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The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Hanna Protests Merger Clause Fixing Fares 7uo Years
HOLDS TRAFFIC
CONDITIONS
TOO SH|FTY

Alleging that traffic conditions
in Washington are rapidly chang.
ing, John H. Hanna, president
of the Capital Traction Company,
appeared today before a sub
committee of the House District
Committee and protested against
that section in the street car
merger bill which stipulateS that
there shall be no change in street
car fares for the two years fol-
lowing the proposed merger.
Hanna said this bill had been
before Congress for several years
and that about two years ago the
street car companies were willing
to accept a proviso that existing
street car fares remain for an
other IL months.
Has Two Objections
However, we do not know
today what is going to happen
within the next two years." said
Hanna. II think with all the
automobile and other competition
we would waive the conStitu.
tional rights of our stockholders
if we agrede to a merger bill con-
tinuing the present fares for as
long as two years. Nor am I in
clined to agree to even a one
year continuance"
Hanna said his company had
only two serious objections to the
merger bill, one relating to fare
raise restrictions and another he
considered prejudicial to the
street car companies in appeals
to the courts from decisions OF
the Public Utilities Commission
Acting Chairman Mcleod of the
District Committee, again pressed
his point that school choldren
should have free transportation
or half fare on Washington street
cars. Hanna estimated that free
fares would cost the company
about $4,000 a year, and that
half fares would cost about $780,
900, which was one of the reasons
he advanced for a general in
crease in street car fares If the
legislation is to go into effect.
| Sees savings Sman
Hanna further testified that
| it had been asserted during the
hearings on the merger bill within
recent years that the operating
expenses of the companies would
be reduced anywhere from $780,
600 to $1.500,0Oo per year after
the merger.
II do not see," said Hanna,
anything like a saving of even
100000. There probably would
be a saving in operating ex-
penses of from 100000 to $780,
900, but that would take in the
rerouting of many cars to save
car mileage and we have learned
from experience that when any
car is rerouted it causes disSatiS-
| faction among the patrons"
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Entire Wardrobe Stolen.
Woman Informs Cons

A complete wardrobe. including
everything from negligees to eve
ming gowns, was stolen from the
second floor apartment of Bertha
Monette. in the $500 block Cham
plain st. N. w,
Suspects were named to police
by the woman. who valued the
loot at more than $500.
Jewelry valued at SIS and
property worth more than $68
was stolen yesterday from the
home of Mrs. Margaret Chaplin,
in the l400 block Chaplin st. N.
W., by thieves who jimmied the
front door. The jewelry included
some rare amytheSt stones.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
AND RAIN
DUE TONIGHT

Colder weather and showers
approached today, just as life
began to quicken with false
promise of an early and fair
spring.
The fair, warm weather will
climax this afternoon in a tenn
peratuFe Of about IS. the weather
bureau predicted. The robins are
appearing: the cherry trees on
the Speedway we're likely to
bloom before April l, and new
arrivals are due to herald the
spring at the Zoo.
/ But before night, the tempera-
ture probably will fall. the fore
caster said, to about A, and per-
haps will be even colder tomor-
row.
Unless the weather takes an
unexpected turn for warmth, the
cherry trees will not bloom until
April /, or little later.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Young People to Give
3-Act COmedy-Drama

The Young Peoples Society of
Eldbrooke M. E. Church will pre-
sent a three-act comedy-drama,
hall Of the church at Wisconsin
The Empty House." in the social
Avenue and River Road North
west, Thursday and Friday nights
at 8 o'clock.
The play. directed by Mrs. S.
Carroll Coale. will have a cast of
IA, including Misses Estelle Der
rick and Ruth Coburn, Mrs. Re-
becca Parker. Lewis Wolfe, Hilda
Volkman. Charles Sebastian,
Bertha Robey, J. T. Burch, Mrs.
Ray Butt, Elizabeth LaBoiteau,
Clarence Walker, Cashell Shoe
maker and Audrey Robey.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
COXEY To BRING
ARMY HERE

