Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1932, Page 17

WA TWO POLICEMEN INJURED IN PURSUIT OF STORE ROBBERS: One Shot Through Body by! Fzllow Officer, One Tum- bles Off Roof. TWO FUGITIVES ESCAPE; ONE STRUCK BY BULLET 1 Burglars Get Only Cigarettes| When Surprised by Emergency Squad in Pharmacy. One policeman was accidentally shot through the body by feilcw officers early | today and another fell off a roof on his| head during an attempt by an emergency squad to capture two colored men sur-; prised in a pharmacy at 3201 Georgia avenue. Both fugitives escaped. althcugh one | was hit by a builet just before he dived through the glass of two basement win- | dows, Pit. H. N. Lancaster, 39, of No precinet was critically wounded by bullet from a ser ice revolver, wk entered his back | and passed out on | the right side of | his chest. Ancther | officer, Pvt. i M. Moore, 36, also| of No. 10 precinct, | 10 al a skull when he tumbled | from a porch onto | some rocks in a| roadway. ] Lancaster was ad- | d 1 H. N. Lancaster, | reported | ter was hit when, pursuing ve { armacy | tod after the colored man by several rs. According to police, it was im- ible to tell who fired the shot which Lancaster. rs were scen in the store Hasty, who tele- went 10 ne with G. Mihill Peacock. R. 7. Good- B. Jones B. Bare- The <lice had wagon and arranging Byron M. Moore. nd started down the arcaway caster in “Help Me. I've Been Shot.” Disregarding Lancaswer's order , the fugitive wreeled around the‘ of the building and started down with tne other pclicemen shooting after him. Lancaster fell, police reported, as he turned the cor- | the alley. he policemen in pursuit, the jumped a fence and to the back yard at 640 Keefer Occupants of the premises, the shooting, heard git . “Help me; I've been s Le dived through the glass o i s2ment window. The col bescment and jumped through the glass of opposite window. He crawled the front porch. tore a hole| through the wooden grating and es- caped to the street The second colored man, who had either left the store before the police party arrived. or had escaped through a window undetected, jumped from the skadows near the rear of the store and climbed on & roof. Moore folloved him onto a roof at 647 Kenyon street and | was about to shoot when several resi- dents of a neighboring house stuck their heads from a window in his line | of fire. The colored man disappeared and | Moore ran after him he tumbled the roadway. His condition was faid to be improving at the hospital | tod Police removed the injured po- | licemen to the hospital and sent out | a lookout to hospitals for the wounded! fugitive | Lancaster, who was a school teacher in Mississippi before he was appointed to the force in 1924. is married and the father of two children. Moore is one of the department’s crack shots| and was appointed to the force in 1923. The burglars took only a few ciga- rettes frem the pharmacy. One of them left his shoes and a bag of ccins which he had collected in the store. WOMAN RIDER HURT WHEN CAR HITS HORSE Passenger in Auto Also Injured by Impact—Animal, With Broken Leg, Is Shot. to With t ed int an ran through the | | &s to Mrs. Mildred Mohon, 23, of the 2500 block of Twenty-second street north- cast, was severely injured last night en a norse she was riding along a bridle path in Rock Creek Parkway was struck by an automobile operated | by Miss Helen L. Montgomery, 27, of the 3300 block of N street. Mrs. Dora Montgomery, 58, mother of the driver, received injuries to the knees when thrown forward in the au- temobile from the force of the impact. | The horse's leg was broken and at the request of its owner, J. H. Pate, oper- ator of a riding academy, it was shot by Park Policeman J. F. Connelly. Both Mrs. Mohon and Mrs. Mont- gomery were treated at Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Mohon was said to have Teceived injuries to the shoulder, ribs 2nd knee. She was riding with a party of friends when the mishap occurred. SAFE BATTERED OPEN Strong Box Yields $210 in Rob- bery of Cffice. Robbers last night battered open a gafe in the office of the Anheuser-Busch Co. Inc, 58 E street southeast, and escaped with $210. The robbery was discovered this morning when employes of the com- pany reported for work. The thieves sained entrance by forcing a door, | gas bombs. { the car on several previous occasions, End of Fatal Rum Chase LIQUOR CAR EXPLODES AFTER CRASHING INTO TREE. Above is pictured &ll that remained of a liquor- : after crashing into a tree on Michigan avenue northeast durin The colored driver was killed. police early today. LIQUOR - LADEN automobile. pursucd by several carloads of Maryland and District poiice. carried its colored driver to his death carly today when it crashed into a tree and burst into fiames as its heavy load of liquor ex- ploded. i The dead man was identified as Eddie Brown, 28, of the 1500 block of Fifth A second man, Willilam Waite. 