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TEST OF FIVE-GENT FARE PROPOSED ON SHORT CAR LINES Public Utilities Commission Urges Plan on Both Trac- tion Companies. MEMORANDUM DRAFTED FOR ADOPTING SYSTEM Gen. Patrick Favors Action to See Whether Patronage Will Increase. Adoption of a 5-éent fare fcr a trial period on a number of street car lines making short trips was suggested to the Capital Traction Co. and the Washing- ton Railway & Electfic Co. today by the Public Utilities Commission. The proposal is a move designed to increase the use of street cars, which has been dwindling in recent years due to competition of private automobiles, the flood of cheap taxicabs, popular use of the busses and other causes. While not acting formally cn the 5-cent fare plan at its meeting today, the Utilities Commissicn drafted memorandum suggesting the car com- panies adopt such a system during non- rush hours on short-haul lines which operate within a radius of about two miles from the downtown section. Gen. Patrick Explains, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chair- man of the commission, gave the fol- lowing explanation of the preposal: “In view of the present economic situ- ation, the Public Utilitles Commission has been making a study of the possi- bility of affording some relief by lower street railway fares. The vice chair- man of the commission has given a great deal of thought to this matter and has suggested the possibility of a 5-cent fare on short hauls, such as there are on both street railway lines ‘where loops, or turnbacks, are in ex- istence within a two-milé radius of the downtown district, Fifteenth street and New York avenue. For example, Cal- vert Street Bridge to Peace Monument, or to Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue, or from Mount Pleasant to the Library of Congress. “While there are evident difficulties in the application of a mixed fare system in Washington, it is possible that it may be worth trying experimentally. ‘The idea would be to intersperse these 5-cent fare cars among the regular fare cars in such a way as not to interfere with the schedules now in force and to try this system for an experimental period. Of course, the 5-cent fare cars would carry signs enabling them to be readily distinguished. Compensation Possible. “Short routes with a 5-cent fare, with a higher fare on the through cars, would allow these latter to be operated without picking up so many short-haul passengers and while there might be a loss of revenue on the through lines, it is possible that it would be compensated for in part by reducing the through service and also by an in- crease in the number of riders on the short haul, lower fare cars, “If, after a trial of this system dur- the non-rush hours, it proved to be renumerative, it might be extended temporarily and experimentally during the rush hours on similar short-routed service.” Last September a somewhat similar suggestion was offered by Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel, who proposed adoption of 5 and 10 cent fares for short and long routes, to be applied generally to the transportation sys- tems. Since then the commission has been studying the matter. Riley E. Elgen, vice chairman of the Utilities Commission, said he believes the proposed reduction would be a worthwhile experiment in the interest af the companies as well as the riders. Adoption of such a plan would be up to the car companies as the proposal now stands. If the commission were to order the companies to place such a plan in operation, it is explained, it would be necessary to show possibilities of 2 compensatory result to the com- Ppanies. The present rate of fare is four tok- ens for 30 cents, or a flat single fare charge of 10 cents. Differs From Zone System. The tentative plan advanced today is not to be confused with earlier sug- gestions for a “zone” fare system, un- der which a low rate was proposed for all transportation within a first limited area, and additional charges to points Zfarther out. Other indications of the possibilities of the system are seen in the fact the commission has authority to order re- routing of car lines, and, therefore, might find it advisable later to insti- tute more short-haul lines. Service on the Fuorteenth street line of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. is to be speeded up under an order issued by the commission. The headway between the cars on that line is to be reduced from 12 min- utes to 10 minutes, in the new schedule. ‘The commission also granted the company permission to slightly