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Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-07

Father George H. Woodley is ex- pected to arrive in Seward tonight from Anchorage and will hold ser vices as has been announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
ELECTRIC BARRIER
BALKS POLICEMEN
Report Device Kept Them
From Obtaining Evidence in
Raid on Cigar Store.

Efforts by Sergt. o. ]. Letterman and
his vice squad to investigate alleged ir-
regularities in cigar store at Fifth and
G streets were. frustrated by an cleo
trically operated barricade which oper.
ated so effectively. police say. any evil
dence they may have gathered to war
rant proceeding legally against the place
was destroyed.
Members Of the vice squad reported
that just as they entered the place to
conduct their investigation, . latticeo
door was closed barring their entrance
and preventing their entry until guam.
THY Of alleged liquor and gambling
paraphernalia is said to have been dis
posed of. Two men remained out of q
score of occupants of the store to per-
NIT police to examine the premises. Nc
arrests were made In the absence of q
warrant.
Sergt: Detterman said system Of sig
mails operated by a cleveriy concealed
electrical apparatus attached to the
door barricading the front of the place
informed those in the rear room where
the alleged liquor was destroyed of the
approach of the vice squad.
Six colored men were arrested by
police Of the. eighth precinct late yes
terday in an alleged gambling house
at 1921 Second street. Edward Robin
son, so years old, living at the Second
street address, was held on a charge Of
permitting gaming. The others were
released after deposing SIS collateral for
their appearance in Police Court this
morning on q charge of disorderly con-
duct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
DELEGATES SELECTED
FOR AERONAUTIC MEET
Aero Club of Washington to Be
Represented by IL at Cleve-
land Convention.

The Aero Club Of Washington Chap
ter CT the National Aeronautic Associ-
alton will be represented by IL dele
gates and eight alternates at the eighth
annual convention of the National
Aeronaptic Association to be held at
ClevelaAd August 20, 80 and 81 in con-
nection with the National Air Races,
opening Saturday under the super
vision and sanction Of the association.
The delegates. as announced by Col.
C. DEF. Chandler, president OF the Aero
Club, are:
Brig. Gen william z. Gilmore and
Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, assist
ant chiefs of the Army Air Corps
Capt. Emory S. Land. u. S. N; Lieut..
J. J. Clark. executive oficer Of the
Naval Air Station. Anacostia, D. c.:
Col. II. H. Blee, chief division of air.
ports and areonautic information, De-
partment Of Commerce. DR.. George w.
Lewis. director of research, and John F.
Victory, secretary of the national ad-
visory committee for aeronautics: Paul
H. Brattain, Washington manager of
the Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce; Maj: Clayton z. Emig, Allen M.
Smyth. Curtiss Flying Service: H. La
tame Lewis and Frederick r. Nicely,
general manager Of the National Aero
nautical Association.
.Alternates-.James r. Kyle, T. H. Kin
kade, Ernest L. Jones, DR.. Louis BusS-
Ter, Miss Margaret Fisher, Vaughan B.
Connolly, Jesse Loeb and John Con-
nelly.
Most Of the delegates and alternates
will leave Washington in time for the
opening Of the air races Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
A. A. A. Manager Might Get in
Jail in Some Cities Not Know.
ing Difference, He Says.
SIMILARITY SLIGHT,
SAYS TRAFFIC OFFICIAL
mot Laboring Under Misapprehen.
sion or Misquoted," Formal
Answer Declares.

