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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
675 POLICE COURT
RUM CONVICTIONS
SINCE JANUARY |
Seventy-TWo Found Guilty
on Trial, While Others
Admitted Violation.
MANY CASES REMAIN
FOR ACTION BY JURY
Penalties Range From 80 Days
to a Year for Each Sep
arate Count.

Six hundred and seventy-five liquor
convictions were returned in Police
Court here between January and Sep
TENDER this year, it was announced
today by Assistant United States Attor-
neys David A. Hart and James r. Kirk
land, in charge of prosecution.
Seventy-two of these were jury con-
victions. while 6o3 were obtained by de-
PENDANTS pleading guilty and agreeing
to trial by the court. Against the 70
verdicts of guilty turned in by juries
there were 81 verdicts of not guilty.
Hart announced that large percentage
of the persons who have demanded jury
trials for violations are yet to be tried.
Only Police Court Cases.
These figures cover only the convic-
tionS in Police Court, such INSIDE
meanors as the possession of whisky,
maintaining a nuisance and possession
in transportation. The prosecutors
said that large number of persons had
been sent to the grand jury under the
Jones act. These offenders are charged
with sale or transportation of whisky.
Eleven cases were sent TO the grand
jury on Saturday alone to be tried I'M
der the Jones law.
There has been q lot of talk about
laxity in prosecution" Hart said, "but
If any one can show me how it is pos
sible to obtain more convictions under
present conditions, I will gladly listen to
them" .
The penalties range from go days to
. year, for each separate count, but in
numerous instances the same individ-
uals have been convicted on more than
one charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT
PLAN is ADVISED
Stephan Favors Device Which Sig
mails go" Automatically as
Car Approaches.

A letter recommending the SubStitu-
ton for isolated traffic lights of q de-
vice which would automatically switch
on the 'go" signal at the approach of
an automobile, was dispatched to Di-
rector of Trafic William H Harland by
Maj. Gen. Anthem Stephan, president
of the Merchants and Manufactures
Association, today.
It is pointed out that such trafic
signals are employed elsewhere with
marked success. They function by means
of plate in the roadway over which
the automobile passes, switching on the
green light, which remains green until
the machine has passed the interesec-
ton. Thus the necessity of waiting the
change Of the light is obviated.
The letter particularly urges the in
stallation of such devices at Connecti-
cut avenue and Albemarle street and
at Wisconsin avenue and Macomb
street. Here, 1t was indicated, the traffic
is practically all along the two avenues.
The cup presented annually by the
Merchants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton to the winner of the speed compe-
tition for fire trucks will be formally
given to No. truck company Friday
afternoon, october rs, at O'Clock.
The presentation will be made at the
truck house, on Dent place between
Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth streets,
by Gen. Stephan. Commissioner Proctor
L. Dougherty will receive the cup for
the flremen and then in turn will pre-
sent it to Lieut.. w. H. Nash, commander
of the fire company.
The contest for which the cup will be
awarded was held during the latter
part of last month. The record time
for getting into action was seven and
tWo-fifths seconds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
INF ANT GIRL FALLS
TO DEATHAT HOME
Child PIungeS Over Second
Porch Railing Onto
Cement Yard.

Little Veronica Molloy, 21a years old,
Of 1915 North Capitol street, died this
morning in Children's Hospital from
injuries sustained yesterday when she
fell over the rail of the second floor
rear porch of her home to the cement
yard Is feet below.
According to DR.. Grace Purse, who
treated her, death was due to frac-
tured skull. She was stunned when
she struck the ground and did not re-
gain consciousness.
Her father, Thomas ]. Molloy, who
Is the proprietor of a hardware store
little girl had been in the habit Of
playing on the porch.
Climbs Into Rocking Chair.
According to his reconstruction Of
what happened, she climbed up into a
babyS rocking chair and then at
tempted to get onto the back Of 1t. The
chair tipped and she pitched over the
porch rail. e. &
Julius LENS, a neighbor. living at
1919 North Capitol street, saw Veronica
fall and rushed to the spot. He picked
up the child and took her to the hos
pital in his machine.
This morning no funeral arrange
menGS naQ been mace. Inc moCner was
at the hospital when death came She
was Frustrated. Besides her parents,
the child is survived by three sisters
and two brothers.
Boy Breaks Arm in FAN.
Thirteen-year-old William Moxley,
1921 Chesapeake street, fell from pear
tree in the woods near Chapel lane
and Grant road about o'clock yester-
day afternoon. breaking his left arm
and cutting his face. He was given
,3421 Wisconsin avenue, be-
fore being taken home .
James Clark. SO years old, of sos D
street southeast, fell on the steps IN
front of his home early last evening
and sustained a painful injury to his
head. He was given first aid at Cas-
ualty Hospital by DR.. j. Rogers Young.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
UNCONSCIOUS WOMAN
FOUND IN BUILDING
Police Are Told She Was Over
come While Trying to
Call Taxieab.

