Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1932, Page 13

GENERAL NEWS JONES' SUCCESSOR ON D. . COMMITTEE 10 BE NAMED S0ON Appointment to Be Made in Time for Opening of Ses- sion, Says McNary. ONE OF TWO NEW G. 0. P. SENATORS MAY GET POST Preparation of Program of Work Is Expected to Begin on Return Here of Capper. ‘The seat left vacant on the Senate District Committee by the death of Senator Wesley L. Jones, Republican, of Washington, will be filled in time for | the cpening of the December session, | it was indicated yesterday by Senator Charles L. McNary of the Republican Ccmmittee on Committees. There are two new Republicans en- tering the Senate next month, to serve only until March 4, and it is possible one of them will be designated to serve on the District Committee for the re- mainder of this Congress. They are: Maj. E. S. Grammer, appointed by Gov. Hartley of Washington to finish Sen- ator Jones' term, and Karl F. Schuyler of Colorado, elected November 8 to fin- ish the term of the late Senator Water- | man. The chairman of the Senate District Committee, Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, is due to return to the city early this week, and probably will begin within a few days studying a program for the work of his committee during the coming session. Chairman Capper is expected to ar- rive in time for the resumption of hear- ings Wednesday morning by the sub- committee appointed to study rents in ‘Washington. Within & week after the session opens December 5, the District Committee will receive from the Bureau of Efficiency its report on the problem of fiscal rela- tions between the Federal and District governments, which the committee asked for in connection with its study of the Mapes bill, originating in the House, and which seeks to repeal the! substantive provision of law establish- ing the 60—40 ration of apportioning the expenses of the Capital City be- Aid Seal Sale WASHINGTON, i PROFLIGATE POLICY SEEN BY GRANGE IN 1. 5. VETERANS' AID The abcve Washington debutantes will serve as ushers at the annual pub- lic meeting of the Tuberculosis Associa- tion tomorrow night. Bottom to top are: Misses Ethel Mae Taylor, Louise ‘Tompkins, Pinky Tompkins, Virginia Hall, Helen Tewksbury and Jane Tewks- bury. —Star Staff Photo. DR. WYNNE SPEAKS ATHEALTH SESSION tween the District and Federal gov- ernments. Although Cingress has in recent years been substituting annual Jump sum Federal contributions for the definite the substantive law the definite plan repealed. CHANGE IN HIGHWAY WILL BE CONSIDERED Trepesal at Chevy Chase Circle to Come Before Commissioners on December 14. estal has never in the ‘highway plan he District Com- to be the changes are of minor portanée, involving small realign- ments on the highway map. One of the changes, however, proposes to abandon the Thirty-nin street approach to Chevy Chase Circle, and to cut Oliver street through from elightly farther north of the end of the pres=nt Thirty- ninth street eastward to Connecticut | avenue. This change is being sought on an of- fer from property owners to dedicate to the District the land necessary for cutting through Oliver street in ex- change for the granting of commercial zoning on Connecticut avenue from Northampton to Oliver streets. Senti- ment of the resident and property own- ers in that section is divided on the advisability of allowing the extra com- mercial frontage. SUES FORMER FIANCE ON PROPERTY DEAL Woman Says He Attempted to Transfer Apartment to Him- self and Wife. Declaring her former fiance at- tempted to transfer to himself and wife an apartment house at 317 New Jersey avenue southeast, which she had deeded to him as security for loans, Florence M. Watson yesterday asked the District Supreme Court to declere the deed she gave Lycurgus H. Orndorfl, 504 Eight street northeast, to have been merely a | mortgage for repayment of the debts. Miss Watson states that she owned | the apartment subject to a trust for $3,300. Last Deccember 1 she says she was in need of cash to pay taxes and other debts. As she was engaged to Orndorff, she says, he suggested that she sign five notes of $100 each to cover | advances and deed the property to him. | She transferred the property, and then: on March 2 he married another womau, | she states. Later, according to Miss Watson, Orndorff caused the property to be transferred to a third person, who Te- conveyed it to himself and wife as ten- ants by the entirety. Miss Watson asked the court to set | aside the later conveyance and to de-| clare the original deed a mortgage. e FORMER JANITOR SOUGHT Apartment House Damage Blamed to Dismissed Man. Police last night were seeking a for- mer janitor of an apartment building at 7019 Georgia avenue, who, the resi- dent manager, Mrs. Katherine Gaylor, believes came back yesterday after be- ing dismissed and damaged the fur- nace