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Washington News SENATED. C. GROUP T0STUDY ALTERING COURT PROCEDURE Convenes Probably Next Week to Take Up Two Proposals. SMALL CLAIMS BENCH TO GET CONSIDERATION Juvenile Tribunal Law Modern- izing Also Due for Examination by Committee. BY J. A. O'LEARY. ‘The Senate District Committee will be called together in a few days, prob- ably early next week, to consider two changes in local court procedure, Chairman King announced today. One is the bill to modernize and improve the Juvenile Court law, and the other is the measure introduced yesterday by King to establish a small claims and conciliation branch in Municipal Court. The basic object of the small claims tribunal is to offer individuals a forum for voluntary arbitration of financial disputes involving not more than $100, when the parties wish to avoid formal court trial. Informal Procedure. In this new branch pleadings would be devoid of technicalities, and proce- dure made informal, inexpensive and speedy, Senator King explained. Mu- nicipal Court judges would take turns serving in this branch, and at least one night session a week would be re- quired for the benefit of those who could not otherwise present claims. Following settlement through this new process, the court would have discretionary power to permit instaliment payments on the Judgment. The proceedings would start with the filing of a simple statement of the of claims claim, which the plaintiff could pre- | pare himself, or request the clerk of the small claims tribunal to prepare. | The clerk, however, could not perform this service for a corporation, part- nership or association. The fee for filing claims would be reduced from $1.25 to 1. In place of a formal summons the defendant would be served with a sim- ple statement of the claim. The no- tice could be served by registered mail or by an individual, as well as by mar- shal, and the notice would advise the recipient he could appear with or without an attorney. Conciliation First Effort. The first function of would be to endeavor to have the par- ties settle the claim by conciliation. If this failed the hearing would pro- ceed. At this point the bill directs that the proceedings be conducted so as to do substantial justice according to rules of substantive law, but not bound by statutory provisions or rules of practice, procedure, pleading or evidence, except those provisions which relate to privileged' communications. Cases in other branches of Munici- | pal Court could be transferred to the conciliation branch when all the par- ties agree to that course. Otherwise it would not interfere with the con- duct of cases involving more than $100 in the other branches of the court. Senator King emphasized also that it does not detract from the present right of review in the Court of Ap- peals, nor interfere with the right of Jury trial. The proposed procedure has been successful elsewhere and has been adopted on a State-wide basis in 16 States, according to Senator King. The plan has been under discussion here since last July, when it was pro- posed by Judge Nathan Cayton of the Municipal Court. follows the same general lines, except that Judge Cayton originally proposed a $50 limit on cases in the small claims branch. The companion measure was intro- | duced in the House today by Chairman | Norton of the District Committee. It was promptly referred to her com- mittee for consideration, Bar Withholds Approval. ‘The proposal has failed to win the approval of the District Bar Associa- tion. At a recent meeting the Bar Association announced a plan of its own, to create a committee of 25 mem- bers to give assistance at Municipal Court to persons who otherwise would not be able to take their cases to court. The Juvenile Court measure, ad- vocated for a number of years, aims to establish a chancery or equity pro- | cedure for the present criminal pro- cedure of that court. The bill passed the House recently, but since that time a Senate Subcommittee has taken under advisement a series of amend- ments, designed principally to make the District corporation counsel’s of- fice the legal agency to consider the information and preliminary inves- tigation in juvenile cases, for the pur- pose of determining whether the court should take formal jurisdiction. LODGING HbUSES GET HEALTH ULTIMATUM ¥Clean Up or Close Up” Is Order Given Proprietors in Ruhland’s Drive. Inspectors of the District Health Department today continued taeir drive to compel proprietors of cheap lodging houses to comply with all sanitary regulations of the District. “Clean up or close up” was the elogan set