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The Washington times., 1930-07-26
MECHANIC HELD
.. ON AL|MONY

Ralph o. Preston, Washington
automobile mechanic, was cited
for contempt Of court yesterday
by Judge Joseph C. Mattingly in
Prince Georges county circuit
court at Upper Marlboro, after
he refused to pay alimony be-
cause. he said, his wife's friends
had turned her against him.
Preston. was remanded to the
county Jail until he pays the
alimony of $84 and counsel fees
Of $25, which the court ordered.
He was arrested as he emerged
from the courthouse in Arlington
county. after appealing a fine
and jail sentence imposed follow
ing an unsuccessful attempt to
gain custody of his 2-year-old
daughter, who had been placed
in the care of a friend of the
mother.
Preston was ordered to pay a
fine of $40 and to serve 80 days
In jail on an assault charge after
he was alleged to have twisted
the arm of the mothers friend.
He appealed the sentence and,
posted bond and was leaving the
courthouse when he was arrested
on q warrant sworn out by his
wife, Mrs. Lula e. Preston, of
Mt. Rainier.
Previously he had been ordered
to pay alimony and counsel fees
as the result of suit for limited
divorce filed in the Marlboro
court by his wife.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
SCREEN
BALKS POLICE
IN CHASE
Motorcycle Men Pursue Rum
Car at so Miles an Hour;
Residents Forced Indoors

Excitement prevailed anon g
residents Of the 200 block Chan
ming st., N. E., late last night,
as two motorcycle policemen
chased an alleged rum car at ter
rifle speed until the machine be-
gan to belch clouds Of dense
smoke and escaped.
According to witnesses, the
supposed rum car came up Chan
ming Street 1T q speed close to
so miles an hour, with the two
policemen in hot pursuit. AS the
machine reached Third and Chan
ming Streets. its operator loOSed
the smoke screen. Residents Of
tn. district, who were watching
tl.- chase, were forced indoors by
the dense, greasy clouds Of smoke.
The police turned UP Third
Street, it was reported, with the
intention Of intercepting the flee
ing car at Rhode Island Avenue,
but the driver Of the automobile
was too fast for the cops and
made good his escape.
No report Of the episode could
bc found on police books at the
Twelfth Precinct, within the
bounds Of which the chase oc-
Cured, today. ...a.-.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
BOY SUES FOR|
$4,000

John G.. Linthicum, jr.. minor
son Of John C. Lintllicum. ST.,
37OO block Thirtieth st. N. W..
through his father has filed suit
in Circuit Court to recover sos. 900
damages from CasSiuS . Larimer,
5000 block Nineteenth st. N. W.,
alleging that Larimer was the
operator of an automoL lie which
crashed into his wagon in which
he was riding near John Bur
roughs School.
Young Linthicum was return
ingfrom school, according to the
declaration filed by Attorney l..
j. GanSe, when, the machine Of
which Larrimer was .co-owner
struck the toy wagon in which
he was riding. He claims to have
been injured to the extent of
$40, 900" and claims the other
$1,000 for medical expenses in
cident to the miShap.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
GETS Coin, LETS
THIEF Go

Somewhere In washington is a
man who believes in giving a
thief q break"
This particular hero chanced
to be sitting In q parked automo-
bile last night at Thirty-firSt and
P Streets Northwest, where a
thief snatched a pocketbook from
the arm Of Mrs. Blanche J. Bus
cher, 1900 block Third st. N. W.,
and began running.
Leaping from the automobile
the hero gave chase. He cor,
nered the pocketbook snatc1er IN
a blind alley and after forcing
him to surrender the purse. gave
the thief his freedom. The hero
returned the purse to Mrs. Bus.
cher, who was apparently ur1.
satisfied with the way he handled
the case. She insisted to police
that the thief be arrested and
furnished a detailed description,
which started a search for the
pocketbook Snatcher.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26