M. o. Eldridge, acting director OF
traf1c. today struck back at Charles
p. Clark, general manager of the
American Automobile Association, who
charged yesterday that the conclusions
drawn by Eldridge on the result Of the
Trafflc Departments recent survey on
the left-turn methods in other cities
were erroneous and misleading"
In his analysis of reports from ISL
cities that answered the Traffic Depart
ment's QUESTIONABLE on left turns
Eldridge drew a distinction between the
so-called Hoover turn and the inside
are the same in principle.
Misapprehension Denied.
Eldridge's answer to Clark is con-
tanned in prepared statement. It
follows:
mo, was not laboring under a mis-
apprehension as contended by Mr.. Clark,
nor have I been incorrectly quoted when
drew a distinction between the inside
left turn now used in a large number of
metropolitan cities and the so-called
Hoover turn.
IF these two methods Of making the
left turn agree in principle with each
other. then I am unable to comprehend
Tic ptdul QlCtlOHdEy QeIlIllCiOI1 Oh utll-
formity. The only similarity between
the two is that they are both made from
the trafic lane nearest the center OF
the street and completed against a red
light on the interesting street.
mfr. Clark Is wrong when he says
that the point Of turning in the inter-
section as provided for in the code is =
flexible one If he will again read
section 38A. he will see that a vehicle
before turning left at an intersection
shall pass to the right Of the Genter OF
the intersection before turning There
Is no place in the code where It says
that a turn may be made to the left OF
the center of the intersection. The
point Of turning is definite and fixed
and there is nothing flexible about 1t.
Differences Held Serious.
eff Mr.. Clark thinks that these two
methods of turning are essentially the
same let him go to Philadelphia. Louis
vile, Detroit or Los Angeles and at
tempt to make q turn at a controlled
intersection to the right of the center,
especially when another car is attempt
ing to make an inside turn according
to the methods prevailing in those cities.
When he gets through saying good
morning to the judge, or when he
gets out Of the hospital. think he will
then realize that there is q difference
and that We have not yet reached the
much-desired haven Of uniformity in
making the left turn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
WOMAN SLIGHTLY HURT
WHEN CAR JUMPS TRACK
Mrs. Georgia Tomlin Treated for
Injuries Received. on Street
Last Night.

Mrs. Georgia Tomlin, 20. Of 2119 H
street, was struck and slightly injured
by q Capital Traction Co. street car
which jumped the track at Fifteenth
street and New York avenue at about
8 o'clock last night.
Mrs. Tomlin was taken to Emergency
Hospital, where she was given flrst-aid
treatment and then allowed TO go TO
her home.
The accident tied up traffic at the
busy corner for some time.
Viola Parker, colored, 10 M street
southwest, was knocked down by an
automobile driven by Arthur Daniels,
colored, 1918 Columbia street. in the
first block of N street southwest yester-
day afternoon and received decorations
Of the scalp and a sprained wrist. She
was given first-aid treatment at Emer-
gency Hospital
Lazarus Phillips. 10, 1925 Euclid
street, received slight injuries when
struck by the automobile Of Harry Len
kin, sac Eighth street. last night. at
First and streets. He was treated
by DR.. Edward A. CafritZ. 1913 Six
tenth street, for injuries to his right
arm and leg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
SANITY HEARING APPEAL
Baked BY DR.. WHITE
Says Man asking" Freedom Can
Be Brought to Court Only
by Force,

DR.. william A. White. superintendent
of st. Elizabeth's Hospital for the In
sane. today told the District Supreme
Court In an answer filed to a writ OF
habeas corpus that 1t will be impos-
sible for him to bring Clarence M
Brummett into court without using
physical force and violence. Brummett
has declined to present himself for q
hearing in court and has told the hos
pital authorities that John A. Savage
who began the proceedings, was not
authorized to act as his next friend
In seeking his release.
DIR. white, through United States
Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant
United States Attorney william A. Gal
lagher, declares that In his opinion the
use Of force necessary to bring the
patient into court viii be dangerous
both to his physical and mental we'll
being. He, however, stands ready to
forcibly present the patient II specially
directed to do so by the court. he says.
The doctor says Brummett is still of
unsound mind and II set at liberty
would be q menace and danger to him
self and to society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
LEGLESS WEST VIRGINIA YOUTH 4
ASPIRES TO UNIVERSITY DEGREE
A. B. Clark Astounds Friends
in Capital by Independent
Battle He Is Waging.
Proud of Fact He Requires
No Assistance to Cross
Streets or Board Cars.

