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SIX ARE INDICTED IN'U. 5. PROBE OF WARDMAN SSUES Buky Fraud Charges Made by Milwaukee Grand Jury, but List Is Secret. BONDS ON PROPERTY OPERATIONS IN CAPITAL Justice Department Notified and Defendants Are Expected to Be Arrested Soon. By the Assoclated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis,, October 1.—An indictment charging use of the mails to defraud was returned yesterday by the Federal grand jury, which for two days has been inquiring into the sale of bonds of Wardman Properties, Inc., now in default, by Halsey, Stuart & | Co. The indictment presented to Fed- eral Judge F. A. Geiger was a bulky document. The identity of those in- dicted will not be revealed until arrests are made. The indictment was voted under a section of the United States criminal code which provides maximum | penalties of five vears' imprisonment | and a fine of $1,000. Bonds on D. C. Properties. H. L. Stuart is president of Halsey, $tuart & Co. and is in charge of its main office in Chicago. His brother, C. B. Stuart, is in charge of the New York office. Other offices are in Phila- delphia, Detroit, Boston, Cleveland. Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Minneapolis and Milwaukee. The Halsey, Stuart Co. underwrote and sold an issue of $13.500,000 in ‘Wardman Properties bonds floaed upon 11 apartments. hotels and other build- ings in Washington, D. C. Selling originally at $100, the bonds defaulted in interest and principal a year 8go end are now quoted at $10. U. S. Inquiry Started. A United States Senate investigation was started when the bonds defaulted and Federal investigators for months had been looking into the issue and its sale. Forest A. Harness, special assist- ant attorney general, came from Wash- ;ngton to present the case to the grand ury. About 25 witnesses, including em- ployes and former employes of Halsey, Stuart & Co. and several Wisconsin residents who bought part of nearly $200,000 worth of bonds sold in this area, were called before the grand jury. ‘The case was presented here because of numerous complaints from Wiscen- sin_investors. The Government's contention, it was understood, was that fraud in sale of the bonds occurred when they were sold to investors believing in their strength while the Wardman companies were failing financially. INDICTMENT LIST WITHHELD. Justice Department Notified of Grand Jury Action. ‘The Department of Justice has been notified of the indictment by a Federal grand jury in Milwaukee, Wis.. of six persons alleged to have made fraudulent use of the mails in connection with the sale by Halsey, Stuart & Co., of bonds of Wardman Properties, Inc, of this city. Names of those indicted are being withheld, pending arrest of the men by Federal authorities. Three of the men involved are in New ¥ork City, it was learned, and the others are in Chicago. It was indicated all will be given a reasonable opportunity to surrender wvoluntarily. The sale of approximately $2,500,000 worth of Wardman securities is under- stood to be the basis of the indictment. Halsey, Stuart & Co., underwrote a $13,500,000 bond issue for the Wardman concern for the financing of 11 hotels, apartments and other buildings here. ‘The bonds, now in default, are quoted at $10. Dodds Receives Word. Word of the grand jury action was received late yesterday by Nugert Dodds, Assistant Attorney General, un- der whose direction the Federal inves- tigation leading to the indictments was prosecuted. Forrest A. Harness. a spe- cial assistant to the Attorney General, was sent to Milwaukee to present the Government evidence to the grand jury. The investigation was made by the United States Bureau of Investigation, whase director assigned several of his expert accountant agents to the case. The inquiry has been under way for some time, following receipt by the de- partment of numerous complaints from purchasers of the bonds. The Government presented to the grand jury about two dozen witnesses, including employes of the Halsey, Stu- art Co.. and James D. Hobbs, former executive of the Wardman firm. New York and Chicago Offices. Main offices of the Halsey, Stuart Co. arc in New York and Chicago. H. L. Stuart, president of the company, is in charge of the Chicago headquarters, and his brother, C. B. Stuart, conducts the New York office. There are branches in a number of large cities. Identity of the persons named in the indictment was held secret on orders of Federal Judge F. A. Geiger. The Department of Justice charged that use of the mails in selling the bonds constituted fraud, in that the securities allegedly were misrepresented as to their value. B BABY SEVERELY BURNED BY PAN OF HOT GREASE Trails Gorillas in Congo SCIENTIST STUDIES HABITS OF BANDS OF LAZY APES. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Gorillas lead & lazy, hobo-like life in the Central African mountains. Such was the observation of Dr. Harold C. Bingham, psychologist of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose report of trailing these great apes in their native habitat and observ- ing their behavior from day to day has just been issued. Bingham took up the trail of the gorillas in the Albert National Park in the Belgian Kongo, sometimes described as the gorilla sta and followed close behind several bands. He trailed one group for 100 hours. ‘These are among the very few scien- tific observations ever made of the natural life of the gorilla. Most of the information about this animal, whose behavior may yield many clues for the interpretation of human history, has been taken from unreliable reports of hunters. Build “Nests” at Night. The great apes, Bingham found, move in separate groups of from 2 to 35 individuals—each group apparently dominated by an old male. Every night the animals stop, build “nests” in trees or on the ground in sheltered places, and sleep until morning. There is one nest for each animal, except for the infants, that sleep with their mothers. The great ape, Bingham found, is always leisurely on the move, living off the country. The creature has no settled home. One nest appar- ently never is used two nights in suc- cession, no suitable nest-building ma- terial ever is transported even for a few feet. But, it is pointed out in the report, the animal has a great facility for adapting the handiest material for nest building. Consequently there is no stable form of nest. “From the moment the gorillas could be characterized as individuals,” Bing- ham says, “the dominance of the leader was outstanding. In general appear- ance he was the largest animal in the band, yet there were evidences of emaci- ation compared with the uniformly well- nourished appearance among his smaller companions. low. even suggesting missing teeth. “All direct observation of the.ani- mals indicated that his leadership was paramount. He was the only animal that made vocal sounds that the ob- servers could hear. Likewise, he was the only adult of the group who be- trayed excitement.” Resemble Human Vagrants. The gorillas, Bingham says, often tend to lounge about the sleeping place of the band on the previous night—es- pecially when there is plenty of food in the neighborhood. Apparently they eat very little, but just lay around on the soft moss and grass before starting the day’s trek to a new feeding place. Two of the lounging places found by Bingham were occupied until noon. The | gorillas, once started, move only a few miles, eating leisurely along the way, if | food is plentiful, and building nests for the night when their hunger is satis- fied. They appear to have no objective | for their wanderings and are compar- able to human vagrants. The gorilla evidently tries to place his nest in such a position that he will | His cheeks appeared hol- | THE EVENING DR. HAROLD C. BINGHAM. | be protected from the rain. If it be- | comes uncomfortably wet during the ‘nlght he will not try to adjust himself |to it for long, but will get up and build an entirely new nest. In one case a big ape had built a nest in a tree, |about 40 feet above the ground. Dur- ing the night the nest had fallen, pre- | sumably while he was sleeping in it. | The animal caught himself on a branch about 20 feet mbove the ground and, from the appearances the next morn- ing, seems to have met the situation by building a new nest where he landed. A Forsaken Monarch. ‘There was a hint in the behavior of the animals, Bingham s: “of con- structive imagination and different ca- | pacities in organization. The gray- haired leaders of two different groups ( scemed to concentrate on opposite as- pects of the social environment. One | seemed to concentrate entirely on the | task of retiring with his eight followers. :The leadership of the other seemed to ‘rel,v on organized discipline of his 22 followers, and to use @ variety of de- | vices for sizing up the human observers. | . “Responses of individual gorillas within the group were by no means stereotyped, but there was in each in- stance a social homogeniety that sug- gested leadership and discipline. In- dividuals, and possibly subordinate units of the whole troop, seemed to adopt to one another under different circum- stances and with varying degrees of confusion and appropriateness.” In all but one case the gorilla nests found by Bingham were in groups. The single exception was a large, lone nest high in the mountains. The possible explanation suggested is that this was the last retreat of a leader grown too old to lead a band. The possibility is, | Bingham suggests, that a band grows smaller and smaller as the younger males depart with a few companions to | form bands of their own when the old leader is too feeble to retain them. Fi- nally the monarch is left all alone in the mountains where food is scarce NINE LOSE POSTS IN CONSOLIDATION Personnel Classification Board Now Part of Civil Service Commission. Transfer of the Personnel Classifica- | tion Board to the Civil Service Com- mission, where it beccmes a division instead of maintaining its identity as an independent agency of the Govern- ment, is depriving nine workers of their jobs, it became known today when the merger went into effect. Of the 58 employes carried on the board's rolls. 