Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1936, Page 16

A—16 x% Representative Norton Denounces Plan to Boost Trolley Fares ZIONCHECK FACES FREEDOM BATTLE Hearing in District Supreme Court Is Set for Friday. ACTION COMPLETE SURPRISE TO BRIDE | “They're Trying to Railroad Me,” Says Legislator When Told of Action. With his freedom at stake, Repre- sentative Marion A. Zioncheck will fight the crucial battle of a stormy ca- reer when he faces a jury next Friday at a lunacy hearing in District Su- | preme Court. Justice Oscar R. Luhring set the hearing date yesterday after receiving a petition from the District commis- ! sioners, which stated the belief that the Representative is “an insane per-i son with homicidal or otherwise dan- | gerous tendencies,” who is “unfit to be | at large.” This move came as a complete sur- prise to Zioncheck’s bride, the former Rubye Louise Nix, 21-year-old W. P. A. stenographer. Mrs. Zioncheck was in- formed of the lunacy hearing by re- porters while visiting her husband yes terday afternoon at Gallinger Munici- pal Hospital l Sister to Arrange Defense. The bride of a few weeks was ac- companied by Zioncheck's secretary, Mrs. Joseph Young. After an inter- view with Dr. Joseph L. Gilbert, chief | psychiatrist at the hospital, the two | women indicated that Zioncheck's legal defense would be arranged by his sister, Mrs. William Nadeau, who came | here from ner home in Seattle to aid | her brother. | If Zioncheck should be found in- #ane by the court and admitted to an asylum, the House would not declare | his seat vacant, William Tyler Page, House minority clerk, said “He would be treated as an ill per- ton and if he recovered before the expiration of his term it would be up to him to decide what to do,” Page said. Zioncheck's term expires this year. After his commitment to Gallinger, he | #aid he would be a candidate for re- election at the 1936 Washington State elections. The Representative, who was ar- | rested June 1 and committed to the psychopathic division of the hospital for observation and treatment, talked briefly with reporters through a win- dow yesterday afternoon. | Informed that he was scheduled for | & lunacy hearing in less than a week, Zioncheck exclaimed: “My God, they're trying to railroad | | conditions in three other cities. me!” Ready to Prove Sanity.” | Several days ago Zioncheck told | newspapermen through a window that | he welcomed a hearing before a jury, | and was confident he could prove his | sanity. He suggested as alternatives ihat he be released, that he be sent to | St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for a definite determination of his mental condition, THE EVENING To Fight Lunacy Action i MRS. MARION A. ZIONCHECK Was photographed yesterday at Gallinger Municipal Hospital, where she went to see her husband and She said legal steps will be taken a lunacy hearing next week. to free Zmncheck arned he will be given —A. P. Photo. Traffic Party Home With Data Hopeful of Safety Reforms ‘Milwaukee, Chicag Studies to Be Discussed Before o and Pittsburgh Changes Are Suggested. BY JOHN H. CLINE. Convinced many of the bad traffic conditions in Washington can be elim- inated, six local officials returned to Milwaukee Safety Commission of 15 members, whose unrelenting efforts have won for Milwaukee the reputa- tion of being the safest big city in the the capital today after a survey of country. | “When considering Milwaukee's re- The party left Washington Sunday | markable record in safety work,” he for Milwaukee, where they spent three days, then visited Chicago and Pitts- burgh. Various phases of traffic control in the three cities were studied by dif- | ferent members of the group, which included Maj. Ernest W. Brown, su- perintendent of police; Traffic Direc- | to the character of the residents in the city. “They are a substantial, “property- minded’ group, a factor which simpli- fies the problem of law enforcement. In addition to that, the city govern- ment and the courts and police de- said, “due consideration must be given | or that he be allowed to select five tor William A. Van Duzer, Richmond prominent psychiatrists to pass on his | B. Keech, vice chairman of the Pub- case. lic Utilities Commission: John Nolen, Zioncheck’s commitment to the hos- | jr.. of the National Capital Park and pital followed a sensational series of ' Planning Commission; Capt. H. C. misadventures climaxed on June 1|Whitehurst of the District Highway when he drove to the White House and | Department, and George E. Keneipp, left empty beer bottles and moth balls ' manager of the Keystone Automobile partment have been operated with a high degree of efficiency, im- | partiality and honesty. In Milwaukee | the law breaker is punished. “Of course, these factors are im- | portant, but the bulk of the credit must go to the city’s safety com- mission. for President Roosevelt. Friends said Zioncheck had been drinking heavily. | Just