Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1935, Page 19

Washington News NICHOLS CHARGES QUINNEBILL HURTS LITTLETAXIFIRMS Oklahoman Declares Large Companies Favored by Insurance Measure. MUTUAL ASSOCIATIONS AND POOLS EXPECTED Approval Given Legislation, How- ever, After Van Duzer Accords Blanket Indorsement. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Charges that the Quinn bill to com- pel Washington taxicab operators to carry liability insurance is designed | in the interest of the large companies were made today by Representative Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma be- fore the Streets and Traffic Subcom- mittee of the House District Commit- tee. Nichols declared the measure would permit the larger taxi- companies to form insurance pools or mutual asso- ciations, whereas the small independ- | ent operators would be compelled to | turn to the regular insurance com- panies and pay a much higher pre- mium or go out of business. Nichols, however, approved the pro- posed legislation in principle, after Traffic Director William Van Duzer had given a blanket indorsement to the Quinn bill. Cut in Taxi Number Seen. ‘The Quinn measure, Van Duzer de- clared, not only would offer protection to the public, but would have the ef- fect of reducing the number of taxi- | cabs now in operation. These ve- | hicles, he said, constitute a problem | in the congested areas. Both Nichols and Van Duzer were questioned by Representatives Pat-| man, Democrat, of Texas and Quinn, | Democrat, of Pennsylvania, author of | the taxicab liability bill. Van Duzer was asked particularly about traffic| conditions in the District and the steps that should be taken to bring about an improvement. The hearing on the Quinn bill was expected to be the last before sub- committee action, but the desire of Patman, the chairman, for additional data, caused an indefinite delay. Pat- man specifically requested detailed in- formation on the number of accidents | in which taxicabs were involved, the | total amount of damage claims paid, and figures showing the cost to the | taxi operators of the proposed insur- | ance | Quinn said he would get the infor- | mation as to the insurance cost from | a reputable insurance company and | submit it at the next hearing. i Reduction in Numbers Seen. Van Duzer in indorsing the Quinn bill said it not only would offer protection to the public, but would have the effect of reducing the number of taxicabs that cruise the streets of the District. The vehicles, he declared, constitute a problem in the congested | areas. Quinn and Patman both questioned Van Duzer about the traffic condi- tions and what steps should be taken to improve them. Van Duzer began his testimony Aby | Introducing a statistical report showing the mileage per accident of passenger cars, taxicabs and street cars. Passenger cars, according to his rec- | ord, were involved in 75 fatal accidents last year, trucks, 11; busses, 1; street cars, 6, and taxicabs, 10. The car-mile | per fatal accident for passenger ve- | hicles was 9,240,000; for taxicabs, 12- 250,000, and street cars, 3,610,000 | Quinn asked Van Duzer what would Jead to a solution of the traffic prob- Jem. | “A number of things” he replied. “A good many fatal accidents are eaused by too great speed. Another thing is that cars are parked too close | to the intersections and do not allow proper vision.” Quizzed on Racketeering. i Quinn_also questioned Van Duzer | #bout alleged “racketeering” in the | sale of cabs. The traffic director said he did not know gnything about that situation and Quinn remarked: “It seems to me most cab companies | are interested in selling cabs and not service. There are too many cabs in | Washington.” Patman then began the interroga- tion of Van Duzer, asking him to out- line the reasons he favors the taxi liability bill. “First,” he answered, “it will make taxicabs responsible, the same as! street cars or busses. “Second, it will reduce the number of taxicabs on the streets. They are & problem in our congested areas.” Favors Bill in Principle. Nichols followed Van Duzer and ex- plained that, while he favored the proposed legislation in pninciple, he did not believe the Quinn bill would #dequately meet the situation. ‘The Quinn bill, in its present form, Nichols declared, is designed to pro- tect larger taxicab operators. “I would hate to see it come out in such form as to punish the small operators. I'm afraid this bill would do that.” Nichols also pointed out that sev- eral sections of the bill would permit the larger taxicab operators to form mutual companies and force the small operators to go to regular insurance eompanies and pay a higher pre- mium. MRS. M. C. BEHN DIES Mrs. Marion C. Behn, 69, mother of Mrs. W. R, Chapline, 3802 Albe- marle street, died Saturday at Flag- staff, Ariz,, after a brief iliness. Besides Mrs. Chapline she is sur- vived by a daughter Ruth, also of Arizona; a sister, Mrs. Christine Pal- mer of Hoboken, N. J, and a son, Harry Behn of Los Angeles. Services will be held at Hysong's fu- neral chapel Thursday at 10:30 am., followed by burial in Cedar Hill Ceme- tery. Marriage Licenses. