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MOVIE MUSICIANS
CONSIDER PLAN TO
BREAK DEADLOCK
Brylawski Promises Theaters
Will Remain Open in
Event of Strike.
DECLARES OWNERS HAVE
“FEW CARDS UP SLEEVE”
f reactionists' leader Says Organi
ration Is Still Under Orders
to Walk Out.
Musicians embroiled with the owners j
©f Washington's motion picture the- •
atrrs in a controversy over the size of
the orchestras the theaters shall em- j
ploy, and threatening to walk out on (
the theater owners next Monday if their ;
demands are not met, today were meet- j
irg to ccnsider ways and means o. i
breaking the present deadlock over j
negotiations for a new contract with the [
theater owners.
Meanwhile, Washington today re-;
celved assurance that the movie the- ;
aters will not be closed in the event of
© strike by the musicians, cr even in
the event projection machine operators,
in sympathy with the musicians, ]valk
out next Monday. ... ~
The promise that the theaters would
remain open and continue to show
motion pictures was given by Julian
Brylawski. president of t.ie Theater
Owners’ Association here. Just how
the theaters would carry on without the
projection men Mr. Brylawski did not
*ay. but he declared: "We still have
» few cards up our sleeve. I can deni
nitely promise the public that the
motion pictures in Washington will con
tinue to operate.’’
Under Orders to Walk Out.
Fred Stevens, president of the pro
jectionists’ organization here, today
said his organization still is under or
ders to walk out in sympathy with the
Musicians’ Union If an agreement is
not reached by the musicians and the
ater owners before Monday.
Brylawski does not believe, he says,
the projectionists, who have just signed
contracts calling for pay increases, will
join the musicians if an agreement is
not reached.
The statement the theaters would re
main open was made by Mr. Brylawski
following a conference between theater
owners and representatives of the
musicians' organization in New York
yesterday .when the musicians' repre
sentatives are reported to have turned
down the theater owners’ latest proposal
to keep peace in the Washington
theaters.
An answer to the Brylawski state
ment was made today by the musicians’
union, which follows, in part:
"Every effort has been made by the
musicians' committee to placate the
situation to the uttermost limits that
such could be done, without the sacri
fice of living music In the local theaters.
Liberal concessions were offered and the
way left open to still further negotia
tions. These efforts, however, were
absolutely repulsed by tlie executives,
who advised us at great length of the
success with which they had met in
the elimination of theater orchestras
in other cities and informed us that
Washington was ’just another town.’
[ "The musicians are not threatening
Strike. They are making every effort
to retain orchestras in the theaters —
an effort which is being made In pub
lic interest. We have not refused to
place orchestras in the Fox and Palace
Theaters, but the giant corporations
controlling these houses will not place
any orchestras there unless we agree
that all other orchestras and musicians
be eliminated in the houses controlled
by the other large corporations. In
other words, an apparently organized
effort is being made by these financial
giants to force all living music out of
the theaters, and they will, in further
ance of this policy, even eliminate their
•tage entertainment.
• Economically the situation is de
plorable. In the old days the circus
was looked upon as an undesirable
visitor, because it took much money out
of a city and left but little return. But
the circus remained but a few days at
any given place. Today we have a
spectacle with regard to these corpora
tions which transcends anything which
may have been created by the circus.
They operate their theaters every day
in the year and receive millions of
dollars in admission fees. Such of this
money as is left In the town is largely
represented by their pay rolls. These
they seek to cut to such an extent that
the money spent for employes’ wages
will be insignificant. The portion of
their receipts which has formerly been
paid in such salaries, and in turn spent
by the recipients with local merchants,
will find its way into the New York
coffers of these corporations, thereby
enriching their Wall Street banking
control and correspondingly impoverish
ing the local business man.”
Mr. Brylawski’s Statement.
Mr. Brylawski’s statement, issued late
yesterday, follows:
Our position in this controversy re
mains the same. We have no quarrel
with the Musicians’ Union. We have
no differences on the pay scale, high
as it Is; we do not want different con
dr ions, working hours or changed per
quisites, but we do object to the Musi
cians' Union arbitrarily setting the size
of our orchestras and dictating the
number of musicians we must employ
In order to get any. Yet our offer for
orchestras where needed and musicians
In all of the downtown and larger up
town houses was rejected contemptu
ou ly. With them it is evidently 'whole
hoy or none.’ The Musicians’ Union,
ami not the managers, is taking 'living
music' out of the theaters.