Back From Honeymoon. Club. All Agencies Represented. Instead of making specific recom- “In the first place, the commission mendations for changes in Washington | has a definite status fixed by law. At that time, Mr. and Mrs. Zion- |at this time, the individual members | check had but recently returned from | of the party intend to study and cor- a riotous honeymoon in the West In- | relate their personal findings and then dies. Upon reaching Washington, the | discuss their separate conclusions as Zionchecks resisted the efforts of Mrs. | group, and with other District officials, Benjamin Scott Young to evict them , before suggesting any alterations in the from the Harvard Hall Apartment she had sub-let to the Representative. Mrs. Young, claiming Zioncheck had damaged her furniture, persisted in her efforts to evict the couple and | was herself forcibly evicted. Zion- check said he had paid his rent far in advance. His landlady, however, obtained a warrant against Zion- check and his bride on a charge of assault. Petition Came as Surprise. The petition for a lunacy hearing came to District Supreme Court yes- terday through routine channels with & sheaf of similar papers. It was signed by Corporation Counsels Ver- non E. West and T. Gillespie Walsh. Zioncheck probably will be con- fined to St. Elizabeths’ Hospital should the jury find him of “unsound mind” and “unfit to be at large.” and “unfit to be at large.” Later. in that event, he probably would be taken to his home State. The petition follows: “One Marion A. Zioncheck, who is believed to be insane or of unsound mind, has been apprehended and is now detained at the Gallinger Municipa! Hospital, pending a formal inquiry into his mental condition. “The said Marion A. Zioncheck is | represented .to your petitioners and by them believed to be an insane person with homicidal or otherwise | dangerous tendencies, without suffi- cient capacity for the government of himself and of his property. “Fit Subject for Detention.” “The said Marion A. Zioncheck has been insane or of unsound mind since, to wit, the first day of June, 1936, the cause of his insanity being to peti- tioners unknown, but if certain repre- sentations made to them be true he is an unfit person to be at large, and is a fit subject for detention and treatment on account of his mental condition. “Your petitioners further believe that if he be permitted to go at large within the said District, the rights of persons and propery therein will be Jeopardized and the preservation of public peace imperiled and the com- mission of crime rendered probabie.” DAUGHTER LOSES J0B Georgian's Appointment as Con- troller Cuts Kin Off Staff. ATLANTA (#).—Ellen Parker knows exactly where her father stands on pepotism. Monday she obtained a job in the controller general’s office at the State Capitol, Tuesday her father, Homer C. Parker, was appointed controller. An hour later he called her into his effice and discharged hey. } existing control system. ! To Make Report Soon. | report within the next few days and submit sioners. Most of the delegation’s time in Chi- cago was spent in a general discus- sion of traffic and other safety prob- {lems with officials of the National Safety Council, which is conducting a nation-wide drive to reduce deaths other accidents. Members of the group spent several hours, however, in studying the traffic light system used in Chicago, particu- ly that on Michigan avenue and in Loop district. Most of the Loop lights are operated in groups of three, a method similar to that in Washington, but there are differences in the time cycles. The | Chicago system of setting red lights in | safety islands and illuminating them with hooded flood lights was described by several members of the party as a distinct improvement over the Wash- ington system, although more ex- pensive. Sidney J. Williams, director of the | public safety division of the National | Safety Council, | some organization comparable to the Gab Lands Parrot In Confinement After Runaway Emily, Captured in Back Yard, Nips Hospitable Neighbor. Emily, a “blond” parrot, was back on a cracker diet and in solitary con- finement today—and all because she talked too much! She escaped from her cage yesterday and sought adventure, clad in attrac- tive dress of green feathers, very be- coming to her yellow head. She flew, hopped and walked more than a block from her home in the 300 block of Emerson street and was visiting the back yard of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rob- bin, 403 Delafield place, when her free- dom ended. Mrs. Robbin heard Emily commenting unintelligibly on this and that, took her into custody and noti- fled police. After several hours as a guest of the Robbins, during which she insulted their hospitality by nipping Mr. Rob- bin, Emily was discovered by her own- ers and returned to heg cage. They plan, however, to prepare their | it to the District Commis- | and injuries attributable