Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1932, Page 17

ITIZENS DEMAND NDING OF “CHAQS N TRANSPORTATION; District Organizations Unite in Plea for Action by Congress. TILITIES COMMISSION POWER INCREASE ASKED o-ordinated Plan Urged as Solu- tion and Banishment of Minor Differences Sought. Taking the stand that the trans- portation system here has reached such state of disorganization that con- erted action looking toward a solu- lon is imperative, representatives of Peading civic, trade and business or- ganizations yesterday adopted a reso- futon calling for a co-ordinated plan mbracing sweeping changes in the field of mass transportation. The group, acting s a Joint Trans- ortation Committee formed under the fleadership of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, held the District’s trans- ortation system “is bordering upon a condition of chaos.” “The time has come,” the committee aid, “when Washington citizens should anish all minor differences and unite ir efforts in a concerted drive to ve the present transportation mud: le in the District by developing ordinated transportation plan and ghting for its adoption by the Con- Recommendations Made. Major recommendations of the com- jmittee were adoption by Congress of the bill to merge the mass transporta- tion agencies of the Capital and ex- tension of the powers of the Public [Utilities Commission to include super- [vision over taxicab operaton to the!to is exer- fJsame extent that regulation jeised by them over other on utilities. ‘The full text of the resolution follows: “Recent depression years, focussing limelight upon business maladjust- ients, have clearly revealed the di- mma in which American cities have b placed due to the absence of co- prdinated transportation planning which has brought many of our transit agen- es to the verge of bankruptcy. “The public transportation system of he District of Columbia, caught.in the hirlwind of Nation-wide tendencies, oday is bordering upon a condition of hacs, and lack of proper co-ordination pf our several transportation mediums threatening the continued existenc pt this vital part of cur city's essential tility services. Lack of Regulation. S “Street_car, motor bus, taxichb—the three principal public transportation tiliti-s—operate today frequently in direct, unregulated competition .vith no dequate definition of, or allocétion to, he respective fields of operation best fitted for each, while neither the syi- tems themselves nor the Publjc Utilities |Commission has sufficient powers at the present times to enforce the needed co- ordination. ‘The cost per passenger of rendering trgnsportation service to the public is increasing while the transit agencies are losing money and the future pros- pect is for still higher costs with the ever-present threat of economic break- wh. . “Most important of all is the protec- tion of life and property from accidents 'which cannot help but increase with the inevitable growth of popualation and street traffic congestion if transit dis- oorganization is permitted to continue in future as in the past. “Faced by threatening conditions such as these, affecting the public safety, pub- lic investments, transportation costs, and the wages of & large group of our fellow citizeéns, it is our conviction, and accordingly, we hereby formally resolve, that the time has come when Washing- ton citizens should banish all minor differences and unite their efforts in a concerted drive to solve the present transportation muddle in the District by developing a co-ordinated transpor- tation plan and fighting for its adoption by the Congress, and that this plan should provide: “1. That legislation authorizing the merger of mass transportation agencies in Washington now pending before the United States Senate be approved by that body in order that at the earliest practicable date Washington may have the benefits which will accrue from co- ordinated mass transportation facilities | in the District of Columbia. ! “2, That the powers of the Public Utilities Commission be so extended as 10 specifically include full supervision of that body over taxicab operation to the same extent that regulation is now exer- cised by them over mass transportation ncies. And be it further resolved, That the guiding principles of Washington's co- | ordinated transportation plan must be rotection of the public welfare through lation to prevent accidents; through | roved service at reasonable cost and hrough compulsory financial responsi- bility for indemnification, and that the ongress of the United States is hereby | ently petitioned to enact appropriate | ation to insure these benefits for | e people of Washington and for the ! hhundreds of thousands of Americans| who come each year to visit their Na- onal Capital.” Members of