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SPANISH REVOLT NIPPED,
GOVERNMENT DECLARES;
EX-KING ON SECRET TRIP
0
MoroceoUnder
Rebel Control,
However.
GARRISONS IN
CAPITAL FALL
Fighting in Madrid
Heavy—Provinces
Submit.
background—
, Fascist and monarchist elements
in 'Spanish army resent suppressive
measures by Spain’s Leftist govern
ment. The radical front victory in
February elections was followed by
general amnesty for Socialists and
Communists. Two thousand Fas
cists have taken place of 25.000 of
their enemies in Spanish jails.
Unrest in Spain heightened this
week when men dressed as Assault
Guards assassinated Jose Cairo
Sotelo, monarchist leader.
BULLETIN.
HENDAYB, France, July 20 i/Pi.
—Frontier guards reported today
the Spanish government had or
dered a general mobilization of all
* men between the ages of 18 and SO
years for defense against the Right
ist rebels. The men were instructed
. to present themselves to the civil
authorities throughout Spain for
enrollment in a defensive army.
ICopyrljht, lyJO, by the Associated Fxeu.)
MADRID, July 20.—The government
today announced itself “master" of the
situation In Spain after loyal force*,
tiring artillery and bombing planes,
had blasted rebellious capital garri
sons into submission.
However, rebel troops, apparently
Under the leadership of the Rightist
Gen. Francisco Franco, were reported
In control of Spanish Morocco where
an Insurrection with Rightist tender!
tiics broke out Friday.
Mere than 1,000 army officers were
announced as under arrese by thnr
commands in Madrid by order c£ the
government.
mi vuivUM ■uaucuicub «mu
after province was announcing Its sub
mission to the central government.
Rebel Gains Reported.
(Sources outside Spain said control
over southern provinces had been
gained by rebel forces, some of which
had crossed Into the peninsula from
Spanish Morocco.)
The government declared the rebel
columns In Segovia Province had been
scattered by a loyal air corps attack,
which drove them back toward Mi
randa with numerous losses.
In a victory announcement, a gov
ernment spokesman declared, “Span
ish citizens, the movement in insurrec
tion has been subjugated absolutely
and it is necessary not to lose the
fight.
"Every one should return to normal
life. Bakers should start work in order
to provide bread for all citizens and
for all courageous soldiers of liberty.
“We need to continue the fight
•gainst reaction and Fascism.
“The government has received a
large number of adhesions from all
elements of the state. The govern
ment Is master cf the situation.
"Among the adhesions was that of
the 1st Tank Regiment, which has
been loyal to the government from the
beginning.”
Report From Gibraltar.
(A radio broadcast from Seville in
Bich the fall of the Madrid govem
nt was announced was reported by
! Exchange Telegraph correspond
; at Gibraltar. He stated the broad
cast, ended/ "Long live Spain! Long
BrS thewwny!”
Spanish military planes from Africa
were reported as continually passing
over Gibraltar on the way to the
interior of Spain. There was a gen
eral rush of refugees to Gibraltar
from La Linea because of fears that
rebel flyers would bomb Syndicalists
• nd Communists there who were
standing off rebel forces.
In Gibraltar it was reported that
the Spanish city of Malaga was in
flames. Hundreds of refugees were
streaming in hourly to Gibraltar with
7,000 arrived by midafternoon.
The Spanish government, summing
i See SPANISH, Page A-2.)
WATER SHORTAGE
FEAR DESPITE RAIN
Geological Director Says Condi
tion in Drought Areas Worse
Than in 1934.
Mi the Associated Press.
Although predicting tfiere would be
no general shortage of drinking water,
W. C. Mendenhall, director of the
Geological Survey, today said more
rains were needed to prevent a serious
shortage in the worst-hit drought
areas.
Generally speaking, he reported
water in wells and streams is more
plentiful than during the 1934
drought. In scattered sections of Ne
braska, Montana and Western North
Dakota, however, he said It was
“lower than ever before reported.”
