Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1935, Page 17

Washington News DEATH TOLL 1§ 12 IN NEARBY STATES; 14 ARE HURT HERE Three-Year-0ld Girl One of Injured—D . C. Man Is Killed in Virginia. MARYLAND ACCIDENTS CLAIM LIVES OF EIGHT Local Resident One of Two Pinned Beneath Auto Near Langley, Va. Seven persons, one of them a 3- year-old girl, are in local hospitals suffering from multiple injuries, sev- eral of which may prove serious, re- ceived late yesterday when the auto- mobile in which they were riding over- turned a number of times on Riggs road northeast, near the District line, after colliding with another car. Week end traffic accidents also accounted for eight deaths in Maryland and at least four others in Virginia, three of the latter near Richmond. One of the dead is William H. Allen, 33, colored, of the 1900 block of Third street, an employe of the Post Office Department. Rose Mary Freeman, 3, believed the most serpously injured in the Riggs road accident, is being treated in Emergency Hospital for fractures of the skull and ribs and numerous cuts and bruises. The child’s parents, of Terra Cotta, D. C., were among those badly hurt. Mother Hurt. ‘The mother, Mrs. Hilda Freeman, 33, is in Emergency Hospital, suffering from a shoulder fracture, cuts an bruises, while the father, Leonard Freeman, 38, is under treatment in Gallinger Hospital for a leg fracture, cuts and bruises. The others injured in the accident, all of whom are in Gallinger Hospital, are: Clyde Bonifant, 32, of Takoma Park, ‘Md., driver of the automobile, suffer- ing from a shoulder fracture, cuts and bruises; Ruth Bonifant, 22, of Takoma Park, being treated for a collarbone fracture, cuts and bruises; John Git- tings, 36, Takoma Park, who has broken ribs, cuts and bruises, and William Immich, 31, of College Park, Md., who has collarbone fracture, cuts and bruises. Bonifant, the driver, was being held under a technical charge of investi- gation, pending the outcome of the injuries to the others in the accident. Others Escape. Bonifant was driving west along Riggs road at the time of the acci- dent, police said. The other car in the collision, operated by Mrs. Martha E. Crifin, 59, of 5602 Thirty-ninth street, was traveling east. Mrs. Grif- fin and her husband, S. H. Griffin, an employe of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, who was with her, escaped injuries of any con- sequence, it was said. Besides those hurt on Riggs road six others sustained minor injuries in a total of 18 traffic accidents for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today. Police arrested a total of 95 mo- torists during the period and an ad- ditional 231 for, the previous 24 hours for a variety of traffic offenses. Of these a total of 51 were arrested for speeding during the two days, six for driving while drunk, two for reckless friving and 12 for passing red lights. In an accident today Joseph Goetz, 22, of 1010 R street southeast, suffered serious injuries when his motor cycle and the automobile of Morton H. Selzman, 16, of 731 Seventh street southeast, collided shortly after 9 o'clock this morning at Eleventh and C streets northeast. Goetz is under- going treatment at Casualty Hospital for compound fractures of the left leg and arm and numerous cuts and body bruises. Two men, one & Washingtonian, were injured late yesterday when they were pinned benesth their machine on the old Georgetown Pike, near Langley, Va. They were extricated from the wreckage by the McLean, Va.,, Fire Department and taken to Emergency Hospital. One of them, Charles Tschiffely, 34, of 3033 O street, was under observa- tion to see whether he- has a skull fracture. He also is under treatment for a broken nose and cuts about the face, scalp and arms. Thomas Mont- gomery, 41, of McLean, Va., said to have been the drivey, suffered cuts about the head, body' and legs. Po- liceman Carl H. McIntosh of the Fair- fax County police, who aided in the Tescue, said the accident occurred when Montgomery tried to pass an- other automobile on the road. Killed Near Winchester. Allen, the dead colored man, was killed when pinned beneath an auto- mobile which overturned near Win- chester, Va. Two others riding in the car escaped with cuts and bruises. Police were told Allen became nervous when the driver of the machine at- tempted to pass another car and grabbed the steering wheel. Others killed in Virginia, all at distant points were: Mrs. Julia Goldizer, Bayonne, N. J.; Herbert A. Sprouse, 24, Richmond, and Lottie Harper, 45, colored, of Petersburg. The eight Maryland dead, killed at points far from Washington, are: George E. Nash, 45, of Baltimore; Rudolph George, 28, of Cordova; C. L. Crowell, 38, of Brunswick; Ham- bleton Cockey, 53, of My Ladys Manor, Baltimore County; George Hardesty, 56, Camp Holabird transient camp; Mrs. Laura F. Marvel, 73, of Secre- tary; D. E. Gossard, 72, of Willlams- port, and Roy Guessford, 17, of Chews- ville. e CHILD STRANGLED Dies when Wedged Between Iron Rods of Crib. FREDERICK, Md., Aygust 26 (A)— The body of Helen Jane Warner, 15- month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Warner of Highfleld, was found suspended from the side of her crib. ‘The parents said the child appar- ently attempted to crawl from the crib when her head became wedged ween - the iron rods and she to death. 