for the inspectors by J. Frank Butts, chief of the department’s Bureau of Sanitary Inspection, after preliminary investigations convinced him of the need for a special drive. Health Officer George C. Ruhland, after outlining plans for the cam- paign, placed the drive in the hands of Butts. First fruits of the program came yesterday, when proprietors of two places told health inspectors they would close up because they could not afford to make physical changes in their properties which the inspec- tors said would be necessary to bring them into compliance with rules. » their | the judge | Senator King's bill | Having Tried on Suits Yesterday, They Come Back Today. Two men who tried on suits in Milton Dreyfuss’ store at 3264 M street yesterday appeared there again today, but not as prospective cus- tomers. The men had promised Dreyfuss they'd return—and they didn't go back on their word. They walked into the store, tied up Dreyfuss, took $55 from his pockets and $10 from the cash register, appropriated a $40 wrist watch and a $10 fountain pen, stuffed Dreyfuss in a room and fled. Then they closed the front door and hung on it a sign, “Closed.” To make sure of their getaway, they tied Drey- fuss' wrist and ankles, put a shirt over his head, dumped him behind a counter while they secured their loot, the transferred him to the washcoom Dreyfuss, who is 27 and lives at 2726 Connecticut avenue, managed to break a glass and cut the rope holding his ankles to his wrists. Then he called police. Both robbers were about 30, one wearing a dark suit, the other blue trousers and a lumber jacket. ‘The robber who took $20 from the cash register of a Sanitary store at 1929 Ninth street a week ago also re- | turned there today, but with little suc- | cess this time. E. H. Bowie, manager @The WITH SUNDAY Foen ing Star RNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937. Two Tough Customers Return To Truss Up, Rob Storekeeper | | | | $100 worth of suits, shirts, neckties | and socks into two suit cases, locked | MILTON DREYFUSS. | of the store, recognized the man as the one who had locked him in a back room when the other theft was per- | petrated. “Don’t you come in here,” he shout- | ed. The robber reterated, but when Bowie began to call for police the man | made a motion as if to reach for a | gun. A third man heard the shouting | and started to chase the would-be rob- | ber, who eluded him. TWO SCHOOLS GET NEW PRINPALS Miss Patterson of Hilton and Miss Fryer of Cooke Are Promoted. The Board of Education today an- | nounced the promotions of Miss Mar- garet Patterson, teacher at the Hilton School and Miss T. E. Fryer of the Cooke School to administrative prin- cipal of the Corcoran-Jackson School and teaching principal of the Keene School, respectively, effective March 15 Both teachers stood first on their | respective rating sheets made from a | special examination. The position at the Corcoran- Jackson becomes available March 15 when Miss E. M. Andrews, present administrative principal, is trans- ferred to the administrative principal- ship of the Bancroft School, left open by the recent promotion of Miss A. Grace Lind. The Keene School post | was left vacant by the recent promo- teaching principal there. Appointed in 1920, Miss Patterson was appointed to the school system in 1920 at the| Bryan School. In 1925 she moved to the Kingsman School, changing to Peabody-Hilton later on in the year. In 1929 she was promoted to practice teacher at Wilson Normal and the fol- | lowing year moved to the Thomson | She taught at Peabody from | | School. 1932 until last year, when she was transferred to Hilton. A member of Delta Kappa Gamma, honor sorority for women in educa- tien, Miss Patterson represents ele- | mentary schools in divisions 1-9 on the Committee on Essays and Con- | | tests, appointed to aid the Board of | Education. She is chairman of the ! Reading Study Group of the sixth | division and also a member of the ' D. C. CHAIN STORE | city-wide Study Group. A member of | the National Educational Association {and the District Educational Associ- ation, she also serves as program leader |of the Burral Class at Calvary Bap- tist Church, of which group she was president for three years, Service Begun in 1923. Miss Fryer was appointed in 1923 to teach in the Allison street portables. Three years later she moved to the | Petworth School and was transferred {to the Cooke School in division 3 in 1935. A member of the National and Dis- trict Education Association, she also | belongs to the Progressive Education Association. Miss Andrews, who succeeds Miss Lind at the Bancroft School, entered