Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1935, Page 17

SECOND GAR DEATH MAY BRING CHANGE IN HIGHWAY TRAP Girl, 16, Dies After Motor Cycle Hits Automobile at Road Intersection. CORONER MAY URGE NEW THOROUGHFARE €90 Arrested in Last 48 Hours of Traffic Drive—15 Hurt in 44 Accidents. The first fatal traffic accident since the start of the safety campaign here, nine days ago, occurred early yester- day. Virginia Donnelly, 16, of 1855 Wyoming avenue, lost her life when & motor cycle on which she was rid- ing collided with an automobile driven by Detective James F. Boxwell of the twelfth precinct, at Bladensburg road and Queen's Chapel road northeast. It was the sixty-fourth traffic death of the year. The spot was the scene of the death a short while ago, under the same circumstances, of Traffic Policeman Raymond V. Sinclair. The Donnelly girl, a recent Powell Junior High graduate, was riding on the rear seat of the motor cycle driven by James Parker, 18, of 18 Seventh street southeast, whose leg was frac- tured. The girl died at Casualty Hos- pital at 4:15 am, a short while after the accident. Boxwell was released in custody of | a precinct officer, pending the inquest. New Road Suggested. As a result of the accident, Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald said he may recommend to District authorities that 2 new road be cut through to supplant Queens Chapel road at its present in- tersection at Bladensburg road. Such a recommendation, he said, previously has been made by a coroner’s jury which investigated an accident there. The intersection, Dr. MacDonald said, makes a dangerous “bottle neck.” Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer and Maj. Brown also are making studies of the intersection. Miss Donnelly and Young Parker had attended a wedding shortly before | the tragedy. The girl was the grand- daughter of Mrs. Clara D. McCarter of the Wyoming avenue address, super- intendent of the Fairmont Rest Sana- torium. Former classmates at the Powell Junior High School will serve as pallbearers at the funeral Wed- mnesday. Public Conveyances Attacked. Maj. Brown issued ner “special order on traffic rule observasice today. It was prompted by the personal ob- gervation and reports street car oper- ators have not negotiated traffic lights correctly, and drivers of busses and | taxicabs have been careless in weav- ing in and out of traffic. Taxicab | drivers also have been speeding, Maj. | Brown said. PMeanwhile, a total of 490 persons | as arrested here for traffic violations during the 48-hour pericd from 8 am. Saturday to 8 am. today. Of these, 124 were arrested in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today and 366 in the previous 24 hours. Of the total for the two days, 95 were arrested for | speeding, 36 for passing red lights, | 5 for reckless driving and 2 for driv- | ing while drunk. A total of 15 persons was injured in 44 accidents here over the week end, with 8 being hurt in 26 accidents yesterday. Of those injured, only| young Parker was believed badly so. | Hit-Run Case Reported. Police today were holding a colored man for investigation in connecticn with a hit-and-run automobile which struck a motor cycle at Ninth and O streets late yesterday, sending Karl P. Taschenberger, 21, of Cumberland, Md., a passenger on the motor cycle, to the hospital with a wranched back. In Maryland, one person was drown- | ed in an automobile accident, while | several persons were reported injured in that State and nearby Virginia. The death was that of Isabella Jack- son, 45, colored, of Berryville, Md. The automobile in which she was rid- ing overturned near Seneca and rolled down a 12-foot embankment into Hooks Branch. Carroll Driver, col- ored, operator of the car and the wom- an’s daughter Anna, escaped injury. Driver was held by county police for investigation. Virginians Are Hurt. Thurman Fincham. East Falls Church, Va., and Thomas Sisk, Ches- terbrook, Va. are In the Fauquier Hospital at Warrenton with injuries received on the road near Jefferson- ton, where they ran into a parked car. Three Elkton, Va. youths were in- jured last night, pernaps seriously, when their car missed a bridge 10 miles south of Luray and crashed into & brick wall. Those injured were Leo Lam, 18; Joseph Haney, 19, and Amos Morris, 20. They were uncon- scious when taken to s hospital, where it was found they had rcceived prob- able internal injuries. Kenneth D. McRae, Washington, manager of the L. C. Smith Type- MISS VIRGINIA DONNELLY. LEAVE BILL VOTE Ramspeck, However, Seek House Action on Measure Tomorrow. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Chairman Ramspeck of the House Civil Service Committee hopes to have the annual leave and sick leave bills for Government employes voted on in the House tomorrow under the special rule reported more than a week ago, but two contingencies may prevent. Special rules on the Mississippi set- back and Army promotions are & special order of business today. If consideration of these measures is not completed, they will continue over until tomorrow. Delay at Opening. A question of privilege raised by Representative Huddleston, Democrat, of Alabama, caused delay at the open- ing of the session today, and fights against both the Mississippi setback and Army promotions measures are threatened. If repeated points of order are raised and quorum calls result, these bills might not be passed today. Also Speaker Byrns said he had assur- ances from the leaders on the Ways and Means Committee that the tax bill would be introduced today, reported tomorrow and be ready to be taken up on Wednesday. In such event, the Government em- ployes leave bills would be in a squeeze and the special rule for their priv- ileged consideration might be held oyer until the tax bill has been dis- posed of... Chairman Ramspeck ™ said today there was misunderstanding regard- ing the 30 days annual leave pro- posed in this bill in substitution for the 15-day present leave and it does not mean that any one who has had a two-week vacation will be imme- diately entitled to another one. Annual Leave Basis. He pointed out that the annual leave is based in the pending bill on two and one half days a month sub- sequent to July 1. The President will make the regulations and administra- tive officers rule upon the time when employes can be spared on leave. No vacations, Ramspeck said, can be taken in advance of accrued leave, so the employes earning 30 days for the fiscal year beginning July 1 would have only one-half at that time due them up to January 1. MAINTENA&CE ORDER CHANGE RESTRICTED Agreement of Divorced Persons for Alteration Barred by Appeals Court. A private agreement between di- vorced persons cannot modify & court decree fixing maintenance for chil- dren, the United States Court of Ap- peals decided today. The opinion was handed down in a suit brought by Mrs. Marjorie Pil- son Salvoni to collect $9,150 from her former husband, Edwin H. Pil- son. A divorce decree, handed down in Maryland, directed the husband to pay $75 a month for the support of their three children and gave him permission to visit them at stated in- tervals. Subseluently, the husband said, Mrs. Salvoni agreed to release him from the maintenance payments if he would refrain from visiting the children. ‘The appellate court ruled this agree- ment was invalid and could not be enforced unless sanctioned by the court granting the divorce. The case was argued for the wife in the Court of Appeals by Attorney James O'D. Moran. MAY BE DELAYED to| he Eening St WASHINGTON, D... C., MONDAY, I]. B GUVERNMENI Figures in Court Case Over Dog’s Death D, G, RELIEF FUND | CUT 50 PCT. FOR WORKS PROGRAM 5,500 Jobs for Idle Are Ex- pected When Projects Get Under Way. AUGUST ALLOTMENT FOR AID ONLY $400,000 Allen Reports Local Schedule Will Be Inaugurated by Next Thursday. Based on expectations of wide- spread employment under the works program, Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins today made a 50 per cent reduction in the August allotment of Federal funds for general relief work ins the District. ‘Whereas the District Relief Admin- istration had asked earlier for $806,~ 000 to maintain relief rolls next month, Hopkins cut the figure to $400,000. ‘Work Begins Thursday. ‘This was done on assurances from Commissioner George E. Allen that the District will inaugurate its work program Thursday, which means an increase each week in the number of persons shifted from the direct relief rolls to work projects at security wages ranging from $25 to $79 a nfonth. Commissioner Allen, who also is works project administrator, expects to make an announcement tomorrow where and on what projects work will actually start. Projects Approved. Projects costing $4,477,862 already have been