to traffic and | told the visitors he | | believed Washington should set up | Then, it has permanent officials, while a majority of its members are private citizens. This results in representa- tion for all municipal agencies dealing | with the traffic problem, but elimi- nates the possibility of poltical domi- nation by placing control in civilian members. “Finally, the commission has a full- time, salaried executive secretary, al- | though the other members serve with- out compensation.” Williams expressed the belief that & full-time executive secretary would be vitally important in Washington should any agency comparable to the Milwaukee commission be established. “Only through the employment of such an executive officer.” he said, “can the necessary aggressiveness and systematic planning in dealing with trafic problems be assured. Traffic control and safety is a dual problem that must be worked all day every day. Haphazard methods and sporadic drives are often worse than useless.” Mechanical Inspection Advocated. Williams told the visitors he is convinced of the value of compulsory mechanical inspection of automobiles by municipal agencies. “We know that 15 per cent of all accidents are due to mechanical de- fects,” he asserted. “We believe that if every car had good brakes, tires, headlights and steering equipment, the number of accidents would be materially reduced. “Compulsory inspection has been inaugurated in many cities, including Memphis, Tenn., and Evanston, I, with good results. Eighteen inspection lanes are now being opened in Chicago, the first large city to under- take this method of accident pre- vention. Compulsory inspection is no cure-all, but, if properly conducted, we believe it can be of considerable importance in promoting traffic safety.” The trip to Pittsburgh was made only by Van Duzer and Keech, who were anxious to obtain first-hand in- formation on the city's experience with one-man street car operation. WESTBROOK QUITS POST AS HOPKINS ASSISTANT By the Associated Press. Col. Lawrence Westbrook, Works Progress Administration official, cred- ited by President Roosevelt with de- veloping the administration’s rural rehabilitation program, has resigned his post as assistant W. P. A. ad- ministrator, effective July 1. The resignation was granted at Westbrook’s own request in order that he might devote more time to per- sonal affairs. Both the President and W. P. A. Administrator Harry L. Hop- kins sent letters of appreciation. ‘Westbrook will continue serving as chairman of the W. P. A. Advisory Board, a post to which he was ap- pointed by Hopkins, 3 STAR, WASHINGTON® D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1936. BONUS SPENDING MAY REMOVE 200 FROM RELIEF ROLL Expenditures Must Meet Of- ficial Approval, Welfare Unit Rules. NO BLANKET POLICY WILL BE ENFORCED Each Case to Be Considered on Merits—Justified Uses of Cash Cited. Nearly 200 veterans will be dropped from the District relief list unles they spend their bonus funds for purposes meeting the approval of welfare of- ficials, according to a policy adopted by the Public Assistance Committee of the Board of Public Welfare. The policy is subject to ratification by the full membership of the board next week, according to Elwood Street, welfare director. The committee, as well as Street and Miss Alice Hill, relief director, insisted that there would be no blanket policy covering all veterans on the relief list, that each case would be considered separately on its own merits, Original Policy Cited. However, it was announced that “the policy for District relief is now and has been from the start that persons having resources of their own would be expected to make use of them before public assistance was made available to them.” ‘The committee, Street said, “saw no | reason to.make any change in mu‘ policy, especially having in mind the| point that one of the pleas for payment of the bonus was on the grounds that it would aid veterans to get out of | relief.” Case workers would be instructed, it was said, to inquire into each case, with the understanding that no two cases are alike and therefore should not be treated alike. Justified Expenses Outlined. Veterans would be allowed to remain on relief, it was said, if they spent their bonus funds, or an appreciable part of them for payment of just debts, to invest in a business or to make house- hold repairs. The suggestion was that veterans not using their funds for such purposes could be returned to the relief rolls when their newly given resources were exhausted. Street declined to state definitely if & veteran would be removed from the relief list if he insisted on keeping the bonds put away for some future pur- pose. “Each case will be handled sepa- rately and on its c¢wn merits,” he replied. Officials were definite, however, that a veteran had no right to remain on the list if he determined to spend his bonds for any “extravagance” such as purchase