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., May 21 (Special).—Marriage licenses have | been issued here to the following: Jack Jess Brown, 30, and Edna Marie Titus, 21, both of Washington; Hugh Ran- dolph Cusick, 23, Suitland, Md., and Mildred Dorothy Meuser, 22, Darby, Pa.; John Stanley Gray, 21, Oxon Hill, Md., and Lenora Ethel Mulvey, 21, ‘Washington, he WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 21, Camel Born at Circus Born in the menagerie tent at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus last night, a baby camel is shown above with .its head in the lap of Alethea Clarke, juggler, who is feeding it milk from a bottle. The infant is to be christened Almas this afternoon by Robert P. Smith, potentate of Almas Temple and director general of the Shrine convention | June 9 to 15 here. The camel is & symbol of .Bhnnednm —Star Staff Photo. SHRINE PARADE SEATS GO ON'SALE Roosevelt Will Review Pag- eant From Stands on June 13. President Roosevelt will review the parade and pageant of the Shrine imperial conclave Thursday night, June 13, and will receive at the White House the Board of Directors of the Shriners’ Hospital for Crip- pled Children sometime during the previous week, - This was announced today by Bob-r ert P, Smith, director general of the Shrine eonvention, who explained also that Mrs. Roosevelt will receive at the White House the women of the Imperial Divan and wives of repre- sentatives of the Imperial Council on June 13. President Roosevelt, however, will be absent from Washington during the first part of the Shrine week as he is scheduled to present diplomas | to the graduating class at West Point Military Academy. President Roosevelt, who is a mem- ber of Cyprus Temple, Albany, N. Y., is understood to be particularly in- terested in the work done by the Mystic Shrine at its numerous hos- pitals for crippled children through- out the country, the nearest one to ‘Washington being at Philadelphia. Seats on Sale. Seats for the grandstands along the line of march for the Shriners’ pa- rades went on sale officially today at Almas Temple, Director General Smith announced as he made public for the first time the prices and specific locations of these seats. These seats will run all the way from intersection of Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues westward on Pennsylvania avenue, north on Fif- teenth street past the Treasury De- partment and west on Pennsylvania avenue past the White House to a terminus at Seventeenth street. All these stands will be available to purchasers for the entire week of June 9 to 15, at any time of day or night. The three principal events to pass in review along this line of march will be the official opening escort pa- rade Tuesday at 10 a.m, when for the first time the thousands of Shriners with uniform bodies in gay colors and their picturesque bands will sweep up the Avenue to signalize the opening of the annual session. The second parade, on Wednesday night, will be the official uniformed bodies’ night procession, when gorge- ous illuminated features will add bril- liance to the occasion. Pageant to Pass. The climax of the convention and series of parades will be Thursday night, when President Roosevelt from the stand in front of the White House will review both the Shrine bodies and a glamorous pageant of 12 episodes moving intermittently throughout the line of march. The prices for the grandstand seats vary from $3.30 to $9.90 each for the entire week. The highest prices pre- vail in the covered grandstand in front of the White House Grounds between East Executive avenue and West Executive averiue, where the range is from $7.70, $880 to $9.90. The most elaborately decorated sec- tion of the parade stands will be from Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets, where many Oriental designs and figures in high color will lend the Shrine atmosphere to what has been officially called the “Pavilion of Omar.” The seats in this pavilion are covered from East Executive avenue to West Executive avenue. ‘The prices along lower Pennsylvania avenue are $3.30, $4.40 and $5.50, in- cluding the section along Fifteenth street and in front of the Treasury up to East Executive avenue. The uncovered section from West Executive nvtsnue to Seventeenth street will be $5.50. TREATED FOR BURNS Richard McLean, 18, of 1601 Evarts street northeast, was burned on the hands and legs late yesterday while trying to extinguish. flames in his au-, tomobile, which caught fire at Third and E streets. