Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1935, Page 21

Wash ington News he bening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITIN Society and General WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JULY ‘),-), 1935. 23 PAGE B—1 D.C. JOBS AT STAKE IN DEFICIENCY BILL AWAITING - PARLEY Conferees May Be Named Today to Work Out Agreement. CONFERENCE TO PONDER $59,120 HEALTH ITEM $800,000 for Park Work and $150,000 for Water Pumps Also Involved. Conferees may be named today by both branches of Congress to work out an agreement on Senate amend- ments to the $310,000,000 second de- ficiency appropriation bill, which passed the Senate late vesterday with several important additions of interest to Washington, including the $59,120 | for better health protection in the District during the current year. Besides the health item, District fssues to be determined in conference Include: For the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, $800,- 000 to continue the Capper-Cramton park development program, to be re- paid to the Federal Government later by District taxpayers: for the Water Department, $150,000 out of water revenues, to replace old pumps, and several smaller local items. In addi- tion to the park fund, the bill con- tains about $780,000 for various mu- nicipal purposes. Two Projects Approved. The House bill originally contained three Federal building projects in Washington—an addition to the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing, en- largement of the Government Print- ing Office and remodeling of the old Pension Building to provide more space for the General Accounting Of- fice. -The first two of these projects were approved by the Senate with- out change, and, therefore, are not at issue in conference. ‘The question of adequate accom- modations for the General Account- ing Office is left hanging in uncer- tainty, however, as the result of a fight which developed in the Senate. | The Senate Appropriations Committee | sought to authorize a new $11,150,000 building for the Accounting Office in | the square directly east of the Sen-| ate Office Building, instead of re-| modeling the old Pension Building. | The Senate, however, rejected this | recommendation after several Sena- | tors, led by Johnson of California, opposed it, chiefly on the ground of economy and also because it wbuld require the National Woman's Party to give up its home in that area. Pension Building Item Involved. After the proposed new building had been eliminated Senator Hayden, | Democrat, of Arizona, a member of the Appropriations Committee, then succeeded in striking out also the House provision for enlarging the Pension Building. This leaves the | Pension Office remodeling to be set- | tled in conference. The Senate com- mittee’s reason for eliminating the Pension Office improvement was that | it would interfere with plans for mak- ing Judiciary Square a center for new | buildings for District courts. Shortly before the bill passed the Benzte added an amendment, recom- mended by the administration, appro- priating $200,000 to buy the building | at 1724 F street northwest, which is already occupied as rented space by the Government. Another Senate amendment makes $10,000 available to the commission created recently to plan a memorial boulevard from Washington to the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg. BEVERAGE PERMIT REVOKED BY BOARD —te Another Liquor License Is Sus- pended in Drive to End Bar Service. Partly on the basis of charges that liquor had been served at counters, instead of tables, in violation of the liquor act, the Alcoholic Beverage Ccutrol Board has revoked one permit | and ordered suspension of another for | two weeks. l‘ The action carries out a promise 01“ strict enforcement of the ban against | service of hard liquor drinks except at tables, made by the board after the law was amended to abolish the “hid- den bars” for mixing of drinks. The board yesterday anaounced it | had revoked the permit held by Wil- liam Grissett, 3409 Fourteenth street. He was accused of permitting service of hard liquor drinks at a counter, permitting a minor employe to sell whisky, conducting a disorderly place of business and making a false state- thent in his application for a permit. ‘The board reported it had suspeaded for two weeks the license held by Badie Mardehi, 1217 New York ave- nue, on a finding that liquor had been served at a counter and that an employe of the