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A—16 #s¥ /Counsel Requires Only Hour to Call Half Dozen Witnesses. ATTORNEY FOR ACCUSED INSISTS ON ARGUMENT Presentation to Jury Will Start Monday—Panels Locked Up Over Week End. Defense counsel for Sam Beard and 12 codefendants charged with ccaspir- acy to violate the gambling laws sprang a surprise in District Supreme Court this morning by abruptly rest- ing their case after battling for five days against what they described as loose and disconnected government testimony. The defense ccafined its testimony to half a dozen character witnesses who took the stand in rapid succes- sion this morning and told what they knew of William Carroll, one of the defendants. All said they had been acquainted with Carroll for years and were convinced he was honest and had a good reputation. Prisoner Sentenced. The defense next summoned Wil- liam A. Garner, now serving a nine months’ jail sentence for violating the gambling laws. Sergt. George C. Deyoe of the vice squad previously had testified Garner told him he received racing information service and passed on his bets to Beard. Wren called, however, Garner was not in the court house. The tcial had convened at 9 o'clock and prisoners | wanted in court ordinarily are not brought until 10. Learning Garner was not available at that time, Chief Defense Counsel John J. Sirica an- nounced his clients would rest their case. Assistant United States Attorney John Fihelly then announced the Government was willing to submit the case without argument in view of the fact the jury would necessarily be locked up over the week end should the trial not be brought to an early conclusion. The 11 jurors obviously were pleased by this prospect. They have been kept together since the trial opened Monday due to what Justice Joseph W. Cox described as “the greal public interest and curiosity” in the trial. Objects to U. S. Offer. Defense counsel objected to the Government offer to sumbit the case | without argument as being intended to prejudjce the jury in the prosecu- tion’s favor. This was denied by Fihelly, who explained he feit the evidence was so clear it needed no interpretation to the jury. When the defense insisted on its right to argue the case, Justice Cox ordered the jury locked up over the week end and began hearing the pe- titions of counsel with regard to hi$ instructions to the jury. The arguments will be started Mon- day morning. Meanwhile, Justice Cox instructed the bailiffs to make the jury as comfortable as possible over the week end. They probably will be taken on several sight-seeing bus rides about Washington this afternoon and tomorrow. The seven men on the jury have been obliged to sleep in two rooms due to the lack of hotel accommoda- tions in Washington. The four wom- en members, however, have fared somewhat better. Two double rooms were found for them. Justice Cox apologized to the jury for the necessity of holding them to- gether over the week end, but ex- plained the case was of such im- portance he had no other choice. Defense Takes Hour, ‘While the Government occupied five days in presenting a score of witnesses and more than a hundred exhibits of barricaded doors, alleged racing and numbers slips and other parapher- nalia, the defense took only en hour this morning to give its case to the Jury. The character witnesses for William Carroll included Joe Judge, former ‘Washington base ball star; Attorney John J. Mclnerny, Henry Rodier, pubiisher of a local periodical; James Corcoran, former Department of Jus- tice agent; John McGregor, Trestau- rant executive, and Frank Waters, of- ficial of a barber supply company. The warrant under authority of which the police broke into the Beard establishment on the fifth floor of the Mather Building October 5 named “Willie Carroll, alias George Harwood.” All of Carroll's character witnesses were asked if he ever had been known by the name of Har- wood. They replied in the negative. . COMMITTEE FAVORS COMPANY UNION BAN Senate Group Would Set Up Per- manent Board—Cites N. R. A. Failure. By the Associated Press. Enactment of the Wagner bill out- lawing company-dominated unions, establishing a permanent National Labor Relations Board and providing for the majority rule and for enforcing collective bargaining was urged in a formal Senate Labor Committee re- port yesterday as a major step to in- sure “industrial peace.” Declaring strikes have caused losses of a billion dollars a year and the la- bor clauses of N. R. A. had broken down, the report filed by Chairman Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts added that another year's experience with the temporary National Labor Relations Board and Section 7-A had demonstrated that the Government’s promise in that section “stands largely unfulfilled” and makes “unacceptable any further tem| measures,” “It is thus believed feasible,” it said, *“to remove the provocation tq a large proportion of the bitterest