Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1935, Page 5

HELD TRAFFIC AID Citizens Suggest Fine and Jail Terms to Check Reck- less Driving. TImposition of more severe sentences on reckless and drunken drivers in an affort to reduce the increased traffic deaths here was advocated last'night by the Columbia Heights Citizens’ As- sociation. For a second offense of either charge the resolution recommended operators’ permits be rescinded and a heavy fine or jail sentence be im- posed or both. Records show a 42 per cent increase in drunken driving arrests in the Dis- trict, the resolution asserted, and a 48 per cent increase for drunkenness during 1934. The District Commis- sioners and other city officials were commended for seeking to curb traffic violations by urging strict enforce- ment of regulations. Ask Pre-School Center. Establishment of a pre-school child hygeine center in Columbia Heights, to be maintained by money appro- priated by Congress, was also urged. Ten reasons why such a center should be established were set forth in the resolution adopted. Dr. Erwin Stein- man, chairman of the association's General Welfare Committee, intro- duced the resolution. For establishing the practice that no criminal cases be nolle prossed after return of an indictment by grand jury, United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett was commended in another resolution adopted. American citizens in this jurisdiction can now expect a “new deal” in criminal justice, the resolution declared. In line with the resolution regard- ing traffic safety, the association re- quested the Commissioners to order the lettering on street signs painted white on a black background to aid | motorists. Miss Lillian Chenoweth | introduced the resolution, which pointed out the system is used in New York and Pennsylvania. Teachers’ Morals Cited. Suspension of all school teachers found smoking or drinking alcoholic beverages while on duty was asked of the Board of Education in another resolution. The resolution came in line with the recent proposal of the District Public School Association to a similar effect. This was asked so that teachers might set good exam- ples for the young students, the reso- lution pointed out. « The Townsend old-age pension plan was indorsed by the association in a resolution introduced by Mrs. Mar- garet Hopkins Worrell, president of the group. The resolution further called for formation of Washington’s first Townsend Club, with “no dues or anything else required except ap- proval of the plan.” Study of all hearings held by the House Subcommittee on Judiciary in 1930 by the association’s Legislative Committee was urged before a report should be made regarding a recom- mendation for licensing of money- lenders in the District. ARKANSAS MAN HELD FOR SLAYING DEPUTY Confined in Death House After Angry Possemen Capture Him in Mountains. By the Associated Press. BATESVILLE, Ark, January 5.— ‘The death house at Tucker Prison Farm today held Robert L. Rose, 27, tracked down by a posse of 500 men after a deputy sheriff had been slain. Rose was charged with slaying Deputy Everet Wheeler, as Wheeler sought to arrest him on a munor charge. He was captured in the mountains, a few miles from where the slaying took place. For a time the anger of the posse- men was so great Sheriff Jake Engle requested National Guardsmen to assist in the hunt and protect the fugitive if necessary. In addition to- Rose, nine others rounded up by the posse are being held, five charged with accessories to the slaying of Wheeler, and four on charges of receiving stolen property. FORMER PREMIER OF FRANCE JAILED Francois-Marsal, Convicted of Embezzlement, Sentenced to 18 Months. By ths Assoclated Press. PARIS, January 4—Frederic Fran- cois-Marsal, former premier of France, former minister of finance, and ob- durate foe of payment of the French war debts to the United States, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for embezzlement yesterday. The court also assessed & fine of 20,000 francs and costs. Francois-Marsal formerly was presi- dent of the Board of Directors of the Socoa Co. and was accused of re- sponsibility for stockholders’ losses amounting to 29,000,000 francs ($1,~ 944,000). Francols-Marsal was finance min- ister in the Millerand cabinet in 1920 and again in the Poincare cabinet in 1824, ‘His premiership lasted a matter of five days in June, 1924, Parliament having voted a lack of confidence in him and his ministers after he had been in office one day. POSTS $2,000 BOND IN WOMAN’S DEATH Colored Woman Freed to Await Inquest in Illegal Opera- tion Case. Edna E. Gray, 45, colored, 700 block of Kenyon sireet, was free on $2,000 bond today awaiting action of a coro- ner's jury which will conduct an in- quest ‘in” the death from an illegal operation of Mrs. Pauline H. Steele, 87, of 1611 Eastern avenue northeast. The Gray woman's arrest was or- dered by Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald after an autopsy had revealed that the operation, performed Decem- ber 12, was responsible for Mrs. Steele’s death Thursday. Before she expired, Mrs. Steele named the col- ored woman as the person who per- formed the operation, police said. The inquest probably will be held Monday, it was indicated at the morgue. Mrs. Steele, the wife of James R.| Steele, will be buried in Glenwood Cemetery this afternoon after fi services at her late residence. ) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1935. SEVERE P[NA'."[SI Camera Surprises Thief Entering Store Picture made by means of a camera burglar alarm shows a thief entering the store of Frank Aichele in St. Louis. The store had been burglarized 13 times in five years and Aichele arranged the alarm system, which not only provided for the thief taking his own picture, but also the setting off of flashlights and the blowing of auto horns. The picture was turned over by Aichele to the police. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. HOUS BLS SE FRST0AY He More Than 2,900 Are Intro- duced—Copeland Offers Revised Food Measure. Bills by the hundreds, covering every conceivable subject from infla- tion to the 30-hour week, poured into the congressional hoppers on the sec- ond day of the session yesterday, shattering all previous records. The all-time high was topped in the House on the first day of the session when 2,964 bills and resolu- tions were introduced and the flood yesterday added to the swelling bundle. The Senate did not receive bills on the opening day, but yester- day more than 250 were dropped in. Many of the Senate bills paralleled the purposes of measures already of- fered in the House. Among them was = =) 7 . W// : 7 > '2%% 0 1, 2 & S one by Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, for full payment of the bonus. ’ The forerunners of two other sources of probable controversy came with the formal Senate introduction of the 16-to-1 silver coinage bill by Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon- tana, and the_30-hour week bill by Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama. Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, reintroduced his food and drug bill, in a form, he said, that is “agree- able to publishers and advertisers a much improved over its former form.” New investigations and extension of old ones are provided in other Senate bills. In the House there were moves for inquiring into un-American activi- ties, War Department contracts, vet- erans’ hospitalization and the Nica- raguan Canal. Of particular concern to Washing- Keyes, Republican, of New Hampshire, asking for a sum not in excess of | $3,500,000 to remodel the old portion of the Capitol Building by extending the east front to harmonize with the two wings. U. S. Lumber Favored. Japan's imports of American lumber are expected to increase greatly as a result of restrictions placed on the ex- port of Saghalien lumber to Nippon 1, '—: L | ton was a bill introduced by Senator | OVERTON IS REPORTED AS “DOING VERY WELL” Physician at Johns Hopkins, However, Says He Must Re- main Several Weeks. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, January 5.—John H. | Overton, United States Senator from Louisiara, is “doing very well” in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, but his attending physician declares it will be several weeks before he will be permitted to leave. Dr. L. W. Barker, cardiac specialist, who is treating the Senator, stated that a prolonged rest is needed. Mrs. Overton has come to Baltimore and makes daily visits to her husband. The first heart attack was felt last week by Senator Overton in Memphis, Tenn., and a physician there advised him to enter Johns Hopkins immedi- ately. e World Highway Planned. Part of the great international high- way which will stretch from London to Istanbul, Turkey, a new motor road has been opened between Buda- Kecskemet, Hungary. MERGER OF CITY BRANCHES URGED Burroughs Citizens Favor Union of Traffic-Police Departments. Consolidation of the Trafic and Police Departments was favored in a resolution adopted by the Burroughs Citizens’ Association meeting last night in John Burroughs School. A letter from the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association was read, asking indorsement of its own and five other groups’ requests for an ad- ditional 106 men on the police force. Kenneth P, Armstrong, reporting for the joint conference of North- east Citizens’ Associations, cited the plan of A. F. E. Scheer, president, for consolidation of the two depart- ments. Men in the Traffic Depart- ment would be released for duty in police protective work, it was pointed out. Fire Force Held Low. Another member expressed the opinion that the Fire Department is much more undermanned. It was said there are 400 more men in the Police Department with only 33 vacancies, while there are about 65 vacancies in the Fire Department. A copy of the resolution is to be sent to the Columbia Heights body. Action was delayed until the Feb- ruary meeting on the Weir report for playground management because of the absence of the Recreation Com- mittee. Mr. Armstrong told of the pro- posal advanced by People’s Counsel W. A. Roberts at the last meeting on the Northeast Conference to con- struct subways for street cars at Thomas and Dupont circles. Car tracks would enter and leave the earth about one block each side of the circles, he said. Rerouting Suggested. Members agreed that the traffic situation at those points is acute and David Babp, president, said as an alternative, consideration might be given by the transit company to rerout- ing its traffic away from these areas entirely. Action was delayed until the next meeting. As a means of stimulating greater attendance, a resolution was adopted calling for post card notices of meet- ings to be mailed to officers, com- mittee chairmen and vice chairmen. The present method of publishing no- tices in the Rhode Island Avenue Press, officlal organ of the group, will be continued for benefit of all members, however. —_— STEAMSHIP ARRESTED Tughboat Claims Salvage of $75, 000 After Rescue. HALIFAX, January § (#)—The Belgian steamship Emile Francqui was arrested last night under Admirelty Court proceedings. The plaintiffs, owners and agents of the tug boat Ban Shee, which helped save the freighter fram the Sambro Ledges off the Nova Scotia Coast, are claiming salvage of $75,000. 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