Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1933, Page 13

Washington News D. C. VOTE MEASURE 1S REINTRODUCED! FOR SENATE ACTION Resolution for Local Repre- sentation Is Offered by Capper. KANSAN HOLDS HOPE FOR EARLY PASSAGE Presents Plea for National Suf- frage for Citizens in Asking for Legislation. One of the first District measures reintroduced in the Senate today for oonsideration by the new Congress was the joint resolution proposing a con- stitutional amendment under which Congress would be empowered to grant the people of Washington representa- tion in the House and Senate and the right to vote for President and Vice President. ‘The resolution is being sponsored in the Senate by Senator Capper, Repub- lican, of Kansas, who has just com- pleted eight years as chairman of the Benate District Committee and who is remaining on the committee as ranking minority member. For a number of years the national representation resolution ‘was handled in the Senate by the late Senator Wesley L. Jones, Republican, of ‘Washington, who died several months 8go. Hopes for Action. “I am glad to have this opportunity to reintroduce the joint resolution pro- posing & constitutional amendment to provide for national representation for the people of the District of Columbia,” sald Senator Capper. “I hope that the resolution will be acted upon by the present Congress and the question sub- mitted to the States for ratification. “I have always advocated national uffrage for the people of the District. ere is no valid reason why the 500,- 000 citizens of the Nation’s Capital should be without voice in their Na- tional Government. I am convinced that the ratification of the Constitu- tional amendment by the States will give to the citizens of Washington com- plete National representation, while not disturbing the right of Congress to exercise exclusive legislation over the seat of National Government.” Text of Resolution. ‘The resolution reads as follows: “Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each house concurring therein), That the following amend- ment to the Constitution of the United Btates be proposed for ratification by the atures of the several States, which, when ratified by the Legis- latures of three-fourths of the States, shall be valid as a part of said Consti- tution, namely, insert at the end of Section three, Article Four, the fol- lowing words: - ““The Congress shall have power to admit .to the status of citizen of a State the residents of the District constitu the seat of Government of the Unit States, created by Article One, Section Eight, for the purpose of representation in the Congress and among the electors of President and Vice President, and for the purpose of suing and being sued in the courts of the United States, under the provisions of Article Three, Section Two. Legislators to Be Chosen. “‘When the Congress shall exercise this power the residents of such district shall be entitled to elect one or two Benators, as determined by the Congress, or such other Representative in the Sen- ate as Congress may provide for, Repre- sentatives in the House according to their numbers, as determined by the decennial enumeration, and presi- dential electors equal in number to their aggregate representation in the House and Senate or as Congress may provide. ““The Congress shall provide by law the qualifications of voters and the time and manner of choosing the Sen- ator or Senators, the Representative or Representatives, and the electors herein authorized. “‘The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing power.’” All bills and resolutions not finally acted upon when a Congress ends must be reintroduced at the opening of a new WOMEN’S BUREAU BILL OFFERED BY GIBSON Measure Would Give Policy Agency Full Legal Establish- ment. A bill to establish the Wonian’s Bu- reau of the Metropolitan Police De- partment by law was iniroduced today by Representative Gibson, Republican, of Vermont. A similar bill died in the last Congress. ‘The bureau is now a creation of the Board of District Commissioners and can be abolished by their direction For years the late Mina C. Van Winkle, founder and for man{v years director of the bureau, sought legislation to give it a permanent status in law. ‘The Gibson bill also would give the director of the Woman’s Bureau the rank and pay of an assistant super- intendent. She would have five as- sistants, one with the rank and salary of a captain, another with the rank end salary of a lieutenant and three| with the rank and pay of sergeants. In addition, the bill would give the superintendent of police authority in time of need to assign men from the regular force to the Woman's Bureau. Mr. Gibson introduced another bill to January 1, 1931. - VIRGINIA BRIDGE URGED Pepresentative Bland, Democrat. of Virginia, today introduced a bill author- 1zing the Secretary of War to con- struct a highway bridge over the Rap- pahannock River, near Port Conwav, Va., as a memorial to President Madison. The bill also authorizes an