industrial outbreaks by giving definite legal status to the procedure of collective bargaining and by setting up ma- chinery to facilitate it.” Clothing Fire Fatal. Sarah Blue, 78, colored inmate of the Blue Plains Home for the Aged, died yesterday from burns received ‘Wednesday morning when, according to police, she set fire to her clothing. Coroner A. Magruder sssued damed. o cucifinly of uleide &y, the SCOTT APPROVED BY SENATE GROUP Subcommittee Reports Fa- vorably on Lawyer as Municipal Judge. With a favorable report from the subcommittee which heid hearings yesterday afternoon, the nomination of Armond W. Scott, colored lawyer, to be a judge of the District Munici- | pal Court will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee for action, prob- | ably Monday. Assuming the full &®m- | mittee will concur in the recom- mendation of the subcommittee, | Scott’s name then will go before the | Senate for confirmation. Virtually all the testimony at the hearing was in support of the nom- inee, who was selected a week a¢o by | President Roosevelt to take the place | of Judge James A. Cobb, also celored. | Some letters and petitions in opposi- tion to the appointment had been turned over to the subcommittee fol- lowing announcement of the appoint- ment, but the opponents did mnot press their opposition. As the hearing opened, Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, chairman, asked: “Are there any persons here who nt to testify against Mr. Scott?” No one came forward, and the Senator added, ‘“Apparently none.” Then follgwed statements in sup- port of Scott from a number of law- yers who were present and the read- ing of letters of recommendation from more than a score of others. Letters in Opposition. Near the close of the hearing Sen- ator King read excerpts from two in- dividual letters in opposition and a petition from some of the members of the bar, asking that the subcom- mittee hold the hearings to determine whether the nominee possessed the qualifications and temperament for the bench: At this point a request was made by a member of the audience that filled the committee room that the names on a petition in opposition to the nomination be read. The sub- committee decided, .instead, to have the petition placed in the hearings. Senator King began by reading telegrams from several white lawyers in Wilmington, N. C., Scott’s home town, urging his confirmation. The chairman also read a letter from Bishop M. H. Davis of the African M. E. Church in the District and sur- rounding States, addressed to Presi- dent Roosevelt, approving the selec- tion of Scott. Senator King said he had a list of 546 law cases in which Scott has ap- peared as coungel, 300 of which have been in Municipal Court. Scott told the subcommittee this list was con- fined to civic cases and did not in- clude thousands of criminal cases in which he has taken part. Representative Mitchell, Democrat, of Illinois, only colored member of the House, took an active part in presenting Scott’s qualifications to the Senate ‘group. Called on by Senator King for a statement, Mitchell said: “I have known Scott intimately for 20 years. I observed his practice here, where I lived before going to Illinois. He is a man of highest integrity, of unblemished record, a good lawyer and well educated. I think he possesses all the qualifications the position calls for.” Indorsements Offered. Mitchell offered for the record two petitions from local lawyers, indorsing Scott, one signed by 48 white lawyers and one by 32 colored attorneys. George C. Gertman said his ob- servation of Scott had led him to in- dorse the nominee’ for the appoint- ment. Gertman is secretary of the District Bar Association, but said he was not speaking for the association. Others from whom letters of in- dorsement were read included former District Attorney John E. Laskey, for- mer District Attorney Leo A. Rover, United States Commissioner Need- ham C. Turnage and former Munici- pal Court Judge M. M. Doyle. In response to-questions by Chair- man King, Scott said he has been s lawyer 38 years. He said he prac- ticed six months in his e town in North Carolina before coming to Washington. He was cated at Charlotte, N. C., and went to Raleigh to study law. RACIAL AID TO BE TOPIC Eugenics Society Will Hold An- nual Luncheon Today. The American Eugenics Society was to hold its annual luncheon meeting this afternoon in the Willard Hotel with discussions of problems involved jn Dbettering the race. Principal speaker was to be President Ellsworth Huntington, !