“Nowhere else In their wage scale
do ihey attempt to iorce a specific
number of men. or to force compul
sory employment on their clients.
Hotels, dance halls, restaurants, etc.,
hire as many men as they require when
ever they want them. Why, therefore,
penalize the theaters? And yet music
todav is but a small part of a modern
theater program. The silent picture
that required music to fill the void has
gone to join the horse car and the
kerosene lamp. Sound pictures are the
ar.' irrn entertainment, dialogue, drama,
human interest, comedy, hold the
screens—the public will have eiothipg
else. Songs, dances and revues and
musical interludes, living or ‘canned,’
put rapidly passing.
•'The theater owners regret the pres
ent impasse—we do not feel at fault.
We have not been stubborn, nor are we
vindictive. The three-year contract
that went out of existence September 1
com the theaters of Washington hun
dreds of thousands of dollars for un
warned and unneeded music, but It was
a contract and we kept up our part of it.
tout we are not going to stick our head
Mn the same noose again. The theaters
V>f Washington will meet any demand
tha' the public make of them and the
Motion Picture Theater Owners of the
District of Columbia will keep its mem
bers' theaters open no matter what
Juuoena.”
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Regular night passenger service began at Washington Airport last night following the turning on for the first time of
airport floodlighting equipment. The upper photograph shows a group of airport officials and workmen inspecting the bank
of eight huge lights which light every blade of grass on the 100-acre tract. Below are officials of the aigiort and the New
York, Philadelphia & Washington Airline, following the arrival of the first airliner with passengers from New York.
Thev are standing beside the plane, which brought nine passengers. In the group below-, left to right, are Capt. Thomas
Carroll, H. J. Brown, M. A. Crowder, Paul J. Babbitt, G. C. Pomeroy, pUot of the plane, and Floyd Cox, Washington Air
port pilot. —Star Staff Photos.
MEMORIAL BRIDGE!
SPAN WORK PUSHED.
Draw Link Is Expected to Be
Completed During Next
Month.
Construction work on the million- j
dollar bascule draw span of the Arling
ton Memorial Bridge Is expected to be j
completed about the middle of next;
month, and then the Federal Govern- j
ment will proceed with the road con- j
struction on Columbia Island, in an
effort to have the main part of the
program completed by 1932 for the
George Washington Bicentennial Cele
bration. A large amount of work re
mains to be done on the approaches
to the bridge, both on the Washing
ton side and in Virginia, leading toward
Arlington National Cemetery.
Officials of the Phoenix Bridge Co.
of Phoenixville, Pa„ contractor for the
bascule draw span, said today the bal
ustrades of that part of the bridge
now are being put into place. These
are made of cast aluminum to lighten
the weight of the drawspan, which will ;
be drawn up like a Jack-knife when it is
necessary to permit navigation to pass
to and from Georgetown.
Painting of the bascule drawspan
remains to be finished and a light gray
will be used to match the color of the
granite in the composition of the bridge
proper.
An asphalt covering will be placed
on the draw span, the concrete deck
being covered with a coating of this
substance, with stone chips rolled in
This, it is believed, will afford a good j
footing for horses, which will be able to
come across the river more directly i
from Fort Myer, Va., to the polo field
in Potomac Park.
Officials of the contractor said today
that both spans of the draw have been
opeiated daily for sometime with com
plete success.' Tests for acceptance of
the draw span by the Government will
take place, following completion of the
cofistruction work. Workmen are begin
ning to remove the center fender In the
river, placed there to protect the bridge
during construction operations, and so
the center channel will soon be opened
again for navigation. There has been
no interruption to water-borne com
merce, however, the contractor said, as
one side of the stream always has been
available for river craft.
Allegany Teachers Elect.
CUMBERLAND, Md„ September 10
(Special). The Allegany County
Teachers’ Association, at its annual
meeting at the Union Street School
Building, elected Mrs. Margaret S. Up
ham president for the ensuing year.
Other officers chosen are: Miss Stella
Hosken, vice president; Miss Isabelle
Ireland, treasurer; Miss Mildred Wil
lison, seoretary, and Miss Sara Higgins,
■ assistant secretary.
