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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
Supt. Roberts Reports 1925
Gasoline Pumps Condemn
ed in Fiscal Period.
WORK IN ONE PLANT
is SAVING THOUSANDS
Surprise Inspections Increased and
Corrective Measures Avoid
Many Court Cases.

Faulty mechanism resulted in con-
domination of 1868 weighing inStru-
ments during the last fiscal year, it
was announced today In the annual
report of George M. Roberts, District
superintendent of weights, measures
and markets.
The report revealed inspectors made
1905 official visits to business estab-
lishments, an increase of Ito over the
preceding year Marked attention was
given to surprise inspections. These
totaled 2,793, an increase of 173 over
the previous 12-month period.
1.-THE total number of examinations
of equipment" Roberts disclosed, lin
Guiding commercial scales, weights,
capacity measures, mechanical measur-
ing and calculating machines, gasoline
and oil dispensing units, prescription
scales and weights, jewelry scales and
weights, linear measures, milk bottles
and other instruments, was 1884, 269, an
increase of 27,548 over the previous
year."
Filling Stations Checked.
Special efforts were made to drive
dishonest gasoline filling station opera
tors from the city. An aggregate of
1913 oil and gasoline pumps were test
ed, Of which 1903 were approved and
of such pumps showed an increase of
2,645 over the previous year.
Under intelligent administration of
a weights and measures department"
Mr.. Roberts said, effort is made to
correct abuses in trade when possible
without resorting to criminal prosecu-
ton. In very many instances most
effective and far-reaching results are
attained through ACCOMPLISHMENT, warn
ing or constructive advice.
1T is probably well to refer spe-
cihcally to one such case. A large
business organization began to manu-
facture and place on the market food
product of daily consumption. It was
Immediately discovered that the pack
ages were not in accordance with the
provisions of the weights and measures
law as construed by this department.
Given Full Instructions.
Inspectors we're sent into the manu-
featuring plant and thorough investi-
cation was made. When completed,
officials of the establishment were in
formed definitely, clearly and emphati-
cally regarding the departments con-
struction of the law and given to under
stand that unless the matter was imme-
diately corrected, vigorous prosecution
would ensue.
This was a case where officials of
the establishment had placed upon the
law an Interpretation different from
that OF the department, and had pro-
ceeded to act upon their own interpre-
tation. The matter was promptly cor
rected. Thus the department in one
day saved to consumers in the District
several thousands of dollars without re-
sorting to court action.
Notwithstanding the foregoing gen.
eral policy, there arise instances In
which, for the public benefit, prosecu-
tons are deemed necessary. In such
cases there Is no hesitation about in
shutting proceedings.
During the year there were 81 prose-
cutions instituted. In no case was a
defendant acquitted. Fines and forfeit
ureS totaled $1,000"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
GRONER Is SILENT
ON BAKER RULING
Returns From Vacation to Find
Campbell D. C. Trial
G Recommendations.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NORFOLK, Va, September Judge
Lawrence D. Groner Of the Federal
District Court returned from vacation
today to find on his desk a ruling by
United States Commissioner j. Barton
Phillips of Alexandria, for the transfer
to Washington of Herbert M. Campbell
charged with the murder Of Mary
Baker.
Judge Groner did not indicate when
he would act on the commissioner
ruling or whether he would grant an
other hearing to Compbell and his at
torney, who protested the commission
er'S decision several weeks ago.
Authority to order the prisoners
transfer from the Alexandria jail to
the District of Columbia Jail is vested
solely in Judge Groner's Court, the
Commissioners ruling constituting
merely a recommendation to the court.
The Federal authorities in Wash
ington want custody of Campbell so
that he may be tried under grand
jury indictment charging him with
"willfully and maliciously" choking and
shooting the Baker girl last April.
Campbell and his counsel have re-
sisted efforts to remove him to WASH
ington on the grounds that the police
have no evidence to connect the real
estate man with the crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
BROADCAST LOOKOUT
FOR DAIRY employees
Driver and Collector Sought in
Connection With Looting
of Company Safe.