On behalf Of the car-riding
public, Richmond B. Keech, peo-
ple,s counsel for the District,
today petitiored the Public Utiil-
ties Commission for a revalua-
ton of the street car properties.
The Public Utilities Commission
refused today to act on the peti-
ton, as Major John GotWals,
engineer commissioner, was out
Of town, although the law spe.
officially states that any two Of.
the three members of the COM
mission may constitute quorum.
None Since 1914
In his brief, Keech pointed out
that no physical inventory OF
the traction properties and their
subsidiaries has been made since
1914, and that since that time
many radical changes have taken
place in prices and equipment.
The attorney also points out
that several parts of. the two
railway lines have been aban-
doned and replaced. Nothing
short of a revaluation would give
the true value of the property.
He further, states in his peti-
ton that much of the property
has deprecated more than ex-
pected and some is absolutely
obsolete.
Depreciation Point
The washington Railway and
Electric Company he said, has
no. clause in their previous valua-
tiop relating to the depreciation.
In concluding the list Of reasons
for the move he adds a para
graph that the commission may
also find other reasons for back
ing up their valuation.
BY the reyaluation and on it
alone can a rate base fair to the
public and the railways them
selves be arrived at, Keech be-
lieves:
"The car-riding public is en-
titled to certainty when the
matter of change in rates Of
fare is involved and has not,
nor should 1t be, made, to &C
cept rate of fare based upon
q fragmentary basis and split
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
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The Washington times., 1930-07-26
Arlington Youth, II,
Kills Self With Gas
From Quick Heater

Leaving no explanation for his
act. Floyd Tracy, 81, woodstock
Street. Arlington, Va. committed
suicide today by turning on the
gas from the; instantaneous water
heater in the bathroom.
The boys mother, Mrs. John
r. Hopkins, who has just .remar-
ried and returned today from .
.one-week ho1eylnoon at the coun-
try, home other husband in
Princes George county, Nd,
found. teh, house locked and apo
parently vacant. AS she. peeped
into the various windows. she
saw the. body Of. her boy in the
bathroom.
Sheriff Howard B. Fields was
notified. Policemen Raymond
Crack, John II. Burke and Jack
Conway rushed TO the house and
broke I'm through the back way.
Coroner r. N. Cutton declared
that the boy had been dead for
several hours.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
COST OF L|V|NG'
DECREASES

From, December, 1029,. to-, june,
1880, the estimated cost Of Hv1
ing, according to- figures complied
BY, the Department Of Labor, deS
creased 2.6 per cent. The, de-
crease from June Of last year 70
this June was a.. per cent.
The greatest drop came IN the
price Of food, which declined 81
per cent during the slanaonth
period. Fuel and Hight decreased
S.3 per cent: rents. Is per cent,
and clothing and house furnish
mgs, Il per cent each. Miscel-
laneouS items, however, increased
O.Si per cent.
During that period, food and.
clothing prices decreased in 81
cities from which the survey was
made. The decrease In food
ranged from "a per cent to S.6
per cent. !. .ett[.yf
In. 81 cities rents declined from
o;2 TO $40 per cent.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26

terday morning, LieutenantS
Stranathan and Goodrich took
off in two ASS for the airport
dedication at Swanton, VT.
Major Hale and Captain Flood
went to Chicago in an As! :.
Lieutenant Cousland took Sec
retary Hurley to Wright field
in a Ford. Captain Mcdaniel
and Lieutenant GuIlett each
headed for the Cape Cod region
in ASS. Lieutenant Myers
headed for Atlantic City with
Secretary Davis in an AS, and
Lieutenant UmStead took Secre-
tary Dawson to Mitchell in an
OPS.
The first pilot to signify his
intentions of entering the non
stop air derby from Los An
geleS to Chicago, which. will
inaugurate the national air
races at CurtisS-W Wright -Rey-
nolds airport from August 2S
to September /, inclusive, is
Lieutenant Dean c. Smith.
Smith is now on the West
coast making a selection Of the
ship he will pilot on the noHa-
stop jump. It is probable that
he will choose one Of the new
high.powered strealnline Jobs
that have shown themselves So
well adapted to croSs-c0 c0untFy
speed attempts. ~
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
THIEVES STEAL HOSE

Forcing a side window, thieves
early yesterday invaded the store
of Sarah Frazier. 1900 block Elev-
enth st. N. W.. and took 80 pairs
of women's hosiery worth $50.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
Public Parks Head
Announces Concerts

The director Of public buildings
and public parks announces the
following schedule of concerts for
the week beginning Monday. The
concert hours are from 1880 to
9p m. = '-- - - - -.-.
Monday, Army Band, at Bur-
roughs Recreation Center, Twen-
tieth and Otis SITS. N. E.; Tues
day, Navy Band, Mcmillan Park,
First and Bryant StSs N. w:
Wednesday, Army Band, Sylvan
Theater, Monument Grounds;
Thursday, Marine Band, Sylvan
Theater, Monument Grounds;
Friday, Community Civic Band,
Rock Greek Park, Sixteenth and
Kennedy SITS. NJ. w.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
AUTO|STS Think
THEY'RE LEFT
OUT IN COLD
MCCIintock Paper Said to Aid
Business Needs and Slight
Requirements of individuals

