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WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY DEATH RATE GAINS, BIRTH RATE DROPS IN DISTRIT IN 1531 Health Officer Completes An- nual Report; Mortality Rises to 15.86 Per 1,000. BIRTHS FALL FROM 19.40 T0 19.12 FOR 12 MONTHS Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Makes- First Appearance in Capital During Year. The general death rate and infant mortality rate increased, while the birth #aze declined in the District during 1931, #ceording to tne annual report of Health' Ofcer William C. Fowler, made pub- fic yesterday. His figures are for the calendar year, although the administra- tive part of the report carries through until June 30 last. The general death rate rose from 15.20 per 1.000 in 1930 to 15.86. The infant mortality rate increased from! 70.8 to 71.5. The birth rate fell from| 19.40 to 19.12. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a new- eomer among the contagious diseases, made its appearance, but did not cause any great ravages. Only three cases, with one death, were reported. There were only 17 cases of infantile paraly- sis. There has not been a case of smallpox in the District for three years. Principal Death Causes. The principal causes of death were, fn the order named, organic heart dis- ease, pneumonia, nephritis, cancer, tu- berculosis and apoplexy. The number of deaths from heart disease, nephritis and cancer diminished. while those from pneumonia, tuberculosis and apoplexy | increased as compared with 1930. Dr. Fowler reported that 88 per cent; of the kindergarten and first grade pupils examined were found suffering from some physical defect, although in many cases the defects were very slight | and easily corrected W. Bergquist (left), president of the National Safety Council, shown yesterday as he presented first prize in a naticnal contest for the best safety record in industry to H. K. Bennett of Providence, representing the Blackstone Valley Safety Council of Rhode Island. This council reduced industrial accidents in its territory 50 per cent last year. The award was made at a session of council managers from leading American cities preliminary to the National Safety Congress, which opens tomorrow at Wardman Park and Shoreham Hotels. —Star Staff Photo. JUDGE OF CUSTOMS COURT WILL SPEAK W. J. Graham Will State Stand Against Salary Cuts at Federal Bar Session. At the first Fall meeting of the Federal Bar Association tomorrow eve- TRACTION MERGER - HELD NECESSITY IKeneipp Advocates Stable, Integrated System of Transportation. Stressing a stable and integrated transportation system as a necessity ping in the new Commerce Depart- |to normal business growth, George E. ment auditorium, Presiding Judge Wil- liam J. Graham of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Chamber of Commerce, ! will explain why he fecls salary re- ductions in the economy act cannot be that the whole transportation system | applied to members of his court. Keneipp, chairman of the Transporta- tion Committee of tne audience over Station WMAL last night |in the District “is being thrown in- Washington | told a radio| “SAFETY SERMONS™ 10 BE PREACHED IN 25 PULPITS TODAY Ministers to Fire Opening Gun in Exposition Con- vening Tomorrow. WASHINGTON TO BE HOST TO 4,000 DELEGATES Visitors Will Inspect System of Traffic Control in Accident Prevention Campaign. Preaching safety, ministers from | more than 25 Washington pulpits today | | will “fire the opening guns” for the twenty-first annual Safety Congress | and Exposition which convenes tomor- | row at Wardman Park and Shoreham Hotels. | ‘The messages from the churches are part of an intensive campaign to make | the streets of Washingion a proving ground for modern accident prevention | measures during the week’s stay here of | approximately 4,000 visiting delegates. A high-light of the congress will be a three-hour bus tour by delegates | Tuesday afternoon to observe the opera- tion of Washington's elzborate system | | of traffic control signais, which are especially interesting because installed at widely different types of intersec- tions. ‘The visitors will go first to the de- mand signal near Pierce Mill in Rock Creek Park for protection of horseback riders, then to Connecticut avenue and Fessenden to see danger signal lights before the new fire house there, thence to demand signals on Wisconsin avenue at Macomb street and Massachusetts avenue. The party will observe the signals on | Dupont and Scott Circles, another de- | mand signal at Seventeenth street and Connecticut avenue, control lights at | the Arlington Bridge draw, and the ar- rangement of signals on the Capitol Plaza, Truxton Circle, North Capitol street and before the ncw fire house at | Thirteenth and K stréets. Pastors to Urge Safety. MORNING, OCTOBER New ‘Washington Monument. T the Mall to conform to the ideas cf the planners. 