Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1936, Page 21

PRIMARY BUDGET 10 CONTAIN FEW PRISON PROECTS Reformatory, Workhbuse and Jail Provided For in Second. RIVES’ $1,800,000 PROPOSAL WEIGHED Commissioners, However, Think New Jail Impossible at Present Time. Only a few of the improvements sought by District penal officials to remedy some of the revolting condi- tions at the jail, workhouse and re- formatory will be provided in the primary 1938 budget soon to be trans- mitted to the Budget Bureau, it was disclosed today at the District Build- ing. However, the secondary budget—the one that will contain vitally needed public improvements that cannot be provided without increased revenues— will make provision for additional ac- commodations at the reformatory and workhouse, and for modernization of the jail. ‘Thomas M. Rives, superintendent of the jail, has asked the Commission- ers to approve an item of $1,800,000 in his estimates to replace the existing 60-year old building. He thinks the cost of the proposed modernization and enlargement will nearly equal the expense of a new building. Seriously Considered. The Commissioners, it was said, have given serious consideration to the recommendations of Rives, but have virtually reached the conclusion that in view of the financial situation confronting the District in the com- ing fiscal year, it will be impossible 4t this time to provide a new jail building. Instead, the Commissioners propose to make some of the urgently needed improvements and provide ad- ditional aceommodations for the ever- increasing jail population as soon as funds become available. Melvin C. Hagzen, president of the ‘Board of Commissioners, who recently made a personal investigation at the jail, admits the conditions there are shocking, but believes the congestion can be alleviated to some extent as soon as badly needed additional facil- ities at the workhouse are provided. ‘The jail, Commissioner Hazen point- ed out, is a detention Btation, and its population fluctuates from day to day as prisoners are transferred to either the reformatory or workhouse. With both of these institutions overcrowded, he said, it has not been possible to relieve the jail of some of the prisoners who should be transferred. As an il- lustration, he explained, the work- house could relieve the jail this week of only 90 of the several hundred prisoners sentenced by the courts since Monday, thus intensifying the con- gestion which has forced nearly 200 men to sleep on cell floors. To Reduce Congestion. Since all of the penal institutions require additional housing accom. modations, Commissioner Hazen feels preference should be given the re- formatory and work house. These additional facilities, he said, auto- matically would reduce congestion at the jail. ‘The secondary budget providing for the vital improvements at all three institutions probably will not get any farther than the Budget Bureau unless the Federal obligation toward District expenses is substantially increased above the present $5,000,000 figure, or funds are forthcoming from other sources. ‘The Commissioners are hopeful the fiscal relations study being made at the direction of President Roosevelt will result in an increase in the Federal Government's share in District expenses and enable them to carry out urgently needed public improvements that otherwise would be impossible in the next fiscal year. Commissioner Hazen particularly is anxious to increase the guard force at the reformatory and workhouse, as well as to provide additional dor- mitories to relieve those now jammed with prisoners. He realizes a dan- gerous situation exists at these two institutions because there are only about 150 guards divided into three eight-hour shifts to watch more than 2,700 inmates. [ Public interest in conditions &t the Jail, workhouse and reformatory has resulted in Station WJSV arranging & series of broadcasts. direct from these institutions. The first broad- cast, scheduled tomorrow at 8 p.m., will originate at the jail. Y. W. C. A. BOARD HOLDS ANNUAL FALL MEETING ARLNGTON A NDCTED HERE Cecil 'Goode, .30, Charged With Forging Postal Money Orders. An indictment charging Cecil Goode, 30, of Arlington County, Va., with forging and uttéring postal money orders was reportéd today by the grand jury. Goode is alleged to have cashed 70 drafts, totaling between $3,000 and $4,000, since last February. Postal inspectors sald he stole 75 money order blanks from the little poat office at Oraville, St. Marys County. Md., and passed all but five of them at stores, business establishments and branch post offices in Washington. Amounts of the orders ranged from $25 to $85. 