Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1935, Page 17

[ e newe | @he Sty Star VOTE FOR DISTRICT URGED IN SPECIAL CITIZENS' REPORT Representation in Congress and Elected City Council Advocated. FEDERATION WILL ACT SOON ON PROPOSAL Commission Form of Government Would Be Retained, With Major Changes. National representation for the Dis- trict in both houses of Congress and in the electoral college and crea- tion of an elected city council of bona fide local taxpayers was pro- posed last night by a special com- mittee of the Federation of Citizens’ Association in a preliminary report. A formal report by the group is to be presented to the federation next month, the plan being for the citi- zens' body ensuing meeting. While the committee, headed by George E. Sullivan, urges retention of the present commission form of Gov- ernment, several important. changes are proposed. One of these provides that one of the three Commissioners be nominated by the proposed city council and another that members of the various citizens’' boards, such as the Board of Education, Board of Library Trustees, be appointed by the council. Undecided on School Board. There was a division of opinion among the committee as to whether the City Council should appoint mem- bers to the Board of Education, or whether that board should be elected by direct vote of District residents Four members of the committee pro- posed the appointive power for the council, two supported the School Board election plan, and one did not vote. National representation for the Dis- trict was listed as the first proposal of the committee. This calls for representation in both the House and Senate and in the electoral college. and is in keeping with the joint reso- lution now pending before Congress, calling for amendment to the Consti- tution to give representation to the disfranchised residents of the Dis- trict. Year’s Residence for Voter. The proposed City Council would | be elected by bona-fide residents of | the District, who have lived here for at least one year without voting elsewhere during that period. The members of the council would have to be taxpayers and bona-fide resi- dents of the District for at least five years, without having voted else- where. The majority vote of the committee was to, give this council the following powers: Nomination of one member of the Board of District Commissioners, to be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate. Appointment of members of the District civilian boards. Power on Money Bills. To propose or oppose items in the District appropriation bills at any stage of the consideration thereof, ' | to the north of the District Supreme before the Board of Commissioners, Bureau of the Budget or the Appro- priation Committees of Congress. To hold hearings concerning or in- quiring into any branch of municipal activity as a basis for recommenda- tion for increased efficiency to the Board of Commissioners or Congress, the council being empowered to re- quire attendance of witnesses in- cluding District officials and em- ployes and the production of papers or records. It also was proposed that any new police, traffic, municipal, building, or health regulations be submitted to the council for its recommendation before adoption by the commission. Commission Form Favored. The committee also urged the re- tention of the Board of District Com- missioners in preference to creation of a city manager, mayor or other new form of government, but stipulated that all three Commissioners be civil- jans, District taxpayers and actual residents of the National Capital, without voting elsewhere, for at least five years prior to appointment. The committee also stipulated that all three be appointed with the consent, of the Senate, and that all three shall be full-time officials, without “super- added” official duties, and without private employment or business con- nections. The committee urged that the Pub- lic Utilities Commission be composed . exclusively of full-time members, having no super-added duties and no private business connections, and that one member of the commission be nominated by the council. Abolition of Old Act Sought. Abolition of a feature of the or- ganic act of the District of 1878 was proposed by the committee, this be- ing the one which gives the Commis- sioners power “to abolish any office or to consolidate two or more offices,” and in lieu thereof the committee proposed that municipal offices shall be definitely fixed and protected by Jaw and subject to change only by Congress itself. Other members of the committee, in addition to Chairman Sullivan, are: Henry I. Quinn, William J. Neale, Thomas