Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1935, Page 21

Washington News ~WINTER RETURNS INNEARBY STATES; BREAK DUE:HERE | i' Snow Covers Sections in Western Virginia and Maryland. END TO RAIN FOR-ESEEN ' FOR D. C. TOMORROW | Some Fruit Injured by Cold. | Storm Warnings Up Chesapeake Bay. on An end was in sigit today for the wind. rain and sleet which swept Washington last night in the wake of snow storms in the mountains of | nearby Maryland and Virginia. Snow blanketed the apple orchards | near Winchester this morning and | marooned at least 40 automobiles on | the mountain pass at Panorama, near Luray, Va. Five or six inches of snow | Jay in the high sections. About an inch of sleet and snow was Teported at Prederick, Md.. and three inches at Cumberland. Mean- while, storm warnings were displayed along the Atlantic Coast and Chesa- peake Bay. Break Seen Tomorrow. The Weather Bureau here predicted an end tomorrow for the rain, mist and chill which has gripped Wash- ington for more than a week during the cherry blossom season of visitors. ‘The 35-degree temperature at 3 a.m %oday was the lowest local mark for April 8 since 1920, when a like figure was reached. The average tempera- ture for the month has been 10 de- grees below normal Snow in Western Maryland ranged from three to six inches in depth. A gale was blowing on the Eastern Shore. Garrett County. Md.. was blanketed with a 6-inch snow that whipped into | drifts under the influence of a wintry | wind. Ten snow plows were ordered into service by the State Roads Com- | mission to clear away drifts ranging up to a foot in depth Plows At Work. | Several plows were sweeping away | the Spring snow on route 37 between ©Oakland and Keyster's Ridge. Others | were operating in other sections of | NaV2 been an “insurance in\'esuf:nlor": the western counties Rain poured down on Baltimore, Annapolis and the Eastern Shore. A | sharp line was drawn by the freakish | weather at Hancock. From that point | westward it snowed heavily, while ! eastward it rained just as heavily. The chill drizzle is expected to con- | tinue here tonight with a low of about 35 degrees The threat of a frost | damaging to vegetation was lessened by the prospect of rain. Temperatures of 26 and 28 degrees above zero in the fruit districts around Winchester, Va. damaged | early crops of peaches. cherries, plums | and other stone and soft fruits that | had been in bloom a week, according to reports from growers. Conditions Unusual. Trees and shrubs were bending ue- der weight of heavy snow, and num- bers of branches were broken. Apple growers said their fruit was not far enough advanced to be injured by the night's temperatures. Slightly higher mercury in the Upper Shenandoah Valley, around Martins- burg, W. Va. rendered fruit in that area safe. growers said. 1 The conditions bringing the long siege of comfortless weather is un- usual, the Weather Bureau reported. A low-pressure area moving north- ward from Louisiana has been boxed | in by high-pressure areas on the east and west. This slows its escape over the ocean and causes the cold and rain it carries with it to last longer than it would under normal circumstances, D. C. GIVEN $100,000 | OF APRIL AID FUND fum Sufficient to Last Only 3 or 4 Days—New Set-Up Form Is Awaited. The District today received $100,000 of its April allotment from the Fed- | eral Emergency Relief Administration, | enough to finance local relief activities | only three or four days, but officials | expressed confidence more money will | be forthcominz when needed. Funds probably will be available under the new $4,800,000,000 work-re- lief bill by the time the $100,000 is spent. No definite indication of the form of the District’s work-relief set-up | under the new act was available today, pending announcement of the admin- dstration’s plans. On past percentages, it appears that the District will receive between 17 and 20 million dollars of the new appro- priation, Commissioner George W. Allen said. DR. HAVENNER REPORTS - BOXWOOD BUSH THEFTS Anacostia Association Head Asks Police to Find Thieves. Citizens’ Dr. George C. Havenner, 1745 Min- nesota avenue southeast. president of | the Anacostia Citizens’ Association, has asked police to apprehend thieves who last week stole 15 boxwood bushes from the garden in the rear of his home. The plants, more than 10 years old, apparently were pulled up by the roots, without the aid of digging, Mrs. Havenner said today. They were about two feet high and had been replanted in the garden last Fall after having been grown by Mrs. Havenner on the place. Dr. Havenner told police he wanted | their