and an elevator in the building. Mrs. Gaylor said she let off the man or drinking. She saw she told police, but did him because he appeared under the in- fluence of liquor. ~Subsequently, police said, it was found that a gauge on the furnace had been broken and the mech- anism of an elevator damaged so it ‘would not start. | The automobiles damaged and the drivers escaped injury. | | charged with reckless driving. t0| Mrs. Agnes Hartly, president of the New York Physician Is on Program of Tuberculosis Association. Dr. Shirley W. Wynne, health com- missioner in New York, will be the speaker at the annual meeting of thz ‘Washington Tuberculosis Association at the United States Chamber of Com- merc2 Building tomorrow night. Announcement of Dr. Wynne's addrsss marks the completion of plans for th: meeting. Surg. Gep. Hugh S. Cumming will introduce Dr. Wynne, who recently was honored by his profession for com- pletion of 25 years in the health de- partment of New York. George A. Hastings, executive di- rector of the White House Conference on’ Child Health and Protection, also will speak. Dr. Wynne is also to be heard in'a racio broadcest from the Hay-Adams Houre ¢t 5 pm., over ctation WRC The gencral subject of the mecting | is “Modern Trends in Public Haalth, ‘Work,” and the zession coincides with the opening of the annual sale of Christmas 5 Opening of a Christmas seal booth at the F street entrance to Woodward & Lothrop department store drew hun- dreds of early buyers. This booth will continue in operation until Christmas day. Other booths will be opened dur- ing the coming week. AUTOS CRAS!-i INTO STORE TO AVOID HITTING CHILD Leeway Girl, However, Breaks Collarbone in Running Out of Path of Machines. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., November 26.—Swerving out of the path of a little girl who was crossing the Lee Highway today, two automobiles, one driven by Harry Rose of Baltimore, and the other by Alfred B. Berry, colored of Washington, crash- ed into the store of A. T. Tanner at Lee Highway and Mount Olivet road, tear- ing away the front porch and badly damaging the front of the structure. were but sluightly In her efforts to escape the oncoming machines the chi’d, Mildred Wright of Lecway, fell and broke her collarbone. She was treated at home. Rose and Berry were arrested and They were later released on $100 bonds each. TAKOMA PARK LEGION WILL PRESENT FLAGS Ceremonies V7ill Be Held January 12 for Several New Banners of Foreign Nations. Special Dispatch to The Btar. TAKOMA PARK, Md., November 26. A second flag presentation cersmony is to be given by Takoma Park Post No. 28, Department of Maryland, the Amer- ican Legicn, Jenuary 12, when several additional flags from foreign countries will be presented. In order to raise funds for the pur- chase of & post flag a card party has been arranged for December 1, at the residence of Post Comdr. A. L. Conger, 810 Jackson avenue. In addition the American Legion Auxiliary of the post is planning an old time dance, Wwith prizes for the varicus types of costumes. | unit, is in_charge of the details and the proceeds from this affair will also go Farm Body Also Denounces Emergency Officers’ Retire- ment Act of 1928. TAXPAYERS’ INTERESTS DECLARED OVERLOOKED Would Stop Payments to Those Without Service-Connected Dis- abilities, Says Resolution. In recording opposition to prepay- ment of the bonus, the National Grange convention at Winston-Salem, N. C, struck out at “the present profligate | policy” of paying benefits to veterans who suffered no service-connected dis- ability, the text of the resolution re- leased yesterday by the Washington of- fice of the body shows. The farm organization also denounced the emergency officers’ retirement act of 1928, which was enacted, the Grange declared, as a result of misrepresenta- tions. Making definite distinction between what it regarded as the Nation’s duty to the veterans and unreasonable claims for Government support, the Grange decided “the time has come when the welfare of the Nation demands that we should give proper consideration to the interests of the taxpayer, while not forgetting to do justice to the veterans who have any service-connected dis- ability.” ‘Warning Is Issued. The statement was concluded with the warning: “That there is crying need of reform in dealing with problems affecting vet- erans is manifest to all who are familiar with the facts in the case. Unless present abuses are courageously cor- rected, this and future generations of Americans will pay the penalty for our cowardice and folly.” The Grange reviewed the history of the various legislation for the care and compensation of the World War veterans and their dependents, pointing out that the demand for full payment of the out- standing adjusted compensation certifi- cates ca'ls for payment in cash of an os:lsnuan which does not mature