Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1932, Page 17

Washington News ~ @he Fn SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 450 MEN CONTINUE | STREET CLEARING | AS COLD PERSISTS Sun Gives Little Aid to Job of Ridding City of Record Snowfall. 23-DEGREE MINIMUM TONIGHT IS PREDICTED Cost cf Keeping Traffic Lanes Open Is $10,000—Workers Will Get Money This Afternoon. Anticipating little aid from the sun. the Street Cleaning Department today continued the job of digging Washing- on cut of the deepest snow in 10 vears. Four hundred fifty men, recruit- « from the ranks of the unemployed, are being used for this work, in addi- tion to the regular strest cleaning force. A forccast of fair and continued cold | weather for the next 24 hours offered little hope to the Street Cleaning De- | partment that any quantity of snow would melt to expedite the task con- fronting the snow removal force. Warmer weather is predicted for to- morrow, however, but it will be accom- panied by partly cloudy skies instead of badly reeded sunshine. Low Is 22 Degrees. Ever since the snowstorm the cold has been moderating slightly. ‘Thel lowest temperature in the last 24 hours | was 22 degrees, recorded at 6 a.m. to- day at the Weather Bureau. The min- imum tonight, according to the weather experts, will be 23 degrees. Thus far the cost of removing the snow from the downtown streets and | keeping traffic lanes open is estimated at $10,000. A large portion of this amount will be paid to the 1,097 unem- ployed men who were hurriedly round- ed up last Saturday to supplement the | regular snow-removal force. | Pay envelopes, jingling with cash, are | now being prepared at the Building for these men, and will be turned over to them rome time this afternoon. The auditor's staff worked | overtime last night to complete the pay rolls so the men would be paid with- out further delay. Special Pay Rolls Ordered. Originally, it had been planned to make the men wait until Saturday, the regular pay day, but District officials ordered the preparation of a special pay roll because of the need of the; men for funds. Employes of the highway, sewer and r departments, who were used on w removal force, went back to lar work this morning, leav- ion of the clean-up job to \ing department and the €AS FIRMS’ MERGER BILL GIVEN TO HOUSE ‘Washington and Georgetown Com- panies’ Consolidation Is Proposed. l A bill proposing a merger of the Washington Gas Light Co. and the Georgetown Gas Lignt Co. was intro- duced in the House late vesterday by Chairman Nortcn of the District Com- 0 hopes to have subcommittee | ion of the measure socn after | tmas ho'idays. The bill was under the direction of Cor- | nsel William W. Bride, at | t of the Public Utilities Com- | the requ mission The new bill. which has been shorn of features which caused its defeat two years ago, asks authority from Con- gress for the two companies to merge, and that the Washington Gas Light Co. be permitted to operate west of Rock Creek Park. The Washington Co. also seeks authority to increase its capital stock by approval of the Public Uti!-! ities Commission instead of having to get approval from Congress. | The measure as drafted carries the | indorsement of Gen. Mason M. Patrick, | chairman of the Public Utilities Com- | mission, and Raymond B. Keech, | people’s counsel. WASHINGTON-VENEZUELA PHONE SERVICE IS OPENED Becretary Stimson Inaugurates New Connection From His Office Here. Secretary of State Stimson formaliy inaugurated yesterday direct telephonic communication between Washington and Maracay, Venezuels. From 2 teleph in his office Mr. Stimson talked h Felix A. Guer:o, president of the Venczuela Telephone Co.: Dr. Itriego, minister of fore.gn re- laticns for Venczuelz; Gen. Cayama Martinez, minister of communicatiozs, and George Summerlin, Americin i Minister to the South American | countr, Those who participated in the cere- mony here included William R. Castle, jr. Undersecretary of State; Francis White, Assistant Secretary of State; Edwin C. Wilson, chief of the Division of Latin American Affairs; William R.| M:nning, assistant in the Division of Latin American Affairs; Dr. Don Pedro Manuel Arcaya, Venezuelan Minister; Don Luis Churion, counselor of the Venezuelan legation: Don Pedro Rivero of {he Venezuelon lezation, T. G. Miller, | vice president of the Americen Tele- | Telegraph Co.; Lloyd B. Wil-| president cf the Ch>:apzake & Po- | tom:c Telephone Co., and J. W. Adams, division manager of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. SECOND CHILD SUCCUMBS AFTER STOVE EXPLOSION Colored Couple Held for Investiga- tion of Report Stove Was Over- turned in Fight. Dorothy Summerville, 5, the second of two colored children burncd Sunday night when an ofl stove exploded in their home, in the 1900 block of Four- teenth street. died last night in Chil- dren’s Hospital. Gerald Sharp, jr., 2, died earlier yester Thomas Wright, 28, and Mary Alice Contee, 21, both colored, are b2ing held pending the completion of an investi- gation into the deaths. Police have obtained information that a fight had ensued in the building, during which the oil stove had been turned over. Coroner Joseph D. Rogers said an Inquest probably would be held after the police have completed an investi- gation and submitted a report. | Choco Is Topsy-Turvy Lan_d WASHINGTON, D. 115, HELD ‘ROBBED’ C., Fish Roar, Snakes Bark and Ants Squeak in North- IN ABUU'R'NG lANn western Colombia, Says American Botanist Returned From Jungles. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A topsy-turvy country where fish roar, snakes bark and ants squeak is described by Dr. W. A. Archer, American botanist, who has just brought to the National Museum & ccnsiderable collection of plants and ethnological material from the Choco, a low jungle country in Northwestern Colombia, which has been neglected by explorers. Archer conducted an independent ex- ploration of this regicn of almost con- stant rain and no trails or roads. The annual rainfall is estimated at 457 inches, with only 25 fair days a year. All travel is in dugout canoes. The country visited by Archer is of ecial interest to ethnologists. Plat- inum was first discovered there by the Spaniards and mistaken for gold. ~Col- ored slaves were brought in to mine it, but it was found to have no value. It was considered “unripe gold” and the vrospectcrs threw it back again into the | treams to ripen. Vouches for Roaring Fish. The slaves were freed and scattered into the dense jungles. They reverted entirely to their old ways of living, building their circular huts far upstream | at the headwaters of the rivers and hunting with blow guns and poison darts. Archer is one of the first white explorers to hmve penetrated among this trange people, who constitute a unique part of the world’s population. Archer vouches for the roaring fish. The fish itself has not been identified | wax in which they store their honey but is kncwn locally as boca chico or den ton. They are found, so far as is| known, cnly in the Atrato River. Like salmen, to which they may be related, | they migrate upstream during the com- | paratively dry months of January and | February. They are so thick that they constitute almost a solid mass, Archer | says. t the height of the migration they make a terrific roaring noise, described by Archer as “like the roar of an air- plane coming from under water.” Two persons a few feet apart on the shore cannot hear each other talk. When the roaring starts the Indians and Ne- groes capture them in great quantities. At any other time they are practically impossible to obtain. The American explorer did not him- o | self see the barking snake, but is in- | District | clined to credit the native accounts,| especially as they do ont appear to be cclored by superstition. The snake is not feared, but simply regarded as a natural curicsity. It is described as a large serpent which spends most of its time coiled in a tree and at dusk makes 2 noise which might be mistaken for the low, barking or growling of a dog. It is not considered poisonous. Archer himself verified the native tales of the “talking” or squeaking ant. He brought back some dead specimens, which were identified by Dr. Willlem M. Mann, director of the National Zoo- logical Park, es a specics known to ant specialists, although there was little known about its habits. It is a large black ant, nearly an inch long. It pro- duces the peculiar squeaking noise when bothered, as by poking with a stick. The squeak, Archer says, is a trifle higher toned than that of a bat. The note is so high it almost escapes the human ear. He himself heard it by leaning over the insect. The bite of this ant is greatly fearc " | by the ratives. It will give a jungle native a high fever for a whole day, Archer says. He believes it might kfll' a white man. The jungle is infested with great hordes of these ants. Bees Gather Resin. i Another curiosity of the Choco is the resin-collecting bee. Most bees sccrete This bee instead collects resin from se- creting trees_and stores it in hollow branches. The natives collect it in great masses. They use it to water- proof canoes and to make torches. Among the curiosities brought back by Archer were samples of the kerosene | tree. This is a jungle tree which the natives tap for a liquid which, placed in & lamp, burns like kerosene. Archer was unable to bring in cuttings which would live. There is a vast plant lore | of the jungle, he says, which may point the way to valuable botanical discov- eries. The native medicine men, he says, perform little short of miracles | with some of the jungle herbs. They | guard their recipes with considerable | jealousy. | Among the jungle Indians Archer noted one custom familiar to visitors at a z00. A wife delouses her husband, picking the vermin one by one out of his hair and crushing them b:tween her teeth. The