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. Fire-fighting apparatus was sum- moned to the scene and firemen soon put out the flames on the burning putomobile, 2 LY EXPERTS 10 STUDY | Meeting Called for Friday to Discuss Proposed Recre- ation Center. Details of the proposed stadium and National Guard Armory for the Dis- trict, on the banks of the Anacostia River, at the end of East Capitol street, will be discussed here Friday with experts named by Secretary Ickes. C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, today “fnnounced that his Special Commit- tee, which has been considering the project and making preliminary studies, will meet on Friday with the | experts—Francis P. Sullivan, promi- | nent local architect, and Bremer Pond | of Harvard University, Cambridge, | Mass,, landscape architect. Engineer to Be Chosen. Later, under present plans, an en- gineer will be named as consultant, after current studies are out of the way. The United States Engineer Office has been conducting borings in the area so that the committee and the consultants may bave information for planning the foupdations. Friday's meeting will be devoted to consideration of the whole question, inasmuch as traffic problems will enter into the calculations. Provision will bus transportation for large numbers of people, who will attend athletic and other events in the stadium. A drill field and one for demonstrations like- wise will be embraced in the develop- ment, which will be a complete rec- reation center. Special Bill in Prospect. ‘The National Park Service of the Interior Department is giving some attention to having a special bill in- troduced in Congress authorizing the erection of the stadium project. There is some debate as to whether or not the park authorities could construct a stadium out of Public Works Ad- ministration funds without previously obtaining direct legislative authority. ‘The P, W. A. has allocated some $15,000 for a study of preliminary plans and this is the work upon which Mr. Finnan's committee and the con- sultants soon will be engaged. John L. Nagle, senior engineer in the Na- tional Park Service, is collaborating | with Mr. Finnan on engineering aspects. Mr. Finnan hopes to have plans for the stadium drawn soon and wants to see the project pushed to a n‘:bclcesuful conclusion as soon as pos- sible. TAXI DRIVER HELD IN BEATING OF TWO One Virginian in Hospital and Another Sent Home After Treatment for Cuts. A taxicab driver was being held for investigation today in connection with the beating of two men early this morning, one of whom, Charles Hill, 29, of Leesburg, Va., is in Emergency Hospital suffering from brain concus- sion. The other man injured, James Hilleary, 25, of Fort Myer Heights, Va., returned to his home after being given first aid for cuts on the scalp. Raymond D. Minetree, 28, of the 3200 block of M street, the cab driver, was arrested by police after he had taken the two men to the hospital from the 2400 block of Pennsylvania avenue, it was said. Minetree denied to police that. he had any trouble with the pair, Hill's condition was reported unde- termined late this morning and X-rays were to be taken to see whether he has a skull fracture. He also was treated for & number of cuts on the head. Police were seeking additional de- talls regarding the alleged fight in which the men were injured. Virginia Girl Honored. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., May 21 (Special) —Miss Flora Ryan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Ryan of Falls Church, has been named chairman of the World Fellowship Committee of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet at Fredericks- burg State Teachers' College for the 19351936 term, A 0.C STADUMPLAN be made for adequate street car and | BEALLS TESTIFY AS LYDDANE CASE NEARS COMPLETION Darnestown Man Hints He Tolq Story of Friendship With Woman. DOZEN WITNESSES GO INTO GRAND JURY ROOM Hearing Due to Be Finished This Afternoon, With Report to Court Thursday. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BULLETIN. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 21.— ‘The grand jury investigating con=- spiracy to murder against Mrs, Anne Lyddane and three men, completed its examination of wit- nesses this afternoon. It is ex- pected to report tomorrow. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 21— Arthur Beall, Darnestown garage man, and his wife, Josephine, were wit- nesses today as the grand jury pre- pared to complete its taking of testi- mony in an alleged murder con- spiracy by Mrs. Anne Lyddane and three men upon the life of Mrs. Lyd- | dane's husband, Francis “Slom"” Lyd- dane. After a dozen witnesses had gone into the grand jury room yesterday and this morning, it appeared likely the investigation would be complete this afternoon, although the resuits probably will not be known until Thursday, when the jury is expected to return its report in open court. In a divorce suit against her hus- band two years ago, Mrs. Beall named Mrs, Lyddane as a co-respondent. The suit was withdrawn by Mrs. Beall a few days later following a settlement in which Beall transferred to her property valued at approxi- mately $10,000. ‘The Beall couple are now recon- ciled and apparently happy together. They entered the court house arm in arm and left in the same manner after both nad testified briefly in the jury room. Declined to Talk. Both smilingly declined to discuss their testimony with reporters, al- though Mrs, Beall was more emphatic on this point than her husband. Beall | intimated it was the “usual” line of questioning with regard to his friend- ship with Mrs. Lyddane. Another witness this morning was James McDonough, a house painter and neighbor of the Bealls in Darnes- town. Newspaper men were excluded from the third floor of the court house where the jury probe is in progress by order of Judge Charles E. Wood- ward. The grand jury investigation is being conducted with the usual secrecy in order to shield witnesses from undesirable publicity. One of the last witnesses to appear yesterday was Bert C. Sarrar, a Treas- | ury Department handwriting expert. | His appearance presumably was in connection with a typewriter said to have been used by Mrs. Lyddane | and recently impounded by States Attorney James H. Pugh. Carnell Is Witness. Another witness yesterday was John H. Carnell, Rockville bartender, and alleged “contact man” in the con- spiracy, who is said to have turned State's evidence. The men against whom the prose- cution seeks indictments are John M. sBorland and Edwin H. Davis, both of Washington, and now under ar- rest with Carnell in default of $10,- 000 bond each. —_— BUS WRECKS CAB AND GAS STATION Runs Out of Control in Alex- andria—One Person Is Injured. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21.—One person was slightly hurt and 10 others narrowly escaped death or serious in- jury last night when an A. B. & W. Rapid Transit Co. bus got out of con- trol, careened into & gasoline station at Russell and Glebe roads, bowled over two gas pumps, set fire to a taxi~ cab and the front of ghe station and finally stopped after learing & tele- phone pole in half. The total damage was estimated at $1,500, caused principally by fire. Miss Hildegarde Rocke of Virginia Highlands, one of six passengers on the bus, was the only person known to have been hurt. An employe of the Virginia Public Service Co. here, she sustained face cuts and bruises. Faulty steering apparatus on the bus and failure of its brakes to hold were both given as reasons for the crash. The bus, operated by Earl Dove, was en route to Washington over Rus- sell road. ‘Witnesses said the gas station and a Washington taxicab, parked at the pumps for gasoline, were in flames a second after the crash. The taxicab, operated by William Van Shuford, was almost destroyed. No. 2 Engine Co. extinguished the fire before it reached & store and house connected with the gasoline station. BONE DISEASES CLINIC SLATED IN ARLINGTON By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va,, May 21.—Arlington citizens suffer- ing from bone diseases will be ad- vised and treated at the semi-annual orthopedic clinic Sunday during 9 to 12 am. and 1 and 4 pm, it was announced today by Dr. P. M. Chi- chester, county health officer. The clinic will be conducted by Dr. D. M. Faulkner, Richmond bone spe- cialist, at the Clarendon Health Center. the Arlington County Tuberculosis Association, also announced a county- wide meeting Sunday night at the Mrs. Norbert Melnick, chairman of |’ pening Sfar WITH SUNDAY NORNING BV Argentine Square Rigger Sails in With Cadets NAVAL TRAINING SHIP DOCKS5 AT WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. Above, left to right, Capt. Alberto Teisaire, 1935. g i ] commander of the Argen- * tine training ship, Presidente Sarmiento; Rear Admiral Joseph R. Defrees, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard; Lieut. Lyman 8. Perry, aide to Admiral Defrees, in the center. Below, the Presidente Sarmiento as she was warped in to the dock. MARINE MEMORIAL DEDICATION SOON President May Attend Serv- ices on May 30, Spon- sors Say. Plans are in the making for the dedication of the Navy and Marine Memorial on Columbia Island, over- looking the Potomac River, Memorial