24, leaped from the automobile s it careened into the tree. on Michigan avenue northeast. near North Capitol street, and with his head bleeding profusely, ran for several blocks before policemen caught him. He was treated a* Freedmen's Hospital, and is being held at No. 5 police station for investigation. Police said he probably would be charged with transportation of liquer and possession of a smoke screen Waite denied any knowledge of the man who died in the blazing car, except to tell police they had driven from Maryland with the load of liquor. He said he knew the man only as “Give Me Something” Brown later wds identified at the Morgue by his wife Fifth precinct police said the au mobile. a large sedan, was ecquipped with ¢moke screen apparatus and tear They said they had pursucd colored, Metronolitan Hotel to Clear Site. Plans for the erection of the pro- posed $400,000 motor bus terminal at | the statue of the late James Cardinal| ! Gibbons, which will be accepted by | Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue egan to take definite shape today with the award of contract for the building to the Consolidated Engineering Co. of Baltimore, and the calling for bids for the razing of the old Metropolitan Ho- tel, which now stands on the site. Although specifications for the pro- posed structure have not yet becn filed ith the District building inspector, the architects, Milburn-Heister Co., are | rushing work on the plans and expect | to file them by the first part of next ceek. The building is being erected by ?he United Motor Terminals, Inc, & Delaware corporation. Fronting on .Penns; opposite the site of the proposed United States Codst Guard Building, the de- sign of the terminal will have to meet with the approlel of the PFine Arts Commission. It Wi body following submission to the Dis- trict building inspector. sneeding | CONTRACT SIENED CIBBONS STATUE | FOR BUS DEPOT CEREMONIES SET ‘Bids Also Asked for Razing President to Accept Memorial ylvania avenue, | 11 be referred to this | Lease of the property now occupied | by the Metropolitan Hotel, and abutting land fronting on Pennsylvania avenue, Sixth and C streets, has been consum- mated for a 30-year period, according to J. C Scott, of the L. S. Scott Cor- poration. The property was lea: from Woodbury Blair _and Rozier Dulany, trustees for the Wallach estate, | for The consideration wes not | Pai owners. divulged. : Razing of the hist Hotel will remove a famous cld land- mark from Pennsylvania avenue. The United Motor Terminals, Inc. is headed by M. P. St. Clair, who also is vice president of Terminal Associ- ates, Inc, a New York corporation which is said to conduct a chain of bus terminals. Other directors of the United Motor Terminals are William Darling 2nd Donald L. Greenleaf, both of New York. Plans for the terminal call for a sed | P. Michael Cook. oric Metropolitan | to work for increased membership as! den car which exploded ' g a chase by —Star Staff Photo. | . only to be thrown off the track by the | smoke screen ; This morning’s “load” included 20 or | more five-galion tins of alcohol and | several cases of half-gallon jars of | alcohol and whisky. Nearly all the| liquor exploded with the crash. Prohibition Agents Ruffin Brantley and Carl O. Spiess of Waldorf, Md., had ; | chased the car at a high rate of speed from outside the District line, and were pursuing it west on Michigan avenue | northeast. when they were joined at Tenth street northeast by Officers W.C Grooms and W. B. Yates, fifth precinct. | The three automcbiles sped along the | avenue through Catholic University | grounds &t about 75 miles an hour. Brown apparently lost control of the | machine as he rounded a turn