Accompanying Mendenhall’s report
was a statement by Secretary lakes,
asserting reservoirs and other proj
ects of the Public Works Administra
tion had accomplished “great good.”
Mendenhall said Iowa, Illinois, In
diana and Northern Kentucky had
better supplies oi drinking water than
in 1934, and that conditions were
v about the same as two years ago In
Montana generally, Wyoming and cer
tain parti of the Dakotas and Minne
sota, especially in the Red River
galley. . J
Alfonso Quits
Czech Castle
Hurriedly.
FIGHTING NEAR
U. S. EMBASSY
l I . * * S a « .
Many Dead in San
Sebastian Out
break.
By the Associated Press.
PRAHA, Czechoslovakia, July 20 -
Former King Alfonso of Spain sud
denly departed today with a large
•mount of baggage for an unan
nounced destination.
The deposed monarch had been liv
ing in a castle on the Czech-Hungari&n
border as a guest of Count Zamoyski.
When he disappeared today he was
accompanied by the count.
All day yesterday he sat at a radio
set trying to catch the broadcast from
the rebel-operated station at Seville.
A responsible source disclosed that the
castle radio was tuned In on this
station throughout the day.
A friend said It was possible Alfonso
was heading for Koenlgswart, near
Marienbad, where another friend,
Count Mettemlch, has a castle.
An inquiry at Koenlgswart, how
ever, brought the reply that no one
was expected there.
Speculation was aroused as to
whether Alfonso might be heading for
Spain.
FIGHTING AT SAN SEBASTIAN.
URHtfauM Number wt OmiWm
Near Border.
By the Associated Press.
BAYONNE, Prance, July 20.—
Street fighting at San Sebastian,
where Ambassador Claude O. Bowers
of the United States and other for
eign diplomats have their Summer
residences, was reported here today.
The report; said as uaoitlmated
number of cauui.li.irs resulted frem
the fi&bang between .cods and toy
The cities of Malaga, Valladolid
and Burgos were reported to be in
the hands of the rebels.
Frontier rumors had It than Gen.
Mona was marching on Madrid with
artillery.
(A Madrid government statement
said rebel forces approaching the cap
ital had been dispersed by loyal
troops.)
Roads Guarded.
A French tourist, returning from
San Sebastian, said workers, Includ
ing many women, were guarding the
roads.
"Saturday night," said this tourist,
“we were awakened by shooting all
around the city, which lasted more
than 4 hours.
"The rattle of machine guns could
be plainly heard, but it was impossible
to tell who was fighting.
"Early Sunday morning scattered
shots still were heard. A rumor spread
that a Communist movement had Just
broken out In Asurias (an area in
Northwest Spain, Including Oviedo
Province) and was spreading through
out Spain against the military move
ment of the southern rebels.”
Despite the fact that the Frencfc
Spanish frontier was closed, a num
ber of refugees managed to reach
border towns of France. Among them
(See ALFONSO, Page A-2.)
PIGEON SAVES MAN
FROM PARKING TICKET
Fancier on Excursion Sends Bird'
Home to Warn That Car
• Should Be Moved.
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. July 20.—Joseph Rosen -
blum credited 'a carrier pigeon With
saving him from getting a police park
ing ticket today.
Just as an excursion boat on which
he was a passenger reached Province
town, across Massachusetts Bay, he
remembered, he said, having parked
his car in front of his home.
He attached a note to one of his
pigeon’s legs telling his brother to put
the car In a garage. The pigeon
reached Rosenblum’s home an hour
after taking off from the ship.
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Strife Puzzles
Ramon Franco,
’32 Revolt Hero
Attache Here Scans
Reports for Light on
Spanish War.
GEN. FRANCISCO FRANCO.
MAJ. RAMON FRANCO.
WITH his native Spain locked
in bitter civil war, Maj.
Ramon Franco, mild-man
nered hero of the 1931 re
volt against the Spanish monarchy,
told reporters here today he doesn't
even knew what the present fighting
is all about. He expressed the belief,
however, that monarchy as a form of
government would never be restored.