MRS. HOOVER REVEALS HER TASTE
FOR LIQUID REFRESHMENT IN BOOK
: “Prohibition Punches,” by Mrs. Doran, Sets Forth
Favorite Recipes of Social Leaders.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover's taste in the
matter of liquid refreshment and the
recipe for "Portia’s Punch," by Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, are set forth
in Mrs. James M. Doran’s “Prohibition
Punches,” a book of beverage recipes,
which, she believes, will aid prohibition
enforcement by making fruit Juices en
ticing. The book was made available
to the public yesterday.
Os Mrs. Hoover, “Prohibition
Punches" said:
“Now, the First Lady herself has her
punches made with plain spring water
(neither mineral nor charged). She
prefers this sweetened to taste, and, add
to it, any of the various citrus fruits,
principally oranges, lemons and grape
fruit, and berries ol All torts In ,
jßbenmg pfaf
Police Can’t Prove
Beer Case, Woman
Is Ordered Freed
It may look, taste and smell
like beer, but was it beer?
I This question arose in Police
Court yesterday in the case of
Ethel Nash, 29 years old. of 1210
Four-and-a-half street. As a re
sult Judge Mattingly ordered a
verdict of not guilty.
The court's decision was based
on testimony that police had
failed to treat the beer with
chemicals to arrest fermentation
at the time of seizure. He ruled
that while the drink might have
contained an illegal percentage of
alcohol when analyzed by a Gov
i emment chemist, there was no
proof that It contained more than
I one-half of one per cent cf alcohol
when taken from Its owner.
The directed verdict was sug
gested by Julian I. Richards, an
assistant District attorney.
DROWNING OF GILL
HELD ACCIDENTAL
Identification of Potomac
River Victim Established
by Coroner’s Jury.
A verdict of accidental drowning
was returned by a coroner’s jury today
after investigating the death of Wylie
Gill, 49, whose body was found float-
I ing in the Potomac River, near Key
Bridge, yesterday, by police of the har
bor precinct.
Doubt as to the identification of the
body was eliminated last night through
discovery of personal papers in the
pockets of the clothing and a com
parison of fingerprints of the man with
those in the United States Army files.
Gill served in the Army during the
World War. The fingerprints were
found to check by Detective Sergt.
Fred Sandberg.
Gill was reported to have drowned
early Sunday by Robert C. Marcey, 31,
of Cherrydale, Va.. and Howard Con
rad, 49, of Chevy Chase, Md., who told
police Gill was taken ill and Jumped
into the river from a boat in which
they were rowing
The two men, however, were unable
to agree on an identification after the
body had been recovered. They were
held by police for the coroner’s in
quest and were released today.
• —. .
Girl Swims Bosporus.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, September 10
(/*P). —Miss Anita Grew, daughter of the
American Ambassador, is a long-dis
tance swimmer. In 5 hours 23 minutes
she did 15 miles in the Bosporus.
Sometimes she mixes tangerines and
kumquots with her fruit punch, giving
it an unusual and delicious flavor.”
Among others who contribute refer
ences are Lenna Lowe Yost, now in
charge of women’s activities for the Re
publican party; Mrs. Laura Volstead
Lomen, Gen. Smedley D. Butler, Mrs.
Arthur M. Hyde, Mrs. Seymour Lowman,
Mrs. James J. Davis, and Mrs. John F.
Sippel. Their recipes call for lemonades,
freezes, “dinner drinks,” “smashes,”
"sparkles,” and "mock champagnes.”
The late Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure
food expert, wrote the preface, express
ing the hope that it would be successful
In winning a public "too lonk sulking,
like the small boy," because unable to
j "sip the nectar of for bidden fruit,”
WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1930. ***
PASSENGER PLANE !
NIGHT RUNS BEGIN
Capital Service With New
York Inaugurated—First
Landing Successful.
The National Capital’s first scheduled
night air passenger service completed
its first run last night a few minutes
after the new landing field lighting
equipment had been turned on at
Washington Airport. From now on
passenger planes of the New York,
Philadelphia & Washington Airline will
land here daily after nightfall on the
last trip of the daily schedule.
Just at du'k a great battery of flood
lights which bathes every portion of the
landing area of the airport with light
was turned on for the first time, bound
ary lights twinkled on around the land
ing area and red obstruction lights
were lighted on transmission linese to
the east of the field and on the hangar.
Flying Each Hour on the Hour.
Just as the last traces of daylight
were fading tfie last of the planes of
the “NYPWAC” line on the regular
run. flying each hour on the hour
between New York and Washington,
appeared over the city, with its naviga
tion lights shining brightly. Pilot G. C.