reduce schedules on three other lines. The Maryland line now will operate with a headway of 7!z minutes instead of 6. Corresponding reductions in time schedules also were ordered for the North Capitol-Wharves line and the Eleventh street-Anacostia line. The old tracks on Water street south- west, east of Fourteenth street, which had ‘been used by the North Capitol- ‘Wharves car line, are to be abandoned and the old service replaced by the use of busses. DISTRICT SUPPLY BILL NOT READY FOR WEEK Appropriation Measure to Be Acted on by House as Soon as Prepared. ‘The District appr: ition bill for the fiscal year July 1, which failed at the last session of Congress, probably will not be ready to be re- ported to the House for a week or 10 days, but will be promptly acted upon as soon as it is ready. This was stated today by Chairman Buchanan of the Appropriations Com- mittee who has held conferences with the budget director and with House Leader Byrns. Speaker Rainey corrected a former statement that the District bill might come up next Monday under suspension of the rules when informed that Chair- man Buchanan has arranged for a new estimate to be submitted by the Budget Bureau. Both Speaker Rainey and House Leader Byrns gave assurance today that 1t is their intention to get the earliest possible gcfion on the District appro- priation bill. opria ing i MAXINE CARDWELL. ORATORY GONTEST WINNERS DECIDED Miss Maxine Cardwell Award- ed Arlington Title Over 7 County Finalists. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 16.—Miss Maxine Cardwell won the Ariington County championshjp in the National Oratorical Contest last night. By em- erging as the victor in the contest held in the Washington-Lee High School here, against seven other county finalists, she is entitled to a place in the North- ern Virginia finals, to be held on April 28. S. P. Vanderslice, principal of the Washington-Lee High School, presided, and explained to the large audience that | every cne of the 1908 boys and girls | in his school had taken part in the | preliminary competitions of the contest | and that the eight participants in the finals had been through a protracted and thorough process of elimination. Randolph Leigh, director general of the National Oratorical Contest, was pre- sented to the audience by Mr. Vander- slice, and announced the decision of the judges. Music for the occasion was furnished by the 27-piece Washington-Lee Or- chestra. A special feature was the Washington-Lee marching song, in which the audience joined with en- thusiasm. Miss Eunice Green was chosen as alternate and Miss Peggy Rucker won third place. The contestants, in the order in which they spoke, follow: Miss Peggy Rucker, Edwin Scheid, Miss Eunice Green, John Henry Rixse, jr.; Bank Davis, Miss Patricia Daue, Miss Maxine Cardwell and Miss Jane Hen- derson, The Northern Virginia finals, in which the champions of Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and Prince Willlam Counties will eom- pete for a place in The Star area finals, will be held in the Washington-Lee Au- ditorium on the evening of April Z8. The winner on that occasion will re- ceive a cash prize of $100 from The Washington Star, and will be entitled to compete for The Star’s champion- : ship award of $200, which carries with it a place in the national finals and a trip to Europe. LWOW, MISSING 2 DAYS, IS HARD-TO-CALL DOG $50 Reward Offered for Russian Named Animal That Came Here With New Jersey Visitor. Few could pronounce ‘his name, and being a stranger in the city anyhow, things may have gone from bad to wors2 for Lwow. At any rate he has been missing more than two days now from 2005 Massachusetts avenue—a large, well- bred young airedale, visiting here from Lakewood, N. J. Lwow, which is Russian for “wuff.” came to Washington a week ago frcm Lakewood with Miss Fawan Washburn, a guest at the Massachusetts avenue address. ‘The dog, finding an unguarded door Tuesday morning, slipped outside, pre- sumably on a private sight-seeing jaunt. He is 11 months old, and large for his age, with a long face and a large black saddle. When last seen Lwow was wearing a green collar bearing a Lake- wood license tag. Mrs. Stanley Washburn of Lakewood, Miss Washburn's mother, has offered a $50 reward for Lwow’s return, “and no questions asked.” It is thought the dog may have be- come lost and followed some stranger who would return him if he could learn the owner’s address, HEADS SCOUTMASTERS William H. Murray Elected Presi- dent of Club at Y. M. C. A. Wiliam H. Murray, well-known Washingten scoutmaster, was