Overcoming a physical handicap that
would have worsted one less courageous
and ambitious than he: Alan B. Clark,
legless West Virginia youth. is astound-
ing his new-found friends in the Capt.
tai by the independent battle he is wag-
ing to gain a long-cherished goal-a
college degree.
Coming here alone from Ridgely, w.
Va, a year ago, Clark accepted posi-
ton as typist at the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing. rented a room at the
Washington Y. M. c. A. and promptly
enrolled for an 05ening course In the
Y. M. C. A. College.
With the credits thus gained, added to
those previously received at high school
and business school in Cumberland. Md,
this young man, who would be rated
permanently. totally disabled" had he
lost his legs in the service. hopes to en-
ter an accredited university to win the
right to put "A. b. after his name.
Lost Legs In Accident.
Clark's legs we're cut of at the hip
in a railroad accident when he was
S years old. With his brothers and
sisters he was playing beneath freight
car parked on siding near his home,
in Ridgely. when a switching engine
bumped into the car and shifted II
just enough to cause the accident. His
life was saved by a miracle.
Alan always had been an active
happy child, and the loss of his legs
never daunted him. A leather bucket
was made for the lower end Of his body
and he learned to get around on his
hands with almost as much facility as
his playmates.
He learned to swim in a stream near
his home and those who have marveled
at his diving and swimming proves
in the Y. M. c. A. pool will testify
to his natatorial abilities.
After attending high school and bust
ness college in Cumberland the 22-year-
old youth took the civil service exam
nation for typist and passed without
difficulty. Government officials in
quired as to his ability to get about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
ASK MENTAL TEST
IN MAGRUDER CASE
Relatives Also Seek Guardian
for Woman, rs, Who
Hoarded Money.

Relatives of Miss Blanche Magruder,
76 years old, at whose home, 1906
Thirty-fifth street, police discovered
more than $500 hidden behind pictures,
today asked the District Supreme Court
to have q jury pass on her mental con-
dition and to appoint guardian to look
after her property. Justice William
Hitz directed the issuance of a writ for
the inquiry on August 80.
The petition was filed by Mrs. r. l..
Lamb. a niece, and Mrs. Marie S.
Clarke, a grandniece. It is accom-
panied by affldavits of DR.. j. Duerson
Stout and DR.. r. K. Foxwell, who say
they examined Miss Magruder at the
Home for the Aged and Infirm at Blue
Plains and found her to have symptoms
of senility and to entertain decisions.
The niece and grandniece Of Miss
Magruder in their petition tell the court
of the finding Of the money by the
police and point out that the house Is
apparently habitable and that taxes
have, not been paid since 1925 and sug-
gest that guardian be appointed to
take care of her estate, the value Of
which they say they are not informed.
Mrs. Clarke says she is well liked by
Miss Magruder and requests that she be
named guardian.
The physicians in their af1idavits say
Miss Magruder was amused over the
newspaper accounts of the finding Of
money in her home and laughed about
it. remarking that any one who would
hide money behind pictures must be
foolish.
The physicians expressed the opinion
that her condition is not likely to i'm
prove. Attorneys A. K. Shipe and
william B. Wright appear for the
petitioners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
Clark Flies Ship at Speed
Believed to Be Between
1870 and 200 Miles.
CRAFT PROBABLE ENTRY
IN CLEVELAND AIR RACE
Fighter Appeared Exceedingly FAST
and Highly Maneuverable
in Test.

Flight tests Of what is said to be the
fastest military plane in the United
States were made this afternoon at the
Anacostia Naval Air Station by Lieut..
j. j. Clark. executive officer.
Lieut.. Clark put the plane over the
10-mile Navy speed course at a rate Of
speed believed to be between $50 and
200 miles per hour. The exact speed is
being withheld as a naval secret.
Following further tests today and to-
morrow, the plane probably will be
flown to Cleveland for entry In the ma
tional air races, beginning there Sat-
urday.
The plane is a modification Of the
Curtiss sea hawk. though 1t resembles
that plane in but few particulars. The
single, large radiator of the hawk IL
replaced by three tiny moCr-shaped
radiators built into the sides and the
bottom of the fusilage. into which they
are streamlined.
Not only did the plane appear to be
exceedingly fast. but 1t also was highly
maneuverable, Lieut.. Clark putting 1t
through several rapid climbs and ele-
mentary maneuvers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
MARITAL FREEDOM
IS SOUGHT BY SIEGEL
Validity of wife's Divorce From
Former Husband Is Attacked
in Petition.