aid to prevent similar thefts. The police report placed the value of the plants at $15, but Mrs. Havenner estimated the bushes to be worth about $2.50 each. The plants were in plain view of a rear window of the Havenner home and Mrs. Havenner believes they were taken Wednesday | njght. Husband Held MRS. ALFRED J. DESROCHERS, 0., “J0BS" PLOTS LAIDTO CANADIN Man Held as Suspect in Montreal Robberies to Waive Extradition. Police believe the dapper suspect arrested here in connection with sen. sational bank robberies in Canada was building up a Washington “front” with stolen funds while planning local joba. Alfred Jean Desrochers. alias Le Blenc and Ryan. and an alleged con- federate arrested in Baltimore are said to have robbed four Montreal bark: of $200,000 after they had lived there for many months in lu: ury, making friends in financial cir- cles Desrochers, who came here several months ago with his bride and took AN expensive suite at Woodley Park Towers, readily admits, police say, that he is the man wanted in Montreal, while declining to discuss the rob- beries. His wife and new friends he made n Washington knew Desrochers as “Alfred Jean Le Blanc,” supposed to estsblishing a business here. Alleged Ally Held. Information obtained by Washing- ton police who arrested Desrochers in | his five-room suite here Saturday morning resulted in the arrest in a iuxurious apartment on Baltimore's best residential street of the alleged confederate, Walter Gerald Nevin. The pair were named in lookouts broadcast by Montreal police follow- ing_the robberies in March of 1934. Desrochers, being held at No. 8 precinct, announced he would waive extradition. Canadian authorities have telegraphed they would send for the pair. Meanwhile, Desrochers’ attractive young wife, whom he had married tinder the name of Le Blanc, was re- ported ili in her apartment here trom the shock of her husband's arrest She was the former Vera Lee Day- ton of Baltimore and Laurel, Md. The bride visited her husband at the precinct yesterday and tearfully !yeproved him for having married her | urder an assumed name. Desrochers told reporters his chief | regret was that he had deceived his | wife and brought grief upon her after one of “the happiest periods of my life.” ned robberies here and declared he in- tended to “go straight.” The couple said they had met many | charming people in Washington. In- vestigators confirmed this. One de- tective said the couple were associating “with the best people in town.” but de- clined to name any of them. Desrochers is known in Montreal as Jean Ryan. When arrested here he | had a new automobile, half a dozen suits of new clothes and about $1,000 in American and Canadian currency. He had outfitted his wife with a com- plete wardrobe of fashionable clothes. Police said Desrochers told his wife he was going to work each day and | he would take his automobile and drive about the city. He even mailed let- ters on business stationery to himself, police said, to keep up the deception. Rewards Offered. Police here have been informed that $5,000 rewards each are offered for Desrochers and Nevin. Part of the rewards probably will g0 to Detective Sergt. E. D. Lambert of No. 8 precinct, and Detectives Van Doren Hughes and Robert Bryant of headquarters, who made the local ar- | rest and obtained information which led to the Baltimore arrest. Desrochers’ wife brought her mother from Baltimore to live with them, along with her pets, a poodle and a large maltese cat. She said her plans are uncertain now, but she expected to remain in Washington pending the local disposition of the case. Desrochers and Nevin are said to have ridden to their Montreal rob- beries in a chauffeured limousine. They dressed in the finest clothes, carried canes and visited fashionable resorts about the city. Desrochers, police say, admitted he | met Nevin while they were convicts in a California prison, where both were serving time for hold-ups. Police said Desrochers had served at least one other term. | Desrochers, a native of Canada, is | of French parentage. He had a high | school education and learned the up- holstering trade. While admitting he had “the best time of my life” in Washington, Des- rochiers, at the age of 38, from behind the bars at No. 8 precinct station, told reporters with no little sincerity: “Boys, I wish I'd stuck to the up- holstering business!” EDITORS TO MEET HERE Members of the First Georgia Con- gressional District Press Association | will hold their Spring meeting in Washington as the guests of Repre- sentative Peterson, Democrat, of Georgia, a member of the association. The Georgia editors