establishment was intoxicated while engaged in selling drinks. D. C. Fire Fighters, Inactive 42 Hours, At Last Make Run The Fire Department brushed the cobwebs off its hose this morning and fought its first box alarm fire in more than 42 hours. The record for inactivity was first broken last night at 11:06 o'clock, when the alarm bell sounded for the first time in 33 hours. The call was to Fourth and G place, but there was no fire. A passer-by had become alarmed by a light reflection in the window of a house. The last previous box Wwas turned in at 2:43 p.m. Tuesday. Today's blaze was confined to 2 Tow of sheds in rear of the 900 block of Twenty-fifth street. The _alarm was reported at 8:59 a.m., | fare leadérs and social workers stood | | while a group of excited youngsters, | EMPLOYE, SHORT Reaches citizens who gave $883. four months. | swimming pool at 614 E street | | opened with a mighty splash | today as 20 whooping small | boys dove, jumped and fell into the| | cooling waters provided by popular | Central Washington. | As the “Y” pool reopened after | nearly eight vears, additional dona- | tions today swelled the pool fund to | $883.32, some $133 beyond the original | | goal, and backers of the movement | talked of a longer swimming season | than was at first anticipated. Existing | | funds insure pool operation for more | | than three months. It was. hoped to keep the tank open well into the Fall | and possibly to reopen it next Sum- mer. The pool opening this morning was | something of an occasion. Civic wel- in the pool room and looked pleased, fresh from a physical O. K. at the| Children’s_Clinic, removed their few | clothes. Benjamin H. Gammage of | the District Chapter, American Red Cross, blew a whistle and 20 white | bodies came sailing out of the showers | and into the water. So lusty were the yells of glee from this group long deprived of swimming | facilities that the commands of Gam- mage and his assistant could hardly be heard. The whole Y. W. C. A.| basement rang with high-pitched | shouts. Some 15 backers of the pool move- ment gathered to watch the fruition | of their efforts, oblivious to the warm, moist air of the tank room, which | caused perspiration to trickle down | their noses. The group included James Boys Initiate “Y”’ Pool Whoops of Joy Greet Opening—Fund “Hey, Skin-nay, ¢'mon down and get wet!” of such whoops and yells the Y. W. C. A, swimming pool at 614 E street is opened to Central Washington children by donations from generous Scenes like this will be repeated daily for three or $833.32. To the accompaniment —Star Staff Photo. Coulson, secretary, Central Neighbor- | hood Council of the Council of Social Agencies, ‘principal sponsors of the campaign; Mrs. Thomas Edward Brown and Miss Aleada Nelson of the E | subscription for the youngsters of | Street Y. W. C. A.; Capt. Rhoda Milli- | &l ken of the Woman's Bureau: Mrs. Thomas J. Howerton and Miss Etta Mai Russell, Washington Federation of Churches; Mrs. Charles Goldsmith, former president of the Jewish Social Servicg Agency. who raised $105 to- | ward the pool fund; Allen Pope, treas- | urer, Council of Social Agencies: Mrs Margaret Ford, Travelers’ Aid So- clety; Miss Eleanor Black, Central Neighborhood Council: Mrs. W. A Roberts, executive secretary, Council of Social Agencies; Capt. James | Holmes of No. 1 police precinct and Miss Gertrude Beall of the Council | of Social Agencies’ Volunteer Bureau. | The group in the pool this morning | was conducted by the Beys’' Club, 230 | C street. About 25 boys from the| Juanita Nye House will be given a swim this afternoon. Other boys' groups will use the poo} subsequent | Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. | Girls will be accommodated Mondays, | Wednesdays and Pridays. Announcement was repeated today | that boys can register at the Boys’| Club and girls at the Salvation Army, | 426 Sixth street. Physical examina- tions will be held at the Children's | Clinic, 304 Indiana avenue, at 9 am. every Tuesday and Thursday. Fifty were inspected today by Dr. Margaret Nicholson and her assistants. The Star acknowledged the follow- ing contributions to the pool fund to- day: Mrs. M. Cruikshank, $5; Cath- | erine D. Schaffer, $1: E. F., $5. A.