approved. These are de- signed to provide employment for 3,000 now on relief, The District, however, has received allotments of $1,236,713 for general | highway projects. These are expected | to provide gainful employment for ap- proximately 2,500. While Allen has made no definite decision, it was expected these high- way projects would initiate the local program. CITY GETS 2 MORE “UNDER 90” DAYS West Sizzling Again, With All- Time Heat Records Smashed in Wyoming. Washington is scheduled to enjoy at least two more days of normal Summer weather, with the tempera- ture staying below the 90-degree mark, the Weather Bureau forecast today. The West, however, is sizzling again, with all-time heat records smashed in ‘Wyoming. and the effects of these high temperatures may be felt here later in the week. Sheridan, Wyb., report- ed 106 degreees yesterday and Landor 102 on Saturday, both all-time records in a State which very seldom knows temperatures of more than 100 de- grees. Miles City, Mont., sweltered at 108 degrees yesterday, and tempera- tures in excess of 100 degrees were reported over a wide area of the Midwest. continue fair, with nothing in the way of rain anticipated much before Thursday unless in the form of scat- tered thundershowers. FATAL FALL ON RUG BY MAN IS PROBED Police to Talk to Wife, Only Other Person in House When Salesman Slipped. ‘The death of Charles Baccn, 35, of 4418 Chesapeake street after a fall when he slipped on a rug in his home yesterday, was under investigation by police and the coroner’s office today. Bacon, salesman for the Washing- ton Tent & Awning Co., died in Georgetown University Hospital 12 hours after the accident. Police today were to talk to Mrs. Bacon, the only other person in the house at the time. Dr. C. J. Murphy, assistant coroner, declared last night after an autopsy that death seemed due to accidental causes—Bacon suffered a rupture of the liver—but Dr. J. Magruder Mac- Donald, coroner, said the case was still open. Mr. Bacon was the brother of Seward Bacon, Washington patent at- torney. He is survived also by his mother, Mrs. L. 8. Bacon, 3416 North- ampton street, and a sister, Mrs. Mil- dred Bacon Oulahan, of the same ad- dress. writer Co., and two other employes of the concern were injured in a col- lision on the Marlboro Pike yesterday. Two Receive Cuts. McRae, who lives at 5 West Thorn- apple street, Chevy Chase, Md., was badly cut about the chin. Albert Rettstatt, 3918 First street- southeast, suffered cuts about the face, while willard A. King, 6517 Ridgewood avenue, Chevy Chase, Md. driver of the car, was severely bruised. Mrs. Vera M. Binger, 49, of Upper Marlboro, Md., was taken to Casualty Hospital with a possible fracture of the left shoulder after being struck by & hit-and-run driver on the Landover road. Lansdale G. Clagett, Prince Georges County member of the Maryland House of Delegates, and Capt. Joseph C. Cissel, attorney to the Montgomery County treasurer, escaped injury when their cars collided near Brandywine. Both machines were damaged. Joseph Shapiro, 29, of the 600 block of Princeton place received a frac- Under a $530,784 allotment ap- proved by President Roosevelt, sev- eral hundred artists and sculptors are to be given gainful employment 1,900 Federal buildings throughout the country and 400 now under construc- tion. ‘The announcement by the Division of Applications and Information was the first detailed plan in connection with the works program to assist the unemployed in the major arts—music, the theater, writing, painting and sculpture. As under the old public works of art project, which turned out thous- ands of mural decorations, ‘paintings and etchings in the past two years, the decoration of public buildings will be under the immediate supervision of the Treasury Department’s Pro- curement Division. The call for artists will be welcomed by the profession, many members of tured thigh in an accident on the Crain highway. which are still on relief rolls. The _project will be carried on in close 7 for the next 13 months in decorating | try. Artists Will Get Relief Jobs Decorating 2,300 U. S. Edifices relation to the competitions now un- der way for decoration of Federal buildings, it was announced, and will result in a complete survey of the artistic talent available in the coun- While the Treasury has a definite program for decoration of the nearly | 400 buildings now under