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The Washington times., 1930-11-26
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CHARGES
Soldiers Deny That Influx
Will Impair the Efficiency
Standards OF U. S. Workers

A new controversy over veterans
preference in the Civil Service
is to be adjusted under the direc-
ton of President Hoover.
A special committee, headed by
Chairman Campbell of the Civil
Service Commission, has been aT1-
pointed to investigate charges
that the efficiency standards OF
Government workers are TO be
impaired by a prospective influx
of disabled eX-service men IN
their ranks.
Charge Denied
ALI Of the veterans organiza-
tions, headed by the American
Legion and the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, deny the charge
and are indignant that it has
been brought to President Hoover
by representatives of the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform
League.
According to the reformers,
more than 250,000 additional dis
abled veterans are automatically
to be given a preferred status
of 10 points in the civil service
eligibility lists as the results OF
disability pension legislation
passed at the last session of Con-
gress. This legislation gave dis
ability pay. to groups of ex7service
men who did not receive their
injuries or disabilities during the
war.
AS a result of this act, the
Civil Service Reform League says,
the list of civil service eligihles
will be flooded with the names of
disabled veterans, all of them
having the high preference rat
ing, resulting approximately in
all other candidates for Govern
ment positions being crowded out.
1900 Last Year
The veterans spokesmen. point
out that out of $4,000 workers
who entered the Federal service
in 1929, only 1900 were disabled
veterans, and of these only 400
were compelled to use the prefer.
entail status given them in or
der to qualify for positions.
They describe the row as a
tempest in a teapot" and think
it will be dismissed by the spe-
cial Hoover commission at an
early date. In addition to Chair.
man Campbell of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission, this group IN
cludes Gen. Frank T. Hines, head
of the Pension Bureau; Seth C.
Richardson, special assistant to
Attorney-General Mitchell. and
Representative Royal johnson, Of
South Dakota.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
FORGER DUPES
FOUR HOTELS

A swindler using forged hotel
credit cards paid a four-hour visit
to Washington yesterday, and
making hay while the sun shone,
walked off with more than $500
of the funds of four local hotels.
His first visit was to the Wash
ington Hotel where he presented
his credit card, and Immediately
cashed a check for $50 after reg
istering.
Leaving this hotel, he visited
in turn the Shoreham and Ward
man Park Hotels. where the cred
it card was again flashed and
each hosiery was taken to the
tune of $3.50. Later the clerk at
the Roosevelt Hotel was victim
lied. ....
The man, who uses the names
of Ralph Foote, Elmer Writ,
Thomas White and P.obert Por-
ter, had got his funds and made
off about an hour before loc%!
authorities were warned by BalGi-
more police that the swindler had
mulcted four Baltimore hotels Of
$500.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
2 Taxi Firms Slash Rates
80 Per Cent in Capital
staff Photo

two OF the Oldest operating IN
the National Capital. The new
rate schedules are the same
which are in use by these con
Germs in New York.
The new meter rates will make
the cost for the first mile of
travel 80 cents and the cost fo:
each additional mile 20 cents
This applies whether one or five
passengers are being carried.
In q letter to the Commits
sioners the officials of the com
pany said:
"In making this change we
feel that we comply with the
public demand for low taxi
rates and it shall be our earn
est endeavOr to render under
the new low rates the same
efficient, high grade and ac-
tually responsible taxicab ser
vice that We have heretofore
given the public in the Capital
City"
The Washington times., 1930-11-26

Tangible cause for ThankSgiv-
ing is furnished the Washington
users of taxicabs by the announce
ment of a 80 per cent reduction
in rates by the Black and White
and the Yellow taxicab COM
panieS.
In letter to the Public Utili-
ties Commissioners of the Dis
trict, officials of the companies
have detailed the new schedule
of rates, which will become effec-
tive Friday morning.
At the same time the COM
panies are lowering the cost Of
District travel to the public, they
are providing cause for rejoicing
among the drivers.
Commissions of the taxi drivers
are being raised and $50 new
cabs are being placed in opera
tion. There will be no lowering
of the high grade of service and
no lessening of the responsible
ties assumed by the companies,
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
700 Needy D. C. Boys
| To Get Sdks Coats