| H,, $5.50; anonymous, $2 5220, BADS LFE Jacob Waller, 42, Book- keeper at Marlow Coal Co., Shoots Self. Leaving a note saying his accounts would be found short by about $2,200, Jacob Waller, 3220 Connecticut ave- nue, shot and killed himself today in the offices of the Marlow Coal Co., 811 E street, where he was employed as_bookkeeper. ‘Waller was found unconscious by fellow employes about 8:15 a.m. and was removed to Emergency Hospital, where he died a short time later. A .32-caliber revolver was clasped in Waller’s hand when Lester L. Charl- ton, 5527 Ninth street, a clerk, heard the pistol report and ran to the sec- ond floor where he found the book- | keeper with a gunshot wound in his | head. A note left addressed to John D. Wilkins, manager of the coal com- pany, read: “I am sorry things turned out the way they have, but I couldn't do other- wise. Takes Responsibility. “My accounts are about $2,200 short. | No one has any idea of this. I alone am responsible. (The last sentence | was underscored.) Mr. Beck will find this to be close to the amount when he checks my books. “Please try and not think too hard | of me. Every account in the books is correct. “As a favor to me, will you please ask Mr. Coates of The Star to ask the papers not to print more than they have to. “Good-by to you and the bunch and when you feel bitter toward me remember the toast about the faults of our brothers. (Signed.) “WALLER.” Death Ruled Suicide. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a certificate of suicide. ‘Waller, who was about 42, had been employed by the coal company for about 12 years. He was said to have been in good spirits when he re- ported for work about 7:30 a.m,, little more than half an hour before he was found shot. He had just come back from a two-weeks’ vacation, em- ployes said. Associates of Waller said they un- derstood his wife had been ill for several years. They have no chil- dren. e Club to Give Straw Ride. ARDMORE, Md., July 25 (Special) —The Ardmore Athletic Club will give a straw ride to Beverly Beach Sat- urday, for the benefit of the base ball 13,000 Set Record In Attendance at Symphony Concert| Miss Brico Directs Hit Program Last Night at Watergate. More than 13,000 persons—setting a new record for attendance at the | Watergate—last night made a two- | hour musical pilgrimage into the glamour and romance of the Arabian Nights under the spell of Miss An- tonia Brico, with a baon for a wand and the beautiful “Scheherazade” as| a magic carpet. It was a jubilant success for Miss Brico, guest artist for Dr. Hans Kind- ler, and a triumph for the National Symphony Orchestra. It was a con- vincing justification of the faith of the orchestra’s sponsors, who battled against overwhelming odas to bring Summer concerts here. From the first few fuint notes the orchestra, under the able leadership of Miss Brico, captivated the thou- sands sitting on the Watergate and overflowing into the Lincoln Memorial plaza. : Improvements,in the amplification system added tremendously to the quality of the music. Workmen had made several adjustments on the gangplanks leading to the Navy barge aboard which the orchestra played, and this kept down many of the noises caused by the rubbing of ropes against | wood. Scores of notables were present at the concert. Every seat was sold and hundreds of persons found their way along the edges of the seating space to sit on steps or on the grass of the parkway. IRANIAN LEGATION DENIES GRAVITY OF HAT REVOLT Says Meshed Incident Centers About Mad Priest Who Excited Followers. The Iranian Legation today issued a statement charging that a recent dispatch ffom Moscow concerning a demonstration at Meshed against the wearing of European hats said to have resulted in disorder and deaths, was “greatly exaggerated.” “The people in every part of Iran | have received with great pleasure the suggestion of wearing European hats,” said the Legation statement. “The in- cident referred to has to do with a{man Hesch of Brooklyn, N. Y., while [ certain mad priest, Shahab, who man- aged to have a few fanatical, ignorant followers cause some disturbance. which was immediately put down by the police and resulted in the arrest of a few people who were his fol- lowers. In the other parts of Iran the people discatded the old Iranian team. The outing will start at 3 p.m. from the Ardmore School. > La hats with willingness and great pleasurey” L POLICE OPEN WAR ON “MENACE' TYPE AMONG MOTORISTS Chronically Careless and “Inept Drivers Face Loss of Licenses. SPECIAL ORDER ISSUED BY BROWN ON SUBJECT Traffic Arrests Total 343 in 24 Hours—Woman Dies of July 12 Injuries. Revocation of permits was threat- ened today by Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown not only for drunken and reck- less drivers, but also for any motorist considered a “public menace.” Maj. Brown, in a special order to all commanding officers, instructed them to make a report to headquar- ters on any motorist who might be considered a menace—in order that the case may be promptly referred to the Board of Revocation and Restora- tion of Operators Permits. The order, Maj. Brown said, is in- tended to bring before the board any motorists shown definitely to be un- safe drivers, aside from the drunken and reckless drivers who are now reg- ularly taken before the board. The order instructed commanders to con- tinue strict enforcement of all traffic HE long-disused Y. W. C. A.|Ring chairman, and Miss M. Edith | Fegulations. Meanwhile traffic arrests for the 24 hours ending at 8 am. today num- bered 343, or 11 less than in the previous 24 hours. Of these, 75 were for speeding, 13 for passing red lights nd one for driving while drunk. There have been no fatal dccidents here in a week, but 11 persons were injured in a total of 19 traffic mis- haps yesterday. Four of them were children There was one traffic death in Georgetcwn Hospital, but the victim, Mrs. Pauline Zier, 65, of Cherrydale, Va., had been injured in an automo- bile accident on Mount Vernon Boule- | vard July 12. Driver Fined $100. Park police are investigating the case to determine if Harry Temple, 23, of the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Fort Belvoir, Va., is to be prosecuted further. He was fined $100 yesterday for reckless driving by United States Commissioner J. Bar- ton Phillips in Alexandria. 4 Mrs. Zier was driving with her son, John, 38, caretaker at the Y. W. C. A. vacation lodge in Cherrydale, when | her son's machine collided with the | one operated by Temple. Only one of those injured here re- mained irr the hospital. He is Mal- colm W. Morrison, 36, of 1401 Colum- bia road, who early today suffered a possible jaw fracture when his auto- mobile ran into a tree at Seventh street and Independence avenue south- west. He is at Emergency Hospital. Bad Brakes Charged. John L. Turner, 28, colored, 1500 block of P street, was arrested and charged with driving with bad brakes after his machine had struck Jack Gutman, 9, of 11 T street, while the boy was crossing an alley near his home. The boy was cut and bruised. Mrs. Jean Malas, 46, of 918 First street, suffered an arm injury late yesterday when hit by an automobile after alighting from a street car at New Jersey avenue and H street. Mrs. Jessie M. Gibson, 60, of 1701 Six- teenth street, was driver of the auto- mobile which struck her. Mauy Face Trial. A total of 118 persons who had posted collateral were facing trial in Traffic Court today, in addition to 16 others who were locked up at pre- cincts when unable to give collateral. Approximately 20 others, who were not required to give collateral, went into court and paid fines. A total of 192 others elected to forfeit collateral following their arrests. Sol Hindler, 22, of Baltimore, re- cently held under the new negligent homicide law by a coroner’s jury in connection with a traffic death, asked for a jury trial when arraigned before Judge Hitt in Police Court. He was released under $1,000 bond ana the trial date was set for August 21. Papers had not been filed on Paul F. Brown, colored, 26, of the 900 block of T street, a taxicab driver who was held with Hindler. A resume of traffic accidents since Saturday morning when Maj. Brown issued his first order, with a view to obtaining strict enforcement, to- day revealed that 40 persons had been injured in.a total of 120 accidents up to 8 am. today. For the cor- responding days the week previous statistics showed two deaths and 56 persons injured in a 131 accident total. TRIO HELD TO JURY IN GEM THEFT HERE Bond for Savannah (Ga.) Youths, Accused of Looting Car, Fixed at $3,000. Three Savannah (Ga.) youths, re- cently arrested in the South in con- nection with theft of $4,000 worth of jewelry from the automobile of a jewelry salesman here, were ordered held for action of the grand jury to- day by United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage. All entered pleas of guilty. Their bond was set at $3,000 each. Two of the youths, Matthew Poy- thre$s and James Torrence, both 17, were arrested in Jacksonville, Fla, after a hotel bell hop had seen them displaying some of the jewelry. The third youth, William Saxon, 18, was arrested in