near the | west end of the university campus, po- 5. and it crashed to the south hearing off an 8-inch tree trunk | ening about 20 feet into another tree, where it exploded. The driver, pintied behind the wheel, was unable to get out. Besides the cargo of liquor. the boot- leg car carried dealers’ license plates for Maryland and Pennsylvania as well as District tags, police said i Waite this merning only answered “I | con't know,” to ncarly all police ques- tions. at 1€th Street and Park Road August 14. Plans for unveiling and dedication of President Hoover on behalf of the peo- | ple of the United States, were en-| nounced last night at a mass meeting in the Hotel Mayflower of the five; local councils of the Knights of Columbu | The statue. to be erected in & tri- angular park in front of Sacred Heart | Church, Sixteenth street and Park | road. will be unveiled Sunday, August | 14, in the presence of President Hoover and other distinguished guests, it was announced by D. J. Callahan, supreme | treasurer of the Knights of Columbus. | The statue is the gift of the Knights| to the people of the United States. Gift to United States. ‘The presentation of the statue is to| be a feature of the Golden Anniversary | National Convention of the Knights of | | Columbus, opening here August 14. Fred J. Rice, State depuly supreme knight, who presided at the meeting, stressed the importance of the coming convention to Washingten Knights. He asked {hat members support the com- mittee in charge, which is neaded by | ~Mr. Callahan outlined the program the unveiling of the statue and d high tribute to Cardinal Gibbons. | He urged the members of the order 1 their part in obeerving the golden an- niversary. Col. John J. Phelan, chairman of the Parade Committee, said a number of bands, including the service bands, will | be in line for a parade, which is to pre- cede the unvailing. Large marching delegations will be present from De- troit, Brooklyn, New York, Boston, Chi- cago, St. Louis, Newark, Philadelphia and other cities, he said. Members Urged to Attend. one-story building, with entrances for > busses ?l:l C suegt and three exits cn' ‘The Most Rev. John M. McNamara, ixth street. The passenger entrance |Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, urged Would be on Pennsylvania avenue, Pro- | every member of the order to turn out vision also is expected to be made for | for the unveiling ceremonies as a trib- stores. The site is just outside the zone |ute to Cardinal Gibbons, describing from which the Public Utilities Com- | him as the greatest citizen of his time mission banned bus terminals effective | and one of the greatest forces in bring- August 1. | ing_about friendship among all races | BABY’S MOTHER HELD Investigation of Child's Care Oor- | dered After Man Gives It to Police. Mrs. Laura Stephens. 33, of the 1300 block of Four-and-a-Half street south- west, was held at the House of Deten- tion today while a police investigation was being conducted regarding th: | proper care of her year-old baby, Mar- guerite Stephens, who was carried to the fourth precinct police station by a man last night and later removed to Gallinger Hospital in a patrol wagon. Shortly after the baby had been taken to the station house by a man Who gave the name of Will Thomas, Mrs. Stephens appeared at the station to report its disappearance and was taken into custody. Preparations were under way at Gallinger today to give the baby a physical examination and to de- termine if it is suffering from malnu- trition. ELECTRIC WORKER HURT Joseph E. Allen, 27, of the 300 block cf H street, an employe of the Potomac Electric Power Co. was given first-aid treatment today after he had come in contact with a high-tension wire while working in the 2700 block of Rhode Is- land avenue northeast. He was taken to Emergency Hospital, where his condition was said to be not serlous, » and creeds. He urged the local Knights | to make every effort to see that the visiting brothers are properly enter- tained and that they be received with real Washington hospitality. Other speakers were John B. Colpoys, | chairman of the Program Committee; | Timothy J. Quirk, chairman of the En- | tertainment Committee, and Chairman | Cook of the General Committee on Ar- rangements. TWO IN GAS STATION BOUND UP AND ROBBED Bandits Escape