construction, no funds or program were available heretofore for decorating the 1,900 already in use. Many unemployed artists, no doubt, will find work to do on the new buildings also. Technical assistants are included within the scope of the program. The artists will supply their own material except where unusual ex- penses are incurred. Plaster casts, block stone, canvass, etc., will be sup- plied by the Government. Artists on relief will be given pref- erence, with the administrator of the fund as arbiter of their ability. Other artists also may be employed, their willingness to accept relief works pay- ment being an indication of their need. 0 ‘The local weather is expected to { COST MOUNTS 10 §10 PER CITIZEN City Corporation Summary Shows $5 Increase in Fiseal Year. REVENUES $45,308,280, EXPENSES $40,925,537 Increased Payments on Account of Relief Projects and Relief Off- set by $5,823,900 Grant. The cost of operating the general departments of the District govern- ment increased nearly $5 per capita to a total of nearly $70 during the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1934, according to & summary of the financial statistics of the city corpora- tion of Washington made public to- day by the Census Bureau. Based on an estimated population | of 495,000 as of July 1, 1933, the cost | of maintaining and operating the gen- eral departments of the District gov- ernment amounted to $69.55 per per- son, as compared with a per capita cost of $64.82 for the fiscal year 1933 and a cost of only $25.43 for 1918. $5,823,900 Federal Grant. Increased payments on account of relief projects and direct relief dur- ing the 1934 fiscal year covered in today's report were offset partially by | & Federal grant of $5823,900, the | summary shows. | Payments for operation and main- | tenance of public service enterprises, such as waterworks, markets and cemeteries, amounted to $902,105 dur- ing 1934, while outlays for permanent improvements, including those for public service enterprises, was $5,- 598,591. Total payments for all ex- penses of local government during the year, including interest, amounted to | $40,925,537, according to the sum- mary. ‘Total revenue receipts during the fiscal year 1934 amounted to $45,- 308,280, or $91.53 per capita. “This was $9,981,33¢ more than the total payments of the year, ex-| clusive of the payments for perman- | ent improvements, and $4,382,743 | more than the total payments, in-| cluding those for permanent improve- ments,” the Census Bureau reported. | “This excess of revenue receipts is re- flected in purchase of investments | and increased cash balances, not shown in this summary.” Property taxes reprerented 48.3 per | cent of the total revenue for 1934, as | compared with 56.3 per cent far 1933 crease in the amount of taxes colleeted was 189.5 per cent from 1918 to 1934, but there was a decrease of 6.3 per cent from 1933 to 1934, it was shown. Property Tax Average. ‘The average Washingtonian contrib- | uted $44.20 in property taxes in 1934; | | $47.29 in 1933, and but $18.18 in 1918. | “Receints collected from public serv- ice corporations, banks, and trust com- | panies, amounting in 1934 to $1,639,753, | are not included in the amounts on | which these per capitas and percent- | ages are based” the bureau explained. | “Such taxes being based upon a per- centage of earningss are included un- der the heading of business taxes, not shown separately in this summary.” Earnings of the public service enter- prises operated by the local city gov- ernment in 1934 represent 4.1 per cent of the total revenue during that year, as against 4.6 per cent for 1933 and 4.4 per cent for 1918. The total funded or fixed debt of the District of Columbia outstanding June 30, 1934, was only $102,900, the report shows. There was no net debt for Washington on that date, the amount of assets in the sinking fund exceeding the funded debt. The same condition existed in 1933, but in 1918 there was a per capita net debt of $9.40. The assessed valuation of property in Washington subject to ad valorem taxes for support of the city corpora- tion was $1,568,453,944, the summary reveals. The levy for all purposes was $20,922,494, or $42.27 per capita, all for the city corporation. The per capita tax levy was $49.20 in 1933 and $18.50 in 1918. Star’s Mother Drops Dead. While Bella Van Paalen, operatic star, was singing in “Lohengrin” in Vienna, Austria, recently, her 76-year- old mother, who was waiting in the lobby, dropped dead, and the perform- ance was delayed for 30 minutes until a substitute for Mlle. Van Paalen was ‘ound. and 428 per ciat for 1918. The in- | gress. | vate industries on the basis of competi- JULY 29, 1935. Miss Ahava Rucker, nursemaid (left), arrested for killing a small dog with & golf club when she said it attacked Haskell Norwood, her charge, demanded a jury trial, when arraigned at Police Court today on a charge of cruelty. At right are Albert R. Moore, owner of the dog, and Margot Whiteford, witness.