Attacking the validity Of a divorce
obtained In Virginia August /, 1922,
by his wife from her former spouse,
Joseph C. w. Sieger, 905 Fourth street
northwest. today petitioned the District
Supreme Court to award him an annul-
ment Of his marriage to Mrs. Helen
Louise Haag Siegel. who. he says,
deserted him July 81, last.
Siegel declares that when his wife
left home he began to investigate the
circumstances Of her divorce from
Norman Francis Haag and discovered
that she obtained q decree by represent
ing to the Virginia court that she was
separated from Haag since July l, 1919
in reality, he AYERS. Mrs. Siegel was
actually living with Haag in this city
long after the date of the alleged de-
sertion and In addition she failed to
comply with the requirements Of the
Virginia law as to her residence.
Through Attorneys Raymond Neu-
decker and William c. Ashford, the
husband tells the court he was lulled
into q false sense of security by his
wife. who had represented to him the
was absolutely and legally divorced from
her first spouse. He asks the court ia
decree as his legitimate heir a child
born to the couple after their marriage
in Baltimore on May 16, 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
BICYCLE RACK RULING
is ASKED BY DISTRICT
Commissioners Call on Stephens to
Decide If Permit Can Be
Issued Western Union.

The District Commissioners today
asked Acting Corporation Counsel
Francis H. Stephens for an opinion
whether a permit legally can be grant,
ed the Western Union Telegraph Co.
to place racks on the sidewalks in front
of its main office for the bicycles Of its
messengers.
The question arose as q result Of a
complaint by Rev. w. L. Darby, execu-
tive secretary of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches, that the present
practice of the messengers of laying
bicycles on the sidewalks and parking
them against trees not only is ''un-
pleasant, for pedestrians, but eventu-
ally will kill the trees.
Capt. r. s. w. Burke, commander of
the first police precinct, advocated the
erection Of sidwalk bicycle stands to
correct the situation, but Maj. Henry @.
Pratt, superintendent Of police. ex-
pressed the opinion that such q pro-
cedure would be contrary to existing
regulations forbidding the obstruction
of public space and establish q danger
Gus procedure. A bicycle rack, he con-
tended, would be an obstruction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
j. s. MAY EXTEND
RETIREMENT AGE
Suggestion Made to Commits.
sion Is Placed Before Fed
eraI Departments.

Oficials in the Government depart
.nents are considering a proposed
change in the employees retirement law
ti.at would allow more leeway in re-
tanning beyond the retirement age
workers with special qualifications, but
it is not yet certain that Congress will
oe asked to make such an amendment.
Under the original retirement law II
has been possible for department heads
to obtain extensions for two years at a
time for veteran employees whose spe-
cial training made 1t advantageous to
the Government to continue them IN
service The law provides. however
shall be granted more than two extern
sicns beyond retirement age.
Before Departments.
The advisability Of making this clause
more flexible has been suggested in
formally to the Civil Service Commits
sion. which. in turn, has asked all the
Government departments to express
their views on the subject. The amend
rnent being tentatively considered reads
as follows:
Except that in special cases where
the head of the department, branch or
independent Office concerned certifies
and the Civil Service Commission agrees
that the continuance of the employe
would be advantageous to the public
service, further extensions OF two years
may be granted"
Robert H. Acorn. chairman Of the
Joint Conference on Retirement Of Civil
Service Employees, said the conference
has rot considered this particular
change. but he was inclined to believe
the present provision for a four-year
extension after 1880 would be ample.
provided Congress raises he annuities
to an adequate level.
will Support Bill.
The employees will renew their efforts
when Congress returns to secure enact
ment of the pending bill to increase the
retirement allowances, and there are
bright prospects of getting the measure
through before the long session ends. A
similar bill pasesd both House and Sen
ate in the closing weeks of the old Con-
gress. but President Coolidge did not
sign it.
When the new Congress met in special
session a few months ago the Senate
civil service committee started the re-
tirement bill on its legislative journey
again by promptly reporting it favor
ably. It is on the Senate calendar.
With regard to the question of ex-
tensions beyond retirement age. figures
compiled by the Civil Service Com
mission show that under the original
retirement law, 1923 have obtained a
first extension; 4,015, second extern
sion: 1,472, q third extension; 436, a
fourth, and Al fifth extension.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
LION At zoo CLAWS
WOULD-BE PETER
Lynchburg Mans Arm Badly
Lacerated by Paws of
Jungle King.