34 Indictments Returned. Thirty-four other indictments were returned. © Among them were two charging three men and a woman with passing $429 worth of forged checks at two Washington department stores. They were, Walter Carl Johnsen, Edward R. Dietrich, Erma Miller and George E. Bodkin. Named with them in one of the true bills was Walter W. Lee. Each indictment also charged that they conspired to pass forged checks. ‘The method allegedly used was to present & good check to the credit manager of the store, obtain his “o. k.” and then trace the certification on other checks. It was allegations made by Johnsen, Dietrich and Erma Miller that resulted in the indictment several weeks ago of James J. Laughlin, attorney, on charges of larceny, embezzlement and forgery in connection with money said to have been given to him to effect their release on bail. Johnsen and Dietrich are wanted by Florida officials in a case similar to the one here. ‘with violating the liquor-taxing act. Others indicted were: Bession at Sudley, Md., Closes | Russell the Season at Kamp Xahlert. Closing the season at Kamp Kahlert, the Y. W. C. A. retreat at Sudley, Md. holding their annual Fall Setting-Up | well, Conference there today and tomorrow. Beauty Aids May Be Taxed: ‘The Hungarian government pro- poses to levy & 15 per cent tax on all cosmetics, | The Foening Htar WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1936. APPLY FOR LICENSE D. C. Couple Reveal Marriage Plans in California. ‘Thomas T. Houston, 76, of 718 Nine- teenth street, retired District Govern- empioye, and Mra: Clars L. the Bureau of Internal WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT WOODRIDGE SHOW | H. @. Clay Takes Sweepstakes at Flower, Fruit and Vege- table Exhibit. H. G. Clay was the sweepstakes win- ner and received the Schling gold- T mE QR & E ;§§§§Eg. g. ] 31t E Eak i B 5¥ T o8 T g L fo §9EEE i F34 §§E;§E ; i ! % KEY MEN’S PARLEY STARTS TOMORROW Means of Making Physical Edu- cation Work More Effec- tive Is Topic. Means of making physical education ‘work more effective will be discussed tomorrow and Sunday at the second - PR Entrants in the first sailing boat race rounding the far head* . | band’s SCORE ARE HURT IN DAY TRAFFIC Harvey Thomas Is Crushed Between Trash Truck and House. s Nearly s score of persons were in- jured in trafic accidents in Washington area during the last 24 hours. Harvey Thomas, 20, of 639 Elliott street northeast was in Provi- . dence Hospital —Star Staff Photos. turn in the opening event of the President’s Cup regatta today. WILSON CASE ROW PERILS CRIMEWAR Co-operation Menaced, but Maj. Brown Prefers to Avoid Argument. ‘The question of who solved the Wil- the | son murder case, raised by United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett in a leiter to Maj. Ernest W. Brown, police superintendent, today threatened to thwart plans for a better co-ordination of police and prosecutive activities. Maj. Brown, at first inclined to make vigorous reply to Garnett’s unexpected claim, today said he felt no good could come from such a discussion. “Afte- all,” he said, “the important thing, it seems to me, is that the mur- der was solved. If the district attor- ney’s office or anybody else solved the | 10d8 case, it is all right with me. All Tam interested in is getting cases solved, truck, | and I believe that's all the public is .|ing on & coal pile in an alley when Preeman drove through with the Puller received a severe head in- :;'qmunuemnu,n.m The bus was driven by Thomas G. - | Baisey, 29, Colmar Manor, Md. Auto Overturns. Mrs. Kate Durnbaugh, 23, of 1030 Third street, was injured about the near Largo, Md., when her hus- car overturned. She was un- der observation in Garfield Hospital Arletta Isaac, 23, colored, 1919 M street, and Rose Lee, 20, colored, 715 P street, were slightly hurt when a interested in.” _ Claim Made in Letter. Garnett’s claim for credit nishing the “lead” that rest of the killers of underworld characters and the ques- tioning of Marie McKeever, friend of & tri-State gangster. ‘The investigation ended in life sen- tence for three guamen, John * ¥, Dunn, Albert S. Sutton and Ernest W. Myers, Detectives Commended. Judge Lindley Sloan, who sen- attorney’s office. Garnett has advised Brown he will DR. RUHLAND PLEADS HEALTH FUND NEEDS Appears Before Commisaioners to Tell Why Budget Requests Should Be Approved. - AT zigtg R i Society and General PAGE B—1 The crew of Earl Klein’s Mermaid, shortly after it capsized. GREEN SUPPORTS 5 OUSTED LODRES A. F. of L. Head Says They Should Affiliate With A. F. G. E. Organization. Declaring he can see no need for an organization of “non<tivil service” Federal employes, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, today placed himself on rec- ord as favoring affiliation of such workers with the American Federa- tion of Government Employes. Green's declaration came in a let- ter to John Arthur Shaw, former president of the A. F. G. E., who now is temporary president of the new