Ienora Holmes, %, of the Cumber-
land Apartments, 1882 Massachusetts,
avenue, was found by passers-by about
O'Clock last night in the ground-fioor
corridor of an apartment at 1888 T
street, apparently unconscious. She had
gone into the building to call taxicab
when she was overcome, the woman said
later.
The Emergency Hospital ambulance
was summoned and the woman removed
to the hospital, where she was treated
for bruises about the body and dis
charged. She told police she had been
assaulted by a man whom she ident1neo
as Bob" during the course OF an au-
tomobile ride on Defense Highway.
She said that after the assault her
companion drove her back into wash
ington and put her out In front OF the
T street address, refusing her request
to take her home.
Headquarters detectives, and j. w.
Casey, detective. attached to No. 8 pre-
cinct, are investigating further details
of the story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
COL. CHARLES KUTz
ASKS RETIREMENT
Former Engineer Commits
Sioner of District in Service
for So Years.

Col. Charles w. Kutz, Corps of Engi-
neers, former Engineer Commissioner
OF the District and now the senior Of
ficer of his grade in the corps on the
active list. has applied to the President
for transfer to the retired list of the
Army February next, under the law
giving such privilege to officers who
have had at least 80 years active mill
tary service.
Col. KutZ has been in command of
the Sd Engineer Combat Regiment in
the Hawaiian division, with station at
Schot1eld Barracks, Oahu, since July,
1928. and is now in this city on leave
OF absence. Under ordinary procedure
he will be given leave OF absence to the
date of retirement February /.
Col. Kutz is the second high-ranking
Engineer officer recently to seek retire.
ment, Col. William P. Wooten, the
other, already having had his applica-
ton passed on favorably by the Presi-
dent. Col. Wooten, who also leaves the
service February J., will go on leave Oc-
tober rs.
Born at Reading, Pa, October IA.
1870, Col. Kutz was graduated from the
Military Academy in June, 1893, near
the mead OF his class, and assigned to
the Corps of Engineers. During his SO
years service he passed through all the
grades and reached his colonelcy in
June, 1920. His earliest engineering
service was successfully at Baltimore.
Portland, Me-; in the office of the chief
Of Engineers, this city; at the west
Point Military Academy, at Seattle.
Wash, and in the Philippines from 1911
to 1914.
In 1914 he was appointed Engineer
Commissioner of the District of Column
bia and served as such until the United
States entered the World War in 1917.
when. on his own application, he was
appointed a colonel of Engineers in the
National Army for service in France,
where he was promoted to the grade of
brigadter general and remained in &C.
ton until recalled to assume command
OF the big Engineer camp at Fort Hum
phreys, Va. Shortly after the signing
OF the Armistice. in November, 1918, he
was reinstated in the Office of Engineer
Commissioner of the District and con-
tinued in that office until 1921, when he
was ordered to Cincinnati to take
charge of the Central Engineer Division.
In July, 1928, he was transferred to
Hawaii for duty with troops and has
continued on that duty to date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
SPECIAL CONVENTION
BY. COLORED GROUP
Two-Day Session Will Open Tomor-
row in Mckinley Memorial
Church.