Indian often engages in this pastime, Archer says, especially if bored. He made studies of the evil eye | superstitions of the Negroes. Archer will make the first public an-, nouncement of his discoveries before | the Anthropological Society of Wash-! ington at the National Museum tomor- | row evening. THREE RECOVERING FROM ICY PLUNGE Tug Survivors Recuperating at Emergency Hospital From Exposure. Three men who were forced to leap into the icy Potomac early yesterday, when the tug Capitol sank off the wharf at South Capitol and S streets, were re- | cuperating at Emergency Hospital to- day after treatment for exposure. The men had retired and were ob- liged to escape in their underclothing Wwhen the boat went down suddenly at 2 am. They were Leo Lawson, 19, of Crisfield, Md.: Martin Kenney, 19. of White Haven, Md.. and Chester Steriing. colored cook. Capt. Nonie Holland, 40, also of feld, had been sleeping in the wheel .se and managed to leap onto a barge to which the tug was tied. The three members of the crew dived in and swam for the barge through the surface ice The 60-foot tug presumably sprung & leak while moving through the ice on her daily run to Fort Washington for barge loads of sand. Kenney was awakened by Lawson when the tug began to settle. Appar- ently Kenney thought it was a joke, however, for he merely rolled over in his bunk when told “the tug is sinking!” A moment later he was thrown from the bunk when the tug listed and ! brought up against her tie lines. After the three men swam to the barge they built a fire and huddled about it in their wet underclothing until daylight. When officials of the company owning the tug learned of their plight they had the three removed to Emergency Hos- pital. All probably will be sent home later today, none the worse for the ex- perience. The tug is in comparatively shallow water, and probably will be raised when ‘weather permits. YOUNGQUIST .ADDRESSES FEDERAL BAR SESSION Assistant Attorney General Cites Capone Case as One in Which There Was No Compromise. G. Aaron Youngquist, Assistant At- torney General, addressed the Federal Bar Associaticn last night and referred to the case of Al Capone as one “in which there was no comprcmise.” He said in many similar tax cases compro- mises are agreed upon by the courts. Ycungquist reviewed important United States Supreme Court decisions of the last vear. Assistant Solicitor General Whitney North Seymour discussed those having no bearing on tax litigation and described the arguments in the Scotts- boro case as among the most brilliant he had ever heard. ‘William A. Roberts, assistant corpora- of the District, rresided jon deccided to hold its a nua! tanauet February 2 at the Ma flower Hotel. Assistant Atlorney G eral Nugent Codds, who was to have cpoken last night, could not attend, du> to i'lnecs. Owner of Stolen Tree Appeals for Its Early Return Philip M. Talbott of East Falls Church, Va., is seeking to recover a pink dogwood tree uprooted from pr?crty adjoining the for- mer residence of his father, Dr. T. M. Talbott, Upton Hall Ar- lingten_County. Mr. Talbott, in a letter to The Star, excliined the “loss is a cource of deep regre.” es the tree was a gift from his mother. He felt some one took it without realizing the tree’s value, as it was growing apparently wild in an_uncultivated spot. Mr. Talbott expressed the hope that the tree would be returned n w] took it is in- gave his telephone number as Falls Church 234, BALL WL FACE ARLINGTON JURY Motion of Prosecution for Out-of-County Panel Denied by Court. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va. December 20.—Judge Walter T. Mc-| Carthy yesterday denied a motion for| lan out-of-the-county jury for the forthcoming trial of former County Treasurer E. Wade Ball, after listening to arguments in which the prosecution | claimed that Ball's popularity made a fair trial by a local jury difficult and the defense claimed that the majority of sentiment in the county i3 against: Ball At the same time Judge Mc-! Carthy granted but two of the five re- quests made by the defense in its mo-| tion for a bill of particulars. | Popularity Is Cited. The motion for an out-of-the-county jury was made by Commonwealth's | Attorney Lawrence W. Douglas, who | cited in the motion Ball's prominence as treasurer for 25 years, his fraternal | associations and his general popularity. Ball's reputation is such, Douglas de- clared, that “the children of the coun- ty have been brought up to ‘be honest like Wade Ball' It is the high regard | in which Ball has always been held that is most likely to defeat justice in this case.” inting to the fact that it is Ball Pol who is to go on trial on January 4 and not the prosecution, Attorneys Frank L. Ball, brother of the accused, and| Capt. Crandal Mackey insisted that the question was whether the defendant could get a fair trial. Capt. Mackey ! declared that sentiment in the county | |is against Ball | “It is not the