Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1932, Page 17

Washington News I * WABH WOMANENDURANCE FLYERS ARRIVE AT AIRPORT HERE Mrs. Louise Thaden and Mrs. Frances Marsalis Come in Flying Boudoir. GREETED AT WHITE HOUSE BY PRESIDENT HOOVER Guests of Aero Club of Washing- ton—Will Give Demonstration Sunday Afternoon. Tlying & wing-to-wing “formation” with their refueling plane, Mrs. Louise McPhetridge Thaden and Mrs. Frances Harrel Marsalis, holders of the world airplane refueling endurance record for women, arrived at Washington- Hoover Airport in their “Flying Bou- doir” today for four days of honors by aviation leaders of the National Capital. Taken to White House. | The woman fiyers, who spent 2ight days in continuous fiight in the cramped quarters of their blue and yellow cabin monoplane, were taken to the White House early this afternoon, to be presented to President Hoover by Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Aeronautics. From the White Holise they were taken to the Willard Hotel to be the first women guests of honor of the Aero Club of Washington, chapter of the National Aeronautic Association, which certified and made their record official as a world mark for woman fiyers. 1 Refueling Demonstration. Mrs. Thaden and Mrs. Marsalis will bring their visit to Washington to a climax Sunday afternoon. when they will make a demonstration refueling | over the Potomac River. The refuel- ing plane will be in charge of Stuart Reiss, former Washington pilot, and John Runger, noted aerial “wing walker,” who will handle the hose. | Reiss and Runger supplied the Boudoir with all its fuel for the endurance flight, making repeated contacts for the transfer, not only of fuel and oil, but also of food and other supplies for the women. The two planes arrived over the local airport precisely on schedule at 10:30 this morning and the endurance fiyers and refueling crew were met by a Re- ception Committee headed by John S. Wynne. manager of the airport; Mrs Jack Stearns Gray, aviation pioneer and author, and Miss Irene Juno of A'r Promotion Service, Mrs, Gray and Juno will act as hestesses to the flyers during eir stay he: ¥ a police motorcycle escort, the men pilots were taken to Highway| icge. caught by an open draw span, ccted and hurried up Columbia Island to the Arlington Memorial Bridge to keep a newsreel appointment at the Fox Theater at 11. They then were taken to the Carlton Hotel to register at aviation headguarters before continuing to the White- House. Guests of Mrs. Tuckerman, Mrs. Marszlis and Mrs. Thaden are to ‘be guests of Mrs. Walter Tuckerman at a tea at the National Weman's Country Club at 4:30 this afternoon. A dinner will be given in their honor at the| Rossdhu Castle Club at 7 o'clock this| evening. John F. Victory, secretary of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, will be co-gu=st of honor. An open house will follow the dinner. Tomorrow morning the woman flyers are to be officially welcomed to the Na- tional Capital by Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby on behalf of the Bcard of Dis- trict Commissioners. The greater part of ‘the day will be spent in sightseeing, including a visit to Walter Reed Hos- pital in the afternoon. A dinner at the Carlton tomorrow night and a box party at the Fox Theater will conclude the day’s program. The chief social event of their visit will be an aviation dinner at the Rossdhu Castle Club Saturday evening. et P LIMIT PLACED ON PAY OF RETIRED OFFICERS Ex-Army Men in Civilian Jobs May Draw Not Over $3,000 Total, McCarl Rules. i Retired officers drawing both retire- ment pay and a civilian wage are held to a $3,000 limit for both, even though the civil wage is derived from fees in- stead of fixed salary, Controller Gen- eral McCarl ruled yesterday. This interpretation of the economy law was furnished to the Veterans’ Ad- ministration, where the question was raised in regard to the United States commissioner at Los Angeles, who is a {zetired emergency officer. { The fees from this post, it was set out, average $2,700 annually, about 1,500 of which must go for office ex- enses. McCarl held no allowances can e made for the expenses, and that the entire amount, $2,700, must be con- $idcred as salary. An cfficer, of course, has the option of taking either the retirement pay or the civilian wage if the former s $3,000 or more. VACANCY ON DISTRICT COMMITTEE CAUSED Senator Blaine, Defeated in Wis- consin Primaries, Had Been Active. A vacancy will occur on the Senate District Committee after March 4 as & result”of the defeat of Senator John J. Blaine in his race for renomination by the Republicans in the Wisconsin primaries yesterday. Senator Blaine has been an active member of the committee, especially in his opposition to the street railway merger plan as now pending. At the last WIFE HANGS SELF Hoover Airpcrt today. INGTON, The holders of the