day. Secretary Claude A. Swanson is hon- orary chairman of the organization that has been active in having the memorial erected here. The Cabinet officer is expected to take a prominent part in the proceedings, although definite plans have not been finally formulated. It is understood that President Roosevelt—a great lover of the sea and ships—has been invited to attend the exercises. There is & pos- sibility that the President will speak at _the dedication. Representative Sol Bloom, Democrat of New York, who has taken a special interest in the memorial since the time he was in charge of the Nation- wide George Washington Bicentennial celebration in 1932, is taking an out- standing part in arranging the pro- gram for the dedication. It is known that the officials of the National Park Service, Interior De- partment, are not satisfied with the memorial as it now stands and want to see the landscaping finished. Offi- cials of the sponsoring organization are attempting to secure the necessary funds with which to finish the base of the memorial, with its spikelike appearance. As an expedient for the dedication, earth may be placed around the bottom of the monument, to give it a finished appearance The Federal Government has no funds with which to finish the base of the memorial and the park authorities are on record as Being opposed to any future memorials in Washington that are to be left for some time in an in- complete coundition. B — NEW COMMITTEE 0.K.’D Senate Group Will Handle All Civil Aviation Matters. Creation of a new standing com- mittee of the Senate to handle all civil aviation matters, including air- mail and the regulation of air trans- portation, was authorized yesterday afternoon and the committee probably will be set up within & few days. The committee was created when the Senate adopted a Senate resolu- tion, introduced by Senator McCar- ran of Nevada, providing for the set- ting up of a Committee on Air Com- merce and Civil Aviation, to be com- posed of 12 Senators. Play Announced. LEONARDTOWN, Md, May 21 (Special). —The Joy M. E. Chapel ith ter to press the association’s Sinoational drive, Ikanched vecentiye —=8tar Staff Photos, MARKS ANSWERS BROWN ON GRIME |.Reports He Knew of Alleged Gambling Place and His Men Conducted Raid. Capt. Sidney J. Marks of the eleventh precinct replied today with a complete denial to implications in a recent letter from his chief that he was ignorant of the existence of an alleged gambling establishment within two blocks of his police station. He had been called upon by Supt. of -Police Ernest W. Brown to ex- plain why he had not reported the place, which was raided by a head- quarters squad Wednesday. Raided Last Year. Not only was the place known to him, but his men raided it last year and visited it again only a few weeks ago, Marks declared in his official report. He said the last visit failed to disclose any signs of gaming, and because of this he believes that the establishment must have been re- oplzned just before the vice squad raid. Eleventh precinct records show the premises was mentioned as suspected as far back as January 2, 1934, and was reported closed in June of last year, Marks reported. He said it was raided April 6, 1934, and Claude Cool, who was taken in the raid Wednes- day, was arrested and charged with permitting gaming. Cool Was Acquitted. Cool was said to have forfeited $25 collateral and been re-arrested on an attachment. He was tried and ac- hquitted of the gambling charge. Thir- teen other persons taken into custody forfeited $5 each on disorderly con- duct charges, Marks stated. ‘The place in question is located in the 2400 block of Nichols avenue southeast. Cool, the man arrested in both raids, is a former policeman. At a recent meeting of police offi- clals with the Commissioners, Marks said his precinct had no gambling establishments. Maj. Brown called this statement to the captain’s atten- tion in demanding a report. Brown said today he has not closed his investigation of the case. DOORKEEPER SWAMPED 1,500 Seek Seats to Hear Presi- dent Read Bonus Veto. Joe Sinnott, doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, has a headache. As doorkeeper he is responsible for issuance of all tickets to the galleries. Already more than 1,500 persons have asked for the privilege of sitting in the 556 available seats tomorrow when President Roosevelt delivers his bonus veto message. Lions Meet Tonight. SILVER SPRING, Md., May 21 (Special) —Nomination of officers will feature a meeting of the Silver Spring Lions Qb tonight e4 Faltiand > | two batteries of guns boomed salutes | IFTY-ONE days out of Buenos Aires, the Argentine naval train- ing ship Presidente Sarmiento slipped quietly up the Anacos- tia River this morning