until “This carries %ith it a demand for compcund interest covering a period of 13 years which has not been earned,” the statement continued. Present Value Stressed. “With the Government facing & financial emergency unparalleled in times of peace and with taxation al- réady so high that the point of dimin- ishing returns has been reached, this demand cannot be justified and should not be granted. Certainly, if payment shouid be made at thio time, the bonus certificates should bz redeemed at their prezent wcrth and nct on the basis of their worth in 1945 with compound in- terest. “While the demand for immediate payment of the bonus is more promi- nently in the public eye by reason of ign that has been , more deadly and to go unchecked, is the present profli- gate policy of paying benefits from the public Treasury to many thousands of veterans who have no service-connected disability whatever. “The total cost of this indefensible ractice runs into hundreds of mil- lions of dollars annuelly, and will in- crease from year to year, unless the forc> of an aroused public sentiment brings ¢ to a stop. Relation to Budgot. “Iv is idle to talk of balancing the budget and reducing Federal taxation without dealing with this question. The annual disbursements for the benefit of veterans now are twice as great as the total cost of maintaining the Federal Government when President McKinley entered the White House. It must be kept in mind also that when the Gov- ernment pays out great sums of money to veterans who have no just claim, its ability to make proper provision for gxe deserving is reduced correspond- gly. “Among the measures adopted for the relief of veterans was the emergency officer retirement act, passed over the veto of the President in 1928. Mem- bers of Congress who voted for this legislation do not hesitate to say that: it was enacted as a result of misrepre- sentations on the part of certain men who were then prominent in the ad- ministration of the affairs of the Vet- erans’ Bureau “Congress was assured that less than 1,000 former officers would receive bene- fits under the act, but today the list comprises nearly 7,000. ° Average $140 Monthly, “The act places the emergency offi- cers on the same basis as officers of the Regular Army, Navy and Marine Corps, who have been retired for dis- ability after devoting their lives to the service. These emergency officers re- ccive retirement pay at the rate of 75 per cent of the pay they received at the time of their discharge, averaging $140 a month and costing the Govern- ment, in the aggregate, about $10,000,- 000 a year. Quite a proportion of them are lawyers and doctors, and many of them have been on the pay roll of the Veterans’ Bureau or of some other agency of government at good salaries, although supposed to be disabled and drawing retirement pay on the pretext. “A congressional joint committee, au- thorized at the last session, now is in- vestigating the administration of vet- erans’ affairs, with a view to formu- lating a reasonable national policy in this connection, and to bring about economy in expenditures.” The statement also emphasized that ' approximately cne-fourth of the reve- | nues of the Federal Government, or nearly one billion dollars a year, now \is paid out for the relief of veterans and their families. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans' affairs, the Grange statement added, estimates that under present commitments, these expenditures will reach their peak in about a dozen years, when the annual appropriations in this connection will total about $2,000,000,000. The Grange the Govern- ment’s “sacred obligation” to proper provision for the care of all vet- erans and their dependents who have just claim, but took the position that toward the purchase of a post flag. G i EXTEND TAX PENALTIES “Nervous” Gunman Hunted. A lockout for a “nervous” Baltimorean with & gun was broadcast last night by ‘Washington police. The man, wanted in the Maryland city for burglary, was de- sc:ibed as between 35 and 40 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing about 190 and dressed in Mount Rainier Council Gives De- linquents Month More to Pay. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., November 26—Because of prevailing unemploy- ment, the local council has, on recom- John H. Beall, pro- I “there are reasonable limits beyond which the Nation cannot go in showing its gratitude to the veterans without placing undue burdens upon the tax- payers and undermining the very foun- dations of national well-being and security.” Autoist Faces Three Charges. . .C., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1932. 