2, 1932. #x Highways Unfolding in the Mall VIEW FROM TOP OF WASHINGTON MONUMENT DEPICTS ROADWAYS NEARING COMPLETION. HREE new highways are being constructed in the Mall, and here is what one sees looking east from the top of the ‘The National Capital Park and Planning Commission has the work in charge and the initial part of the program is taking final shape. Congress made $100,000 available to begin the task of altering Ultimately it is proposed to have four great highways traverse the Mall, from near the Capitol to the vicinity of the Washington Monument. Here one may see the beginnings of the program. The road to the right, in front of the new Department of Agri- culture Building, is being extended to link up with the highway system around the Washington Monument. Another road (left) is under construction, eastward of Fourteenth street, skirting the New National Museum. These are the north and south drives that will be extended as funds become available. of the Department of Agriculture Building, running north, to connect the two outer drives. tral part of the Mall have not yet been started, as funds for them have not yet been authorized. A cross-highway is being built from the central part ‘The two highways in the cen- —Star Staff Photo. | ATTACK BY GRONER Seized With Auto And Alleged Liquor END 15 PREDICTED CHARGED BY WIFE After Getee OF - FOR (|5, PAY CUTS FEDERATION MOVES FOR REDUGED FIRE INSURANCE RATES Citizens’ Committee Ordered to Confer With Board of - Underwriters. WATSON COMMENDED FOR CUTTING LOSSES Seventy Per Cent Decrease in Toll During Year Cited in Asso- ciation Resolution. The Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions, in its first meeting of the Fall season last night, ordered its Public Welfare Committee to confer with the Board of Fire Underwriters in an effort to obtain lower fire insurance rates for the District. This action was taken in conjunction with the adoption of a reso- lution praising Chief Engineer George S. Watson and his Fire Department for their remarkable feat in cutting fire losses 70 per cent during the last fiscal year. Most of the discussion at the inau- gural meeting centered around finances. The report of Treasurer A. H. Gregory showed that although the federation’s income last vear was $605, it spent $600.26, leaving a balance of only $4.74. He criticized the high printing bills and bills for stenographic services. Economy Discussed. This led to a general discussjon of economy measures, particularly since Gregory at the same time recommended that the federation take an -office in & downtown office building. The treas- urer was ordered to present an itemized list of expenses at the next meeting. Nominations for the Executive Com- mittee, consisting of 12 members, to be elected next month, included Miss Etta Taggart, George C. Havenner, W. J. Neal, Willam McK. Clayion, G. B. Bishop. Mrs. Clara W. Smith, L. A. Carruthers. Harry N. Stull, Thomas E. Lodge, Selden M. Ely, William R. Love, George E. Sullivan, Mrs. E. C. Rittue, E. S. Hege, A. M. Holcombe, B. A. il-‘rank M. Ledroux of Son of D. C. Appeals Judge Is§ Northeast to Answer During the year a new type of device for testing hearing was used. and the results show that of the 2,377 pupils examined 19 per cent were Bowles. Joseph B. Gammell, E. J. Bren- nan, Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, Herbert Marty, A. E. Westrater, W. 1. Swanton, Lewis Gelbman, Henry I. Quinn, James Speaking on the subject, “The Court | creasingly out of gear and the com- of Customs and Patent Appeals, Its | munity is sustaining serious economic | History, Functions and Jurisdiction,” | loss.” Judge Graham will contend, according | The disorganized condition of a year Pastors will urge their congregations to give special attention to highway safety here next week, although the |Federal Employes’ Leader onsider- ably handicapped” and 6.7 per “mod- erately handicapped” in their hearing. Of the 24,723 pupils given dental ex- aminations 71.8 were found to be suf- fering from teeth defects. Sixty-five per cent of the 4,159 pupils given the Schick test to discover the presence of diphtheria were found to have positive reactions. No Widespread Epidemic. . Fowler's comment on the bonus | occupation was: “One of the most astoniching things about the camp was | that a serious and widespread epidemic of some kind did not appear.” The pound handled 6,647 animals during