'ROBERTS ASKS TWO Copperhead Bites Handler During Holiness Meeting Song Leader Refuses Medical Aid and Re- covers From Poison. By the Associated Press. ST. CHARLES, Va., August 26:— Mack Collins, song leader for George Hensley at the latter’s snake-handling Holiness meetings in this hill country, was up and around in his mountain cabin yesterday and friends said he was apparently not much the worse for two copperhead bites he received Saturday night. In accordance with the tenets of the Holiness “saints,” he refused medical treatment for the bites. Collins was struck twice by a small mountain reptile when he jerked it out of a metal bucket. He dropped it to the floor. The episode caused & near-panic among the several hun- dred farmers who attended the meet- ing. 473,064 APPROVED FOR 3 J0BS HERE | District W. P. A. Officials In- formed Allotments 0. K.’d by President. District Work Progress Administra- tion officials were informed this morn- ing the President has approved Fed- eral allotments of $23,064 for three new projects here which will provide a year's employment for 31 persons. Projects on which work is now going forward have given jobs to 1,577 per- sons, while the District Projects Board has approved plans providing work for some 9,000 men and women over a period of a year. All these projects | have been submitted to the Federal Allotment Board and are awaiting | action. The largest of the new allotments provides $14,424 for compiling old records in the District tax assessor's office, something officials have wanted done for years, but have been unable to accomplish because of lack of per- sonnel. This work will give jobs to 20 persons. Other allotments are $5184 for library work at the Pan-American Union, employing six persons, and | 83,456 for making overalls and shirts | at the National Training School for i Boys for needy families. Five persons will be employed. ADDITIONS TO STAFF Qualified Accountant and Inves- tigator Sought by People’s Counsel. Expansion of his statf by the addi- tion of a qualified accountant and an investigator was asked today by People’s Counsel William A. Roberts in his annual report to the District ‘Commissioners. Roberts said the work of the people’s counsel was greatly expanded during 1934 by reason of the assumption of duties he formerly had performed as special assistant corporation counsel and because the Public Utilities Com- mission reached its greatest activity in many years. Roberts took office May 17, 1934, succeeding Richmond B. Keech, who was named vice chalr- man of the Public Utilities Commis- sion. In further justification of his plea, Roberts told of handling 175 cases involving eviction of penniless persons and rentals, and said a large num- ber of citizens under the misapprehen- sion that he would render free legal service, also had appealed for various kinds of help. The investigator asked for will assist in the preparation of exhibits and | conduct routine inquiries, Roberts said. 310 DRIVERS ARRESTED; 3 SENTENCED TO JAIL One Is Given 120 Days—161 For- feit Collateral After Week End Arrests. A heavy docket and stiff sentences featured today’s session of Traffic Court in the handling of week end arrests. There were 132 persons in court on collateral, 17 locked up and 161 who elected to forfeit, making a total of 310. Eston Davis was sentenced by Judge John P. McMahon to serve 120 days for operating on a revoked permit, 60 days for operating without a hacker’s license and fined $10 or sentenced to 10 days for running through a red light. The court was handed a record which showed Davis had been ar- resteds five times for operating on a revoked permit, Paul C. Killey, 212 C street, was sentenced to 60 days in jail for driving Wwhile intoxicated, and Herman Foster drew a 45-day sentence for operat- ing on a suspended permit. o MAJ..BROWN, 62 TODAY, RECEIVES FLOWERS Police Superintendent Works at His Desk as Usual on His Birthday. Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown to- day was presented with baskets of flowers and congratulated by associ- ates and other friends on reaching his 62d birthday anniversary. Maj. Brown was ‘spending the day at his desk and, as usual, attending to ‘his official du- ties as head of the metropolitan police. The administrative headquarters force and George C. Shaffer, florist, had sent large baskets of flowers to the office this mornjng. Maj. Brown was appointed a private on the police force January 10, 1896, The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1935. 10000 ARRIVING FOR CONVENTION OF COLORED ELKS Joe Louis, Jesse Owens and Bill Robinson Chief Attractions. BOXER, TRACKMAN AND DANCER ON PROGRAM Oratory, Including Contest Finals, Also Features of Session. Parade Tomorrow. With the arrival here today of famous colored personages, including Joe Louis, heavyweight contender; Jesse Owens, track star, and Bill Robinson, . tap dance “king” the thirty-sixth annual convention of Negro Elks entered its second day in full swing, its sponsors predicting a record gathering. Louis, Owens and Robinson were among an estimated 10,000 visitors arriving for the convention. Louis, the “Brown Bomber” from Detroit, whose quick fists are carrying him to- ward the top of the heavyweight heap, will call on the District boxing com- missioners at 2 p.m., hold a press con- ference at 4 and talk over radio station WMAL at 6. He is accom- panied by a retinue of managers and trainers. ‘Tomorrow night Louis will appear at Griffith Stadium to receive a gold medal from John T. Rhines, Elks’ ath- letics commissioner. Owens will participate in an, ex- hibition race at Howard University Stadium after tomorrow’s afternoon parade and Robinson and his band will be in the parade. Louis in Long Auto. Louis arrived this morning in a long, low automobile preceded by a colored motor cycle policeman from Maryland, whose elegant uniform ad- vertised that something unusual was happening. Followed by a troop of pop-eyed spectators, Louis drove to the residence of Dr. W. A. Goodloe, 1836 S street, where he will stay dur- ing his visit. He grinned and shook hands and “howdy-doed.” Louis and Owens may appear to- morrow night at a local night club where they have been invited to be guests of honor at a banquet. Louis’ managers are opposed to this sort of appearance, however, and may not allow their man to accept the invita- tion. ‘Today’s convention program is de- voted chiefly to oratory of one sort or another, with an oratorical contest to be held at the Metropolitan African M. E. Church at 8 p.m. There are six contestants ia the finals of the Elks’ contest, one each from Washington, Nashville, Greensboro, N. C.; Jersey City, Omaha and Akron, Ohio. The winner will recefve a $1,000 cash award toward a scholarship at a col- lege of his own choosing. ‘The Elks’ Scholarship Alumni Asso- ciation met at the Metropolitan Bap- tist Church at 9 a.m. for a program of speeches and discussion. The meet- ing was composed mostly of young college graduate beneficiaries of the Elks’ scholarships in several uni- versities, Honor Unknown Soldier. At 11 am. a delegation of Elks dig- nitaries visited Arlington Cemetery to place wreaths on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the grave of Col. Charles Young, who was the highest ranking Negro officer in the Army. A similar pilgrimage was made later to the home of the late Fred- erick Douglass, famous ex-slave orator, and to the Franciscan Monastery. An open convention meeting was to take place at 1 p.m. in the Metro- politan Baptist Church. Commis- sioner Melvin C. Hazen will make a welcoming address. EIks' officers said they hed invited Gov. Harry W. Nice of Maryland and that he might be present. After the public session, & meeting of the Elks Senior Mothers’ Council will be held. A band played to a crowd of fun-making visitors ‘at Tenth and U streets this morning. Doris Brown of Washington won the title “Miss Elk” at a bathing beauty contest held Sunday at Carr’s Beach. Baccalaureate services were held yesterday in the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church for 1935 college graduates who received Elks’ scholarships. Dr. Charles Wesley, head of the Howard University ‘history department, preached the sermon. After these exercises, memorial services for Henry Lincoln Johnson, former Dis- trict recorder of deeds, were held in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery under the direction of New York Elks lodges. Judge William C. Hueston, Elks commissioner of education, spoke at the Johnson grave. Additional religious services were held last night at the Metropolitan Baptist Church Cabaret entertain- ment was provided, but not at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, as was erroneously reported yesterday in The Star. Some delegates went on a boat ride down the Potomac aboard the steamer Southport. The route of the parade at 1 pm. tomorrow has been changed and now reads as follows: West on Constitu- tion avenue from Fourth street to the Ellipse; through a park road in the Ellipse to East Executive avenue; north on East Executive avenue to Vermont; north to Fifteenth, north on Fifteenth to T street, east to Four- teenth, north to U street, east to Ver- mont, north on Vermont to Sherman avenue and Barry place. CHILD STILL MISSING Norfolk Boy Last Seen Playing on Pier. NORFOLK, Va, August 26 (A).