elected president of the Scoutmasters’ Club at its initial meeting Tuesday night at the Y. M. C. A. Other officers elected are Dan Tyrrell, vice president; R. T. Haugh, secretary, and Karl Krumke, treasurer. A constitution and by-laws were adcpted at the meeting. The group will meet the second Tuesday of each month. ) e Elks' Boys' Band Will Play. The Elks' Club Boys' Band will give a concert tonight, at'8 o'clock, at Blue Plains Home for the Infirm and Aged. James L. Kidwell will direct the band. He will be assisted by Lawrence Leer. he Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. .C, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1933, CHEVY CHASE MAN KILLED IN PLUNGE FROM TAFT BRIDGE Donald R. Cameron Hurtles More Than 100 Feet to Roadway.. WAS ALIVE WHEN RESCUE SQUAD REACHED SCENE Unidentified Witness Informs Hotel Clerk and Vanishes While He Calls Police. Dcnald R. Cameron, 33 plunged to his death from Taft Bridge about 6 o'clock this morning, landing on his head near the center of Rock Creek drive, more than 100 feet below. According to Detective Sergt. Harry K. Wilson, chief of the homicide squad, an unidentified man saw Cameron hurtle from the rail ¢n the west side of the span. The wpltnzss. ‘Wilson said, ran into the Shoreham Hotel and informed a clerk, who telephoned the police. While the phone call was being made, however, the stranger disappeared. Missing Witness Sought. Camercn, who roomed at 9311 Mcnt- gomery avenue, North Chevy Chase, Md., still was alive when the fire rescue squad, summoned by the police, reached the scene. He was dead when the squad reached Emergency Hospital with him, Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald ordered the body removed to the District Morgue, pending ccm- pletion of the homicide squad's inves- tigation. After conferring with De- tective Sergts John W. Wise and W:l- liam Liverman, both of the homicide squad, later in the day, Dr. MacDon- ald issued a certificate of suicide.. Cameron’s body was identified by his brother-in-law, Howard P. Foley, West- chester Apartments, president of the Howard P. Foley Co., Inc., an electrical contracting concern. meron had worked for the firm for some time, Foley told Wilson. No Notes Found in Car. Cameron’s automcbile was found parked in front of 2101 Connecticut avenue. Search of the car revealed no notes, however, and members of the dead man's family were able to give the investigators but little in- formation. Cameron had rcomed st the North Chevy Chase address, the home of Mrs. Mason Weedon, since a short time after separating from his wife, Mrs. Marian B. Cameron. The couple, prior to their separation, lived in the 2800 block cf Connecticut avenue. Mrs. Cameron. an insurance company clerk, now lives at 1026 Six- teenth street. TRICKED BY BOY, JANITOR AIDS THEFT Apartment House Tenant Loses $5.25 From Mail Box—OtHer Robberies Reported. A tricky colored boy, who induced an apartment house janitor to let him have $5.25 that a tenant had left in her mail box for an insurance collector, was sought today by police. Three men who held up a police headquarters’ janitor and a colored man who snatched a Gallinger Hospi- tal dietician’s purse, also were dhe objects of police searches. Helen Wiser, occupant of an apart- ment in the 400 block of M street, was the victim of the trickster. The boy walked into the apartment house soon after she had put the money in the mail box, she said, and he insisted he had dropped the money into the box inadvertently. About an hour after he had gone the insurance collector ap- peared. The police janitor, Philip M. Lawson, colored, reported he was robbed of $5 by three men, who attacked him near Fourteenth and Corcoran streets shortly before 1 am. The dietician, Miss Ethel Theis, said she was walking on Massachusetts avenue near Nineteenth street southeast when here pocketbook containing $10 was stolen. ROOSEVEL'I: “SELLING” PROGRAM 1S -CITED| Lives Up to Best Merchandising Principles, Advertising Fed- eration Head Says. President Roosevelt is living up to the best principles of merchandising by selling his product to the people most _interested in it, Edgar Kobak, president of the Advertising Federa- tion of America, told the Advertising Club of Washington this noon at a meeting at the Raleigh Hotel. The advertising head said he thinks the President is “sales-minded,” and knows the value of selling his plans to the public. “This policy,” he said, “not only makes the product more - salable, but in this case makes the public more anxious and willing to do the things it must do to help lift the