plan to make the trip from Savannah in a motor- cade to arrive here April 25. They will remain in the Capital until April 29. Representative Peterson is editor '@f the Mount Vernon Monitor. Desrochers denied that he had plan- he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. POLIGE AND FIRE HEADS SEE HAZE ON PROMOTIONS Efforts Under Way to Obtain Fair Credits for Veteran Employes. |CIVIL SERVICE TEST DISADVANTAGE CITED Commissioner Says Many Quali- fied for Better Jobs Are Handi- capped by Examinations. High officers of the Police and Fire Departments were to meet with Com- | missioner Hazen this afternoon to seek ways and means of giving veteran em- ployes striving for promotion more credit for past meritorious service. | Hazen feels that many policemen | | and firemen who have served the city | many years are prevented from re- ceiving deserved promotions by the | civil service requirement that marks | made in competitive examinations re- | | ceive equal welght with past per-| | formance. ‘ Many Held Qualified. “Many policemen or firemen with ! | 30 years' service are qualified for bet- | ter jobs, but can’t get them because | | they do not stand the same chance of | passing the written examinations as | do young men just recently out of ! | school,” the Commissioner said. | | “As I see the situation, the same | principles should apply as do to cer- | tain types of horses in a horse show. | Usually in judging a horse, you give | 150 per cent for conformation and 50 | per cent for performance, but here | are always special classes in which | | the horse that is not so perfectly built, | has a chance. In such classes ‘hgl | judges count only 25 per cent for con- | formation and 75 per cent for per- | formance. | “That's the way it should be in | the Police Department. A man'’s rec- ord should count 75 per cent and his | mark on a competitive examination | | only 25." At present, past service and the examination marks are weighed | equally in promotion preference. Practical Procedure. Hazen suggested as an alternative | to changing the percentages given to the two promotion requisites that more emphasis be placed on ques- tions of practical procedure in the | civil service examinations. | Assistant Corporation Counsel Ed- ward W. Thomas has advised the Com- missioners that it is possible legally to value civil service examinations lower | than service records, but the Civil | Service Commission must consent to | such a change. Existing rules setting 70 per cent as the passing grading on civil serv- | ice examinations apply only to persons | seeking entrance into the service. | Thomas stated. Those expected to confer with Commissioner Hazen were Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police; Fire Chief Charles E. Schrom and such of their assistants as they choose. AUTO ORNAMENT | TRAPS MOTORIST Richmond Driver Admits Hit-: Run Charge—Radiator Cap | Is Clue. By the Associated Press. | RICHMOND, April 8—With a car | radiator cap in the shape of a dog as | their single clue, police early today | arrested Oliver J. Dillard, 19, colored, on charges of being the hit-run driver who struck and killed Harold R. Shoemaker at a Richmond street intersection at 1:30 o'clock this | morning. | When officers reached the body of | Shoemaker, where it sprawled in the | rain-swept street, they found a por- tion of the radiator ornament im- bedded in his skull. Three hours later a police car found a new model automobile with its radiator smashed and a portion of the cap missing parked several blocks from the scene of the accident. The car bore a District of Columbia license and Police Lieut. O. D. Garton said the owner, colored, of Washing- ton, had loaned it to his brother, named as Peter Woolfolk. The lat- ter drove the machine here and loaned it to Dillard, who admitted he was driving the car at the time of the accident, police officers declared. He was held on two charges, one of involuntary manslaughter and one of leaving the scene of an accident with- out stopping. Clerks at the hotel where Shoe- maker resided said he had been there about six months, but that they did not know his home address. Efforts were being made to locate relatives. FIVE FLEE FROM HOME DURING RESTAURANT FIRE Children and Woman, 74, Are Rescued—81,500 Damage Done Building. ‘Two young children and a 74-year- old woman were among the five per- sons forced to flee from their home | wien flames swept through the rear of Hall's sea food restaurant at Seventh and K streets southwest about 1:30 am. today. ‘The opinion was expressed that the fire possibly was caused by a lighted cigarette left in a basement dressing room by one of the restaurant em- ployes. Approximately $1,500 damage was caused. ‘Walter Dyson, whose family lives in an adjoining house, carried his two children to safety when smoke and flames threatened his home. His wife, Mrs Dyson, aided Mrs, Jennie Gerdes, 74, in escaping. . Club to Hold Supper. TUXEDO, Md., April 8 (Special).