear of the truck and smelled alcohol. He in- vestigated and discovered 74 five-gallon cans of the contraband loaded in a false bottom. ‘Kansas, who said he had been hired by & man near Baltimore, protested that he was unaware that the vehicle was Joaded with alcohol, and entered a plea of not guilty. He stoutly refused to give police the name of the man who hired him or to tell them his destination in this city. U. S. PURCHASES LAND Property Added to Site for ‘War n&:d Navy Group of Buildings. The Government has purchased more property for the proposed site for the new War and Navy Department group of buildings, in what is known as square 144. bounded by D and E streets and Eighteenth and _Nineteenth streets. This square is only one of the several squares in that neighborhood intended for the new buildings. The lots at 1816 to 1822 E street, and was purchased from Allen, Mitchell & Co, for the sum of $155,000. SPEAKS ON MARRIAGE The Catholic view of marriage was discussed by Mrs. Agnes H. Stewart yesterday at an_open-air ‘meeting of the Catholic Evidence Guild on the campus of Catholic University. The speaker quoted the words of Christ and Biblical teachers in support of the perpetuity ‘of the marriage bond. ‘Another speaker to address the meet- ing was Miss Grace Reardon. Huey Long Studies 'How to Find Out When One is Drunk Settles Question for Sen- até With Couplet Giving Exact Specifications. By the Associated Press. Huey Long gave the Senate some legal advice today on how to determine what constitutes intoxicating liquor. The Louisiana Senator said he had made an _investigation in connection with the Senate’s difficulty in determin- ing what is intoxicating liquor and had settled the question when a human being is intoxicated. He quoted from Mordecai’s law lec- tures from the North Carolina Law Journal the following: “Not drunk is he who from the floor can rise again and drink once more. “But drunk is he who prostrate lies and cannot either drink or zise.” property just bought consists of | Foening Stad Kk PAGE B—1 Mission Corner Stone Laid PARUI_E BUARD B"_I_ INSTITUTION'S NEW HOME UNDER WAY. trustees. HE ccrner stone of the Gospel Misson’s new home at 812 Fifth street was laid yesterday by Mrs. William Buckingham, a member of the board of In the photo, left to right, are: Harvey V. Prentic: tendent; Mrs. Buckingham, Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassf police, and Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, District Commissioner. superin- , chief of —Star Staff Photo. { Before Congress After Data | Are Studied. ‘The report on up-to-date require- | ments for the develop: t of Wash- | ington Channel, asked for by the House | Rivers and Harbors Committee, is ex- | pected to be sent on its way to Maj. | Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army Engi- neers, and Secretary Hurley. in the middle of August. It will be transmitted to Congress, when the new session con- venes in December. Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., district engineer for the| War Department for the Washington area. and his assoclates' are now busily engaged in digesting the data secured at the recent public hearing, tut no conclusions have formulated, as vet. On> of the prime questions to bz de- cided is. who is to pay the cost of the puospective development, that would give Washington modern commercial water front facilities along the channel Maj. Arthur's office is compilinz statis- tics concerning yachts, steamers and other craft frequenting this port, ¢s well as tabu'ating commercizl figures on the | variety of produce brcught into the city by wate:. Plans to Be Studied. Maj. Arthur will study the plans fer- warded to Congress in November, 1929, for the Washington Channel improve- ment, to determine if changes are neces- sary, in view of the altered conditions. The House Rivers and Harbors Commit- tee desires that the 1929 plans be brought up to date. The present plan provides fcr pier and slip development, without railroad connections, and con templates the retention of the Munic pal Fish Market, with the erection of | new structures in keeping with the oth- er structures in the National Capital Head houses and transit sheds would be of brick and tile, with slate rcofs, and of a modified Colonial architecture. A total of six wharves is projected for immediate construction and a portion of the frontage available will be reserved for future additicns, when needed, un- der the present plans. Yacht basins and small boat anchorages are &lso in- cluded in the plan. Water Street as Boulevard. ‘Water street would be made a 160-foot boulevard, with separatz lanes for boulevard traffic, street cars and trucks, with marginal and central landscaping for beautification purposes. The pres- ent four-line street car lanes on a por- tion of the street would be reduced to two. A highway bridge is proposed be- | tween East Potomac Park and Anacostia Park, with the construction planned just | below the railroad crossing, at the head of Washington Channel. At the recent hearing business inter- ests in the newly developed food center | objected to the planting of trees in | front of their premises. Capt. E. N.