—Star Staff Photo. L 4 POLIGES AREHIT BY LAW LEAGUE Forty-first Annual Conven- tion Program Presages Roosevelt Criticism. Criticism of features of the Roose- | velt administration was presaged to- | day at the opening of the forty-first | annual convention of the Commercial Law League of America. About 400 | delegates were at Wardman Park Hotel. A report by the special committee on commerce, published in the conven- | tion program and scheduled for con- sideration tomorrow night, rapped sev- eral national policies and demanded that the administration: Balance the budget at the next Con- Stabilize its currency. Purchases by Bidding. Discontinue all Government manu- facturing agencies and make such purchases as it may require from pri- tive bidding. Let all contracts for public works | by comparative bidding to private con- tractors with the provision that they employ, as far as possible, the persons now on relief. The report said the league was in| sympathy with President Roosevelt's| “earnest and unrelenting efforts to re- move the economic blight that has af- flicted our country the last six years,” but was anxious for a broad change in approach to depression problems. The report urged that the President call an international economic and mon- etary conference to “decrease the present world-wide economic nation- alism and trade warfare and to con- clude a suitable and satisfactory monetary exchange of the currency of all the nations attending the con- ference.” Bankruptcy Law View. The league’s committee on bank- ruptcy presented for consideration by the collection agency men and com- mercial lawyers making up for the convention, a set of resolutions which | included a recommendation that the | league oppose repeal of the national bankruptcy law, but support certain amendments. The Bankruptcy Com- mittee would have the league go on record against a pending House bill which would change the method of appointment of referees and the pay- ment of their compensation. The convention opened formally at 11 am. today with the singing of “America” and an invocation by Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of the ‘Washington Cathedral. Lunsford L. Hammer of Washington, Ralph D. Quinter, vice president of the District Bar Association, and Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen made welcoming ad- dresses. A response was delivered by Harold B. Doyle, Youngstown, Ohio. “‘G-m! BURSTING WATER MAIN KNOCKS OUT PHONES Several Branches of Bervice in District System Temporarily Disrupted. Several branches of the District Government’s telephone system were put out of service temporarily last night when a trunk water main in C street between Second and Third streets burst and inundated the lines. The break also cut off the water supply to residents in tHe one block area until about 10 am. today. ficials of the Water Department said workmen had labored 2ll night and this morning on the job. They ex- plained the repair work was made difficult by the corroded metal The telephone branches affected were in police precints 1, 5, 9 and 11. BURGLAR OBTAINS 941005 JEWELRY iLock Removed From Door of Apartment—Chest Taken From Home. A $4.025 jewel theft from his apart- ment in the Shoreham Hotel was re- ported to police last night by B. B. Burgunder, president of S. Kann & Sons Co. An expert burgiar removed a lock from the door of the sixth-floor apart- ment during the absence of the family between 1 and 8 p.m. yesterday. ‘The stolen jewelry, which belonged to Burgunder's wife, Mrs. Selma K. Burgunder, included a pair of dia- mond clips valued at $1,200, a dia- mond engagement ring worth $1,500, several bracelets, a watch and pin. Others Undisturbed. Entrance was gained without at- tracting the attention of other occu- pants of the building. A