A visitor who wanted to pet a lion,
and climbed over a guard rail at the
National Geological Park to carry out
the idea, got an unsympathetic recep-
ton yesterday from Joe, the jungle king,
who once belonged to President.
Joe was in bad humor, anyhow, hav-
ing been banished from his domestic
quarters when he became the father Of
cubs in the late Spring. So when the
strange intruder thrust hand into his
cage, Joe sank his hooked claws into the
forearm with all the alacrity of re-
leased spring.
In the struggle to free himself, man
who was identified to Zoo authorities as
ST. Davis of Lynchburg, Va. received
q badly lacerated arm and long rent
in his trousers.
Is Held by Lion.
The irate Joe accomplished this,
Headkeeper w. H. Blackburn was in
formed, by holding on with one paw
while he reached through the bars and
raked at his captive with the other.
When the visitor succeeded In jerking
loose, a moment later, he retired to his
automobile, and there refused. to enter
tain the suggestion that he be taken to
q hospital.
None of the Zoo officials happened
to be present when the incident &C.
CURED, near the noon hour, but Sergt.
A. j. Kramer of the park police heard
of 1t from bystanders and followed the
victim to his automobile.
Kramer said the man was reluctant
to furnish his name. which he obtained
from another occupant Of his automo-
bile. The man then drove of, his cloth
ing bloody and torn and his forearm
bandaged In handkerchief.
Tried to Pet Bears.
Keepers were told that the same
visitor, a man of about As years OF age,
had attempted to pet tile cinnamon
bears in a cage adjacent to the in
closure outside the lionhouse, where he
met Joe.
Mr.. Blackburn expressed his gratifica-
ton this morning that no more serious
consequences had resulted from the
visitors act. He explained that lions
claws turn inward, and hold like flsh
hooks when once imbedded in flesh.
Joe was one of a pair presented to
the Zoo in April of 1927 by President
and Mrs. Coolidge. who had received
them as gifts from the citizens OF
johannesburg. South Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
Duck Ring Tossing
Targets Set Free
By Human Agent

Three bewildered ducks whose
heads we're being used as targets
for rings thrown at them by pa
irons of a carnival at Thirty
fourth street and Wisconsin ave-
nue. found friend last night In
the person Of Hugh McDermott,
agent of the Washington Humane
Society. ~
Dizzy from lodging the rings,
the duck were quacking furiously
when Agent McDermott came
along and notified the operator of
the stand that the cruelty" must
cease. The carnival Is being held
in conjunction with the Potomac
Lodge Of Masons. q
Officials of the carnival con-
sented to substitute rubber ducks
for the live birds. and now every
thing is ducky with the latter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
CALL|NGER PROBE
FORMALLY STARTED
WITH FULL BOARD
Two New Members Added to
Medical Committee at
Meeting Today.
BODY VISITS HOSPITAL
TO CONDUCT INQUIRIES
Public Hearings Not Likely-Judge
Sellers May Be Asked to
Write Criticism.

The Board Of Public Welfare's in
vestigation of conditions at Gallinger
Municipal Hospital was formally start
ed today by the boards medical COM
mittee. which was augmented by two
members especially for this purpose.
The two members were added at a
meeting in the boards headquarters in
the District Building this morning, at
which it was decided to begin the in
appointed are w. W. MILAN, vice chair
man Of the board. and DR.. H. J. Cros-
son. The regular members of the COM
mittee are DR.. George M. Kober, chair
man: Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming and F
w. McReynolds.
Committee Starts Probe.
Shortly after the meeting the en-
larged committee went to the hospital
to inquire into conditions which have
been criticized. as we'll as to make a
survey Of the institution. The psyche
pathic ward, which has been the prin-
cipal target of criticism, will be the
first visited. The procedure to be fol-
lowed by the committee in its inquiry
was not disclosed and no indication was
given as to when 1t expects to complete
the investigation. 1t was definitely an
nounced, however. that the committee s
findings would not be made public until
its report had been submitted 10 the IuiI
board.
Public Hearings Not Likely.
Doctors. nurses and attendants at the
hospital as we'll as the officials. are ex-
pected to be questioned by the COM
rnittee during its visit. although the
boardsdid not disclose that such pro-
cedure is contemplated. Public hear
tngs are not likely to be held. however,
as the board, it was said, believes that
they would serve only to hamper the
inquiry through the accumulation OF
useless and irrelevant information.
There was no intimation from the
board as to whether Judge Kathryn
Sellers of the Juvenile Court. whose
charges were largely instrumental in
the decision Of the board to make an
, investigation. is to play any part In the
oficial investigation was not disclosed
It is believed, however, that she VIII at
least be requested to submit written
report containing her criticism OF con-
ditions at the hospital.