| Chisolm, jr., engineer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, wants the bridge retained on the plan. although District authorities gave little hope that it would be capable of erec- tion in the near future. YOUTH HELD IN STABBING Police Investigate Slashing of Boy | in His Home. | Alvah Turner, 21, of the 900 block of I street, was being held today for in- vestigation by police of No. 2 precinct. in connection with the stabbing of Robert Dooley, 18, in the latter’s home in the 900 block of Massachusetts ave- nue yesterday. Dooley was treated at Emergency Hos-| pital for stab wounds in the side and abdomen. His condition was said to be | not serious. | $150 in Jewelry Stolen. Jewelry valued at $150 and a .38-cali- | i | 1 of Emery S. Scott, 3600 block of Jenifer | street, either late Saturday or early‘ yesterday, during Mr. Scott’s absence, it was reported to police. Entrance to| the home was gained glass in a rear window. | the Maryland park area shortiy ber revoiver were stolen from the home | years’ continuous servce. CHANNEL REPORT SEEK TOLINK PAR SO0N TOBE MADE TOFOURROBBERES | Requirements Will Be Laid Montgomery Police Arrest]| Two in Rock Creek Park After Hold-up. By a Staff Correspondent of ar. BETHESDA, Md, July 11.—Two Washingtonians, one a 17-3 youth, are being held at the Bethesda substation as suspects in four week end holdups following their arrest by Mont- gomery County Policemen W. Frank Soper and Webb Hersperger in Rock Creek Park near here early today They 2re booked as Daniel Le: man, 25 years old, and Lawson Coml 17, both of the 1400 Llock on Twe ot. Washington, D. C.. and are by police to have confessed stagin of the holdups. but to have firmly nied any connection with the ing three. Leatherman and Combs were taken into custody a few moments after they are said to have held up Ashby Grant of Silver Spring, Md.. in a v at- tempt to rob him while he was seated in a car parked in the Maryland sec- tion of Rock Creek Park. Gran d no meney with him at the time. Hersperger and Soper were patrolling after midnight when they stopped to admen- ish Grant for parking his car without lights. Points Out Car on Road. “Lights'!” Grant shouted. “Stop that car. Those two men just held me up.” he cried, pointing toward a car only a short distance down the road The two officers wheeled their auto- mobile around and dashed off after the unsuspecting pair, Hersperger jumping on the running board of their c while it was still in motion and cover- ing the two men with his revolver before they were aware they were being followed. A .32-caliber revolver, approximately $10 in cash and the k to Grant's automobile were found the two men. police reported. Their machine bore Harrisonburg, Va., license plates, and a check is being made today to deter- mine whether the car was stolen by Combs and Leatherman. Questioned by Sergt. Le Roy Rodgers. commander of the local substation, the two men are said to have confessed holding up Grant in an effort to obtain money to “pay off some bills,” but de- nied they were the same pair that had held up anothcr motorist earlier in t night or the duo that robbed two others early Sunday morning. Victims to View Pair. Steven W. Lohr of Kensington, Md.. who was robbed of $1.50 by two men at Jones Mill road and Connecticut st ar-old avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., a few mo-| ments before Grant was accosted by Combs and_Leatherman; Harry O Decker of Baltimore and Frank C. Daniel, jr., of 3815 Joselyn street, Washington, were to view the pair to- day in an effort te identify them. Decker and Daniel were robbed of $8 and $1.50, respectively, in hold-ups staged early vesterday, the former on Jones Mill road and Daniel jn Rock Creek park near the spot whefe Grant was held up. Police asserted that, while the pair denied robbing Lohr, Decker and Dan- iel, the hold-ups were executed in the seme manner by two men whose de- scriptions _tally in every detail with those of Combs and Leatherman, and in each instance the keys were taken the road some distance away. Detectives of the Washington hold- up squad were to question the two sus- pects today to determine whether they have any connection with any hold- ups staged in the Capital. 37 YEARS IN SERVICE Frank P. Blatt, 63, of 1205 F street northeast, was retired from the Rail- way Mail Service last week after 37 At the time of his retirement he was in charge of a railway postal car operating between Washington and New York. Mr. Biatt estimated during the years of his em- by breaking the ' ployment on railway postal cars he had traveled a total of 1,600,000 miles. 