world airplane refueling endurance record for women are shown on arrival at Washington- Left to right are Stuart Reiss, pilot of the refueling plane; Mrs Mrs. Louise McPhetridge Thaden, the record holders, and John Runger, second member of the refueling team. Prances Harrell Marsalis and —Star Staff Photo. | WITH BED SHEET | Maid Finds Body of Mrs. Rose Sherman in Bed Room of Home. Despite efforts of the fire rescue | squad to save her, Mrs. Rcse Sherman, 37, dled today shortly after she was found hanging from the door of a sec- ond-floor bed room of her home, 407 Eighth street southeast, with a sheet Icoped around her neck. Mrs. Sherman, mother of two small| children, was discovered ebout 8:20 am. | by a colored maid, Bessie Worthington, | 730 Fifth strest southeast. | The maid noiified Trafic Policeman | Robert H. Furlow, on duty nearby, and he summoned the rescue squad after | untying the sheet. The firemen applied | grtificial respiraticn, but failed to revive Mrs. Sherman, who was pronounced dead by Dr. J. R. Passalaqua, in charge of the Casualty Hospital ambulance. Detective Sergts. H. K. Wilson and Jerry Flaherty, who investigated, said Mrs. Sherman retired to the bed room after her two children left for school. A short time later, the detectives re- | ported, her husband, Harry Sherman, who was working in his tailor shop on the first fioor, asked the maid to | call her. The maid went to the second floor, the detectives said, and found the bed | room door partly open, with a sheet knotted over a corner of the top. She pushed the door open and found Mrs. Bherman slumped inside. Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac-i Donald announced he wculd issue a certificate of suicide. Mrs. Sherman, he said, had been in ill health for some \ime. SIX ARE AI.!RAIGNED ON LIQUOR CHARGES One Pleads Guilty and Gets $200 Fine as Result of Series of Prohibition Raids. Six persons were arraigned in Police Court today on charges of illegal pos- session as & Tesult of raids yesterday in which police reported seizure of more than 100 gallons of liquor. Only one case was decided, mefl;ieeée;xgla;n plead- bein; i o 3 Artus and Fred Hender- son were arrested after police_entered # house in the 1700 block of H street on the excuse of serving 2n assault warrant and discovered nearly 100 gal- lons of liquor in a wall cache. The officers said they understood the man “wanted” would go through a trapdoor in the paneling and hide in the wall whenever they came to the place. When they found and pulled open the secret door, the discovery of the liquor was made, but their man was not there. This case was continued untll tomorrow by Assistant United States Attorney Wilbur Baughman. ‘Aloysius Baker, 20, colored, was ap- prehended when' he’ responded to an order for a half gallon of liquor for which Policeman William McEwen, third precinct, had telephoned. Dis- guising his voice, McEwen had request- ed it be delivered to the apartment of a well known bootlegger. waited near the apartment and when Baker knocked at the door he was ar- rested. The half-gallon jar of liquor was found in a package he was carry- ing, the officer said. Baker demand session he joined Senator Capper, Re- publican of Kansas and chairman of the committee, in filing & minority report after a majority of the committee had Teported favorably on the merger pro- posal. Blaine also headed a subcom- mittee which ;evm'loyemhngotgnmfi till- , 10 e e sale D eecaitiag, & R ierae Teal catate deals ers and salesmen and to control fore- Closure procedure in the District. ‘Blaine, a progressive, lost the sena- torial nomination to John B. Chapple, s member of the conservative forces. a jury trial before Judge Gus A. Schuldt, ‘Albert Brown, colored, 40, in whose car police said ‘they found six gallons of liquor when the man failed to halt at a stop sign at First and R streets, plead- ed guilty to a charge of possession and was fined $200. Others who pleaded not guilty and asked for jury trials included Louis Beres, 22, 4100 block Harrison_ street, charged with of 10 gallons of alcohol, and Lewis Burke, 21, 1400 block R street, who is a with pos- gesslon of three gallons @% alcohol, The_officer | ¢ Money, Cab, Shoes And Necktie Taken By Daring Bandits Three colored hold-up men, not satisfied with cash alone, last night robbed Felix Harris, colored taxicab driver, of the 1200 hlook of Kenyon street, of his cab. shoes and necktie after taking $4 in money from him Harris reported the robbery at No. 7 police station, where he was taken by a passing motorist. The taxicab later was recovered about a mile from the scenc of the hold-up, which occurred in the 1400 block of Forty-fourth street. ‘The three colored men had been passengers in the taxi. CANADIAN LABOR PLAN DESCRIBED Employment Conference Told of Program Creating Jobs for 14,000 Workers. How Canada is putting thousands of her jobless to work