With $85 and Watch Taken From W. 8. Pumphrey and Helper. William S. Pumphrey, manager of & gasoline station at Kansas avenue and Taylor street, and James Keebler, his helper, were held up at pistol point last night and robbed of $85 in cash and a watch valued at $25 by two men, who tied their hands and feet and escaped from the station, ves | The Zpening Star SHINGTON, D. C. OWNERS OF 1400 TAXIS FACE ARREST ON LIGENSE LAW D. C. Heads Order Prosecu- tion for Failure to Obtain New Permits. INCREASE IN PRICE IS CAUSE OF DELAY| $25 Charge Expected to Drive Out Many Part-Time Operators in District. Owners of appreximately 1400 taxi- cabs faced arrest and prosecution today for faflure to procure the new and higher-priced license. Orders for the arrest of the operators were issued by the Commissioners fol- | lowing receipt of a report from Wade H. Combs, superintendent of licenses, showing that thus far only 200 licenses had been procured. Coombs estimated that at least 1,400 cabs are cperating unlicensed Inspector E. W. Brown, assistant superinicndent of police in co of the Traffic Burcau, would be made 8s soon as his office ceives an official copy of the order of the commissioners. The new District license code which went into effect July 1, raised the fee for taxicab licenses from £9 to $25 a vear. The deadline on the use of old licenses, originally fixed for July 15, had been extended until July 20, but the Commissioners refused to grant a fur- ther extension. Some of the taxi operators, it was said, purposely delayed applying for the new licenses because of the increased fee. Others are said to have had d: ficulty in raising the fee, to which must be added for a character license. The increas:d fee is expected to force a number of the drivers out of busine: particularly those who operate on a part-time basis. These part-time op- erators are employed during the day in Government departments and private establishments and drive taxicabs at night to augment their inceme. DELEGATES i\RE NAMED TO BAR CONVENTION to Be Topic Dis- cussed by Speakers at Confer- “Co-ordination’ ence in October. William R. Vallance, president of the Federal Bar Association, has appointed three representatives to attend the con- ference of Bar Association delegates at the Mavflower Hotel, October 10, it was announced today. _The representatives are Fred K. Nielsen. claims commissioner, United States and Mexico; Elton L. Marshall, solicitor, Departmcnt of Agriculture and Whitney North Seymore, special assistant to “the Attorney General. The chief topic at this year's meet- ing will be “co-ordination of the bar.” Among the speakers on this subject will be Samuel Seabury, president of the New York State Bar Association and leader of the recent investigation of the New York City government; John W. Davis, president of the As- sociation of the Bar of the City of New York; Earle W. Evans, chairman of the General Council of the Amer- ican Bar Association and Charles A. Beardsley, former president of the California Bar Association. D. C. RED CROSS SEEKING DONATIONS OF CLOTHING Appeal Is Issued Particularly for Children of Jobless—Stock Is Depleted. . Faced with heavy demands for cloth- ing, particularly for children of the unemployed, the District of Columbia Chapter, American Red Cross, today is- sued a call to the public to help out | the situation by donations of clothing. | “New garments will be most welcome,” | the call said, “and any used articles of clothing, in good condition, will be ac- ceptable also. “Owing to the heavy demands made on us in filling the needs of the un- employed, our stock is depleted, and more than ever now we ask your co- operation in supplying clothing to the needy. “If possible, we would appreciate your delivering bundles to our address, 1730 E street, or if you wish us to cali | for them, National Branch 244 PlLéHIMAGE PLANNED D. A. R. Sponsors Trip to Old Landing Camp. = A pilgrimege of Sons and Daughters of the Republic to Old Landing Camp, Port Tobacco, Md., sponsored by the District Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, will take place Saturday afternoon. An invita- tion to el D. A. R. members in Wash- ington and Baltimore to attend was ex- tended today by Mrs. Harry C. Grove, State regent. Miss Elizabeth Molott Barnes, State chairman, and Mrs. E. P. Sutton