One hundred needy boys Of
Washington, to be selected by the
Associated Charities, will be given
pvercoats by Saks & Co. at it's
store, Pennsylvania Avenue and
Seventh Street, on Christmas Day.
! The coats are to be given away
Christmas morning at 10 o'clock
When members of the stores sales
Staff will wait on the boys and
show them all the attention ex-
tended to regular customers. Each
recipient will be required to pre-
sent a ticket given him by the
Associated Charities.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
Raid Near G.P.O. Nets
TIUO for Gambling

Following a raid today at TIT
North Capitol ST., opposite the
Government Printing Office,
police arrested Dominick De-
Metric, 80, and George Bright
heart, colored, 18, and charged
them with gaming.
Patrolmen F. A. Truscott and
F. A. Brass, of the vice squad.
who made the raid, said the men
were operating a numbers game"
and that they seized several
papers and some money.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
2 Merchants Forfeit
S. for Short WeinlatS

Two District merchants for
feited SIS collateral each on
charges Of short weight yesterday,
as the result of the activities Of
the department of weights, meas.
ures and markets.
Departmental investiga tors said
that they visited 19 stores, with
the result that charges were filed
against Joseph Friedman. 1901
Georgia Ave. N. W., and Samuel
Okun, 1903 Ninth st. N. w. The
shortages were small, it was SAID,
none being over three ounces
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
Lost $3.50 Diamond
Restored to Gunner

j. Franklin Watts. president of
the American Detective Agency,
who lives at $40 Third st. N. W..
yesterday lost $3.50 diamond
from a ring containing two stones.
Mrs. E. M. Padgett, who works
at the Third Street address. dis
covered it today as she was clean
ing UP the bathroom and turned
it over to the owner.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
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Fire Station Opening

The new Chevy Chase fire sta
ton. located at Connecticut
Avenue and Everett Street will
be formally opened tonight at
exercises sponsored by the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association.
District Commissioner Herbert
B. Crosby and Fire Chief George
S. Watson will be the speakers at
the dedication and all members
of the new fire company will be
present.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
For Second Time
Jury Can't Agree

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Nov. 26.
For the second til me jury in the
Corporation Court was unable 10
agree in the case of E. H. Clayton,
charged with shooting Enoch Row
land, and was dismissed. Clayton
claimed the shooting accidental.
Rowland was shot as he bent
over a spring near the old rail-
road trestle at Hunting Creek.
The men are brothers-in-lwa.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
Chinese Suicide Move
Thwarted by His
DC. Wife

Samuel O. Moy, a Chinese
of 2431 E st. N. W., attemptei !
to commit suicide at his home
late last night by hanging him.
self with his necktie.
The man was found by his
wife, Mrs. Minnie Moy. who
cut him down and called po-
lice.
He was revived at Emer-
gency Hospital and later re-
moved to Gallinger where it
is said his condition is not
serious.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
Trial AbOLitiOnists
Win School Debate

Abolition of trial by jury in all
but capital cases was advocated
last night in a debate staged at
the Columbus University Law
School last night.
The team taking the affirnla-
tive on this subject won the first
in the series of interclass debates.
Byrnes F. Bentley and John T.
Burns were the winning debaters.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
Main Library Opens
For 4 Hrs. TOMORROW

DR.. George F. Bowerman, Dis
trict librarian, announced today
that the central building of the
District of Columbia Public Library
system, at Eighth and K Streets
Northwest, will be open for circu'
lation and reference purposes from
2 to 6 p. nj. tomorrow, Thanks.
giving Day. All public library
branches and subbranches will be
closed.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
COLOred Industrial
Surrey Is Planned

Improved industrial conditions
for the colored people of the
District of Columbia and the un-
employment question were the
topics of discussion by a group
of colored citizens at a luncheon
at the Whitelaw Hotel yesterday.
The committee, which is under
the leadership of S. w. Ruther-
ford plans within the next few
days a complete survey of the
city both from an industrial and
unemployment point of view.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
Phone Your Tins
To Times Folks!
$50 in Prizes

Phone The Times when
anything happens-ring the
News Tip Editor between
$50 a. m. and s p. m.-tell
him of any new happenings
in your neighhOrhOOd. It
may mean cash to you.
Fifty dollars in cash is di-
vided each week among 10
people who "tip off" The
Times on the best news
stories. Save your news for
The Times. A business mer.
ger, an accident, a rescue, a
fire, an important discovery
or anything that you think
might be of interest to the
public may net you some
spending money, If you
phOne the News Tip Editor
at District $3.50.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
Commerce Opens
Industrial Bureau