E. Lodge, Harry N. Stull, Edwin S. Hege and Mrs. George Cor- bin. New Bridge Sought. The federation, at its meeting last night, asked that funds be provided for a new bridge over Pennsylvania avenue southeast, to replace the pres- ent aged structure, declared inadequate to handle the heavy traffic flow be- tween the District and Maryland. Lodge, who is chairman of the committee on law and legislation, called attention to two bills recently presented in Congress authorizing ap- propriation of $600,000 to refund pay- Jments made to the collector of taxes for allegedly illegal assessments for paving roadways or laying curbs or gutters, including penalties charged and paid. By the terms of these bills, Lodge pointed out, a private corpora- tion known as the Refund Paving Tax (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.), to take action at the Elizabeth C. Petrey, 15, Struck Down in Frontof Home. Car Crashes Into Tree After Accident—Vic- tim in Hospital. LIZABETH C. PETREY, year-old high school girl, of | 3822 Fifth street, was injured | critically last night by an 15- | automobile which struck her as she was crossing the street in front of her home. The girl was taken to Garfield Hos- } pital, where examination showed she suffered compound fractures of both legs below the knees, broken arms, and possibly a fractured skull and internal injuries. Dr. Harry N. Kerr, noted immediately in an attempt to save her life, Robert Smith, 16, 620 Otis place nothwest, who, police said, was driv- ing the car which struck the girl, was being detained at the tenth precinct i pending outcome of the injuries. No ichargrs had been placed against him. Elizabeth left home to visit friends across Fifth street. A few minutes later, her father, Lawrence, told | police, he heard the crash. He rushed Washington surgeon, was summoned | WASHINGTO Girl Critically Hurt by Auto; Police Hold Boy, 16, as Driver ELIZABETH C. PETREY. | out and picked up the injuxcd girl, and did not realize for several minutes that it was his daughter. Police said she was knocked nearly 40 feet by the car. Smith lost control of his car and it plunged over the curb and crashed into a stone wall and tree. Elizabeth is in her second y at Immaculate Conception Academy. She has four brothers and sisters. MUNICPAL CENTER AUTHORITY ASKED | Congressional Sanction This Week Urged to Allow Court Buildings. Congressional authority to build new homes for the three minor Dis- trict courts in Judiciary Square with | loans from the Public Works Admin- | istration will be sought by the Com- ! being whipped into shape. | This is in accord with the program | approved recently by the Commis- sioners proposing disposition of the lower half of the present site for the Municipal Center. Lieut. Col. Dan I. Sultan, acting ! for the Board of Commissioners. yes- terday called upon Corporation Coun- sel E. Barrett Prettyman to draft a proposed amendment to the District P. W. A. act to provide for construc- tion of the three minor courts build- ings in Judiciary Square. Under present plans the Commis- sioners at some time later will pre- pare a bill authorizing them to sell the lower half of the present center site and later also will complete plans for financing construction of the new District administration building on the northern half of this site, or be- teen C and D streets and Third and Sixth streets. The proposed new home for the Juvenile Court would be erected just to the north and east of the District Supreme Court, to form a balance with the District Court of Appeals Building to the north and west of ! the District Supreme Court. The new buildings for the Municipal and Police Courts would be erected Court, one on either side of a center parking area. This general scheme has been ap- proved by the National Park and Planning Commission and the Board of Trade. Tentative plans for such a development were drafted recently by Municipal Architect Nathan C. Wyeth. Months ago Commissioner | Melvin C. Hazen started a move to sell off half of the present center site, declaring that the District could not finance so huge a project and did not need buildings of the size oriz- inally planned. This point was in- dorsed by representatives of various civic groups at a public hearing last Fall. Action on Bill Soon. The bill now being drawn is ex- pected to reach the Commissioners for action early this week. It would authorize the District to borrow funds from the P. W. A., 70 per cent to be repaid over a period of years, with interest, on the same terms as the loans for the sewage disposal plant | and the adult tuberculosis hospital. | The present District P. W. A. act authorizes