the school system in 1916 at the Gales | School, transferring shortly after to the Gage. In 1918 she went to the Franklin-Thomson and in 1923 to the Wilson Normal. The following year she taught at the Hubbard and in 1936 became assistant in education at the Wilson Teachers College. In Oc- tober of the same year she moved to the Corcoran-Jackson. MRS. RANSOME WILL FILED FOR PROBATE Mrs. Juliet T. Kohn of New York Principal Beneficiary of $86,375 Estate. The will of Mrs. Rebekah Lowry Ransome, 3122 O street, widow of Harry Ransome, was filed for probate in District Court today. Mrs. Ran- some’s daughter, Mrs. Juliet T: Kohn of New York City was the principal beneficiary of the $86,375 estate. The petition was filed through Fred- erick M. Bradley by the Fidelity- Philadelphia Trust Co., Philadelphia, named as executor. Mrs. Ransome directed that the bulk of her estate be held in trust for Mrs. Kohn for life and that at her death the prin- cipal be turned over to persons she shall designate. | Two cousins, Annie Minnigerode of Washington and Frances Turner Knox, The Plains, Fauquier County, Va., were given $500 each. DR. FRANCK TO TALK Dr. James Franck, Nobel prize winner in physics in 1925, will deliver the annual Joseph Henry lecture before the Philosophical Society of Washing- ton tomorrow, at 8 p.m., at the Cosmos Club auditorium. Dr. Franck, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, will speak on the conversion of sunshine into energy by green plants. The lecture tomorrow will be the seventh given as a memorial to the first secretary of the Smith- sonian Institution, tion of Miss M. M. Short, formerly | MEDICAL SOCIETY ‘Indicates Approval of Meas- ure for Treatment of Infants’ Eyes. The District Medical Society re- ported today to Chairman Norton of the House District Committee its op- | position ‘o six pending bills. The society indicated it would ap- prove one of the measures, that de- signed to prevent blindness in chil- | dren by requiring prophylactic treat- ment of the eyes of new-born infants, if a provision is eliminated exempt- ing “persons treating human ail- ments by prayer or spiritual means as an exercise or enjoyment of religious freedom.” This bill was favorably reported early in the week by a special sub- committee with the provision ob- jected to by the society eliminated The full measure Wednesday, but defeired ac- tion on it for two weeks. Two other bills disapproved by the society are those sponsored by Rep- Tresentative Quinn, Democrat, of Penn- sylvania to regulate barber shops and beauty parlors. The society took the position that the Health Department, | under existing laws, is competent to protect the health of the public in both barber shops and beauty parlors. A special subcommittes, headed by Representative Randoiph, Democrat, of West Virginia, has scheduled a public hearing on the barber bill at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Other bills objected to by the seciety would remove the compulsory re- quirement for vaccination of children entering the public schools; prohibit experiments on living dogs, and reg- ulate the practice of optometry. TAX BILL OFFERED Schulte Measure Provides Pro- gressive Levy Up to $1,000 for Each Branch. Representative Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana renewed his efforts to license chain stores in the Distrit yesterday by introducing a bill to force them to pay a progressive tax The measure would impose a tax of $10 a year on each store in a chein or three stores or less. The tax on each store in chains of three or more would be progressively increased to a point where a corporation operating 100 stores would be required to pay a tax of $1,000 for each store. Schulte, a member of the District Committee, introduced a similar bill in the last Congress, although the tax schedule was lower. TWO TO BE EXECUTED Refused executive clemency, two colored men, John Homer Cummings and Willet J. Marcus, both of Wash- ington, will be electrocuted March 19 for the hold-up murder of Joseph R. Wushnak, meat wagon driver, on January 4, 1935. In disclosing the President’s action, Attorney General Cummings did not divulge details of the men’s petition other than to say they claimed they shot Wushnak accidentally and not with premeditation. OPPOSES 6 BILLS committee considered the | BYCARTOLL, BACKS SUBWAYS SURVEY Urges Congress Approval of Appropriation to Study Feasibility. DEEMS UNDERGROUND SYSTEM A CERTAINTY Uncertain on Financing—"“Would Have to Be Determined,” He Declares. Declaring that the traffic accident toll taken in the District has become “‘appalling,” Commissioner George