Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1933, Page 14

A—14 =% PARK_POLCEHAN ATTAGKS BOYS AND SHODTSONE I FO0T Young Officer Is Held for Ob-| servation After “Losing Head” Arresting Youths. None of Youngsters Is Seriously Injured—One of Victims Badly Cut About His Head. Attacked by a young park policeman, | who “lost his head” while attempt-| ing to arrest them in Anacostia flats| near the golf course last night, six boys between the ages of 15 and 19, were recovering from their injuries to- day, while the officer is lodged in Gal- er Hospital for mental observation. | 1zh the policeman, Bernon O. | 4, emptied his revolver during | the scuffl belabored the youths | with the gun butt, none of them is clieved to have sustained serious =4 | incident this morning. t t was the first used his gun during co on the force, and “excited” him wvhen he fired it. Worrying Himself Sick. d been “worrying him- 5 ccently and he “got mad” n he thought the boys were trying | escape from him Most painfully_hurt among the six victims is John Ellis, 15, 1223 V street southeast, who was struck in_the foot by a bullet after Goltry had lined the boys up against a wall and fired his Tevolver at the ground. Ellis also was cut and bruised about the head. Eleven stitches were required close head cuts sustained by Ch: Knott, 16, 1515 W street southeast, as officer beat him down with the re- . and three others of the group treated at hospital: are Cyril Hammond, 15, 1430 street ast, whose face and od: Alfred Stowell, 19. heast, cuts and bruises and Michael de street southeast, ad_and face. The Cox, 15, 1347 W n away shortly after and escaped with He said he ha ol wi to | to es beaten on’ the sixth b 5! street southe: the trouble began 1t scratche Were Playing in Park. According to the story the boys told ng in the park, bench, when approac Imest v he whipped out b hot into the g and ordered m to “line up,” they said. they obeyed his command, held his gun in his hand and Michael de Marco pleaded with hih “Don’t shoot agan.” Goltry grabbed him by the coat and slammed him cn the head with the of the grov stopped W the ground The bog them up a arted to run then but 1 the peliceman shot into 2ain said when Goltry had lined inst the wall of the park fiela house. he began to vell at them “w killed Bickford? Which one of you killed Bickford? I'll give you two minut:s to te & A. G. Bickford is the park policeman usually assigned to the beat Goltry was covering last night. 4 he boys denied they knew anything about it and Goltry began to beat them with his gun Knocks Boy Down. Alfred Stowell was struck on the ear i o buit and dropped As he lay there Goltry gun repeatedly into his ! Goltry felled him | With a biow across the arm. Knott, De hit over the he caped, Goltry s in_the csperat gan to T by the d 4 n firing at the ground foot, and most them had left me Officers G. E. Woods and ed in the Eieventh pre- “they found Goltry lying | “Don't let k rob- Don't fcrd. They're them cornered. Bickford.” policemen disarmed Goltry and m to the station house. Lieut. Helms of the P: tation house and suspended the Fred Y. nced the man had . but said he was in Williamson, Whi ot been drink- an excited con- examination, e O. Hickey, super- . said the man rd if he is re- G S he came upon in the under a: run and them. he boys acting di d intended to put them 5ome of them started to g to try to shoot boys. done. That's the worst thing shooting that boy in the in regard to at with his revolver b there had been no attempt to * him and said he “got mad” because uzht the boys were trying to escape ng the youths | there were too many of them for | him to hand: icomen claimed he did not : hing about Bick- ford, and he knew the latter had not been killed. Goltry is marriéd and has a 7-month- old child. His home is at 323 Kentucky evenue southeast. RECREATIONAL CENTER OPENS AT TAKOMA PARK New Playground, Long in Prepa- ration, Has Four Tennis Courts Available. The Takoma Recreation Center, focated at Third and Underwood streets, avhich has been under ccnstruction by the office of Pubic Buildings and Public Parks, was opencd at 6 o'clock this gmorning, for the first time. Prank T. Gartside, chief of the park division, announced that four of the six tennis courts are in commission. The base ball diamonds and horse shoe-pitching grcunds are not finally in shape. This_new playground for residents #n the Takoma Park area has long been in preparation by the Office of Public ‘Buildings and Public Parks. The Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission has assisted in laying out the rlans for the recreation center. Park cfficlals expect to have the remaining 7'ay facilities ready for public use in wes Deas luwure. F l} immedi- | s revolver, fired | farco and Ellis also were | when Cox es- Police came to | ¢ | tion of the depositor. {a petition with HAMILTON ACTS TOSPEED OPENIG Conservator Mails Guide to Depositors and Asks Early Return. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1933. o Several documents will soon go for- | ward to the 75,000 depositors in the eight member banks of the Hamilton National Ba merger, it was learned today &s the first official copics of forms approved by the Treasury Department reached conservators. Full directions are contained in the | various letters and forms to guide de- | positors. The comm cation will be a by the const tor the dep with this letter will go seve | closures, including an official proof of jclaim to be sworn to before a nctary | public, a letter addressed to the con- servator for the deposil authorizing transfer of as | Hamilton Bank; a letter fol | ture of the depositor addr Hamilton National Bank authorizing th jopening of a new accou and signa- | ture cards to carry the official signature of the depositor for the records of the | Hamilton Bank Two Different Forms. The letter from the depositor to the | Hamilton Bank is set up in two dif- | ferent forms, one for the use of those | who have subscribed for stock in the | Hamilton Bank, expecting the price of | the stock to be subtracted from their deposit, and the other for the use of depositors who have not subscribed for Hamilton Bank stock. In case a de- | positor has subscribed for stock up to 10 per cent of his total deposit, he will | then receive on his credit 40 per cent of his total d ., but if he did not subscribe for stock in the Hamilton Bank he will receive on credit in the Hamiiton 50 cents on the dollar. It is further ¢ ned by the con- servator to the depositor as to what will ase he does not want to vith the Hamilton Bank. you do not wish the amount of your payment transferred to the new ba to either chec s account, as above explained,” says the letter 3 ator to the depositor, btain the same from me, as or, on or after the day the Hamilton National Bank publicly cpens for business.” | Opening May Be Delayed. n unofficially pre- dicted that the opening date of the rew bank would be about August 1, it ¢p- peared today there will be so much to be done before the bank can cpen that | unless depositors speed up their part of the agreement, the opening date nay be delayed. | The proof of claim is a quite com- prehensive official document of a full page. On it will be listed the amount which the conservator finds the de- positor has to his credit in_the old | bank. The amount of this claim, how- ever, is to be verified by the de- positor. and if there is any difference of opinion batween the conservator and | the depositor on the amount the de- positor is asked to call at the bank and clear up the matter in person The depositor is asked to state wheth- | er he wishes the money made available in the Hamilton Bank to be set| up as a checking or a savings ac- count, but the depositor is a ed that if he has subscribed to s in the Hamilton and intends to split his divi- dend into both checking and savings depesits, he should be careful to leave enough in the checking account to take care of the cost of the stock for which he has subscribed. Asked to Execute All Letters. The conservator asks the depositor to execute all the letters and forms as scon as possible and either to mail them to the col or or bring them in personally. At the Northeast Savings Bank, one of the members of the Ham- ilton merger, George F. Hoover, vice | { president and conservator, expressec. the hope that dcpositers will leave their money on deposit in all branches of the Hamilton and continue to do business {with the new bank. He emphasized {that the new Hamilton will be a 100 {per cent sound and liquid bank organ- | ized by the Government for the protec- He feels the de- | positors will be d not only to cave their accounts on deposit but will add to them. Meantime, at the Franklin National | Bank the new board of directors was being sclected and it was understood | this new board will meet soon to select | officers for » recommendation to the | sury Department. The personnel head this bank must be approved by | the Treasury Departmen CHARGES $16,694 ERROR | IN INCOME ASSESSMENT| Co. Contends Commissioner Omitted Deduc- tions in 1930 Tax. ddr the signa | sed to the | sat; Acacia Insurance | 1 ‘The Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Ce., 101 Indiana avenus, today filed the Board of Tax ‘Appeals, charging that the Government had o mistake of $16,694 in its 1930 income tax assessment. The amount has not been paid. The insurance company asks the board to set aside the ruling of the commissicner of Internal Revenue. Eight