Several hundred persons are expected
to attend special convention of the
Mount Bethel Baptist Church of Wash
ington and vicinity, a colored group to
start. tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock
in the Mckinley Memorial Church,
Fourth and L streets. The session will
last two days.
The opening prayers will be offered by
Mrs. M. M. Erie, president of the Wom-
ans EvangeliStic Board of the District
Of Columbia, Mrs. NJ. Corum, leader of
the National Baptist Church Chorus
and others. The initial devotional exer-
cises will be conducted by Rev. j. Carter.
Rev. E. B. Brooks and Rev. j. L. Gar
field. Rev. j. A. johnson of Pittsburgh,
will preach the opening sermon.
The object of the convention viii be
explained by the Rev. S. G. Lamkins,
executive secretary He will be fol-
lowed by Rev. w. A. Gray, president
of the Workers of Christ. Among the
other speakers tomorrow will be DR.. j.
L. s. Hollomon, president of the Baptist
Ministers Conference and president OF
the Washington Baptist Seminary. The
days session will close with a discus
sion of the most urgent needs of the
colored people of Washington along
spiritual and material lines.
Revival hour services at o'clock to-
morrow night viii be conducted by the
City Mission and Church Extension
Board. of which the Rev. Thomas Hall
is chairman; the Young Ministers AS
ISOLATION, the Rev. w. Robinson, presi-
dent, and the National Evangelistic
Association, the Rev. H. w. B. Colston,
president.
An address on 1.-The Negro In the
Courts. What Can You Do for Him.
will be made at 8 o'clock tomorrow
night by j. H. Wilson, local lawyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
BUILDERS ASK CHANGE
IN OPENING OF BIDS
Mondays and Saturdays Desired
Closed for Submitting
Figures.

The Master Builders Association Of
Washington has suggested to all Gov
eminent departments and agencies re-
ceiving bids for construction work that
bids hereafter be opened on any day
in the week except Monday or Sat-
urday and If possible at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon instead Of IL o'clock in
the morning.
1t is explained by the. builders that
1t is difficult to get bids in on Monday
and Saturday, because the former fol-
lows a two-day or a day and a half
holiday period, and the latter is a short
working day. They also say that the
opening at IL o'clock does not give
time to complete the bids and arrange
for bonds.
Letters have been received from
David Lynn, architect of the Capitol,
and the quartermaster generals depart
ment of the Army, saying that the re-
quest is reasonable and promising to
comply with it so far as possible.
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stitution or by any law of the United
States.
I'm order that the Navy Department
may be satisfied that the purchaser
does not intend to use this vessel for
an unlawful purpose. it will be necessary
for each bidder to submit with his bid
an afiidavit In which. shall be stated
the purpose for which this vessel will
be used"
Citizens of the United States only
can become owners. The U. s. S. Sylph,
which until recently was moored at the
Washington Navy Yard, is now. located
at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.
Built in 1898 at Chester, Pa, she is
equipped with one vertical, triple, ex-
pansion engine, with indicated horse
power of $50. She is 1913 feet. inches
long and has a beam Of 20 feet. Nor
NAL displacement is 152 tons, and her
maximum speed is placed at IS knots
The same conditions regarding the
transportation of liquor were set forth
when the presidential yacht Mayhower
was offered for sale several weeks ago.
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ton process, during which they require
very little food. The Winter homes are
warmer by the heat of the huddled
bodies.
Common Property.
It is likely, DR.. Mann says, that the
aphid herd Is the common property of
the ant community. Society is organ
lied on a communiStic basis, so that
there are no big butter and egg men"
among the aphid herders. No evidence
has yet been seen of individual prop
erty rights in live stock. The practice
of herding these aphids has developed
through an evolutionary process ex-
tending over millions of generations
and has been an important factor in
preserving the stock of both the aphids
and the ants.
The aphid herds kept during the
Winter increase enormously as soon as
they are put out to pasture" but gen.
orally nature keeps up balance SO that
they are not serious menace to vegeta-
ton. Sometimes, DR.. Mann says, the
insect herdSmen make the serious mis-
take Of building barn for the grub of
caterpillar, which after its metamor-
phoSis cannot escape from the narrow
door" and will proceed to devour its
protectors. This is a similar mistake
to penning up a wild buffalo with
herd of domestic cattle. The Winter
warmth of the subterranean quarters
of the ants also attracts other insects,
which sometimes prove dangerous to
their hosts.
Behavior Is Different.
Although the cattle roundup" Is
closely parallel to the activity of human
stock raisers, DR.. Mann says, there is
a fundamental difference between the
behavior of ants and men which cannot
be lost sight of. The ants have no in
dividuality in their work. They act
almost entirely as automatons, each
one doing exactly the same task in ex-
actly the same way.
1.-THE behavior Of the individual ants"
says DR.. Mann, has been compared
more aptly to the behavior Of the cells
OF body than to that of q community
made up of individuals. Everything Is
directed to the preservation of the COM
munity rather than of the individual,
who has no interests other than those
Of the community"
When suitable quarters are available,
DR.. Mann plans to arrange at the Zoo
exhibits Of ant colonies of various spe-
cies where the behavior of the insects
can be observed through glass during
the entire year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
Navy Will Sell U. S. S. Sylph at Auction,
But Warns Against Rum-Running Use