appropria- Hon of $50,000 for construction of the Mm if the State of Virginia provides 0 sum for the work. | streets north The T ening Star AY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1933. STROLLING COUPLE IS HELD UP WHILE THEORIZING ON ROBBERY Mrs. Martha Faber and Daughter Attacked by Un- known Colored Man. Mother Forgets Plans, but Theresa, Mindful, Runs for Help. Mrs. Martha Faber and her 16-year- old daughter, Theresa, walked arm-in- arm along & narrow, brush-fringed path near Minnesota avenue and Barnes lane northeast last night, on their way home from a movie. It was after 10 o'clock, and the almost full moon cast weird shadows in front of them. “What would you do if a man sud-| denly jumped out of the bushes and grabbed you?” the girl inquired. Her mother stooped and pirked up a large stone. “I—I'd use this” she replied. “What would you do?” “I don’t know. If they grabbed you, I guess I'd run for help.” “And if it was you they grabbed, I'd do the same.” The words were no sooner spoken than & colored man suddenly leaped from the brush. Forgets Stone. Mrs. Faber forgot the stone in her hand. All she could do was scream. The man struck her on the head and she dropped to the ground, unconscious. But Theresa didn't forget her part. She ran about a block, shouting as loud as she could. Then, breathless, she stopped and looked back. Despite the darkness, she thought she could see her mother sprawled across the path. All was silent, except for the chugging of a locomotive on the tracks beside the path, and the man was not in sight. She ran back to her mother and half-dragged, half-carried her to the nearest house, more than a block away. There was a cut on her mother's fore- head, directly above her right eye, and her face was scratched. Regaining consciousness a few min- utes later, Mrs. Faber sald her assailant had snatched her pocketbook, contain- ing $5.70, with one hand as he hit her with the other. “I don't know what he hit me with,” she said. Search in Vain. Eleventh précinct police, summoned by Theresa, searched the neighborhood, but found no trace of the man. They tried to induce Mrs. Faber to go to a hospital, but she refused, on the ground her seven children needed her “to look after them.” The police took her to her home, 4132 Gault place northeast, where she was placed under the care of her physician. She has concussion of tHe brain, the doctor said, and her skull may be fractured. . Faber’s husband, Louis, died | last June. Her older daughters, Marie, 21, and Elizabeth, 18, had jobs, and she took in a couple of boarders. All went well until last November, when a colored man attacked her in her yard, attempting to drag her away. She fought loose, however, and ran into the house to telephone the police. About two weeks later she was sit- Upper: Mrs. Martha Paber, who was knocked unconscious and robbed by s colored man last night. Lower: Her daughter, Theresa, 16, who half-drag- ged, half-carried her more than a block to summon aid. —Star Staff Photos. ting in the dining room, alone, when & large stone crashed through the win- dow and landed at her feet. Again she notified the police, but the subsequent investigation was fruitiess. Gets Mysterious Note. Then night before last Theresa found & mysterious note under the front door. It was written in pencil, on green pa- per, and said: “You're coming with me or——? You no. Mr. X.” The message was turned over to the police, and efforts were being made to learn the identity of the sender, when the latest attack occurred. Following the assault and robbcr{, Policemen Thomas Hayes and R. L. Rison questioned numerous colored men in the Benning section, but discovered no clues, they reported. Mrs. Faber's other children are: Irma, 14; Louis, 12; Leonard, 9, and Nor- . SITES SELECTED FORPOLICE BOXES Three Chosen in Each Pre- cinct for Tryout by Maj. Brown, Thirty-three locations, three in each precinct, have been selected by Maj. Ernest W. rown, superintendent of police, for a tryout of police patrol boxes for the use of citizens in need of police service. These boxes will be locked, as at present, but the keys will be left in the locks. By the insertion of a screw in the bottom of the lock, it is made impossible for the key to be removed. A citizen who wants to call a police- man will unlock the box and lift receiver of the telephone inside. This act will connect him with the telephone in the nearest precinct, without the need of any switching, A set of rules pasted in the inside of the door of the box will intruct him to gtve him name, address and state the kind of service required. If the idea proves successful it will be extended to the 539 patrol boxes, now on the streets, according to Maj. Brown. Location of Boxes. The trial boxes will be ready for public use in about & week. Their loca~ tions: First precinct—Fourth and Washing- ton !"