building new roads | was described today to the convention | of the International Association of Pub- by H. C. Hud- 1 District Building last month when the lic Employment Services son of Toronto, general superintendent | of Canada’s Employment Service. Mr. Hudson explained the system by which more than 14,000 men were re- cruited from 150 Canadian municipali- tles and transported to construction camps in Northern Ontario to build highways into communities served al- most wholly by railroads. : The cities themselves selected the men to fill their quotas. The recruits were given medical examinations to deter- mine their fitness for physical labor, out- fitted with warm, serviczable clothes and paid 30 cents an hour for eight-hour days while housed and well fed at low cost in comfortable and sanitary camps. Few Machines Used. Almost all construction work is being done by manual labor instead of ma- chines, under the assumption that the added employment compensates for the greater cost. Another speaker at the convention, in session at the Washingion Hotel, was Miss Claire Lewis, director of the Juve- nile Placement Bureau, State Depart- ment of Labor, New York City. In an informal talk to the conven- tion yesterday Secretary of Labor Doak assured the delegates that the Federal employment service is doing _every- thing possible for war veterans and in- terstate transient labor, but that em- ployment service in general is largely the responsibility of agencies main- tained by cities and States. He urged a closer co-operation between city, State and Federal agencies. Delegates See President. Lewis G. Hines, Pennsylvania direc- tor of the United States Employment Service, took Secretary Doak’s sched- uled place on the pro;rnm yesterday, but the Secretary later found time from official_duties to join the meeting and add a few remarks. The delegates were greeted at the White House at noon today by Presi- dent Hoover. The convention probably will adjourn tonight instead of Friday, dueh'.o & conflicting meeting in New ‘or] HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT An unidentified colored woman about 65 years old was in a serious condition today at Freedmen's Hospital, suffering from internal injuries received when struck by an sutomobile last night at Georgia avenue and Farragut street. The woman became semi-conscious for a few minutes early today, hospital authorities said, and mumbled that her name was ‘“Lizzie.” She immediately lapsed again into unconsclousness. The automobile which struck _the woman was operated by Charles Witner, 19, of the 700 block of Fern street, ac- | various groups to m§¢ small loans to Bowes, cording to police. E their members. £ all of DEAL JUNIOR HIGH SEEKS MORE RO *School Association and Pub- lic Officials Unite in Re- quest for Addition. Public school officials and the Alice Deal Junior High School Association were united today in efforts to secure for that school an addition to accom- modate the rapidly increasing enroll- | ment | At a meeting last night of the Exec- utive Committee of the association, it was pointed out that while the Deal Ju- nior High School was designed to “ac- commodate 625 children, it now has an enrollment of 801. It also was ex- | plained that when the mid-year promo- | tions take place, the Deal school will | receive 85 new students from element- | ary schools in its territory, while it will send forward to Western High only 55 children. Request for $166,860. Agreeing with the association’s con- tention, Dr. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools, to- day pointed out that the schocl author- ities already have transmitted to the Commissioners a request for an appro- | priation of $166,860 for a 10-room and |one gymnasium addition to this build- | ing. “This request went forward to the school officials submitted their esti- mates for the 1934 fiscal year. Dr. Kramer, however, said the en- rollment of mcre students than the building was designed to “accommo- date” is not quite as serious as the figures would indicate. While the de- signers’ assigned capacity for the build- ing was 625 pupils, the school actually can efficiently accommodate a higher number. ‘The figure 625, Dr. Kramer explained, was baced on the use of class rooms as section rcoms, with all the science rooms and other special rooms of the building unoccupied by the sections of the student body. Architectural Capacity. Tllustrating his point, he showed that | not one high school in the city has enrolled its architectural capacity. Cen- tral, designed fcr 2,200 :tudents, now has 2,400, and it has had, without stag- gering its cless schedules, 3,000 children. Similarly, Eastern now has 2,300 chil- dren, whi'e it was designed to house only 1,800. McKinley High School, designed to accommodate between 1700 and 1,800, has an enrollment today of 2,400 studento. FEDERAL WORKERS ADOPT CONSTITUTION District