— The Young People’s Social Club of Tuxedo, James Owens, president, will hold an oyster supper Wednesday eve- ning in the Methodist Episcopal Church here. Y Nats’ Return Puts Season Opener Just Around Corner MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1935. FF¥ ‘The Washington base ball team returned to Washington from its | Spring training season in the | South today. All appeared to be | in excellent shape for the opening | of the season Tuesday, April 16 Above are shown some of the team as they left the train at Union Station. Upper left: Jack Russell and Buddy Myer. Upper right: Manager Stanley Harris and Mrs Harris in auto. Lower: Joe Kuhel, Johnny Kerr, coach, and Heinie | Manush. —Star Staff Photos. -— et =1 CHERRY BLOSSOMS PLUCKED BY RAN 150,000 Visitors Here as Wind Destroys First Spring Flowers. A whipping northeast rain and wind plucked the frail blossoms of the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin today, practically ending the first phase of Washington's annual floral show, following a week end that brought an estimated 150.000 visitors to the Capital David Saunders, horticulturist of the National Capital parks, inspected the trees today and announced that the single blossoms on the Japanese cherry trees are ‘“just about gone.” The trees present a rather forlorn | appearance after a night of heavy rain, with some hail. The park authorities are looking for the floral spotlight to shift to East Potomac Park—around the Speedway—probably this week, if the weather warms up. There the double blossom variety of Japanese cherry blossoms are expected to bloom, 27,000 Cars at Basin. Yesterday, the United States Park Police clocked some 27,340 automo- biles that made their way around the Tidal Basin and there were 5,000 pedestrians. Union Station author- ities estimated that 50,000 passengers came in by train, for the Pennsyl- vania Rallroad had eight extra sec- tions for cherry blossom excursions: the Baltimore & Ohio had extras, and the Chesapeake & Ohio had five extras, the authorities ex- plained. Bus and air lines reported | business approximating inauguration proportions. All hotels were crowded to capacity and some visitors stayed in private homes. The Greater National Capital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade, under Curtis Hodges, its director, and his staff worked into the small hours of the morning to get accommodations for the thousands of visitors. Seven telephones were kept busy, from around Saturday noon until 3 o'clock Sunday morning. There were only & few calls yesterday. Only One Accident. The Park Police recorded only one traffic accident. Mrs. William A. Mc- Kenney, 55 years old, of 655 Columbia road, was given Emergency Hospital treatment for shock and a sprained back and Mrs. L. A. Foster, 32, of the same address, was given first aid treatment at the Red Cross hut in Potomac Park for shock and head lacerations. three | Dog Rouses Family After Man Dies In Gas-Filled Room Wife. Son of Salesman Find Body in Kitchen. Stove Burners Open. Loud barking of a pet dr»g' about 5 | today awakened Mrs. Ada Wil- | am !hamson and her 14-vear-old Archie Williamson, jr., in their third- floor apartment at 623 F street. but {rot in time to save the life of Archie Williamson, sr, 55, who was found dead in the gas-filled kitchen. When awakened by the dog. Mrs Williamson detected the odor of gas and succeeded in breaking open the kitchen door, which was locked and tlocked with a chair. Mrs. Willlamson closed six open | curners of the gas stove and called a fire rescue squad and Dr. Becker, member of Emergency Hospital | staff, responded. The physician pro- nounced Mr. Williamson dead a few minutes after reaching the house. | Mr. Williamson was employed as a | salesman in a Seventh street furni- ture store. 