Washington automobilists are
up in arms today against some
If the recommendations of DR..
bTiller McClintock, Of Harvard
University, adopted by the auto
mobile parking committee.
The one which probably caused
the strongest protest was that
against all-night parking on the
:'treets. It was protested that
DR.. McClintock laid too much
stress upon the business needs Of
the city and left the individual
motorist out in the cold.
Residents Needs Sighted
In one section of the adopted
report, Mr.. McClintock is reported
4S saying:
Parking regulations should
be based on business needs with
rs great Iiberality as is con-
siStent with necessary freedom
Of movements and equitable di-
vision Of available facilities"
If this same thought was dwelt
upon when he was considering the
individual motorists, it is said, the
all-night parking ban would never
have been suggested. .-
j City Lacks Garages
With the numerous apartment
houses and private homes with
cut garage facilities, it is said
that it would be impossible to
..,ouSe all the automobiles IN
Washington at night. In order
10 do this it would be necessary
to build a number of big ga
YageS, and they would have to be
1uilt in places "out of the way"
for many motorists, on account
Of the zoning laws.
In some cases, it was pointed
out, garages could not be built
within 20 blocks of certain homes
and II there were no facilities
Tor q garage on their own plots
Of ground, these victims would
nave to walk that distance back
from the garages after parking
their cars.
Business Folk Blamed
Another feature that was criti-
cized was the recommendation
that all parking in the down.
town business section be pro-
aibited during the hours of $50
to $50 in the morning. This
feature of the report was said
TO be due to the fact that most
Of those who brave parking
tickets, by parking in front of
their places of business all day
long, arrive before these hours,
ind it would tend to eliminate
much of the all-day parking evil.
The District CommisSi oners
also have a traffic council and
advisory committee working on
the traffic problem. The CON-
nittee and council met with Com
missioner Crosby several weeks
ago, but nothing has come from
heir efforts so far. The commit
tee was divided into Subcommit-
lees and report is to be made
by October.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
TAKEsPO|SQN,
)UMP5INTO
POTOMAC !.
Woman Is Worried Over Plight "
Of Mate; Saved From Water
by Men; Taken to Hospital

A double attempt at suicide by
Mrs. Pauline Miller. 2S-year-old
nurse, Of Rosslyn. Va, early today,
was frustrated,
After taking q dose Of poison in
her cottage or the Potomac River
above the Francis Scott Key
bridge. Mrs. Miller leaped into the
waters in an attempt to drown
herself.
Saw Her i'm Water
Her attempt was frustrated by
Charles Mankin and Archie Nc
oirt, both Of Rossiyn, who saw
Mrs. Miller floundering in the
river.
The men succeeded in bringing
Mrs. Miller ashore and carried her
to her cottage. There the res
cuerS administered first aid.
When they discovered that Mrs.
Miller had taken. poison, they
summoned Paul Davis. Of RoEslyn.
who drove her to Emergency
Hospital. /,
Hospital attaches declared the
won1an's, condition was not seri-
uoS. y, -.
Greatly Worried
Detective Sergeant James L.
Billman, Of the central office, in
terviewed Mrs. Miller at the hos
pital. She told BiIlman that her
husband, Charles Miller, was az
rested recently in RoSslyn and
that. she had been blamed Tor his
arrest. - a-..-s r.
Worry over her husbands
plight, she told the detective,
caused her to make the attempt
on her life.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
Police WORT Break
!. UpTree Endurance

Because Frank Kilmartin, the
Capitals ;tree-Sitting champion, Is.
doing his bit on private prop.
erty, the police have decided not
to attempt TO interfere with him.
Since Wednesday. night Frank
has. been up In q tree at Four.
teenth and Chaplin Streets North
west. ,''
At first it seemed as though
the police, having 'treed" him,
would force Q descent from the
lofty perch, as did their Chicago
cohorts.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26