Nation out of the gloom into which it has de- scended. * * * He has taken the’ veil of secrecy away from affairs in ‘Washington.” A U. S. MAY PROBE “STAG SHOW” HALTED BY ARRIVAL OF POLICE Five Girls and Four Men Are Arrested—Spectators Lectured and Released. Federal agents may investigate the “stag show” which police interrupted last night after it had drawn an audi- ence of 400 men into Carpenters’ Hall, Tenth and K streets. The police arrest- ed five girl performers and four men, who were hel A esolk:e report of turned over to the Justice Department. The spectators were allowed to go home after a_“talking to” by Lieut. Charles J. P. Weber of No. 2 inct, in charge of the raiding squad. Lieut. Weber had advance informa- tion of the “show,” and detailed two members of his command to mingle with the audience and signal from & ‘window the first semblance of law violation. licemen who went One of the two into the crowded gave the signal a wash room on an for the raid fro: floor, ope a window and fir- and four men were rem station houses Please Send [ 1 Mrs. Jerry Jacoby Walsh is shown service. the Police Depa#ment has opened up for use by citizens in need of police ‘This one is at Fourth street and G place. ! a Policeman PATROL BOX OPENED. TO PUBLIC USE. faf Society and General Ll L TWO BIG AIR RACES MAY USE CAPITAL AS STARTING POINT Both Bendix and Cord Trophy Events Would Bring Many Entrants. |INVITATION EXTENDED using one of the patrol box telephones —Star Staff Photo. | I BOARD PROPOSES. RECREATIN PLAN Proposal Designed to -Elimi- nate Confusion Among Various Agencies. A plan designed to eliminate frrita- tion and misunderstanding among th> vecreational agencies of the District when efforts are made to establish recreational centers was proposed to- day by the Beard of Education to E. C. Graham, chairman of the Commit- tee on Co-Ordination of Recreation. The plan was cevised by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, who submitted it to the school board at its meeting late vesterday. In offer- ing the plan to the board Dr. Ballou explained that Mr. Graham presented a tentative layout of the athletic facili- the McKinley High School-Langley Junior High School grounds at First and T streets northeast Monday for school authorities’ study. Despite M Graham's assertion that the Comm tee on Co-Ordination of Recreation ap- proves no project until all interested agencies have been consulted, the su- perintendent said the feeling exists among “a number of persons concerned with the development of the Eckingtcn center” that school people are not suffi- ciently consulted. Accordingly, Dr. Ballou's was transmitted to Mr. Gral follows: “l1. Whenever a recreational center is to be laid out, the Committee on Co-Ordination shall secure from the three agencies concerned, namely, pub- iz buildings and public parks; munic~ ipal playground cepartment, and the school department, written statements indicating the recreation activities which each would like to carry on in said recreation center. These needs would then be considered by the Com- mittee on Co-Ordination and a tenta- tive agreement reached as to what rec- reational activities can be provided for in said center. “2. The Committee on Co-Ordination will then select the person who will proceed to lay out raid center in accord- ancewith the tentative agreement. “3. When the preliminary plans of said center shall have been developed the Committe on Co-Ordination will then submit said tentative plans to the three agencies concerned for considera- tion and recommendation. “4. When the plans shall have been finally approved by the agencies con- cerned, each agency will proceed to equip the grounds for its particular activities in accordance with the ap- proved plans subject to available appro- priations for that purpose.” HEARING ON M'LEAN OUSTER SUIT DELAYED Death in Family of Former Pub- lisher’s Attorney Is Cause of Postponement. lan which m today Hearing _on the petition of the American Security & Trust Co. to re- move Edward B. McLean, former pub- lisher of the Washington Post, from the co-trusteeship in his father’s estate, today was postponed until Monday m by Justice Jennings Bailey of the District Supreme Court. counsel fon McLean, o be present be: 1 for Mcl , present be- cause of a death in his immediate family was the reason for the cqn- tinuance. In pressing for immediate hearing on the petition, Attorney J. S. Flannery, representing the trust company, the other co-trustee, said any delay in the matter would prove a sericus detriment to the estate. “If this case goes over for as much as one week,” he said, “the Post may be taken out of the hands of the estate by its creditors.” He also said the company had been unable to com- municate with McLean, who has been in Eurcpe since the Fall of 1931, Some months ago, McLean was removed as co-trustee insofar as all matters gg; further * W. Jacobson indicated Maj. Peyser would be present. Monday. & ties for public use to be arranged on | CROWDS DWINDLE * N REVENUE OFFICE {Only Few Individuals Present | Because of Income Tax Extension. 