alleged errors by the commis- sioner are stated. In the threec most important allega- tions of error, it is claimed that the commissioner illegally failed to deduct $23,132 paid in taxes, $45,058 paid for repairs to its building and $32,103 depreciation to its building, furniture and other equipment. No date for hearing the case has been set. RIVER CRUISE MONDAY More Than 30 State Societies Will Be Represented. More than 30 State societies of the District of Columbia will be represent- ed on the second annual moonlight cruise on the Potomac sponsored by the All-States Society Monday night | highway when an automobile, operated | s at 8:30 o'clock. The steamer City of Washington has been chartered. On the program of entertainment which has been provided Miss Helen Roberts ard Miss La Nelle Avery are featured in spcciaity dance numbers. Vernon O. Goltry, a new member of the park police force, ran amuck in Anacostia last night and attacked a group of six boys, shcoting one and beating four others with his revolver. In the top photcgraph, left to right, Alfred Stroll, Cyril Hammond, Charles Knott and Michael de Marco, all showing wounds frem the encounter. Lower left: John Ellis, who was beaten and shot in the feot. Lower right: Policeman Goltry at Gallinger Hospital, where he is under observation. —Star Staff Photos. CORNERSTONELAID FORHEATING PLANT Engineers and Architects Are! Praised by Robert for | Building Design. | ‘The Government's new central heat- ing plant was characterized as the “largest of its kind in the world” by tant Secretary of the Treasury L b3 jr. in laying the corner afternoon at Thirteenth cuthwest. The Government plant, he said, will heat 38 Federal dings in downtown the entire Gov- ernment establishment, with the excep- tion of buildings on Capitol Hill. The engine and architects were congratulated by Mr. Robert for their design, the con tors, he pre- dicted, were making such progress that he expected to see the building deliv- ered ready to operate about the first of next year. . P._ Fairchild, representing the s and Contracters of Philacdelphia, emphasized that the plant would produce steam much more eco- nomically than_ separate buildings and would result inh a cleancr and more | beautiful city by elimination of separate United | chimneys and hauling of truckloads of coal t} streets. From an archite: 1 standpoint the plant itself a building he said “of which we may Neal A. Melick, United States con- struction engineer, who presided, ¢ plained that the plant of six boilers is designed to generate 15,000 horespower of steam at 200 pounds pressure. FIVE-CENT BUS FARE | OFFER IS DELAYED Public Utilities Commission Allows 10 Days for Filing of Briefs on Proposal. Actien on the petition”of two inter- stat lines to serve passengers along their routes within the District, which they agreed to give at a fare of 5 cents. will be deferred for about two weeks, to await filing of briefs, the | Public Utilities Commussion announced companies are the Alexan- dria, Barcroft & Washingion Bus Line and the Arlington & i Transportation ~ Co., rendered the local service at 5 cenis for the short haul until stopped by ion order. Resumy was urged in the name of 700 employes of the Treasury Department and by Richmond B. Keech, people’s coun The Government clerks’ spokecr W. M. Fuiler of the Loans rency Division of the Treasury. The proposal was opposed by Wil- liam F. Ham, president, and S. R. Bowen, counsel, of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. The street railway company and Keech were giv: permission to file briefs within 10 da; Ancther five days will be allowed if | interests wish to answer these briefs. BEER DEALERS WARNED THEY MUST PAY TAX Assessor’s Office Says License Will | Be Revoked if Settlement Is Not Made by Monday Night. . THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Mostly cloudy, probably showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow; cooler tomorrow; gentle to moderate southwest, shifting to north winds. /EIGHT COMMERGE UNITS MERGED AND ONE IS ABOLISHED Foreign and Domestic Trade| Bureau’s Reorganization Is Completed. $10,000,000 FUND SOUGHT TO RE-EMPLOY WORKERS; Department Also Drops National | ‘Wood Utilization Committee, Affecting Six Clerks. ‘While Commerce Department offi- cials were preparing today to go be- | fore the Public Works Board of the National Recovery Administration to seek $10,000,000 for construction proj- ects to enable them to put back to work 1,500 of the 1,900 workers dis- missed for economy reasons, the de- partment made public its revised Bu- rcau ‘of Foreign and Domestic Com- merce set-up; effective July 15. | It was also announced at the de- partment today that the National Wood | Utillzation