Pomeroy set the big plane down lightly
on the illuminateed field, taxied up to
the unloading gate and discharged nine
passengers. With no more ceremony
than this, the National Capital's first
air transport airport to t>e equipped for
night flying was opened for regular
night operations.
Pomeroy left Npw York at 5 o clock
on the last of the 10 regular daily
touthbound passenger flights and was
overtaken by darkness just as he neared
the Capital.
Winter Srrvice Planned.
Early in the Fall the plane leaving
New York at 4 o’clock also will land
here after dark, and during the Winter
the lights also may be required for
the plane leaving New York at 3
o'clock and for the plane taking off
here at 5 o’clock on dark days.
The battery of field floodlights, turned
.on last night for the first time, is
composed of eight 3-K.W. floodlights,
four giving an. 80-degree spread of
light and four a 40-degree spread for
more concentrated illumination of the
longer runways.
JUNIOR CITIZENS DEBATE
RESTRICTION OF PARKING
Higher Degree of Efficiency Is
Needed and Changes Made in Pro
posed Plan, Discussion Points Out.
The question of restriction of down
town parking in Washington was de
bated last night at a meeting of the
debating club of the Junior Citizens’
Alliance. , „
Samuel Lightman. for the affirmative,
pointed out that this city is confronted
with unusually difficult problems in
traffic regulation, and that a higher
degree of efficiency in parking control
is needed. Representing the negative,
J Mark Trice, indicated the possibility
that private capital will not be invested
in private garage facilities until changes
are made in the present and proposed
downtown parking regulations.
Judge Mary O'Toole of the Municipal
Court, presided. Rufus S. Lusk dis
cussed public speaking as a science and
an art.
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Accidentally shot with an air rifle
by a playmate yesterday, James Turner,
7 years old, of 5418 Eighth street, es
caped serious injury when the lead
pellet narrowly missed hitting him In
the right eye and struck his forehead.
The youngster was playing with Car
roll Greenfell, also 7, of 5524 Eighth
street, w’hen the rifle carried by the
latter exploded suddenly. The Turner
child was carried to the Children's
Clinic at 5409 Georgia avenue, and
given first aid treatment,
WITNESS TESTIFIES j
SHE PAID GRAVELY
m DURING YEAR
Hearing Halted as Elizabeth
Campbell Becomes Hys
terical During Quiz.
SHARP EXCHANGES MARK
“PROTECTION” HEARING
Lawyers Clash Over Questions Put
to Capt. Stott by O'Shea
Before Trial Board.
Elizabeth E. Campbell told the Police
Trial Board today she paid some S6OO
in graft money last year to Spotts
wood F. Gravely, then a detective, at
tached to No. 3 precinct. She said the
money was paid the policeman in ex
change for promises not to raid the
apartments where she lived.
Gravely was brought before the
trial board on charges of conduct prej
udical to the reputation of the Police
Department. Sharp exchanges between
opposing counsel, James A. O'Shea, for
the defense, and Assistant Corporation
Counsel T. F. Cameron, for the prose
cution, marked the opening of the
hearing.
Witness Becomes Hysterical.
The Campbell girl testified she had
paid Gravely bribes totaling approxi
mately S6OO from August 1, 1929, to
February 28, 1930. A short recess was
taken when the witness became hys
terical under cross-examination by Mr.
O’Shea.
Mr. O’Shea insisted that the Camp
bell woman give the specific dates on
which she claimed she had made pay
ments to Gravely. She said she could
not remember and Mr. Cameron was
upheld in his contention that the exact
dates might be omitted.
It was while Capt. William G. Stott of
third precinct was testifying that the
lawyers first directed verbal thrusts at
each other. Mr. O'Shea declared the
prosecution attorney was “absurd,”
while Mr. Cameron insisted he was
within his rights in asking the ques
tions he had put to the witness. Mr.
Cameron was permitted to ask Capt.
Stott whether he had suggested the
transfer of Gravely from his precinct.
The witness testified in the negative.
Says Officer Struck Her.
The Campbell girl declared Gravely
followed her to her apartment, July 21,
and arrested her without provocation
on charges of discrderly conduct and
immoral solicitation. She said he
| struck her several times before re
i moving her to the precinct. The de-
I sense lawyer brought out that the wit
i ness later was convicted in Police Court
of assaulting a pclicewcman and sen
tenced to 30 days in jail.