110,756 NEW C. C. C. MEN TO BE PICKED | Orders Given to Bring Corps Up to Full Strength by May 1. By the Associated Press. Orders were issued today to com- | plete selection of 110,756 new mem- bers of the Civilian Conservation Corps. to bring it to full strength by May 1. Their selection to replace members whose terms expired had been de- layed pending passage of the $4.880,- 000,000 work biil. Robert Fechner, C. C. C. director, reported to President Roosevelt yes- terday that plans had been com- pleted for expansion of the corps from the present 370,000 limit to 600.000, but officials said no action would be taken in this direction until the President returns. Enlistment quotas of the nine corps areas: Boston, 4,997; New York City (Gov- ernors Island), 14,130; Baltimore, 10,641; Atlanta, 7.051; Columbus, 12,486; Chicago, 17,710; Omaha, 14,- 271; San Antonio, 10,165, and San | Prancisco, 19,335. The luck of Lester B. Teed, 27, the linotype operator who won $18,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes two weeks ago, failed to carry him through an automobile accident which befell him yesterday in Georgia while en route to Miami. It could have been worse, however, as neither Teed nor his wife was hurt seriously and Teed had his new automobile covered by insurance the day before he left to spend some of his winnings on a vacation in Florida. The car was demolished when it skidded In the rain at Kingsland, in South Georgia. Teed's wife suffered a fractured jaw, while Teed himself cscl‘d with | Luck of D. C. “Sweeps” Winner Fails in Georgia Auto Crash a cut over the eye and shock. Both were reported recuperating today in the Jacksonville, Fla., hospital to which they were taken. Teed, who lives at 15 Franklin street, Roger Heights, Md., is an em- ploye of the Government Printing Office. He drew a ticket on one of the favorites in the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, England, but the horse fell on & jump. Teed, however, a few hours before the race, had disposed of his sweep- stakes ticket to a New York gambler for $18,000 cash. At the time Teed announced he was going to bank the money as a “nest egg” Yor his old age. N son, J. M. | DY A R AVALS \ Two Presidential Aspirants Open Headquarters in Hotels Here. With the two candidates for presi- dent general of the Daughters of the American Revolution establishing cam- | paign headquarters in different hotels, the election battle swung into action | in earnest here today, prior to the forty-fourth convention, starting next Monday. Mrs. William A. Becker of Summit, | N. Y.. opened her headquarters at the Mayflower Hotel, and Mrs. Flora Myers Gillentine of Chattanooga, | Tenn.. established hers. at the Willard. | who is chairman of the National De | fense Committee of the D. A. R said: “I believe in developing a well- | rounded, balanced program of me- morial, historical, educational and de- | fense activities to which the National | Soctety. D. A. R.. is committed. | "I believe it is our duty as a society and as good citizens to maintain a ! vigilant regard for education in Amer- | ican ideals, assuring ourselves against | repeated errors of the past and in- roads of influences inimical to the | Constitution of the United States. | Adequate Defense Urged. “I believe unequivocally in the maintenance of an efficient Army, Navy and Air Force. so capable and sufficient as to render us free from the fear of foreign invasion. In a word, I stand whole-heartedly in these | times for adequate defense in all its ramifications. | “I believe that the future welfare | and security of our Nation depend | upon the education of our youth in | American principles and ideals and to that end we should as a society develop more intensive patriotic edu- cation in schools and colleges. “I stand firmly for the objects of the National Society D. A. R. as passed’ by the Continental Congress.” Rival Proposes Survey. Mrs. Gillentine teday broadside amplifying a previous 12- point declaration of principles. She proposed a Board of Managment sur- vey of four D. A. R. committees sup- ported by per capita levies. The most important of these four is the Na- tional Defense Committee, of which Mrs. Becker is chairman. Mrs. Gillentine declared also for greater participation of Distant mem- bers in the National Board meetings of the society and more voice of dele- gates in the annual Continental Con- | gress. | Reports were current that a third §slnw headed by Mme. Cantacuzene- Grant, former Russian princess and granddaughter of President Grant, might enter the field, but she insisted she had heard of no such movement. VIVISECTIOIG BAN ASKED Quinn Bill Would Bar Use of Live Dogs in Experiments. A bill designed to prohibit scientific experiments upon living dogs in the District was introduced today by Rep- resentative Quinn, Democrat, of Penn- sylvania, a member of the House Dis- trict Committee. . Operations or experiments on living dogs under Quinn’s bill would be per- mitted only for curative purposes. For violations, the measure pre- scribes a penalty of a fine ranging from $100 to $500, or imprisonment !from 3 to 12 