the city to borrow up to $10,750,000. The amendment would | provide that this sum could not be | exceeded. The District has obtained P. W. A. funds for but two projects, although the bill authorized four—an addition to Gallinger Municipal Hos- pital and construction of the “walled group” at the District Reformatory at Lorton, Va. as well as a $1,500,000 tuberculosis hospital and the $4,- 000,000 sewage plant. Revised plans for the Municipal Center will be submitted to the Fine Arts Commission at its meeting on Saturday by Municipal Architect Wyeth. A design for the new tuber- culosis hospital at Glendale, Md., will likewise be submitted. Other Developments Stressed. Special attention will be given by the commission to plans for the Co- lumbia Island development of the Arlington Memorial Bridge project. Matters centering around improve- ment of the memorial avenue lead- ing from the island to Arlington Na- tional Cemetery will be considered also. Landscape plans for a number of National Capital Park areas—includ- ing Palisades Recreation Park along the Potomac River near the Dalecarlia filtration plant and for Lafayette Park—will be laid before the com- mission by the National Park Service. Projected treatment of the area south of the Capitol, adjacent to the Army War College, will be submitted to the commission by Francis P. Sul- { livan, Washington architect, on be- | half of the Allied Architects, Inc. He |is chairman of the National Capital of Architects. G. U. Building Damaged. Fire in Healy building at George- town University caused about $25 damage last night. The blaze, discov- ered by a watchman, was brought un- missioners this week under plans now | | southeast | Part of Compact Scheme. | Committee of the American Institute | der control quickly. It broke out in a storeroom used by workmen. 4 AN AND BOY DIE OF AUTO INIURES Youth Fatally Hurt Late Yesterday by Truck Near Home. A 4-year-old colored boy was fa- tally injured late yesterday when struck by a truck and an 82-year-old man died earlier in the day, follow- ing injuries received when struck by | an automobile last November. The colored boy, Ernest Dillon, was struck while playing in the street near his home in the 100 block of N street He was treated at Provi- dence Hospital and removed to Gal- linger Hospital, where he died a short time later. George F. Washington, 23, colored, of the 1200 block of Half street southwest, driver of the truck, was held pending action by the coroner. The man who died, Lewellyn Spigner, 216 Twelfth street south- east, was struck November 19 while in the 100 block of Eleventh street southeast and suffered a_broken leg, bruises and shock. He died in Casualty Hospital. Paul M. Danford, 20, of the 400 block of G street south- east, was driver of the automobile which struck him, police said. D. C. MAN SERIOUSLY HURT IN AUTO CRASH Driver of One Car Held in Hyatts- ville Jail on Driving Drunk Charge. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md, February 17.—One person was seriously injured and two others received minor in- juries in an automobile collision late | vesterday afternoon on the Defense Highway near here. Robert R. Mar- tin, driver of one of the cars, is being held in the Hyattsville jail on a charge of driving while under the in- fluence of intoxicating liquor. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Barnes, 30 Longfellow street northeast, received minor injuries in the accident and are being treated at Casualty Hospital, while Robert E. Mahoney, 35, of 1314 Valley place southeast, also fs in Casualty Hospital in a critical condi- tion. Mahoney was injured about the head. — VOLUNTEERS’ BOARD INCREASED BY FIVE Annual Report Shows 152,216 Meals Served to Needy—Jobs Given 189 Men. Appointment of five new members of the Advisory Board of the local branch of the Volunteers of America was anounced last night by Adjt. H. Mills Eroh, District commander, in making public his annual report for last year. The new members of the board are Edward T. Clark, Dr. Edith Se Ville Coale, Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, Emmett L. Sheehan and Dr. Conrad Prae- torious. Adjt. Eroh made public figures showing that during 1934 the relief station at 471 Pennsylvania avenue had served 152,216 meals to the needy. Of this number, more than 25000 were given to women and children. The station distributed 27,690 quarts of milk and 24,686 food orders. Lodgings were provided at the sta- tion for 17,255 men during the year. More than 6,000 articles of clothing and almost 1,000 pairs of shoes were given away The station rendered emergency ald to 19,632 families dur- ing the year and found jobs