Ccmmittee, which was or- ganized several years ago by President | Hoover, has been abolished. The com- | mittee operated on an annual appropri- ation of $30,000 a year, of which the Government contributed $15,000, and the rest came from various lumber in- dustri Six Government clerks will be affected. The committee has been under the directorship of Axzel Oxholm. Divisions Combined. | Tt was rcvealed that the Foreign and Domestic Commerce Bureau's foreign construction division, employing 11 workers, has been abolished, and 8 of the 29 other divisions have been con- solidated. The automotive and aeronautics trade | divisions have been combined, as were | the leather, shoe and rubber; lumber | | and paper, and machinery and agricul- | tural 4mplements groups. | The automotive and aeronautics | trades divisions, which now have 21 | | Keenan Is Preparing to Direct First Federal BY REX COLLIER. HEAVY-SET, square-jawed law- ver from Cleveland today estab- lished himself in an obscure office at the Department of Justice and made ready to di- rect the Government's first general cru- sade against all forms of racketeering. Joseph B. Keenan, who won fame as a nemesis of gangsters in the Ohio city | in 1919, was sworn in yesterday for one of the most difficult assignments ever given to a law enforcement official— ending the reign of gang terrorism ram- pant in many of the larger cities. The appointment of Keenan followed on the heels of an announcement by Attorney General Cummings that the recent massacre of Federal and State officers by machine gunners at Kansas City was a “challenge” to the Federal Government that could not be ignored. Accepted the Challenge. Keenan, speaking quietly but firmly today, let it be known that the under- world's defi has been accepted. His first step, he disclosed in an inter- view, will be to make a thorough, com- prehensive study of the racketeering problem—{from kidnaping for ransom to the exacting of tribute from industry. Maryland—Mestly cloudy, probably | workers, will be reduced to 11 employes, | Duiing the course of this survey of the showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow; cooler tomorrow. Virginia—Local showers and thunder- storms late tonight or tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight: cooler tomor- row afternoon and night. West Virginia—Showers and thunder- storms tonight and tomorrow, except fair in extreme norih portion tomorrow; warmer in extreme east portion tonight; cooler tomorrow. Outlook for July 10 to July 15. North and Middle Atlantic States— Generally fair except showers Wednes- day or Thursday. Cool Monday and Tuesday, warmer Wednesday and some- avhat ccoler about Friday. River Repcrt. Potomac and Shenandoah muddy this mernin Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. D Inches. 29.96 2995 29.96 Rivers 29.94 29.97 29.95 Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday Highest, 92, at 3 p.m. vesterday. Year ago, 8 Lowest, az0, 64 Record Temperatures This Year. Highest. 100, on June 9. Lowest, 14, on February 9. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 94 per cent, vesterday. Lowest, 35 per cent, at 3 p.m. yes- terday. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today. 8:27am. 2:40 am. 9:00 p.m. . 3:23pm. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sun, today 4:49 Sun, tomorrow 4:5 Moon, today 8:56 p.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. High Low High Low Precipitation. Menthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current menth to date) : Average. Record. 355 7.00 '82 6384 '84 884 '91 9.13 '89 1069 '89 1094 '00 1063 '86 1441 '28 *16 '85 '89 01 February. March 030919 0 ~1 b =1k3 T 82 E1 § Temperat Weather. usa gsey £ | A f a. | B | Clear Pt cloudy 3. 69, at 6 am. today. Year at 11:30 pm. | A stern warning that unless beer B dealers in Washington paid tax on the sale of the amount of the beverage they | | dispensed last menth before the dead-| line is reached next Monday night they | | would face revocation of their permits | D | was issued today by cfficials of the tax assessor’s office. | | A check-up shortly before noon today | revealed that about two-thirds of the | 2,000 local retailers of beer so far had | Jucksonville.Fla, failed to file their sales returns as re- | per oy quired by the District beer law. They | Louisville, are required to file such reports and mi. Fl: | pay a tax at the rate of $1 a barrel on | or before the tenth day of each month. | | Only 675 retailers had filed reports | shortly before noon, showing the sale | pho | during June of a total of 6,466 barrels, against which a tax of $6,466 was levied. ARMY OFFICER SUED F. G. Borden Named in $15,000 Damgae Suit. Capt. Fred G. Borden, U. S. A, was sued for $15,00 