The U. S. S. sylph, trim yacht
that has been used by the Secretary
of the Navy for his private craft, and
has carried numerous dignitaries from
the washington Navy Yard down the
Potomac River, is to be put on the
auction block on November 10, but the
department warned prospective pur-
chasers that she must not become
rum-runner.
In making this announcement today,
the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts,
Navy Department, said that "the yes
sci is offered as is, where is,' and If
is,' without recourse" Bids are to
be opened at IL o'clock at the bureau
on November S19.
In announcing the sale, the bureau
said: 1T is agreed that this vessel
shall not be used in whole or in part
in the transportation to or from any
part of the United States of America
Of any spirituous, vinous, matted. fer
mented, or intoxicating liquid of any
kind, or Of any liquid, the transporta-
ton of which is forbidden by the Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
Mobile Dirigible
Mast May Solve
Mooring Troubles
Navy Now Conducting Ex-
periments With u. S. S.
Los Angeles.

The Navy is paving the way to
eliminate large ground crews for land
ing dirigibles through experiments row
going forward with the u. S. S. Los
Angeles and the mobile mooring mast.
AS the project is not yet in a COM
plete state, description of the equip
ment IS not available. It has not been
decided whether tractors or tracks
should be utilized in bringing the air
ship to earth.
1.-The time is not far distant when
large ground crews can be materially
reduced by the employment of this
equipment when perfected" the Bureau
of Aeronautics, Navy Department, said
today IN the news letter.
Experiments Told.
Describing recent experiments with
the Los Angeles, the bureau said:
THE men generally employed on the
bow were shifted to stern lines, as a
portion of the mechanical equipment
which will eventually replace men on
the after lines is not yet ready for use.
The ship, the mast and all the equip
ment stood the loads very satisfactorily.
There still remains considerable refine
ment work on the mobile mast and on
other mechanical equipment before it
can be used regularly, but such work is
project is very gratifying and Is one of
the most important advances in airship
operation"
500 in Ground Crew.
Some 800 men are needed to bring
the Los Angeles to earth, dependent
upon varying weather conditions. The
Graf Zeppelin required larger number
OF men, due to its greater bulk. Naval
officers explained today that the keep
ing of large numbers of ground crews
at commercial airship field would be
an expensive overhead which the mo-
bile mooring mast may remove.
Rear Admiral w. A. Moffett, chief of
the Bureau of Naval AeronauticS, ex-
planned recently that the method of
mooring to and unmooring from the
stub mast will be similar In principal
to the methods employed at the high
mast. The transfer Of passengers, bag
gage and cargo is accomplished more
easily from a height of few feet, he
said, than by elevator at the high mast
and ship repairs can be more easily eff
fected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15

"COwS" Are Sleek.
The "cows" of the ants are aphids or
plant lice, now fat and sleek after a
plentiful Summer in rich pastures. The
principal local species of cow-keeping
ants, DR.. Mann says, are the twisted
belly ants which still are very nu-
merouS.
AS soon as warm weather comes in
the Spring, he explains, the aphids are
taken out of their subterranean barns"
and paStured on plants. Whether they
actually are taken to a particular plant
by individual ants or whether they SIM
ply are allowed to escape and seek out
their own pastures with the ant colony
following, Is unknown. But once they
are established on a branch they are
guarded zealouSly.
The twisted-belly ants actually build
outdoor barns on the branches for
them, where they are sheltered from
being washed or blown away by storms.
These barns are of the same material as
hornet nests and are very small, so that
they can be detected only by careful
examination Of branches.
Cows Are MIXED.
All Summer long the ants milk their
cows" The milk Is a nectar-like fluid
exuded from the bodies of the over-fed
aphids which the ants obtain by strok-
ing the smaller insect. This Is one of
the chief sources of food for the ants
during the Summer. In return they
protect the aphids from their natural
enemies.
But when the leaves begin to turn the
days Of rich pastures are over and the
aphidS will perish II they are not given
secure shelter from the frost. So the
ants build subterranean caverns well
below the frost line, probably five or
six feet down, where they themselves
intend to spend the Winter. The en-
frances are under sheltering stones.
Then each ant grabs an aphid and car
ries it bodily to its Winter quarters,
the "cow" submitting without q struggle.
Once below the frost line the aphids
are pastured for the Winter on roots
from which they can obtain small
amounts of juices. A stone on Plum
merS Island turned over these days
shows the ants dragging or carrying
along the fat, white aphids.
What happens during the Winter in
the subterranean quarters, DR.. Mann
says, Is unknown. It is possible that
the apids continue to exude some Sus-
tenance for the ants. but 1t is more
likely that they get just enough food
to keep them alive, and that the ants
themselves go through a Semi-hiberna-
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BOY HITCH-HIKER HELD
ON MILK THEFT CHARGE
Pleads He Was "Broke and Hun
CRY" and Was Going South
to Hunt Job.