Committee. Thomas P. Littlepage, president of he Washington Chamber of Com- merce, presided at the meeting. Others stituting the Joint Transportation ommittee include Joseph D. Ashby, pothetae of Washington; Col. A. B. [Barber, Interfederation Conference G ge W. Be: Federation of Civic ations; Ben T. Webster, presi- dent of the Washington Board of Prade; Robert J. Cottrell, secretary of the Board of Trade; Edwin F. Hill, Kiwanis Club; Mrs. Harriet Howe, Zonta Club; George M. Keneipp, chair- man of the Washington Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee; Mark Lansburgh, president of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association; | ‘W. H. McCarty, Cosmopolitan Club; | Miss Alma McCrum, Quota Club;| J. A. McKeever, Reciprocity Club; Dr. Maurice L. Townsend, Civitan Club; Col. Willlam O. Tufts, Federation of Churches; Henry A. Willard, Optimists’ Club, and R. W. Prince, Federation of Churches. Coples of the resolution will go to the boards of each organization repre- gented for final indorsement. It was emphasized those attending the meet- ing did so as individuals constituting a Citizens'’ Committee and that the|p, matter would have to be acted upon by their organizations. Wori!en Are Entertained. Production in some English factories speeded by the introduction A and radio concerts for' Garden Veteran DICK_GROWS OLD CHASING HOT HOUSE RATS. DICK. Snow baby to hot house darling— such is the story of Dick, since his rescue, one January morning, from the same huge drifts which overwhelmed the Knickerbocker Theater. Dick’s last 10 years in an atmosphere of perpetual Summer date from that bleak morning, when he was hauled, almost frozen and up to his neck, from the snow about the White House gréen houses. On the morning after the Knicker- bocker disastey Harry Lambright and other florists Were shoveling pathways between the glass houses and chanced on Dick, his muzzle protruding motion- less from the snow. Revived in Green House. Just another stray, with no more home than pedigree, Dick had floundered in the drifts and finally given himself up for lpst. But a faint trace of life remained when his new friends carried him into the green house and laid him on some sacks beneath the steam heating pipes. The little dog thawed out and re- fused to leave the green house there- gfter. He made friends almost as fast as he caught on to the routine of the glass houses where flowers are grown for the President and his White House family. Dick could never tell an orchid from a geranium, but he quickly learned about the lunch hour, sounded off by bells throughout the green houses. Eyes Growing Dim. Dick, in later years, had the honor of being carried about by Mrs. Cool- idge when she came to the greenhouse make selections from the flowers. “What kind of a dog is he?” Mrs. Coolidge inquired of a florist. “He’s & hot house dog now,” was the reply, “but I guess he used to be just the common garden variety.” But Dick is growing old. His eyes are a little dim now, and shine only at the mention of, “Rats!”. But he cleaned them all out years ago. PARLEY ON CHILD LABOR T0 CONVENE = Conference Backed by A. F. of L. to Open Tomorrow at Labor Department. Child labor problems will be discussed tomorTow by representatives of 30 na- tional organizations at a conference called at the request of the Amierican Federation of Labor. The groups will meet at the Labor Department Building. The conference was arranged by the Children’s Bureau of the Labor Depart- ment in order, it was explained, to formulate plans to combat problems that have arisen during the depression period. Methods of raising and holding standards of school attendance, and child labor legislation are among the principal topics slated for discussion. Doak Will Speak. Secretary of Labor Doak will address the conferees. Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Children’s Bureau, will preside. The bureau pointed out today that the last census report showed more than 2,000,000 children ranging in age from 10 to 17 years, were gainfully em- ployed in 1930. While this represents a substantially - smaller proportion of working children than in 1920, the bu- reau said it was of the opinion the figures cannot be considered as perma- nent. The bureau holds that the number of children employed still depends to & large extent upon the demand for child labor and the laws regulating employ- ment. With increase in employment, children, it was sald, will doubtless again be drawn into industry in large numbers unless the school-leaving age | | is raised. School Problem Studied. ‘The program calls for discussions on the general child-labor situation and conditions as found by organized labor -—children in commercialized agricul- wre, in the clothing industry, in street trades, in domestic