Preparations were made to examine
more than a score of additional wit
nesses, Including about a dozen expected
to be questioned concerning Gravely’s
character.
COLORED YOUTH
HELD IN ATTACK
Denies Accusation He Is Involved
in Beating and Robbery of
Accokeek Storekeeper.
Bernard E. Webster, colored, 21 years
old, of 1122 Fifth street southeast, was
arrested by Detective Sergt. John W.
Wise at his home early last night and
is being held for investigation into the
attack on Lafayette Davis, 72-year-old
storekeeper, who was beaten and robbed
of $65 at Accokeek, Md., Saturday
night.
Webster was lodged in a cell at the
fifth precinct and was to be turned over
to Sheriff Charles S. Early of Prince
Georges County today.
The colored man was arrested on in
formation furnished by a neighbor,
police say. He denies having any con
nection with the case.
Davis, who is suffering from a triple
fracture of the skull as a result of the
attack, which occurred on a lonely sec
tion of the road near his home, is
steadily improving at Providence Hos
pital. It at first was feared that he
would die.
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VICTIM OF STREET CAR
GIVEN TRANSFUSION
Furbee, Who Lost Arm and Leg in
Accident, Has “Fighting
Chance” to Recover.
Strengthened by two blood trans
fusions, Leonard Furbee, 32-year-old
school teacher of Alum Bridge, W. Va.,
who lost an arm and leg when nin
down by a street car here yesterday,
was said to have a “fighting chance”
td recover by physicians at Emergency
Hospital today.
Furbee was struck by the street car
while walking with his daughter, Helen.
10 years old, at Eleventh street and
New York avenue. He was preparing
to take her home, after a visit with
friends in Forest Glen, Md.
He was so badly mangled under the
wheels of the street car that physicians
at the hospital found it necessary to
amputate his left leg and arm.
RECORDS ARE MOVED
Trade Commission to Occupy Build
ing No. 0.
Records are being moved today from
Tempbrarv Building No 6, at Eight
eenth and B streets, to make way for
Federal Trade Commission personnel
that will occupy that structure until
permanent quarters can be found else
where. when the central part of the
nc Department of Commerce Build
ing is opened about December.
The records, which have been in
storage, arc those of the Department
of Justice, the General Accounting
Office and the War Department files.
ASKS $20,000 DAMAGES
Mamie S. Baker Holds Julia G.
Alexander Responsible for Injuries.
Julia G. Alexander, 216 Nineteenth
street, is named defendant in a suit to
recover $20,000 damages filed today in
the District Supreme Court by Mamie
S. Baker, 120 C street northeast, for
alleged personal injuries. The plaintiff
says she was crossing Pennsylvania ave
-1 nue at Thirteenth street August 8
i when she was struck by the automobile
I of the defendant and sustained serious
injuries. She is represented by At-'
toiney Richard A Hannon.
! DANCING TEACHER GIVEN BAIL
AS HEARING IS DELAYED WEEK
U. S. Prosecutor Obtains
Continuance Because of
Victim’s Condition.
Prince, Shot in Struggle With
Her Over Gun, to Be
Witness.
Barbara Walker, 25-year-old dancing
teacher charged with felonious assault
on Russell Prince, 23 years old, was
released frem police custody today un
der SI,OOO bond, when Police Court
agreed to postponement of her hearing
for a week.
The postponement was requested by
Assistant United States Attorney
Michael Keogh, who said the Govern
ment would be unable to proceed with
the case until the recovery of Prince,
who is to be used as a witness. Prince
is said to be still in a critical condition
in Emergency Hospital.
Prince was shot Sunday night while
alone with Miss Walker in an apart
ment house near Sixteenth and S
streets. A bullet went through his
right rib and pierced the abdomen. The
woman said the gun was discharged
accidentally during a struggle over its i
possession.
Miss Walker appeared in Police Court
with her attorney. Denny Hughes. When
it was decided to postpone the hearing
for a week, no testimony was taken,
and bond was arranged for her release.
She had been held at the House of j
Detention. •
BLEASE TO LEAVE
COMMITTEE PLACE
Defeat Will Result in D. C. l
i
Group Vacancy When
.Term Expires.