Creation of a new section in
the Commerce Department to aid
in developing a broader and more
general understanding Of the
problems affecting industrial sell
ing, as contrasted with consumer
goods marketing, was announced
today by Director William L
Cooper, of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce.
G.. Reed Salisbury, Rochester,
N. Y, was selected to head the
section.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
LIGHTKEEPER RETIRES

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 26.-Forty-
six years in the lighthouse service
without missing a day for illness
is the record of j. F. Mason, re-
firing at Norfolk at the age of 70.
Mason spent 80 years at Winter
Quarters Shoals.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
CAPITAL PLANS
OBSERVANCE
Of HOLIDAY
President Will Spend Day at
Home; Special Services in
Churches; Poor Remembered

With prayer and feasting
Washington tomorrow will lead
the nation in a festival Of
thanksgiving.
While most of the city will
participate in religious cere-
monies in observance Of the day
set aSidee by presidential proc
lamation as one Of thanksgiving
for the benefits of the last year,
the most universal observance
will be in the homes Of the
community. .....
The great American feast"
of roast turkey with trimmings"
will serve as the piece de resis-
tance to glorify the day.
WILL FOLLOW CUSTOM
The White House. as the SYM
boil of the American home. will
observe the day in full accord
with the custom built up through
generations. President and Mrs.
Hoover, together with whatever
guests may be in the White
House, are expected to attend
religious services in the morning.
They will return to the White
House in tim2 for dinner. While
some of the homes throughout
the city have had difficulty in
obtaining a turkey, President
Hoover has been suffering from
an embarrassment Of riches in
this regard. Half a dozen ad.
mirers of the President. through
out the country have sent him
birds which they hope will grace
his table tomorrow. In fact, the
number was SO great that already
two turkeys have been eaten at
the White House and there re,
main several from which to select
a bird for tomorrow.
Pan-American Mass
The annual Pan.American mass
will be held tomorrow morning
at st. Patrick's Church, Tenth
and G SITS. N. w. This is gen
orally one of the most colorful
features of Thanksgiving Day in
Washington, members of the Dip
lomatic Corps attending the mass
in a body and in full dress uni
forms.
A special Thanksgiving service
will be held at II o'clock in the
Bethlehem Chapel of Washington
Cathedral and will be broadcast
over the Columbia BroadUasting
System. The Right Rev. James
E. Freeman will preside. Hymns
and anthems appropriate to the
day will be sung by the Cathedral
choir. under the direction CT Ed
gar Priest.
The various churches of the city
are expected to hold special SER
vices in observance of the day,
with clergymen preaching special
sermons.
s Expect B-:Sy Day
Charitable and welfare 1orkers
of the city expect one of the bust.
est>days of the year, being engaged
in spreading cheer among the
poor
III. -Ck Gus VI 1 4I4d11hSSINkIIS Doo-
kets, including turkeys and other
goodies for the day, are being dis.
tributed today in order that needy
families throughout the city may
havetheir share in the American
feast with which the earlier set.
tiers of the country decreed the
day must be observed.
Because of the distressful condi-
tions among those who have. been
unemployed, the call for charity
this year is expected to be greater
than ever before.
Even into the prison confines
at Lorton, Virginia, will go the
Thanksgiving spirit. Inmates of
the District Reformatory there
will dine upon turkey tomorrow,
though prisoners in the work
house and Jail will have to con-
tent themselves with pork.
The Washington times., 1930-11-26
ACTS DEFENDED.
AS MOVE To
AID LABOR
Accused Union Men Declare
They Used DisinfeCtant to
Force Firms to Do Bidding