service, in so-called sweat shops and industrial home work. The bureau said the school situation and the problem of children who have severed school connections and have no jobs will also be considered. Repre- sentatives of various State labor de- partments will discuss the pressure on labor standards and other effects of the economic depression. ELECTED 0. E. S. MATRON Special Dispatch to The Sta SBILVER SPRING, Md., December 9. —Miss Pearl M. Graeves has been elect- | ed worthy matron of the Silver Spring Chapter of the Eastern Star. Other officers are: Worthy patron, William Black; Comas; secretary, Miss Alice Gladman; treasurer, Miss Ethel conductress, Mrs. Edith Wolfe: associate conductress, Mrs. Martha McComas. ' WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening Sfaf WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1932. WATER ESTIMATES | SLASH WILL BUILD ~ UPIDLE SURPLUS Rents and Assessments Ex- pected to Create Larger Credit in Treasury. MONEY TO REMAIN IDLE UNDER TERMS OF LAWI Cut in Budget Will Mean Only That Excess Will Pile Up Needlessly for Year. Although the Budget Bureau's esti- mates for the Water Department for the 1934 fiscal year are slashed $279,680 below the figure for the current year, the estimates of revenue from water rents and water main assessments in- dicate there will actually be more money coming in during 1934 than this year. Since this money cannot be spent for any purpose other than those of the Water Department, it appears that the only result of cutting down on the ap- propriation will be to pile up a surplus to the credit of the water fund in the United States Treasury. $2,075,460 Water Demands. The Water Department estimates, as submitted to the District Commission- ers last Summer, called for appropria- tions totaling $2,075,460. What esti- mate the Commissioners submitted to the Budget Bureau is not known for the reason that under the budget act the Commissioners are not allowed to make their requests public. It is not believed, however, that the sum asked for by the Commissioners varied ma- terially from that asked by the Water Department. These estimates were based on re- celving in water rents and water main assessments during the 1934 fiscal year a total revenue of $2,064,000, as com- pared with an estimated revenue for the current fiscal year of $2,040,000. According to calculations made by ‘Water Department officials, if the sum asked for had been appropriated, there still would be a balance of $413,000 to the credit of the water fund st the close of the 1934 fiscal year. By cut- ting the estimates $279,000, apparently the result will be that there will be a surplus of near $700,000. Money Not “Saved.” ‘The District will not “save” any of this money, it was pointed sout. This money will simply Temain temporarily unspent, instead of being spent during times of low prices and general unem- ployment. All of the branches of the Water De- ment suffered in the reductions made by the Budget Bureau and several nt water main construction jobs were postponed. Among the latter are a 20-inch main for Nichols avenue southeast, from FPirst street to' Blue Society and General Heart of Triangle Shown From Washington Monument ! FIFTY-TON STEEL GIRDER LIFTED BY TWO DERRICKS INTO GOVERNMENT AUDITORIUM. CHRISTMAS LANE PARADE TONIGHT Eight Units of Marchers and Floats Will Take Part in Procession. Parading to music from a dozen bands and drum corps, eight colorful divisions of marchers and floats will | move down Fourteenth street beginning | at 8 o'clock tonight as the Columbia Plains, estimated to cost $76,000; & 30- | Helghts Business Men's Associaticn inch main running from Pennsylvania |stages its annual Christmas procession. | and Minnesota avenues to Eighteenth | Faling into line behind a motor cycle street and Minnesota avenue southeast, | police escort at Upshur street, the col- $60,000; and a, 16-inch main in Rock fumn will move southward on_Four- ! Creek Church road from Upshur street | teenth street, turning west at Florida to Harewood road and south in Hare- lavenue to disband cn Fifteenth street. | wood road to Michigan avenue, $53,000. | Prank J. Sobotia, parade marshal, and ——— members of the Pm-sdev1 :‘?