The paucity of reliable information
is peculiarly distressing to Maj. Fran
co, air attache at the Spanish Em
bassy. for his brother, Gen. Francisco
Franco, is the leader of the rebelling
Rightist elements in the Spanish Army.
Some accounts have him defeated
(See FRANCO, Page A-2.)
TO BE QUESTIONED
Chicago Secret Service Chief
to Be Heard on “Spying”
on G-Men.
BY REX COLLIER.
Thomas J. Callaghan, agent in
charge of the Chicago office of the
Secret Service, was scheduled for
questioning here today in connection
with a check-up by his men on cir
cumstances surrounding the fatal
shooting by G-men of John Dillinger,
one-time pubUc enemy No. 1.
Revelation by Attorney General
Cummings of simultaneous Secret
Service Inquiries into his department’s
handling of Dillinger case phases In
Chicago and St. Paul has precipitated
an intensive investigation by Treasury
officials.
Harry Schaetzel. Secret Service
agent, attached to the Chicago office,
also is to be questioned, it is under
stood. . Schaetzel is reputed to have
(See~G-L2S*; ,°‘4e A-2.)
Sioux Leader Hedges on Plan
To Sell Black Hills to Canada
ay me Associated Press.
PINE RIDGE, S. Dak.. July 20.—
The Black Hills probably won’t go on
the block, after all.
Three big chiefs of the Sioux In
dians chuckled today over the proposal
of Thunder Bull, tribal councilor, that
the famous area might be sold to Can
ada because the Federal Government
allegedly broke a treaty with the Red
skins.
And even Thunder Bull, distant rela
tive of Sitting Bull, was reported to
be hedging. The 45-year-old brave,
known to fellow councilors as Lone
Bear because of bis willingness to
stand alone, was secluded at his shack,
far from a telephone.
But word came through J. H. Mc
Gregor, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
superintendent, that Thunder Bull as
serted in the presence of witnesses
he made his Black Lands sale proposal
on behalf of Black Elk, a “show In
dian," and was not expressing his own
views.
McGregor said such leading chiefs
as Robert Two Elk, Noah Bad Wound
and Joseph Eagle Hawk deprecagj|
Thunder Bull’s claims regarding the
sale. McGregor dubbed the coun
cilor’s claims “Just talk.”
“The influential Indians here take
it as a joke,” the superintendent said.
Red Tomahawk, a Sioux from the
Standing Rock Reservation, also
called the Lone Bear’s suggestion
“Just talk.”
Last week Thunder Bull was riding
the crest and announced that many
of the Sioux, including some leaders,
were behind his proposal. He said he
planned a trip to Washington to set
tle the matter by one question he pro
posed to put to the Great White
Father:
"Are you going to pay or not?”
Thunder Bun, owner of a few head
of cattle, possessing about a sixth
grade education, and speaking fair
English, contended the United States
Government bad abrogated provisions
of a treaty signed with Chief Cray
Horse about a hundred years ago to
give the Sioux one-third of all the
wealth takes Iron the Stock Hills.
Either the Sioux get their dues, he
said, or he would try to sell off the
place to Canada, .^gk.
ALF.YOU SAY IT i
LIKE THIS
■^MY FRIENDS
LANDON LEARNING HOW TO BROADCAST!
New Campaign Is Planned
as C. 1.0. Leaders Prepare
for Conference.
BACKGROUND
TWO theories of unionization has
existed in labor movement in
America since its inception. These
are the theories of craft vs. indus
trial organization.
At present time craft unionists
have majority in American Federa
tion of Labor, but strong group of
industrial unionists last November
formed Committee for Industrial
Organization and set forth on de
termined drive to spread their doc
trine through new membership.
Steal was announced as first field
lo consider and drive in that
CuvUy vs verving as .peerneed for
•Mice nou protrudes to be general
attack in ell of 12 lines represented
in C. t. O.
A fourth member union of the
Committee for Industrial Organization
was preparing for an organization
drive within its industry today as
representatives of the 12 C. I. O.
units gathered here for tomorrow’s
conference with John L. Lewis, chair
man.