E. Allen has thrown his support to the | request for a survey of a proposed ex- | tensive system of street car subways. | Senator Capper, Republican, of | Kansas, joined in favoring the pro- posed study of the subject. “The day is bound to come when | subways will be the only answer to the traffic problem here,” said the Kansan, who is ranking minority member of the Senate District Committee. He suggested, for example, that a subway from the congested downtown section to the vicinity of Dupont Cir- cle would relieve traffic conditions on the surface streets. The Senator be- lieves, however, the first step should be legislation authorizing a compre- hensive survey of the problem As to how the suggested expensive have to be determined.” Specifically. approve a bill, fostered at session by Chairman Norton of the feasibility of subways and their cost. | | | ALLEN, ASTOUNDED WATTER'S SUT ACANST THAW 5 SENTT0 0 Deliberations Begun After Champagne Party Stories Are Heard. FISTICUFFS IN SOCIETY SETTING ARE DESCRIBED “This Creature” Him, Playboy Asserts of Shoreham Waiter. BULLETIN. Paul Jaeck, head waiter at the Shoreham Hotel, was awarded $200 compensatory and $2,000 punitive damages against Harry K. Thaw this afternoon by a District Court Jury which had heard Jaeck's charges that the millionaire play- boy struck him in the eye with his fist during a gay champagne party January 3, 1935, A jury will be called upon today to write the last scene in the drama of the millionaire and the waiter, which opened in District Court yesterday morning. ‘The principal actors were Harry K. Thaw, wealthy one-time playboy, whose slaying of Stanford White 30 years ago was a national sensation, and Paul Jaeck, 39, the Shoreham Hotel headwaiter, Included in the dramatis personae subway projects could be financed, Were a Washington socialite, a movie Allen said, I don't know. That would | actress, a prominent physician, a den- tist, a lawyer, a trade association ex- 9 t ss | ecutive and several persons less easily he urged tha :Zhopng;;“ described: They spoke their lines yesterday, House District Committee, for an ap- | describing the gay champagne party propriation for an investigation of the | staged two years ago by Thaw in the Shoreham Hotel, which ended in his “It appears certain to me that Wash- | ejection after an altercation with the | ington is going to have to have sub- | ways some time,” said Allen. “I be- | lieve we should have an official engi- | neering study made now so that we may have better estimates of the cost, headwaiter. Jaeck asked for $10,000 to compen- sate him for injuries he said were caused to his left eye by a blow Thaw struck with his fist, in which he held | & gauge of feasibility and the best| g jighted cigarette. possible routes charted.” Two Subways Suggested. Allen suggested that it might be found desirable to build a subway all the way from Calvert Bridge to Con- stitution avenue, generally along the line of Connecticut avenue, and an- other one from downtown Washing- ton to the Capito! Headwaiter Is Heard. The headwaiter, heavy-set native of Switzerland, told the jury that Thaw's alleged attack climaxed an evening of boisterous conduct during which the millionaire “annoyed the guests by thumping lighted matches and | cigarettes about, and by giving a solo Allen said the alternative to sub- increase, would be the construction of elevated railroads for street cars, and | he ruled them out of consideration as | being undesirable for Washington from | n esthetic point of view. | In the past discussion of subways, | some engineers have warned that the cost of subway construction and main- | tenance in downtown Washington }would run exceptionally high because | of the low elevation, the lack of solid | foundations and the problems of drain- | age of water. “I am not an engineer,” said Alien, “but there are solutions to such prob- lems. They have been met in other places.” Impetus Given Survey. Impetus was given to the proposed survey of subways by the action of a Special Committee of the Board of Trade which Wednesday urged direc- tors of the trade body to campaign for an appropriation for an engineering investigation of subway proposals. The committee held that the Federal Gov- ‘emment should pay a majority of the | cost of subways, since much of the downtown congestion is caused by the concentration of Government housing in the Government triangle and rectangle. The Norton bill, considered at the past session, called for an appropria- tion of $25.000 of District funds for | a subway survey. It failed of passage in either House. This bill was indorsed | | by the Commissioners, who held that the survey would prove valuable, al- | though they did not go so far as to | commit themselves to subway con- struction. Much the same view has been taken in the past by the Public | Utilities Commission. At one time that | | commission suggested that were a problem of the future. subways MAN, ILL, ENDS LIFE Jesse C. Lewis, Rooming House Proprietor, Bullet Victim. Despondent over ill health, Jesse C. Lewis, 52, proprietor of a rooming house at 3117 Hiatt place, shot and killed himself in the basement of his home yesterday shortly after a visit by his doctor. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a certificate of | suicide, Lewis' body was found by Joseph Mahoney, a roomer, who rushed down- | stairs after hearing a pistol shot. Sev- eral notes were found by police, in- | dicating Lewis’ had contemplated suicide for some time. Epic Story of S BY the Associated Press. From the fountain of American fishery came a tale today big enough to drown all others. “As the supreme judge of stories for the Hook, Line and Sinker Club,” explained Charles E. Jackson, deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Fish- eries, “I figured I ought to give the members something to cast at The H. L. & S. C. is a non-profit organization devoted to preservation of piscatorial fables. Fishermen are | joining from all over the Nation. Jackson’s story concerns a Potomac River tub captain named Jake and & giant sturgeon named Sue, who used to push the master’s boat upstream | when the tide was tough. ‘To show his appreciation, Capt. Jake threw her a steak a day for months, but this whetted her appe- tite. One day, the story goes, Sue sighted cattle in & nearby fleld. She churned up a great wave, and riding its crest turgeon Sue And Planto Hook Her Are Told into the pasture, gobbled up four Jerseys. Since then her behavior steadily has grown worse. She has swallowed the first mate Zeze, flicked muddy foam on Mount Vernon, and generally ruined river fishing. “With the help of Capt. Jake,” said Jackson, “I have worked out a plan which I hope will take old Sue.” It calls for: A cable tied to the Lincoln Memo- rial, stretched to the Washington Monument, welded to a battleship an- {chor for a hook and baited with six | horses and five cows. If Sue gets hooked, the Coast Guard would swoop down with planes and a blimp and raise her while the Army and Navy shell her from the river bank. Asked how the story came to him, the expert replied: “Well, I was rolled into an operat- ing room last week. When I was rolled out I didn’t have my appendix, but I had this tale. It was plain as day.” LY ways, if traffic congestion continues to | dance with war whoops.” Thaw came back by referring to Jaeck as “this wretched person” and “this creature,” while the audience tittered. % The plaintiff was the first witness as the trial opened before Justice Jesse C. Adkins and a jury composed entirely of men. The bulky, gray- haired defendant, sat quietly behind his chief counsel, Col. Christopher B. Garnett. It was after Jaeck had told the walter serving Thaw’s table to bring the millionaire water instead of cham- pagne that the assault occurred, the headwaiter testified He said Thaw's bill was $55 and there was a dispute over the amount. Thaw said it was about $80 and in- cluded a charge of $8.50 for a bottle of “flat” champaigne which was sent back unused. Documentary evidenoe of the exact amount of Thaw's bill was introduced Overcharged | | * | that figure. this morning in the form of hotel rec- | ords which showed the total to be $55.70. Argument of the case then began. Claims He Was Thrown Out. The defendant charged that Jaeck and ‘“the bouncer” forcibly ejected him from the hotel dining room in front of some 500 guests. He said Jaeck struck him. “Did that make you angry?” in- quired John J. Sirica, counsel for Jaeck. “No,” replied Thaw, “but I was angry when this creature said I wouldn't pay my bill. I overheard him tell the waiter, ‘Watch him—I think he will go away and not pay his bil’ That remark was without any justification. I have known 200 or 300 headwaiters all over the world and none of them ever accused me of such a thing. “Why this creature isn't even the headwaiter, he's only assistant head- waiter. I know the headwaiter.” Sirica asked Thaw if it wasn’t a fact that he had ordered a last drink as his party was about to leave. “No,” shouted Thaw in a voice so loud and sharp that almost every spectator in the crowded court room gave a decided start. Witnesses for Jaeck included the socially prominent Mrs. Abner Drury, jr.; Ralph Proctor, hotel detective; ‘Walter Heini, captain of