‘mmlme. headed Barnum A. Le' eneral WOMAN HURT IN AUTO :houk'uxmlbyn, will 168 the parade-ts aito- mo Z 3 CRASH IS IMPROVING | Immediately behind the vanguard will . come division 1, led by Stephan L. Efl- bacher, marshal, with color-bearers and zundsml'{';ruy unit will srnclude u&e gvu;- seas Band; Drum and Bugle | ous Condition After Collision Corps of :Mh:.e&nmlol Foreign Wars, | burg Road. cfficers of tl ntral Business Men’s | oo Hasanerares Association, Georgia_ Avenue Business | Mrs. Margaret R. Armstrong, 25, Who | Men's Assoclation, Eighteenth Street | was seriously injured yesterday in & col- | and Columbia Road Business Men's As- | lision on Bladensburg road between au- | sociation and representatives of citi- | tomobiles’ driven by her husband, Lieut. | zens’ organizations. Victory Post, No. J M. B. R. Armstrong, U. S. N, and | 4, and Vincent B. Costello Post of the William A Mulligan, 4500 block of New | American Legion, with their drum and Hampshire avenue, was reported resting | bugle corps and marching units, will ;z;‘ml:)rlubly ncdc;sunlm'?npiul today. | complete this division. ysicians said her c n was proved. She is an expectant mother. Swan Marshal of Division 2. Lieut. Armstrong, Mulligan and Nor- | Division 2 will be headed by Gerald man Kogok, & passenger the latter’s | Swan as marshal and will include the car, suffered slight cuts and bruises. | University of Maryland. Band, Girl The collision occurred, they told police, | Scout Troop, No. 14, Santa Claus and when a car in front of Mulligan, in the | his reindeer team, “Miss Merry Christ- northbound traffic lane, started to[mas” Japanese girl in jinricksha and make a left turn. an Italian girl playing a hurdy-gurdy. Lieut. Armstrong was headed south| Louis R. Gottlieb will be marshal of on the highway, coming to Washington | the third division, which will embrace from his home, at Annapolis, Md., and | the Alexandria Post of the American his car and Mulligan's came together as | Legion with drum and bugle corps; the latter attempted to avoid the car inJob's Daughters. Woodmen of the front of him. No charges were placed | World, Modern Woodmen of America, against either of the drivers, but they | with boys’ and girls’ junior drill teams, were ordered to appear for a hearing |and Job's Daughters’ drill team of Mrs. Margaret Amirnng in Seri- | solving her husband of guilt. in the office of the corporation coun- sel. . WIFE ABSOLVES _SFOUSE ON TWO LIQUOR COUNTS Mrs. Matilda Cooper, 39, started serving a 30-day sentence for sale and; | possession of liquor today after she had made a statement in Police Court ab- He was acquitted. Mrs. Cooper, with her husband, Squire Cooper, 58, was arrested follow- ing a raid at their home, in the 800 block of Sixth street, yesterday which was led by Policeman J. R. Burch. The policeman and an informer, acting on & tip, had purchased a half pint of liquor at the house two days ago. A marked $1 bill was seized, although the officers were able to find no liquor. Mrs. Cooper, arraigned before Judge Ralph Given, pleaded both for herself and her husband. She stated that she was guilty of both charges, but that her husband was unaware that she had sold the liquor. She was sentenced to associate patron, Harry Mc-|$100 fine or 30 days on the sale charge and received a similar penalty on a V. Wilkinson; | charge of possession, the time to run concurrently. She went down for 30 days in default of $200. POLICEMEN BECOME SCRIBES, RESULT OF “HUNGER MARCH” Pseudo Reporters Able to Get More Information “Covering” Communists. The recent “hunger march” brought the usual situation of policemen pass- ing themselves off as newspaper men. And for the most part it was a good job of impersonation that was done. Only in one czse were the Communists ave been a tion from the other operatives. A big, burly policeman, every inch| a cop. despite his civillan clothes, strut- ted about the camp of the hunger marchers, a press card stuck jauntily in his hat, attracting atiention wherever hle ‘;vent‘.n ‘while tllml.l slender, intelligent looking About theix business apparently not taken in, and that may | cop. ant” to distract atten- | their camp with press_credentials and fraternizing with marchers and newspaper men. “These fellows won't say much to any one,” one of the pseudo reporters explained, “but they will talk more to a newspaper man than they will to a At least, we can walk through ress cards in our hats without them oming suspicious, which wculdn't be the case if they knew who we were.” With paper and pencil, handled in reportorial style, they “covered” meet- ings, interviewed marchers and kept their eyes open in a way which brought ‘voluming report Sctivitios 10 the AYo o€ thels SO Clarendon, Va. ‘The fourth division will be composed of J. Ramsey Maxwell and Rudolph Blick, -marshals; Central High School Cadet Corps and Band, Clarendon Post, American Legion, Drum and Bugle Corps, and Roosevelt High School Cadet Corps. Floats in Last Unit. Joseph Ofano and W. Prancis Scott will be marshals of the fifth division, which will include the Americanization Association Band, Knights of Pythias, Women of the Moose, William B. Cush- ing Auxiliary; drill team, Bethlehem Chapter, No. 7; Sons and Daughters of Liberty State Council and a feature costume section. Lieut. E. M. Perkins and Ralph Wal- lace will lead division 6 as marshals. This unit will include