the year, including 5400 dogs, a horse, a goat, 2 sheep, 2 hogs and 1.241 cats. All of the cats were killed, but live stock and 475 dogs were re- deemed and 1,075 dogs were sold. Fees collected were $2,925.50. INQUEST IN YOUTH’S DEATH IS TOMORROW Probe Will Be Made Into Finding| of Body of Boy, 16, in Dis- trict Morgue. An inquest into the death of Mitchell Botts, 16, colored, found shot to death yesterday in the F. L. Watkins lumber | yard, Minnesota avenue and Sheriff road northeast, will be held in the Dis- trict Morgue at 11 a.m. tomorrow. The boy, according to information given Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald, was shot about 9 p.m. Friday by guaymond Korner, watchman at the yard. Korner told homicide squad detectives Botts and several other colored boys attacked him when he caught them stealing lumber. During the melee, he declared, his 12-gauge shotgun was ac- cidentally discharged, but he did no!} know Botts had been wounded. { ‘Watkins found Botts’ body in a ditch about 15 feet from the spot where Korner said the gun went off. The boy apparently had been trying to make his | way out of the yard when he collapsed in the ditch. Korner, meanwhile, had gone to his home in Seat Pleasant. Arrested fol- Jowing discovery of the body, he was or- dered held pending the result of the in- | quest. Botts lived at 943 Forty-third ! place northeast. | TAKOMA PARK CLERK | TAKES OVER OFFICE J. Wilson Dodd Will Also Serve as Treasurer on Full-Time Basis. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md., October 1.— Starting today J. Wilson Dodd, who has | been appointed town clerk and treas- urer will serve the residents of this ccmmunity on a full-time basis. His offic> is in the fire house. All of the office equipment has been moved into the new quarters, as well| as the books of the town and other official documents. The salary for the new official has been set by the town council at $1,890 per annum. The new town clork and treasurer | is a native of Cumberland, Md., and | has been a resident here for the past 12 years. He was educated in the public schools of Cumberland and graduated from the Mountain State Business Col- lege. He is an accountant and stenog- Tapher. For the past 11 years he has been engaged as manager of a dyeing establishment. He succeeds Bryan Davis, who held the position until August 1 last. BAPTISTS WILL MEET BSpecial Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va.. October 1—The' meeting of the Old School Baptist | Church will be h21d at Mt. Zion Church, near Aldie, Wednesday, Thursday and | Priday, October 12, 13 and 14. ‘Association comprises the Old_School Baptist Churches in Loudoun, Fairfax, | This | d: to a Bar Association press release, that | his court is a “constitutional court,” go, Keneipp charged, has worse, rather than better” during the whose salaries cannot be reduced by |last 12 months. any act of Congress, as contrasted with | “legislative | what the courts call a court,” whose salaries can be cut. Development of a co-ordinated trans- portation plan, allocation of various | forms of service, regulation of operation Although members of Judge Graham’s | 8nd more adequate methods of financ- court have taken a pay cut along with | ing were among recommendations made | ¢ | by the speaker for improvement of the all other persons drawing Governmeni salaries, it is his view that they are not legally compelled to do so. YOUNG WOMANilNJliRED WHEN TIRE BLOWS OUT Accident Cccurs on Mount Vernon Highway—Two Hurt in Alex- andria Streets. Special Dispatch to The Stax. ALEXANDRIA, Va. October | local situation with respect to this form | of public utility. | Carrying almost 40 per cent of the | mass transportation load, Keneipp said | the Washington street cars play an | important part in the local transporta- | tion system. This proportion is con- | siderably less than that for other American cities of comparable size. where percentages range from 50 to 80 | per cent, he said “A merger of the street railway com- panies would avoid a great deal of duplication of service,” Keneipp said. estimating that an annual saving of approximately $1,000,000 would result c 1| from consolidation of the two major | Slis 18 Je8CE ATCCIER G pe o quist Three persons were slightly injured in | street car concerns. automobile accidents here this after- noon. Keneipp expressed the belief that co- One of the three, Miss Libby | ordination of motor bus transportation Goldstein, 22, living at the Shoreham | service to supplement rather than du- Hotel, Washington, narrowly escaped | picate the service rendere serious injury when her automobile | cars, proper regulation