SIX, days left ta file yOuf PeFsSHall
{ax Retotn. PersonS IN e0slasas ln
their @yee@RO. s4nck h te0de ahe01d
inqulHO' at' Mesm 1oS, District Salidtng.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
PU .DelaysReOaLuation
Order in Fare Fight
Times staff Photo

inventory. The long time which
has elapsed since the physical
inventory Of 1914, the radical
changes which have taken
place due to extraordinary con-
ditiOnS in the matter of price,
advancement i'm labor saving
devices and types Of equipment
make a revaIuatiOn Of the prop
critics necessary"
The matter will be taken up
for decision at the regular Mon
day meeting Of the Commission,
and it is expected immediate
sanction Of the request for reval-
uation will be granted.
The Washington times., 1930-07-26
Autos Killed More I
Last Yenr. Is ReDOrt

A rapid increase In the auto
mobile accident death = rate In
cities was reported by the Com
merce Department yesterday.
Deaths from automobile acci-
dents in 10 cities which report
regularly totalled 8,T60 for the
50 weeks ending July IL, COM
pared with 1912 for the previous
12-month period. ~.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-20
Local "a Members Can
Elect Officers Pledged
to Militant Policy Now

"The present officers of Local "a
of the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery
Workers Union who are running for
reelection have done nothing to pro-
tect our conditions" says a state
ment of the Cap and Millinery Sec
ton of the Trade Union Unity
League. The statement points out
the worsening of conditions, the I'M
employment, the attempt of the
the Local "a officials, with the help
of the bosses, to force Local 43
Trimmers to join Local "a.
The statement publishes the de-
mands of the workers: to fight I'M
employment by a fund paid for by
the bosses and controlled by the
workers, abolition of temporary
jobs, winning the 40 hour week; or
ganization of the unorganized
through a rank and file organization
committee; no bosses to work at the
benches; establishing of a shop COM
mittee representing in all branches
of the trade, and joining the T.U.
U.L.
Candidates for office in Local "a
who are pledged to this program are:
M. Ziebel, for secretary organizer;
and for organizers: P. Weissman, 1.
Moosin, S. Leibowitz, and May Hilf-
got. The voting is Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday at the union
office.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-20

and their agents, but the workers
in the ALL. unions, Walters Lo-
cal and the Bakers Local 500 are
in mass revolt against the treacher-
GUS officials, the fascists of the
United Hebrew Trades, and the
bosses. The struggling workers of
the Amalgamated and of the ALL.
must unite their force in one COM
mon struggle against the bosses and
their social fascist agents, the A
F. l.. bureaucrats and the Musteite
takers.
"The T.U.U.L. calls upon all food
workers, upon all members of the
Amalgamated and the A.F.L., and
upon all unorganized food workers
to unite their forces to organize shop
committees in every shop, to repu-
diate the class collaboration betrayal
policies of the social reformist bu-
reaucracy to march forward under
the banner of the T.U.U.L. for one
powerful Industrial Workers Union
for a militant struggle against the
attacks of the bosses, for the hour
5 day week, for higher wages, for
unemployment insurance, for the or
ganization of the unorganized, and
for better conditions"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-20
Painters Ask for
7. u. u. L. Charter

Continued from Page One)
union, based on the program of the
class struggle.
See Need of Struggle.
These workers realize that the
painters have never gotten better
working conditions unless the work
ers themselves forced them from the
bosses, through militant struggle,
and know that only a union built
up by the painters themselves, based
on the class struggle, will help them
get better conditions. A meeting
held in Harlem was attended by 100
painters, who expressed their soli-
darity with their fellow painters,
and not only Joined the union but
are participating in spreading the
union.
One worker related how hard it
is for one hurt on the job to re-
ceive any compensation. He stated
that although he was not able to
work for a month, he lost more time
in appearing at the compensation
hearings and then was awarded the
great sum of S25, but he was given
SIS at once and the other $40 was
merely promised to him. Although
year has passed this worker has
not received the money.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-20
CONFERENCE TO
PLAN WOMEN DAY
Delegates Meet PIP M. !;
Celebration in Evening

While the worldwide propaganda
campaign against the Soviet Union,
preparatory to armed attack, gains
momentum, the New York District
of the Communist Party is mobiliz-
ing the women workers to fight
these imperialist attacks and to de-
fend the first Workers Republic.
Saturday, at p. M, on the fourth
floor of the Workers Center, &c
Union Square, a conference of rep
resentatives of shops, unions and
fraternal organizations will be held
to make preparations for the mass
celebration of International Wom-
ems Day, March s, whose chief slo-
gans will be the fight against the
imperialist war danger and the de-
Tense of the Soviet Union.
International Women's Day will
be celebrated Saturday, March s, at s
p. M, at Irving Plaza, 18th st. and
Irving Place, where two halls have
been engaged.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-20
PAISLEY Mines
Get FEW SCABS
Barracks Untenanted;
Pickets Defy Gunner