The apparent defeat of Senator Cole
Blease for the Democratic senatorial
nomination in South Carolina will re
move a picturesque figure from the
Senate and leave a vacancy on the Dis
trict of Columbia Committee after
March 4 of next year. Senator Blease
will be a member of the Senate until
the close of the coming short session
regardless of the outcome of yesterday’s
run-off primary.
Senator Blease was in the Senate for
several years before he became active
in District affairs, but during the past
year he was in the limelight frequently, i
particularly through his criticism of of- i
ficials of the Police Department and
district attorney’s office.
Charged Crime Rampant Here.
During the special session last Octo
ber the South Carolinian introduced a \
resolution, which the Senate adopted. !
instructing the District Committee to
investigate the District government, j
with special reference to affairs of the j
Police Department and district attor- i
ney’s office. About that time Senator |
Blease was appointed to a \’acancy on
the District Committee and was placed I
on the police subcommittee.
Senator Blease made a series ot
speeches In the Senate, charging that
crime was rampant in Washington, and
from time to time he placed in the
Congressional Record numerous news
paper clippings dealing with various
police activities.
Indorses Two Commissioners.
Later on, when Dr. Luther H. Reichel
derfer and Gen. Herbert B. Crosby were
selected to be District Commissioners,
Senator Blease approved of the appoint
ments.
A short while later Senator Blease
suggested that the Senate subcommittee
withhold action on his resolution of in
vestigation and said he favored turning
over what information he had to the
new Commissioners.
The career of Senator Blease in the
upper branch of Congress also has been
marked by his attacks on the extending
of diplomatic immunity to representa
tives of foreign governments in Wash
ilngton.
Senator Blease's place on the Senate
District Committee will not have to be
filled until the new Congress meets in
December, 1931.
FOX'ALL VILLAGE WOMEN
SUE TAXICAB CONCERN
Ask SIO,OOO Damages Each for In
juries Alleged to Have Been
Received in Collision.
Miss Mary Keyes and Mrs. Margaret
D. Stokes, both residing at 4449 Green- j
wich parkway. Foxall Village, today filed
suits of SIO,OOO damages each against
the Independent Taxi Owners’ Associa
tion, Edward O. Turner, 710 Tuckerman
street; Harry G. Davis, 489 H street
southwest; Andrew W. Manger. 2114 N
street, and Vernon W. Kidwell, 1735
Fourteenth street, who are said to op
erate the Diamond Cab Co., for alleged
personal injuries.
The plaintiffs, through Attorney God
frey L. Munter, allege that March 20
last they were passengers in a Diamond
cab, which was then registered in
Turner's name and operated by Kidwell,
and were in a collision with another au
tomobile at New Hampshire avenue and
Q street. The force of the collision, it is
said, threw the passengers against a
glass partition of the cab.
Miss Keyes charges that her teeth
were knocked out, requiring her to get
false teeth, which ruined her beauty
and attractiveness, she says, while Mrs.
Stokes claims her beauty was marred as
the result of a broken nose and perma
nent scars.
THIRSTY WELLS AT FALLS CHURCH
DEFEAT PLAN TO SUPPLY HOMES
Water Emptied From Tanks Runs Out and Residents Still
Use Crocks and Tubs.
The water situation in Falls Church,
Va.. was further complicated yesterday
by the disconcerting discovery that some
of the community’s wells are not only
dry, but thirsty.
Several days ago the water shortage
in the town became so acute that Mayor
L. P. Daniel obtained for use in Falls
Church a number of Army water tanks.
These tanks are filled from the Arling
ton County main and then driven from
house to house and the water dispensed
to suit the needs of the residents.
Various and sundry have been the
articles pressed into service as storage
tanks by the hard-pressed housewives.
‘ Some have used old-fashioned laundry
tubs, wash boilers, crocks and even bath
General News
f ;
BARBARA WALKER.
Aside from answering the assault
charge’ on Prince. Miss Walker also
faces prosecution for a liquor law vio
; lation. She was one pf 17 persons
i indicted by the federal grand jury
j yesterday on charges of violating the
1 prohibition law.
j The apartment of Miss Walker In the
i 800 block of Fourteenth street was
1 raided June 14, last. According to the
i police, 155 bottles of beer and one-half
gallon of whisky were seized.
D C. BUSINESS MAN
FOUND DEAD OF GAS
Morris Mandle, Ginger Ale
Company Head, Took Own
Life, Coroner Holds.