for 183 men. STUDENTS 'I:O GIVE PLAY Girls of Chevy Chase School Schedule “Frantics.” Students of Chevy Chase School will present their annual “frantics” at 8 p.m., Monday, March 4, in the Ward- man Park Theater, directed by Mrs. Frederic E. Farrington. More than 50 students will take part in the presen- tation of “The Professors’ Jamboree,” a satire on politics. Tickets will be on sale for the next 10 days at various hotels of the city. They may also be procured from Miss | Sally Joe Densey at the school. HOUSING PROJECT MAY BE STARTED | HERE IN SUMMER 'Progress in Acquiring Land for Federal Job Is Reported. LOW-COST DWELLINGS TO BE IN SOUTHWEST 600 Colored Families to Get Quar- ters at Moderate Rentals in Area. After nearly 18 months of efforts to acquire real estate for a $2,487,000 Federal low-cost housing project in Washington. P. W. A. officials ad- mitted yesterday they are beginning to make substantial progress. They i said they “hoped” to be able to break { ground on a site in the Southwest section some time next Summer—or two years from the time the program was projected locally. ‘The Government has completed its preliminary survey of the site and is now seeking options on individual parcels of real estate. Titles are be- ing searched, but no option yet has!} been closed The pending project is designed to providle modern and comfortable homes for 600 colored families at rentals ranging from at about $8 or | $10 per room. As with all Federal housing projects, the title would be | held by the Government until the payments are completed over an amortization period ranging up to 30 years. When the Housing Division of P. W. A. was organized July 20, 1933, two projects for Washington were among the earliest plans. One was supposed to be for white families. Secretary Ickes “earmarked” $4.300,- 000 under the old set-up for the Hous- ing Division to defray the expenses | of these two local projects. The project for white families fell by th? boards long ago. Officials said noth® | ing had ever been done about it. Howard Site Talked. Troubles beset the path of the col- lored project from the beginning. A |site north of U street, adjacent to |the campus of Howard University, | was selected for the first venture and was proposed as “Howard City.” The area contained three square blocks. About a year ago Secretary Ickes announced that P. W. A. had with- |drawn from the proposed “Howard | City” site because the area was found to be priced too high. He served warning on municipalities that “where prices asked for sites run too high to permit genuine low-cost | housing,” those particular areas would |be dropped from consideration and | projects would be located elsewhere. | Admit Mistake, Officials admitted they had made |a mistake in seeking to establish Washington's fifst low-cost housing project in a colored residential and business area of relatively high prices. ‘The project, however, had | originally been submitted to the| housing division, with the under- standing, Ickes said at the time, that land could be secured at a far lower level than actual negotiation with property owners was able to produce. Other sites in the city were can- vassed for weeks and months before | it was determined to build on the| present location in southwest Wash- ington. With a desire to avoid condemna- tion proceedings if possible and to get land at a reasonable price, offi- | cials are zealously guarding every move now being made. They are confident at last, they said, of com- pleting this project. NAVAL LIEUTENANT PRAISED IN LETTER Swanson Commends R. G. Thayer for Conduct in Collision | I 1 Between Vessels. Courage shown when a collision oc- curred between the U. S. S. McFar- lend and U S. S. Ellis November 5, last, brought a letter of commendation | yesterday from Secretary Swanson to { Lieut. Rufus G. Thayer, U. 8. N. The department said Lieut. Thayer | was taking passage in the McFarland | at the time and had volunteered his services on deck during night ma- neuvers. He was on the bridge of the ship at the time of the collision. Rushing from the bridge into the| steam-filled fire rooms, Lieut. Thayer ! “by his resourcefulness, together with his thorough knowledge of the ship’s construction, rendered invaluable aid in saving the ship and localizing the damage,” the department said. Secretary Swanson commended him for his “courage, alertness, coolness, | general effciency and untiring energy” during the emergency. 