The newest •■putsch” was announced
last night by Francis J. Gorman,
vice president of the United Textile
Workers. The drive will be con
ducted by his organization, t C. 1 O.
union, in co-operation with the Syn
thetic Yam Workers' Federation and
will be directed at the 55,000 workers
in the rayon branch of the textile
Industry.
“The organization drive ties in
very closely with the recently an
nounced campaign to organize woolen
and worsteds, now being conducted by
the Woolen and Worsted Federation,"
Gorman said. He called the rayon
industry, comparatively new in the
textile field, one of the “most pros
perous industries in the country.”
With the U. T. W. a member of the
C. L O., it is planned to conduct the
new campaign on industrial unioniza
tion lines. Attempting to spread this
type of unionization, the C. I. O. has
embarked on a showdown fight to or
ganize the steel industry while similar
plans are under way for campaigns in
the automobile and rubber industries.
Implied support of the textile drive
was given in unofficial comment at
C. I. O. headquarters this morning,
although it was made plain that the
campaign is being directed and
financed by the two unions involved.
It is considered likely that all the In
dustrial unions will make some efforts
for increased membership while atten
tion is being focused on the steel cam
paign.
Incurring the hostility of the craft
union majority of the American Fed
eration of Labor for their plans, the
C. I. O. unions are now under sum
mons for trial on August 3 on charges
of . dual unionism and insurrection.
It is to discuss their policy with re
gard to this trial that the C. I. O.
leaders have been called into confer
ence tomorrow with Lewis.
The rayon organizing drive was de
cided on at a two-day conference here
between Gorman and William F. Kel
ly of the U. T. W. and A. R. Wood
ward and John Kabler of the.yarn
workers.
In announcing the plans, Gorman
said the drive would center in the
plants of the Viscose Corp., Du Pont,
Industrial Rayon, American Enka,
Tubize Chatillon, American Bemberg
and several smaller companies.
Readers’ Guide
Page.
Amusements.....B-12
Comics. B-8
Death Notices-A-6
Editorial. A-8
Finance_A-13-14-15-16
Lost and Found.A-3
News Comment Features..A-8
Radio - A-12
Serial Story-B-9
Short Story-B-9
Society-B-3-4
Sports.A-10-11
Washington Wayside.A-2
Women's Features..-j£._B-7
More Rain in Sight in West
After Storms Dispel Heat
| Damaging Gales Kill Several, But Corn
Crop Revived as Cooler Weather
Prevails Over Wide Area.
I
*y the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July 20.—Fresh clouds,
laden with crop-saving showers, gath
ered today over parts of the Nation's
corn belt, where rains and plunging
temperatures over the week c<ad
routed the heat wave and brought
widespread drought relief.
Stiff winds which at some points
accompanied the rains added several
deaths to the total which since the
first of the month has exceeded 4,500.
Twisting gales flattened crops and
caused considerable property damage
in places.
Thunderstorms were general in the
Dakotas. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Eastern Nebraska, Missouri and South
ern Illinois. More shcwers were pre
dicted within the next 36 hours for
Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Southern
Indiana.
Cooler weather was forecast for to
night and tomorrow for most of the
North Central States, except for West
(See^STORMsTPage-^)
SET FOR AUGUST 3
Case May Be Put Before
Grand Jury Before Ar
raignment Date.
Fred B. Rhodes, local attorney, will
be arraigned in Police Court August 3
for the alleged larceny of $13,000 from
the Fidelity Building and Loan Associ
ation, which he formerly headed as
president.
The arraignment was continued to
day, Rhodes attorney, William E.
Leahy, explaining that he wanted to
confer with Assistant U. S. Attorney
Henry A. Schweinhaut before going
into court. Schweinhaut preferred the
charge against Rhodes.
It was understood the case may be
put before the grand Jury In advance
of the new arraignment date.
Charge Based on Loan.
The charge, it was explained, Is
based on a $13,000 loan from the
association to Rhodes. According to
officials, the loan made through a
"straw” party, was made for construc
tion purposes, but Rhodes used the
bulk of it to meet an overdraft on
his account at the association.