“m& l;lfb"h’:!t}sd 1 streets, North Capitol an stre . Second precinct—Second and Adams streets, New Jersey avenue and Q street, Twelfth and R streets. Third precinct—Twenty-fifth and I streets, Twenty-sixth and M streets, Florida avenue and Seaton street. Fourth precinct—Seventeenth street and Pennsylvanis avenue southeast, Seventh and C mxerelt;ke southwest, north end of Highway 3 Fifth !ggcmctr—rwmty—euhm street. and Bladensburg road northeast, Twelfth and Randolph streets north- east, Seventh and Franklin streets no t. Sixth Precinct. recinct—Bates and Rock Creek Ckfilfig prolda, Blair road and Ritten- house street, Second and Webster streets. Seventh precinct—Wisconsin avenue and Grace street, Twenty-eighth street and Olive avenue, Twenty-seventh and E Em' yedm—cmwnemmt avenue entrance to the Zoo, Wisconsin avenue and Wootgle'y rot&Nebxuh and Mas- sachusetts avenu t—Montello avenue and Ninth precinc e rtheast, K e reheast, Second and A strests = Ten?fi“fireclnct—shermm avenue and Girard street, Georgia avenue and Irv- ing street, Fourteenth street and Spring Eleventh _precinct—Kenilworth _ ave- nue end Ord street northeast, Sixty- first and Dix streets northeast, and Benning road and Minnesota avenue northeast. PRESIDENT INSTALLED Mrs. Norman Campbell was installed as president of the Washington Past Chief Daughters’ Association at a meet- ing Wednesday night. Mrs. Allan An- derson, president of the Lady Mary Scott Lodge of the Baltimore Past Chief Daughters’ Association of the Daughters of Scotia, was the guest of | honor at the installation. Other officers installed were: Miss OPLOMATS LQUIR RELEASE REFUSED == Policy of State Department in Recent Years Is Main- tained. . The State Department has declined to authorize the release of a large shipment of diplomatic liquor held up in New York so it might be shipped in coastwise trade to Baltimore, thereby greatly reducing the cost of truck trans- portation for half a dozen legations in ‘Washington. ‘The attitude of the State ment indicates the Roosevelt adminis- tration, in thus deal maintained in recent years. No New Problem. ‘The case brought to light today, offi- cials claimed, contains no new problem and is similar to other episodes in- volving déflomltlc shipments of liquor which ordinarily are sent for conveni- ence to Baltimore. In tbis case, ever, the liquor was shipped from Liver- pool on a Shipping Board liner bound for Baltimore. The port of call of the ship was changed, however, at the last minute from Baltimore to es l’:\mn as the vessel berthed in New ork, ‘Treasury impounded the liquor. Under American law, liquor cannot be shipped from one United States port to another. Therefore, the State De- partment was compelled to decline to authorize the shipment of the liqucr to Baltimore in coastwise trade as re- quested by the diplomats yesterday. State Department officials said the diplomats facetiously suggested that since the liquor cannot be shipped either by rail or water to Baltimore that the Government provide a body- guard for trucks as a safety against hijackers. For Spring Social Season. It was said the liquor is intended for the Norwegian, Swedish, Nicaraguan, Irish, Danish and several other lega- tions for the Spring social season. ‘While the cost of the liquor by truck from New York will run into a considerable sum, State Depart- ment officials informed the diplomats it was the only way in which the prob- lem could be handled. ARREST OF PARADERS goblun involving diplomati “fuu oost J ic or, the | intends to adhere strictly to the policy ALCOHOL AS FUEL CONSIDERED BY U.S. AS AID TO FARMER Government Considers Move to Force Its Mixture With Gasoline. TAX POWER WOULD BE USED TO HELP DEMAND Doran stydiu Proposal and Con- siders Nation-Wide Policy to Assure Uniformity. Use of the tax powers of the Federal Government to force blending of alco- hol with gasoline for motor fuel is be- Ing given serious consideration here in Washington as & means of farm relief and industrial adjustment. While practical experiments have proven that gasoline can be mixed with & small percentage of alcohol to ad- vantage, without change of present automobile motors or even serious ad- justment of carburetors, the possibilities of Nation-wide adoption of a policy to mix alcohol with gasoline are being given most serious study not only by officials of the executive branch of the Government, but also by legislators on Capitol Hill. iccess of alcohol in gasoline in some foreign countries, notably Germany, and in some experiments conducted here has led to high hopes on the part of some that substantial help can be | glven to the whole farming industry y providing this huge new demand for alcohol, to be made from farm products, notably grain and fruits. Studied by Doran. While no decision has been reached a5 to how the Pederal Government could make uniform the use of alcohol in gasoline, it has been suggested that the Federal Governmenf maintain the present normal tax on gasoline as it is today, without the alcohol, but fix a | much lower tax on gasoline treated with alcohol. This, it is believed, would in- crease demand for alcohol and bring up the price of farm products, to in- crease