chest containing $810 in cash was stolen within the last few days from the home of Edward S. Brown, 2511 Pennsylvania avenue, Brown told police. Entry was gained by forcing a second-story window. Charles M. McGraw, 1311 Madison street, was robbed of $16 early yester- day by two men, who grabbed and held him as he was walking near his home. McGraw said the robbers es- caped in an automobile bearing Vir- ginia license tags. Pedestrian Robbed. ‘Two colored thugs early yesterday threw Robert Thompson, 6031 Ridge drive, Brookmont, Md., to the pave- ment at Twenty-sixth and O streets and robbed him of $14, Thomas re- ported. Burglars broke into a tavern at 1005 E street early yesterday, escaping with $60 worth of whisky, cigars and equipment. Cummings and Hoover Open “Crime College” the opening session of the Justice Department’s Police Training School to 'om country’s public enemies, J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Government's Federal Investigation Buresu, is State, county and municipal® police 4 of- | JURYTOTRY NURSE FOR KILLING DOG Woman Says He Attacked Boy, 4, She Was Hired to Guard. Society and General PAGE B—1 CHIEFS WELCOME 22 POLICEMEN T0 ANTHCRIME SCHOOL Cummings and Hoaver Open Course in “G-Men” Tech- nique for Picked Groups. SESSION IS HELD MOVE TOWARD CO-OPERATION Federal Weapons in War on Lawlessness Placed in Hands of State Officers. BY REX COLLIER. . Accepting an invitation of the De- partment of Justice to come here and see how its “G-men” get results, 22 picked policemen from as many State, county and municipal departments today sat down with 25 embryo agents to begin a three-month course in the so-called “National Anti-Crime Col- lege.” The new institution, officially desig- nated the “Police Training Scnool of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” was opened this morning in an air- cooled modern class room, where Attorney General Cummings and In- vestigation Director J. Edgar Hoover hailed the school as an earnest at- tempt to better the two aligned Fed- eral and local law enforcement agen- cies for a formidable drive on gang- land. The school represents an expansion of the bureau's widely publicized training school for its own special agents and the faculty of the original school will be augmented by more than twoscore leading criminologists, law professors, scientists and other specialists. ‘There were no formal ceremonies to mark the launching of what Cum- mings and Hoover characterized as an experiment designed to bring about more effective co-operation among | agencies and more efficient co-opera- tion against enemies. Cummings and Hoover welcomed the Nation's public Miss Ahava Rucker, who says that in West Virginia, where she comes from, “babies are better than dogs,” | will be tried by a Police Court jury | for the death of a 3-year-old wire- haired terrier which she says she killed in defense of Haskell Norwood, 4, whom she warc employed to protect. The case was brought into court| this momning cn a warrant sworn to| by Albert R. Moore, 1747 Columbia road, owner of the dog. Miss Rucker nursemaid for the Norwood boy, told reporters today the dog had bitten her charge last Spring and that when he ran after the child again last Monday, she ran into the house, got a golf club and struck him with it. Denies Viciousness. | Miss Margot Whiteford, who lives | at the Moore home, said she saw Miss Rucker strike the dog with the club and that she screamed twice for her to “stop beeting that dog.” She said Miss Rucker struck the dog several | times with the club. Miss Rucker de- | nied repeatedly striking the small dog. | ‘The terrier, which followed Moore’s mother home from F street about his owner to have been a noisy barker, but that he had never to his knowl- edge bitten any one. Trial Date Not Set. | “The dog had bitten the child be- fore,” Miss Rucker said today, “and when he ran after him again I was afraid he would repeat it. I ran into the house and got the golf club and body else would have done. Where I | come from babies are more important than dogs.” ‘The specific charge against Miss Rucker is cruelty to animals. The | bond was fixed at $500. TEACHERS TO MEET Three-Day Session Is Called by Virginia Board. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 29 (#).