will be hostesces. telephone 5400, THURSDAY, JULY 21, of the office of public buildings and public parks. test and proncunced it a success. director, viewed the month, officials believe. Thirteen_basins are constructed along the slcpes from the upper to the lower levels the waters tumble from the heights near the Jcan cf Arc statue, and then by a circulatory system, the wa g —Star Staff Photo. | 4 pumped up the hill again. AR CORPS FORMS | §THPURSUT GROLP | Langley Organization Madel Up of Four Squadrons of Fast Single-Seaters. Creation of a new Army pursult group, composed of four squad- rons of fast single-seater pursuit planes, has just been completed at langley e first time tion within he 8th Pursuit r the com. until 36th Purs nd the Service Squadron. The prox: te strength cf the group is ired at 33 officers and 475 enlisted The Headquarters Detachment, with | approximately 25 enlisted men, has been placed under command of Capt. C. H. Welch, who also will continue as commanding officer of the 58th Serv- ice Squadron. This arrived at Lang- ley Field from Kelly Field. Texas.. last month with three officers and 130 en- listed men, The 33d Pursuit Squadron is under commard of Capt H. George and stands today at its full strengh | commissioned personnel with 18 offcer pilots, The enlisted strength is ap- proximately 120 men. | The 35th at present has seven officers | and 100 enlisted men, but will be | strengthened in the near fut: The | 36th, commanded at present by Lieut. J._ C. Hodgson, has a personnel of five officers and 100 enlisted men. The new squadrons have begun regu- lar pursuit tactics and training. As the chief defensive pursuit outfit in the area of the Capital. units of the 8th Pursuit Greup probably will be seen in this city frequently, in the opinion of Air Corps officials, Capt. Ceorge is uncertaking with his new organizaticn a new type of pursuit tactics. The squadren is emplcying new ighting formations, ich are the de- velopment of those employed late in the World War, especislly by the Germans. These planes of the squadron are formed into three six-ship elements, in echelcn, flying as a wedge, with the elements at different altitudes. The | echelon is wide to allow for great maneuverzbility and to decrease the | necessity for signals in case of action. | The first element can turn in any direc- | tion without signal to the other two, as in the case of closer formations, and can present a battle frent both in dives and recoveries. The other two elements are in a position to follow down in turn to form a steady “hammer-blow attack,” | | almost impossible fcr an enemy to align gun sights upon, it is said. DRY FORCE EFFICIENCY IS HELD UNIMPAIRED | 10 Per Cent Cut in Funds Will Not Reduce Results, Col. Woodcock Announces. Efficiency of the prohibition enforce- ments corps will be unimpaired although Congress reduced its funds 10 per cent, Amos W. Woodcock, prohibition direc- tor believes. Reduced personnel will make up the major part of savings necessary, he said yesterday. Already a number of agents and investigators have been | given indefinite furloughs. This will| continue until the force nas been cut 6 per cent, as contrasted with aa in- crease of 500 new agents approved last year by Congress. ‘There was an increese of 15000 in the number of cases made by Federal agents last year. The total rose from 75,000 to 90,000. AUTOIST “ESCAPES” INTO DISTRICT AND PENALTIES ARE DOUBLED| Fined Here After Hard Chase, Then Auto Is Seized as Bond by Prince Georges Constable. Charles Neal, pursued by a Maryland officer seeking to arrest him on a speed- ing charge, made a costly “escape” into District jurisdiction last night. u‘ervr instead of stopping at the Dis- trict Line, as Neal apparently antici- pated, Constable Paul M. Blanchard of Prince George County Police followed the car along Rhode Island avenue and for almost 20 blocks into Washington. The Maryland officer testified in Police Court today that Neal was mak- Pumphrey, shortly after the robbery, managed to wiggle his way from the rear room where he and Keebler had been left. He then called for help, and Milton Reed, 1500 block of Rhode Is- land avenue northeast, liberated the two m;nh.r pall Pumphrey gave ice a description of the men. He resides in the 5300 block of Ninth street and Keebler lives in 2300 