Morris Mandle, 31-year-old president
of the Guggenheim Co., manufacturers
of National Ginger Ale, was found dead
in his office this morning with window
and door openings stuffed with burlap,
and gas flowing from an open jet on a
heater. Acting Coroner Joseph D.
Rogers was unable to discover any
reason for the man s act, but issued a
certificate of suicide.
A business associate told police that
Mr. Mandle had been In excellent
health and was free from financial
worries. His widow. Mrs. Babeite
Mandle, and their 4-year-old daughter
Margery are summering at Great Neck.
Long Island. Their home address is
Woodley Park Towers#
Mandle became connected with the
Guggenheim concern two years ago,
buying control of the company at that
I time.
The body was discovered at 6:45 a.m.
i today by Israel A. Jack Son, an employe,
i when h? entered the office.
M. r.dle apparently had turned on a
| small gas heater in the office, closed
: the door and windows and placed burlap
; over the openings.
EX-CONVICT HELD
FOR 20 ROBBERIES
William Sullivan, 1214 H street north
east, an ex-convict, who police said has
stolen* approximately $25,000 worth of
property in 20 house breakings in
Northwest Washington, was bound over
to the grand jury under SIO,OOO bond
in Police Court today.
His nephew, John L. Sullivan, living
at 2004 Bryant street northeast, charged
with grand larceny in his uncle’s ad
mit tedourglaries, was held under $5,000
bond by Judge Gus A. Schuldt.
The uncle entered pleas of guilty,
while John L. Sullivan pleaded not
guilty and demanded a hearing.
William Sullivan faces one charge of
having broken into the home of Ru
dolph Leitner, an attache of the Ger
man embassy, living at 3105 Thirty
sixth street, and having taken more
than $5,000 worth of books and jewelry.
The nephew is charged with stealing
the goods.
The elder Sullivan, police said, has
served 25 years during four terms in
penitentiaries.
Assistant District Attorney Michael
Keogh announced that police have ob
tained confessions from William Sullivan
which indicate that more than $25,000
worth of property from homes mostly
in the upper Georgetown section was
stolen.
John L. Sullivan was arrested last
Wednesday morning when he attempted
to dispose of the stolen books in a store
in the 1400 block of F street. The uncle
i was subsequently arrested in his home.
Police testifying in the cases were
Detective Sergts. N. S. Hodkinson, Leo
Murray, Benjamin Kuehllng and Arthur
Fiheely.
MAJ. GEN. BROWN PLANS
FOR POST IN CANAL ZONE
Maj. Gen. Preston Brown, deputy
chief of staff of the Army, who has
been assigned to the command of the
Panama Canal Zone Military Depart
ment, will leave New Orleans November
15 for Cristobal, Canal Zone, instead of
taking his departure from New York
City October 23 as previously arranged.
Who will succeed him as deputy chief
of staff has not yet been announced,
but it is intimated in Army circles that
Maj. Gen. G. V. H. Moseley, military
executive in the office of the Assistant
Secretary of War, recently promoted,
may be assigned to the prospective
vacancy.
tubs, but the water still must be carried
into the house.
Yesterday one of the householders,
Mrs. Mary B. Cline, had a happy
thought. She would have the water
from the tanks placed in the well and
then pump it into the house, thereby
eliminating the carrying process.
It was a good idea—all the neighbors
conceded that —but, unfortunately, it
didn’t work.
The driver of the tank truck emptied
150 gallons into the well, but before
Mrs. Cline could get the pump started
it had all run out.
The Idea, "it was reported, has been
I abandoned, and crocks, tubs, etc., are '
again at a premium in Falls Church
PAGE B-1
1,339 DRIVERS LOSE
LICENSES IN YEAR’S
SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Revocations, Suspensions
and Renewal Refusals Com
bat Recklessness.
NATIONAL STATISTICS
PROVE POLICY WISDOM
Acting Traffic Director Gives Credit
to Close Supervision for Drop
in Fatality Rate.
In its campaign to rid the streets
of Washington of reckless and dan
gerous automobile drivers, the traffic
department disclosed today that in the
fiscal year ended June 30, last, it re
voked, suspended, or refused to renew
the permits of 1,339 drivers. Compared
with the record of the preceding year,
this was an increase of 246.
Maurice O. Eldridge, acting director
of traffic, pointed out that the increase
is due, net particularly to the adoption
of any drastic measures governing per
mit revocation or suspension, but to
i the fact that last year was the period
I for general permit renewal.