1933 License Tags’ Display Is Banned Before December 15 Van Duzer Issues Warning to Motorists Against Premature Use. ‘The 1933 license tags for automobiles are not to be placed on cars before De- cember 15, William A. Van Duzer, di- rector of the Department of Vehicles and Traffic, announced yesterday. Traffic regulations call for the dis- playing of proper identification tags on cars, The dizplay of a license before it is authorized is as much of a violation as the display of one after the authori- zation has been removed, it is stated. ‘The mailing of applications for pleas- ure cars was begun Friday, and by the end of this week all will be out. Those who have received their applications and have made them out may apply for the new tags tomorrow morning at the Traffic Department, in the Ford Build- ing, on Pennsylvania avenue. Those so desiring may add 10 cents to their bill and have the tags mailed to them, thus saving the trouble of applying in person. .. DISABILITY PAY NOT 0 BE REDUGED McCarl Ruling Exempts Em- ployes Injured in Line of Duty From Economy. Disability compensation granted to Government employes who are injured in line of duty is not subject to deductions of the economy_act, Controller General McCarl yesterday informed the United States Employes’ Compensation Com- mission. The commission had presented to McCarl a number of questions concern- ing the possible application of the economy act to disability allowances, contending that it wes their opinion that the deductions should not bz made. | McCarl, in his answer, declared that these disability compensations should be paid in full. Such compensatin, it was explained, is based on 662; per cent of the Government worker's monthly pay. This is subject to the maximum limita- tion of $116.66 and the minimum PROFIT OF §41.235 IN YEAR REPORTED ' BY GRANT'S OFFICE Public Buildings and Parks Director Gives President Review of Operations. LINKS PLAYED'BY TOTAL OF 412,801 GOLFERS Ball Games Watched by 433,500. 281,031 Use Tennis Courts, 103,587 Bathing Pools. ‘The Office of Fublic Buildings and Public Parks, in the fiscal year ended last June, made $41,235.96 on rents, concessions, lost and damaged property and the sale of scrap wcod, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, the director, revealed in his report to President Hoover, mads public yesterday. the effect of the economy program, being devoid of illustrations, thinner than the account of the previous year and published on cheaper paper. During the 12 months covered by the report, the new Department of Com- merce Building was occupied and Col. Grant explained the increase of 488 employes over the prior fiscal year as being due largely to the need for proper maintenance of the new structure, which is one of the world’s largest office buildings. On June 30 Col. Grant had 3,482 employes on his rolls. His office, through the buildings division, main- tained and operated 45 buildings and 5 memorials. Improved Methods Listed. The colonel listed as improved meth- ods and economies the installation of better lighting equipment, a new drink- ing water cooling system for the Land Office and old Patent Office Buildings, discontinuance of electric generating plant in the State Department Building, elimination of the heating plant in the Winder Building, Seventeenth and F streets, by hooking this up with the State Department heating plant; reduction in the cost of electricity; continuation of the manufacture of paint by using the paint grinding mill, operating an awn- ing shop, and an increase in the number of signs produced in a short time by utilizing the silk screen stencil method limitation of $58.33 per month, unless the monthly pay is less than the latter figure. In this case the disability com- pensation is the full amount of the monthly pay. Concerning the three-day interval of absence from duty before an employe may be placed on the disability com- pensation roll, McCarl said the com- mission “may leave entirely to the ad- ministrative office the matter of legisla- tive furlough during the three waliting days after all sick leave with pay has been exhausted. . . . There would seem to bz no action by the commission required or autharized during the period | of legislative furlough prior to the time | the employe is separated from the active roll and placed on the disability com- pencation roll, other than the necessity to wait three days after sick leave has ceased. If the employe has had dis- ability compensation withheld for the three waiting days, the commission need not concern itself with the question whether said three waiting days are to be regarded as legislative furlough, leave without pay, or otherwise.” WINFIELD S. WHITMAN SUCCUMBS IN HIS OFFICE Cstecpath, Native cof New York State, Came to Capital 45 Years Ago. Winifield Scott Whitman, 52, an os- teopath, died of a heart attack yester- day in his office in the Bond Building. A native of Glens Falls, N. Y., Mr. Whitman came to Washington with his parents about 45 years ago. He was educated in the public schools here and later graduated from the National College of Chiropracty and the Ameri- can College of Osteopathy. He had practiced in the District since 1910. He lived at 949 Shepherd street. Whitman was a former president of the National Capital Osteopathists’ As- sociation, the Universal Chiropodists’ Association and was the first president of the District Chiropodists’ Association. He also belonged to the Masons, the Red Men and the Elks. He served in the Spanish American War with the District National Guard. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Sarah Whitman; mother, Mrs. Amelia Stephenson Whitman; a son, Leroy, and a daughter, Mrs. Eugene Greaves, all of this city. Funeral services will be held at W. ‘W. Chambers funeral home Tuesday at 1 pm. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Takcma-Silver Spring High Group | to Give 3-Act Comedy. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., November 26. —A three-act comedy, “Come Out of the Kitchen,” will be given Friday night at 8 o'clock in the Takoma-Silver Spring High School. ‘The play, which is presented by the senior class of the schcol, is being di- rected by Miss May Louise Wood, dramatic coach. Members of the cast are Mildred Cochran, Naomi Crown, Margaret Williams, Doris Price, Kath- ryn Black, Robinson Abbott, Harold Brown, Norman Shorb, Ben Vander- voort and Bernard Graeves. Musical numbers will be given be- tween the acts by the school Glee Club. . Colored Man Seriously Burned Monroe Spencer, 40, colored, 100 block of Key place northeast, was seri- ously burned yesterday when his cloth- ing caught fire while he was placing wood on a fire in the 400 block of Thir- teenth street. He was treated at Emer- gency Hospital. Lecture on Lilies ‘The American Horticultural Society will have as its guest speaker at the meeting to be held in the auditorium of the Interior Department Wednesday Helen M. Fox, who will give an illus- trated lecture on “Garden Lilies.” The speaker is the author of several garden books and is experienced in the growing of lilies. The lecture will start at 4:45 {end ficld houses of painting signs. Col. Grant advised the President that he is co-ordinator of motor transport in the District of Columbia, executive and disbursing officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, member and executive and disbursing officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, member, executive and dis- bursing officer of the Public Buildings Commission, member of the Zoning Commission of the District and member of the Federal Real Estate Board. The colonel reported that “the regular ad- ministrative . and technical office fq of Public Buildings and Public Parks is utilized as far as practicable to per- {form all overhead work, not only for th> seven regular civisions of the office, but also for the commissions or other special duties assigned to the director.” 412,801 Play Goif Courses. He directed attention to the point that seven proved reservations were improved by planting trees and plants, and that last Winter's supply of 250 men, detailed each week by the District of Columbia Employment Com- mittee, cleared 637 acres of dead and down timber—a grave fire hazard— and 696 loads of wood were salvaged and sent to the District's woodyard as 2 result of these labors. Concessicns of the Park Amusement Co., which cpprntcfn the golf ccurses Potomac Parks, at the Lincoin Me- morial and the Rock Creek Park golf course and clubhouse, will expire De- cember 31 of this year. Col. Grant reported. The director informed the Chief Executive that golf is the most popular recreation the domain under his jurisdiction, from the players’ view- point, and base ball from the specta- tors’ angle. During the year, 412801 golfers played the public courses, while 435,500 spectators witnessed the games | ham on the base ball diamonds. The picnic groves, with 258,000 participants; the tennis courts, with 281,031 players, and the bathing pools, with 103,587 listed, were the most popular forms of recrea- tion after golf. Trailing base ball in the parks for popular appeal were: Foot ball, with 189,900 spectators; polo, with 76,000 spectators, and band con- certs, with 74,150 auditors. MAN, 45, WHO WALKED INTO AUTO, SUCCUMBS Pedestrian Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver Is Treated at Emergency. John Pollard, 45, colored, died in Georgetown Hospital yesterday of in- juries received Thursday, when he is said to have walked into the side of an eutomobile operated by Wiliam R.