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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
PENSIONERS INQUIRY
EXPLAINED BY DAVIS
Request for List Of All Retired Re.
Employed by U. S. Made to
Get Facts, He Says.

The motive underlying the question:
natre which Senator James j. Davis
OF Pennsylvania recently sent to the
heads Of the Government departments,
requesting rosters Of persons who have
been retired with pensions from vari-
Gus branches Of the Government Serv-
ice and who are now employed in other
Federal Jobs was merely to get first
hand facts" SO that he might be '.f1l-
ly Informed" II the matter ''is brought
before Congress for legislative action.
In statement today Senator Davis
says this information was sought
without trace OF righteousness, and
that his motives were nlisconstrued, "
especially by one correspondent, who
declared that the Senator was "out TO
get" certain oflcials connected with
prohibition enforcement in Pennsylvania
Senator Davis said:
"At the last session of Congress an
uproar was raised against disabled
veterans OF the World War who are
employed by the Government and
whose pay Is augmented by their COM
pensation awards for disabilities re-
ceaved IN the military or naval serv-
ice Of the United States during the
World War.
Personally believe q man who bears
wounds and scars suffered In the serv-
ice OF his nation, in battles on land OF
sea. has the same right to hold q
Federal job as the man who earned
MS Federal pension for peacettme serv-
ice 70 the Nation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
FEDERAL WORKERS
RECORDS REVISED
P Personnel Classification
Board Begins New System
With Internal Revenue.

A new system Of keeping classification
records of Federal employees has been
inaugurated ct the Personnel Classifi-
cation Board, whereby about nine
tenths Of the bulk Of paper work even
tually Is expected to be eliminated.
The system has been started with
the records Of employees of the Bureau
OF Internal Revenue, 1t was explained
by william H. McReynolds, the director
of classification.
A new card known as the lob sheet"
has been. introduced in the files Of the
complete outline of the Federal posi-
ton to which it refers
In addition, an index card bearing
the classification details of each irdi-
viduai serving the agency in that posi-
ton Is then placed In the boards files,
referring to the Job sheet" Then
whenever there Is . change In status Of
the individual employe, the board trans
fers the index card to q place under
another Job sheet"
This systeH, according to Mercy
nolds, win greatly simplify the process
now in effect.
Were the practice now in effect
since the establishment Of the classifi-
nitely," McReynolds said, "the board
eventually would be hurdened with
great masses of individual sheets and
the work Of surveying classifications
and dealing with individual cases would
become q slow and intricate process. !"
The new system, started with the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, viii be
extended to other branches of the
Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
APARTMENT TENANTS
ARE ROUTED BY FIRE
Damage, Confined to Single Suite,
Estimated at $500-Residents
Were Absent During Blaze.

Several tenants Of the Francis scott
Key Apartments, 600 Twentieth street,
were routed early today by . IRE which
swept the NTH floor apartment Of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Grey, causing damage
estimated at $500.
Because the apartment was unoccu-
pied at the time the IRE broke out.
the flames gained considerable Roadway
before smoke was observed Issuing from
beneath the door Of the suite and an
alarm turned in. Occupants Of an ad-
joining apartment were the first to de-
tect the blaze.
The cause OF the IRE, which orig
mated In o clothes closet, was unde-
termined today. A quantity Of cloth
Ing, suit cases and trunks were de-
stroyed and much damage was done
to the interior Of the apartment by
smoke Ftreuen succeeded In combining
the blaze to the Grey apartment.
The apartment building, IN eight
story structure, Is owned and managed
By Marshall McKihhin. who was on the
premises ct the time Of the blaze and
aided In combating the flames until
the fire engines arrived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
IS HELD
IN SHOOTING PROBE
Bullet Misses U. S. Attorney,
Who Terms Discharge of
Gun Accidental.