Gen. Jocob S. Coxey, who led a
ragged army" all the way from
Massilon. Ohio, to Washington
during hard times more than 80
years ago. only to see it break
against the Capitol steps, soon
will lead another such hegira of
the unemployed.
In letter to the International
Unemployment Council now meet
ing in the 500 block G st. N. W.,
Coxey declared he would start his
caravan" as soon as the weather
merits. 1T is my intention" said
Coxey, ito go through Pennsyl-
vania. Connecticut and MaSsa-
chusetts to notify the unemployed
to be ready to join us as we re-
turn from Maine in a march to
Washington. We should get thou.
sands to join"
Coxey will carry in his caravan
tent under which 5000 persons
can gather.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
TO 0S|FT
DEATH Of TRIO
IN CAR CRASH

No change has been noted in
the condition of the three sur
vivors Of an automobile crash
near Laurel, Md, Sunday night,
in which three persons were
killed, it was announced early
today by attaches Of Baltimore
hospitals. All are in . critical
condition.
Hope has been abandoned for
the recovery Of Mrs. Gertrude
Cephillie. %. Of Harrison, N. j.,
who suffered internal injuries
when the automobile crashed into
a culvert on the way to Balti-
more.
Miss Ethel Randolph, 1s, 310O
block o st. N. W. whom Mrs.
Cephillie was visiting. is also in
a serious condition, but hopes are
held for her recovery.
There Is little hope for the re-
covery Of Howard o. Burnell, %,
3l00 block M st. N. W., who is
said to have received a crushed
skull and internal injuries. Bur.
nell has regained consciousness
once since the wreck, but has
been unable to speak.
Three occupants Of the car
were killed in the wreck. They
were Samuel Matthews, %. of
the First block Todd Pl. N. E.;
George Posey. 3l0O block M st.
N. w., and Mrs. Catherine Bur
nell. 20. wife Of Howard Burnell.
Witnesses said that the car,
driven by Burnell. started past
a line Of traffic, and then
swerved back into the line with
out Slackening speed. Going out
OF control. the car crashed into
the culvert, and was completely
demolished. The body of Mrs.
Burnell was hurled more than 20
feet. being found half an hour
later.
Maryland State police are in.
vestigating the cause of the accl.
dent. Justice of the Peace How.
ard Gosnell, of Baltimore, has an.
nounced that an inquest will be
held into the death of the three
victims, but no date has been
set. 1t is expected that the inquest
will be held off for a few days
until the condition Of the injured
persons Is definitely determined.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
DISTRICT MONEY BILL PROMISES FIREWORKS
MANY ''R|DERS"
SUGGESTING
|. SQUABBLES

Unusually spirited discussion OF
District affairs is expected to
break out in the House on Thurs
uay when the big $4,000, 900 Dis
tr1ct Of Columbia appropriation
Dill. which was reported from
committee yesterday, is called up.
Ordinarily the District budget
produces only deSultory debate
and a slim attendance in the
House, but its consideration this
year in all probability will be
quite different. While the bills
total rather closely follows the
estimates, the accompanying re-
port and the record Of the hear.
ings by the Simmons subcommit-
tee Of the Appropriations Commit
tee are loaded with contro-
Versial matter.
Many "Riders"
There are more than a dozen
Legislative riders" on the annual
supply bill and certain of these
are subject to point Of order, ac-
cording to House parliamentary
experts. It was understood today
that members of the House District
Committee were studying these
legislative provisions to ascertain
II they were not within the juris-
diction of that committee rather
than the Appropriations Commit.
tee, which later presumably only
appropriateS money for authorized
projects. Committee jealouSieS
may crop out during the House
debate.
The debate will also touch the
criticism of the Simmons subcom-
mittee of various local officials,
particularly the Board of Educa-
ton and the school officials whose
purchasing "extravagancies" were
condemned during the subcom-
mittee hearings. The bill carries
legislation directing that hereafter
all purchases for the schools shall
be approved by the District Com
H11isSioners.
Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle. police
lieutenant. today declared there
had been "willful perversion of
the facts" in the subcommittee
hearings criticising the upper
abundance of food and the alleged
waste and surplus of employees at
the House of Detention.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle asserted the
d5tention house is short-handed
instead of being overstaffed and
that highly expensive and delicate
. foods are not served to the in
mates.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
q False Fire Alarms
Blamed on Gangs
Using Autos