block of Pirst street, at least 60 miles an hour when h= g:md the District Line. Blanchard told Judge Gus A. Schuldt that the fugitive stopped his automobile sud- denly on two occasions in an effort to wreck the police automobile. ‘When Blanchard finally overhauled the motorist, he testified, Neal resisted arrest. Blanchard held the man, how- ever, and him over to District Police on charges of speeding and dis- orderly conduct. The court overruled defense coun- sel's motion to dismiss the District charges on the ground the arrestin officer had no authority in the District. Neal was fined $25 on the speeding charge and later $15 more was assessed on the disorderly conduct charge by Judge Ralph Given. Neal was released by District police last night on making bond and this | morning drove to Hyattsville in an ef- fort to have Blanchard drop charges against him in one jurisdiction, the officer said. Instead Neal's automobile was held as collateral in Maryland on charges of exceeding 60 miles an hour, reckless driving and endangering life of a pursuing officer. Neal was seeking District fines land to face before returning to Mary- the charges gllg‘. | will receive $1,665 per year. Society and General 1932. Man-Made Cascades Tumble in Scenic Beauty OFFICIALS TEST NEW FALLS IN MERIDIAN HILL PARK. Pension Boosted PARK HEAD RETIRES ON WARRANT OFFICER PAY. EDGAR ELLIS DAVIS. In the case of Edgar Ellis Davis. su- intendent of the famous Gettysburg. National Park. the War Depart- nd a woy to circumvent the drastic new economy act Davis, a major during the World War. was 70 years old yesterday. Being a civilian, and facing automatic retire- ment, his maximum reired pay would have been $1.200 a year. Several days {ago, the War Department issued orders | | ti1 evidence was completed before rul-|an additional source of elec appointing him a warrant cfficer #n the Regular Army, effective July 15, and simultateously issued another order re- | tiring him on July 31, with the rank of major and the pay of a reiired warrant officer. This was done under an act ap- proved May 7 last. A a consequence, Warrant Officer Davis, when he retires, | His salary as_superintendent has been $3,700. | During the war, Davis, then a clerk | in the office of the quartermaster gen- cral of the Army, was appointed a major in the Quartermaster Corps and served overseas. He was connected for a time with the graves registration service and was discharged by that commission in 1919, In 1921 he re-entered the civilian service and in 1927 was appointed su- perintendent at Gettysburg. Under a recent act, warrant officers are retired with the rank they held during their emergency War service. Maj. Davis also holds the rank of col- onel in the Auxiliary Reserves of the Army. His_home is at Gettysburg, where he will continue to live after his retirement. He is a native of Villisca, Iowa. . POLICE SMASH 3 DOORS TO MAKE GAMING RAID | One Man Is Arrested in Eighth | Street Place—Number Flee Through Rear Exit. Battering down three reinforced doors. | police of the Crime Prevention Bureau raided an alleged gambling establish-| ment in the 500 block of Eighth street | last night and arrested a man on| charge of setting up a gaming table. A number of persons in the establishment | escaped through a rear exit while police | were gaining entrance. | he man arrested was Wesley F. Tay- Icr, 35, of the 1700 block of California | street. Police said the gambling estab- | lishment was in the basement of a cigar store, which had many empty clgar boxes and magazines more than month old, but very few cigars and cigarettes for sale. | ‘The raid was led by Detective Sergt. C. C. Stepp. Assisting him were Po- liceman C. O. Rouse, W. F. Sager and W. D. De Groot. AIR CORPS OFFICER | 1 | New York Tuesday described a five- * PAGE B—1 1 i HESE newly constructed cascades fn Meridian Hill Park were tried out for the first time yesterday by officials Maj. D. H. Gillette, assistant to Lieut. Ccl. U. 8. Grant The tascades development will be completed early next 3d, | Into the bottom | | TELEPHONE RATE HEARING RESUMED Company Denies Move to En-| force Five-Day Week Is Contempiated. The public hearing on redu Washington's telephone rates before the Public Utilities Cc went through a listless two- sion today hearing cross-exam of Thcmas R. Tate, the