of a new automobile for pleasure purposes. Only persons found by case workers to be in the “unemployable” class are now on the rolls. Motor Racer in Museum. A single-seated racing Alfa-Romeo motor car has been placed in the mu- seum in Turin, Italy. Lady Teachers Get Blanton Questions Addressed to “Mr.” ‘There are a good many more men teachers in Washington now than two weeks ago, if the ad- used by Representative Blenton's office staff in sending out his questionnaire, may be followed. In one school where there are no men at all the quesuonmire arrived addressed to “Mr. —. Knowing in advance the Blan- ton communication wes coming, the teachers, all of whom should have been addressed as “‘Miss,” accepted the letters and opened them. At the office of Charles B. Degges, secretary of the Board of Education, it was explained that the mailing list supplied the Texan used anly initials, without the usual designations of Mr., dresses Mrs. or Miss. BLANTON ASSERTS QUIZ OF TEACHERS | MEETS OBIECTIVE| Declares Domination by Board of Education Has Been Shown. REFUSES TO REVEAL NUMBER OF REPLIES Representative Also Says That Questionnaire Has Been Ampli- fied Upon in Returns. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Representative Blanton, Democrat of Texas, announced today that his investigation of the religious, political and economic beliefs of Washington’s 3,000 public school teachers had been “a complete success.” Scores of teachers—the “leading teachers” in the schools—Blanton said, had replied to his now famous questionnaire, and the answers dis- closed exactly the information he wanted. “First,” Blanton declared, “the teachers demonstrated that they are dominated by the Board of Education. The Board tells them how to think, when to think, and when they should take a vacation. “Second, the replies not only an- swered the questions in the ques- tionnaire, but they were amplified.” Refuses to Give Details. Blanton declined to indicate how many replies had been received or whether any of the teachers admit- ted they did not believe in God, or that they approved communistic doc- trines. Mrs. C. Estelle Phillips, president | of the High School Teachers’ Associa- tion of the District, said, however, that so far as she knew only one teacher, a man, had signified he in- tended to fill out the Blanton ques- tionnaire. Her information was based on re- ports from teachers in Central, East- ern and McKinley High Schools. Teachers at Roosevelt, Wilson and Western had not been heard from today. Several times Blanton has threat- ened to defend in detail his action in sending the questionnaires to the teachers as well as to answer Repre- sentative Keller, Democrat of Illinois, who twice attacked him—once in the House and the second time at a spe- cial meeting of the school board. Now, however, Blanton has tem- porarily changed his plans. He thinks his friends in the House have al- ready done the job, and he does not propose to make any further move at this time unless there are unexpected developments. Blanton Was Bitter. Blanton was bitter because Keller offered a privileged resolution in the House to censure him for sending out | the questionnaire, and was equally aroused over statements made by the Illinois representative before the school board. Keller, before the school board, advised the teachers not to answer the questionnaires. “I don’t know whether I'll say any- thing about Keller at this time,” de- clared Blanton. “He has been punished enough already” Blanton had reference to the trib- utes and support given him in the House yesterday during debate on the | conference report on the 1937 District appropriation bill, which later was sent to the White House for approval. Those who defended his action include Representatives Taber, Republican, of New York; Cannon of Missouri, and Rankin of Mississippi, both Democrats. Cannon and Taber serve on the Ap- propriations Committee with the Texan. Blanton first planned to answer Keller’s attack on him in the appendix of the Conggessional Record. Later, he threate: the House and reply. Now, however, there appears to be s temporary armistice in the ques- tionnaire battle. Britain Adds Flying Fields. New British Air Force stations and flying flelds are being opened in all parts of the British Isles. Thirty-two sites have been acquired. At two ad- vanced flying schools, Ternhili and Montrose, pupils are assembling to learn how to become air fighters after being graduated from a civilian train- ing school. A campaign for more offi- cers and men is under way. Young Washington The recent change in th;axn upil @ oorhead, 1214 Decatur street, is shown Moorhead, 40, a 6a a-md ter of Mr. '‘and Mrs. P. gluh monarchy interests Mattie the West School. The daugh- with a uragbook of inlormation about young King Edward and his late fat. er, George V. Monday—Ross Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross "o‘rd, of the Henry D, Cooke Sch?l —Star