Raymond Byrd, 19-year-old Rochester,
N. Y, hitch-hiker, was arraigned In
Police Court today for stealing a bottle
of milk.
The boy said that he was on his way
South to get job for the Winter, and
that he took the milk because he was
broke and hungry"
Judge John p. Mcmahon commented
that a person must eat and ordered the
boy referred to the probation officer.
He had also told the Judge that his
mother was dead and that he had not
lived with his father for several years.
He said that his parent lived in Berk-
ley. Mich.
The boy was charged with carrying
a concealed weapon when a knife was
found open in his belt. "Just had it."
was Raymond's explanation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
GUN PERMIT LIST
DRAWN BY JUDGE
Capitol Criticism on Alleged
Favors to Rich Chinese
Answered.

In answer to charges at the Capitol
that rich Chinese were allowed to carry
concealed weapons while the permits
were refused poorer ones, Judge Gus
A. Schuldt announced that he had all
Of the data on the subject ready to be
given to the Senate whenever that body
should desire 1t.
He announced that he had complied
a complete list of all of the persons who
had been granted permission to carry
weapons, as well as list of those per-
sons to whom this privilege had been
refused. He said that with this he
would send copy Of the procedure that
Is gone through when a person desires
to obtain permit to carry dangerous
weapon.
The chief Police Court magistrate
said that person to obtain q permit
must send in written application, ac-
companied by a good reason why the
applicant wishes to carry a weapon.
This must be followed by an indorse-
ment of the applicants character by
three persons of good lepute.
He said that any Folice Court Judge
may issue permit to carry a concealed
weapon. When a person comes for the
permit, a $500 bond to keep the peace
that this bond must be renewed every
month for the permit 10 remain valid.
He stated that very few of the poorer
class Of Chinese apply for permission,
and intimated that he believed the
necessity for an applicant to post a bond
explained this.
The ability Of the richer members Of
this group to meet the requirements
both as to money and character wit
nesses explained the increased number
Of permits granted to them, the Judge
explained.
In regard to senatorial criticisms Of
the District police force, the Judge said
that he believed Washington ranked
among the first cities of the country in
regard to police efficiency. He said that
among any group Of $4,000 people there
was certain to be some murders. He said
he thought this city had unusually few.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
WOMAN SUES BUCK
TO GET $2,687.5O
Accuses Broker Of Accepting Check,
. but Failing to Deliver 80
Shares of Stock.

Miss Nonnie e. Snyder, Bristol, Va,
has filed suit in the District Supreme
jamin r. Buck, trading as Buck & Co.,
stock broker, in the Evans Building.
Miss Snyder says she arranged with
Buck January Is to buy for and deliver
to her so shares of TranScontinentaI
Air Transport Co. stock. When she
demanded the stock September IL, she
asserts, the defendant accepted her
check but failed and neglected to de-
liver the stock. Attorneys Douglas,
Obear & Douglas appear for the plain
tiff.
Buck is under bond Of $4,000 to
await the action of the grand jury on
a charge of conducting bucket shop.
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SEEKS $25, 900 DAMAGES.
Child, 5 Years Old, Struck by Auto,
Is Plaintiff.

Morton L. Rodman, 5 years old, by
his mother, Mrs. Rose B. Rodman, 1885
Columbia road, today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court to recover
$4,000 damages from Mrs. Edith K.
Mackenzie, 1901 Ingomar street, for
alleged personal injuries. The child
was struck by an automobile of the de-
PENDANT May II near Eighteenth street
and Columbia road and sustained seri-
GUS injury, it is alleged. Attorney Mi
ton w. King appears for the plaintiff.