|p Elliott, 1300 block of Park road, on Key Bridge. James H. Harris, 27, of 1767 Q street, was treated at Emergency Hospital late yesterday for cuts and bruises about the chest received when struck by a hit- and-run driver at Connecticut avenue and N street. Paul Monsac, 12, of 119 D street, Te- ceived severe injuries to his head and body last night when hit by an auto- mobile in the 400 block of First street. He was treated at Emergency Hospital, where X-rays were to be itaken to de- termine if he had a fractured skull, ‘Walter B. Edmonds, 300 block of Sixty-first street northeast, is said to have been the driver of the car that struck him. ‘Thomas Council, 16, of the 300 block of H street, suffered cuts and bruises about the body yesterday when hit by an automobile driven by Eugene A. Minns, colored, 200 block of Elm street, while at Sixth and C streets. SPINE HURT IN CRASH Joseph J. Mahoney Victim of Auto Accident in Virginia. Joseph J. Mahoney, 52, of 1610 Riggs place, was in a critical condi~ Priday night. Mahoney was rif in a car driven o'clock. South Carolinan Sought. Police were asked last night to search for Edwin Frierson, 35, of Anderson, C. ther died November 17. The jookout was by Je ding by his wife, Mrs. Nell Mahoney, when it collided with a truck about a mile from Warrenton. Mrs. Mahoney esca) injury, as did her son and two relatives who were riding with her. The truck driver also was unhurt. The report showed | East and West | * Naval Hero Shines Anew NIGHT LIGHTING ILLUMINES JOHN PAUL JONES STATUE. | i Circle next. landmarks along the traffic lanes. | HIS 4s what officials of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks hope to do with all the statues in the city's parks and circles. Paul Jones monument, at the foot of Seventeenth street, near the Tidal Basin, brightly illumined. A new illuminating system has been devised and put into operation under the supervision of George E. Clark, engineer in the park division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Officials hope to illuminate the George Washington equestrian statue in Washington They believe that the illuminated statutes will not only add to the night beauty of the city, but be of traffic value in clearly marking out these It is the John —Star Staff Photo. Hit-and-Run Auto Listed in Name of Struck Car’s Owner A motorist whose automobile was struck by another car that failed to stop late yesterday was surprised to learn the other machine was listed in his name. A passerby noted the number of the hit-and-run machine and a check-up by first precinct police disclosed that the driver was a colored man, while the owner of the machine that was hit was white. ; The crash occurred near Tenth and H streets, the striking auto- mobile mounting the curb and careening across the sidewalk after hitting the other car, which was parked. Folice had not ap- prehended the hit-and-run driver early this morning. LIBRARY RECEIVES BOOKS ON CAPITAL Gift From Topham Estate In- cludes Valuable Pictures and Clippings. The Public Library yesterday an- nounced receipt of a bequest of “val- uable photographs, clippings and books relating to the history of Washington” from the estate of the late Washington Topham. ‘The gift, it was explained by Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian, was supplementary to the clippings, pam- phlets and other material presented to the Library by Topham bz2fore his | ¢eath. A similar bequest was made to “h“ Columb’a Hi al Society. Th2 Li bequest inc’udes copies | of the rectory of 1843, 1853, 1868 and 1870, all of which are rare; a ccpy of the “National Calendar and Annals,” written by Petef Force in 1834; a copy of the “Charter of the City of Wash- ington, 1848,” and a set of “The Rec- ords of the Columbia Historical So- clety,” which includes several rare vol- umes long sought by the Library. Among the other books included in the bequest are Bryan's “History of the National Capital,” annotated by Top- ; Tindall's “Standard History of the City of Washington,” “Laws Relat- ing to the District of Columbia,” edition of 1823; Ellet’s “Court Circles of the Republic,” Johnson's “The Churches and Pastors of Washington,” 1857, and Townsend’s “Warshington, Outside and Inside.” The collection of photographs is said to be particularly notable for the num- ber of views of old Center Market in the 1870s and 80s, and of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station. A number of Civil War pictures, Pennsylvania avenue under water, the railroad that ran across the west front of the Capitol prior to 1870 and the old Davy Burns cottage near Seventeenth and B streets are shown in rare photographs or en- gravings. A number of miscellaneous clippings include a history of the development of the Capitol Plaza. ARTHUR G. FROE DIES C. Recorder of Deeds Under Three Administrations. WELCH, W. Va., November 26 (#).