—Teachers and principals of most Virginia public schools will assemble here August 21 for a three-day meet- ing called by the State Board of Education. In sessions at the University of Vir- ginia the teachers will - discuss - the difficulties and the needs of the pro- dates for teaching and the applica- tion of the apprenticeship system to the teaching profession. departments. Cummings pointed out three years ago, and which had been | given the name “Buddy,” was said by | hit him with it. I think it is what any- | | date for trial has not been set. Her | fession; curriculum revision in schools | and colleges; the selection of candi- | the students in brief addresses and then posed with the policemen for news photographers and cameramen After that, the trainees, all young offi- cers who have made exceptional records in their respective depart- ments, got down to the serious busi- ness of learning how to outwit the criminal. Post-Graduate Cousse. Today was enrollment and organi- | zation day, but as soon as prelimi- | naries are over, the students will plunge into an intensive post-graduate- like course in latest strategic methods | in the Government’s war on crime. | They will investigate staged crimes in the bureau's “crime scene room,” where Oscar, the dummy known to all “G” men as a test murder “victim,” will greet them in tragic and gory silence. | _ They will listen to “Dean” Hugh H Clegg or one of his assistants tell u fantastic story of having beem kid- naped and held in a certain house | and they then will be turned loose in automobiles to find the described “hideout.” They will look through powerful microscopes in the bureau’s technical laboratory, seeking to discover tell- tale identification markings on a rifle bullet, to classify hairs or dust par- ticles or other tiny crime clues, to check forgeries by hand or typewriter. They will spend hours with dusting powders and magnifying glasses look- | ing for fingerprints on “Old Beulah,” venerable automobile used in crime experiments. How to classify finger- prints and search files will be studied. They will learn the art of moulage— the molding of footprints, tire treads or other marks at the scene of a crime to preserve the impressions per- manently in wax or plaster. To Reveal Secret Writing. The use of uitra-violet rays, chem- | icals, heat and other agents to reveal secret writing, identify stains and check other possible bits of evidence will be demonstrated. In short, Uncle Sam will make available to police of the country the modern developments in scientific crime detection which have enabled his own men to establish an en- viable record in rounding up kid- napers, bank robbers and other des- peradoes. An entire week will be spent by the agents and police at Quantico, where practice will be held in firing all types of guns under every anticipated type of difficuity. How to hit still and moving targets while lying prome, standing, running or riding in a fast- moving automobile will be studied on the range and in the field. The Justice Department announced the representatives included: Baltimore Police Department, James C. Downs; Bergen County, N. J. Police Department, Matthew James Donohue; Boston Police Department, James T. Sheehan; Connecticut State police, Leo Mulcahy; Delaware State highway patrol, Norman R. Purnell; L. E. Goodrich selected by the Gov- ernor of Florida; Miami Police De- partment, Fred J. Manning; New York City Police Department, James B. Nolan; Pennsylvania highway patrol, Earl J. Henry; Petersburg, Va., Police Department, E. W. Savory; Pittsfield, Mass., Police Department, Camille Marcel; Rhode Island State police, Charles R. Blake; Tamaqua, Pa, Police Department, Nelson Hughes, and a representative of the Elizabeth, N. J, Police Department. An indication of the scope of the curriculum is obtained from a list of subjects to be taught. Some of these are: Cryptograms, developing obliterated numbers and letters on metals, docu- ment identifications, explosives, gun powder tests, hand writing identifi- cation, toxicology, pathology, police photography, crime trends, report writing, traffic control, abnormal psy- chology, arson, road blocking, criminal law, mobs and violence, locationm of fugitives, problems in catastrophes, racketeering, raids, surveillance. Wounded in Attack on Boat. Raymond W. Plaster, 30, 307 C street, suffered & broken nose and cuts last night when attacked by an unidenti- fled man on the steamer City of Wash- —Star Staff Photo. » ington, police reported.