months, or both, In a statement today, Mrs. Becker, | issued a | REDCROSSLAUDS SERVICE OF PAYNE Chairman C. T. Grayson Pays Tribute as Conven- | | i tion Opens Sessions. | { ‘The annual convention of the | American Red Cross opened here this morning with a tribute by Chairman Cary T. Grayson to the “fine charac- ter and great ability” of his prede- | cessor, the late Judge John Barton Payne. After reading a telegram from | President Roosevelt expressing regret at being unable to attend the con- vention and deep interest in the work of the Red Cross, Chairman Grayson said of the late Judge Payne “I wish to pay tribute to him for I know of no man of finer character nor greater ability. Throughout his long life he was beloved and admired | and his influence was felt wherever he went”" Another Tribute Offered. Another personal tribute to Judge Payne was paid by Right Rev. James E. Freeman. Bishop of Washington, | who declared: “The 14 years of Judge Payne's ad- ministration were stern and trying ones. They tested the capacity and genius of our best and strongest lead- ers. They presented situations that called for discriminating judgment and rare statesmanship. | “These Judge Payne possessed with a freedom from hasty and immature decisions and an absence of passion | that made him a recognized leader | where counsels were confounded and counselors were embarrased.” 1,500 Expected to Register. About 1,500 delegates are expected lm register today at the national | headquarters of the organization. President Roosevelt's telegram, read | to_the opening session. said in part: “There is no activity in which I am gmort deeply interested than in the work of the Red Cross.” Delegates will meet in five general sessions, the annual dinner being held at the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow night. The general sessions are open to the public and several of the speeches are being broadcast Concurrent with the convention of the parent organization, about 300 high school boys and girls will repre- | sent the Junior Red Cross in their convention at the District Chapter House. The junior members will dine and dance at the Mayflower Hotel | tonight and were taken on a sight- | seeing tour«df the city during the day, | including a visit to Mount Vernon and Arlington. Leaders Will Attend. The convention, which will last through Thursday, brings to Wash- ington some of the outstanding lead- ers in disaster relief work. Speakers on the opening program also included | Dr. Edward C. Elliott, president of Purdue University; Miss Linnea An- derson, high school girl, of Tacoma, | Wash., spokesman for the Junior Red Cross, and several others. The convention is the first held under the directorship of Admiral Grayson and gives him an opportun- ity to meet with the various chapter and regional directors from all part: of the country. The leading topic of discussion at the sessions will be first aid work to meet the problem of the mounting accidental death toll. The program also embraces an elaborate program of expansion for the organization. There was an undertone of sadness lin all the talks as the session got under wav. Almost every speaker had a word of tribute for the leader who had guided the destinies of the relief organization for so many years. Dr. Elliott discussed the subject, “The Red Cross as a School for Democracy,” and Miss Anderson talked on the “Juior Red Cross: Our Opportunity to Serve.” Besides the general and round table sessions, the delegates will be enter- cluding a reception at the White House by Mrs. Roosevelt tomorrow, numerous breakfasts, luncheons, din- ners and teas. WILSON TO GIVE TALK Lioyd B. Wilson, president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., will address the Washington sec- tion of the American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers in the auditorium of the Potomac Electric Power Co. to- morrow at 8 pm. The program will include two reels of motion pictures. Prior to the meeting, the regular speaker’s dinner of the institute will be | held at the Raleigh Jotel. | gineer. tained with several side functions, in- | Society and General PAGE B—1 NEW ENGINEERING PROGRAM MAPPED FORU.S. BUILDINGS Competent Aides to Watch Over Equipment, With Peters in Charge. DESIGN SECTION HEAD TO HAVE DOUBLE DUTY Both Branches of Supervision Un- der His Control—Four Sub- chiefs Not Chosen An organization designed to place competent professional men in charge of Washington's expensive modern equipment in the public buildings here and to give added importance to recreation in the park system, was an- nounced today by the National Park Service of the