Police today continued to broadcast
a general lookout for two employees of
the Southern Diaries, Inc, who are
sought for questioning in connection
with the looting of the company's safe
of between $4,000 and $4,000 Sum-
day night. Ofiicials gave the names Of
the employees to police as Roy Beall of
the 1400 block of Harvard street, a
clerk in the cashiers Office, and Fred
Nalley of the 1900 block of Neal street
northeast, driver and collector for
the company.
Officials of the company admitted
that one of the men knew the combi-
nation of the safe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
BAL IMORE WOMAN SUES
NAVAL MAN FOR $25, 900
Seeks Damages az Result of Auto
mobile Accident-Previou Suit
Asks $4,000.

Ann A. Wells. Baltimore, today sued
Charles d. Lindamood, attached to the
u. S. S. Upshur at Washington Navy
Yard, to recover $4,000 damages for
alleged personal injuries when she was
guest of the Navy man on an automo-
bile ride March on st. Margaret's
road, in Anne Arundel County, Md.
The plaintiff charges that the defend
ant so negligently operated the ma
other automobile going in the opposite
direction.
Last week Rena Gaglione, also OF
Baltimore. sued Lindamood for $780,
900 damages sustained by her as the
result Of the same accident.
Attorneys Darr, Darr g. Espey appear
for both plaintiffs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
Ambitious Program Launch
ed to Reduce UnService-
able Equipment.
5000 INSTALLATIONS
ORDERED FOR THIS YEAR
Congress Increases Appropriation
From $4,000 to $4,000 to En-
able Adequate Scrapping.

Non-registering and otherwise un.
kerviceable water meters were reduced
from 1905 to 14,804 in the fiscal year
ended June 80, last, according to re-
ports prepared today by the District
Water Department.
An ambitious program of meter re-
placement in the current fiscal year
will further reduce the total number
OF unserviceable meters by next June 80
department plans to have every meter
in service registering accurately.
5000 Meters to Be Ordered.
Specifications are now being prepared
for new meters to be purchased and in
stalled this year. Approximately 5000
will be ordered. These will be used to
replace defective meters in most in
stances, although some of them will be
installed in new buildings erected
during the year.
In view of the stir created last year
rs result of the condition of the
water meters, Congress increased the
repair and replacement appropriation
from $4,000 to SOS, 900 to enable the
department to scrap as fast as possible
al Of the defective meters and to re-
pair those not registering accurately.
The appropriation is going to permit
the department to eliminate more of
the unServiceahle meters than at first
estimated, it was said, because of the
adoption by the Commissioners of a
new plumbing regulation requiring the
installation of a yoke in the water line
of all new buildings. This yoke will
reduce the average cost of installation
of meters from $l3.42 to 1918, saving
the department about $3.50 on all new
Installations.
Savings Of Hours Effected.
The yoke will permit the installation
bf a water meter in about 10 minutes.
whereas it usually requires from two
10 three hours because pipe has to be
Out and the meter fitted into the line.
With the use of yoke the pipe no
singer will have to be cut. and the water
meter will be set into the line, sim
pie operation, which an unskilled labor
4er can perform.
The saving to the department with
the use of the yoke will be chiefly on
the labor charge. The labor charge
alone on former installations amounted
to $2.75 on each installation. Water
Department officials estimate that I'M
der the new plan the labor charge will
be reduced to % cents.
Aside from reducing the number OF
defective meters in service, the water
department during the last fiscal year
increased the number of meter services
to 1881, which constitutes ISL per
cent of all water consumers in the Dis
trict. At the end of the 1929 fiscal
year 84.6 per cent OF the consumers hao
meters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
PRATT W|THDRAWS
PORTION OF REPORT
Says Part Concerning Drug
AddictS and Practice of
Chiropractic Errors.