of bus termi- | the Mount Vernon Me- | nzls and adequate regulat:on of taxicabs overturned o morial Highway after a tire had blown out. The girl was treated at Alexan- dria_Hospitz] for a broken finger and shock. Her aunt, Mrs. A. E. Liztitman of Washington, and her chauffeur, cs- caped injury. Knocked from his bicycle when struck by a machine while riding in the 800 block of North Washington street, How- ard Lewis, street, escaped with slight cuts and bruises, The machine was driven by Miss Lflu_Simpson, 1200 block Kalmia road, Washington, police said. G. W. Padgett, 28, of 202 North Royal street, sustained bruises about the body when struck while crossing in the 600 block King street, by an auto- mobile which police say was driven by Raymond Thomas, 1314 Princess street. RAPPAHANNOCK VALLEY FLOWER SHOW OCT. 4 Annual Display to Be Held at Elks Home Located at Fred- ericksburg. By the Associated Press. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., October 1.—Flower lovers from throughout this section of Virginia are expected to at- tend the annual flower show of the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club to be held in the Elks’ Home here Oc- tober 4. The show in the past has attracted a wide intercst, and has grown to be one of Virginia's foremost events of its kind. A large number of classes will be listed, with prizes and ribbons offered in each division. All classes will be open to amateur flower growers with the exception of classes for other gar- den clubs and the garden committees, and the Garden Club Cup for local club members only. Mrs. William K. Goolrick is general chairman of the show, and Mrs. Rich- ar¢ Pratt chairman of exhibits. 14, of 310 Seuth Patrick | d by street under jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission would obviate many of the problems of the complex Washington transportation situation. CARLOADINGS RECORD NEW 1932 HIGH MARK Week Ended September 24 Has In- crease of 8,444 Over Preceding Seven Days. Freight car loadings, considered one of the most important indices in busi- ness recovery or deciine, reached a new | high for 1932 in the week ended Sep- tembr 24, according to statistics issued | yesterday by the American Railway As- | sociation, A total of 595,746 revenue cars were reported in use during the week. The figure represented an incrase of 8444 cars above the preceding week, but was 142,290 cars under the same week in 1931 and 354,917 under the 1930 total. From January 1, 1932, to the end of the week September 24, loadings totaled 20,354,683, as compared to 27,943,995 for the same period in 1931 and 34,377~ 946 in 1930. BABY, BURNED, CRITICAL 14-Month-01d Girl Is Injured by Pan of Hot Grease. Fourteen-month-old Gladys Jerman, burned about the face, chest and left arm when she spilled a pan of hot grease Friday night in the kitchen of her home, 2315 Pennsylvania avenue, still was in a serious condition in Chil- dren's Hospital last night. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Jerman. {UNCONSCIOUS MAN WAITS HOURS FOR AMBULANCE TO MAKE CALL ! Four-Year-Old Daughter Sits on Stoop Crying After Father Falls Into Cellar. While his 4-year-old daughter sat on the front stoop of their home and cried helplessly yesterday, Edward L. Clem- entson, 37, lay unconscious at the foot of the cellar stairs for nearly six hours after he had fallen from the top step. Although Clementson plunged down the stairs about 2:30 p.m., he was not taken to Gallinger Hospital until about 8 p.m—despite the fact a_telephone call for an Emergency Hospital Imbu-l lance is said to have been nut in by his sister-in-law about 4 p.m. His wife, Mrs. Lucy Clemenison, was rot at home at the time he feil. When ¢he returned. th> said, the found her \ghter Hilda siting on the stoop. “Daddy has fallen down and hurt himself,” the girl tearfully explained. and Prince William Counties. It cor- responds with associations in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. Elder H. H. Lefferts of Leesburg is moderator, and G. C. Spindle of Wash- ington, D. clerk. C., Mrs. Clementson summoned a phys- ician, who, she declared,” advised her to send her husband to a hospital. The doctor, who gave her husband emer- gency treatment, told her -to let- him 1ie where he had fallen until an ambu- arrived, Mrs. Clementson said. At her request, Mrs. Clementson con- tinued, her sister telephoned Emer- gency Hospital and asked that an am- bulance be sent to their home in the | 3300 block of Volta place. After waiting several hours, Mrs. Clementson asserted, she requested seventh precinct police to call for an ambulance. At the police station, it was said | that