Although 1,339 permits were revoked,
suspended or refused, 792 were re
stored, making a net reduction of 547
in the licensed drivers at the close of
the year.
, Drunken Driving Chief Offense.
Driving while intoxicated led the list
of offenses for which permits were
withdrawn. Bad records, speeding and
reckless driving followed. A small num
ber of the revocations and suspensions
were due to transportation of liquor,
procuring permits by fraud and mental
and physical deficiencies of drivers.
Those whose permits were revoked
because they procured them by fraud
were principally boys under age who
had sworn they were legally entitled
to drive a machine. Permits are not
issued to any one under 16 years of
age, and those between 16 and 18 must
have the written consent of their
parents or guardians, and even then
they are not permitted to drive com
' mercial vehicles.
The close supervision which the traf
fic department is keeping over the per
mit situation, Mr. Eldridge believes, is
responsible, in part, at least, to the im
provement last year in the accident
fatality record of the District. In the
12 months period, he said, there were
68 traffic latalities, a reduction of 20
under the preceding year, despite an in
: crease in the number of vehicles in
' operation.
Records Support Policy.
j Mr. Eldridge explained that records
: of the national motor organizations
; show that in all States where drivers’
• permits are required and close supervi
1. rion is maintained oyer the permits the
i iatality records are lower than in those
; ! States which do not license drivers. The
! records, he declared, indicate that there
are fewer fatalities in the Eastern
States than in the Southern and West
ern States, even though there are more
vehicles in the Eastern States, due to
the control the traffic authorities have
over drivers.
GANGESCAPESSHOTS
AND HOLDS ON TO LOOT
Three Men Early This Morning
Fired Upon by Merchant
Whom They Robbed.
i —— —..—
Three men who raced from the store
of Charles Bontsele. at 1031 North Cap
itol street, with stolen merchandise e»-
, caped amid a hail of bullets fired after
them by the proprietor early today.
Bontsele opened his store about 4:30
o’clock this morning and was prepar
• ling for the day’s business when a trio
of white men sauntered into the estab
lishment, selected about $3 worth of
supplies and then refused to pay for
the articles.
i One of the men struck Bontsele a
i stunning blow in the face when the
grocer insisted that he be paid, and all
i three turned and raced for a machine
1 waiting outside. The storekeeper drew
1 a revolver and fired a volley at the
1 car as it drove off. but all of the bul
lets went wild and the machine was
1 soon out of range.
A search of the surrounding neigh
borhood was made by the automobile
1 patrolmen of the second precinct after
Bontsele reported the incident to that
1 station, but the men could not be found.
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FOUR PERSONS INJURED
AS TWO AUTOS COLLIDE
Wife of Policeman, Two Children
and Woman Companion Cut by
Flying Glass.
Four persons were Injured yesterday
afternoon when an automobile driven
by Mrs. Dorothy Stanton. 27 years old,
wife of Policeman Oliver K. Stanton of
the twelfth precinct, was in collision
with another machine at South Dakota
avenue and Monroe street northeast.
Mrs. Stanton, her 3-year-old son, Ol
iver K. Stanton, jr.; Richard P. Wim
mer, 3. and Mrs. Nellie Heath, 61, all
of 2842 Bladensburg road northeast,
were cut by flying glass and were treat
ed by a nearby physician.
Robert Woodland, colored, 45 years
old, of 1313 Florida avenue, was driving
the second car in the accident, polic
say.
MARINE OFFICER SAILS
FOR SANTO DOMINGO DUTY
A Marine Corps major who has been
serving as instructor at the Feld Offi
cers’ School at Quantico. Va„ will be
come assistant to the food adminis
trator in Santo Domingo.
When the U. S. S. Gilmer, the de
stroyer, left the Naval Operating Base
at Hampton Roads, Va., this morning,
it had aboard Maj. Thomas E. Watson,
who has made hfs home at Quantico
since 1928 and who will take over im
portant duties in the island republic
the end of this week in conserving and
rationing the food supply in the hurri
cane zone.
Maj. Watson is well acquainted with
conditions in Santo Domingo, for he
served there on two tours of duty. The
first was in 1916-1919. .and in July,
1920, he returned to the West Indian
republic for duty with the Guardis
National. For his service in the West
' Indies he received special commenda
tion and later served in Chin*,