'MRS. H.W. MUSSELWHITE | SUCCUMBS IN MICHIGAN Wife of Former Representative Dies After Brief Illness. Daughter H. 0. L. C. Worker. Word was received yesterday by friends of former Representative Har- 1y W. Musselwhite of Manistee, Mich., of the death of Mrs. Musselwhite at St. Mary's Hospital in earlier in the day. Mrs. Musselwhite, who died after only a brief illness, was active in af- fairs of the Congressional Women's Club during the two years she was in Ws gton when her husband + served th the House. Miss Helen Musselwhite, a daughter, employed at the Home Owners Loan | Corp., left yesterday for Manistee to | aid in arrangements for the funeral. Jewish Center Play Tonight. Celia Adler and her company will present an original play tonight at the Jewish Community Center. The play, “Almost & Tragedy,” was writ- ten by David Pinski especially for Miss Adler. The performance will be- gin at 8:15 o'clock, | resumed on airport legislation D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1935. NEW AIRPORT BILL PARLEY IS CALLED District Officials to Meet Subcommittee Members Tomorrow. | Revised to meet objections of the District Commissioners, a bill to es- tablish a District airport on the Gravelly Point site will be considered tomorrow morning at a conference of District officials, airport representa- tives and members of the Parks and Playgrounds Subcommittes of the House District Committee. | The conference will take place at| gy ltan Qrders Study After Senate 9:45 a.m., shortly before hearings are The | revised bill is sponsored by Repre- sentative Smith, Democrat, of Vir- ginia, Chairman Jennings Randolph of | the subcommittee announced last | night he had arranged with C. R. Smith of Dallas, Tex., president of the American Airlines, operating out of Washington, to appear as a wit- ness tomorrow morning. Smith will | emphasize the need for an adequate | municipal airfield for the National Capital. Chairman Randolph stated | emphatically that “Washington de-| serves such a field and it must be| established in the interests of safety.” | Others to Speak. Representatives of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America and | Clarence Miller, chairman of the Air- | port Committee of the Washington Board of Trade, also will testify re- garding the need and requirements for an adequate airport. | One of the most important new sec- | tions in the revised Smith bill pro- | vides for maintenance of the airport | on a 50-50 basis between the Federal and District Governments. Another new section covers rentals and operat- ing costs. Temporary use of Bolling Field while the new airport is being con- structed is to be negotiated under an- other new section. The Gibson bill, now before the Senate, provides for temporary use of the Washington Alr- port, while the original Smith bill had no provision for temporary use of any flying fleld during the con- struction period. Creation of a commission, the same as carried in the Gibson bill, to take charge of the development and operation of the airport, also is a new feature. This would meet the recommendations of the District Com- missioners. The rejected Smith bill vested all control in the superin- tendent of National Capital Parks, who would not only operate the air- port, but have charge of policing it, establishment of all tolls and charges for use of the airport and fixing pen- alties for violations. Bill Appropriates $2,500,000. The amount authorized to be ap- propriated for establishment and operation of the airport is increased in the new bill from $2,000,000 to $2,500,000. Repayment to the Federal Treas- ury from District revenues is provided for in five annual payments, com- mencing 10 years after the airport is completed, instead of in four annual payments, under the old bill. The final section of the bill also is new, providing for an annual report to Congress by the commission. The commission would be composed of the Engineer Commissioner of the Dis- trict, the director of the National Park Service and the District engi- neer for rivers and harbors for the District of Columbia, Sports—Pages 7 to 11 PAGE B—1 i e e i | At lefy: Gay Simpson, who is believed to have been taken by her mother, Mrs. G. G. Simpson, from her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Petroja, while at school in Buffalo, Kans. At right: Mrs. Simpson. Circle at left: Dr. G. G. Simpson, father of the child. Circle at right: ‘The child's grandmother, Mrs. Petroja Group below, left to right: Helen Simpson, 11; Joan, 7, and Betty, 6. The three sisters of the missing girl are with their paternal grandparents at 1869 Newton street STATION PONDERED Southeast Citizens Press Protest. Investigation of a new location for | the Garbage Transfer Station, now at New Jersey avenue and K street | southeast; was ordered yesterday by Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sul-| an. | The