Two gangs, eacn equipped
with an automobile yesterday
We'd with each other to see
which could ring the greatest
number of false fire alarms.
In all % false alarms were
sent in during an 1S hour period
Special squads of police from
every precinct secured the city
for the miscreants but failed
to catch them.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Two Girls Injured
When Cars Collide

Injured when they were in col
lision with a car driven by an
unidentified driver near College
Park, Nd, two young Washing
ton women were brought into
Casualty Hospital late last night
for treatment.
Miss Eta Pagan, 81. 1900 block
Fairmont st. N. W., received in
juries to her ribs and legs and
shock. while her companion, Miss
Lillian v. Ramey, 20, 800 block
Varnum st. N. W., suffered shock
and lacerations to both legs.
The pair were returning to
Washington when the accident
occurred,
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Man Runs From Fight
Into $5 Court Fine

your honor" said Jones. It come
home from my work in a coal
yard and got a message to come
to the Patterson Street address.
Well, I went up there. and Just
as got in the back yard l seen
two men come running out of
the house. and they says to me,
run Then they jumped over The
back fence. So I jumped over
cfter them. That's ALL"
A ripple of laughter in the
court room almost drowned out
Judge Ralph Given'S remark:
Five dollars"
The Washington times., 1930-03-18


old time corncob and he puffs
away on it in office, cloakrooms
and streets. In between. Repre-
sentative Quin chews away on
gum and sometimes, Schoolboy
fashion. will park it" about his
desk if he is called into con-
ference or to make a speech.
Representative Quinn has been
in the House since 1912 and is
now ranking Democrat of the
Military Affairs Committee,
which means he will be chair
man when the Democrats gain
control of the House. He was
born on farm and is the son
of a Baptist minister and
farmer.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18

Chadwick Jones. colored, be-
lieveS in the motto He who
fights and runs away will live
to fight another day." But Jones
isn't even going to do the pre-
liminary fighting if he can help it.
He was brought into Police
Court yesterday and charged with
having been disorderly at a house
in the First block Patterson st.
N. W., Saturday night. It was
charged that he had been fight
ing and creating a disorder in
the back yard of the dwelling.
We'll, I'll tell you how it was,
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Two Shifts Are Coming
In Office of Col. Grant

The second shift since thefirst
Of the year in the personnel con-
nected with the office of Col.
u. s. Grant Sd. Director of Pub
lie Buildings and Parks. is due
to take place within the next
month.
Major Virgil L. Peterson, assist
ant to Colonel Grant. will be sue
ceeded by Lieut.. Frederic B.
Butler, and Major j. C. Mehaffey.
executive officer of the Arlington
, Memorial Bridge project, will be
succeeded by Major H. D. Gil,
lette.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Cullen Made New Head
OF Drug Control Bureau

DR.. Frederick J. Cullen, medical
officer Of the Department of Agri-
culture. yesterday was selected to
head the drug control work of the
departments food, drug and in
Sectide administration.
He will succeed DR.. J. ]. Dur
rett, who retires April IS to be-
come State health officer of Ala
bama.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
BANK STATEMENT