Declaring the Treasury Department
had full knowledge of the details of
the loan last December 31, Rhodes
said today there was nothing irregular
about the transaction.
The prooerty in question, located
near Fairfax, Va., had been taken
over by the association, he explained,
and he had agreed to build houses on
it. It was understood Rhodes will con
tend the overdraft on his account re
sulted from these building operations
and that the loan was made In this
connection.
"Straw” Party Explained.
The “straw” party to whom the loan
was made, according to Rhodes, was a
relative. The association’s semi-annual
report to the Treasury under date of
December 31, he declared, stated that
the loan was made to “a party holding
for Fred B. Rhodes ”
"Certainly there was no secrecy or
concealment about that,” he said.
He also attacked the action of the
controller of the currency in closing
the association, pointing out that he
had permitted the payment of a divi
dend not more than 10 days ago.
“If the company was able to pay
that dividend," he said, “I don’t see
how it can be insolvent now."
Officials of Association.
The official list of officers and di
rectors of the Fidelity Building &
Loan Association include the follow
ing;
R. W. S. Bonnett, president; Harry
J. Miller, vice president; Marcus
Borchardt, secretary; John L. Fletcher,
treasurer; Ruth S. Homer, assistant
secretary; June G. Kamopp, new ac
counts manager, and these directors:
Harry Coope, Leo E. Goerge and
George D. Sullivan. f
The receiver was busy with the as
sociation records this morning in an
effort to determine the exact amount
of both the assets and liabilities of
the instiutlon which was declared in
solvent Saturday by the acting con
troller of the currency.
The receiver is being assisted by a
representative of the controller’s
legal staff and several other experts
of the controller’s office. A very few
employes of the Institution were kept
by the receiver to assist.
The receiver is operating under law
which places the controller of the cur
rency In absolute authority. This law
in part declares that the controller
' See RHODES, *4 a.)
Townsendites End Conven
tion After Address by
Union Candidate.
Ay the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, July 20.—Emotionally
weary delegates to the second Town
send National Convention returned to
their homes today with the indorse
ment by Presidential Candidate Wil
liam Lemke of "an old-age revolving
pension" to give "honest and fair com
pensation to old people."
The Union party's ticket leader did
not directly Indorse the Townsend
plan in his address yesterday, which
brought the five-day, development
marked conclave to a close.
"The details of such legislation must
of course be worked out by your or
ganization and Congress,” said the
Representative from North Dakota, as
he stretched to the full length of his
short figure, shouting his words into
microphones at Cleveland Stadium.
Terming the program of the present
administration "national lunacy,” he
added: “We no longer have repre
sentative government. Due to a cor
rupt patronage system, your Congress
men no longer write the laws. They
are prepared by a brainless brain trust,
no one of whom could have been
elected to office.”
Vote Officially Undecided.
The question of how the Townsend
family would vote in the November na
tional election was officially undecided
as 15,000-odd delegates vacated hotel
rooms and returned to all sections of
the United States, to carry on their
battle for Townsend-Indorsed sena
torial and congressional candidates.
By resolution, the convention de
cided not to "indorse at any time
during the campaign, directly or indi
rectly,” any presidential or vice presi
dential candidate, and declared that
speeches delivered before the conclave
(See TOWN SEND] Page~AO.)
HEAD OF UTILITIES BODY
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Riley E. Eigen, 111 for IConth,
Is Patient at Garfield
Hospital.
Riley E. Eigen, chairman of the
Public Utilities Commission, under
went an operation for the removal
of his gall bladder today at Garfield
Hospital.
Eigen has been 111 for a month and
physicians yesterday decided the op
eration was necessary. The operation
was performed by Dr. Paul Putzkl.
VIOLINIST TO FACE
NEW QUESTIONING
IN (MIMING
Sheriff to Renew Quiz of
“My Suspect” After
Checking Alibi.