— No trace has been found of Leslie Saunders, 5, who disappeared Friday afternoon while playing with a group of children around a Norfolk pier. Drowning, kidnap and straying theo- ries have been advanced. The misisng child is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Saunders, who re- nd has served as superintendent knce October 22, 19332, turned from a trip in West to aid in the search. w Defense “Death” highway's dangerous curves can best be seen from the air as these photographs, taken show. The arrow points to the spot LACK OF LIGHTING FEARED ON AVENUE Bethesda C. of C. Heads to Confer Tomorrow on Wis- consin Situation. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., August 26—Di- rectors of the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce will confer with represent- atives of the Capital Transit Co. in the County Building here tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in an effort to de- vise some means for illuminating Wis- consin avenue after the poles of the traction firm are removed. Officials of the local trade body learned today that no provision has been made for continuing the street lighting system along the thorough- fare, one of the principal approaches to the National Capital, after the trolley poles are taken down. Residents of the community, which includes Friendship Heights, Somer- set, Drummond, Chevy Chase Ter- race, Chevy Chase Gardens and Bethesda, feel that the lack of light will constitute a serious menace to trafic and that some action should be taken immediately. George P. Sacks, president of the Bank of Bethesda and a director of the Chamber of Commerce, contacted residents along the thoroughfare over the week end and declared that the sentiment of the people is that steps should be taken to obtain the light- ing system. Lights along the avenue have been provided in the past by the Capital Transit-Co., under its railway fran- chise, which requires the firm to pro- vide free street lights. The company, co-operating in a civic drive to improve the avenue, rc- cently abandoned its right-of-way, is now removing its rails and plans shortly to take down the trolley poles, which will relieve it from the obliga- tion of continuing the free system of street lights. ’ C. Melvin Sharpe, assistant to the president of the Capital ‘Transit Co., will represent that firm at the meet- D. from the Goodyear blimp yesterday, between two curves near Bowle where BY GEORGE PORTER. It's safer in the air than on the | Defense Highway. Viewed from the air, the deadly curves, blind corners, bad intersec- |tions and narrow stretches of Mary- land’s notorious “Death Highway” can be seen much more vividly than from the ground. The need for a wider, safer road is more apparent from a height of 500 feet as the hazards of the highway stand out. With public sentiment already aroused over the many fatalities con- tinually occurring on the Defense Highway and clamoring for its im- provement, three members of The Star staff yesterday traveled the length of the highway in the Goodyear blimp to see how perilous its many “death traps” really are. The blimp and a freight train ar- rived at Bladensburg at the same time. Being shortly after 4 p.m., the congestion at the Peace Cross had not started, kut the grade crossing just beyond, with cars lined up as a long freight train passed, loomed as haz. ard No. 1, on the Washington side of the “Death Highway.” Danger of Curve Seen. The Decatur Heights hill, past the Bladensburg Junior High School, ap- peared flat from the air, but sight of the Bladensburg rescue squad’s quar- ters at its base recalled the many per- sons removed from that spot to Wash- ington hospitals from accidents due to the slippery surface of the hill. At the Ardmore curve, Walter Mas- sie, ace pilot of the blimp, banked so pictures could be made. It was easy to see how a motorist could get off the road on that turn if he failed to reduce speed. The slippery surface of the road, although not apparent from the air, has