5 With the income tax deadline ex-| | tended from last midnight to March | 31 the crowds which visited the local | office of the deputy collector of in-| ternal, revenue here fell off sharply to |only a few individuals this morning. | Under terms of the extension in- come tax returns may be filed from now up to March 31. when there is a | 6 per cent per annum interest charge- | able against only the first quarter cf | | the tax. No interest in charged against | the other three quarters, which do not fall due until later. The announcement of extension evi- | dently caused many people to postpone | | filing their returns as the number of | taxpayers calling at the deputy’s office, | | Twelfth street and Constitution avenue, dropped off from 8,035 to 5424 yester- | day. During the cvening hours last | night from 6 o'clock to midnight, usual- | ly one of the rush periods, only 650 | people filed returns. The number filing yesterday, however, | was _considerably larger than last vear | on March 15, when there were only| 3,617 returns filed. The increase this | year was probably due to the lower ex- | emption, forcing many people previously | exempt to pay. ‘The public is still offered free notary, Ppublic service in the office of the deputy collector and sufficient number of depu- ties and revenue men will be on duty during regular Government hours, from 9 to 4:30 to accommodate the taxpayers, advise them cn filing returns and ad- minister the cath without extra charge. SERVICES TO HONOR GIBBONS' MEMORY Shrine of Sacred Heart to Be Scene of Tribute by Catholic Organization. i Under the sponsorship of the Curley Club, the combined Catholic organi- 2ations of the District will pay homage to the late James Cardinal Gibbons at memorial services Sunday at the base of the statue recently erected in the noted prelate’s honor in front of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Sixteenth street and Park road. The exercises, marking the twelfth anniversary of the death of the Cardi- nal, will take place at 3 p.m. being fireceded by a half-hour concert by the loly Comforter Boys' Band, under lead- ership of Rev. Joseph F. Denges. Representative John W. McCormack of -Massachusetts will deliver the prin- cipal address. The invocation will bz read by Rev. Francis X. Cavanagh, spiritual director of the Curley Club, While Msgr. P. J. Gavan, pastor of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, will pro- nounce the benediction. Mrs. Estelle Hunt Dean will sing. Catholic organizations taking part in the exercises include the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Daughters of Amer- ica, Washington Section of the Arch- diocesan Union of Holy Name Societies, Ladlrg"uAuxflhry Ancient Order of Hi- bernians, Daughters of Isabellt, Inter- veteran unit Council Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade, Cardinal Gibbons In- stitute, Ladies’ A\lxmlri Knights of St. John, District of Columbia Chapter International Federation of Catholic Alumnae, Assumption Girls’ Club, Man- resa League of Laymen's Retreats and Washington Chapter, Catholic Uni- versity of America Alumni. A wreath also will be presented by Gov. Ritchie. REICHELDERFER SPEAKS Tells Optimists Club of Operations of City Government. An informal talk, built around the operations of the District government, &ub‘deuvered be;gremthem it lub yesterday g * Reichelderfer, president of the Boar of District ers. Dr. Reichelderfer said the years of service of many of the ict Depart- t had the “ramificat of bud;ut dm.u:e: 3 e letting contracts and other municipal activities, ; transcontinental BY DERBY ASSOCIATION! Business and Financial Leaders Join in Sending Bid to Na- tional Air Race Officials. The Nalional Capital may become the starting point for the two greatest cross-country airplane races of 1933, it was indicated today with the announce- ment by the National Aeronautic Asso- ciation that the National Air Races will be held at Los Angeles from July 1 to 4 inclusive. ‘The Washington Ailr Derby Associa- tion, composed of the District