Staff Photo. Woman Asks D. F or Brother Mi issing 70 Years Bryan F ears Eflea of Ashes She Threw. “If I could see him just one more time before I die.” This is the plea made to Washington police by Mrs. Mary Anne Elizabeth Bryan of Norfolk, Va., in her search for a brother whom she has not seen for 70 years. Mrs. Bryan is 75 years old and in her dimming eyes she can still see re- flected a childhood picture of the brother at whom she threw ashes in a North Carolina mountain home so long ago. The brother, Henry Solomon Marion, may still be either par- tially blinded or suffering from weak eyes, because of those ashes, Mrs. Bryan said. Story Begins in 1862. The beginning of Mrs. Bryan's story, as she told it to police yester- day, is the death of her father, Bur- gess Marion, a Confederate soldier, in 1862 at Wilson, N. C. The missing brother was born at about the same time the father died. Their home was at Pilot Mountain, N. C. Three years later the mother left Mrs. Bryan and her brother, Joseph Alexander Marion, now 17 and living at Exmore. Va., in the care of a min- ister in Lewisburg, N. C. Mrs. Marion went to visit her brother in Franklin County, N. C. From there she left for tination never having been known to the elder children. Longing for Brother Grows. As time passed, Mrs. Bryan married and devoted her entire time to her husband and daughter, Miss Elmyra Bryan, with whom she now makes her some point in Illinois, the exact des- | C. Aid in Hunt MRS. MARY ANNE ELIZABETH BRYAN. —Star Staff Photo. home. Five years ago her husband died and there came a longing for the brother who dropped out of her life along with her mother so many years before. The daughter, who is visiting with Henry P. Bryan, 57 New York avenue northeast, said the only possible trace 1802 when an acquaintance said she nois, many years before, who resem- bled the missing parent and brother. The clue came to nothing. Mrs. Bryan has not relinquished her search for the past five years, STEPFATHER HELD Harry C. Hayes Accused of Striking Youth on Head With Hammer. Accused of striking his 8-year-old ININIURY T0 B[]Y| 2 MORE CHILDREN HURT IN TRAFFIC Appeal Made to Parents as Motorists Are Freed in Fatalities. While a coroner’s jury was absolv- Mrs. Bryan at the home of a son, | of the missing man was discovered in | saw & woman and small boy in Il- | stepson on the head with a hammer, a | ing motorists of blame in the deaths 70-year-old man was at liberty on|of three boys yesterday, two other $1,000 bond today, while the boy was | children were injured as they dashed under examination at Casualty Hos- ‘ into the paths of automobiles, accord- | pital to determine if he has a fractured ’PR[]MISES PROBE - [F FIRW'S ACTION 1S FOUND ‘TIMED' {Views Suspiciously Filing of Petition Near End of Congress. ROBERTS DEMANDS CUT IN BUS FARES Representative Hull Moves for Inquiry—Company Holds Increase Vital. Denunciation of the Capital Transit Co. request for a boost in street car fares to produce $431,000 additional annual revenue came today from Chairman Norton of the House Dis- trict Committee who questioned mo- | tives of the company in filing the | petition as Congress was about to adjourn. Promising a House Committee in- | vestigation to determine if the timing of the fare boost move was “premedi- ;u!ed\" Mrs. Norton advised the com- | pany to improve service rather than seek higher fares. A similar counter to the company was made by Representative Hu!l, | Progressive, of ~ Wisconsin, who initiated the plan for an investigation | by a subcommittee into mass transe ponnuon generally. Roberts Demands Cut. action to the move was heard alsu lt the District Building, where Peoples’ Counsel William A. Roberts | demanded reduction of fares on & \number of bus lines, calling present charges “discriminatory.” He also planned a mass meeting of organized civic workers for an attack on the proposed increase in street car fares | from 713 to 8'3 cents coupled with elimination of the §1 weekly pass. The Public Utilities Commission promptly ordered its staff of engineers and accountants to make a thorough | investigation of all pertinent facts for | the record of a public hearing to be | held early next Fall. Mrs. Norton, who took a leading part in forcing the street car merger legislation through Congress, was aroused when she heard of the com- pany’s petition. She said: skull. Says Boy Threw Hammer. The stepfather, Harry C. Hayes, an were hurt in traffic during the last 24 hours. Following the inquests, Coroner A |ing to police. Three other persons| employe at the District Supreme Court | Magruder MacDonald appealed to Building, insists the youngster, Don- parents to impress on their children ald Wilson, threw the hammer at him | the danger of playing in the street last night as he was mounting the | Safety Educators Urged. | | steps of their home at 1611 D street| “Washington's children must be | | northeast, and that the missile