Washington Clearing House,
SIS. .468, 1868.
New York Clearing House ex-
change, $1,729. 900, 900.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, 1920. 900, 900.
Treasury balance, $14,103 1885, 81.
Customs receipts, $21, ,887 ,954 81.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18

d / D 1 d uG s.
should meet
COL. W. M.
c r AIG E,
professor of
m j ! ury
science a n d
tactics in the
District pub
Tic schools.
The colonel
Which is a.
fired to his
n a m e i s
m crit ed bu
Col. Cruigie.
He earned his
ma a,a :nnsom
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Will CoNElRM CLASS

Confirmation services for a
large class will be held tomorrow
at Emanuel Episcopal Church. the
Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington officiating.
The Rev. Luther, B. Franck is
pastor.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Slant son
CAPITAL
PEOPLE

People who haze the idea
that soldiers, especially officers,
are Gl1UGyS oruft. blunt in.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18


back in the days ,0hen rising
from the ranks lDGS eUen harder
than it is noU and When a
man had to be a real soldier
to get a commission.
Visitors are tDelcomed at
Colonel CrGtoie'S office. and, in
d teiD moments. feel perfectly
at home 1Oith the soldier, 1Oho
is one of the most courteous
men connected tOith the school
system. Incidentally, he is
among the busiest OF school
officials.
The actor and comedian, Will
Rogers. is presumably the cham
,AfANa Sv1,SHa ~ NE kIa
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
THE OLD LONG BRIDGE

mobiles and street cars now spin
above the water where this bridge
once stood.
This picture was made during
the Civil War and in the fore
ground can be seen Union soldiers
guarding the bridge.
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Sorority Shower" Honors
Miss Bailey. Bride-to-Be

Phi Kappa MI Sorority, Alpha Chap
ter, gave q very delightful shower at
the home of Miss Ethel Bailey, In honor
of Miss Lydia Moore, charter mem
Der, whose marriage to Mr.. William H
Simpson will take place June rs.
A mock wedding ceremony was staged
just as the bride-to-be entered the
house, with Miss Elsie Nielsen as bride
Miss Thelma She'd as groom, Miss Ethel
Bailey as minister, and Miss Ocia Stew
art as flower girl.
The table was beautifully decorated
as q flower garden and the white
streamers trailing from the large white
bell overhead pointed the way to the
many lovely gifts.
The sorority members attending were
Miss Opal Shield, Miss Thelma She'd
Miss Anna Stambaugh, Miss Brenda
Cleare, Miss Mildred Thompson, Miss
Genevieve Cooper, Miss Margaret VIII
son, Miss Viola Nielsen, Miss Elsie Nell
sen, Miss Lydia Moore, Miss Ocia Stew
art, Miss Ethel Bailey and Mrs. Mary
Dryer, Mrs. Dorothy Ewin, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Childs, Mrs. Gertrude Brown and
Mrs. Evelyn Uhle. Other guests In
cluded Mrs. Clara Ames, Mrs. Tully
Miss Virginia Turner and Miss Thelma
King.
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Gunston Hall Listed
Among Historic Areas
In Old-Time Virginia
Society for Preservation OF
Antiquities Includes Pa
triot George Mason
Home in Pilgrimage Pro-
gram.