Com- missioners, Federal aviation officials and clvic, business and financial leaders of the Capital, has invited the National Air Race Association to start the Bendix and Cord Trophy races from yathgton during the latter part of une. Holding of the nationa} races on the West Coast makes possible for the first time in history the start of the Bendix race from the Atlantic Coast. This race is the world’s foremost high-speed cross-country event and has resulted in the last two years in the setting of new speed records by planes especially designed and built for the event. Smash Speed Records. Should the Bendix start from Wash- ington in June the Capital will see in action for the first time at least four 1Of the fastest long-range planes ever built, together with improved models of last year’s Bendix and Thompson Trophy recing planes. The Cord Trophy race, which started from Washington last year, is a free-for- all derby. Last year it was divided into Atlantic and Pacific divisions, finishing in Cleveiand after joining forces at Bar- tlesville, Okla. More than 60 planes were entered, 2;hof them starting from ould Washington be designated as the starting po“:fl this year, it is likely that both divisions will be consolidated and that more than three-score entrants will start from the Clggll al announcement of the award- ing of the 1933 National Air R::;r?o Los Angeles was made today at the headquarters of the National Aeronau. tic Association, Dupont Circle, upset- ting precedents of many years’ standing. In the past the races always have been, held during the 10 days ending Labor day. ‘This year the time was reduced :ioa yrour days, ending on Independence Should the Bendix be awar National Capital the race pr:be:bl'yo ::.fi start from Washington-Hoover Airport ;:ln the morning of Saturday, July 1 nishing that afternoon in Los Angeles, Last vear Jimmy Haizlip, winning the Bendix, blated a new ocean-to-ocean record of 10 hours, 19 minutes and 47 seconds from Los Angeles to New York. Winds May Interfere, Because of generally prevailing wi - ly winds. it is expected that g!heesf!\f';l East-to-West Bendix will require a little more time than last vear's race, but it is regarded as certain that the East- West speed record will be substantially lowered, planes leaving here in the morning arriving in Los Angeles about 11 hours later. The Nation's greatest speed pilots, in specially ‘designed planes, are expected to compete in the Bendix, which, with its $10,000 in prizes, is the richest of all world cross-country speed events. The Cord Derby, if awarded to Wash- um;m, probably will start from the local airport on or about Sunday, June 25. 7 . The Washington Air Derby Associa- tion expects in the near future to re- celve official notification from the Los Angeles National Air Race Association of its decision with regard to the invita- tions for the two great races to be started from the Capital, it was said today by Chester H. Warrington, asso- ciation chairman. — HIBERNIANS TO HONOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY HERE Full Program Planned for Cele- bration by Order To- mMOorrow. A full program will mark the celebra- tion of St. Patrick's day here tomorrow by members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Ladies’ Auxiliary. They will attend a special mass at 10 am. in St. Patrick’s Church, at which the Rev. John Barrett of Baltimore will be the celebrant. After a day of private parties, mem- bers of the order will attend a banquet, at 7 o'clock, at the, Mayflower Hotel. ‘The principal address will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. John K. Cartwright, assistant. pastor of St.Patrick’s Church. Other speakers will be Miss Lillian Fay, Rev. Timothy N. MacCarthy and Patrick H. O'Dea, toastmaster. Wounded —— PAGE B—-1 WORK ON PARKWAY PROJECT S0ON 10 BE PUTUNDER WAY Commission Appro;/es Rock Creek and Potomac Im- MRS. AMANDA EDWARDS. SUICIDE FOLLOWS 1Jobless Man’s Children Near Scene of Tragedy in Six- teenth Street Home. | Out of work and overwrought by | months of financial worry, William Sid- |ney Edwards, 45, shot and seriously | wounded his wife, Mrs. Amanda Ed- wards, and then took his own life after a quarrel yesterday afternoon in their | home at 1823 Sixteenth street. | _ The bullet which passed through Mrs. | Edwards' head fell spent on a chair | beside the crib in which her infant nephew, Richard Skelton, 3 months’ old, lay. The two small children of the couple, Wiliam Sidney, jr., 4, and Mary Jane, | 3, waited frightened outside the locked | door of the second-floor bed room in | which