the purchasing power of the farmer, and thus directly give a tre- mendous economic boost to the whole | | country. Comprehensive studies of the whole problem from a national viewpoint have been made by Dr. James M. Doran, commissioner of industrial alcohol. While some progress already has been made in various communities through- out the country towards local use of gasoline blended with alcohol, the pro- posal is also being considered by several States, it was learned today. Dr. Doran believes the proposal holds such bright prospects that it should be adopted as a national policy to make practice uni- form throughout the . The program would provide means of utilizing crop surpluses. Would Boost Incomes. Gasoline consumption, Dr. pointed out, runs between 14 and 15 billion gallons each year, throughout the United States. He figured that if were added to the extent of only 2 per cent, it would require about 120,000,000 bushels of corn or wheat or other grain to make the amount of alcohol needed. The corn crop here aver: about 2.800,000,000 bushels, of Wl only about 14 per cent is marketed accord- ing to studies of the situation, the bal- ance of the crop being fed on the farms of the country. Thus it would seem that if the new program were to take only 75,000,000 bushels of corn off the farmers’ hands for the making of alco- hol, there would be provided a new and larger income for the farmer. If the program should succeed on a Nation- wide scale, it has been figured by econ- omists that corn, which is now selling at 10 to 12 cents a bushel in the Middle West might increase in price to 45 to 50 cents s bushel. With gasoline at the refinery selling now around 5 cents a gallon, it is ted out that the mixing of alcohol 8 2 per cent quantity would add s to the consumer of I;s hunn lé cent gl.lon. an increase which woul be absorbed in view of the well known and frequent changes in the price of gasoline at filling stations. Considered Many Years. Alcohol is s fuel for automobiles and motors has been considered for many years, according to Dr. Doran, and much experimental data already is available. Experience, especially in Germany, gives valuable material upon which the sclentific phases of the pro- gram can be based. Small scale alcohol plants, Dr. Doran expiained, to use the farm surplus and use alcohol itself as a fuel on the farm have been found to be both im- practicable and uneconomical, com- to other cheaper and more avail- able forms of energy and power. The bleniding of too much alc6hol with the gasoline Blso has been found to require certain changes in motor operation and construction, calling for expensive changes in design and construction. The use of alcohol in quantities of over 5 per cent cannot be adopted. ac- cording to scientific research without motor and carburetor changes, and without increasing materially the cost th line, A exp) ‘would 'l::o “dehydrated” or ‘“absolute” alcohol. Processes for making this kind of alcohol, he said, have been de- veloped to the point that they add only one or two cents a gallon cost above the cost of ordinary well known 95 per cent industrial alcohol. ‘Would Mean More Plants. advant of adding alcohol, DrAnguh;rn pomt:.?ut is that it gives new anti-knock qufuuu to gre' meh uires no change in carburetors, an R in fairly high DEFENDED BY CROSBY | ¥ mare s Commissioner Receives Report From Headley Following Criti- cism of Police Methods. Police Commissioner Herbert B. Cros- by today received a report from In- spector this , is explained that it eouldmueed in large, efficiently operated and scientifically controlled Albert J. Headley on the arrest | the final of the 38 ing without a sent it back to fication. Gen. Crosby said that from his pres- ent knowledge of the situation, he saw no reason for criticism of the police for the method used in making the arrest. The District branch of the American Civil Liberties’ Union had filed a writ- ten protest with the Commissioners ageinst acts of police brutality claimed to have been wi nes-ed by its ag=nis on the occasion. Six of those arrested re- quired hospital treatment for cuts on charged with parad- permit last and Catherine B. Gourlay, vice president; Mrs, Toners Keatiog, sectetary, and Mrs, eating, 3 Mrs. William M. Duff, treasurer. the head with police batons. Gen. Crosby said he had requested Headley to make the report, but that his request was & routine matter. tide last night. | OR 20 years Capt. J. F. Bruce has run oysters up the Potomac to | ‘Washington, and he always has come out on top in bouts with the water. But last night Old Man Potomac hit him when he wasn't looking, and today Capt. Bruce stands shivering on the Municipal fish wharf while the District of Columbia Fire De- partment boat Firefighter strives to raise his oyster boat Yacht from its ! bed in the fish wharf slip. | Capt. Bruce, who, for all his 60 years, |is a bridegroom, and his bride,” Mrs. Annie E. Bruce, were routed out of | their sleep at 2:45 a.m. today by a sud- den lurch of their craft. Bruce