— Arthur G. Froe, 58, colored, recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia under the Harding,. Coolidge and Hoover ad- ministrations, died in a hospital tonight from a heart ailment. He established a law office in Welch 26 years ago. Burial be Wednes- day, at Petersburg, Va. FOUR INJURED HERE INAUTO GRASHES Miss Mary Sasscer of Upper Mariboro, Md., Victim in Triple Crash. Four persons were injured, iwo of them seriously, in automobile accidents last night. Miss Mary Sasscer, 22, of Upper Marlboro, Md., niece of State Senator Lansdale Sasscer, and Burton M. Ward, 54, of 1351 E street southeast, were hurt Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge. Ward, occupant of a car driven by William C. Cumberland, 702 F street northeast, received severe head injuries and cuts about the face when the ma- e s one driven by Alvin T. Curtis, jr., 19, of 3217 Fifteenth place southeast, and then careened into Miss Sasscer’s automobile. Miss Sasscer was taken to Providence Hospital, treated for head cuts and released. Ward was admitted to Gallinger Hospital. Head-on Collision. Miss Sasccer and her brother, Beale Sasscer, 27, daughter and son of Dr. Reverdy Sasscer, were on their way home when the accident occurred. They said Cumberland’s car hit that of Curtis, then swerved in front of their machine, causing a head-on collision. gflnfi was thrown through the wind- eld. Cumberland was held at the fourth precinct, pending an investigation into the accident. Edith M. Rounds, 70, of 303 Seventh rtheast, suffered internal in- juries when struck at Sixth and C streets northeast by an automobile said to have been driven by Robert Gladden, colored, 200 block of Constitution avenue. ‘Woman’s Hip Injured. Mary Beck, 55, suffered a severe hip |injury when hit by a car near he: home, | 1457 Monro2 ctwcel. She was treated | by a physic:a the neighborhood. | The car, ac-ording to police, was driven by Thomas G. Nagle, 33, of Tekoma Park, Md. Two men and a woman escaped seri- ous injury in a crash at Thirteenth and Otis_streets, though one of the auto- mobiles overturned. Machines driven by John H. Jalliper, 1300 block of Shep- herd street, and Louis H. Promos, 1329 Belmont street, collided, and Miss Ruth was slightly injured. She was a pas- ‘senger in Promos’ car. She was taken to her home and treated by a physician. R B A BURKE TO GIVE TALK Detective Chief on Randle High- lands Program. Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of the Detective Bureau, is to address the Randle Highlands Citizens’ Associa- tion Wednesday evening at its regular meeting in the Benjamin G. Orr School. In addition to the speech, there will Sanior high senoni " “ihe. community or, sc community the pbssibility of securing a new Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge. TAXICABS FACE TESTS 18,500 to Be Inspected in Next 27 Working Days. Approximately 3,500 taxicabs must pass the inspection given by the Public Utilitles Commission in the 27 working days remaining before January 1, since only 550 cabs have been presented for inspection thus far. 7 Of the cabs inspected most were ap- proved, a few being sent back for re- pairs to fenders, doors, rear lights and renewing of doormat. No serious defects were discovered. The inspectors have been at work for nine days. IMPORTANCE OF “TIPS” STRESSED BY WOODCOCK IN ROBINS SEARCH Director of Prohibition Bureau Declares Agents Must Show Patience and Thoroughness. . Proof that tips, although barren in many instances, must be run down to assure successful ends to inquiries, was read yesterday by Director Woodcock of the Prohibition Bureau into the find- cock coupied an expression claticn frcm Mrs. Robins with a little lecture to agents, saying: “Inwestigation, after all, is a matter of patience, thoroughness and perse- verance.” He set forth that the quest for Col. ‘who disappeared September ‘boot and many other theories ‘ran down every pos- Like many - and A 8 “ agen sible clue. * * * vestigations, final success resulted from a ‘tin,” but tEl(g‘neu th:ot mean that the special agen! bureau) are not entitled to full credit for their careful search of barren ‘ips’.” He explained how Carl Pisher wrote from Whittier, N. C., that Robins might be there and outlined the action of Pt'“fi ity Administrator Kanipe, at Ashe- , who “located and succeeded in having identified Col. Robirs.” ‘The telegram from Mrs. Rol attached to Woodcock’s comment and in’a triple crash at the west end of the | Castle, 3500 block of Holmead place, - |e he Saundiy Star PAGE B—1 STATES BACK D. C. ICOLD RECEPTION 0 HUNGER MARCHERS Virginia and Maryland to Re- fuse Food and Shelter to Oncoming Groups. ESTIMATES OF NUMBER EXPECTED NOW REDUCED Seven Units Plan Entry Into Capis tal Next Sunday for Opening of Congress. With seven groups of hunger march- ers advancing slowly toward Washing- ton, officials of Maryland and Virginia joined with those in the District yes- terday to give the unwelcome visitors a cold reception. Officfals of these two neighboring States nave advised the Commissioners that not only will the demands of the hunger marchers for free food and shelter be flatly rejected, but steps will taken if necessary to keep them moving toward their homes after leav- ing