nmck' educated in traffic safety, as well as the railing, rebounded and knocked the | motorists,” he said. “The three chil- | boy down. dren who were fatally injured “I shall regret very much ever having had anything to do with merger legislation if the Capital Transit Co. attempts to take ad- vantage of the actions of Congress to force higher rates. Promises Investigation. *I should think the company would | devote its efforts toward improving | service rather than increasing fares. “The District Committee at the to take the floor of | Hayes was ajrested by Policeman O. E. Rehbein and booked at No. 5 pre- | cinct on a charge of assault with a | dangerous weapon. | The stepfather was taken into | Police Court today and Judge Walter | J. Casey ordered a hearing for next | Saturday, contingent on the boy’s re- | | covery. The bond was continued. Physicians said today that the child undergo X-ray examination later to determine the extent of his injuries, Another Story Told. Police obtained another story of hou the boy was injured. They were | told he disregarded his step-father’s orders not to go upstairs, and the man to his mother and then retire. | Hayes had returned to his home | this morning, but his wife had left the premises. SCHMELING VICTORY CHEERED BY VETERANS Demonstration at Meeting to Celebrate Bonus Payment. Meeting at the National Press Club last night to celebrate payment of the bonus, members and guests of the Fort Stevens Post, No. 32, Amer- ican Legion, nearly disrupted their own meeting with cheers for a Ger- smashed Joe Louis to the canvas in New York. Listening in hushed silence to a radio report of the fight, the 300 vet- erans present loosed a cheer when Schmeling’s victory was announced. The band played, “Ach der Lieber Augustine” the words. It was some time before the ex- citement quieted down enough to permit the entertainers to go ahead with their program. MRS. LYDDANE BETTER FOLLOWING OPERATION Rallies Strongly at Georgetown From Emergency Appendectomy on Thursday. Mrs. Anne Lyddane, central figure of Montgomery County’s bizarre mur- der conspiracy case, was recovering at Georgetown University Hospital today following an emergency operation for appendicitis. The operation was performed Thurs- day, and attaches said this morning that she has been resting comfortably and apparently is rallying strongly. Mrs. Lyddane, who lives in Rock- ville at the home of her father, James McLaughlin, was recently acquitted on & charge of conspiring to murder her husband, Francis (“Slom”) Lyddane, now proprietor of a Rockville res- taurant. BONUS BONDS STOLEN $350 in Certificates Taken From Hotel Room Here. Seven $50 bonus bonds were stolen from his room in the Commodore Hotel last night, Allan G. Nichols, 1409 Eighth street, reported to police Nichols, who said he had been staying at the hotel for two days, asserted the bonds were missing when he awoke this morning. They had been removed from an envelope and the empty con- tainer 1 behind. Wednesday should be an object lesson to every mother and father—all were killed because they blindly ran into the street. The motorists involved were powerless to avoid striking them.” Dr. MacDonald referred to Michael Maley, 3, of 420 Third street; Harry Glazier, William Karavasilis, 5, of 353 L street 6, of 1315 Park road, and next session of Congress will investi- gate the mass transportation problem in Washington. It certainly will de- termine whether the presentation of the transit company's increased fare petition in the closing days of Con- gress was premeditated.” | Representative Hull said: “The company would be unwise if it attempts to increase fares before offering the public better service. It | was “slightly improved,” and would | southwest, all of whom died shortly |seems to me that if the company after being struck. Police said Michael was killed when he stepped from between two parked driven by George W. Edwards, 55, of death as he chased a ball into the cars into the path of a machine | 3135 Nineteenth street; Harry met his | would speed up its service and install better equipment, it would attract so many additional passengers it would not have to raise rates.” | The investigation which Hull initl- ated has been delayed due to other ac- tivities of the chairman of the Streets beat him with the hammer. The boy | side of an automobile operated by |and Traffic Committe, Representative said he merely wished to go upstairs | Fort Stevens Post Members Stage | man—Max Schmeling—who had just | and the men boomed out | Andrew W. Chumbris, 3725 Kansas avenue, and William suffered fatal in- juries when he ran into the path of a motor cycle driven by James H. Davis, colored, eaX. The jury’s findings automat- ically exonerated the drivers. be provided for his son. The family barely has enough money to care for their three other children. Friends Donate Funds. This morning, however, it learned that William J. Nalley, an east, was taking charge