purpose of the com- monwealth to give the defendant a fair | and impartial trial, but rather to deny | him that right,” Mackey argued. The | defense asserted that a jury can be | selected in @ half day and that it will | convict Ball if the commonwealth can prove that “he stole one penny.” Orders 100 for Jury Service. | | Judge McCarthy ordered the sum- moning of 100 veniremen instead of | the usual 20. | "The court granted the motion of the | cefence for a bill of particulars as to| any debits or credits mace cn Ball's books efter his resignation, but denied the requests for particulars having to |do with the intention of the prosecu- |tion on the points it will attempt to | prove. The defense had asked that the | commonwealth_state whether it would | contend that Ball either sole or ap- | propriated any public funds, converted |any to his own use or paid out any| | for other than public purposes. Cap. Mackey declared that the fail- ure of the prosecution to charge Bal with embezzlement indicates that it had | no such grounds. WORK PROBLEM TALK BY “LITTLE CONGRESS” | | ! 1 Capital Secretaries to Discuss Un- employment at Meeting To- night at House. The “Little Congress,” composed of secretaries to Senators and Representa- night will go in problem in a reglly big way. Meeting at 8 o'clock in the causus room of the House Office Building, the Little Con- gress will take up for consideration the Crail bill dealing Wwith unemployment. The bill, introduced by Representa- tive Crail of California, would make illegal the employment of any alien in the United States while there are un- | emplovea any Amorican cltizens who, ere willing and ready to work. Among | the speakers cn the bill, which is ex-: pected to be passed by the body, will be' Joe Hines l’ll‘lg] Mrs. Frances Howard, both of Washington. Following the Viegisative ssson” the s newly E‘Jflidcféflfi' Elmore Whitehurst of Texas, speaker; George R. Stewart of California, clerk, and Thomas Camp of a, sergeant: -at-arms. The session will be open to the public. by Sen: jattorney and investigator. BY CONDEMNATION Senator King Avers Values Raised Excessively at Rent Hearing. . ASSESSOR BARES GAINS OF NEARLY 80 PER CENT Supreme Court Project Mentioned. Assessment for Union Station Area Reported Doubled. The charge that the Government has been “robbed” by excessive condemna- ticn valuations on land for public buildings in Weshington was made to- day in hearings before the Senate Rent Investigating Subcommittee by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, as the group resumed work where it left off Satur- day. It adjourned again at 1 pm. until tomorrow at 10:30 am. Senator King's charge followed testi- mony by William P. Richards, District tax essessor, that a study by him of properties having assessed valuation of $35.000.000 had been appraised at ap- proximately 50 per cent more when ac- quired by the Government Specifically, Richards pointed to the site for the United States Supreme Court. which he said was acquired by the Government at a cost approxi- mately 80 per cent greater than the value placed upon it by the tax as- sessor’s office. Union Station Cited. “On that basis. then” Serator King said, “the Government must have been robbed of milions cf dollars in the acquitition of properly for Federal buildings in the Capital” Richards also testified. on questioning . Republican. of New: Jersey, that the cost of the :ite fr the Union Station was twice its essessed value. Richards was ca'led before the :ub- commiitee by Oscar H. Brinkman, its to testify in connection with Brinkman's charge that “the figures submitted by the Washing- ton Real Estate Board, showing low rates of return to owners on zpartment house properties, are wholly unreliable and do not actually reflect the actual profite.” Richards’ testimony, hcwever, was confined to a period from 1915 to 1929 and did not cover specific cases for the last two years with which the sub- committee was dealing. During the 14-year period, the wit- ness told the subcommittee, there was a 61 per cent increase in rental rates in local aparument houses, while the cost of construction over the came period increased approximately 80 per cent. He made the observation that “if an apartment house owner.could get off with a clear profit of 5 per cent on his investment he was doing well.” Survey Result Given. The result of a survey of 241 apart- ment_buildings, having an aggregate valuation of $42,000.000 was presented to the committee by Rufus Lusk, statis- tician for the real estate board. to de- velop the ratio of operation costs. Lusk supplemented his testimony with a chart entitled “The Rent Payer's Dol- lar. It showed that of each dollar paid by a tenant in rent. 66.2 cents went for maintenance, according to_figures com- piled from the survey. This was di- ded as follows: 125 cents for taxes, 6 cents tor fuel, 10.8 cents for sal- aries, 2.7 cents for electricity, 7.7 cent for repairs, 11 _cents for miscllaneous expenses and 14.6 cents for deprecia- tion, Of the remainder. 