Those who will attend the pilgrimage
Tuesday, sponsored by the Association
for the Preservation of Virginia An
tiquities, have been invited to visit
Gunston Hall, the home Of the sturdy
patriot, George Mason-called Bill Of
Rights Mason-and thereafter the pill
grimage will lead on to Fredericksburg,
interest pertain to George Washington
alone. Washington has described Fred
ercksburg as the place of his growing
infancy" but from the number of in
teresting landmarks there 1t seems to
have been the soil for the maturing and
the echoing Of the greatness of the
man. Until long after the Revolution
1t was the scene of events military,
legislative and social In the drama Of
affairs before, during and after the
Revolution
Among other historic places to which
the pilgrimage. will lead are Rippon
L4dge, by gracious invitation of Mr..
a1d Mrs. Wade Hampton Ellis, where
kdr. Ellis will give an interesting talk.
Also Brompton, ancient home Of the
Marye family, will be visited.
The list of patrons and patronesses
for this occasion includes Senator and
Mrs. Carter Glass, Senator and Mrs.
William j. Harris, Representative and
Mrs. Richard Yates, Representative AMI
Mrs. Harry st. George Tucker, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Percy e. Quinn, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Joseph j. Mans.
field, Gen. and Mrs. Charles p. Sum-
neral, Admiral and Mrs. Cary T. Gray
son, Bishop and Mrs. James e. Free
man, Mrs. Ella Rust Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Wade Hampton Ellis, Mrs. Violet
Blaird Janin, Miss Jesse Dell, Mrs. Lowell
F. Hobart, Mrs. Howard L. Hndgkins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Logan, Mrs. A. r.
Stands, Miss Mary Amber, Mrs. Ryan
Devereux, Mrs. James Dudley Morgan,
Mrs. Edwin F. Parham, Mrs. Mary E.
William Wales, IT,, Mrs. Charles M.
Warden, Mrs. Henry Gordon Clay, Mrs.
Cabot Stevens, Mrs. Chauncey williams,
Mrs. John Bennett. Mrs. M. de Glare
Berry, Mrs. Daniel G. CARRIER, Mrs. Mer-
rift o. Chance, Mrs. James Gardiner
Orme, Mrs Eugene Gaddis, Mrs. Mary
Duncan Able, Miss Patricia Poe Ben
nett, Miss Rosemary Knapp Of Boston,
Miss Martha Steel, Miss Harriet Bishop,
Miss Jane Crosby, Miss Elizabeth Mitch
ell, Miss Julia Harris, Miss Evelyn
Howe, Mr.. Delmar Webb, Mr.. Thomas
Alexander Browne and Mr.. e. Hector
Bourgerie.
The committee on arrangements is
composed Of Miss Bertha Chin, chair
man; Mrs. Ryland Bryant, Mrs. e. Rust
Smith, Mrs. Harry st. George Tucker,
Mrs. Jesse Lee Webb and Miss Aimee
Powell. Mrs. George Tully Vaughan is
president of the washington branch
Of the association and Mrs. z. Rust
Smith Is vice president. Tickets may
be obtained from any of the ladies
named. Buses will leave the south end
Of the Treasury at Q o'clock Tuesday.
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NRNceAv

May 10, at the parsonage Of the South
ern Methodist Church, with the Rev.
d. l.. Snyder officiating. Mrs. r. M.
Barnes, sister of the bride, was her
only attendant, and Mr.. Kenneth Fleet
was best man for his brother. On their
return from a wedding trip Mr.. and
Mrs. Fleet will live at 1407 King street.
Mrs. Horace Woolf, Mrs. Edward Bar
rett, Miss Anne Griesemer and MISS
Evangeline Griesemer motored to
Dubois. Pa, and spent the past week
end with relatives. :.
Mrs. John Rezner and her small
daughter have returned from visit to
relatives in Durham, N. G.
for Colonial Beach. where she has
opened her cottage for the Summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart Wray, Miss
Hazel Rigney and Mr.. Elwood Pat
terson of Roanoke and Mrs. Emma
Cobean of Richmond have gone to their
homes after visit. to Mrs. Cobean's son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
B. Cobean.
Mrs. B. r, Skinner Is at home after
visit to relatives in Marshall, Va.
Mrs. r. w. Latane of Oak Grove,
Va, Is the guest of her son and daugh-
ter law, DR.. and Mrs Henry Angus
tine batane, on North Washington
street, who also have had as their guest
Mr.. Dan Everett Wade Of New York
Mrs. d. L. Scott and Mrs. B. M
Brown, who have been in Florida for
several months, were guests last week
of Mr. and Mrs. Rathbone Smith. en-
route to their home in Edmonton, AL
berta, where Mr.. and Mrs. Smith made
their home for a number of years.
Capt and Mrs. Andrew Pickens left
Tuesday for Newport, r. l., where Capt.
| Pickens has been ordered for duty
aboard the u. s. s. Detroit
Mr.. and Mrs. Braxton Smith, Mrs.
Wilbert Baggett and Mrs. Ida B.
Smithers left by motor last week for
| Danvers, Mass, where they were the
guests of Mrs. Baggett's sister, Miss
Ruth Smith.
| Miss Laura Evans Hulfish and Miss
Mabel Smith have returned from trip
to Atlantic City.
Miss Evelyn Poindexter has left for
her home, in Norfolk, after a visit to
cambridge Wilson of London. England,
was the week end guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs. Robert j. Yates has returned
from visit to her son, Mr.. Paul Yates,
in Athens, Ohio.
Mrs. Charles +. Schoonnaker and her
children are at home after a motor trip
to Hot Springs, Va. Miss Natalie Mar
garet Schoonmaker entertained Tues
day afternoon to celebrate her thir-
teenth birthday anniversary.
Miss Louise Davis has returned to her
home, in Roanoke, after a visit to her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
Battaille, on North Patrick street.
Miss Constance Boush is at home
after visit to her cousin, Mrs. Marion
James. in Danville. Va.
Miss Cora Cochran has returned from
\ visit to her nephew and niece, Mr..
and Mrs. Roland Pierce. in Rectortown,
Va.
Miss Margaret Moore entertained the
bridge club of which she is a member
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Mrs. Hoover Heads List
Aiding Garfield Hospital