Department of American Federation of Government Employes Organizes. A constitution was adopted last night by the District department of the Amer- jcan Federation of Government Em- ployes. The document sets out that the department is “for the purpose of co- ordinating action on all matters of mutual interest to Federal and Dis- trict Government employes.” Membership in the department was granted to all lodges of the federation within the District and representation was accorded on the basis of three dele- gates for each lodge, one of whom will be the president and the vice president as his alternate. The department will meet twice a month when Congress is in session and once a month at other times. The constitution was presented by Paul Vogenitz, chairman of the Draft- ing Committee, which included Ira D. Scott and James G. Yaden. Roy F. Bergengren, executive secre- tary of the National Credit Union Ex- tension Bureau of Boston, outlined oper- ations of credit unions, which permit D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1932 TV PLANNERS SEE HISTORIC VIREINIA, DUE BACK TONIGHT Tour of Tidewater Country Includes Jamestown and Wakefield. VISIT TO SHENANDOAH FOREST PLANNED NEXT Delegates to Make Week End Jour- ney—Proportional Representation Talked at Final Sessions. More than 100 delegates to the BI-| centennial Conference on Planning, Parks and Government, their business sescions concluded, today were touring the historic Virginia Tidewater country, planning to return to the Capital to- night. The delegates left last night on the Norfolk boat, disembarking this morn- ing at Old Point Comfort. After break- fast there they were met by busses, | which took them to Jamestown, York- town and Willlamsburg, where they inspected ‘the Colonial National Monu- ment and the restoration of the famous cld Virginia city. This afternoon they are inspecting Wakefleld, faithful reproduction of the birthplace of George Washington. After a supper at Wakefield this evening they will return to the Capital 2nd prepare fon & week end inspection of the Shen- andoah Naticnal Forest. Final Sessions Held. Final business sessions of the confer- ence were held last night with a dic- cussion of proportional representation | by members of the Proportional Repre- | sentation League at the Willard Hotel Maurice P. Davidson, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Committes | of One Thousand, New York City, told | the group the city manager plan of gov- ernment. based upon the proportional Tepresentation principe, is the chief gope of pclitical salvation for New York A | Only by this system,” he sald, “can | { we escape from the political oligarchy | | which, through its highly organized | | machine, its patrcnage and its solidar- | |ity in the interest of public exploitation, has, with negligible exceptions, re- | mained in uninterrupted control of the | resources of the greatest city in the world for generations.” Davidson gave his committee some of | the credit for the elimination of Mayor | James J. Walker of New York, de:]ar-" {ing, “the elimination of Mayor Walker | was, of course, merely an incident in the program of the New York Commit- tee of One Thousand. But it was no child’s play to bring it about. Urges Drastic Reform. “Of course, he was not the creator, but the creature of the political system which holds New York City in its vice- like grip. The solution of the problem will be found in changing the method | of conducting elections and the integral | constitution - of our governmental | bodies.” Another speaker at this session, Hugh Reid, member of the Virginia Legisla- ture from Arlington County, said there |1s an excellent chance that the Virginia | Legislature in its next session will pass a bill which would give counties the op- | | tion of voting on proportional repre- | sentation. A typical electioni in a Vir- | | ginia County, he said, is one in which the successful candidate is not the ma- jority choice. i {PROBES COMPLAINTS | {OF MARRIED WORKERS i | Civil Service Commission Affirms Order Governing Wedded Status. ‘The Civil Service Commission today served formal notice upon Government | establishments that the marital pro- 1 vision of the economy law will have no bearing on transfers, promotions or other change of status of persons al- ready in the service. It will, however, | be considered in connection with rein- statements, the commission order said, and it was adeed by a spokesman for the commission, that it also would ap- ply in cases of original appointments. The commission order was simply an affirmation of its decision reached about 10 days ago. Since that time, the commission has set out to investigate complaints that in some instances married persons have been discriminated against in promo- tions. It has made it known that if marital status alone was the determin- ing factor in these cases, an adjustment will be made to conform with the new order, which amends a former order of the commission. 