38 were taken over, 11 were transferred to other Government agencies, 4 have been placed on in-| definite furlough, 2 more are certain to be placed on indefinite furlough because | either husband or wife is in the service | and 3 others face indefinite furlough for the same reason unless husband or wife goes out of service on November 1. Director Transferred. It was s2id at the commission that definite decision has not yet been made in the three latter cases because it is not known which of the married parties will choose to give up their post, this being optional because of the marital clause of the economy act under which | this action is being taken. Among the 11 employes of the board transferred to other activities is Wil- liam C. McReynolds, who was the di- rector of the board and who is now with the Budget Bureau. Others af- | fected in the shift, it was said, are clerical workers. With the transfer of the board to the commission, Ismar Baruch, who | was assistant director of classification at the board, becomes chief of the di- vision of personnel classification, which is the designation now of the agency in | the commission. His assistant will be Joseph L. Spilman, who was assistant executive officer of the board. On Preference List, In putting the employes dropped on | indefinite furlough, they go to the new re-employment list and ' thus ‘are in- cluded in the class given preference in | certification for filling vacancies au- thorized by the President. | In putting through this consolidation, which is the first of its kind effectea under the economy act, the majority of the former duties of the board will be assumed by the new division, and the remainder are being merged with ex- isting activities at the commission. ADAMS TO GIVE ADDRESS AT TABLET’S UNVEILING Navy Secretary Will Be Central Little Gladys Jerman in Hospital After Accident in Pennsyl- vania Avenue Home. Gladys Jerman, 14-month-old daugh- ter of My, and Mrs, Charles T. Jerman, 2315 Pennsylvania avenue, was in a serious condition in Children's Hospital today, suffering from burns received Jast night when she spilled a pan of hot grease over her face, chest and left arm. Mrs. Jerman said she had removed the pan from the stove and placed it on a small table when the baby over- turned it. Gladys was transferred to Children’s Hospital after receiving Figure at Ceremonies Commem- orating Yorktown Investment. Secretary of the Navy Adams was to be the central figure in ceremonies this afternoon at the headquarters here of the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution, incident to the unveiling of a tablet commemorating the investment of Yorktown and the beginning of Navy month. * ‘The Secretary was to deliver an ad- dress at 2 o'clock on “Yorktown.” The invocation was to be pronounced by Rev. L. H. Waring and the tablet pre- sented by S. 8. Williamson, president of the District of Columbia Chapter, and received by Pred W. Milspaugh, presi- emergency treatment at Columbia Hos- pital. Iy SAFETY MEETINGS HELD Preliminaries Made for Opening of Congress and Exposition. Early arrivals among the 4,000 dele- gates expected at the annual Safety Congress and Exposition of the National Safety Council at Wardman Park and Shoreham Hotels next week, were at- tending preliminary meetings at Ward- man Park Hotel today and perfecting the program of the congress. The congress will be formally opened Monday morning in Wardman Park Theater with the annual meeting of members. George W. Offutt, chairman of the Washington committee on the , congress, will make the address of wel- e - dent of the national society. Brig. Gen. W. E. Horton, a charter member, was to unveil the memorial tablet, under the capstone of which are &n!be deposited historical papers and ata. J. E. WRIGHT TO SPEAK K Street Reminisences Will Be Given Oldest Inhabitants. “Reminiscences of K Street, Fourth ‘Ward,” will be the subject of an address by J. Eliot Wright before the Associa- tion of Oldest Inhabitants of the Dis- trict of Columbia at their regular Oeto- | ber meeting next Wednesday night at| tie Old Union Engine House, Nine- | teenth and H streets. Mr. Wright is recording secretary of the association. The meeting is 3 uled to start at 7:30 pn, | the hospital in the patrol wagon from | [BOY SCOUT LEADERS MAN USES HAMMER INSTRING VONAN Mrs. Anne Nicholas May| Have Fractured Skull, Doctors Say. Mrs. Anne Nicholas, 29-year-old wife of a clothing salesman, was struck o the head with a hammer this morning while in the bed room of her apartment | cn the third floor at 815 Ninth street. | Her skull may have been fractured, it was said at Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Nicholas was unable to tell a coherent story of what hapened and. | pending her recovery, police were hold- ing for investigation her husband, | George Harry Nicholas, 38. | Nicholas tcld detectives at headquar- ters, where he was brought for ques- | g. that he left the bed room for y a few moments to prepare a cup of coffee in the kitchen. He said he heard his wife cry, “He's killing me and ran into the hallway in time to a strange man darting down the steps to the street. | The husband said he did not know | the man and did not follow him be- | cause he wished to adminster to his| wife. Mrs. Nicholas telephoned police from | her apartment and she was taken to No. 1 precinct. After a preliminary examination, doctors