while | F of weilcome. Then, with a Navy Yard Society and General PAGE B—1 REPORT OPPOSES MAGISTRATE LAN FORPOLIECOLRT Committee Recommends 6 Other Changes to Cut Jam of Cases. WOULD LIMIT WOMEN ON EXEMPTION CLAIMS Jury Panel Terms Would Be Ex- tended to One Month Under Proposals Outlined. BY DON S. WARREN. Definite opposition to the proposed establishment of a Magistrates Court system to handle all kinds of minor cases, s0 as to relieve congestion in Police Court, was registered today by a committee of District officials and civic workers appointed recently by the Commissioners. The report, filed with the Commis- sioners at their board session today by George W. Offutt, chairman, sug- gested six other changes in enforce- ment and prosecution machinery. These call for: Use of a third jury panel in Police Court, a change re- cently invoked. tug aiding and sailors from the yard | | assisting at the wharf, she was docked | for a five-day stay in Washington. | Her stop here is the third since | leaving the home port with 45 naval | cadets and a crew of nearly 300 under | command of Capt. Alberto Teisaire. | Previous ports of call were Rio de Janeiro and Santa Lucia, with Wash- ngton being the first entry into United States waters. Scheduled to leave here next Sunday, the Sarmiento is due in New York on May 29. Next will come London, then the Baltic ports. then Amsterdam, Boulogne Sevilla, Tenerife, and finally Buenos Aires again on December 1. Cruise to Last Eight Months. ‘The whole cruise totals nearly 20,- 000 miles, will require just eight months for completion and serves as a fifth term of instruction for the naval cadets, who already have com- pleted four years at the Argentine academy. A square-rigged three-master of about 3,000 tons displacement, the glistening white ship was a picturesque sight as she glided up the channel this morning. With all sails furled, she came part way up the river under power of her auxiliary engines, then left the remainder of the work to the navy yard tug. Lined up on her decks were the cadet group and members of the crew, with officers stationed at landing positions. About a foot of her dark red waterline showed in contrast to the freshly painted white sides. gentine ships hung at both bow and stern. Planes Fly Overhead, Several planes, bearing either Army or Navy insignia on their wings, dipped and roared above as the Sar- miento neared the dock. Representing the yard command- ant, Rear Admiral Joseph R. Defrees, Lieut. Lyman 8. Perry arrived at the wharf as the Sarmiento docked, board- | Ing immediately to greet Capt. Teisaire Comdr. Guillermo B. Mckinlay, naval attache at the Argentine Embassy here, also boarded. As soon as cus- toms officers and other port author- ities had completed summary exami- rations, the ship also received other guests. Capt. Teisaire, accompanied by Juan Oreschnik as ship's interpreter, and Lieut. Perry, next called on Admiral Defrees at the commandant’s office, the call being returned almost imme- diately. Crew Set to Scrubbing. Meanwhile, back on the ship, the crew was set at work cleaning and scrubbing, while the cadets, uniformed in dark blue and with white-trimmed hats, prepared for their first glimpse of the United States. Photographers occupied their first minutes as every- body and everything, from the com- mander to the ship’s mascot, a turtle known as “Heavy Swell,” were posed for pictures. Receptions and sightseeing tours were on the schedule for the officers, cadets and crew while the Sarmiento is in Washington. For the students planned, although most of such work |is done during the leisurely cruising | between ports, it was explained. Just preceding the Sarmiento into the yard this morning was the Amer- ican training ship Nantucket, bear- ing a company of young merchant marine students. Somewhat smaller than the Sarmiento but of the same rig, the black and brown finish of the Nantucket contrasted in colorful manner with the shining white of the South American vessel. |GARNER, JOHNSON WILL UMPIRE GAME Members of Congress Will Play Capitol Scribes at Quantico Saturday. With Vice President Garner and Hugh 8. Johnson slated to act as um- | pires, the basé ball teams representing the Seventy-fourth Congress and the Press galleries at the Capitol are due for some snappy decisions when they meet at Quantico Saturday. ‘The first selection for umpire was Vice President Garner. Being the President of the Senate and a former Speaker of the House, this looked like rank favoritism to the scribes. When Gen. Johnson was trotted out as a second arbiter they were mollified, for the general writes a column for the newspapers these days. ‘The congressional-newspaper party will leave Washington at 1 p.m. Sat- urday on the steamer