Savannah. - The jewelry was taken early this month from the automobile of Her- the machine was parked at Tenth and G streets, according to police. The three boys had hitch-hiked here from Savannah and registered at the Transient Bureau. Detective Sergt. Charles E. Warfield, head of the headquarters jewelry squad, revealed a quantity of the jew- elry has been recovered, but was un- sble to place & value on fl’ Ppleces. Five Ways to Get a Traffic Ticket Here’s a sure-fire way to throw traffic in a turmoil— turn left from a right-hand lane. Police are very strict now with this type of care- lessness. Right: Officer Lewis has spotted another violator. The driver of this car parked it directly under a stop sign and cut off vision of on-coming motorists. ANNAPOLIS LINE MAY BE CONTINUED Express Service From Baltimore After August 20 Sought in P. S. C. Plea. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 25.—Prospects for continued express service between Annapolis and Baltimore were bright today i spite of announcement by the Southeastern Express Co. that its service ‘would end August 20, when the Washintgon, Baltimore & An- napolis Railroad suspends operations. The railway express agency said that it hoped to continue its present service fo Annapolis, and also to estab- lish new stations at Glenburnie, Lin- thicum and Severna Park. It already the W. B. & A. lines. The truck line which the railway express oper- ates to Annapolis will not be af- fected by suspension of the rail service. However, the Railway Ex- press will need an amendment to its Annapolis line charter to permit the establishment of the three new sta- tions on the route. The receiver for the W., B. & A. yes- terday filed with the Public Service Commission & formal announcement of the end of the line's operation Au- gust 20. ° e SENTENCED FOR THEFT Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., July 25—Floyd Riley of Page County yesterday was sen- tenced to one year in the penitentiary by Judge H. W. Bertram when he was again convicted of stealing chickens from a neighbor. Riley had been granted a new trial when, upon his conviction at the last term of the Page County Circuit Court, he had protested his innocence. He said notHing yesterday when the jury returned a verdict of guilty, but his young wife dochnd."h- is innocent.” | “Where’s the fire?” Officer W. C. Lewis is order= ing this speed demon to ap- pear in Traffic Court tomor- row and tell the judge why he drove his car 52 miles an hour through downtown streets, as shown at left. The automobile safety campaign begun Satur- day has caught hundreds of reckless operators like this PROB OF TEACHER COLECEIS BEGN BY SCOOL HEAD Board Told of Investigation by Dr. Frank Ballou Following Tests. GILLIGAN ASKS WHY 11 OUT OF 14 FAILED Quinn Defends Result as Psycho- logical, Citing Bar Examinations. An investigation to determine the cause of the low percentage of persons who passed the teachers’ examination after graduating from Wilson Teach- ers' College is being made by Dr Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools. | This was announced today by Dr. ‘St,ephen E. Kramer, acting superin- tendent of schools, when the Board of Education demanded to know why only 3 out of a class of 14 passed the tests. Henry Gilligan, vice president of the board, brough® up the question with the assertion that there is some- thing wrong either with the teachers’ college or with the examination. He was joined by George M. Whitwell, a board member, who said he was “go- ing to interest himself very much” in the situation. Dr. Kramer, who is serving in Bal- lou’s place while the latter is on vaca- tion in New England, pleaded for the board to suspend judgment until Dr. Ballou's return “I don't want to be put on the spot defending this thing,” Kramer said. “The superintendent has ordered an investigation and I don't want to be puzzled driver in its net. The dreamy driver has caused another traffic snarl by pulling out from the curb - without paying attention to on-coming traffic. Left: Even the presence of a policeman didn’t prevent this blithe motorist from driv- ing across the street despite the stop signal. He and all the others like him are crowd- ing Traffic Court these days. | | | GIRL BACK IN CELL AFTER SEEING RITES Alleged Slayer of Father Said to Have Encountered Public Resentment. By the Associated Press. POUND, Va., July 25.