* University -sociology professor, J The engine was telescoped into an automobile today when the machine ran into a tree in the first block of O street northeast, seriously injuring the driver and another occupant. street, the driver, may have a crushed chest, it was said. Willis Davis, 24, of 2127 P street, had six teeth knocked out and suffered a cut lip and possibly internal injuries. Both were treated at Casualty Hospital, where X-rays were to be taken to determine the full extent of their injuries, Willie Reinke, 21, of 2029 F —Star Staff Photo. CITEERS CAOL HOSTRE TOBRO Burroughs Association Re- fuses to Vote Confidence in Police Head. With only 11 of the 15 members voting, the Burroughs Citizens' Assoc- iation refused last night, 7 to 4, to extend Supt. of Police Ernest .W Brown a vote of confidence in con- nection with the recent report of the special House Crime Investigating Committee. Members agreed unani- mously however, that the city’s police chief should be chosen from the ranks | of the department. Paul E. Jamieson, expressing his | understanding that politics was mixed up with the recommendations of the special Crime Investigating Commit- tee, introduced the resolution calling for appointment of a police chief from the ranks. This resolution was adopted. His recommendation that a vote of confidence be sent Maj. Brown was defeated. David A. Babp, president of the association, gave up his chair as pre- siding officer and took the floor to argue the question. Babp Recalls Prediction. “I am opposed to giving Brown this vote of confidence,” he said. “Though I never have met Brown, I predicted four months ago at a meet- ing of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations that Brown would be out of office by July. “At the same time I opposed an increase in the police force here,” Babp declared, “until such time as the force is administered properly. Why, the police couldn't even find gambling establishments until the Crime Com- mittee began making it warm for them.” “Furthermore,” he declared, “I could tell you things about narcotics in this city that would open your eyes. And you can't tell me the police don't know about them.” Jamieson pointed to the fact the Board of Trade had voted Maj. Brown a vote of confidence. Armory .Plan Approved. ‘The essociation approved con- struction of an armory for the Dis« trict National Guard from Public Works Administration funds. It also voted approval of a uniform taxi rate and zones for the District. Both resolutions were introduced by the Executive Committee. Mrs. Eleanor St. Omer Roy reported on a visit to Secretary Ickes’ office to obtain information on a proposed low-cost Federal housing project on Rhode Island avenue northeast, be- tween Seventeenth street and Brent- wood road northeast. The association adopted a resolu- tion instructing its members attend- ing the meeting of the Northeast Suburban Council to follow the ma- Jority's wish on the question. The action of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Association in re- questing better transportation service and cleaner street cars was indorsed by the Burroughs group. Suffrage Stand Reaffirmed. The association voted to reaffirm its stand on the suffrage question for the’ District, approved in June, 1933, and recommended substitution of the Burroughs plan for that of the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations for governmental reorganization. Expressing belief that the murder and suicide of Policeman C. N. House and Miss Bessie Carter, respectively, would not have happened had the District had proper divorce laws, a resolution asking more liberal divorce laws was adopted. Indorsement was .given to a reso- lution formulated by the :fldclty Citizens’ Association to make i necessary for persons seeking mar- riage license to file application five days in advance of the wedding date. The resolution 'also stated one of the parties must make a personal ap- pearance when securing the license: The association refused to enter into the question'of whether the Dis- trict should have a long or short ton coal basis and also would take no action on a recomemndation for & change in the commitment pro- cedure of the District lunacy laws. " CRASH HURTS WOMAN Mrs. Ruth Meister Suffers Pos- sible Internal Injuries. Mrs. Ruth Meister, 56, ribs last night when an automobile driven by her husband, Louis, collided with a street car near Union Station. She was treated at Casualty Hospital. William H. Nichols, 27, of 3413 P street, passenger in the automobile of T. Beddoo, 427 Fourth street, t when the machine FAVORABLE AGTION BY SUBCOMMITTEE D. C. Measure Comes Up at Next Meetinu of Senate .Group. ADVOCATES OF LIBERAL LAW CITE TWO RULINGS Indorsements of District and Women’s Bar Association Presented at Hearing. Approved by & subcommittee follow- ing a hearing yesterday afternoon, the bill to broaden the grounds for abso- lute divorce in Washington will come up for action at the next meeting of the Senate District Committee. The subcommittee voted a favorable report after representatives of the Dis- trict and the Women's Bar Assocla- tions had supported the measure, call- ing attention to two decisions in which the District Court of Appeals sug- gested the need for a more liberal law to overcome difficulties growing out of divorces obtained elsewhere. Under existing law adultery is the only