said Mrs. Nich- olas’ condition did not appear to be serious. | Police_were checking with immigra- tion authorities today to learn if Nich- olag legally entered the United States. They also were seeking a man said to have seen a blood-spattered stranger | run from the Nicholas apartment. The blood-stained hammer was found in| the front bed room. WILL GATHER HERE| Officials From Four States and D. C. to Hold Regional Conference October 7 to 12. Boy Scout leaders from Virginia, Maryland. Pernsylvania, Delaware and the District will meet here October 7-12 for & regional conference at the Shore- ham Hotel. Roy E. Seymour of Phila- delphia, executive for region No. 3, will preside. Volunteer Scoutmasters will meet Oc- tober 7 and 8. while Scout executives, or employed persornel, will be in session October 9 through the 12th. The latter meeting is held every two years. Local Scout activities to be reported to the conference will show a record ad- vancement of Scouts to higher ranks during the past Summer. Seventy-eight Scouts advanced to second class; 71 to first class and 1,156 merit badges were awarded in 62 subjects. Swimming led the list with 104 merit badges awarded. WILLIAM W. SMITH PAID COURT TRIBUTE HERE Formal Notification of Attorney’s Death Read by Col. Kenyon; Session Adjourned. Col. J. Miller Kenyon, former presi- dent of the Bar Association, yesterday made formal notification before Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the District Supreme Court of the death of his associate, William Walter Smith, promi- nent lawyer here and in Ohio, who died at Atlantic City September 17. Col. Kenyon asked that the records of the court show an adjournment out of re- spect for the dead lawyer. In granting the motion Chief Jus- tice Wheat spoke feeiingly of the de- ceased, with whom he had been ac- quainted. Col. Kenyon referred briefly to the career of his dead associate and spoke of his success in diplomatic circles and of his close friendship with Nicholas Longworth, late Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mr. Smith, he said, practiced law in Ohio and in the local tribunals. i * | HINGTON CAR TESTS URGED BY TRAFFIC CHIEF TO REDUGE PERILS Van Duzer Favors Ban on De- fective Autos Starting December 1. STICKERS WOULD SHOW MECHANICAL CONDITION Drivers Would Be Subject to Arrest Unless They Gained Approval of Garage Experts. On and after December 1, every motor vehicle in the District must bear an official sticker certifying that it has been approved mechanically, else its owner will be liable to arrest, if the District Commissioners approve a plan announced today by Traffic Di- rector William A. Van Duzer. The new plan to make periodic in- spection of automobiles mandatory has been approved by the Traffic Advisory Council and the Commissioners have indicated their willingness to promul- gate & new traffic regulation prescrib- ing the examinations, according to Di- rector Van Duzer. Garages to be Selected. “Official” garages throughout the city will be announced shortly by the traffic director’s office and motorists may ap- ply to them for a free inspection any time after October 15, it was said Examinations will be made of brakes, lights and steering gear. If approved, a windshield sticker will be issued cer- tifying that the car has passed the tests: if not, the owner must have the defects remedied before being given the inspection certificate. To guard against garages failing to approve cars in order to get repair busi- ness, Van Duzer intends to have a staff of examiners at the Traffic Department to which motorists may apply if not satisfied with the garage inspection. Regular inspection of motor vehicles is in line with the Nation-wide cam- paign to “save a life.” Meny States have been requiring periodic examinations of automobiles and trucks for years. Mary- land has requir=d tests for the last four years and Virginia is to inaugurate the System in 1933 Advocates D. C. Action. “Washington being between the two States also should require such tests’™ sald Van Duzer today. “In Maryland the first year it was found that 20 per cent of the cars were defective. a high enough percentage to cause mang se- rious accidents.” District of Columbia—Fair, slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy with rising temperature: south and southwest winds. Maryland—Fair, slightly warmer night; tomorrow partly cloudy slowly rising temperature. Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorro! slowly rising temperature. West Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; warmer tcnight and in the east portion tomorrow. Outlook for October 3 to October 8. North and Middle Atlantic States— Scattered showers over north portion and possibility of showers over south portion Tuesday or Wednesday and again toward the end of the week. Cool at the heginning of the week, warmer Tuesday or Wednesday, cooler about Thursday and warmer again toward the end of the week River Report. and Shenandoah Rivers to- with Potomac clear today. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. Inches. . 30.11 30.10 30.09 Yesterday— 4 pm 8 pm. . 2Midnight Today— 4am . 8 am. Noon Highest Lowest, 48, ago, 52. 