Washington. Neither Maryland nor Virginia, it was said, want any of the hunger marchers to protect as pub- lic charges. Attorney General Saunders of Vir- ginia is understood to have disclosed his plans to the’ Commissioners. Mai land officials have been in communica=- tion with the Police Department. Virginia Strikes Blow. Virginia also has made the first defi- nite move to break up the column from the South by arresting one of the hun- ger march leaders, who was in Rich- mond attempting to arrange for free food and shelter for the marchers. A. Tomj , Who represented him- self as a hunger march organizer, was arrested in the office of Mayor Fulmer Bright, on order of the mayor, and charged with vagrancy. Tompkins led a delegation of 25 men and women into the mayor’s office with resolutions de- nouncing the mayor for refusing to grant a permit to the marchers to hold meetings on city property when they stop in Richmond en route to Wash- ington. Mayor Brigh! said he ordered the arrest of Tompkins because he is “a dangerous agitator who threatens the peace and good order of this com- m“:‘bg": the time uf same e Mayor George Henderson of Cumberland, Md., an- i | ing to provide food and lodging for the marchers from the West. The wire also demanded that the armory in Cum= berland be turned over to the marchers, Due Hire Next Sunday. ‘Cumbeslend and Richmend are to be the two principal converging points of the seven grcups of marchers. Balti~ more is the other. The marchers from all points are scheduled to reach these three cities Saturday and come into Washington about the same time next Sunday, . Although the Unemployed Councils of America, of the march, group. represent tingent, which the leaders claim would constitute the largest of the seven. Hunger march leaders had predicted that when this group left Chicago it would have a mnimum of 1,000 men | cnd women. ector Frank S. Burke, | chici of &t the direction of Mz). Ermest W. Brown, superint: nt of poiice, wired police officials in Chi- cago yesterday for information on the Western column, and the reply received last night said there were only 250 in th:L group when it left for Evansville, Inc Report From Montana, Burke also received a let- ter from the postmaster at Billings, Mont., under date of November 23, re- Ve that 20 marchers had passed through there on a train en route ta Washington. These are believed to be officials_ of the Unemployed Councils from the State of Washington Wwho want to reach the Capital in advance of the slow-moving motor caravans. These reports, coupled with the in- formation now in possession of the police, are said to show that the march will not be the success claimed for it by leaders of the movement. Refusal of officials of the States through which the marchers have passed to grant their demands for free food and shelter, it was pointed out, unquestionably has served to reduce the number, who have been warned, too, that Washington cannot feed and house them. Meet Resistance Here. In Washington march leaders have been making frantic efforts to raise funds for food and shelter, but their campzign has Been abruptly halted by dechination of the police department to give them the privilege of making a house-te-house solicitation. A committee of five from the Unem- ployed Councils called at Maj. Brown's office yesterday with a demand that the police ‘adopt a “hands off” policy with respect to the solicitors. The committee was told that house-to-house beggin was in violation of the law and woul not be permitted. About the same time a delegation representing united civic and business organizations of Washington appealed to Attorney General Mitchell to have the Federal Government assume re- sponsibility for the hunger marchers during their three-day visit. The dele~ gation represented the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, the Real Estate Board and the District Medical Society—the same organizations which issued a werning Friday night that Washington would not provide free food and shelter to any organized group oming to Washington this Winter. Attorney General Mitchell, however, declined to comment on the request of the delegation, which pointed out that the Metropolitan Police Department could not maintain law and order among a large group of strangers residents of the District of adequate police MARCH AIDE JAILED. Declared to Have Threatened Peace of City. By the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Va., November 26.—A. Tompkin, spokesman and organizer for the Richmond Unemployed Council, was sent to jail here today. He was ar- rested on a of vagrancy ordered by Mayor J. Fulmer Brgt. ‘The mayor arrest, when Goddard, 1821 Sixteenth street, a [3 it sult and | mendation of Ma; friend overcoat. He was x of the iy to have left | vided that penalt on unpaid town tax | per w:m- .mu:ngtmbe‘fplmmlwd 3 anuary