the call was made, but the offi- | cer making it was told Emergency Hos- pital's ambulance was busy. Clement- |son finally was taken to Gallinger in | the Fire Rescue Squad ambulance, sum- | moned by police. Officials at Emergency sald their i records disclosed only that their ambu- lance “failed to get the call” after the first telephone message was received. Physicians at Gallinger found Clem- entson was suffering from a severe head injury. He still was unconscious late become | main purposes of their sermons will be to awaken permanent safety conscious- ness. Pinishing touches are being put on | the safety exhibition of the congress, | which will fill the large display hall at | Wardman Park Hotel with almost every type of accident prevention apparatus. The National Safety Council, which is sponsoring the congress, has completed a survey of causes underlying the 33,000 death toll of automobiles annually and | | will submit a balanced program for the reduction of traffic accidents to the general meeting. | | © While emphasis will be laid on street | and highway safety and the. unifica- | tion of traffic codes, the congress will devote many special conferences to | | safety measures for factories, mines. rail and air commerce, offices and | homes. | "“Awards for the largest improvement | during the past year in the industrial | safety record of various safety coun- ls in leading American_cities were of Chicago, president of the National | Satety Congress. to_the councils of | Blackstone Valley, Pawtucket, R. I.| | first; Chattanooga, Tenn., second, and | Providence, R. 1. third. The presentation was made during a pre-convention session of Safety Coun- cil managers at Wardman Park Hotel. Safety Sermons.” | Among pastors who will use safety as | the major theme of their sermons to- day are: | Rev. Howard E. Snyder, Atonement | Lutheran Church, “Carelessness.” Church of the New Jerusalem, “Safety. Rev. C. W. Fuller, Capital Heights Christian _ Church, “Am I My Brother's Keeper.” Rev. Ivy Shuff, Wilson Avenue Bap- tist Church, Cottage City, Md. “Per- sonal Liberty and Public Safety.” Rev. Walter Pranklin Atkinson, Lin- coln Road Methodist Episcopal Church, “Dying Like Fools.” Rev. W. W. McIntyre, St. Paul's Meth- odist Episcopal Church South, “Need- less Sacrifice.” Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, D. D., Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, “Safety First.” Rev. H. W. Tolson, Westminster Pres- | byterian, “Safety First.” 57 Rev, John J. Neighbor, St. Philip’s | | Church, Laurel, Md., “Fellow Travelers.” | Rev, W. D. Moore, Anacostia Baptist Church, “A Roadside Parable.” Rev. Walter F. Eagleson, Sherwood Presbyterian Church, “Is the Young Man Safe?” The following pastors have not as yet announced their safety subjects, but | plan to discuss the accident problem: Rev, J. H. Miers, Fourth Presbyterian Church; Rev. B. P. Robertson, First Baptist Church, Hyattsville, Md.: Rev. W. E. LaRue, Takoma Park Baptist Church; Rev. James R. Glenn, Strauss Memorial Christian Church; Rev. Allen A. Stockdale, First _Congregational Church; Rev. Luther B. Franck, Em- manuel Episcopal Church; Rev. Frank A. Tyler, Rockville Methodist Church, Rockville, Md.; Rev. C. L, Dawson, First Methodist Protestant Church; Rev. Glenn B. Faucett, East Washington Heights Baptist Church; Rev. E. J. Con- nelly, St. Peter's Catholic Church; Rev. H. A. Woolfall, St. Mark’s Church; Rev. C. B. Austin, West Washington Baptist Church; Rev. S. H. Kornmann, St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church; Rev. William L. Mayo, Holy Comforter Chapel (Protestant Episcopal). MRS. HOOVER TO GIVE TEA FOR GIRL SCOUTS White House Feature of Eighteenth Annual Convention to Be Saturday. Delegates to. the eighteenth annual convention of the national organization of Girl Scouts, of which Mrs. Herbert Hoover is honorary president, will be en- tertained at a reception and tea at the White House Saturday, following ses- sions at Virginia Beach Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Hoover is expected to attend one of the con- vention sessions. Long active in Girl Scout leadership. the First Lady was chairman of the national board until 1928, resigning the office when Mr. Hoover was inaugurated as President. Since that time, she has attended several meetings of the board nctunlfioml headquarters in New York Y. | rence Groner of the Court of Appeals of | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mc- The convention at Virginia Beach will be the third annual council meet- ing which she has attended since she has been in the White House, Jailed at Virginia Beach on Warrant. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., October 1.—D. Law- rence Groner, jr., son of Justice D. Law- | the District of Columbia, was arrested at Virginia Beach last Sunday on a! warrant charging him with nmumngi his wife, the former Miss Mary McBride, Bride of this city, it was iearned here | today. .Young Groner's case was scheduled for trial before Judge E. B. Gresham of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Princess Anne County last ‘Tuesday night, but he failed to appear for the trial, and his bondsman, Tom M. Stormont, prominent fishery oper- ator of Virginia Beach, is expected to be asked to produce the defendant in court next week or to forfeit a $500 bond fur- nished for young Groner by Stormont last Sunday. The warrant against young Groner was sworn out by his wife before Jus- tice of the Peace J. C. Hayman. Mrs. Groner is said to have suffered a broken nose and was brought to a Norfolk hos- pital for treatment. | The defendant in the case married | his present wife. his second, about a| year ago, in North Carolina, but two days later she sued him for divorce in the Circuit Court of the City of Nor- folk and shortly thereafter she was granted a limited divorce with no ali- mony to be paid by young Groner. How- ever, a $1,000 cash settlement was ar- ranged at that time between the hus- band and wife to halt any alimony pro- ceedings. The couple later remarried and have been living together for sev- eral months. Justice Groner formerly was judge of the United States District Court for the eastern district of Virginia and was elevated to his present position by President Hoover early in 1931. Young Groner could not be located in Norfolk today. FATHER AND SON LOSE $30 TO LONE BANDIT Service Station Robbed of Day's Receipts—Marriage Certificate in Hold-Up Loot. A lone colored bandit. armed with a revolver, held up the Kenilworth Serv- ice Station, 4260 Lane place northeast, last night and escaped with approxi- mately $30. George Murrison, manager of the station, and his son, George, jr., were checking the day's receipts when the robber entered. He ordered them to hand him_the contents of the cash register, which was open. After warning the Murrisons not to make any outcry, the bandit ran from the station and disappeared across a vacant lot nearby. Held up by two colored men near Seventh and F streets northeast, Oscar A. Lawon, 903 F street northeast, was Tobbed of his pocketbook containing $7 and his marriage certificate later in the night. Lawon told ninth precinct police that he was walking along F street when two colored men approached him from the rear and one of them pressed what he supposed was 8 gun against his back and ordered him to hold up his hands. The second man went through his pockets, taking the billfold. After rob- bing him the hold-up men escaped west on F street. Lawon furnished police with descriptions of both robbers. GAS OVERCOMES WOMAN Physicians Discover She Also Had Taken Poison Tablets. Revived by the fire rescue squad after she had been overcome by gas last night, Mrs. Genevieve Agee, 29, sud- denly became ill several hours later and was taken to Emergency Hospital, where physicians found she had swallowed four poison tablets. Mrs. Agee was found in a semi-con- scious condition on the floor of the kitchen of her home, 3531 R street, by members of her family. Gas was flow- O vetciuns at the Bospital termed ber condition criticals Police Charge. An hour after being stopped and re- leased by police, Frank M. Ledroux, 29, 1300 block of Emerson street northeast, last night was arrested and his automo- bile, containing 17 five-gallon cans of alleged alcohol, seized . Ledroux was charged with transpor- tation and illegal possession of liquor. The arresting officers, H. G. Bauer and J. E. Beckett of the headquarters liquor squad, first stopped Ledroux near ~Third and F streets southwest, when they became suspicious of the appear- ance of his automobile. They searched the car, but found nothing in it. Later the officers saw the same auto- mobile turn into an alley in the 600 block of T street. They drove up beside the car as it stopped. This time the rear of the automobile was loaded with shiny five-gallon cans. Ledroux is said to have told police that he had just finished delivering a load when they first stopped him. TRAFFIC CRASHES INJURE § PERSONS Three Hurt, One Seriously, in Collision of Two Taxicabs. Nine persons, including three chil- dren, were injured in traffic accidents | in Washington yesterday afternoon and last night. Yesterday afterncon three persons were injured. one seriously, when two taxicabs collided in the 800 block of First street. The