33.8 cents, left after maintenance, Mr. Lusk said his survey revealed that 26.2 cents was paid in in- terest at 6 per cent for mortgages. which were 60 per cent of the assessed value. After deducting the maintenance and interest, the net to the owner was 7.6 cents on the dollar, but his actual return on his investment was approxi- mately 3 cents on the dollar. The committee also heard testimony by Charles D. Sager, Washington build- er, tending to show rents in an apart- ment building constructed in 1928 had not been decreased over the entire period since, with the single exception of the rental of a high-priced apart- ment, which dropped $2.50 per month. PRINTERS BACKING “SHARE-WORK” PLAN Majority Piling Up for Five-Day Week Proposed by International Typographical Union. The movement initiated by the In- ternational Typographical Union to- cstablish a five-day working week for members of tae printing trade employed on newspapers, in order to benefit un- employed printers under a “share-the- work” plan, is gaining international approval, according to reports coming into the local office. The plan, under’ which a substitute will work for each regularly employed man one day a week, will be put into », cffect in the Capital beginning January 1. It is expected that 65 additional men may thus be ziven regular employment. M than 380 union men are in the printing departments of Washington newspapers. It is pointed out that under tke plan the regular workers will sacrifice one dav's pay to the substitute. The vote on the plan, in which mem- bers of the International Typographi- cal Union all over the country, in Can- ada and abroad have taken part, ready indicates nearly a 2-to-1 balance in its favor, the standing being to date roughly 32,000 for and 18,000 against it. Cmm HIGHER TARIFF ASKED Hill Introduces Bill for Added Tax in Currency Depreciation, A bill providing an additional u;, on imports from countries whese curren- cies have deprecated was introduced today by Representative Samuel B. Hill, | Demzcrat, of Wash'ngton, a member of the Houte Ways and Means Com- mittee. The suthor said his bill goes “direct to the heart” of economic ills here by taxing imports “to the difference be- tween the value of the dollar and the value of the' depreciated currency of he SIRCHINE UL 1y gesgea to provide employment for American labor, encourage industry and agriculture, and prevent loss of revenue to the Treasury. TUESDAY, ening Star DECEMBER 20, 1932. Nurses Brave Heavy Snow to Aid Sick AGENCY SWAMPED WITH CALLS DUE TO MANY CASES OF IN! of impassable roads HIS is not a rural scene as it might seem, but shows a member of the Visiting Nurse Society setting out on a mile walk through snow to a dwelling in Anacostia where sickness prevails. She was forced to park her car because ‘The society reports it is swamped with calls from all parts of the city for ald. Most of the cases are mild | type influenza, which the society says is more lik> the old-fashioned grippe. TWO ARE RELEASED N LIQUOR CASES Police Judge Rules Search of Automobile by Of- ficers lllegal. Charges of transporting and pos- sessing 45 gallons of whiky agains. Edgar H. Glaser, 30, of 4307 Grorgia avenue and James H. Kecfe, 29, of 824 Kentucky avenue southeast, were dis missed by Judge Ralph Given today I Police Court. who ruled that a search of an automobile occupied by the men was illegal. Policeman Charles Brown informed the court he received an anonymous tip that a certain automobile loaded with liquor was coming into the Dis- trict by way of Broad Branch road yes- terday. He said he pursued the auto- mobile occupied by the two men to the 5300 block of Nebraska avenue. earch of the car. the policeman said revealed the liquor in a rear compart- ment. Holds Search Illegal. fendants contended the search and seizure were illegal. He had the officer admit that the defendants had violated no law before they were stopped and had refused him permission to search the vehicle. Upon this testimony, Judge Given dismissed the case. In another case before Judge Given, | Anthony J. Standish, 21, was charged with sale, transportation and possession of liquor after he is alleged to have removed some of the evidence against him by swallowing three marked bills which the arresting officers say they gave him for liquor. Standish pleaded ot guilty and demanded a jury trial Policemen W. D. Peary and B. F Day said Standish came to an apart- ment in the 600 block of Massachusetts avenue northeast last night in answer to a call. Day was guarding the out- side and Peary went incide to “pay for the liquor.” Peary said otendish handed him a brown paper bag containing four pint bottles and in turn three $1 bills were given the visitor. Swallows Bills. ‘Then Peary informed Standish that he was a policeman and that the bills were marked. Without further ado. Standish, the officer said, threw the bills into his mouth and gulped. Peary grabbed Standish and shook him. When the bills were not forth- coming, the officer called Day to help him. Together they pounded Standich on his back in an effort to regain thei~ money. The man grew black in ihe {ace and fell over on the floor in agony. The policemen, frightened. rushed th2 man in the direction of the hospital but before they got there he had apparently recovered. The bills are still missing. WITHDRAWAL PLEA CASE ARGUMENTS DELAYED Judge McCarthy Postpones Falls Church Demurrer Hearing Due to Misunderstanding. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va, Standing on the part of counsel, the arguments on the demurrer in the case of the attempted withdrawal of East Falls Church from the corporation of Falls Church were yesterday postponed by Judge Walter T. McCarthy in Circuit have been held yesterday. WINS ARTILLERY PRIZE cels in Efficiency. The 243d Coast Artillery, Rhode Island National Guard., has won the United States Coast Artillery Associc performance during the year, it was an- nounced today. The Rhode Island unit led with an efficiency rating of 90.23. The next lesding National Guard units, all Coast Artillery, were the 251st California, the 202d Iilinois, 206th Arkansas and the Organized Reserve regiments were an- nounced previously. PLAY PROGRAM TONIGHT Five Short Dramas to Be Presented at Roosevelt High School.. A program of five short plays will be presented by the “Workshop of Wash- | ington” Players School auditortum at 7:30 o'clock to- night under auspices of the Community Center department. The plays will be directed by Mrs. Ruth Harsha Mc- Kenzie, Prior to the dramas the Carol Club of Roosevelt Center will present a pro- gram of Christmas carols. The public has been invited and no admission will be charged, Attorney Michael Lane for the de- December 20.—Because of a misunder- | Court until Thursday. They were to Rhode Island Coast Regiment Ex-| tion's efficiency trophy for outstanding | b in Roosevelt High| | Skating Permitted On Reflection Pool AtLincoln Memorial Skating was_permitted today on the large reflecting pool in | | the shadow of Lincoln Memorial. Officials of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, after ‘ testing the ice this morning. de- | | | cided it was safe for the public. Accordingly, park police were given the word to allow skaters on the pool during daylight hours. No skating will be per- mitted after dark Skating s banned on the smaller pocl. adjoining Seven- t rect, officials explaining t interferes with of the i ARV PROBERS * MAVED BY HOLSE Inquiry Which May Bring New Policy Will Start After Holidays. A congressional investigation which may result in complcte reorganization of the Nation’s air mail policy, with far-reaching consequences to all pres- ent holders of domestic and foreign air mail conyracts, will be undertaken im- mediately after the Christmas holidays by a special House subcommittee, ap- pointment of which was announced today. The new subcommittee has before it the sensational private report of Prot John B. Crane of Harvard University. special investigator for the House Com- mittee on Post Offices and Post Roads. in which drastic changes of policy and operations are reccmmended. One of mediate effects of this report is 10 be 2 substantial reduction in ons for domestic air mail House already having agreed o a $1.000.000 reduction for the coming fiscal year. | The subcommittee, appointed by | Chairman Mead of the House Post Office Committee, is composed of Rep: | reentatives Brunner of New York, | Wood of Georgia and Lamneck of Ohio, Democrats, and Kelly of Pennsylvania and Foss of Massachusetts, Republicans. Kelly is the father of the most im- portant existing airmail legislation, and | Lamneck has taken an active part in the preliminary work leading up to the coming investigation. The subcommittee has been instruct- ed to go thoroughly into charges that the Pos. Office Department, through favoritism and maladminisration of the McNary-Watres airmail act, has cre- ated a virtual monopoly in airmail op- erations in favor of the so-called “big four.” The subcommittee was ordered to make definite legislative recommen- dations for correction of the alleged existing evils. CONGRESSMEN GIVEN PARKING PRIVILEGES Fire Plugs and Loading Platforms. Automobile parking worries for members of the Senate and the House were removed today when President Hoover signed a bill which grants priv- ileges to them to park any place they may desire in Washington except in violation of -the law regarding fire plugs and loading platfofms. ‘This privilege also is extended to the several high officers of the Senate and House. The law stipulates that these | privileged cars must display a special | congressional automobile tag. | which proyides for the closing of bar- er shops one day in every seven in the District. This legislation was aimed to afford ‘barbers one day