I0Te6 young GEdQ6 uIllOllloCo,
Harry M. Rothgeb, Elmer c. Ray,
ford and Richard Conte, who are
said to have poured a diSinfec-
tant over two truckloadS OF milk
to intimidate the drivers into join,
ing the milk drivers union, today
entered pleas of not guilty to two
indictments charging destruction
and attempted destruction OF
movable property.
Out on $1,000 Bail
The men already had been ar
raigned in Police Court on a
charge of violating the District
pharmacy law growing out OF the
same offenSe, and have been at
liberty under $1,000 bond. They
we're indicted under the District
code after United States Attorney
Rover decided to prosecute them
under the present charge, which
carries a penalty of one to ten
years in prison. Six months in
prison is the maximum penalty
they could have received IN Police
Court.
Justice Peyton Gordon allowed
their bond to remain at the same
figure.
One of the men said:
"Recent mergers of large
dairy concerns have resulted in
the dismissal of many milk
drivers.
"These union drivers were
replaced by a smaller nurI5cT
of nOnuniOn men. This cen.
ditiOn added considerably to
the unemployment problem, as
the new drivers have been COM
PEELED to work overtime on poor
pay, although they were doing
the work that two men should
have been employed to do"
Meant No Injury
It was explained by the three
men, one of whom is secretary
Of the Milk Drivers and Delivery.
mems local and the other two
are members of the Taxicab
Drivers Union, that the two
unions are affiliated with the
Teamsters' Union, and the taxi
cab men had joined efforts with
the milk drivers local to improve
union conditions.
They also took pains to explain
that their act was not intended
to injure persons who might con
sumo the milk, and the substance
they had poured over the bottles
was a dark. thick coldtar prepa-
ration which was easily discern,
able and only spoiled the appear
ance of the bottles.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-10
MCNEIL ROOSEVELT'S GUEST

Bridgeport. July l 0 P-Archibald McNeil, democratic national commit teeman from Connecticut, will be the weekend guest of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York MT. McNeil will accompany the New York governor on a tour of northern New York state institutions next week.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-10
THREE RACKETEERS
 SOUGHT FOR ARSON
New York Men Alleged to Be
 Involved in Ring

Buffalo, N. r, July 10 (P - The possible connection of three New York racketeers with the arson racket. said by insurance companies to have made s1,000,000 a year in western New York was being inves- tigated by police today.
 Police Commissioner Austin J. Roche said that three New Workers were known to have taken an active part in the working of the racket in connection with which Is persons already have been arrested.
 The three were said to have fled from New York city at the time of the Rosenthal murder. While the commissioner declined to reveal the names of the three suspected New York men, he said that the first name of each of the trio was Sam" and that one was known as Sam the Painter"
 Insurance investigators from three cities. their identity closely guarded, were working today with Buffalo and Niagara Falls police on this latest angle of the arson case.
 Sam the Painter" according to police, made arrangements yester- day for an imported gunman to put on the spot" Harry Bennett alleged "touch-off" man for the racket, who now is in police cus- tody
 Police smuggled Bennett into the court house and the prisoner re- fused to accept freedom on bail.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-10
Couple In Car Plunge Over Bridge,
 Swim Half Mile, Finally Are Rescued

Somers Point, N. J., July 10 (UP) William A. Lore Ebbsworth, A, of Haddon Heights, N. J., and Miss Mildred Lindsay, 20, of Yeadon, Pa, were recovering today from cuts and bruises received in an almost mirac- ulous escape from death.
 AS the couple were riding across bridge over Great Egg Harbor Bay last night Ebbsworth lost con trol of the sedan and it plunged over the side, 100 feet down, into 30 feet of water. Holding their breath. they escaped through an open win dow and swan half a mile to the bridge of the North Shore Line Rail road. They were unable to scale the sides of the bridge foundation and chung there half an hour.
 EbbsWorth heard an electric train approaching. He swan away from the bridge, removed his shirt and waved it. Conductor Frank s, Mo Clellan, looking out of a window of the train, saw the signal stopped the train, and rescued the couple who were none the worse, except for a few bruises and the wetting
New Britain herald., 1930-07-10
Chicago Police Told to End Crime
 Or Face Dismissal From Service;
 Alcock Demands Immediate Action
FEAR N0RWICHLAD KIDNAPERS' VICTIM Neil Connor Pays SS5 to Be Put
 in Big Leagues

Norwich, July 10.-(Pl-S State po- lice today were asked to solve the reported kidnapping of Neil Connor, IT, who, his parents said, was lured from his home by the promise of a baseball career.
 A stranger offered him two weeks instruction and a place in the big leagues-all for s35-Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Connor said. They gave the man the money and Neil went with him to New York Tuesday.
 The Connors received telegram yesterday signed with their sons name in which he said he had lost the s35 and requested a similar amount be wired to him at 1440 Broadway. They replied that if Neil wanted the money he should call them by telephone.
 Today his mother and father, cer- tain that the boy was in the hands Of q band of kidnapers. were await ing the telephone call. State police expressed the belief that the boy had been fleeced of his money. but that he was unharmed and not in the clutches of abductors.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-10
Shoot and Bride Back
 In Washington Today