waiters, and Dr. Harry M. Kaufman, chief of the | Emergency Hospital staff, who gave Jaeck emergency treatment for his | injured eye. Proctor, Heini and Mrs. Drury said they saw Thaw strike Jaeck. One of the principal defense wit- nesses, Gordon B. Prowse, said he saw the whole incident, and Thaw never was disorderly and was not the ag- gressor. Says He Watched Thaw. Prowse occupied a table across the dining room from the millionaire and his party of eight. He testified the word soon got around the hotel that Thaw was in the room and he became the center of attention. Because the millionajire was a celebrity he kept his eyes on him a good part of the eve- ning, the witness said. Under cross-examination by Sirica concerning his reason for observing Thaw, the witness replied: “If there was a pink elephant over there I would keep my eyes on it.” He said the Thaw group was “hav- ing a good time just as a college party might.” Sirica continued to press him, and Prowse, explaining the attention he paid Thaw, said he had often seen political and financial celebrities at the hotel but never a person promi- nent in criminal circles.” Thaw was released from custody fol- lowing White’s slaying after he had spent several years in a hospital for the insane. Movie Actress on Stand. Miss Diana Nash, blond movie ac- tress, who was & member of Thaw's PAGE B—1 Miss Diana Nash, blond movie actress, and Mrs. Spencer Sladden are shown leaving District Court yesterday after deny- ing Harry K. Thaw struck Paul Jaeck, head waiter at the Shore- ham Hotel, a year ago. Miss Nash, who attended a champagne party at the hotel with Thaw, said Jaeck knocked him down and that Thaw arose, exclaiming: This is terrible.” Jaeck, who claims the former millionaire playboy injured his eye, is suing for $10,000 damages. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. FEWEXCISETAYES ARE DEDUCTIBLE Income Levy Payers Run Into Maze of Rules on Gas Charges. Cigarette and liquor tav~s cannot | be deductec on income tax returns, it fix responsibility for the tip-off that | The smoke that is now was emphasized today by officials of the Internal Revenue Bureau. Of all the mistakes people are mak- ing this year on their returns, it was explained, the attempts to deduct cig- arette and liquor taxes are the most common and the most troubles me. | These levies are manufacturers’ taxes, and as such cannot be deducted by the consumer. Among others which cannot be deducted by the consumer are the levies on new automobiles, the 1-cent-a-quart tax on oil, “water rent" and the Federal gasoline tax. | D. C. Gas Tax Deductible. | The Federal gasoline levy also is a tax on the manufacturer, but the 2-| cents-a-gallon gasoline tax levied by | that he had conducted his own in- | the District of Columbia is a consumer tax and can be deducted. State gas taxes in Maryland and Virginia are deductible. Among the taxes deductible are real | estate, personal, admissions to thea- | ters, clubs and other places of amuse- | ment. | Meantime it was learned that ‘a larger percentage of big income tax- | payers are using the so-called ‘“easy payment” plan of paying four times a year than the little taxpayers Internal Revenue figures show about 73 per cent of the taxpayers with in- comes under $5000 pay the full amount at once, compared with 58 per cent of those having incomes over Little Payers Escape Bother. | Officials explained that tax pay- ments in the lower bracket average only $25 to $30, and that most persons would rather make the full remittance than be bothered every three months | places captured the men they were | with an instaliment. | Returns must be made before mid- night Monday, with at least one- fourth of the tax. PROBE OF TIP-OFF ON RAIDS FUTILE Fails to Fix Responsibility. Garnett Convinced It Was Unintentional. An inquiry late yesterday failed to partially crippled the series of raids Wednesday afternoon which United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett ex- pected to break the backbone of Washington's race horse betting in- dustry. After a conference in the district attorney's office, participated in by Garnett, Presiding Police Court Judge John P. McMahon, several deputy United States marshals and several assistant United States attorneys, Gar- newt said he did not contemplate any punitive action and was convinced the leak was the result of a deplorable but unintentional slip. Judge McMahon asserted this morn- vestigation of the charge the tip- off originated in Police Court, that he is satisfied no one conne with the court had anything to do with it. Disclosure of plans for the raids came after a Police