Two of the recommendations in the
annual report Of the Police Department,
those making drug addiction a felony
and calling for Tightening up Of .regu-
lations governing the practice of chiro-
practic and osteopathy got into the re-
port by clerical error, and were form
ally withdrawn today by Maj. Henry
G. Pratt, superintendent of the de-
partment.
Mai. Pratt said that he had released
the report without going over it care
fully, and that the recommendations
did not at all represent what he had in
mind. His attention was called to them
by an editorial in The Star, criticizing
these two features.
Point Well Taken.
1.-THE points made by The Star are
well TAKEN" Maj. Prat said, those
recommendations will not be in the
final form of my report"
The recommendation relating to
chiropractic and osteopathy was copied
from report some two or three years
old, before the present law governing
these matters had been enacted. The
present law, Maj. Pratt said, had been
in operation for more than year, and
ITO OlCCAiAC1b Wy OAAC SOAAAAAASoAOAA
charge is perfectly satisfactory to him.
Addict Needs Help.
As to the making of drug addiction
o felony, Maj. Pratt said that his feel
ing was that drug addict is a sick
man who needs to be helped rather
than be prosecuted What he has in
mind is some method whereby the local
police would have authority to send
drug addictS to some institution where
they could be cured. He said he in
tended to take up this matter at an
early date with officials of the United
States Public Health Service and see
If some arrangement could be made to
send drug addicts to farms under con-
troll of the public health service for
cure.
''At present." he explained, "the only
power we have over drug addict is
where we can charge him with the
commission of some crime. Then we
can have him sent to Gallinger Hos
pital for treatment. But in such cases
the action usually comes too late"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
CORONER TO PROBE
FATAL SHAFT fall
Jackie Williams, 5, Found in
Bottom of Elevator Pit After
AII-Day Search.

A coroner's jury today began an in
vestigation Of the death of Jackie Will
liams, 5 years old, of 724 Third street,
who yesterday was found lying at the
bottom of an elevator shaft at the Third
street address after police had con-
Quoted an all-day search for him.
The boy, who is the adopted son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Williams, left his
home at o'clock yesterday morning
and at IL o'clock police broadcast a
general lookout for him upon request of
the parents.
The boy was discovered lying uncon-
sciouS in the elevator pit by Policeman
l.. Collins of the sixth precinct at
o'clock in the afternoon.
The boys mother told police she had
looked into the pit earlier, but had
been unable to see her child. Police
said resident of the apartment told
of hearing a thud In the shaft, but
thought nothing of it at the time Po-
lice believe the sound heard by the resi-
dent may have been made by the boys
fall
The boy died at EMERGENCY Hospital
at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Death was due to a skull fracture and
internal injuries, physicians said.
The boys foster father is employed
as a steward on the Norfolk & Western
Railway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
OF HOSPITAL FOILED
Intruder Breaks Cupboard Doors,
But Is Halted by Small
Safe.

An attempted robbery in the Child's
Welfare Department of Children's
Hospital over the week end was aban-
doned when the would-be robber found
himself confronted with a small safe
after breaking the locks on two cup
board doors.
The money generally kept in the cup
board had been placed in the safe, and
there was no evidence of any attempt
TO open it. The attempted robbery was
discovered this morning by Miss G.
Sweeney, supervisor of the department.
The room apparently had been entered
with duplicate key.
Several weeks ago an employe of the
hospital was held up and robbed of
$4,000. The robbers have not been
apprehended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
COL. GRANTS SPECIAL AID
COMPLETES 50 YEARS SERVICE
Edward Concklin Feted by Fellow Workers Receives
Radio as Gift.

ton in 1874 and was appointed to a
junior clerkship in the office of chief
of engineers, United States Army, re-
naming there for four years.
In 1873 Mr.. Conklin was appointed
chief clerk in the Office of Public Build
irgs and Grounds, initiating a contin-
uous career that has Spanned half a
century.
When he came to Washington, Mr..
Conklin said, there was no Potomac
Park. The beautiful White Lot was a
commons then, he recalled, containing
a number of holes. The beautiful row
of elms around the Ellipse had no. been
planted.
Mr.. Concklin. who resides at 1919 r
street, is married and has one daugh-
ter, Miss Anna M. Concklin, who Is a
teacher at the Washington School for
Secretaries,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
BALCHEN WILL ASK
U. S. CITIZENSHIP
Byrd Antarctic Pilot Faces Tech
nicality in Law Said to Bar
His Present Application.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Labor Department has been in
formed that Bernt Balchen, pilot for the
Byrd Antarctic expedition, will file APP
plication for American citizenship today
IN New Jersey Court.
A question has arisen over whether
Balchen is entitled to American citizen
ship at this time because of his abb
sence Of more than a year III the Ant
arctic. While he was gone, Congress
enacted a law providing that absence
of more than one year from the United
States would nullify all the residence
requirements previously met for citizen
ship. The law requires five years con-
tinuous residence in this country.
The Labor Department has taken the
position unoficially that since Balchen
was either on an American ship or on
soil claimed for the United States by
Byrd he was not absent technically from
the United States. 1t advised Balchen
to file mis- application, which must be
passed on by the presiding judge of the
court in which the petition is made.
The department said the application
would be filed either at Newark OIL
Hackensack. 1t would not be passed
on for 90 days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02