MOUNDSVILLE, West. Va, Feb
19.-In an obvious move to intimi-
date the men into returning to work,
the Valley Camp Coal Co., a sub
sidiary of the Paisley interests, has
imported a batch of stlikebreakers.
1t has met with little success, how
ever, in its attempt to operate the
mine. Tight picket lines are being
maintained at all three mines both
and evening. The Valley
Camp company has erected barracks
at the Alexander Mine for the strike
breakers, but these barracks are
still untenanted, according to its own
statement which declares that it
wants to give the local men a
chance to return to work"
There are $500 miners on strike
in this vicinity under the leadership
of rank and file committees organ
lied through the activity of the Ma
tional Miners Union. They are
fighting against a wage cut. and
demand safety provisions, recogni-
ton of the miners committee, and
other improvements.
Set Up Searchlight.
The Valley Camp company at
Moundsville has established a
searchlight station just east of the
Alexander Mine, and powerful lights
play upon the picket lines before
the mines in the early morning and
at night. State troopers, local police
and hired company thugs and stool
pigeons swarm about the mines and
on the streets of Moundville, but
they are failing in their efforts to
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-20
Demonstrate Tuesday
for Needle Workers

deal. There is threat of another
lockout to settle this manufacturers
fight.
Even if there should be no more
lockout, the worsened conditions of
the workers under the company I'M
ion agreement has filled them with
resentment. They are flocking up to
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union headquarters by whole
shops, and going on strike against
the fake settlement.
The international Ladies Garment
Workers 1.-THE company union) has
hired every thug and gunman for
sale, and they are running loose
through the market, with the full
cooperation of the police, with
fights every day, for the Industrial
Union workers resist vigorously.
Tuesday 20 gangsters broke into
shop where the N.T.W.IU. had
won union conditions, and a bitter
struggle took place. The police
came, and arrested ten gangsters,
who were found to be armed with
clubs, black-jacks, and every sort of
weapon. They also arrested one
worker. When the case came into
court yesterday, the worker, John di
Molas, was given 30 days, and the
gangsters were released.
The industrial union goes on with
its campaign. A dress shop on Bush
wick Ave, told it's locked out work
ers when they came back that they
had to pay fine and initiation fee
to the I.L.G.W., which together
amounted to $11, and furthermore,
the rate of pay was reduced Is cents
piece. When they protested, the
boss told them the I.L.G.W. approved
the reduction, and they could take
it or get out.
They are now on strike under the
leadership of the N.T.W.I.U.
The industrial union issues a call
to all workers to come and help
picket one important dress shop at
261 West 36th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-20
Communist Activities
Build the Party Concert and Dance.

Build the Party Concert and Dance.
Saturday, Feb. 22, $50, at Italian
Workers Club, 2011 Third Ave, aus
pieces Unit Section 4. Proceeds
Daily Worker and II Layoratore. Adj
80 cents.
Section One.
New discussion outlines at Agit-
prop Conference, Feb. 10 at p. m.
Unit Agitprops and comrades inter-
ested in leading unit discussions and
Agitprop work be present.
Section Three.
Membership meeting, Friday. 7 p.
M. 1179 Broadway.
u
AmaIgamated Food Workers Fraction
Friday, p. m, at center. General
fraction meeting.
Section One Affair.
To help National Training School,
Saturday, Feb. %, s p. M, 81 e. 4th
st. Good program, movies. Admis-
sior 25 cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-20
rUUL LEADING AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS TO STRUGGLE
Unemployed Laundry
Workers Meet Tonight;
Help Build the Union

The Cleaners and Laundry Work
ers' Industrial League, Section of
the Trade Union Unity League, is
calling a meeting of unemployed
laundry workers Feb. 20, at II in
the morning ait 1856 Lenox Ave. (near
9th ST.. At this meeting a council
of unemployed laundry workers will
be organized to work together with
the employed laundry workers to
organize shop committees in laun-
dries and work for the organization
of a Strong industrial union of laun.
dry workers. All unemployed laun-
dry workers, and who want to helr
us in this work, are invited to this
meeting.