The complete list Of sponsors, which
is headed by Mrs. Hoover, for the
Memorial day party Wednesday to be
given by the Ladies' Aid Society Of Gar
field Memorial Hospital, includes Mrs
Edward Everett Gam, Mrs. Patrick j
Hurley, Mrs. Walter r. Brown, Mrs
Ray Lyman Wilbur, Mrs. Arthur M
Hyde, Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont
Mrs. James j. Davis. Mrs William
Howard Taft, Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone
Mrs Porter H. Dale, Mrs. Charles l.
McNary, Mrs. Lawrence G. Phipps, Mrs
Charles Waterman, Mrs. Walter F
George, Mrs. Roscoe Conkling McCul-
loch, Mrs Charles Brand, Mrs. Henry
j. Allen, Mrs. Otis F. Glenn, Mrs. r
Trubee Dawson, Mrs. Ernest Lee
Jahncke, Mrs. r. w. Dunlap, Mrs. John
G. Cooper, Mrs. John Gable, Mrs. vii.
Mrs. Charles p. Summerall, Mrs. Mer.
Golden LII Ruggles, Mrs. Walter H
Newton, Mrs. william M. Wright, Mrs
Myers Y. Cooper, wife Of the Governor
of Ohio; Mrs. Richard Wainwright
Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Mrs. Henri,
3. Spencer, Mrs. William 8. Corby, Mrs
John 3. Larner, Mrs. Newbold Noyes
Mrs Henry A. willard, Mrs. Thomas
Dunlop, Mrs. Clarence Aspinwall, Mrs
Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs. H. r. Dulany
ir; Miss Aline Solomon, Mrs. John c
Boyd, Mrs. Simon Wolf, Mrs. Larz An.
derson, Miss Laura Harlan, Miss Grac.
Burton, Mrs. Wade H. Ellis, Mrs. Ed
ward A. Hartman, Mrs. Henry Alvaf
Strong, Mrs. Henry K. Willard, Mrs
Lowell Fletcher Hobart, Mrs. Arthur
Macarthur, Mrs. William Fitch Kelley
Mrs. A. Y. p. Garrett, Mrs. Presle,
Rixey, Mrs. Thomas w. Phillips, jr.
Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Mrs. Alexande
Stewart, Mrs. Charles A. Panty, Mrs
George G. Thorpe, Mrs. James G. Went,
and Mrs. Balthazar Meyer.