boundéd |out of his bunk to turn on a light and stepped into icy water up to his knees. | His bride, seeing the water a scant 2 | inches below her bunk, screamed. Capt. Bruce, who wouldn't tip the | scales at 140, struggled with his wife, who weighs between 225 and 250 pounds, to get her out of the sinking boat and onto the wharf, 6 feet above. Both | were soaked with water that froze to | their garments, but the oysterman managed to get his wife to relatives on | for by the other oyster boat crews in | the boats Virginia Estelle and the Virgie Garrison, both here from Crisfleld, Md., with oysters for the Washington market. The District of Columbia Fire Department boat today was trying to raise the oyster boat Yacht, stranded and tipped over by a 4-foot fall in the Potomac Lower: Capt. J. F. Bruce, captain of the Yacht, who awoke at 2:45 am. to find the cabin in which he and his wife slept knee-deep in water. o —Star Staff Photo. ] Subsequent investigation showed Capt. Bruce that his boat lay on her port side, the aft end of her house submerged in water that almost reached the cabin | top, and her bow pointing at the sky | high and dry on the shoal bottom at the shore end of the slip. The ex- ‘ planation of the boat's plight, watermen agreed, was a 4-foot fall of the tide | during the night, which followed the | bay waters to sea behind the stiff | northwest wind. As the Yacht settled with the lowering tides, her keel rested on the bottom, and as the water con- tinued to fall, the 60-foot craft simply rolled over on her side. | The Firefighter was called this ,morning and set about the task of | ralsing the yacht by attempting to | empty the hull of water With two | steam siphons. The salvage operations are being directed by Capt. J. B. Raleigh, pilot of the Firefighter, and Sergt. A. L. Smith. The plan is to pump as much water out of the hull as sible and then tow the disabled t into deeper water. Meanwhile Mrs. Bruce is being cared an effort to forestall ill effects from her early morning exposure. The Bruces hail from Jewell, Md. ECKLUND SLAYERS SENTENCED TOLLIFE Four Convicted of Second- Degree Murder—Two Await Trial as Accessories. Sentences of life imprisonment were imposed today on the four men con- | victed of second degree murder in con- nection with the killing January 20 of Einer H. Ecklund, during an attempt to rob him of the pay roll of painters on the new House Office Building. The sentences were imposed by Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue. The men are Fewel Workman and Claude Myers, both colored, and Ever- ett Lee Blackwell and Albert Ernest Cash. Counsel for Blackwell appealed to the court for leniency, but no such request was made in the case of the other three, According to testimony at the trial, which was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Willlam H. Col- lins, Ecklund was shot by one of the two colored men. Evidence was intro- duced to show Blackwell and Cash as- sisted them in escaping after the at- tempted robbery. Harry Stumm, an assistant to Ecklund, also was wounded, but recovered in time to testify for the Government at the trial Oscar Cash, brother of Albert Cash, and Clyde Templeéton, his brother-in- law, are being held in the District Jail, awalting trial as act les. ‘They are salleged by the Government to have as- sisted Albert Cash dispose of the guns used in the hold-up. County Dairymen To Donate Milk to Needy of District Montgomery Producers Make Pledge of 1 Per Cent of Shipments. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, March 10— Montgomery County members of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Association met here and pledged them- selves to donate during the next three months 1 per cent of the milk shipped by - them for bution among the needy of the District of Columbia, par- ticularly the mothers of unemployed families with babies and little children who are without money with which to bu{ such much-needed nourishment. t was stated that a plan has been worked out by which all milk thus con- tributed will be hauled, bot- tled and delivered free and that the distribution will be under direction of ding | W. Anderson, county agricultural agent, the Middle West and Pacific Coast. the program should succeed, ready for operation mnmm'mmmm crops next Fall. and was well attended. Plan Communion Breakfast. VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS, Va., March 10 (Special) —The Holy Name Soclety hold & communion breakfast at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning in the SCREAMS BLOCK 'Young Woman Calls Help and Colored Man Is Captured. A young woman's screams resulted |in the arrest of & colored bandit last night, a few minutes after he had held | her up with a toy pistol and forced her to surrender $6. Miss Betty Watson, manager of a | branch laundry at 708 H street north- | east, was preparing to close for the night when the robber walked in. After pretending he had called for a bundle | of laundry, he suddenly drew the gun, | forced Miss