of rest each ‘week. INAUGURATION ON SAME SCALE AS 1928 PLANNED House and Senate Committees Ar- ranging for Induction of New President. Gov. Roosevelt's formal inauguration will be virtually the same scale as that attending the induction into office of Presicent Hoover four years ago. ‘When the Democratic President-elect walks cnto the platform at the center of the Capitol, to repeat after Chief Justice Hughes the oath of office as President, there will be virtually the same expanse of seats on either side that stood there when President Hoover went through the ceremony. eed upon_ yesterda: SR oty oh arrangements for the inauguration. In- vitations in the form of cards will be mailed out later. Must Obey Only Regulations on| The President teday also signed a bill BUSY CHRISTMAS FOR GOV. RITCHIE | | |State Executive Expects to Spend Most of Day Work- ing on Budget. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 20—A | busy Christmas is in prospect for Gov Albert C. Ritchie. The State executive expects to spend most of Christmas ca working on the budget to be presented to the Legislature next month. At the same time he expects to en- tertain a few friends at a Christmas dinner in the executive mansion here | Gov. Ritchie would welcome comple- | tion of his budget as the finest Christ- | mas present he could receive. On Tues- | day. December 27. the Governor will conduct his annual Christmas parties for the children of the State. Colored children will be entertained at a movie pregram in a local theater at 11 am. while the white chiidren will assemble | at another play house at 11:15 am The Governor will make short talks at both theaters, The annual New Year reception to 2ll citizens of the State will be held in the executive mansion the afternoon of January 2. Dancing, discontinued last year out of respect to Gov. Ritchie's 1 late mother, will be resumed. At noon January 2 the Governor will entertain the officers of the Maryland National Guard at the annual dinner. e e POST OFFICE ‘PICKET’ SUCCEEDS IN ARREST New York Man With Grievance Against Official Jailed Carrying Signs. A man who deliberately sought ar- rest by “picketing” the Post Office De- | partment finaliy accomplished his pur- | | pose yesterday afternoon. Reporters, photographers and other spectators had gathered about the picketer, who claims he was not given | a fair hearing, when, on Armistice day. | 1930, he lost his job as a sub-carrier in the New York City Post Office. Several | calls to police officials were made by |the shivering press representatives, | anxious to get the “pinch” made and | eturn to the warmth of their offices, | before the arrest finally was made. i The picketer, Asher Beitch of Brook- lyn, previously had told the revorters he had talked to Maj. :}:‘: had said his men would arrest Even Beitch became anxious over the delay of the police, and went across the street from the Post Office Building for a cup of coffee. telling those who had gathered on the steps of the massive building that, should the police come, he_could be found across the street. It was not until about 15 minutes after his return that Detectives J. K. Baker and C. E. Ambrose arrived, look- ed over the signs, and took the man away. Beitch explained his “picket” of the Post Office Departmeni was directed against First Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral Arch Coleman and he carried a placard on his back to that effect. He said he believed it the only way to bring his grievance to public attention Beitch was convicted of violating a police regulation which prevents peace- ful picketing. unless in labor disputes, in Police Court this morning. Judge Isaac R. Hitt took his personal bond. HOUSE APPROVES $500 FOR “BOMB” INJURIES Woman Declared She Was Hurt When Plane Dropped Water- Loaded Projectile. The House passed and sent to the Senate yesterday a bill awarding dam- ages of $500 to Miss Janet Hardcastle Ross, Vancouver, British Columbia, on account of injuries she received in 1929 when a Navy airplane dropped a water- loaded dummy bomb close to her au- tomobile. Miss Ross was riding along the con- crete highway between Coronado and Imperial Beach, Calif. when a bomb fell 30 inches from the road, throwing water and sand against her car with such force that it broke the windows. She was cut about the face and head and the shock kept her from working for several months. Mexican Officer Assigned. Without expense to {he American Gov- ernment, Capt. Jorge Castellanos of the Mexican Army has been detailed to at- tend the Cavalry School at Fort Riley, Kans, for the 1933-3¢ troop officers’ course. This begins January 10. It has usually been the custom of the War Department to admit several I oreign officers each year to its various service | schools. E. W. Brown, | PAGE B—1 HUNDRED CHARGED IN 35 INDIGTMENTS BY D. . GRAND JURY Faces Two Housebreaking and Larceny Counts—Of- ficer Free in Car Death. DISBARRED ATTORNEY HELD AS