20 ORGANIZA%IONS UNITE FOR HARVEST SCENE ACT Patriotie, Civie, Religious, Educa- tional and Dramatic Groups to Be in Bicentennial Feature. More than 20 patriotic and civic or- ganizations, as well as religious. educa- tional and dramatic groups, will take part in the harvest scenes of the pageant, “The Vision of George Wash- z be presented under aus- pices of the District Bicentennial Com- mission October 11, 12 and 13 in the Sylvan Theater. ‘The festivities, celebrating America's harvest time, will be outstanding, ac- cording to Dr. George C. Havenner, executive director of the commission. Well known Washington artists will be seen in leading roles in the pageant, in_which more than 500 participants will_perform. _ Preli Tehearsals are being scheduled for all participating groups, beginning next Tuesday at Cen- , tral High School. e PROBE OF SUSPECTED SAFE-CRACKERS MADE | Police today were continuing their Investigation into the activities of the three alleged safe-cracksmen trapped Tuesday night on the roof of the H. J. Heinz Provision Co. plant, 2101 Fifth street northeast. Check of the prisopers’ fin&f‘rprlnh disclosed, police re] that they were rupmslfled lgm' :venl 'z:!;‘ {obbeflne: perpetra ere during mont in addition to the fhree robberies at- the night of their caj % men_under arrest are Charles ‘W. Bowes, 35; his brother, Arthur C. 30, and M . 5 mlpm:rtnoN Caporell, 27, F TRINGLES APDX The Foening Star * PAGE B--1 Clowning 1= Hobby - |IRENT TAX| FIRMS G. P. 0. EMPLOYE SPENDS DAYS OFF IN PROFESSIONAL CIRCUSES. Frank Portillo, Government Printing Office typesetter, and one of the| midget clowns with whom he played several engagements when the Ringling | Bros., Barnum & Bailey circus was here last Spring RANK PORTILLO. at the age of 31, his phants that day. watched the « was poscessed with a follow when they str but instead he remained d home to learn a trade. He became an apprentice. then a printer and now. as for the past eight years, gets in steady time at the Gov- ernm:ent Printing Office, althcugh the pull of the circus is strong as ever. But Portillo felt the life of a trouper was too precarious for a married man with a sense of responsibilitv, so he re- mained a printer by trade and became a circus clown by hobby and inclination. ‘Today .some of the biggest shows in the business, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Sells-Floto, Downey Bros., the Hunt Circus, give Portillo a chance to entertain the-cash customers with his clown tricks on the printer's days off. Vacation time Portil'o travels hun- dreds of miles if need be to join a Circus, paying his own expenses. and asking nothing in return but the op- portunity to demonstrate his cleverness as a clown. Throughout the work year almost any circus within 100 miles of Washington is apt to have & volunteer comic for a day or a performance in the person of Portillo, whose make-up and costumes Acler, famous producing clown for Ringling tut tifully et ro: MAY NOT BE BUILT Government Reorganization May Make Structure at Eastern End Unnecessary. ‘The probability has arisen, The Star | learned today, that the Apex Building. planned by the Treasury Departme as the easterly tip of the public build- ings development in the downtown tri- angle, will not be constructed. President Hoover has under consider- ation a program calling for recrganiza- tion of the Government and observers believe that when this has taken place there will be no need for the Apex Building. ‘This structure, planned as a $3,000,- 000 edifice, would be located, under ten- tative plans, at Sixth street and Penn- sylvania_avenue, just east of the Ar- chives Building, which IS now under construction. Congress slashed the $3,- 000,000 estimate for the Apex Building in the last session, deciding that it should not be constructed for the pres- ent., May Be Eliminated. Now the Government s taking the stand that, in view of reduced income and the prospective shrinking of Gov- ernment agencies, the Apex Building should be eliminated entirely. Preliminary plans for the building provided that it would be occupied by the Fine Arts Commission, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Public Buildings Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and possibly the Federal Power Commission. Parks May Be Shifted. ‘The likelihood is now seen by Govern- ment authorities having a hand in the future development that the Federal Trade Commission may become an ac- tivity of the Department of Justice. There has been some talk recently that the parks of the city, which are now under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government through the Office of Pub- lic Buildings and Publi¢ Parks, might be transferred again to the jurisdiction of the District government. ‘There also has been a revival of the much-discussed