Edward Concklin, special assistant to
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, director of
public buildings and public parks, today
closed a Government career extending
over half century. His fellow en-
ployeS gathered at las O'Clock at the
War Department cafeteria and feted
him. Col Grant, as spokesman, pre-
sented a radio set as q gift to the
veteran.
Active despite his 80 years, Mr.. Conck-
lin is known for his pleasant disposition
and his fellow workers have expressed
the hope that he will continue as treas
urer of the Welfare Recreational AsSo-
citation of the Public Buildings and
Grounds, Inc, and as a member OF its
board of trustees.
He was born in New York City on
June IL, 1850. He came to Washing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
FEDERAL BUILDING
FIRE CAUSE PROBED
Engineer Declares Trade
Body Structure Not Worth
SaIvaging.

While engineers Of the office oil
Public Buildings and Public Parks were
investigating the possibilities Of recon-
structing the building housing the
Federal Trade Commission, the Women's
Bureau and the Children's Bureau,
burned on Saturday, a special informal
investigation today went forward, under
the leadership of Capt. Ray G.. Mont
gomery, superintendent of the United
States Park Police, and H. r. Owens of
the Buildings Division of the Public
Buildings ONCE, seeking to determine
the cause of the conf1agration.
Investigation to Be Informal.
Capt. Montgomery said the investi-
cation would be rather informal, the
plan being to interrogate various en-
ployes in an effort to throw light on the
cause of the fire. It was expected the
investigation would be completed to-
morrow.
FIRST Lieut.. r. B. Butler, assistant
director of the ONCE of Public Buildings
and Public Parks, today said the Chill
dren's Bureau and the Woman's Blu
reau of the Department of Labor will
occupy temporary building No. 5 near
the burned structure for the present
until space can beTobtained in perma-
nent building. The Federal Trade Com
mission is expected to be placed in a
rented building. The Washington
Building at Fifteenth street ana New
other sources as q possible future home
for the commission.
Closer investigation Of the charred
sections of the building has convinced
commission officials that damage to
their records was not as great as was
at first apparent, as most of the records
seem to be intact, although many of
the cases were water soaked. Otis B.
johnson, secretary of the commission,
said the staff Is making a careful
check-up.
A casual investigation of the build
ing revealed the structure Is not worth
Salvaging, Lieut.. Butler asserted, but
engineers of his Office are drawing up
an estimate, showing how much it will
cost to repair the building.
When the new Department Of Com
merce Building is occupied, Lieut.. But
Ter said, space will be released for the
Women's and the Children's Bureau,
but, he added, that their future homes
may not be in the present Department
of Commerce Building, at Nineteenth
and Pennsylvania avenue.
Today additional building guards
were on duty ana orders were that no
one, is to be allowed into the charred
section of the building without special
authorization.
Employees Await Of1icial Action.
During the morning, groups of Com
mission employees were standing about
on the sidewalks, pending the decision
of the officials on the next move. AS
many of the offices have been destroyed,
an arrangement will have to be made
for the employees who occupied themS
Lieut.. Butler and his staff spent a
busy week end. Conferences were held
with Commission and Labor Depart
ment offlcials on emergency measures
to be adopted. Yesterday a force Of
workers began the task of moving fur
niture and records. A force of skilled
workers. including carpenters and
plumbers and totaling about 100, was
busy today clearing away passages and
seeking to remove menacing portions
of the burned sections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
LYNCHBURG MAY OBTAIN
GREEK CULTURAL CENTER
Treasurer Of r'ty's Council Of Or
der of Ahepa Says Site Is
Being Considered.

LYNCHBURG, Va, September 2
(SpeciaD .-Lynchburg has a better
chance to obtain the $10,000,000 Greek
cultural center than any other place,
according 10 a telegram received Sat-
urday by George Costas, treasurer Of
the Hill City Council, Order Of Ahepa,
which said Lynchburg and not Rich
mond Is being considered for the CEN
ter. The center, II located here, win be
on . 15O-acre site near Lynchburg,
which Is made available by an unidenti-
ned donor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Crow Bar Alleged to Have Been
Used in Fight.