basis for an absolute divorce in the District. The pending bill would add the following grounds: Cruelty, desertion for two years, drunkenness for one year, or final conviction of & felony involving moral turpitude, for which all or part of the sentence was served. Litigants would still have the right, however, to ask for a legal sep- aration if they are opposed to absolute divorce. ‘The bill provides further that persons who have obtained a limited divorce within two years of the passage of this measure could apply for an absolute divorce. Boardman Cites Precedent. In speaking for the District Bar Association, George C. Gertman said he undertsood the bill also is favored by the Commissioners and the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations. The indorsement of the Women's Bar As- sociation was presented by Mrs. Martha R. Gold. Jean M. Boardman, another attor- ney who supported the bill, said it is not a new proposition here, pointing cut that from 1870 to 1901 the District laws allowed cruelty, desertion and drunkenness as grounds for divorce. The code adopted in 1901, however, went back to the restrictive basis of infidelity as the only grounds. “While we have the strictest divorce | law, we have one of the most liberal annulment iaws,” said Boardman, adding that the District also is near | the top of the list of cities in the per capita rate of litigation between hus- band and wife. The majority of these suits are for limited divorce or main- tenance, but each one, he said, is “a | tombstone to a broken home.” Boardman asserted that nine out of every ten absolute divorces granted here are based on an act of infidelity | occurring after the husband and wife had already become separated from some other cause. No Increase in Suits Expected. In many cases, he said, couples already separated hire detectives to get evidence for an absolute divorce. He argued, therefore, that the pending bill would not increase the amount of litigation between husbands and wives, although it might increase the num- ber of absolute divorces. Gertman | emphasized that those who are op- have the right to obtain limil divorce. ' Gertman and Boardman described how local residents go to nearby States or to Reno, Nev,, to obtain di- vorces. Mrs. Gold said South Carolina alone Geclines to grant a divorce for any reason; all of the other States recog- nize adultery as a cause for divorce; 46 recognize cruelty and desertion; 40 allow it on the ground of drunken- ness or drug addiction, and 40 recog- nize imprisonment for a felony as sufficient cause. “In the District of Columbia, how- ever, there is but one recognized cause for divorce—though nearby jurisdictions recognize several such causes and thus create the conditions ‘referred to in the court opinion before cited,” Mrs. Gold said. The subcomhmittee considering the bill was composed of Senators Copeland of New York, Capper of Kansas and Reynolds of North Carolins, but Sen- ator Reynolds was out of the city yes- terday. No one appeared in opposi- tion to the bill. VETERAN GIVEN MEDAL Capt. McCrahon Receives Award om Crateau-Thierry Mayor. Almost 18 years after he fought with the detached service, 26th Division, Capt. Edward H. McCrahon yesterday received from the mayor of Chateau- Thierry a silver medal and certificate of appreciation “for the defense of Chateau-Thierry and Hill 204" on July 18, 1918. Capt. McCrahon, who now is manager of the Venetian puol at the: Shoreham Hotel, received the award in the mail yesterday. The medal carries the likenesses of Washington and Lafayette, and the certificate, signed by the mayor, is written “in appreciation of"victory and defense of Chateau-Thierry, July 18, 1918.” Capt. McCrahon has more than dozen other medals from various countries for his war service. | posed to absolute divorce would still | The crowd of hopeful job-seekers daily grows greater in the vacant F street store rented by Uncle Sam to speed handling of employment applications. against the depression and the drive to end unemployment and the dole. lawyers and the once-rich wait patiently in line for a blue sheet that might prove the. ticket to a job. office, across the street from the Willard Hotel, handled 5,017 applications the first week it was open. The United States has $4,000, 000,000 to spend in its latest assault Clerks, laborers, doctors, plumbers, The BNAI BRITH READY FOR CONVENTION { Delegates Arriving for Four- Day Meeting to Open Tomorrow. Delegates to the international con- | vention of the B'nai B'rith are ar- | riving in Washington today for the | | four-day session of the Constitution | Grand Lodge, which opens at the | | Willard tomorrow morning. | | "The oldest and largest fraternal organization in the United States, | the B'nai Brith is holding its first | international convention in Wash- | ington since 1910. The order has | lodges in 30 countries and is regarded | as the most representative Jewish | organization. At a meeting of