contributed to many accidents there, a bus having turned over in one of the most recent mis- haps. Near Bowie, the two sharp curves which have proven to be the high- way's most vicious “death trap” were seen in the late afternoon sun. That was the spot where, only last Tuesday, the worst of the many trage- dies on “Death Highway” occurred when three nuns and two of their relatives were killed instantly after their automobile slipped off the road's conorete -to an- earth - shemider foun 4 three nuns and two of their relatives were killed in | Convention Resolutions Society and General PAGE B—1 WALTERS GREETS D.C. VOTE AGTION AT MILWAUKEE Convention of Young Demo- crats Would Right In- justice. NEW DEAL IS URGED FOR VOTELESS CAPITAL Resolution Framed and Laid Be- fore Clubs Here 3 Weeks Ago by Chairman. Approval of the demand for a “vote | for the voteless District” by the Mil- waukee National Convention of the Young Democratic Clubs of America was hailed this morning by Rav Walters, president of the three clubs in the District who led the fight for the adoption of the resolution favor- ing the franchise for the Capital The resolution, passed by viva voce te Saturday, read: “Be it resolved by the Young Demo- cratic Clubs of America, in national convention assembled in the City of Milwaukee, Wis., 1935, that young democracy inderses the proposal to grant to the citizens of the District v | of Columbia voting representation in the United States Senate and House of Representatives, the right to vote for President and Vice President and the same rights before the courts of the United States as are enjoyed by the citizens of the several States; “And that we affirm that these vote~ less and unrepresented fellow Amer- icans are entitled to & new deal and, therefore, plecge the active and con- tinued support of the young Demo- crats of America to accomplish this purpose. Urged for Platform. “And be it further resolved that it is the desire of young democracy that | tHis principle be incorporated in the national Democratic platférm in the forthcoming election.” The resolution was framed and laid | before the District clubs three weeks ago by Mrs. Alva Patten, chairman of the District Affairs Committee. “We had a battle in the National Committee,” Walters said this morning, “but we a bus-auto crash last Tuesday. Below, a 45-degree turn near the South River. A steep bank obscures the motorists’ view. —Star Staff Photos. —— inches below and then collided with a bus. At Collington, the bridge over the Popes Creek Branch of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad, beyond which the road goes into a sharp decline and curve, looked just as dangerous from the air as from the ground. The abruptness of the curve there, which gives the motorist approaching it from Washington the impression he is com- ing to a dead-end road, is easily dis- cernible from above. The two real dead ends of the De- fense Highway—its intersections with | the Crain Highway at Priest Bridge— and the possibility of many accidents at those points, impresses the air pas- senger. ‘Trees hide one road from the other, and accidents are almost certain if any motorists fail to observe the stop signs at the intersection. Between Priest Bridge and Anna- polis “Death Highway,” as seen from above, resembles a huge snake. It is one “S” curve after another, and the sky traveler wonders why moorists do not gep dizzy going around them. ‘Watching the usual long lines of Sun- day motorists wind through the curves yesterday, those in the blimp also saw drivers trying to pass long lines of cars on a curve, a traffic violation doubly dangerous on “Death way.” Turn Shown Treacherous. The 45-degree turn near South River, in negotiating which the mo- torist can see only a few feet ahead, appeared to be more treacherous than any of the other “death traps” when scanned from the sky. Handicaps, as well as the dangers forced on those who travel “Death Highway,” were evident on the return flight, when the pilot, ignoring the circuitous route of the road, such as it follows in the vicinity of the new tuberculosis hospital at Glenn Dale, pointed the blimp’s nose straight back to the Peace Cross. State Policeman Suspended. CUMBERLAND, Md., August 26 (#). —State Policeman E. C. Langrall of the Levale substation, near here, has been indefinitely suspended from duty on charges of “conduct unbecoming & State officer.” Sergt. John W. Kreis, substation commander, declined to amplify the charge, Aerial Inspection Proves Peril | Of Curvorom “Death Highioay” AIR RAID PRACTICE 1S HELD BY GUARD Army Plane. Roars Over [ Camp Sims in War- like Maneuver. An Army scouting plane from Boli- ing Fleld dived low over Camp Sims, District National Guard camp site, this morning and the 600 enlisted men and officers at the camp ducked, hid and maneuvered in anti-aircraft formation. This play invasion from above was the most exciting event on a forenoon schedule which included an engineer- ing problem in the construction of roads and bridges, a smoke screen and instruction in a gas attack. A spirited parade of the 2d Battal- ion, commanded by Maj. Clarence S. the newly-rolled ground in the center of the encampment. 