the Park View Boy Scout Drum and Bugle and Boy Scout troops. Division No. 7_will be headed by Marshal George A. Ford and will include the District Fire De- gtfl.menl Band, members of the Colum- ia Heights Business Men'’s Association, a “parade of the nations” and clowns. The last unit, led by James W. Lau- derdale, will include the floats and dec- orated automobiles. TWO BIDS RECEIVED FOR GOLF COURSES S. G. Leoffler Operating Co. and Hot Shoppe Products, Inc., Make Offers. Only two bids were received today in the Office of Public Buildings and Pub- lic Parks for the concession to operate thenwblh: golf courses in the city's 8. G. Leoffler Operating Co. of this city, which has held the concession, offered to take up the contract this time on a three-year lease, for $45,360. The other offer was received from Hot Shoppe Products, Inc. 4000 Cathedral avenue, which offered to pay $87,550 for a three-year lease. The prospective contract contem: plates the lease for operation and main- tenance of the 36-hole golf course in East Potomac Park, the 18-hole course in Rock Creek, the 9-hole course in West Potomac Park and the course for colored near the Lincoln Memorial. The new contract is to be sffective on. Jmu,.l- APID progress on four connected Government buildings in the heart of the Federal triangle is shown in the above ‘The buildings in the foreground along Constitution avenue are, left to right: Department of Labor, Government Auditorium and Interstate Commerce Commission, under construction by James Stewart & Co., while running northward along Twelfth street to Pennsylvania avenue and connected with the Interstate Commerce -Commission Building is seen the new Post Office Department being built by McCloskey & Co. In the photograph below is seen a huge 50-ton steel girder, said to be the largest ever put into a Federal building here, as it was being swung into place yesterday in the new Government Auditorium. The girder is 72 feet long, 12 feet 6 Inches deep, weighs 50 tons, and will photograph taken from the Washington Monument. three more stories above. be used on the fifth floor to help support —Commercial and Star Staff Photos. SIX WANTED HERE HELD N FLORIDA Two Brothers and Two Sis- ters in Group Accused of Riding in Stolen Taxicab. Six persons, including two brother- and-sister combinations, have been ar- rested in Miami, Fla., where they are said to have admitted traveling in a taxicab stolen in Washington, accord- ing to word received at police head- quarters today from Florida authorities. One of the girls, Gladys Burns, 14, is held as a fugitive from her father, Robert Burns, 900 block H street, who had reported her missing. All six are | said to have been stopping in Washing- ton, immediately prior to their de- parture, in a rooming house in the 1000 block of Fourth street northeast, where one of the six is said to have been the landlady. Those in custody, according to the telegram received at headquarters, are Vivian Jett, Jack Jett, Thomas L. Burns, Gladys Burns, Charles A. Dodson and Evelyn Burns. Police here say they understand the woman booked as Evelyn Burns is a Mrs. Wheeler. Any relationship of Ev- elyn Burns to the others seems to be in doubt. Jack Jett and Dodson are to be held in Florida for violation of the Dyer act, according to police. ‘The taxicab in which they made the trip was reported stolen here November 12, Robert Burns, Gladys Burns' fa- ther, is said by police to have traced his_daughter to Florida through a son in Richmond, from whom he is said to have learned that the tags on the taxi- cab had been changed. Tony Robert had reported the theft of the taxi to the police. AUTO VICTIM BETTER Woman Injured Yesterday Report- ed Improved at Hospital. Mrs. Bertha Brennan, 57, of 509 Seward Square southeast, was reported improved today in Providence Hospital where she was taken yesterday su fering from injuries recelved when struck by an automobile, at Second and C streets southeast. She received a broken leg and was under observation for possible internal injuries. Coley Cureton, 39, colored, of the 1100 block of Fifth street southeast, wmlwe say was driver of the auto- m which struck her, was cl with leaving the scene g :l'd‘ fallure to exhibit & registration AT BANQUET OF G. A. R. Veterans of the Department of the Potomac Will Be Honored Tomorrow. Representative Willlam E. Hull of Illinois, past national commander in chief of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, will be toastmaster at a_banquet in honor of veterans of the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, and visiting vet- ;l;;g: at the Lafayette Hotel tomorrow Joint sponsors of the event are the Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, Daughters of Union Veterans; Warren G. Harding and William B. Cushing Camps, Sons