Interior Department A. E. Demaray, associate director of the National Park Service, dis- closec that Charles A. Peters, ir., who has been in charge of the design sec- tion, Eastern Division. Branch of En- gineering, will become chief en: of the Buildings Branch. In th post, he will be in charge of five standing engineers. who will vise various aspects of Washington buildings owned by the Federal Gov- ernment Peters, under the new set-up, will hold both positions—in charge of the design section and as chief engineer of the buildings branch—until June 30 He is a commodore of Corinthian Yacht Club and lives at 4891 Potomac avenue. Has High Rating. Emphasizing the importance of the new organization, Demaray said Peters will be in charge of an entirels new division in the building branch. which will now have technically trained college graduates to look after important engineering phases of the buildings here. Peters will be on 2 par with James F. Gill. assistant director of the National Park Service in charge of the buildings branch Peters will have supervision over the mechanical and structural aspects of the buildings. but Gill will continue to have charge of maintenance and administration. Ferdinand Kaufholz. Johns Hopkin: graduate, who has been an engineer in the National Park Service for some time. gets the post of structural engineer under the new set-up. Hi is one of five professional jobs to be filled from the civil service register ard is the only one so far, in addition to that of Peters, to come through The others will be a heating engineer, an electrical engineer, an air condi- tioning engineer and an elevator en- It is expected that these poste will be filled shortly and Demaray explained that all will be college grad- uates. having 5 to 10 years' experi- ence in their professions and compe- tent in construction and operating ability. Investments Are Large. Pointing to the importance of the new organization. Demaray said that heretofore competent electrical and other journeymen have had charge of these phases of work under the buildings branch, but now that the Federal Government has expended so much money here in modern equip- ment, college men are now required He cited, for instance, the $5,000,- 000 worth of air conditioning in the public buildings, and another $5,000,- 009 invested in elevators. Then, there is $11.000.000 in the central heating plant and its distribution system. Al- together, Demaray said. there must be $40,000.000 worth of the most modern equipment in the public build- ings In the field of recreation, C. Mar- shall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, has appointed Albert Clyde-Burton in charge of a newly created recreation division. He has had many years' experience here in supervising various recreational ac- tiities the Responsibility Shifted. Under the new parks set-up. re- sponsibility for maintenance of the parks in the Northwest section and the East section, exclusive of horti- cultural work, is transferred to the maintenance and construction section, headed by George E. Clark, Finnan's announcement said the old maintenance and recreation divi- sion is discontinued. In Clyde-Bur- ton’s hands is vested the responsibility for the maintenance and operation of all recreational facilities under the National Capital Parks Office. This includes co-operative service for vari- ous civic and other agencies regarding peageants, festivals, etc, held in the park system 'PASSENGER STABBER | SOUGHT BY POLICE Colored Man, Unidentified But Familiar to Motorman, Slashes Him. | Police and Capital Transit Co. offi- | cials today were investigating the | stabbing yesterday of Motorman Rom- | ley L. Harvil, 25, of 1217 B street | southeast, by an unidentified colored | passenger who had been a regular rider on Harvil's car | Harvil, who is in an undetermined | condition at Garfield Hospital, told police that when he stopped the car at Seventh street and Florida avenue the colored man stood behind him waiting for other passengers to get off and then, without provocation, slashed Harvil with a knife and jumped off the car. Harvil said he was paralyzed by the cut and that the conductor didn’'t know what had happened until Harvil told him. Then it was too late to give chase. | The man had been a daily rider, | Harvil said, boarding the car at Eight- eenth street and Columbia road and getting off at Seventh street and Flor- ida avenue. No. 2 precinct police said today they have a fairly good descrip- tion from Harvil of the assailant and believe they will have little trouble picking him up. Harvil has been en employe of the street car compagy 13 months.