the tragedy occurred. Condition Is Critical. At Emergency Hospital this morning Mrs. Edwards was said to be in a exiti- |cal condition. The bullet passed through the left side of her head, en- ‘ttnng the cheek and ccming out at | the back of her skull. The bullet, which | Edwards fired through his own brain, | entered his right' temple and emerged | near the top of his head on the left |side. Acting Coronar A. Magruder MacDonald last night issued a certifi- cate of suicide. | Edwards was a member of the Ed- wards family of Virginia, which en- |gaged in the Allen-Edwards feud that culminated in the shooting up of a court | room at Hillsville, Va., where the Allens | were on trial. | | & rooming house at the Sixteenth street address since January 15 last. They formerly lived in Richmond. Samuel C. Oglesby, John Hess and Irving Newcomb, roomers in the house, heard the shots and broke in the door of the Edwards’ bed room. They found Edwards lying face downward on the floor, a 45 calibed Army automatic near his right hand. Mrs. Edwards was | conscious and told police her husband | had shot her. Cousin Tells cf Quarrel. Oglesby, a cousin of Mrs. Edwards was in the room with the couple when the quarrel began. He said the door bell rang and Mrs. Edwards said to her husband “Go on and answer the door. That's all you're good for.” Oglesby then left the room. The two children were sent to rela- tives of Mrs. Edwards living in the 1300 block of Queens street northeast. As they passed from the house to a waiting ‘taxicab, a child in the curious crowd of onlookers spoke to the little boy. “My daddy shot himself,” the boy called back with no note of under- standing of the tragedy in his voice. POLICE CONTINUE PROBE OF COLORED GIRL’S DEATH Investigation by Homicide Squad Discloses Child Had a Frac- tured Skull. The police homicide squad continued today its investigation into the death of an unidentified colored girl, about 5, whose body was found in an un- covered sewer trap near Second and R streets southwest yesterday afternoon. The child was found by a colored boy, and investigation showed she had a fractured skull. It appeared she had :eexé struck several severe blows on the ead. Detective Sergt. H. K. Wilson, head of the homicide squad, said there was a remote possibility the child had died from natural causes and received the head injuries when dropped into the sewer trap. Detectives today were questioning residents in the neighborhood with a view to finding more definite cluu.‘ MARRIAGE IS STUDENTS’ BUSINESS, BUT WHO GETS REPORT CARDS? Dr. Kramer Raises Question After Wedding of Three Western High Pupi Marriage for public school pupils is nobody’s business but the pupils them- selves and perhaps thelr parents, but it does bring its problems. Perhaps every class at Western High School for the last 10 years now has had at least one married student, and most of the other high schools have had similar “experience.” So the school offici today are not at all perturbed over “discovery” that three Western High School students are wedded. ‘When a girl or mmu, L:te‘:h;l people take no nce o e Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent in _charge of high schools, and Dr. Elmer 8. Newton, Western's principal, saild today. Their irried on the rolls without 1als the | P! ils Is Made Known. he husband’s report to ? school attendance law insists that a child between 14 and 16, who has completed the eighth grade, be either at work or at school. Dr. Kramer raised the question, although he hasn’t been called upon officially to answer it, as to whether a housewife really “works.” Asked for his personal injon. he said: “Well, I should say that any girl who takes on th is really and truly at work.” Discy the question of married pupils further, Mr. Kramer said the schools almost always have had the problem with them, but that it has never been made an issue “simply be- cause if the parents are satisfied and if the children themselves are it’s none of our business.” many of the had remained husband and ti his wife? uated. ~ Others, he said, ped out of school when they mar- and had returned later to be grad- uated, while still others had quit with Sabjoct: howgrer Hn‘:m:mmfi ), Wi " e conducive to strict not heritention to scholastic pursuits. SHODTNG F WFE Mr. and Mrs. Edwards had operated | e management of a husband | Md. provement Plan, EXCAVATION FUNDS ONLY AVAILABLE NOW Officials Say Park Unemployed Force Is Ineligible—Drive to Pass Under Bridges. Plans to begin improvement of the Rock Creek and Potomac parkway We- tween P street and