in the District Su- preme Court today as the result of an automcbile accident on the Mount Ver- non Memorial Highway last year. ‘The suit was filed by Mrs. Edward L. Miffiin of Ridley Park, Pa. She alleged that her car had come to a stop on the Pt.cloudy Cloudy Cloudy o Helena, Huron,'S. Dak. Indianapol Pt.cloudy Clear Pt.cloudy Cloud: Capt. . Pt.cloudy Clear Fla... Gear FOREIGN. (7 am.. Greenwich time. today.) Stations. Weather. London,_England t cloudy . France. cloudy Part cloudy Part cloudy Gloudy Part cloudy loudy Part cloudy today.) Part cloudy France. . Zurich, Switzériand. by Louise Borden, 17, daughter of the Army officer, collided with them. The Bordens Jive at 3218 Wisconsin avenue. Mrs. Miffiin was represented by the law firm of Colladay, McGarraghy, Colladay & Wallace, and &. B. Morrow. ¢ 72 foon. Greenwich time. 1), Azo: 74 Azores. . Current observations. uda..” 80 Part cloudy effective July 15. The chemical di- | vision, which now has 16 workers, will { be reduced to 10; commercial intelli- | gence from 45 to 15. commercial laws from 18 to 12 and domestic commerce | from 133 to 27. Economic research, from 37 to 23 editorial, from 25 to 10; electrical, & to 5; finance, 12 to 10: foodstuffs. 27 to | 10; foreign ‘service, 22 to 9: foreign | tarifts, 27 to 26; iron and steel. 8 to 6: | leather, shoes and rubber, 17 to 11: | lumber and paper, 22 to 8; machinery | and agricultural implements, 12 to 6. Would Szve Jobs. Minerals, 17 to 10; regicnal informa- tion, 55 to 29; spe . 19 to 10; sta- | tistical, 44 to 21; textiles, 24 to 10; to- 7 to 4, and transportation, 29 Secretary of Commerce Roper ar- nounced this week that he would mak an effprt to save the jobs of many o ese dismissed workers and requested appropriation from the national recov- $3,300,600,0600 fund to build new and repair old lighthouses and to carry out a building prcgram at the Bureail of Standards. FACES THREE SUITS {Two Seek Return of Money Paid for Oil Stocks—Third Asks Commissions. Three suits for damages arising out of the sale of stock in the Indian Ter- ritory Illuminating Oil Co. were filed in District Supreme Court today against | Henry L. Doherty, trading as Henry L. Doherty & Co., with offices in the Shoreham Building. The first suit was filed by Ada M. Buxten, 1302 N street. She allege: that on April 9, 1930, she was induced | by means of false representations to purchase 100 shares of stock in the ccmpany for $4,638. Her suit says she was willfully misinformed concerning the financial obligations of the com- pany at the time she bought the stock. She asks that the company be com- | | pelled to re‘urn her money. A similar | | suit” was filed by Charles F. Guerin. | He =aid he purchased 200 shares of ! stock for $9,200 under similar circum- | stances. The third suit was filed by Thomas Donaldson, 2022 Klingle road. Don- | aldson said he was employed as man- ager of the Washington office of Do- herty. receiving a salary and commis- | sion for his services. Because of ili- ness, he alleges, he was forced to leave on December 1, 1832. He is suing for $14,535 in commissions, which he says is still due him. { All three suits were filed through | Attorneys Alvin L. Newmyer and David | G. Bress. ROMNEY MAN DIES W. F. Wirgman Member of Pioneer West Virginia Family. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROMNEY, W. Va., July 8.—Wilbur F. | Wirgman, 82, member of a pioneer | family, died at his home here yester- day after a year’s illness. The Wirg- man family came directly to this sec- tjon from London. B tion he may make a personal in- vestigation of conditions in such racket- ridden centers as Chicago and other in- dustrial areas that have proved attrac- tive to criminals who pr<y on business. “I have had a conference with the Attorney General and his assistants,” Keenan said, nd I will follow a line of procedure suggested by Mr. Cum- mings at this conference. “Racketeering is a large problem that will require much thought and much study. Details of the plan for dealing with the problem are vet to be worked out. The first thing I shall do is make a study of the whole situation. The preliminary study will take some time. The next steps will be predicated on the findings made during the study. Hoover Promincnt in Parley. Prominent in the conference in the Attorney General's privaté office was J. Edgar Hoover, director cf the United States Bureau of Investigation, who will be one of the members of the “board of trategy” in the enlarged Federal cam- ign on crime. One of Hoover's ac2 cial agents was a victim of the rut le7s slaughter in front of Kansas City's Private Commerce HENRY L DDHERTY ", o 1, WORK RELIEF to noon today.) | Sa, cretary’s Special Eleva- tor’s Idleness to Save U.S. $1,600a