—Edith Max- well, pretty 21-year-old school teacher who Sheriff J. P. Adams says has confessed killing her father when he reprimanded her for staying out late, was whisked away from his funeral Dere yesterday to her jail cell at Wise. Under indictment for the murder, the girl was granted permission to attend the rites for H. Trigg Maxwell | here yesterday, and arrived in custody of sheriff’s deputies. Officers said there was strong resentment against her. Her mother, also indicted but free in $2,000 bail, was exonerated by the girl's c-mndn.:n Sheriff Adams. embarrassed by going too deeply into the situation.” Statistics Produced. After a barrage of questions from several members of the board, Kramer produced statistics on the examination given last month comparing the per cent of Wilson Teachers’ College grad uates with that of prospective teachers who were trained in other schools. In the primary division, only three |out of eight Wilson students passed | and only one outsider in five was successful. In the elementary divi- sion, 18 out of 26 Wilson students | passsed as compared to two outsiders | out of five. In the junior high school ‘ division, 16 out of 22 Wilson students | were successful and 21 out of 33 out- siders passed Henry I. Quinn defended both the | college and the Board of Examiners | asserting that psychology probably | had as much to do with the faflures |n.s did the training of the pupils for | the questions they had to answer. “There is really no explanation for these failures,” Quinn said. *“I have seen outstanding school students de the same thing in a bar examination | I know, however, that the responsibi- lity in this case belongs to the super- :ntendent of schools. He should in vestigate and report to us. Then we can act.” Gilligan and Whitwell insisted that | 12 50 per cent of the entrants can pass |a bar examination, then more than 3 out of 14 should pass the teachers’ examination. To Ask Public Meetings. Before taking up the result of the teachers’ examination, Quinn served rctice on the board that hereafter he | would insist that all committee meet ings, excepi those having to do with “appointment of teachers,” must b: beld in public. Heretofore all meetings of the Personnel Committee have been in executive session. Quinn cited Dis- trict law to show that only appoint- ments could be made in secret. Whitwell and Dr. J. Hayden John- | son declared that it would be better policy and would spare many embar- rassing situations to have all person- | nel matters handled behind closed doors. Dr. Johnson said that charges against teachers or charges concern- ing their moral character should be heard in private and their results pub- lished to the board. Whitwell took the same stand. Quinn and Gilligan insisted that if charges are made at all, both sides should come in the open to present their cases. To Bring Matter Up Again. Quinn did not ask the board to de- termine its policy at present, but said he would bring it up again if and when a secret meeting of the Per- sonnel Committee is called. Mrs. Henry Gratton Doyle, presi- dent of the board, was absent from the meeting, but sent a written mes- sage of committee appointments for the coming year. In every case, she reappointed the whole committee, ex- cept that Benjamin L. Gaskins was substituted for Charles H. Houston, who resigned, and Robert A. Maurer was given the posts formerly held by Mrs. Doyle. Gaskins and Maurer are both new members of the board. The committees are as follows: Finance—Whitwell, chairman; Mrs, Phillip Sidney Smith and Gaskins. Legislation — Gilligan, chairman; Quinn and Gaskins. Rules—Mrs. Mary A. McNeill, chairman; Whitwell and Gilligan. Personnel—Maurer, chair- man; Johnson and Whitwell. Build- ings, Grounds and Equipment—Mrs. Smith, chairman; Quinn and Johnson. Student Activities—Gaskins, chair- man; Mrs. McNeill and Gilligan. Com- munity Use of Buildings—Quinn, chairman; Maurer and Mrs, McNeill. Complaints and Appeals—Johnson, chairman; Maurer and Mrs. Smith. —_— VIDAL FORFEITS $6 The director of air commerce, Eu- gene Luther Vidal, recently ran afoul of a policeman stationed at Wardman Park Hotel annex and as a result was out $6 today. Vidal said he had parked his car twice beside an official sign at the hotel and that there was some dis- agreement between him and .the po- liceman as to whether he was actually illegally parked. The policeman won, as usual, and the director posted $3 collateral in each of the two cases, which he forfeited when he failed to appear in Traffic Court today. ¥