the B'nai B'rith | Hillel Foundation Commission here | last night Dr. Abram L. Sacher of Champaign, Ill, national director of the Hillel Foundations, reported that | the Hillgl office is co-operating with Jewish groups on 100 campuses throughout the country. The Hillel Commission decided that in the near future a bureau of re-| search would be established to con- | | duct a thorough study of the campus problems of Jewish students. The Grand Lodge convention will be called to order at 10 am tomor- row by the international president, Alfred M. Cohen of Cincinnati. Dr. Abram Simon of the Washington Hebrew Congregation will deliver the invocation. William A. Roberts, peo- | ple’'s counsel, will deliver an address of welcome on behalf of the District government. Alfred L. Bennett, | president of Argo Lodge of Wash- ington, and Abe Shefferman, presi- dent of District Grand Lodge, No. 5, also will extend greetings to the delegates. An informal get-together is planned for the delegates tomorrow night at the center. A program of entertain- ment has been arranged, with Phil Lampkin acting as master of cere- monies. Washington members of B'nai B'rith will have an opportunity to meet the delegates at this time. The convention banquet will be Mon- day night, with Speaker of the House Byrns as the guest of honor. ANNUAL MEETING ENDED BY GUARD ADJUTANTS Supplies, Equipment and Motori- zation Discussed at Closing Sessions Here. Adjutants general from National Guard organizations-of more than 40 States closed their annual conference here today. Meeting under auspices of the Na- tional Guard Bureau, the officers yes- terday discussed questions of supplies, equipment, motorization of the Guard and other technical subjects. In the afternoon a group called on Secretary of War Dern and another on the Sen- ate Committee on Military Affairs. Later, officers of the National Guard Bufteau entertained the visitors at the Army and Navy Country Club. Maj. Gen. George E. Leach is head of the bureau. Brig. Gen. Ralph M. Immel of Wisconsin is president of “the Adjutants General Association. i BY WIAL P. KENNEDY. In the legislative appropriation bill to be reported to the House next week, the initial item of $9,000 will grounds around the Capitol, Supreme Court, Library of Congress and other for parks in all sections of the city. This nursery is a part of the United Botanic . Garden. The plant for_general landscape development in connection with, the various Govern- ment buildings’in both legislative and executive X The musery contains sdme 12% acres and it is proposed to utilize this area as follows: Two acres to be devoted to sod, 2 acres to some Nursery at Poplar Point Asked ™ In Item of Appropriation Bill proximately % acre to be continued be | January . Garden, George W. Hess, in the angle between Canal and First streets south- west, may be occupied by Mr. Fred- erick, with & deduction from his salary for rent. For 17 years Mr. Frederick has been caring for the trees and landscaping on the Capitol grounds and the plaza between the Capitol and Union Sta- tion. He was employed for nine years in the Interior Department and for three and one-half years taught hor- ticulture. He took his course after he was married and spent three :':I nm—hnlé‘un‘m in Cfimfl Unm cgneen on mat and landscape art. - Appointed GILCHRIST 1S NAMED HOUSING ASSISTANT. J. K. GILCHRIST Of Lebanon, Ohio, who today was appointed special assistant to the housing administrator to handle general executive activities. H. H. Dearing of Boston will succeed Gil- christ as housing director for the District of Columbia. Gilchrist has been active in executive personnel work with the Housing Division since last August. THE WEATHER District of Columbia — Fair and cooler, with lowest temperature about and continued cool, probably rain to- morrow night; gentle to moderate north and northeast winds. Maryland—Fair and cooler in east and central portions tonight; tomor- row cloudy and continued cool, prob- ably rain tomorrow night and in ex- treme west portion tomorrow after- noon. Virginia—Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow cloudy. probably followed by rain tomorrow night and in west por- | tion tomorrow afternoon. West Virginia—Cloudy tonight and tomorrow: rain tomorrow afternoon and night, continued cool. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. Inches. .. 56 30.11 30.05 30.0¢ Yesterday— 4 pm. 8 p.m. 30.03 3013 : 5 3017 Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 57, 3:15 p.m. yesterday. Year ago, 76. Lowest, 50, 2 am. today. Year ago, 60. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 89, on April 27. Lowest, —2, on January 28, Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 90 per cent, at 1:15 am. today. Lowest, 52 per cent, at noon today. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast ‘ll.'ld Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today. Tomorrow. 