injured were: Rudolph Akren, 25, 1400 block of F street northeast. who was treated at Casualty Hospital for concussion of the brain and bruises; | Mary F. Burleson, 19, 900 block of Thirteenth street, treated at Casualty | for a sprained back, and Aleck Wilder, 38, colored, first block of Defrees street, who was treated by a private physician for minor injuries. John Richard, 200 block of E street, was the driver of one of the cabs, and John E. Lee, 800 block of Fourth street northeast, was the driver of the other, police said. James Luistro, 8, of the 3300 block of Brown street, was in an undetermined condition in Emergency Hospital last night after being knocked down in the afternoon by an automobile in the 1600 block of Park road. The boy was said to have suffered 3severe lnjurleshto the lils“d' lrn: n:: leg. X-ray photograpl were to taken to see if he has a fractured skull. The automobile which struck him was operated by Harriet Staples Hachten, 30, of the 5400 block of Forty-first street, according to poiice. Mrs. Paulle Gillman, 36, 3500 block of V street, and two children were treated at Emergency Hospital for minor injuries received when two taxi- cabs collided at Fifth and M streets. The children were David Gillman, 10, and Maurice Gillman, 14. Mrs. Mabel Imley, 40, of the 900 block of Virginia avenue, received a head injury last night, when the taxi- cab in which she was riding collided with another automobile at Fourteenth and B streets southwest. She was taken to Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Leslie Chisholm, 35, also of the Virginia avenue address, who was with her, escaped injury. Harry Best of 103 Cathedral avenue was slightly cut and bruised last night when the automobile in which he was riding overturned on Park road just in- side Rock Creek Park. He was taken to Eme,l;}ency Hospital in a passing auf , given first aid and dis- charged. His machine was forced off the road to avoid a collision and side- swiped a tree, police were informed. B2 e R 7 FIRE OFFICIALS CHOSEN Chester Shaffer Is Deputy Chief of Chevy Chase Department. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHEVY CHASE, Md., October 1.— Chester Shaffer has been elected deputy chief of the Chevy Chase Fire Depart- ment, with Marshall Duff as first lieu- second lieuten- sergeant, and | | | | | Expects Congress to Restore Wages. Asserting business leaders have come to the realization that wage cutting has been a mistake, John Arthur Shaw, first vice president of the American | Federation of Government Employes, predicted last night that by the time Congress reconvenes there will be vir- tually no demand for the retention of salary cuts in the Government service. The prediction was contained in a report Shaw made to the federation's executive council ccncerning the labor executive’s recent tour of the West and the sentiment he ascertained on the trip. Program Prepared. National headquarters of the federa- tion announced that a comprehensive legislative program will be laid before the federation’s first national conven- tion, October 17. The program Was said to call for removal of inequities in the economy act, modification of the classification plan already in effect and its extension to the field services, and | the enactment of legislation placing re- tirement on an optional basis after 30 years' service. Shaw reported that he had talked | with industrial leaders in many West- ern cities and that they “rapidly are beccming convinced that the wage-cut- ting policy which gained so much momentum during the last few months is a_mistake.” “They realize that if it is continued it would retard the return of prosperous times almost indefinitely,” Shaw said. Predicts End of Cuts. “I predict that by the time Congress reconvenes,” said Mr. Shaw, “there will be virtually no demand for the retention of cuts in Government salaries other than those spurious demands which have emanated from a small crganized minority, powerful only because of its ability to buy the influence of persons who by chance formerly had the public favor. “Experience has shown beyond the shadow of a doubt that wage-cutting is economically unsound. It has but one result and that is the reduction of buy- ing power. Do that to any great degree | and you have shattered the whole eco- nomic structure. Unless the workers are enabled to maintain their incomes at the highest possible leve's, buying power is reduced to & danger point for industry, and industry must bear the brunt of the mistake.” 