EMBEZZLER Similar Charge Also Is Laid to Branch Manager of Baltimore Insurance Company. Hyman Kronick, better known here as Kenneth M. Hundred, charged with a series of housebreakings here, was indicted today by the District grand Jury. The jury refused to return an indictment against Policeman William T. Schlosser, who had been arrested in connection with the automobile death of Mrs. Mathilde King Mrs. King, 60 years old, was run down in front of 2929 Massachusetts avenue on November 18. Schlosser had been accused as a hit-and-run driver in connection with the case. Inquiry | developed that the woman had been struck by two cars. Hundred was arrested in New York after police trailed his wife to that city. He was indicted on two charges of housebreaking and larceny. At | bresent, however, he is in custody of Baltimore authorities to answer charges there. In the first mdictment Hundred is charged with breaking into the aparte ment of Miss Minnie F. Dean, 2915 Connecticut avenue on November 15, is accused of taking a coat wc another coat valued a ng machine worth $36, fc ! worth $5 each and 68 valued at $2 ez other indictment al tered the apartment of M Marchall ard Miss Nina 14 Quarry road, on N h silverware, jewelry. glove ing apparel ~belonging to women. A total of 55 indictments was re- ported to Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat and the grand jurors declined to indict in 21 other cases. Disbarred Lawyer Indicted. Norman S. Bowles, a disbarred law yer. was indicted on a charge of ems | bezzlement. It is alleged that he had jin his possession $17.500 as the agen® of Christine Rock. and that he co verted the money to his own use Oct ber 23. 1930. Embezzlement also was charged in ah {indictment against R. G. Todd. branch | manage: of the Muiual Life Insurance {Co. of Beltimore. The indictment is |in four counts. each alleging the con version of $100 belonging to the com- pany The grand jurors refused to indich Stanley H. Ball. who had been accused |of a false personation when he stood {up in Police Court to answer to the name of Richard Allen, who had beer | called for trial in a gambling case | Police told the court the man vas not Allen. and the Cases Ignored by Jury. Other cases ignored by the jury onald ke | Gec rousebreaking and larceny; Tarence Baylor. robbery: La T Miller, Luther Bamberg, Rol and Carroll Russell. assauit w gerous Weapo Willlam M. Foster, Thomas Quantrelle. Washington Irving Rhodes, Irving Selis and Jacob Juhi, violating national prohibition act: Gil bert N. Wayman and George Gill, vio= lating gambling laws: John W. and Charles Edward Bridg-s, violating postal laws. Others In Others indicted agafnst them inclu tine, Ncrman Frye, Ricl alias William Jackson: J Bill Holmes, alias Jéhn C. Ho'm Charles F. Willis, Josepa R. Grant, Preston W. Mickens, Alonzo C. Hutch- ins, Arthur Hodge, John Henry Smith, Louis Young. alias Oscar Crutchfiel Edward Willis and Joseph H. Thorras, joy riding; Frank Maddox, Edgar Har: per, Herbert B. McConnell, Johnnie Brown, James Johnson. alias Charles Woodard, alias James Williams: James Johnson. alias Charles Woodard, alias James Williams; Steve Taylor, alias Stephen Taylor: Robert Roberts, alias R. Morrison, and Thomas F. Wenner, alias Edmund T. Blake, grand larceny. Samuel Ball, Rebert Jjohnson, James E Butler. Woodford S. Hunter, George Hearns. Harry E. Beavers, alias Henry | Beavers: Leroy Dorsey, Leroy Dorsey, +John Gilbert Foster, James Grace, | Juan Costcllo: James Grace, alias juan | Costello: Edward F. Locker, Edward F. Locker, Hyman Kronick, alias Kenneth ‘M Hundred: Hyman Kronick, alias Kenneth M. Hundred; Raymond Kick- lighter, John Henry Smith, Ernest JRich, Alfred Evans, housebreaking and '!arceny. Milford Simps housebreak« ing and larceny and Joy-riding; Natal- di¢ Reynolds and James E. Martin. as- sault with dangerous weapon; Dolphus Morgan, assault with intent to commit robbery. Clarence Brown, alias Armond Macon; Albert Johnson, John Ward, Eugene Branner, Eimer Olden, Charles Mat- {thews, alias Charles Loving; Bcbe Green. Eugene Branner, Eugene Vency, Eimer Olden, Charles Loving, Daniel g> Hal breal Harrington, robbery; Ben Seidel, | ceiving stolen property; William Arthur Thompson_and James Hawkins, smoke screen; John Eady, assault with intent to commit carnal knowledge: Ruben Rose, alias Ruby Rose, violation Har- rison narcotic act; Harry O. Waterfield and Roy J. Garnett, embezzlemen Herbert R. Ratcliffe, forgery and utte: ng. - SEEK RENO DIVORCES Two Washington Women Bring Suits for Decrees. Divorce suits have been filed in Reno, Nev., by two Washingion women, ac- e o s Asscciated Press dispatch in a complaint f; 5 Parks, jr., an empl of the Govern+ ment Printing Ofiicc here. They were married May 6, 1932. . The same grounds were given by Mrs. Keren Brown in s suit filed against Emmett D. Brown, 227 Rock Creek Church road. They were married August 5, 1025, in Hagerstown, Md., and have two children. %