2 9:36a.m. 4:02a.m. 10:12 p.m. 4:37pm. Sets. Sun, today 7:02 Sun, tomorrow. : 7:03 Moon, today..... 5:16a.m. 6:20p.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset, Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month, 1935. Aver, Record. February ' March Veterans Plan Party Tonight. Washington Posf,” No. 29, Twenty- ninth Division Association, composed of World War veterans of the Dis- Sl i et b a at the Cairo Hotel tonight at 9:30 o'clock. Comdr. E. E. McGowan, 1im ernoon in Community Hall. A “cheese | had been married and are very hanpy. Ritt m:'et. has charge fldflh contest will be a feature utel daumdfe Hitt gave them the blessing DEATH TAKES TWO TUAEDD LEADERS T. N. Mohler, Sr., and James Pryor, Friends and Polit- ical Allies, Die. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ] | TUXEDO, Md., May 4—The two outstanding civic and political leaders of this community for the past decade | died today. Thomas N. Mohler, sr., 70, died at 3:30 this morning of injuries received | an hour earlier in an automobile aci | dent, and at 5 o'clock James Pryor, 74, his neighbor, friend and political | ally, succumbed to a year's illness. | The two had organized the Inde- | pendent Voters’ League of Prince Georges County, organized the Tuxedo | Volunteer Fire Department, jointly | donated the land for its firehouse and | fought together for many new roads | and other civic improvements. Head-on Collision. | Mohler was fatally injured in a| head-on collision between two auto- mobifes on the Defense Highway at Decatur Heights, in which eight other | persons were slightly hurt. | Police said Ralph Porch, 45, of | Cheverly, was driving the car in which Mohler was riding. The other car was operated, police records show, by Miss | Regenia Jones, 29, of the 2800 block | of Twenty-ninth street, Washington. | Miss Jones was treated at Emer- gency Hospital for cuts about the | face and forehead, and returned to | 42 degrees tonight; tomorrow cloudy : Hyattsville where she posted $500 bond for appearance at an inquest May 20. | Magistrate Henry O'Neill released | Porch on his personal bcod for ap- | pearance at the inquest. |~ Mohler, Miss Jones and Albert V. | Llufrio, 45, 1800 block of Ontario road, were rushed to the hospital by | the Prince Georges County rescue squad. Mohler died at 3:30 a.m. Suffers Broken Jaw. { Llufrio was found to have a broken | undetermined. Others in the car driven by Miss Jones were three of hesisters Caro- lina Jones, Agnes Jones and Mrs. Mary Jones Miller; a brother, Henry Jones, and Jack Lucas of the Woodley Apartments, and Llufrio. Mrs. Miller, who lives in St. Petersburg, Fla., is visiting her family in Washington, and it was her car that the party used to attend a musicale in Annapolis last night. Corpl. C. W. Cubbage of the State police and Policeman Arthur Brown of the county force are investigating the accident. For years Mohler conducted a large contracting and painting supply business in Washington. Upon moving to Maryland he took an active interest in politics and was prominent in civic affairs. He was president of the Independent Voters’ League which he and Pryor formed last Summer just before the State and county election campaigns. Leaves Four Sons. He is survived by four sons, Henry D. Mohler, a Washington policeman: Thomas N. Mohler, jr., of Landover, Md.; Edwell Hudson Mohler, former assistant chief of the Tuxedo Fire Department, and Linwood Mohler of Tuxedo; & daughter, Mrs. Vivian M. Deanne of Tuxedo; a sister, Mrs. James Finney of Los Angeles, Calif, and s brother, Bunch Mohler of Centerville, Va. Pryor was a retired real estate operator, store keeper and hot house proprietor. He and Mohler organized the Tuxedo Fire Department about five years ago. He is survived by his_widow, Mrs. Ardell Pryor; a son, Earl, and a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Watts. A Automotive Group to Meet. The Washington Automotive Trade Association will hold its May meeting Monday at 8:30 p.m. at the Hamilton Hotel. R. J. has announced to members that two new items of vital importance are to come before the association. W. T. Stone to Speak. ‘William T. Stone of the Foreign Policy Association will be guest speak- er at a meeting of .the Teachers' | Union at the Carlton Hotel today at 6.30 p.m. Woman's Club to Elect. ARLINGTON, May 4 (Spe- cial)~The Woman’s Club of Arling- ton will hold its annual meeting for the election of officers Monday aft- jaw and knee cap. His condition is | TRAFFIC SAFETY DRIVE IS PLANNED: TOBEGIN MONDAY Hazen and Van Duzer Give Final Instructions to Workers. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO PLEDGE OBSERVANCE “Highway Life Guard” Signs Will Be Sold to Finance Campaign. If the Washington public is not impressed during the next several weeks with the necessity of obedience to traffic rules it will not be the fault of District officials and civic leaders named oy the Commis- sioners to carry out objectives outlined recently by President Roosevelt in calling for an or- ganized effort to cut the nation’s traffic toll. Details of the extensive safety edu- cation campaign to be started Monday for a two-month period were outlined last night as the members of the Com- missioners’ committee met in the Potomac Electric Power Co. auditorium to receive final instructions from Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen and Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer, general chairman for the drive. Every avenue of instruction will be utilized in an intensive effort to make Washington safety conscious. Through the press, radio, schools, churches, theaters, civic organiza- tions, advertisements—through virtu- ally all methods of reaching the pub- lic—all Washington motorists and pedestrians will be asked to pledge observance of the slogan “Live and Let Live,” which has been adopted for the drive. Stressing the importance of such a campaign at this time, Commis- sioner Hazen last night emphasized the seriousness of the District's traffic toll and charged the committee with enlisting every resident as a “high- way life guard.” Financing Methods. Just how the campaign would be financed was seen as a major problem at the meeting when Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, who is chairman of the Finance Subcommit- tee, presented the discouraging re- port he had been able to raise only $200 in subscriptions from local 1mer- chants and public utility companies Against this, he listed liabilicies of | more than $1,000, the cost of print- ing 100,000 stickers bearing the cam- paign slogan and designating the pledged driver a “highway life guard.” This problem was quickly settled, however, when the committee voted unanimously in favor of a suggestion to sell the stickers to motorists instead of giving them away, as originally planned. So to become a “life guard” the car owner will pay 10 cents for two stickers, one for the windshield, the other for the rear window. Full co-operation was pledged Chair- man Van Duzer by every subcommit- tee chairman or member who spoke. Public Welfare Director Elwocod Street, in charge of speakers, gave as- surance there would be plenty of speakers to talk on the subject before schools and organizations. Rev. Allen Stockdale said all churches will be asked to devote at least one Sunday to the educational campaign and that slogans and posters will be placed conspicuously in churches and Sun- day schools. The radio campaign will be one of the high lights. Sylvan King, in charge of this phase, said the people of Washington will be barraged every day with “break-in” announcemeats over all Washington broadcasting sta- tions. These short announcements will be accompanied by police whistles and realistic sounds of auto collisions to catch the ear. Pictures to Be Shown. A. Julian Brylawski, chairman of the subcommittee on motion pictures, said Washington theaters will show “trailers” depicting traffic accidents and their causes. He estimated these pictures would be seen by 650,000 thea- ter patrons during the drive. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, police super- intendent, declared he appreciated the hard work of the committee members and that, as chairman of the subcom- mittee on police activity he would in- struct all policemen to urge caution on drivers. One hundred per cent co-operation of all the organizations and activities they represent was pledged by other committee members. These included George W. Offutt, chairman of the Subcommittee on Civic Organizations: ‘Theodore Behler, publicity: George W. Beasley, Federation of Civic Associa- : Norman Kal. advertising and Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, women's Rev. L. J. Sheehan, parochial | schools; Dr. Elmer P. Newton, public schools, and Edwin S. Hege, Federation of Citizens' Associations. Moving pictures to be shown during the drive by two insurance companies, the Aetna and Metropolitan, were dis- played last night by V. 8. Foster and Vincent Sacardi. M an?ge.za—ncels Girl’s Charge of Threat to Kill The marriage last Sunday of the complainant and defendant resulted in the dismissal by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court today of a charge of threats against Charles Cheek, 2520 Fourteenth street. On March 26, Miss LaVerne Rein- heimer, 1104 M street, appeared be- fore Judge Hitt and told him that Cheek, with whom she had been keeping company, had threatened during & quarrel on the preceding Sunday to kill her and himself by running his automobile off the Taft Bridge. ™ Another girl who was with them at the time testified she had per- suaded Cheek to refrain from carry- ing cut the threat by telling him she | would be made an innocent victim and that she had no desire to die. After the presentation of testi- mony, Judge Hitt characterized the case as “lovers’ quarrel” and con- tinued it to give the couple an oppor- tunity to make up. Today Cheek appeared in court ard announced he and Miss Reinheimer /