Court bailiff tele- phoned to the marshal's office for a deputy to take charge of a jury. The bailiff was informed that no one was available because most of the deputies were being held in readi- ness for a special mission. The tip that the marshals had been assembled quickly spread through the Police Court Building, it being gener- ally interpreted that a large raid or series of raids was impending Before noon, information reached a few gamblers who mediately closed for the day. That it was not disseminated through all the gambling fraternity was evidenced by the fact that squads raiding a dozen alleged gambling had seeking. Eighteen raids in all had been planned and 14 actually were made. and | Chairman Norton of the District cted | mittee, who sponsored im- SHAFER DENANDS ‘RACE TRACK BILL BE RECONSIDERED | Notifies House D. C. Group of Effort to Nullify Favor- ahle Report. ‘RECENT DEVELOPMENTS | IN CONTROVERSY CITED | Proposes to Move Wednesday fc | Withdrawal of Measure From Calendar. BY JAM Representative | ot Michigan si the House Dist e tod he proposed to demand reconsider tion of its action in favorably repor ing the bill to legalize race tra gambling in Washington. In a brief letter to each member o | the committee Shafer said “recer | developments” in the racing bill con | troversy showed the necessity for fur | ther consideration. and he Proposé i to make a motion at the meeting nex | Wednesday to withdraw the measure | from the House calendar. He urge | all members to attend. [ “Railroading” Charged. Several weeks ago Shafer made + charge that the bill was “raiload out of the committee. has taken an active part in a mov t to bring about its defeat in t se, v Representati Bates Massachuset® ano the measure, gathering data intended to s the | evils and effects of race track gam- | bling, Shafer pointed out that no hear- Ings were held on the bill t | and that it was reported out of committee by a close 10 to 8 vote with the use of two proxies. He believe hearings should have been held be- fore full committee action was taken envelop: the bill, he declared, would have been blown away at these hearin Opponent Changes View. Information also has been giver Shafer that one of the bitter | ponents of the bill in the last Cor gress—a man connected track—has changed legalized racing in Wask said a hea might de son for such a char and “clear up” ments of the last week Soon after the committee definitely fixed March 22 as the date for call up the bill in the House several of opponents were threatened w “po- | litical assassination” if they did not withdraw their opposition E. CHINN, men Hou. of t of with a race ing Even Com- the measure, was similarly threatened. The threats | against her, however, came from a representative of a reform organiza- tion. Shafer admits steps already have been taken to ruin him politically Stories have certain newspapers in his district said, purport to show Opposition to the bill was bhased on lack of knowledge of its provisions. LORTON MAN, 61, DIES OF AUTO INJURIES Two Philadelphians Summoned | - for Alexandria Inquest on [ Edward Harover. ! Edward O. Harover, 61, of Lorton Va., who was struck by a car on the Huge crowds are | The four other piaces were not visited Washington-Richmond highway Mon- filing through the office of the deputy because police had heard they had day night, died yesterday in Alexan- collector at room 1002, Revenue Build- ing, Twelfth street and Constitution avenue, but the force has been in- creased, so that the line is not delayed long in reaching the experts, officials said. Yesterday 3,034 persoms filed their returns there. Many are mailing their returns to the collector of internal revenue, Baltimore, headquarters for this district. THOMAS CLYDE WILL BARES BIG BEQUESTS $200,000 Given Pension and Gra- tuity Fund—Nothing Left to Relatives. Disposing of what appeared to be a | 0ur Nation's Capital. communism will | Car’s pa i e be advocated in a short time in every large estate, the will of Thomas Clyde, | who died March 5, was filed in District Court today. | It provided for a $200,000 gift to the | “Clyde Pension and Gratuity Fund.” No description of the nature of the | fund was given beyond the informa- | tion that it was set up March 31, 1931, | by half a dozen members of the Clyde family. | After making several other bequests, Mr. Clyde directed that the residue of his estate be divided among his secre= tary, May A. Sheehan; John Gemmell, jr, Bethlehem, Conn.; Cornelius F. Regan, Elizabeth, N. J.; Francis L. Durk, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Arthur Gun- | ther, Brooklyn, and George V. Mc- | Laughlin, also of Brooklyn. None of these persons are relatives, the will stated, adding that all kin have substantial means. RO S 2,600,000 Are Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts in 49 nations now num- ber over 2,600,000, an increase of nearly 87,000 in a year. party, told the jury that several hotel employes seized Thaw and rushed him out of the dining room. In the lobby, she said, Jaeck knocked the millionaire down. “Did that make Mr. Thaw angry?” inquired Sirica. “No, not at all,” was the reply. “He Just got up peaceably, straightened his coat and said, ‘I think this is ter- rible.’ ” Another member of Thaw's party, Mrs. Spencer Sladdin of New York, also testified in his favor. A been closed as a result of the leak. At two of the places raided, no prison- ers were taken. . MRS. JENCKES HITS FOES OF RED RIDE Speaks on House Floor Against “Advocating Communism in Schools.” Another attack on opponents of the the House late yesterday by diana. | She declared if Congress permits | thoroughfare “the legalizing of the advocacy of [Of Capitol Heights, Md red rider” was made on the floor of Rep- resentative Jenckes, Democrat, of In- dria Hospital. Two Philadelphia men who were in the car were summo: ed to attend an inquest Monday at Fair- | fax, Fairfax County, the sherif | office reported |~ Funeral services for Harover will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow at Pohick Church. He is survived by his widoy and a sister, Mrs. Clifford Gill o Lorton. He was employed by the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Two telegraph messengers were knocked from their bicycles and four other persons injured in accidents in | the District Three messengers, police said. were riding on C street southeast when an automobile driven by a colored man approached on the wrong side of the Ellsworth French, 22, was forced communism in the public schools of | Over the curb in getting out of the public school of America.” Mrs. Jenckes also charged that the The driver went intersection, turned and came back to knock Robert Zolinhofer, 17, of 2010 Fourteenth street southeast, and to an Board ot Education in opposing the Charles Wood, 24. of 1360 Columbia McCormack amendment to the Ken- nedy bill providing for outright re- peal of the rider ‘“‘directly exposed road, from their wheels. The other traffic victims were James Britt, 5, of 1304 Thirteenth streel, themselves as desiring to legalize the knocked down on N street near Ver- advocacy of communism” in the Dis- trict public schools “The Board of Education has made a great hue and cry “o>uc the ‘red rider,” she declared. “The Board of Education’s propagandists, local and national, have flooded the country with statements that schoolteachers were being insuited. It isn't a ‘red rider,” it is a red herring that the Board of Education is using to hide the real issue.” TREES TO HIDE TRACKS $25,619 Planting Begun on Mount | Vernon Highway. The Roman Landscape Co. of New York today launched a $25,619 tree planting program along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway from Sta- | tion WJSV to the bird sanctuary at Roaches Run to screen out the rail- road tracks from the scenic drive. Frank T. Gartside, assistant super- intendent of National Capital Parks, said that under the contract 720 trees will be planted. In the group will be 365 white pines, 190 oaks, 40 elms, 85 Oriental planes and 40 maple trees. ‘The job is to be completed in 75 work- ing days. QGartside explained that this work will not interfere with the movement of traffic. mont avenue; Theodore Hall, 45, of Los Angeles, struck in Union Station Plaza: Barbara Moncrief, 25, of Alex- andria, hurt in a collision near Tidal Basin, and Frank W. Grande, 26, of 1611 Forty-fourth street, hit at Fif- teenth street and Pennsylvania ave- | nue. MARINES WILL ASSIST IN BATTLE CELEBRATION 1,000 From Quantico to Partici- pate in Re-enactment of En- counter in Petersburg. | @ the Assoctated Press. Secretary Swanson advised Repre- sentative Patrick H. Drewry of Peters- burg, Va., yesterday that 1,000 Marines from Quantico will be assigned to pac- ticipate in the re-enactment of the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg Na- }tmnal Military Park April 30 The Marines will be used to repre- sent the Federal troops who were killed and captured by the thousands by a comparatively small force of Con- federates under Gen. Mahone. The celebration is being arranged by a local committee with the co-opera- tion of the National Park Service. Cadets from Virginia Military Ian- stitute and National Guard units will represent the Confederate forces. @