WITNESSES CONTRADICT
MUSICIAN’S STATEMENT
Report His Movements Elsewhere
at Time He Claims to Have
’Been at Home.
BY tfte Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 20.—Sheriff
Laurence E. Brown announced today
he had finished checking statements
by Mark Wollner and his “alibi
woman,” Mildred Ward, and late to
day or tonight, would question “my
suspect,” Wollner, in the hotel-rcom
slaying of Helen Clevenger.
Wollner, internationally known vio
linist, the sheriff said, had not been
questioned except briefly when he was
locked up Saturday.
The sheriff said flatly he would not
release Wollner, Miss Ward or Dan
iel H. Gaddy, hotel night watchman,
who also is in custody, during the
day.
The Clevenger slaying was de
scribed by Brown as “the Titterton
case of the South,” referring to the
fiendish murder of Nancy Titterton.
writer and wife of a broadcasting
company executive tn New York. In
that case the slayer was traced by a
piece of twine and convicted.
Eight Deputies at Work.
“We realize we’ve got a tough case.
iu*t as tough as the Titterton case.”
the sheriff said. “It took New York
officers two weeks, with a whole city
police force, to solve the Titterton
case, and I hope we can solve this
one within that time. I have eight
deputies working on the case.”
The sheriff said he was looking for
other witnesses to add to a number
he said would contradict Wollner’s
alibi that he was at home throughout
the night when the pretty 18-year-old
New York University co-ed was shot
to death in her hotel room around 1
am. last Thursday by an Intruder
who stabbed her In the face and at
tempted to ravish her.
A taxi driver said he saw a man
1 cap from th2 hotel’s me_zniuc balus
trade, 12 feet to the jround. about
the tune of the killing.
Wollner, who has been estranged
from his wife for two years, has a
studio across the street from the hotel.
He was detained for questioning
Saturday night. Without a more
specific charge, a prisoner cannot
thus be held legally for more than
48 hours.
Former Waitress Detained.
A 19-year-old former waitress, Mil
dred Ward, at whose home the Ger
man-bom violinist roomed, also was
detained after she corroborated Woll
ner’s statement he had been at home
between 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and
9:30 am. Thursday.
A frail, sickly girl, she finally was
quoted after several hours of ques
tioning as adding to her original
statement that “Mark phoned me a
little before he was arrested and
asked me. ‘Where was I last night?’"
Sheriff Brown said he has found &
witness who heard Wollner say last
Wednesday:
'‘I’ve got a date tonight with a girl
at the Battery Park I met two days
ago.”
Declaring these other witnesses,
some of whose names he withheld,
contradicted the young musician's
alibi. Sheriff Brown summarized:
From 9 to 10 pm. the night of the
crime A cafe owner saw Wollner eating
dinner.
Between 10 and 10:30 pm. Doug
(See CO-ED, Page A-3.)
“SOMEWHAT COOLER”
IS FORECAST HERE
Mercury Reaches 90 Degrees.
Colored Boy, 14, Drowned
in Potomac.
“Somewhat cooler” and fair weather
was in prospect today after a hot
week end sent the mercury to the
90-degree mark and resulted in the
fifth drowning here since the begin
ning of the heat wave 10 days ago.
Reaching its peak at 3 pm., the
temperature fell slowly overnight until
it touched a low of 72 at 7 am. today.
A light rainfall early today failed to
oool the city.
The drowning victim was Thomas
Talley, 14, colored, 1665 Thirty-second
street. His body was recovered from
the Potomac River by police after he
disappeared while swimming near Key
Bridge. The youth’s three young
brothers, Richard, Clarence and Car
roll, watched helplessly from shore.
Meanwhile, police were dragging the
Eastern Branch for the body of an
unidentified colored man, who was
reported to have drowned after jump
ing into the water to cool off last
night.
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TRAFFIC IS TIED UP
BY REROUTING OF
CARSJINTOWII
Passengers Desert Carriers
Caught by Hthand New
York Ave. Jam.
EFFECTS ARE WATCHED
FOR POSSIBLE CHANGE
Keech Says Some Difficulty ia
Kush Period Was Expected.