50-YEAR OLD GAMBLING RAID STATUTE WILL BE GIVEN TEST Law Allowing Raids Without Warrants Has Been on| Books Since Passage in 1878. The future ability of the police to cope with gamblers here will be de- termined in a measure this Friday when the legality of a 50-year-old statute em- powering the chief of police to order a gambling raid without first securing a warrant is to be tested. District Supreme Court Justice F. D. Letts will hear argument at that time in the case of Harry Hill, an alleged gambler, who was arrested recently by order of Brig. Gen. Pelnam D. Glass- ford, superintendent of police. Gen. Glassford acted under a statute enacted in 1878, empowering the chief of police to direct that a gambling raid be made upon the r of an officer or the complaint of two householders. In 1901, whep the small code was published, this statute was not carried. The 1901 code embodied a repealing clause, although the gambling statute was not specifically repealed. In 1929, however, when the newest re- vised code came out it reprinted the old statute. Under this authority, Gen. Glassford _directed the commander of the seventh precinct to raid Hill's home without first securing a warrant. Hill's attorneys, Whelan and O’Connell, con- tend that the statute is invalid. They will argue the question with Assistant United States Attorney Kirk- land, representing the Government. It was pointed out that if the court sustains the statute, the police will in the future find it much easier to gain access to alleged gambling houses, AND CONTROL OF PLUMBING ASSE :House Approves Measures, While Senate Votes Kid- naping Law. PASSAGE IS PREDICTED FOR AUTO SAFETY PLAN Blaine Objections in Senate Ironed Out by Amendments—Action De- layed Because of Length, The House passed { today and the Senate | House bills w Farole and indet tem for the Dj District bills rict of Colum ment, ith Repre- tive Staflord, Rep of Wit- sin, raising objectio; Senate bill was substituted for Representative Lor Democr of New York, explained he had int d d this ] tion National Commi: scn Labor and support of the Department of Justice, which seeks relief for the Federal Par Board. by the t Commissioners d by the Gener leration of Wom- C ative Stafford his iegis’ation cn the Par > prison Repr ol this bill m s them eligible for parole. Kidnaping Bill Pasced. Meanwhile, the S te passed th | Patterson bill to put more teenth in the |k aws of the District, but post- n on a number of other It the P n e g bill broadens e mej : also gave juries de: | equ: | naping of “aa | were removed from t | . The safety responsibili has beea on the S bill, which calendar sinct certain of p: | Kean of New Jers measure, accepted sev |advocated by Senat !to non-resident | Blaine amendme: to. however, Washington | postpened. expressin | bill was too long to be considered wi ‘Cul more time. ! Public Ts Protected. | _The purpose of the bill is to protect » pubiic by requiring motorists con= H bffenscs to pro- motorists The House lat e plumbin license fee from $3 to $25 to $50 as i provided in this bill. The bill was amended as to make the fee $10 to $25. Several members argued that to impose a higher fee would be to take bread and butter away from deserving artisians and give an advantage to & few master plumbers Representative LaGuardia expressed the hope that plumbers in the District would not have to pay also “an unoffi- cial fee" as they do in many cities and { the cnly fee they will have to pay is | the license fee provided by law. ' WILLIAM H. GALE BURIED IN ARLINGTON ’Betired Consul Gfiin Budapest 5 Died in Rome in April—Was Educated Here. i William _Holt _Gale, general and minist resident of th2 | United States Consular Service in Buda- | pest, who died in Rome April 25, was | buried Saturday in Arlington National | Cemetery, with m 'y honors. Mr. Gale, 0 was a native of New York, | was educated Yale and George retired consul - 3 Riders in and received the inguished ice Mecal. He was then first sec- retary of Puerto Rico, when it was taken over by this country, and in 1906 entered the Consular Service, being stationed in Denmark, Greece, China and other countries. He represented this country at the Court of Bavaria during the early part of the World War. He was called to Panama to help en- tevtain officers of foreign fleet when the canal was opened, and was a passenger on the first ship to go through the canal. He was married, in 1905, to Miss | Corinne Blackburn, daughter of the | former Senator from Kentucky. who is { hus only survivor. She is well known in this city, having lived here for som¢ time prior to her marriage. Mr. Gaif retired from the Budapest post in 1929 PLAYING WITH MATCHES PROVES FATAL TO GIRL, 5 Delores Higgs Dies After Clothes Become Ignited in Yard of Home. Five-year-old Delores J. Higgs of 1224 G street southeast, died at Casualty Hospital yesterday from burns receivec while playing with matches in the yarg behind her home Friday. The child’s clothing became ignitec and her cries attracted her mother | Mrs. Samuel 1. Higgs, who extinguishec the flames and summoned the fire rescue squad. The child was removed to the hospital after first aid at home Funeral services will be held from the Higgs home at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow. Turkey to Enter League. ISTANBUL, July 11 (#).—The for- eign minister sent to Geneva yesterday the unanimous acceptance ~of the i Turkish Parliament of an invitation to Turkey Q Join the League of N.u?a. L1