commission’s | valuaticn engineer, by T. B. Mille counsel for the Chesapeake & Potomag | Telephone Co. | Mr. Mille* toward spreading on the fact that the cost indices used by commission on central office_equipment were lower than those supplied by the telephone company. Tate's 1932 fig- ures assumed the same prices on cen- record the th> | tral office equipment as in 1930 in spite | which is as: of the fact that prices paid for this| equipment by the telephone compan: to the Western Electric Co. Increase in 1931 and again in 1932 At introduced a substitute figure for the present reproduct: pany less deprec: the start of the hearing Tate| instead of the figure of $22.926.474 in-| troduced on Tuesday. The difference was ascribed to a mathematical error in_computing the first figures. The ccmmission decided to wait un- ing on motions of the company tol strike out all evidence and exhibits| | having to do with valuation and de- | plant, ciation. Should the commission rule | orably on these motions the effect ings so far. Officials Issue Statement Denying Re- | ported Action. i Employes of the Chesapeake & Po- | tomac Telephone Co., have not been placed on a five-day week basis, nor do officials of the company contemplate any such move at this time, they said | yesterday, following _ ublication of re-i ports that the office of the Corporation Counsel was already calculating possible ‘ savings to the company if such a policy | were adopted. An Associated Press dispatch from | day week plan proposed by the Ameri- can Telephone & Telegraph Co.. of which the local telephone company is a subsidiary. E. G. Bliss, general commercial man- ager of the Chesapeake & Potomac Co., said the Corporation Counsel's office apparently had gone ahead with calcu- lation of possible savings the plan { would effect for the local company, | without consulting the company as to | whether it would adopt the plan. \ Calculation of the economles under | such a plan was to be used in the rate | case pending before the Public Utilities | Commission as an additional argument fcr reduction in Washington's telephone | following .T. & T.| rate, it was said yesterday. publication of the proposed lay-off. The following statement was issued last evening by the company: “The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. has had, up to the present | time, sufficient work to_give its force | full-time employment. No change has | been made in this program, according to John A. Remon, general manager of | the company.” ENVELOPE FACTORIES " HIT U. S. COMPETITION/| | | | Congressional Hearing at Kansas| | Army flying field from Maj. Howard C. to dispose of the | ing. UNVEILS MEMORIALj Lieut. Col. B. K. Yount Soon to Assume Command at | Bolling Field. One of the last official acts of Lieut. Col. Barton K. Yount, Army Air Corps, as commander of Rockwell Field, Coro- nado, Calif,, prior to his departure to, take command of Bolling Fleld here | was the unvelling of & memorial | plaque to Maj. Willlam R. Ream, Army | Medical Corps, at the field hospital. | The plaque, accor celved here, was designed by Mrs. Yount, Maj. Ream was 8 pioneer flight surgeon, who was killed in an airplane accident August 24, 1918, Col. Yount is expected to arrive next | month to take command of the locll: Davidson. Bt S LOSES 2 HENS; FINDS $10 PINE BLUFF, Ark, July 21 () — On the basis of his latest experience, C. E. Lee, a hatchery operator here, is willing to have his hen roost robbed any night in the week. Upon visiting the hen house yester- day he discovered that two pullets— worth about 50 cents each—were miss- But on the floor lay & $10 bill, pre- sumably dropped by the thief, | City Told Benefit to Industry in Closing Plant. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, July 21.