14 CAMPAIGN' TALKS SCHEDULED BY HURLEY Secretary Figures on Keokuk for First Stop in Resuming Speeches Next Week. By the Associated Press. Secretary Hurley will resume cam- paign speaking next week, with about 14 engagements scheduled for the Mid- dle West. The Secretary said yesterday he probably will make his first speech at Keokuk, Jowa, on October 5, the day after President Hoover's speech at Des Moines. » Keokuk is the location of the great Mississippi power dam and the Secre- tary of War intends, he said, to speak there on power. He will then make a humber of waterway speeches at Missouri River points, including St. Joseph, Mo.; Omaha, Nebr., and Sioux City, Iowa. He probably will make one speech in Minnesota and will fill other engagements in Oklahoma, his home State. PEDDLER BEATEN Attacked by Unknown Assailant in Alley. Louls Pappas, 64, push cart peddler, 219 Third street, was beaten over the head and about the face last night! by an unknown assailant in an alley in the rear of 1300 block of L street. He was “k“t.‘ to Emergency Hospital for treat- ment. Pappas told police his shouts for help frightened off the attacker before he was able to rob him. Minnie Dixon, colored, of the 700 block of Columbia road, reported to police of No. 10 precinct last night that she had been knocked down by a colored man in front of her home and robbed of her pocketbook, containing $4. After knocking her down ,the man grabbed the and ran, the G. Yaden and C. A. LaVigne. Mrs, Sullivan, Miss Taggart and Messrs. Ely, Quinn and LaVigne withdrew. Gas Company Pralsed. Marcy L. Sperry, president, and E. J. Boothby, general manager of the Wash= ington Gas Light Co. spoke briefly, promising efficient service. William | McK. Clayton, chairman of the federa- tion’s Utilities’ Committee, praised the record of the gas company for co= operation with the consumers in grant- ing three rate reductions in two and a half years without recourse to court actions. Several delegates joined Mr., Clayton in his remarks. ‘The federation adopted a resolution recommending that the Greyhound Lines pay all, instead of half, of the cost of moving the north sidewalk of New York avenue back 8 feet to make it easier for their busses to reach & new proposed terminal there. Another resolution favored the in- stallation of a traffic light at Foure teenth and Euclid strees. President Havenner, who has held his office for four years, announced that he would not be a candidate to succeed himself at the annual elections next month. |WOUNDED MACHINIST | IS CLINGING TO LIFE Man Named as Assailant of James F. Morgan Still Being Sought by Police. James F. Mogan, 51, continued to cling to life last night in Emergency Hospital, where he was under treatment for half a dozen bullet wounds received when he was fired upon Thursday night in front of his home, 3629 Jocelyn street. Harrison Kaiser, 42, whom Morgan named as his assailant, still was sought by palice. According to information given police, the shooting was the outgrowth of a dispute between Kaiser. recently discharged from the Navy Yard. and Morgan, a machinist there and finan- cial secretary of Columbia Lodge, No. 174, Machinists’ Union. Kaiser, police were told, demanded a rebate from the union following his dismissal, and Morgan refused to com- ply without authorization of other ore ganization officials. Morgan has been given three blood transfusions thus far. Although his condition has improved slightly, phy=- sicians said. additional transfusions may be necessary. THREE CLERKS EXEMPT UNDER ECONOMY ACT From German Special Deposit Ac- count, McCarl Rules. Economy act deductions should not be made from the salaries of three ‘Treasury Department clerks working on matters connected with enforcing the “trading with the enemy act,” accord= ing to Controller General McCarl. Because these clerks are paid from the German special deposit account and not out of general funds of the Treas- ury, McCarl_held the United States should not deduct from their salaries a pay-cut based on the economy act. Government Workers Paid ICE WATER ‘BAR’ FEATURE OF MOUNT RAINIER FETE W. C. T. U. Is Given Permit to Quench Thirst of Street Im- provement Celebrators. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., October 1. —An ice water “bar” will be one of the features of the celebration of the im- provement of Rhode Island avenue October 15. Corporation Counsel Bird H. Dolby Rainjer-Brentwood W. C. T. U. had Irequested and been granted permission to serve water to quench the thirst of those who g:rtlclps&e in the parade Mr. Dolby also announced there 1 would be ample music for the marchers, the National Training School Band, the V. P. W. Drum and the lnrn yannounced yesterday that the Mount incident to the celebration. Corps land Patriotic Band having agreed