1t is hoped the horn players in the band will find the ground leveled, for last week the musicians tripped and fell on uneven terrain and bruised their lips when their instruments banged against their mouths. The semi-final of the camp boxing tournament will begin tonight at 8 o'clock after an hour of band music. “Urge the people in Washington to come out for the boxing matches,” said Col. J. A. Olfis. “We're going to have some great fights and every- body is welcome.” Tonight's program will follow an afternoon devoted to musketry prob- lems. The forest-edged natural bowl in Anacostia where the camp is pitched was crowded yesterday with Sunday visitors, anxious to see their friends, husbands, sons and sweethearts after a week's absence. — Hampton Student Drowned. NEWPORT NEWS, Va, August 26 (#).—Oscar H. Houser, colored, 22, Richmond, & student at Hampton In- stitute, was drowned early last night when the canoe in which he was riding with a fellow student, Clayton Lghoo, ngton, N. C., capsized, throwing 1nto the water off the school pier. Leboo managed to' the dock. Shields, will form this afternoon on | got remarkable support when it reached the floor.” Southern States Ald. “We had a lot of help from the three Southern States of Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama,” said Mrs. Patten, who told the convention: “It is unfair and unjust and un- American that this great liberal Na- tion should deprive thousands upon thousands of men and women of the | right to vote for which we fought so bravely and against such odds in 1776. “We are burdened in Washington with taxes levied upon us by others with no regard for our wish in the matter of taxation. Our lives are | hedged by laws not of our making. ‘We are voiceless—the only capital in the world whose inhabitants cannot vote.” ' SAILBOAT VICTIW'S FUNERAL TODAY |James T. Stark, Whose Fiancee Escaped in Explosion, Found Badly Burned. Funeral services for James T. Stark, 31, drowned in the Potomac Thurs- day following explosion of the out- board motor of the small sailboat In which he was cruising with his fiancee, | Miss Clara Tabler, Washington tennis star, will be held today at 3:30 p.m. {in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The body was discovered yesterday | afternon on the shoreline of River | View, Maryland estate, by Gus Wayne, insurance inspector, and Robert Mon- teith, fire inspector, both of Wash- ington. It was lying face down on | the beach. Examination revealed that Stark had been badly burned. Acting Coroner William Anderson of Meadows, issued a verdict of accidental death. The body was taken to the W. W. Cham- bers funeral home in Washington and prepared for burial. Miss Tabler, who lives at the Mar- cheta Apartments here, was to have become the bride of Stark some time this week. She was rescued by two Alexandria boys in a rowboat after Stark, said to be a good swimmer, supported her for several minutes and then sank from sight. INDUCING DOG TO BITE IS CHARGED TO YOUTH Boy Released on Personal Bond After Being Accused of Caus- ing Attack. The charge of “inducing a dog to bite another person” was placed against George Kendricks, 17, 224 Ex- press court, in Police Court today. ‘The youth was released on his per- sonal bond by Judge Isaac R. Hitt, however, when the policeman who made the arrest stated he was 100 feet away when the dog in question yes- terday bit Clifton Whitehurst, 15, of the same address. The policeman, J. E. Jones, testi- fled he saw Kendricks holding the dog and heard the defendant say, “Go get him” before the dog bit White« hurst. It was brought out in testi- mony, however, that not only was the policeman 100 feet away, but there was a large group of boys around Ken- dricks at the time, making it difficult for the officer to determine what ac- tually occurred. Whitehurst was treat- ed at Casualty Hospital for injuries said to be not serious. Carnival to Continue. FORESTVILLE, Md, August 28 (Special) —The annual carnival of the Forestville Volunteer Fire De- partment will' continue tonight be- cause of the wet grounds several days last week. The feature tonight will be a floor show on the dancing pa- ‘vilion, L)