30.04 5 30.05 e 72 29.99 noon today. Year ago. 76 7:00 am. today. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow. 8:31am 9:19am. am. 8:57pm. 3:07pm. The Sun and Moon, Rises. 6:04 6:05 7:45am. Sun, today Sun, tomorr: Moon, today.. Automobile lights must be turned on | one-half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches Capital (current month to date): Month, 1932. Average. Record. January 2 5 09 '82 February 6.84 March 884 April 9.13 May September . October November December Weather in Varlous Cities. o Temperature. W LR R WE W €230 £ D 2 21 b0 5 H “*rquam asel 59m07 Stations. ago. Ili.. .. 29.94 Cincinnati, Ohic 30.08 Cleveland, Ohio. 29.94 Columbia. 8. C.30.18 Denver. Colo... 30.00 Detroit, Mich... 29.90 El Paso. Tex....3 Galveston, Tex.. 30.02 Mont ... 30.08 20.90 " Pt.cloudy Pt_cloudy Cloudy Rain Pt.cloudy C Cloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy Omaha. Nebr... 29 Philadeiphia_ ... 30. Phoenix. _Ari; Bittsburgn. Pa.. San' Anton; Clear Antonio. ... 30.02 Pt.cloudy San_Diego. Calif 20.92 Clear WASH., D. C..30.04 Clear FOREIGN. m.. Greenwich time, today.) Temperature. Weather. 58 Cloudy [ Statio: London, Paris. France Vienna, Austri: Berlin, ' German: Brest. France Zurich. Switzeriand. . Stockholm, Sweden Gibraltar. (No on. day.) Horta (Fayal), Azores.. Part cloudy (Ciirrent observations.) St. Georges, Bermuda 72 Cl Ean Jusn, Porto Ric vana, Colon. 5. England. Cloudy Part cloudy Part cloudy Cloudy Fogey Cloudy Part cloudy moderate | D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1932. Western High School Dedicates Stadium EDUCATORS AND PARENT-TEACHER GROUP UNITE IN | | Left to right: Dr. Frank W. Ballou, school superintendent; Charles V. Imlay, president of the Western High Schcol Home and School Association: George M. Whitwell, school board member: Geoffrey Creyke, James B. Bradley ard Dr. UTLITES BOARD ASSALS RENTAL 0AB COMPANES Associations Battening on Drivers’ Meager Earnings, Says Statement. HONORING PATRON. COMMISSION ADMITS LACK OF JURISDICEON Promises Effort Will Be Made to Reach Offending Operators Indirectly. The Public Utilities Commission yes- terday issued a written statement, ex- coriating rental cab companies and as- soclations in stinging terms for “bat- tening on the meager earnings” of those who rent ther cabs, for “making con- siderable profit at their (the drivers’) expense.” for employing devices to con= tinue their exploitation of drivers, and threatening to use every means in the commission’s power to thwart these goings-en. | The statement mourns the fact that !tince the rental ccmpanies are not | utilities, the commission has no con- —Star Stafl Photo. |trol over them, but‘ points out that NCREASED attention will be focused | °70rts to secure the fleld. A bronze on athletics by the schools, which | memorial tablet, the gift of the West- Elmer S. Newton. The picture was taken immediately after the dedicatory. | must undertake to prepare their | ern High School Home and School As- graduates for the greater leisure sociation to the school, was unveiled | which the new social order will in exercises in the school auditorium provide by shortened working days and | by James B. Bradley, son of the honored weeks, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- man and himself a graduate of West- tendent of schools, declared late yester- | ern in 1925. day at the formal dedication of the In his adgress Dr. Ballou said that Western High School athletic field. i the athletic fleld, long desired by West- The dedicatory marked the paying | ern, should afford its students an op- of honor to tke late S. Duncan Bradley, ' portunity to train adequately in the member of the school's first graduating | sports that will occupy their leisure in class in 1893, who was one of the | adulthood. school’s staunchest supperters in #ts Other speakers on the dedicatory g |they may be reached indirectly by re- program in the auditorium in:luded{\okmg licenses of public vehicles 1n | Dr. Elmer S. Newton, principal of |which the driver has “plainly violated Western, who presided and pronounced | the commission’s orders and is still the formal dedication: Dr. Stephen E.|being mulcted by these rental comi- Kramer, first assistant superintendent | panies under one blan or another of schools; George M. Whitwell, mem- | This, the commission promises to do. | ber of the Board of Education; Mr. Im- | The commission will further try to | lay; Allan Davis, principal of Roosevelt | enforce its regulation requiring com- | High School. and Bryan Morse and |plete manifests to be furnished by all James Mulligan, former coaches at |operators, which “should diminish the ‘Western. | difficulties of owners trying to comply | Following the dedicatory. Western’s | With the law.” Iscull e e cntered the new | Commission’s Statement. eld to nlay host to and then Cefeat the The following is the full text of the Bk ns foot ball team 1,"5 | ccmmission's statement BUZIARDSPOINT =¥t mres e PLANTO COME UP Many Special Services Arranged for Most Sacred Festival of 0ld Hebrew Calendar. Many special services have been plan- ned for Washington Jews in the world wide observance by their race of Rosh Co-ordinating Committee Will Meet Tuesday on Track | Hashana, the most sacred festival of | the old Hebrew calendar, which was i | ushered in last night. Question. | "Dr. J. T. Loeb, rabbi of Ohev Sholom P | Synagogue, officiated at rites which be- | | gan at 6:30 this morning and were to A special meeting of the Co-ordinat- end at 2 pm.: Dr. Abram Simon, rabbi | ing Committee, composed cf interested Of the Washington Hebrew Congrega s , ion, preaches T | District and Federal agencles, will be pivh L resided at services today, | held Tuesday to consider the layout of and Dr. Solomon H. Metz, rabbi of Adas | tracks proposed by the Pennsylvania Israel Synegogue. led his congregation Railroad to give carrier facilities to the last night in music and rituals honoring Buzzards Point industrial region. the new year. In announcing the meeting, Capt - E. N. Chisolm, jr. engineer of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- “There has been some criticism of the arresis of taxicab drivers and their arraignment in Police Court charged with violating orders of this commis- sion. It has been suggested that if de- sirous of breaking up the rental taxi- cab business, the commission should proceed azaintt the renting companies . U. U H |" “The fact is that these renting com. | panies are not. in any sense of the | word, utilities and, therefore, they ere | not under the jurisdiction of this com- Ceremony Marks First Highmissien: “The nrdflrsho! the r‘ommKSK;n can | Geal solely with the operators of taXi- Steel Placement for New b Structure. cabs and they forbid such operation | FLAGISHOSTED | unless the driver owns the cab or is a bona fide employe of the owner “These renting rompanies can only exist, to use tne words of Justice Ad- kins, through ‘the exploitation of The American Flag was hoisted yes-labor’; they batten upon the meager earnings of those who rent their ve- terday ‘nbo\e the topmost column of]hlrlvs That these rental companies the new Interstate Commerce Commis-!are making considerable profits at the sion Building to mark the first piece | expense of the men to whom they rent of steel set up to the highest point of | their cabs seems probable from the the building under construction at!efforts they are making, the devices Twelfth street and Constitution avenue. | they are employing, to continue this _ The flag was put in place by “Jack” |source of revenue, to exact about the Gober of the Bass Constructicn Co.|same sums from these drivers under which is erecting the steel for James the guise of ‘association dues’ or ‘in- Stewart & Co., Inc,, general con'ractors | stallment payments’ on the cabs which Year | in the| | mission_and chairman of the Co-ordi- nating Committee, said today his organ- | izations have just been furnished with a set of plans by J. G. Nettleton, Wash- ington representative of the Pennsyl- | vania Railroad | “Capt. Chisolm has invited represent- | atives from the Navy Department and from the office of David Lynn, architect of the Capitol. 10 attend the meeting, as properties of these units are affected by the proposed development. The meet- ing will be called to order at 9:30 am., Tuesday. Under the law permitting the Penn- sylvania to extend its tracks from the Washington Navy Yard into the Buz- zards Point arca, Capt. plained, the Park and Planning Com- mission must report on the details to the District Commissioners. At the Tucsday hearing, the whole layout, in- cludirg future industrial expansion be- tween the Army War College and the Navy Yard will be discussed, the cap- tain said. He is advised that water mains, which are part of the circulatory water s tem for the Capitol, go down First street, near where the railroad pro- poses to law its new tracks. 'CONDITION OF NAVAL MACHINIST CRITICAL Police Continuing Search for Har- rison Kaiser, Alleged to Be Assailant. James F. Morgan, 51, shot Thursday night in frent of his home, 3629 Jocelyn street, still was in a critical condition in Emergency Hospital today. Police are continuing their search for Harrison Kaiser, 42, named by Morgan as his assailant. The shooting, according to informa- tion given police, was the outgrowth of a dispute between Kaiser, recently dis- charged from the Navy Yard, and Mor- gan, a machinist there and financial secretary of OColumbia Lodge, No. 174, Machinists’ Union. Kaiser, it was said, demanded a re- bate from the:union following his dis- missal and Morgan, refused to comply without authorization of other officials of the organization. Kaiser. e SCHOOL CAFETERIA OPEN 3,000 Provided For at McKinley Night School. With the largest enrollment of any school in the public school system, the McKinley Night High School has opened its cafeteria to provide dinner for the 3,000 persons who pursue their studies there three evenings a week. This is the first time a night school in the District has undertaken to pro- vide this service to. its students. The move was adopted by E. J. Lockwood, director of evening schools, after he learned many of the night school stu- dents were sitting in classes from 6:30 to 9:56 p.m. without having had dinner, because they lacked time to eat between the end of their day's work and the opening_of school. The Roosevelt Night High School, with an enrollment of 