of arrange- ments. Services were to be held at his establishment at 3 p. m. Friends and in Cedar Hill Cemetery. One of the chiidren injured yester- day was Nelson B. Short, 5, colored, 162 Adams street, who suffered a broken leg and a deep head cut, when, according to police, he ran from be- tween two parked cars and was struck by a machine driven by Joseph Teitel- baum, 720 V street. The boy was taken to Freedmen's Hospital. Knocked Down in Alley. The other child hurt was Charles suffered arm and leg injuries when knocked down in the alley in rear of his home by an automobile operated by Alton R. Broyles, 43, of 1503 Third street. The accident occurred, police were told, when the boy ran from a yard into the path of the car. He was taken to Sibley Hospital. Mary Read, 31, of 608 Ninth street Eleventh and G streets. She was treated at Emergency Hospital. Cecil R. Rhodes, 32, of 1109 N street and Charles H. Driver, 42, of 70 T street were cut and bruised when their car turned over following a col- lision at Vermont avenue and U street with a machine driven by Clayton Brown, 26, colored, 1811 Gales street northeast. Both were taken to Freed- men’s Hospital. REDEDICATION SERVICE TO BE HELD TOMORROW The Erickson Memorial Baptist Church, East Riverdale Heights, Md., will hold a rededication service of its completed building tomorrow. Guest speakers will be Rev. Joseph T. Watts, D. D, executive secretary of the Maryland Baptist Union, and Rev. Rufus W. Weaver, D. D., execu- tive secretary of the Columbia Asso- ciation of Baptist Churches. Dr. Watts will speak at 11 am. and Dr. Weav#r at 8 pm. Hyattsville and Prince Georges County pastors will bring greetings at a 2 o'clock service. An address of greeting will be extended by Mrs. A. R. Colan at the afternoon service gregation. Members angd friends will bring baskets and dinner will be l"ved at the church. . 4 149 L street south- | Philip Karavasilis did not know | after the inquest how a funeral could | was | undertaker at 522 Eighth street south- | sympathizers donated funds for a plot | Nicholson, 4, of 1537 Third street, who | received injurles to her hand and | arm when struck by a street car at | on behalf of the ladies of the con- | | Patman, Democrat of Texas. The full | committee authorized Patman's com- mittee to make the inquiry about three weeks ago following Hull's com= plaint of inadequate service. Company Maps Arguments. Company officials marshaled addie tional arguments for adoption of unie form street car and bus fares by rais« ing the street car token fare from four for 30 cents to three for 25 | cents, with cash fare remaining at 10 |cents, and making the token fare apply to all bus lines. E. D. Merrill, company vice presi- dent and general manager, estimated the requested revisions would boost operating revenues by $431000 an- nually. Roberts protested against continua- tion of the 10-cent cash faré, without tokens, on the Massachusetts avenue bus line, on the Connecticut avenue express busses, the Takoma rush hour | busses and on the Rhode Ifland ave- nue line and to the fixing of “un- reasonable and discriminatory” rates on the Burleith-Trinidad, the Potomac Heights and the Hyattsville bus lines. He declared rates on these lines are “entirely without justification” and are “unlawful” under provisions of the utilities act He invited the presidents of mem- | ber bodies of the Federatfon of Citi- zens’ Association and thg chairman of their utilities committ to con- sider these questions along with gas, electric power and telephope regula- tion issues at the meeting June 29. | Merrill argued the proposéd changes | would mean elimination of transfer charges between lines now having different fares, actual reduction in fares on some lines by the provision for the token fare, such as on the Sixteenth street bus lines, where the charge now is 10 cents cash and use of & $1.25 pass. Says Fares Were Dropped. He said the average fare revenue prior to the street car merger of De- cember 1, 1933, was 7.88 cents and is now 6.1 cents. Under the suggested uniform fare he figured that the average would be 6.5 cents. In support of elimination of the $! pass Merrill told the commission an average of 30 rides per week now is made on each of the $1 passes with the result that the passenger is paying only about 3% cents per ride. Additional revenues are necessary, Merrill said, “to maintain the credit of the company on a basis which per- mits securing additional cash by is= suance of either bonds or stock.” Dulin to Lead Campaign. ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 20 (#).— Delegate Wilbur R. Dulin, a member of the Anne Arundel County delegation in the Legislature, has been appointed to manage the Democratic national and congressional campaign in the county. Dulin was selectec by the Demo- cratic State Central Committee of the county, which set July 10 as the time for the initial organization meeting for il'x! campaign. ‘