of Union Veterans, and their aux- iliaries. National officers of the Women's Re- lief Corps, the Ladies of the Grand Army and the Daughters of Union“Vet- erans will attend and the Division of Maryland, Sons of Union Veterans, will be represented by Division Comdr. Rob- ert J. P. McElroy and Senior Vice Comdr. John R. Wells. Other guests will include John R. King, Baltimore, chairman of the National Legislative Committee and past national com- mander in chief of the G. A. R, and Dr. Ellen Spencer Mussey, sponsor of the tent of Daughters of Veterans bear- ing her name. |CARPENTERS ARRANGE AMICABLE SETTLEMENT ‘Workers New Agriculture Building Had Protested Over Wage Scale. on An amicable settlement of a dispute over the rate and manner of payment of about a dozen carpenters employed by P. J. Fuller, subcontractor, engaged in the erection of concrete forms for the foundation cf a unit of the new Department of Agriculture Building was reported today. ‘The carpenters protested to the office of Supervising Architect Wetmore of the Treasury Department that the sub- contractor was paying them less than the $11 a day required by the Bacon- Davis “prevailing wage” law. ‘The subcontractor, Fuller, is reported to have employed a systém under which the carpenters were taken into his firm and were to share in the profits, in re- turn for a reduced wage scale. Mr. Wetmore's office was informed had agreed. to back pay and wage system in the future. —_ pay the carpenters due to follow the standard Charity Dance December 16. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Decem- ber 9 (Special).—A charity dance, the proceeds of which will be used to buy Christmas baskets for the needy of this | copators i HULL TO BE TOASTMASTEB' verbally this morning the subcontractor | THIEVES TAKE LINEN VALUED AT §2000 PAGE B—1 B.E F MDA TOMEET REBURF N SDOURN e Demonstrations at Capitol and White House Banned by Police. FREE FOOD AND LODGING WON'T BE FORTHCOMING 500 Marchers Already in Washing- ton, Close Check-up by Police Bureau Reveals. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, announced today that demon- strations will not be permitted at the Capitol and White House by the radical left wing of the Bonus_ Expeditionary Force, now returning to Washington in small groups. ‘The Police Department, according to Maj. Brown, will handle the veterans in virtually the same manner as it did the hunger marchers. Free food and lodg- ing will not be provided, he said, and unless the veterans can provide their own subsistence they will be arrested as vagrants, or escorted to the District line and warned to keep out of ‘ashington. Maj. Brown pointed out that informa- tion in possession of the Police Depart- ment indicates that the same Com- munist elements that inspired the so- called hunger march are the motivating spirits behind the second bonus march. The march, however, is being promoted * by the Veterans’ Central Rank and File Committee, headed by John Pace, who commanded the left wing of the B. E. F. 500 Already Here. A close check-up by the Crime Pre- vention Bureau of the Police Depart- ment shows that approximately 500 of the veterans already are in Washington. Bonus march leaders have predicted there would be from 2,000 to 3,000 here next week, when a four-day conven- tion is scheduled to be held. All entrances to the District are being closely guarded by the police, extra de- tails have been assigned to the Capitol and White House, and reserves are be- ing held in readiness for any disorder that might develop with the coming of the veterans. Maj. Brown has ordered all com- manding officers to caution men un- der their command to watch for bonus marchers. Each officer was told to learn the destination of the veterans and then call the Detective Bureau at_once. Plans of the bonus marchers call for a mass meeting Monday in a rented au- ditorium. The following day a mass demonstration at. the Capitol is pro- posed. At that time the veterans in- tend to renew their petition to Congress for immediate payment of the bonus. ‘Wednesday, the marchers plan to go to J-Arlington Cemetgry to pay. tribute to William Hushka and Eric Carlson, mem- bers of the B. E. F., who were killed July 28 when Federal troops drove the veterans out of Washington. Final Mass Meeting. The final event on the program is'a mass meeting Wednesday night. After that march leaders have assured police the veterans would leave Washington. Police have been told the veterans would stage an orderly and peaceful demonstration, but coupled with the promise are four demands: That police stop interfering with the men coming into the city, that Congress appropriate funds to feed and house the veterans, that police cease interfering with vet- erans soliciting aid, and that veterans be permitted to distribute