City of Wil- mington, bound for Quantico and a big time. At Quantico, in addition to the ball game, there will be an aerial circus, dress parade, boxing bouts and other events, - Gov. Nice of Maryland and Gov. oy o Vignia wil ssa The white and pale blue flag of Ar- | |a small amount of studying also is| Legislation to take away from wom- en their present prerogative of de- clining to serve as jurors merely be- cause they do not wish to. Legislation to reduce the number of cases in which jury trials may be de- manded, except in cases where pro- vided for by the Constitution | Legislation to lengthen the term | of Police Court jury panels to one | month to make it conform to service in District Supreme Court. Would Cut Exemptions. Legislation to reduce the number of reasons for exemption from jury serv- jce in a move to ‘get better qualified jurors. A plan to impound automobiles parked 1n flagrant violation of traffic | rules, this being similar to the regu- lation approved recently by the Com- | missiongrs. Legislation requiring semi-annual compulsory mechanical tests of all au- | tomobiles ‘at three Government test- ing stations. | The idea of a Magistrates’ Court | system first was advanced by Corpo- | ration Counsel Prettyman. who sug- 1 gested the enlistment of retired Army and Navy officers and retired business | and professional men as $l-a-vear | men. They would hold court at police precinct stations More recently Commissioner Hazen directed Prettyman to draft a bill for | employment of four full-time magis- trates, each of whom would be in | charge of minor cases at three police stations, serving as “circuit justices of the peace.” their salary, to be | 84000 a year each. That plan was held up, however, to await the report submitted today to the Commissioners. | No Action Taken. The Commissioners released the re- port, but took no action on the recom- | mendations. | As to the Magistrates’ Court idea, the committee told the Commission- ers: “At the present time the unani- | mous consensus is against such legis- lation as will bring about a return of the magistrate system. Numerous other remedies for the existing situa- tion were discussed, including legis- latian providing for additional judges for the Police Court and a consolida= tion of the Police and Municipal Courts. “The judges of Police Court, how- ever, feel they are well able, with | their present personnel, to amply take | care of the existing situation. They | suggest that while at the present time the court is mot up to date in its jury trials, this is due partially to the fact that early in February they were obliged to dispense with & third jury panel for the reason that their appropriation covering this panel was exhausted. They further suggested that in the event they might again have the third jury panel they could not only keep up the work but ‘cnuld catch up on the back work. Condition Corrected. | “Your committee brought this con- dition to the attention of the auditor, | who very promptly remedied the con- dition, as a result of which the third jury panel is now available.” The committee urged there be no | attempt at legislation for the magis- ‘mw's court at the present time, but asked that efforts be made to obtain sufficient appropriation for a third | jury panel throughout the next fiscal year. The suggested bill to reduce ex- emptions from jury service would make eligible for jury service, other qualifications being met, those em- ployed in Federal or District Govern- ment service, all officers and enlisted men of the District National Guard, both active and retired; all officers and enlisted men in the Military, Naval Marine and Coast Guard Reserve Corps: all notaries public, all post- masters and those who are recipients or beneficiaries of a pension or other gratuity from the Federal or District Government, or who have contracts with the United States or District Government. District and Federal Government employes would not be paid for their Jury service, but neither would Gov- ernment salaries be diminished by rea- son of time spent on juries. M G. EDGAR JONES DIES; HAD BEEN ILL WEEK Employe of Adjutant General’s Office 20 Years—Rites in Front Royal Tomorrow: G. Edgar Jones, 84, who for 20 yean was connected with the adjutant gen- eral’s office at the War Department died yesterday after a week’'s illness His home was at 2620 Thirteentt street. A native of Front Royal, Va., M1 Jones came here in 1900 to join the War Department, remaining until the enactment of the new retirement law: in 1920. He was active in the worlk of the Francis Asbury Methodist Epis- copal Church South. Besides his widow, he leaves s daughter, Miss Alice D. Jones. Funeral services will be held in Front Royal tomorrow at u:l’ pam.