Year. Secretary of Commerce Roper today | ordered the private elevator leading to his magnificent suite in the big Com- merce Department Building to be closed down for the duration of the depression. Officials said the closing of the lift and its private lobby would save the Government approximately $1,600 a year operatirg cost. Roper said that in view of the fact that his department had bcen hard hit by the economy program he felt it was up to him to make some sacri- fice toward balancing the budget. From ow on he said he would use the public | elevator with the rest of the depart- ment’s employes. The private elevator was installed by the designers of the $17,500,000 build- | ing, which was completed two years ago. it opened to the public, bul because it was hidden behind a bronzed door in | the main lobby few people discovered | its location. USE OF CAMP GOODWILL FOR DAYS ONLY ALLOWED Funds Lacking for Operation of Retreat as in Former Years and Activities Curtailed. Col. James A. Woodruff, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, to- day signed a permit authorizing the use of Camp Good Will in Rock Creek Park, but fcr day use only. ‘This year, park officials explained, money is lacking for the customary 10-day camp pericds, under which un- dernourished ~children and mothers were given an outing in the city's largest park. Accordingly, the camp will be run solely on a day basis. The Associated Charities, the park autheri- | ties are advised, have been unable to secure funds with which to operate Camp Good Will, as in former years. Previously, the camp has been opaned Former Secretary Lamont ordered | Racket Crusade JOSEPH B. KEENAN, Cleveland attorney, who was sworn in yesterday as a special assistant to the Attorney General to direct the Gov- ernment’s war against racketeering and gang terrorism. Union Station that precipitated the new ]drive by Federal authorities. Keenan will be greatly handicapped in his war on crime by inadequate Fed- | eral laws dealing with gangsterism. The Capone brothers were sent to prison not because they were gang leaders engaged in illicit rackets, but because they evadcd paying their income taxes. Lindbergh case aroused Congress to ac- tion, there was no Fedecral law against kidnaping. The Kansas City massacre brought to light the amazing fact that there is no Federal law against murder- ing a Government officer. Because of the limited jurisdiction of the Federal Government and the jeal- ously guarded rights of the various States, Keenan realizes he faces a deli- cate undertaking. He will seek to ob- tain the fullest co-operation of State and municipal police authorities, look- ing toward 2n efficient co-ordination of the Natica's law enforcement machin- ery. Wants All Advice. Asked if he would consult such citi- zens' vigilante organizations as Chi- cogo’'s “Secret Six,” Keenan said he wanted the benefit of every one’s ad- vice and that, accordingly, he will wel- come suggestions from the “Secret Six or any other organization or individual interested in stamping out crime. In accepting his new job, Keenan declared his intention of waging war, direct on the leaders of criminal syn- dicates. Thes2 combines, he said, have political ramifications in some localities. Members of his own profession—law— have been drawn into these illicit prac- tices at times, he asserted recently. Keenan brings to his post a wealth of military experience that should prove of value in mobilizing the govern- ment’s forces for “war.” He was a calvalryman during the Mexican border “trouble” befcre America entered the World War. and he promptly joined a field ardllery outfit and went over- | seas when the fighting started in France. He was cited by Gen. Pershing and the French government for mertorious service. It was not long after his return to the United States that Gov. James M. Ohio appointed Keenan a ant to the State Attorney to launch a drive on crime in cveland. A mass of information which he gathered resulted in grand proceedings and won him the mmendation of Ohio officialdom. special as: General Ci | OUTLAY HITS PEAK Today’s Pay Roll of $40,086 to 5,566 Is Largest Since | Last August. | ‘The expenditure of the District for werk relief, under direction of the Committee on Emplovment, today reached the highest level since August 1. last, it is revealed in a report by | Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, committee | director. The pay roll today, for the current | week, totaled $40.086.55, which went | to 5,566 persons on the relief rolls who | are paid for service on “made work™” | projects. | Maj. Donovan said the Committee on ! Employment, through its work relief | program, is making possible a substan- tial return to the District in the form | of improvement and enlargement of public facilities. Maj. Donovan revealed that more than $1,000,000 of relief funds expended | in the form of work provision since | last August have been administered by the Committee on Employment. He said | in addition to the work relief the com- | mittee is supplying food and clothing to the unemployed. | The clothes conservation subcommit- tee, he said, has collected and reno- | vated during the past six months more | than 50.000 used garments, which have | | been distributed to the unemployed, | and that the subsistence garden sub-| committee is operating gardens for the | benefit of more than 700 families. | TWO MOTORISTS HURT | ON BLADENSBURG ROAD| One Trapped Beneath Overturned | Automobile and Extricated by Rescue Squad. Two motorists were injured this! morning in an automobile accident at Thirtieth street and Bladersburg road, | in which one of the drivers was trapped | beneath when his machine overturned. | Carlyle Sanderson, 32, of 214 Massa- | Until the | OUSTED WORKERS MAY MAKE APPEAL TOCHIEF EXECUTIVE American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes to Con- sider Plan Today. CALL MEETING TO FORM REINSTATEMENT LEAGUE Federal News Attacks Handling of Personnel Situation, in Editorial. Government workers who have lost out in the retrenchment program may make a direct appeal to President Roosevelt for employment in the new emergency agencies. Such action is up for consideration this afterncon at a mass meeting at the American Federation of Labor headquarters, sponsored by the Ameri- can Federation of Government Em- | ployes, at which it is prcposed to fcrm the Civil Service Reinstatement League. The entire situation is to be canvas- | sed at this gathering, at 3 o'clock, at which John P. Simpson, president of | Interstate Commerce Commission Lodge |of the federaticn presides. |, Those in charge are desirous of get- | ting & good representation of the dis- missed workers out for the meeting, i order that whatever is done will em | bedy the ideas of those most affected. ! Hit Handling of Personnel. | Meanwhile, today, in another broad- | side, the Federal News, weekly news- | paper of the National Federation of Federal Employes, declared that the reported study of the personnel situa- tion by the special Cabinet Committes is “rather belated,” and asserts “the 3:{3;xéxfstr£atinnishuuld lose no more i vi e time in coordin; r- son;xel plans.” SHpete | "It is singularly unfortunate” | paper says “that such indefensibly p::}:; management has marked the adminis- tration’s handling of its personnel prob- jlem. It is to b> hoped ardently that business and industry generally will not | take this particular leaf from the Fed- eral Government's book.” On Own Initiative. informed quarters the belief ! growing that anything President Roose velt may do toward aiding the re-em- ployment of civil service workers will on his own initiative rather than at_the instance of influential advisers. There have becn definite indications | of a feeling in some quarters that there }gofio u(:jb(“gxalmn on the Government to or employes being cu llfll;r vears of service. e og | two of the new agencies—agricul- | ture adjustment ndmlmstratlcngnnnd | transportation co-ordinator—every ef- fort is being made to employ civil serv- ice workers, but elsewhe; is doubtful. Fe s ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE MOVESHEADQUARTERS Leaves 01d Brick Building to Oc- cupy Former Residence of William J. Bryan. By the Associated Press. After 30 years in an old re ick hulldu}g from where the lat;dwba?;}; B. Wheeler directed his prohibition battles, the Anti-Saloon League head- quarters have been moved into the former residence of the late William Jenr'xmgs Bryan, another dry leader. Whecler, “when prohibition was sweeping the country, and Bryan, as a ;x}:;;;l;eraor Congress_{rom Nebraska, t s ¢ sayed ose to the Capitol as .. The old Anti-Saloon League building iS 2Cross a narrow Street from the gaplwl grounds and will be taken down ior an extension of the park area. In it was conceived the eighteenth amend- T e new offices. said General Super- intendent F. Scott McBride, “\&'lllpebe Yery convenient to the Capitol, the House and Senate Office buildings, the Congressional Library and the Law Library, which will be very advanta- geous for the ligislative, legal and pub- Hc}!