—Manufac- turers of envelopes protested govern- mental competition today at the Con- gressional hearing here conducted by | Representative Joseph B. Shannon of | Missourd, The objections were voiced by Harold Smith of Kansis City. president of the Envelope Manufacturing Association of America, Roland R. Bliss of New York, cmlt tary, and H. F. Navran of Kansas Hepresentative Samuel B. Pettingill of Indiana, member of the investigating committee, arrived today and was pres- ent as the witnesses complained of a large envelope manufactory operated by the Government at Dayton, Ohio, which prints merchants return addresses on stamped envelopes. “I know of no better tonic our indus- try could receive,” Smith told the com- mittee, “than to have the Government close its big envelope mail order house at Dayton.” Conductor Kills Self. BOWLING GREEN, Ky, July 21 (®—R. L. Cole, a conductor for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, today committed suicide by shooting himself at his home here. Cole had been in a Memphis hospital and returned home today. He was despondent over ill- CAPITALWILLGET POWER FROM DAM AT SAFE HARBOR Contract Made to Provide City With Third Independ- ent Source of Supply. SCORES WILL GET JOBS BUILDING NEW LINK Plan Believed to Spell Finish of Proposal to Erect Big Pl-nt at Great Falls. The Potomac Electric Power C: vealed today it had taken steps to available to Warhington the vast resources of t hydro-electric and steam | the Susqu er of the Mar a means of dated Gas Co. of Bal lic Utilities Comm; Ham. president of poration. The contract electric interconnection betw n and t fe Harbor-Ba Steam System Will Cost $1,500,000. g Hydro- The i [ in $1.5 amount $590.000 will be ing and equipping a_new District of 60.60 to step down the vo to 13,800 vol conomic situation scores of men. to have ended eny c of the company to build tric plant at Great Falls, Will Open Next Year. questions were directed | P | p: service The Safe Harbo: r Power Corp ated p corporat; hanna River with a pre capacity of 170.000 hor dition to the ower Co., ha velopment at H: tream present ins! of 180,000 horsepower. President Ham said his compa been influenced in m largely by the manifest piy independent of its own gen plants. ~ With the with an installed 208,000 kilowatts, a: now contemplated at Bu: | would be to nullify all of the proceed- | with an initial installation kilowatts, the compa: he will have three independent sourc said, ** 1 recognizes its responsil 3 everything possible to preve noyances and hardships from any interruption in GARDENERS PAY HONOR TO GEORGE WASHINGTON District Branch of National Body Marks Bicentennial With Pro- gram and Dedication. The District of Columbia branch of the National Association of Gardeners held a George Washington bicentennial celebration Tuesday. Plantings on the Triangle at Massa- chusetts avenue and G street were dedicated to the memory of the First President. William J. Gray, president of the association, made a short ad- dress. He brought out Washington's interest and skill in_horticulture, evi- dences of which still beautify Mount Vernon, “It is, therefore, fitting that a body of professional gardeners should honor this great man for outstanding ability as a planter and horticulturist,” he said. Rev. Bland Tucker led in prayer, and Washington Boy Scouts led a salute to the flag. James Allen presided. PATENT LAWYER NAMED IN SUIT FOR DIVORCE Wife Accuses Irving Q. Quesada of Cruelty, Desertion and Failure to Support. Irving Q. Quesada, patent attorney, was named defencant today in a suit for limited divorce filed in District Su- preme Court by Mrs. Dorothy V. Que- sada, 1932 Jackson street northea She charged cruelty, desertion and fail- ure on the lawyer's part to keep an agreement for the support of the wife and a daughter, 12 years old. The couple was married here on June 2. 1919, it is said in the wife's Jill. She cited a number of instances of personal attacks and charged that on November 20, last, Quesada left her and their daughter and refused to return. He later made an agreement to pay her a stated amount each month, but this had not been kept, it is alleged. Quesada is described as having a lucrative practice, belonging to fashion- able clubs and being active socially Mrs. Quesada claims his treatment of her brought her to the verge of a ner- vous collapse, and she is unable to now earn her own living. $80,000,000 LOAN SOUGHT Treasury Will Sell 91-Day Bills, Secretary Announces. The Treasury will sell $80,000,000 in 91-day Treasury bills to the highest bid- ders submitting proposals to the Federal Reserve banks up to 2 p.m. next Mon- gny, Secretary Mills announced yester- ay. The bills will be dated July 27 and mature October 26, when they will be redeemed at face value. The money ob- tained will be used to retire $51,550,000 of maturing bills and to meet other Government