2,300, as com- pared with that schools day roll of 1,533, will open its cafeteria as soon as the permanent lunch room equipment is installed. PAGE TO GIVE RADIO TALK William Tyler Page, former clerk of the House of Representatives, will speak over Station WMAL next Wednesday night in the first of a series of lectures sponsored by the National Society of |the Scns of the American Revolution. } There will be 40 of these lectures, under plans of the society’s educa- tion Committee “To Keep American.” Maryland and Virginia police also | were asked to be on the lookout for | PARADE T0 HONOR -~ ARTILLERY CHIEF Gen. Gulick to Review Na- tional Guard at Wash- ington Monument. Chisolm ex- | In horor of Maj. Gen. John W. Gulick, chief of Coast Artillery of the Army, the 260th Coast Artillery, an anti-aircraft regiment of the District of Columbia National Guard, will give a formal dress | parade and searchlight demonstration |at the Washington Monument grounds | this afternocn and tonight. The dress parade will be held at the foot of the Washington Monument at 5 o'clock and the regiment will be reviewed by Gen. Gulick, accompanied by Maj. Gen. George E. Leach. chief of the Militia Bureau, and Maj. Gen Anton Stephan. commanding general of the local Guard. Planes to Make “Attack.” The evening program, to begin after dark, wil! include a simulated defense | by the regiment of the Washington | | Monument against an attack to be made | | by three planes of the 104th Observa- tion, Maryland National Guard, from Baltimore. The planes will be under command of Maj. Charles A Masson and will be flown by Capt. Harcld R Bohlman and Lieuts. Otto Melamet and John F. Meehan, jr. The program will open with an il-| | jumination of the planes as they fly | past in formation by the searchlights | of Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, under Lieut. Clifton W. Royston, sup- | plemented by searchlights of the 2d | | Coast Artillery from Fort Monroe, V. under command of Capt. Louis Bowler of the Regular Army. Capt Bowler brought a detail of 40 men five of the latest type Army search-| lights and two sourd locators: from | Fort Monroe. Two of the searchlights | will be located at the Washington Monument and the' remainder distrib- uted throughout the environs of Wash- | in in accordance with the latest | tactical principles of anti-aircraft artillery. Guns to Be in Action. After the planes have been located by the sound locators and illuminated by the searchlights, a simulated fire | will be directed upon them by the gun batteries of the 260th Coast Artillery and the machine gun battery of the regiment. The two gun batteries are Battery B, Capt. Leroy S. Mann, and Battery C, Lieut. Perry O. Huff. The lmachine battery is commanded by | capt. William F. Bullis. All three bat- teries will be posted at the Monument. After the demonstration the officers of the regiment will be presented to Gen. Gulick of Maj. Burns, assisted by Capt. C. R. Roberts, the regimental instructor. SENATOR GE1:S GRANDSON | New Arrival in Brookhart Home Is Fourth Grandchild. Senator Brookhart's fourth grand- child was Born yesterday, a 7!2-pound son of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Wildman Brookhart, jr. He was named William Wallace, after his maternal grandfather. OIT; NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Dinner, Worshipful Masters’ Associa- tion, Hamilton Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Dance, East Washington Community Center, Seventeenth and East Capitol streets, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Eckington Community Center, Langley Junior High School, First and VT, streets northeast, 8:30 pm, on the building. This tradition of flving the flag from the pinnacle of the building is an ancient tradition in the steel-erection industry. To the stee! cclumn from which the flag weved today other stecl +ill be atiached for further construc. tion cf the roof. ‘The building’s steel skeleton was raised in quick time, ahead of con- struction schedule, and the big frame- | work now rises to almost its full size | and shape. Stesl erection will be fin- ished in a few days. according to John | M. Parish, superintendent of James Stewart & Co. and the derricks will then be moved over to the site of the Labor Department Building at Four- teenth street and Constitution avenue. where steel will begin to go up in about 10 days. Connecting Wing Under Way. Between the I C. C. and Labor De- partment structures is the so-called “connecting wing.” which will join_the three into one architectural unit. This middle section, to be used for a Gov- ernment suditorium, is now in_the foundation stage. concrete is being poured for its foundations. and steel soon will be fabriceted for it. So that as soon as the derricks are through with the Department of Labor they can be moved over into the auditorium. In other words, according to Super- intendent Parish. it is expected that | steel work for all three buildings will be completed .before Christmas. Other Trades at Work. In the meantime other trades have begun their work on the inside of the I C. C. structure, as the reinforced concrete floors are being poured. Con- duits to carry the electric