National Association of Federal Em- ployes, organized to fight for the rights of non-civil service workers. Meanwhile, five lodges of A. F. G. E.,, recently ousted at the national convention at Detroit, laid plans to set up a new “joint information com- mittee” and to carry ‘their fight di- rectly to President Green. Green had been approached by Shaw with a suggestion for a confer- ence with Col. Charles 1. Stengle, newly-elected head of A. F. G. E. Stengle Favors Conference. Stengle, in & letter to Shaw, said | he was “unable to take much interest in your proposed new organization.” He invited Shaw, however, t0 a con- ference to “discuss the matter in full” The movement to carry a fight from the five ousted units to Green was disclosed by President Walter J. Couper of Social Security Lodge. The ousted lodges gained the sup- port last night of W. P. A. Lodge, No. 139, which decided to remain within the ranks of A. F. G. E. and help the meeting last night, was confronted with the problem of leaving A. F. G. E. when the matter was discussed by two members from the floor. But senti- ment was 5o strong for remaining, ac- cording to President Janet Gaines, that the question was not brought to a vote. The new *“Joint Information Com- mittee” will be set up, it was explained by Couper, “to explore the possibilities and refer matters back to the five es. The expelled lodges are Social Se- curity, Farm Credit, S8ecurity and Ex- change, Railroad Retirement and Public Assistance. Detroit Proceedings Reported. At the W. P. A. Lodge meeting last night President Arthur Stein reported on the proceedings at Detroit. Ap- COMMISSION MAY DISAPPROVE DIKE Inspection of Site in West Potomac Park Brings Ex- pression of Opposition. Disapproval of the projected flood- control dike in the line of Independ- ence avenue in West Potomac Park was foreshadowed today as the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission discussed the proposal. Following inspection of the site yes- terday afternoon and examination of plans submitted by Army engineers, a number of commission members in- formally indicated they would oppose the project. The theory was that with the present dike at the rear of the Navy and Munitions Buildings any high water threat could be countered by bridging Seventeenth street south of Constitution avenue with sandbags and by placing sandbags atop the ex- isting embankment. Further, a number of the members were represented as feeling the Inde- pendence avenue dike would disturb the existing park and cause destruc- tion of & row of trees on the north side of the proposed levee. Another objection was that under- passes would have to be created to permit passage of low-level traffic. ‘These underpasses, in time of flood, would have to be filled with sandbags. Duck Pond Relocation. ‘The commission voted to extend co- operation to Smithsonian Institution officials and those of the Washington park system in relocating the duck pond in the National Zoological Park, due to the program for a new high- way in Rock Creek Valley to link Rock Creek Park with the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. Judiciary Square will be retained as park land, under the National Park Service, after the new Police Court Building is constructed there by the District government, the commission decided. Other municipal buildings projected for that area are a new Juvenile and Municipal Court and Recorder of Deeds Buildings. The commission’s staff was in- structed to re-study plans for Com- modore Barney Circle, at Pennsyl- vanian avenue and the western bank of the Anacostia River, in view of the proposed new Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge. The District Commissioners have $25,000 to make plans for the new structure. Approval was given to a proposal to give Virginia title to the right of way for the proposed Lee Boulevard, across the northwest corner of Fort .| Myer, to link in with the Arlington 00 union members have been out of the projects control division . P. A, it was reported, since its ion. PHILIPPINE VETERANS ARRANGE GREETINGS Appoint Geis to Convey Message to Sons and Daughters of Union Veterans. Memorial Bridge development. The commission voted to indorse legisla- tion to accomplish this in the com- ing Congress. Under consideration today was a extra span on the Virginia proposed | end of Key Bridge.. This would ve utilized as an underpass for the George Washington Memorial Parkway and would carry traffic beneath the bridge to connect with Lee Highway, north of Rosslyn, Va. Yesterday afternoon’s rain deferred the projected inspection trip to the recently acquired Leiter estate, on the Virginia side .of the Potomac River, opposite Glen Echo, Md., but the officials planned to carry it out this afternoon. Oppose Channel Filling. ‘The Commission opposed the pro- Jected