literature. Although march leaders have de- clared that groups of veterans are now in Hagerstown, Md., and Gettysburg, Pa. awaiting orders to advance to Washington, a police investigation failed to locate them. The march leaders also claimed that scores of other veterans are en route to Washington aboard freight trains. ‘The veterans now in Washington are being housed in a building occupied by the Veterans’ Rank and File Committee in the 900 block of I street and in a house in the 1200 block of D street northeast. POST OFFICE SEEKS Other Robberies Reported Here Net Loot Total- ing $500. Auto thieves who forced the door lock of an automobile parked on Calvert street opposite the Shoreham Hotel last night obtained $2,000 worth of imported Italian linens, according to a report made to police by Abraham G. Zarou, 3500 Fourteenth street, a member of the firm of Zarou Brothers of the Shoreham. The theft headed a list of burglaries and robberies in the city which netted approximately $2,500 in loot within the last 24 hours. Clothes and Pistols Taken. Burglars broke into the store of Joseph Levy, 639 D street, early yester- day morning and stole clothes and a pistol valued at a total of $250. Irving Johnson, 1600 block of Eleventh street, Teported burglars also robbed his home of $50 worth of clothing, while Morgan Leake of the first block of Q street told police his tailoring establishment was entered during the night and several sults and overcoats taken. Berkley B. Gough, 323 U street north- east, attendant in a gas station at| Maryland avenue and Fourteenth street northeast, was one of several hold-up victims last night. Two young white men held him up about 7 o'clock, he reported, and took $90 from the station’s cash drawer. They drove away in a car believed to have been stolen from the naval air station in Anacostia. Other Cases Reported. Other hold-ups were reported by Ira ‘Thomas Rohrer, a taxicab driver of 100 Fifteenth street northeast, who said two colored passengers robbed him of $3; Richard Wheeler, 100 block of H street southwest, who was robbed of $4.80 and a $15 watch, and Frank G. Harris, colored, of the 1300 block Pirst SWINDLE EVIDENCE Drake Estate Hoax Again Under Fire by Mail De- partment. The “Drake estate swindle,” which has netted its principal sponsor in England more than half a million dol- lars in the past decade, is again under fire by the Post Office Department. For several years the department has been endeavoring to check the stream of “sucker money” which has flowed from Americans who have sought to par- ticipate in a mythical estate left by Sir Francis Drake. Horace J. Donnelly, solicitor for the Post Office Department, is taking tes- timony from a man said to be con- versant with operations, to determine if grounds may be found for issuance of a fraud order, which would bar the scheme from the mails. The hearing started yesterday and may conclude to- morrow. It is being conducted in exec- utive session. At a previous hearing the department obtained an agreement from agents for the operator to cease operations, but they have again been revived. The swindle has operated principally In the northern farm belt. The pros- pects are selected at random and ad- vised they are understood to be pos- sible heirs to the Drake estate. The money is furnished to prosecute this claim. The Government has time after time warned that there is no such thing as the Drake estate. PATIENCE WITH CLERKS DURING RUSH ASKED ’streel southwest, who reported a $2.45 oss. RITES ARE TOMORROW Spectal Dispatch fo The Star. ARDMORE, Md., December 9.—Fu- neral services -for Mrs. Annie V. Mec- Grain, for 25 years a resident of this community, who died Wednesday, will be held tomorrow from St. Jerome's Catholic Church, Hyattsville. Burial will be at Westminster, Carroll County, Md,, of which county Mrs. McGrain was & former resident. Mrs. McGrain, who was 72, leaves three children, Oscar and Miss Marie community, will be given by Dee's Syn- McGrain of Ardmore, and Mrs. Jennie Eaan of Washington, D, G, - With the holiday shopping rush on in full swing, the Merchants’ and Manu- facturers’ Association today urged shop- pers to be patient and kindly with the men and women encountered behind the counters of stores during the season. “Remember,” said Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the association, “that many of these persons are comparatively un- trained in retail selling, and cannot be expected to give the same type of service as the regular store employes. Remember, also, that this is the season when merchants recruit their per- manent employes, and that many of the young men and women who are work- in the stores this month are anxiously endeavoring to make sales and service records which will gain them permanent positions.” kst B Vi