program of merging the United States Park Police, that are now under the director of public buildings and public parks, with the Metropolitan force. ‘With the prospective paring down of Government activities under the pro- jected reorganization, the units that have been slated to occupy the Apex Building would find future homes in some of the other Government struc- tures. — o HORIGAN RITES SET Funersl services for James B. Horigan, 53, attorney in the Department of Agri- culture, who died suddenly Monday at Maceo, Ky., will be held at his home at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow, followed by mass at St. Thomas’ Catholic Church. Burial ‘Horigan was a graduate of Georgetown Univer- He is survived by his three children. ! whose pantomimes are his own inven- ited. He ex- us again in Alex- 1 for the hon rienced teur w st r. who spends every vaca- r the big top, capering with wo are members of the Circus tion. Another incurable Washington is Dr. Wil- ector of the erformances in and shington with Portillo. ing Portillo was on his way reserved seat at the Ringling Barnum & Bailey show, old friend, the assistant ring- called Frank, want to worl k did. He played three shows h th professionals and never got sit in his reserved seat. Portil'o is fond of children, and the h his hot fT¢ is is their r an: e has no hildren of his own, but several young admirers have adopted him as a foster parcnt. He plays for youngsters in hospitals about Washington and at bencfit performances in the charity 5 tillo Sprin; think I n PETITIONS HEARD ON BUS TERMINAL New York Avenue Location Favored by Several Organizaticns. ma “Hi F: sometimes in the 1 vely, “and hen I hear a circus band, ever grew up ‘The application of the Greyhound Lines, Inc.. for permission to construct an interstate bus terminal at 1403 to | 1411 New York avenue was taken up by the Public Utilities Commission at | a’ public hearing today. Representa- | tives of the Washington Board of Trade, | the Merchants and Manufacturers’ As- | sociation and the Washington Chamber | of Commerce appeared in favor of the | project. The Federation of Citizens' Associations also had a representative | present to testify in favor and there | was a letter from Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo of the New York Avenue Presbyterian church indorsing the project. A letter from the Riggs National Bank was re | ceived in opposition and the Washing- ton Railway & Electric Co. had a rep- | resentative present to oppose the pe- tition. Limitation of Space. ‘The first witness at the hearing, Capt. Walter Dunlap, of the commission’s staff, testified that of the 85 feet street width in front of the terminal 50 feet is occupied in street car tracks, safety zones or loading platforms and only 35 feet is available for vehicular traffic. He said that the density of street car traffic was greatest at the time at which the Greyhound busses arrive and depart under their present schedule. ‘The period of greatest density is 8:30 to 9 am., when a total of 94 cars passes in both directions, and the next busiest is from 4:30 to 5 p.m., when there are 91 street cars, He said that the Greyhound Lines had carried 27,000 inbound, and 30,000 outbound pasengers during the month of August, which is one of their busiest months. Blueprints Are Shown. L. C. Major, regional manager of the Greyhound' Lines, exhibited biue- prints showing the proposed develop- ment at the site, should the petition be granted. It is proposed to have two setbacks of 20 and 22 feet, respectively. at the west and east boundaries of the lot. 50 as to enable busses turn into and out of the terminal with- out the necessity of maneuvering into :‘tl:e center of the street to make the rn. The case for the Greyhound Lines is being ted by Edward F. Col- laday and Joseph C. McGarraghy. Previous to the filing of this petition the commission had denied without hearing an application for construction of a bus terminal at the same site by the Short Lines, Inc, and it is ex- pected they will protest the granting of permission to any one but tMemselves. U. 8. Men Lost in Canada. MOOSONEE, Ontario, September 22 (#)—Indian guides were mobilized last night by Cc:m E. H. Cavell of the Royal Cani Mounted Police, to the shores of James Bay for ch two Americans, Dorr Ralph and obert Ralph of California, on & canoe trip for three weeks. to | 8¢ PLAN BAN EVASIN WITH NEN SCHENE Drivers’ Associations Pay Charges Out of Fees From Members. CABMEN WILL BE GIVEN STATUS AS CAR OWNERS Companies Forced to Adopt New Course by Police Drive—14 More Face Traffic Court. Fighting desperately to prevent th Public Utilities Commission ll”rum bnm:f ing up the rental taxicab business, som lof the taxicab compantes, traffic | cials were advised today, have adopt a plan to escape a recent regulation designed for that purpose. . Sergt. Thomas Mason, District hack inspector, reported