filling in of Boundary Channel Bay to create an expanded Wash- ington Airport, in a vote reaffirming a previous decision. Samuel J. Solomon, manager of the airport, had request- ed that this be permitted to give the field Jonger runways. The Commis- sion felt that Boundary Channel Bay should be preserved as a scenic feature of the Columbia Island re- gion and that flling in of the area would bring the large planes dangerously near the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, creating a hazard for motorists. Solomon asserted today that “if the Planning Commission would reverse its attitude, I would forbid a take-off over the runway in the direction of COMMISSIONERS DENYBLANKETOX. ON ONE-MAN GARS State Order Applies Only to 20 Units Covered in Petition. FUTURE ACTION HINGES ON MERIT, THEY ASSERT, Civic Leader Urges Lower Fare Be Charged on Vehicles With Single Operator. Denial that the Public Utilities Com= mission has adopted a policy of allow- ing unlimited expansion of one-man street car usage by the Capital Transit Co., as suggested yesterday by People's Counsel William A. Roberts, was made today by two commission members. Both Riley E. Elgen, chairman, and Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman, insisted there was no foundation for Roberts’ suggestion, made in com- menting on the commission's order permitting the company to convert its 20 new stream-lined cars to one-man service, Roberts based his suggestion on this statement, included by the commission in its order: “Under existing conditions, any fur- ther additions to the fleet of one-man cars should be brought about only through the acquisition of cars equivalent or superior to the Presi- dent’s Conference car (the new stream- lined cars).” Applied to Petitions, Elgen and Keech said, first, the commission’s order applied only to the company petitions which were before the commission. Secondly, they said. the true interpretation of the quoted remark would be that the commission had warned the company it would not approve any petition for the purchase of second-hand or old-model cars for additions to the one-man fleet here. Keech added that experience with the streamlined cars in one-man op- eration would be given considerable weight if the company later submit- ted a petition for purchase of modern new cars, as efficient and fast as the President’s conference cars, for pro- posed extenfion of the one-man fleet. Both commission members also de- clared any future petitions, if’ and when they are submitted, would be considered on the merits of the par- ticular case. Acts Held Limited. On the point that there are a large numbej of street car riders who do not like one-man cars, Chairman Elgen said: “We have to act on the fact in a utilities case. We are a regulatory body and not a legislative body. We cannot merely deny a petition on the grounds of public sentiment. Our acts are limited by the powers given the commission by Congress.” Meanwhile, civic leaders were con- sidering whether they should ask Peo- ple’s Counsel Roberts to test the dee cision in court. Among these is Wil- liam McK. Clayton, chairman of the Utilities Committee of the Federation of Citizen’s Associations, which was a party to the one-man car case. Clayton has suggested fares on one= man street cars should be reduced bee low the fare on two-man cars, insiste ing the service given by the two is different. PARENTS WARNED OF DIPHTHERIA Medical Society Declares All Chil- dren Should Be Given Toxoid Treatments. All parents were urged today by the Medical Society of the District of Columbia to protect their children from diphtheria. “When Winter comes, there may be again such serious jllness from this dread disease,” the society declared. “There was an unusual amount of diphtheria last Winter. All of this {llness was needless. There is no ex- cuse in these for a single child to have diphtheria.” All children six months or older should be taken to physicians to re- ceive toxoid treatments, the society declared, adding: “If three properly spaced doses of diphtheria toxoid are given to chil- dren, 98 per cent of them secure im- munity to the disease.” Persons unable to have a private physician can obtain treatment at Children’s Hospital, the Child Wel- fare Centers and these addresses, un- der supervision of the District Health ent: 2304 Pennsylvania avenue, 304 In- diana avenue, 480 E street southwest, 900 Maryland avenue northeast, 1205 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, Freed- man’s Hospital, 5327 Georgia avenue, 1201 Talbert street southeast, 2012 Rhode Island avenue northeast, 518 M street. ——— GIRL, 18, IN HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SCALDED —— Miss Dorothy Libby, 18, was in Gallinger Hospital today suffering from severe burns received yesterday when she fell on the stairs at