action was taken at the ur- gent request of representatives of the | Southeast Business Men's Association, which has been campaigning for a year or more for removal of the sw-‘ tion from that section. | Col. Sultan said he had not com-| mitted himself to any plan for a new location, but wished engineer officials | to make a complete survey of present | conditions. Possibility of moving the station“to Buzzards Point, to the sew- age pumping plant at the foot of New | Jersey avenue or to the site of the| District’s sewage disposal plant at Blue Plains will be studied. Another possibility is construction of a brick plant to house the station at the present location. Col. Sultan also ordered a careful checi@of present methods of handling garbafe at the station to see if all rules are being obeyed. GARNETT TO TESTIFY Prosecutor to Be Witness in Crime Hearing Resumption. District Attorney Garnett will be the principal witness when hearings are resumd tomorrow before the subcommittee® of the House District | Committee investigating the crime situation in the National Capital, Chairman Jennings Randolph an- nounced last night. The district at- torney will be followed by court offi- cials and others in charge of ad- ministration of the law in the Dis- trict. Throughout the day yesterday Chairman Randolph and other mem- bers of the committee and its spe- cial counsel, John R. Fitzpatrick, had a series of conferences with officials both of the Federal and District gov- ernments and with business leaders, church and social workers and others active in civic affairs who all ex- pressed a desire and intention to help the Randolph subcommittee in its efforts for better law enforce- ment. Technocracy Unit to Meet. A meeting of the Columbian Divi- sion, Continental Committee on Technocracy, will be held Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets. The public 1s invited to hear an address and take part in & discussion later in the pro- flm' . SITE FOR GARBACE ELGENSELECTION 10 BE CONSIDERED Group Expected Soon to Tackle District Supply Bill. The next meeting of the Senate District Committee will be called by Chairman King sometime this week to consider the nomination of Riley Elgen for another term on the Pub- lic Utilities Commission. The com- mittee also may take up several pend- ing bills. Within a week or 10 days, the District Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, headed by Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, is likely to be at work on the 1936 Dis- trict supply bill. The local appro- priation bill passed the House with a total of $39,308.400. and with the Federal contribution toward that total remaining at the present lump-sum figure of $5.700,000. In preparing their estimates last Fall, the Commissioners came to the conclusion the needs of the city for next year would amount to about $44,000,000, and, believing the Dis- trict is now bearing a fair and rea- sonable real estate tax levy. District officials recommended a Federal con- tribution of approximately $8,300,000 for the coming year. * In addition to considering the ques- tion of what the Federal share should be, the Senate subcommittee is ex- pected to hear testimony on various detailed changes that were made in the bill in the House, such as the elimination of funds for character education and reductions that were made in highway and water depart- ment improvements. The House items for highway and water improvements would leave idle some of the gasoline tax and water rent collections, which can only be used for highway and water purposes, respectively. Dr. McClure Will Address Public School Institute. Dr. Worth McClure, superintendent of schools of Seattle, Wash., will dis- cuss “Significant Trends in Public Education” at the Public School In- stitute to be held here next Wednes- day. The institute, arranged by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, is being held one day earlier than usual because Thursday is Wash- ington’s birthday. Divisions 10 to 13 will hear Dr. McClure in the Dunbar High School at 3:45 o'clock. He will be heard by Divisions 1 to 9 in Central High School at 8 o'clock. . Jackson to Be Discussed. The study group of the Women's Democratic Educational Council will discuss “Jackson and the Whigs” at a meeting Wednesday night at the home w. Alice L. Deasy, 1728 Twentieth s \ KIDNAPED GIRL'S RELATIVES ASK HUNT BY POLICE Fear Harm to Patricia Simp- son, Taken From Schol by “Mother.” GRANDMOTHER SAYS REVENGE THREATENED Kansas Episode Follows Scenes Here in Controversy Over Chil- dren and Woman's Arrest. A distraught grandmother in Buf- falo, Kans. call upon police last