Pennsylvania ave- nue were approved today by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public ‘Parks, expects to call for bids shortly for excavating from the side walls of the valley in what is known officially as section 2 of the parkway— south of Q street to K street. Much of this excavated earth will be placed near the new bridge at L street, now under construction, to make a suitable approach from K street, where the im- provafl pu;lfivu;,ye gow ends. The ex- cavation w lon riv - cavat e by private con: Unemployed Not Eligible. Officials explained that under the | present law, the unemployed who work |1n the park, cannot be used on projetts |for which Congress makes a specific appropriation. Money is on hand only for the ex- cavating, officials asserted, and funds for the project in the coming fiscal year are uncertain, as the o tion bill did not pass N The Commission today indorsed the general layout for the improved park- way, which will take the proposed high- Wway under the Pennsylvania avenue and M street bridges, northward, to connect with the completed section at Q street. Beneath New Bridge. A new bridge is to be constructed by the District government at P street, and the parkway highway will pass beneath this. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of highways for the District, explained today that plans for the new P street bridge are completed, but the city's lack of funds for building 1t is holding up construction. The bridge at L street, being constructed under Col. Grant's direction, is expected to be ready some time next month. It will be some time, however, before improvements permit | the public to have access to Pennsyl- | vania avenue by that route. DAUGHTER STRUCK | MOTHER, NOT ROBBER | Love for Child Kept Mrs. Martha Faber From Giving Police Real Report. Love for her daughter caused Mrs, Martha Faber, 4132 Gault place north- east, to bear in silence a severe head injury inflicted on the night of March 9 when she was struck with a stone, it was revealed by police last night. The daughter, Miss Theresa Faber, 16, told police that she had struck her mother with the stone while walking Wwith the parent near Minnesota avenue and Barnes lane northeast—thus break- ing down the first report to the effect a colored man had attacked Mrs. Faber and snatched her pocketbook. Police said the girl told them she became angered with her mother dur- ing a discussion over a boy friend. Miss Faper was not arrested because her mother refused to prosecute. Mrs. Faber, who was knocked un- conscious by the blow, was treated at ?fin}:fiy lilospflal. and it was at first g] she might have receive fractured skull. e i -~— INSPECTORS NAMED FOR PIERSON TRIAL Three Police Officials to Try Cap- tain on Charges of Intoxication. A special panel of four inspecto from the Police Department will be drawn for the trial of Capt. Jossph W, Plerson on a charge of intoxication, Maj. Emest W. Brown, superintendent of police, said tod: The inspectors arg B. A.Lamb, O, avis, A. J. Head- ley and J. F. Beckett. The department’s ather two inspectors, L. I. H. ards and T. D. Bean, are disqualified because they will be called to testify before the board. Three of the four first named Wil sit as a trial board to try Pierson. The charge is being drawn up by the corporation counsel’s office. Normally this would be done by Chief Clerk H. E. &l;wgo:: of the Police Department, but wiord was excused beca Plglson'.; son-in-law. gty lerson was suspended Tuesday after- noon by Inspector Edwards wgen the latter went to Pierson's home and re- ported he found the captain intoxicated, tor Bean and Dr. W. H. R. Bran- denburg accompanied Edwards on the :lI:ll;l y:;mh W';skmlde as a result of an lous iy phone call to Maj. $15,000 DAMAGES ASKED mm suits n{m d were flled in District Suprem: Court yesterday against Lloys He Chandler, 3024 Tilden street, by Wil- Kenyon street. totaling $15,- liam P. ;mzht. 1807 Through Attorney George D. Horn- ing, jr, Mr. Wright and his wife said they were injured in an accident on Jones Mill road, Mongomery County, » last November when an automo- bile driver. by Chandler collided with 8 machige in which they were riding. FALL INJURES WORKER Richard R. Matheny, 46, sn iron worker living in the 1300 block of Seventeenth street, was critically in- jured today when he fell 75 feet from a beam on a building under con- 'Z“me at Half and V streets south- W Matheny was teken to Providence Hospital where it .was said he had fractures of both arms, a broken leg and internal injuries. He is employed by a contracting company. '