lighting wires are imbedded in this concrete floor. As soon as the floors are completed the next trades to move in will be the plumbers and steamfitters. The steel framework of the I. C. C. Building already in place weighs about 3,500 tons. according to Mr. Parish. A feature of the I. C. C. structure, plainly visible in the framework now, is the small building for hearing rooms erected insjde the court, to have win- dows on all four sides, and high ceil- ings. LIQUOR WAS GIVEN AWAY WOMAN INFORMS COURT Madeline Griswold Pleads Not Guilty to Sale and Possession Charge. A young woman, who told police she had been giving liquor away, not sell- ing it, was arraigned before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court yesterday and demanded jury trial on charges of sale and possession. Police said they seized a half gallon of whisky and arrested Madeline Gris- wold, 23, in a raid Thursday in the 1300 block of Thirty-fifth street. She in- sisted, they stated, that she had been only giving liquor to her friends. al- though it was after the alleged “buy” of an informer that the officer obtained a search warrant. Miss Griswold pleaded not guilty and was held under $500 bond for trial Oc- tober 11. MONUMENT IS REFUGE Three Small Boys Found There After Becoming Lost. ‘The Washington Monument proved a haven last evening for three small boys who became lost. Shortly after 7 p.m. park police re- ceived a telephone message from the guard at the Monument that the three lost boys were waiting there. Acting Sergt. C. H. Baesgen went to the monu- ment and found Herbert N. Grinder, 5, of the 1100 block of Virginia avenue southwest; Eugene Oliver, 3, also of the 1100 block of Virginia avenue south- west, and Robert Johnson, 5, of the 1000 block of B street southwe:t. The children were returned to their parents, who said they had been ing for several howrs, | they claim to have ‘sold’ to the drivers. | Drivers Released. one of these drivers who have {been convicted has really been pun- ished. Several of them have been re- |leased on their personal bond, and the | nominal fines of others, it is known, | were paid by the so-called cab com- | penies. “Where convictions are secured and the driver has plainly violated the | commission’s orcers and is still being | mulcted by these rental companies under one plan or another, the com- | mission proposes to ask to have the {license of the particular vehicle re- | voked. Unfortunately, this seems to | b2 the only way in which the rental companies can be reached “Where a driver actually owns his cab. or is purchasing it on the install- ment plan, and has title thereto, as he | should have in either case, or where the driver is a bona-fide employee of the cab owner and duly protected by reason of the fact that the owner has complied with the employes’ compen- sation law, the commission has no desire to, and will not interfere with, such an operation. “Recent adjustments in the operat- ing methods of several companies which formerly rented cabs have come to the attention of the commission. Other operators complain that under the zone systom of charges it is im- possible to operate on the straight |sajary or commission basis because drivers fail to report all fares re- ceived and no practical system of check- |ing the receipts can be devised. It 1s the intention of the commission to in- | force its regulations requiring accurate and complete manifests by every means !at is disposal. This should diminish the difficulties of owners who are ens | endeavoring to comply with the law.” 'POLICE TAKE YOUTH AFTER GUN BATTLE Colton Martin, Colored, Alleged to Have Terrorized George- town, Captured. A colored youth, alleged to have ter- rorized Georgetown early today by firing a pistol as he ran thyough the streets, vas captured by palice and pedestrians after being shot in the shoulder by Lieut. John J. Bourke, seventh precinct. The youth, Colion Martin, 19, of Po- tomac, Md., was treated at Georgetown Tniversity Hospital for § w~jd in_the shoulder and then was remor1 to Gal- linger. He was booked for investigation at No. 7 station house, where, it was said, a number of charges are to be placed against him. Lieut. Bourke fired at the youth after the latter pointed a pistol at him at Thirty-seventh and N streets. As the bullet ‘hit his shoulder the youth dropped his pistol to the side- walk and ran. He was overtaken and captured by several policemen and pe- destrians near the scene after a chase of approximately five city blocks. Police were called for aid after Mar- tin had fired a shot into the floor of a residence where he was attending a party and then fired anothier shot at thed Teet of some colored persons, police said. GAS GANGRENE HERE Case at Gallinger by No Means Un- common, Says Doctor. Diagnosis of a case of gas gangrene at Gallinger Hospital was confirmed to- day by Dr. Edgar A. Bocock, the super- intend nt. Such _cases are by no means uncom- mon, Dr. Bocock said, and achieved their greatest notoriety during the war when the virulent gas formed in the tissues in surgical cases invaded tue wounds 4f cthers. Eut in a modern hospitai with facilities for isolating patients this danger is practically non- existent,