Watson into a rear room | and rified the cash register. As the bandit left, Miss Watson, who lives at 1629 Holbrook terrace north- east, f¢ ed.him, yelling: “I've been robbed oy Hearing her shouts. A. 8. Norclo, 1100 block of F street northeast, ran after the fleeing man, caj hi chase of about a block. investigation at the ninth prisoner identified himself Henry, 30, of the 1300 block of Ninth street. Headache medicine. which made him “feel funny,” was blamed by rett A. Cheseldine, 22, of the 1200 block of Penn street northeast, for a false rob- hery“ report made by him, according to police. Found in his bed room with his hands and feet tled, he is said to have de- S Later " however, he 15 reporied b5 . Later, however, he tted there was no basis for WOULD REMOVE BAN Representative Harlan, Democrat, of Ohio, today introduced a bill to remove | the limitations on the amount of prop- erty held by benevolent charitable and other non-profit corporations incorpo- rated in the District. ‘The measure would authorize such corporations to hold real and personal pm})eny without regard to the amount of income derived from such property. BANDIT'S ESCAPE Tide Hits as Doughty River Captain Sleeps WATER, RECEDING FOUR FEET, STRANDS OYSTER BOAT WITH TWO OCCUPANTS. [ ROPER DECLARES JOB SEEKERS' BAN fNo Reorganization Plan to Be Put Into Effect at Once by Secretary. A ban on job-seekers has been put in force by BSecretary of Commerce Roper, who asserted that as long as the present financial conditions exist there ‘would be no reorganization plan placed in effect in the Commerce Department, | which has 17,000 employes in Wash- Mr. Roper admitted yesterday that he and a committee were studying reorganization plans within the depart- ment, but for the present, he said, no | agreement has been reached. “There is no need for any employe in the department,” the Secretary said, “to e uneasy about his or her job. | We, of course, are working on plans and there will be changes, but not in the immediate future.” Shake-up Uncertain. It was stated by an authoritative source Wednesday that this department would undergo a general shake-up, However, Mr. Roper sald yesterday his committ situation within the department, but had not as yet concentrated on any one bureau. ‘During these times,” Mr. de- clared, “we are looking for the full co-operation of every member of the department, and those who are con- cerned over their future may just as well set themselves at ease.” ‘The Secretary declined to outline the departmental policy other than to say that some sort of reorganization was being planned. Since taking office on March 4, Mr. Roper said, he has been swamped with persons from all parts of the country patronage. There was no the number of callers waiting him yesterday, and his anti- patronage ban was to take effect today. Studied for President. Mr. Roper said that he, along with former Representative Swagar Sherley of Kentucky and Budget Director Douglas, have made a general study of Government reorganization for Presi- dent Roosevelt. He declared, however, that since taking office s chief of the Commerce Department he has submitted his re- port on governmental reorganization to -y O T u y tl udget director and Sherley. R seeking let-up in to see Dr. William M. Mann, director of the Zoo, hasn't lost a three-colored cat and doesn’t want any, but apparently a story has circulated around that he is offering an enormous reward for such an animal. ‘This week he has received two letters, ZOO DIRECTOR HAS NOT LOST ANY CATS AND WANTS NONE - terious storles that arise and travel like wildfire from one country to another. Meanwhile there has been an in- crease in the cat family at the zoo— the second jaguars ever born in captiv- ity. They arrived yesterday afternoon and are being kept hidden by the mother, so nobody knows how many there are. Dr. Mann said, and nothing they can bits anybody who went near her. A jeguar is a valuable accession, Dr. increase to the point where it is lem to feed them. But any very abundant to catch. ington and in all sections of the world. | bout it, for she probably would tear of & jaguar is worth close to $500. in nature, but PAGE B—1 BEING COMPLETED BY DISTRICT HEADS Protection for Pedestrians Provided, With Change in Right-of-Way. ADVISORY COUNCIL HELPS IN MAKING FINAL DRAFT Main Purpose of Change Is to Bring Capital Laws in Line With Other U. S. Ordinances. District officials, in co-operation with members of the Traffic Advisory Council, today were completing the fina} jdraft of a proposed new traffic code which would set up more definite tection for pedestrians and effect scins changes in rules of right-of-way. The main purpose of the new draft. ) it is explained, is to bring the District { code in line with standard forms of the | model municipal traffic ordinance pro- | posed by the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety, perfected in 1930. The draft is being completed by | Corporation Counsel! W. W. Bride, with | the assistance of Edward W. Thomas | assistant corporation counsel, and | members of the Advisory Council. | Willam A. Van Duzer, the traffic | director, also is active in the work. Protects Pedestrians. | A new phrasing of a section of the | code dealing with pedestrians is ex- | pected to provide more definite pro- | tection for them at intersections. This | provides that no driver of any vehicle | approaching from the rear of any other | vehicle, which has stopped at a cross | walk or any intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, shall overtake and pass such standing vehicle Records of the traffic director show many serious accidents have been caused here by one car passing, at an i intersection, another car which has halted to permit a pedestrian to cross the intersection, only to be struck by the second moving vehicle. The new draft also provides that at intersections where traffic is controiled by traffic signals or by police officers, drivers of vehicles shall yield the right of way to pedestrians crossing, or those who have started to cross, the rcad- | way on a “go” signal. In all other cases, pedestrians are to yield the right of way to vehicles proceeding directly ‘go” signal. Right of Way Cleared. In another section of the proposed draft there are some changes in other rules of right of way. These para- graphs read: ““A vehicle approaching an intersec- tion shall slow down and be kept under such control as to avoid colliding with pedestrians or vehicles. The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right of way to a ve- hicle which has entered the intersection. When two vehicles enter an intersection at the same time, the driver of the ve- hicle on the left shall yleld to the driver on the right. “At any through street or other point at which an official “stop” sign has ‘been erected, all vehicles shall come to a complete stop and shall yield to other vehicles within the intersection or approaching so close thereto as to | constitute an immediate hazard, but said driver having so yielded may pro- | ceed and other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield to the vehicle so proceeding into or across said in- tersection. “The driver of & vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the | left shall yield to any vehicle approach- | ing from the opposite direction which is | within the intersection or so close there | to as to constitute an immediate hazard, but said driver having so yielded and having given a signal, when and as re- quired law, may make such left turn, and other vehicles approaching the intersection from said opposite di- rection shall yleld to the driver making the left turn.” Added Provision Drafted. new paragraph as now drafted, seen as a protection to pedes- trians crossing intersections, is one pro- from stopping on & crosswalk. While this rule has n in | effect in the past, the wording is made more specific. Its importance is seen in downtown intersections at rush | hours when vehicles often run over crosswalks before halting on stop sig- nals. In the new draft also is a definite provision that vehicles driven along street car tracks shall immediately leave the tracks on signal by a street car. LIEUT. R. B. HANBACK MADE FIRE CAPTAIN Sergt. H. J. Clark Promoted to Lieutenancy by Order of D. C. Heads. | Lieut. R. B. Hanback today was pro- moted to the position of a captain in the District Fire Department by action of the District Commissioners on rec- ommendation made by George S. Wat« son, chief engineer of the department Lieut. Hanback will take the place vacated by Capt. G. 8. Bishop, retired, who was stationed at No. 24 Engine Company. The promotion, together with several others, takes effect tomor- row. New assignments will be made However, Rumors of Reward Cause Dr. William M.!"Siet 5 J. clark was promoted to Mann to Receive Two Bequests. a lieutenancy, to fill the vacancy created by the promotion of Lieut. Hanback. Pvts. L. B. Wilson and R. L. Lynch were promoted to be ser- geants, to flll places vacated by the promotion of Clark and C. C. Weltzel, retined. L. W. Kerlin and A. C. Dansereau were appointed privates for a proba- tionary period of one year, to fill va- cancies created by the promotions of Wilson and Lynch. ‘The filling of the positions was au- thorized by President Hoover on Feb- Only once before, at the Chicago Z0o, ruary 24. American cat ever 2 " HONOR CONFEDERATES It was & very “thin Gray line” that e habits of animal assembled at the Willard Hotel last upuvl’t.y, fear she may eat night for the annual ball of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The youngest veteran present was 88 years old, s0 all the old soldiers sat in a box while the younger generations said. Most of th: big cats are cavorted on the dance floor. on the market because they breed Among the few Confederate veterans freely in captivity. Leopards and lions present was Gen. Edgar Warfield of Alexandria, who attended in full re- ;nnn. Senator Harry Flood Byrd, lormer governor of Vi , sent & | of regret that could net