Washington, July 1O.@(P>-The first of the returning honeymoon ing senator's" Senator Reed Shoot, of Utah, arrived in the capital to- day to participate in the considera- tion of the London naval treaty.
 He and his bride Of a week were received at the White House by the President and Mrs. Hoover, whose guests they will be while here.
 The Rose room on the second floor of the White House will be the bridal suite. MT. and Mrs. Shoot were honor guests at a breakfast party given by MT. and Mrs. Hoover.
 Senator Shoot was summoned back by President Hoover just be- fore he was to start honeym oon trip to Honolulu.
 Senator Baird, of New Jersey, who was on his wedding trip abroad, also is returning.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-10
Boy, 13, Suspected of
 Stealing Second Purse

A IS year old boy, who was brought to the police station by Su- pernumerary Officer James Cronin yesterday on the charge of theft of a pocketbook containing s15 from John Tolczyk of 326 High street, is suspected Of the theft of another pocketbook containing s27.65 from Tony Karpinsky of 1417 Corbin ave- nue.
 Tolczyk missed the pocketbook in a store at Broad and High streets and the money was found in the boys possession, the pocketbook having been thrown away in the back yard. Later. Karpinsky was in the store but did not miss his money until he reached Main street He returned and made a complaint to Officer Delbert Neley.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-10
Acting Commissioner Will Give Captains One Chance to Clean Up Dis tricts - After That, He Says, Situation Itself Proves Inefficiency.

Chicago, July 10 (UP) - End crime or quit, was the order Chicago police captains received today from Iron Man" John Alcock, their act ing commissioner.
 Appointed as a direct result of the 1urore that followed the murder of Alfred Jake" Lingle, and deter mined to solve that as well as many other mysterious slayings, Iron Man" John emphatically told his captains they could bring gangland to trial or go on trial themselves.
 Must Do Their Jobs
 Being 8 policeman means that the man is hired to protect the pub lie against criminals and all police men are going to work or get off the force," the commissioner de- clared.
 The captains. Alcock stated, will be given one chance to explain why gang killings such as the murder of Lingle have not been cleared up and one chance definitely to gain con- trol of criminal elements in their tVi iitoi lCS. lltll, Solu, II lllb tA- plantations and results are not satis- factory the captains themselves will be called before the trial board and charged with inefficiency.
 The mere fact that crime was rampant in a mans district has never been considered grounds for 1neff1ciency charges, but Alcock raid that "a captain must be inefficient if he does not keep crime at mini mum" and that he was going to work on that theory
 GangIand Wins Point
 Meanwhile developments in the Lingle investigations, four of which are under way, took turn in favor of gangland.
 From Los Angeles came reports that James B. "Forsythe,' suspected Of being Lingle's slayer, was be- lieved to have been under arrest but had been released by police officers who could not explain their act.
 In Chicago, States Attorney John A. Swansons new grand jury had Init snag" in it's investigation of the Lingle staying, alleged crime politics alliances, alleged newspaper racketeering and the crime situation in general.
 The "snag" was the refusal of Harry H. Brundidge, reporter for the St. Louis Star, to submit to in terrogation by Swanson and Swan sons refusal to allow the reporter to go before the grand jury with out first submitting to the prelimi- nary questioning which he had de- manded.
 Says Reporters RaCketeers
 After Lingle was murdered and it developed that his s65 a week job as Tribune reporter really was a sideline to his s60,000 year racketeering activities, Brundidge charged that other unnamed Chicago newspapermen were as much rack eteers as Lingle.
 A report here late yesterday of the discovery of a torture cham ber" used by the Al and Ralph Ca pone gang to burn rivals at the stake to make them talk was de- clared by police to be a myth. The 'torture chamber was in the base 'ment of a building which Ralph Ca pone once occupied. Two charred posts found there were found to be the remains of an old boxing ring.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-10
COMMISSIONERS TO MEET

Hartford, July 10 (P-The Ma tional convention of Insurance Com missioners will be held in Hartford the week of September 8. Visiting commissioners and superintendents from all sections of the United States and Canada will be invited.
 The program as planned will con- sist of two days of business sessions and four days to be spent touring to historic spots in New England. The annual Connecticut Insurance Day will be held Tuesday September 2. General plans for the convention are under the supervision Of Colonel Howard P. Durham, president of the convention and Connecticut Insur- ance commissioner.