to Inspector E. W. Brown, in command of the Traffic Bureau, that the rental cab companics have formed associations for men driv- ing the rented vehicles, giving them certain benefits, in an eflort to get around the regulation legally. The regulation, ulgated Au; {4. decreed that no public vehicle shouid | be operated except by the owner or a | bona fide employer of the owner. Under the new arrangement adopted by the companies. Sergt. Mason explained, the drivers will have a status as owner of the cabs since the companies plan to give them the vehicles as a bonus at the end of a year. Instead of paying | $4 a day as rent on the cabs the dri {advance this sum as a membershij |1n the association. Three Drivers Convicted. | _ The rental companies were forced to 2dopt the new plan, it was said. as a re- { cult of the recent a es of the police .’m enforcing the new taxicab regula- ",1295‘ Three drivers we ed in regulation. and plans had proceed against the comp: | ing the cabs to test the leg | commission’s regulation with res | the_companies. | The plans to proceed a | companies, however, have been | abeyance, due to the formation of the j associations. In the meantime, police | officials will ask William A. Rob-ris, as- | sistant corporation counsel, to advise | them whether arrests can be made | legaliy of either owners or drivers of | the rented cabs who take out member- ships in the company associations . Meanwhile police brought into Traffic | Court yesterday 14 more drivers. They | were all charged with failing to kecp a | record showing the origin and destina- tion of the trips made and fares paid Takes Personal Bonds. | Judge Isaac R. Hitt took personal | bond 1n all of the cases. | According to Roberts, the commission | |issued the regulaticn against the rented he charged | taxicabs especially | taxi rente] business, offered no lability protection to ihe | public. The taxi rental system Roberts | declared, also is largely responsible for the streets of Washington being clut- tered with public vehicles. The latest tabulation of Wade H. Coombs, superin- | tendent of licenses, showed there are | more than 3.200 licensed public ve- { hicles in the District, Inspector Brown as well as Roberts { believe there are too many cabs in { cperation with the result that neither th> drivers nor the old-establiched companies are earning a fair return. Inspector Brown pointed out he had | just rned from a 2.400-mile tour, {and in no city visited did he observe | taxicab conditions as bad as those ex- | isting in Washington. 'FOURTH OF DRIVERS FAIL TO PASS TESTS lMany Have to Take Examinations Several Times to Get Permits, | Traffic Bureau Reveals. | | There was a total of 12856 failures |out of 49.474 examinations given dur- |ing the past fiscal year for persons seeking automobile drivers’ licenses for | the first time, statistics 2t we Traffic Bureau showed today. It would be hard to estimate the exact number of persons failing to ob- | tain permits on their first >xamination, it was pointed out at the bureau, due to the fact that a number of persons take probably two or three examina- | tions ‘before passing. Of these turned down on examinations the majcrity failed to pass due to a lack of know | edge of traffic regulations, it was said. A small portion of them also iailed to pass due to being unable to properly qualify as drivers. Examinations were passed fuliy by 36,618. | Records at the bureau show that one | pedestrian was injured by a woman motorist while she was giving a dein- | onstration to obtain her driver’s per- mit. There also were several minor collisions, but no one was injured in any of them. ‘The majority of the examinations were given by Examiners T. E. West, H. L. Morningstar and R. R. Schlem- mer. R. F. Cornett is the head ex- aminer. [VIGTIMIZES RESIDENTS WITH RECEIPT BOOK Man Collects Down Payments on Furniture by Posing as Salesman. A man who has unlawfully obtained a receipt book of a furniture company here. has victimized Washington and nearby Maryland residents out of about 60 by taking deposits on furniture orders, according to police. A lookout bas been broadcast for him. After soliciting a furniture order, police said, the man usually asks for a deposit on the furniture “ordered” and has received sums ranging from 50 cents to $10. Most of the deposits taken are in the neighborhood of $2. Mary Cook and Helen Grimes, both of the 2300 block of Chain Bridge road, told police yesterday about making de= posits of $2 and $1, respectively The man is said to have operated in practically all sections of Washington and in Takoma Park, Md. S success= | { Great Mills P.-T. A. to Meet. LEONARDTOWN, Md., September 22 (Special).—The Great Mills Parent- ‘Teacher Association will meet Septem- ber 26 at 8 p.m. at the school and the new president, Mrs. Quirk Meredith, will preside. The various committees also will be appointed. Ve