Wilbur E. Snead, 26 years old, Of the
first block of G street northeast was
arrested and charged with assault after
he is said by police to have struck Jo-
seph A. KeSterman, 40, of Ala Seven
tenth street southeast with a crowbar
during a fight at the Washington
Terminal Yards, at lexington, yester-
day.
Kesterman was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for serious cuts to the
head. Police said Snead was first ar
rested by railroad detectives and then
turned over to the twelfth precinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
UNDER NEW MANAGERS
War Department Press Branch I'm.
dergoes Changes.

Several changes have occurred in the
Army press branch of the War Depart
ment. Maj Oscar w. Griswold, In
fantry, has been placed in charge of
the Office and has as his military assiS-
tants, Maj Emmert w. Savage, Maj.
Sidney G.. Brown and Maj. Franklin C..
Sibert, all of the Infantry. Maj. John
w. Lang, Infantry, formerly in charge
of the office, has been transferred to
the Army War College, Washington
Barracks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES
ALLEGING SERIOUS INJURY
Howell r. Jarman Charges Ice
Cream He Purchased and Ate
Contained Fragment of Glass.

Alleging serious injury as the result
OF eating an ice cream cone, said to
have contained fragment of glass,
Howell r. Jarman, 233 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, has filed suit to re-
cover $4,000 damages from r. w.
Woolworth & Co., Inc. and the South
ern Diaries, Inc. Through Attorney
Richard A. Hartman. the plaintiff tells
the court that he bought the ice cream
cone at Woolworth's store, 4O6 Seventh
street, July 81. After eating the cone.
he states, his mouth and gums were
cut and he sustained serious injury
to his stomach and intestines. The
Ice cream in the cone Is said to have
been made by the Southern Diaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
AUTO DRIVER PLEADS
NOT GUILTY OF CHARGE
Emmett L. Dodson Accused of In
juring Woman and Driving Away
without Disclosing Identity.

Emmett L. DodSon, 600 block of K
street, charged with striking woman
scene without making known his
identity, pleaded not guilty in Police
Court and was released under $500
bond for jury trial.
Policeman @. E. Heyne, Of the second
precinct arrested Dodson yesterday. He
is said to have knocked down Miss
Winifred Blankley, 2400 block of Tenth
street northeast, with his machine al
Florida avenue northeast crossing
Sunday Bystanders said the man con-
tinued his course down the avenue.
Miss Blankley was taken to hospital
and reported TO be in q serious condi-
ton.
The hearing was held today before
Judge Isaac r. Hit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02

A 9-year old youngster with nom
descript cat sat in the squad room at
the first precinct last night and told of
having seen "all the red, shiny fire en-
gines in the world" but just couldn't
seem to remember where he lived.
The boy, Charles Mitchell Of Sic D
street northeast, and his pet cat, Tabby,
set out early yesterday morning to see
the f1remen's Labor day parade.
"Tabby and broke balloons and ate
lots of peanuts for a long time and
watched the fire engines go by-but
after awhile all the people left and We
couldn't find our way home" Charles
narrated as he munched vigorously on
fruit and other goodies bought for him
by police.
A first precinct policeman found
Charles and his cat sitting on a curb
stone on lower Pennsylvania avenue
late yesterday afternoon. When he
couldn't tell the officer where he lived
he was taken to the precinct.
And it wasn't until the wee hours
this morning that the lads father,
Joseph Mitchell, finally located his son
and took him along home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
DRY OFFICERS ARREST al

Dry law enforcement officers of the
Police Department did not succeed in
experimenting a single bootlegger or
rum-runner yesterday. Police In the
several precincts did arrest IL persons
for intoxication, however, and three
motorists were arrested for driving
while intoxicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
YOUNG ASSUMES DUTIES
Credit Is Easier, Says Governor Of
Boston Reserve Bank.

BOSTON, September 2 (F).-Roy A.
Young, newly appointed governor of
the Federal Reserve Bank, assumed the
duties of his new office today as
successor of the late w. p. q. Harding.
In a statement issued when he ar
rived at his office Mr.. Young said that
credit was now easy as compared to
some months ago and that the condi-
ton of the Federal Reserve Banks was
excellent throughout the country.