150 Workmen at Scene.
The new street car rerouting tied
downtown Washington traffic in knots
this morning in its first rush-hour
I test.
Street cars were lined up for blocks
in all directions as a result of con
gestion at and near Fourteenth street
and New York avenue. By the time
j many of the cars reached that point,
’ they were almost deserted. Their
I occupants had left them for faster
travel afoot.
One Fourteenth street line con
ductor, looking at his watch sadly,
at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania ave
nue. said:
‘ Well, I should have been to the
Navy Yard and back to the Peace
Monument by this time.”
Officials Watch Effects.
Meanwruie, officials cf the Capital
Transit Co., the Public Utilities Com
mission, and the District Traffic De
partment were observing the tangled
traffic conditions In the downtown
area to decide on measures to im
prove the situation.
"Of course, the rerouting, as it was
begun this morning, is only an inter
mediate change," Richmond B. Keech,
chairman of the Utilities Commis
sion, explained.
"We expected some congestion at
first, especially during the rush hour,
but will have to watch the situation
for a little while before we can decide
what changes, if any, are necessary.”
Part of the congestion, which the re
routing was designed to eliminate, was
due to the presence of 150 workmen
completing the construction project
on Fourteenth street between New
York avenue and H street, Keech ex
plained.
New J.fan 02 Scs.
lieu cf the motemen were going
over iheir new rocoes fer ihe first
time, too, which added somewhat to
the confusion, and traffic lights, timed
to the old traffic demands, have not
been changed to handle the increased
nqrth and south traffic on Fourteenth
street and east and west traffic on
New York avenue.
Unfamiliarity of the public with the
new routes and the places to board
cars in transferring in the downtown
area was another cause given by street
car officials. At some intersections
traffic policemen had not become ac
customed to the new routes.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer announced several changes
would be made within a day or two in
the timing of the lights, and a new
light is being Installed at Fifteenth
and G streets to handle changed traffic
demands at that spot.
A three-way light will be installed
at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue to permit through traffic east
and west and left turns to northbound
I vehicles on Fifteenth street at Penn
sylvania avenue, Van Duzer said.
Increased Intervals.
The intervals for north-south traffic
on Fourteenth street will be increased
to accomodate the increased burden of
street car movement, and other
changes which a survey being mad#
today may indicate are necessary will
be made as conditions require, he
stated.
Officials of the street car company
expressed satisfaction with the success
of the overnight track change, which
put the cars into operation over their
new routes early yesterday morning.
Removal of the old track and laying
of the new was completed without a
hitch by a crew of 358 men, and cars
were running east and west on New
York avenue at 5:09 a.m. yesterday,
only five hours after work started.
Cars were in operation north and
south on Fourteenth street at 6:5C
a.m., and at 7:50 the Mount Pleasant
cars, which turn west at Fourteenth
and H streets, also were in operation.
The job was in charge of E. P.
Goucher, engineer of way for the com
pany.
Begin in Wee Hours.
Shortly after midnight, 11 crews
with acetylene torches began cutting
through the rails and the army of
workmen were ready as soon as the
last car passed through at 1 a.m.
yesterday to start removal of the old
rails and replace them with new raili
and switches to accommodate the new
route schedules.
17ie two outside tracks on the 350
foot stretch will be abandoned, but
will not be removed until later,
Ooucher said: The rerouting will speed
up street car and automobile traffic
at the intersection, one of the busiest
in the city.
JOE CRONIN’S MOTHER
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Boston Manager at Bedsida.
Expected to Rejoin Team
Friday.
By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20—Mr*.
Jeremiah Cronin, mother of Joe
Cronin, manager of the Boston Red
Sox, died here today. She was stricken
with pneumonia several days ago.
Cronin flew here from the East, ar
riving yesterday.
Jeremiah Cronin, Joe's father, and
two other sons, Ray and James, were
at the bedside.
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday.
Cronin said he probably will ip
back to Boston Thursday, arriving
there Friday morning.
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