}' work of the organization.” “The offices will be arranged and organized,” he said, “to promote the maximum efficiency for the future fights against the liquor traffic.” The old Bryan residence is directly south of the Congressional Library. FISCAL YEAR.ACTIVITIES OF DISTRICT REPORTED Reduction in Construction Work Shown by Deposits of Con- tractors for Building. The first of the annual reports of heads of District government depart- ments, covering activities during the fiscal year which ended June 30, was filed today with the District Commis- sioners. It was that of Roland Brennan, chief clerk of the Engineer Department. The report is something of a model | in brevity, in keeping with the expressed wishes of the Commissioners, the state- ment being I¥mited to but one page and a half of typewritten material. The 'report reveals reduction in con- struction work by the District during the past year, showing that depocsits ,posted by contractors who submitted ?:‘ds lm'twol'k totaled $320,117 during e past year, as compared wil $330,370 in 1932. o = chusetts avenue northeast, according to | Surviving are the widow, former Miss | from June 15 to September 15. This Part cloudy Cloudy " | Jennie Vandiver of this county, a niece | of former Gov. Jacobs of West Virginia, | and three sons and two daughters, | Bowly and Wilbur F. Wirgman, jr., of | Akron, Ohio; James at home, Mrs. Edna Jacobs Clark, Willlamson, W. Va., and Mrs. Neta Estey of Florida. | year, due to the money stringency, it will cperate only during the rest of | this month and August. The Depart- ment” of Playgrounds of the District of Columbia will furnish the super- vision for the camp, Col. Woodruff and his assistants are infcrmed. MEASURE FOR | Spectal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va. July 8—State| Senator T. Russell Cather of Winchester has announced that he is preparing a bill to be introduced at the special ses- sion of the Virginia Legislature, August 17, to provide for creation of a legis- lative committee to study the liquor control system of Canada and foreign countries, with the purpose of recom- mending the best system for the Old Dominion after the prohibition amend- ment is repealed. wousd be & tiing 5f the ety cany In a o early tor C"I'.her p.:llld flflll‘l CATHER PREPARING RUM CONTROL SPECIAL SESSION \ Bill Would Create Commission to Study Foreign Systems to Recommend Best Method for Virginia. State were beginning to wonder what system of control would be placed on the liquor c thereafter. Senator Cather added that the system of con- trol adopted by Virginia, he believes should have force enough to keep liquor influence out of politics, bring about sobriety and tem ce and encour- the use of es and beer ivstead of hard liquors. Senator Cather, who represents the city of Winchester and Frederick and Clarke Counties in the upper house of the Virginia Legislature, was one of the first Virginia tors to advocate a special session for beer. His reason was the increased revenue it would put into the State's coffers, preliminary examination at Casualty Hospital, received a fractured rib and severe cuts about his body. extricated from his overturned car by the rescue squad. J. Andrew Cerrico, 55, Clinton, Md., a passenger in Sanderson's car, was taken to Providence Hospitel. He has a possible fractured right leg and lace- rations. George W. Bryant, 39, Berwyn, Md., operator of the other machine, was not injured. o Tt GETS NEW POST J. B. McCoy Is Appointed District Morgue Master. J. Bradfcrd McCoy, formerly em- ployed in a clerical capacity in the Highway Department, has been appoint- ed to the post of District Morgue mas- ter, by action of the District Commis- giannm. it was announced late yester- y. McCoy succeeds William Schone- berger, who retired recently after hold- ing the positicn for 41 years. o Macon Ends Trial Flight. LAKEHURST, N. J,, July 8 (#).—The new Navy dirigible Macon returned to its hangar last night, completing its first trial flight from the Naval Air Station here. The giant ship was in the air about 24 hours, cruising over the He was| NEW COMPLAINT MADE AGAINST CONTRACTOR 1Cnrpenter Charges He Was Fired | From School Job When It Became EKnown He Lived in D. C. Corporation Counsel Eride, who 1s investigating charges that the Catalano Construction Co. of Baltimore has vio- lated the prevailing wage law in the building of a colored vocation school here, has received a new complaint from a former employe*of the firm. This comes from Rocco Beneventa, a carpenter living in the 1000 block of Seventh street, who charged in an affi- davit that he was discharged by the company when it became known .he w‘l‘i -flres,fiem &f the District. e declares the contracting officlals declared they wanted Baltimore wgr-k- er:u on I;Kd Jjob. = e said the public hearing on the charges would bem;uld some Elme | next week. i Husband Missing Since July 1. :Vmé R“Chu'r 5&3 lice I‘.odn"! | : that her husband, Fred eRO‘::h, 45, huyi' been missing since Julgllr. ‘when he told her he was going to Charleston, W. Va., ice were informed that ' autom , stripped of memmw; been found near Charlestom,