inight to search out her daughter as the abductor of an 8-year-old child, | whose other grandparents here ex- pressed zlarm over her safety. The child, Patricia Gaylord Simp- son, was taken from a school house | near Buffalo yesterday afternoon by a woman who identified herself to the | teacher, Miss Louise Erickson, as the girl's mother, Mrs. Lydia Simpson. | Patricia is the daughter of Dr. George Gaylord Simpson, assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Simpson, 1869 Newton street. Police Broadcast Lookout. Patricia had beer living with her | maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary | Petroja, at Buffalo. When she failed to return from school yesterday, Mrs. Petroja called Sheriff Will Chamber- |lain in Fredonia, Kans, and a police | lookout was broadcast for the child | “I feel deep concern for Patricia’s | welfare,” said Mrs. Petroja. “My daughter has threatened revenge for a court order giving Dr. Simpson legal {custody of Patricia and her three sisters. For that reason I fear harm might befall the child.” The other daughters—Helen, Betty and Joan-——whose ages range between 6 and 10, live with Mr. and Mrs. Simpson on Newton street. Patricia went to e with Mrs. Petroja, & widow, about two years ago. The As- sociated Press said she was in 1l health at the time. A friend of the Simpson here said yesterday that Patricia’s mother had said recently she was “going on a dangerous mission.” She had been in Washington up until about 10 days ago, when she disap- peared family Disappear in Small Car. A woman and a man drove up to the Kansas school house Friday. The woman alighted, entered the building and introduced herself as Patricia's | mother. Miss Erickson said Patricia could make a “short visit” with her, | and the girl. the woman and the m#n drove away in a small car. Thad was the last seen of the girl Dr. and Mrs. Simpson were separat- ed about three years ago as a result of a New York court decree. The four daughters were brought here and when the mother came to Washington in an effort to be with them, they were taken to Chicago. Mrs. Simpson then charged they had been kidnaped and molested the then chief of police, Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, in an effort to be with them again. 1 Mother Is Arrested. She proved so bothersome to Gen. Glassford that she finally was arrested. The children and their paternal { grandmother had been taken to | Chicago by a friend of the family | after the mother had beseiged the Simpson home on Newton street with telephone calls ana personal visits, endeavoring to see the children. Mrs. Lydia Simpson was confined to & sanitarium for about two years following & nervous breakdown. ROBERTS PREDICTS NEW PARKING BANS Declares Commissioners Will Be Forced Soon to Impose More Restrictions. Prediction that the Commissioners will be forced to adopt a broader pro- |gram of restricting automobile park- ing in the immediate future, to re- duce traffic congestion on the north and south arteries. was made yester- day by People’s Counsel William A. Roberts. Use of the private automobile is no solution to the traffic problem of the District, Roberts said in a talk broad- cast by Station WJSV, in which he championed plans for construction of street car subways. With the registratioi of more than 180.000 cars here last year, the Dis- trict reached the national high density, he said, the result being that all drivers are “striving and scrambling for the use of the limited parking area on public space or suf- fering overhigh charges in the equally limited private parking areas.” Construction.of street car subways would postpone expenditures of mile lions of dollars for building new high- ways and the widening of existing arteries through congested areas, he said. Roberts believes the Federal Gov- ernment should assume a financial responsibility for subway construc- tion, because of the traffic congestion resulting from construction of so many large Government buildings in a comparatively small area downe town. J. C. PEACOCK TO SPEAK Special Meeting of Federal Bar Association Called. A special meeting of the Federal Bar Association will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the University Club to hear James Craig Peacock of the United States Shipping Boird speak on “The Merchant Marine Activities of the Government.” \ There will be other addresses by I. N. P. Stokes, 2d, of the Federal Se- curities and Exchange Commuission, on “Federal Regulation of Securities,” and by Justin Miller of the Depert- ment of Justice, who will discuss fu- ture plans in connection wita recome mendations of the Attorney General's Crime Conference, »