Miles J. O'Connor, Internal Revenue
Department attorney, 1750 Massachu-
sets avenue, narrowly escaped a bullet
fired last evening from q gun held by
John Fletcher Land, 37-year-old sales
man, who was arrested and charged
with assault with dangerous weapon.
Although booked by police as COM
plainant against Land, O'Connor said
this morning that the shooting was ac-
cidental and that he viii not press the
charge
In Police Court today the case was
continued until Thursday.
PAR and Woman Arrested.
The shooting occurred in Lands
apartment ct 1745 X street about z
o'clock last night. The bullet Is said
by police to have passed under O'Con-
ncrs arm and lodged In door.
Police were summoned by ether resi-
dents Of the building. Headquarters De-
tective Joseph Waldron and Policeman
William ". Christian Or the third pre-
cinct, responded to the call and took
Land, O'Connor and Mrs. Peggy O'Ccn-
nor, wife of the attorney, who also was
ct the X street address, to the third
precinct.
Land Freed Under Bond.
After questioning, O'Connor and his
wife were released, and the charge Of
assault with . dangerous weapon was
placed against Land. The arrested man
later was freed sunder $1,000 bond.
According TO Waldron and Christian,
there was an argument In Lands apart
ment, and the shot was fired as Mr.
and Mrs. O'Counor were about to leave
Both O'Connor and Land said the gun
was discharged accidently while Land
was demonstrating 1t to O'Connor.
O'Connor was fined 800 last month
in Police Court on q charge of reckless
driving. resulting from a collision with
a parked automobile near Seventeenth
and K streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
ATTACHMENT SOUGHT
ON $83, 900 JUDGMENT
c. I. T. Corporation Sues to Re-
cover $1,000 Due From
Joseph McReynolds.

The G. I. T. Corporation, 12O0 Fiji
tenth street, holder Of q $1,000 judy
ment against Joseph McReynolds, for
mer Studebaker distributor. 56i1 Con-
necticut avenue, today asked the Dis
trict Supreme Court to appoint . re-
ceiver for the $4,000 which Justice
o. r. Luhring last week held to be due
McReynolds and his wife, Ellen T.. Nc
Reynolds, from the Federai-American
National Bank. The money was due
because Of the merger with the Mer-
chants Bank & Trust Co., which was
decreed to have withheld important In
formation from McReynolds about the
validity Of notes worth sl2b, 600 figuring
in an exchange Of real estate.
The court Is informed that Mercy
nolds Immediately after the nliug Of
the memorandum opinion OF the court
placed ON record an assignment Of his
share Of the Judgment, when rendered.
that the attempted assignment was
without Confederation and was .in
fraud OF the creditors OF McReynnads.1
The plaintiff asks that the hank Be
enjcined from paying over the Mooney
to McI&eynnlds or his wife untN is
claim 81 $1,000 has been satisfied. At
torneys Albert T. Steiiem and Lawrence
]. Heller appear for the plaintiff
The record does not disclose that
any final order has been signed on the
opinion In the case
AGAINST The bank. and dt IS regardsd
- hiahly possible that the hank VIII
apo to the Court OF Appeals Until
& decisioA BY the Appellafs Court there
would Be A0thing for receiver TO take
over, Il "A ninted out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
Carcass of Horse
Remains on Bridge
As Officials Wait
Two Departments Say
Body Moved, but 1t
Stays for Hours.

John Jones horse lay a-moldering on
Highway Bridge all night last night.
Also most Of the day today. It began
to look as II 1t would be O permanent
fixture, when 1t was finally hauled away
after noon today.
The horse was overcome by o combi-
nation Of heat, old age and rundown
condition ct O'Clock last night. He
fell to the ground, and all efforts to
get him back on his feet failed. An
agent Of the Humane Society. . police
man on the bridge and o veterinarian,
DR.. Z. Z. Ruebush, consulted, and the
outcome was that the policeman gave
his gun to the veterinarian, who In turn
shot the horse. All this over the pro-
test Of John Jones, . colored worker of
12S L street southwest, owner of the
horse.
The policeman marked the spot APP
propriately with red lanterns and re-
ported the matter to his precinct mo.
-. The stream Of automobiles going
over the bridge picked It's way cautiously
around the obstruction. Everybody
waited for somebody else to take the
carcass away.
Came the dawn. The horse was still
there. They put the lanterns out, be-
cause the automobile drivers could see
tAsS AaOASC QuAtC WSA. nut Sbll uO0Ouy
moved him. Calls came to the Police
Department. Still other calls to the
Street Cleaning Department. The
Police Department said that the animal
had been removed. The Street Clean
ing Department said the animal had
been removed. Still the carcass re-
manned.
Finally q Star reporter persuaded the
Street Cleaning Department that, ON
ciAi reports TO the contrary notwith-
standing, the horse was still, like Hora-
titus, on the bridge. Shortly after noon,
yielding to his Importantly, the Street
Cleaning Department removed the
corpse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04

Phot0gTapn showing the dig1tal raou
Of the new science
can be detected almost as easily as the
palmist can detect . lifeline.
In practice, the dsrnatcglyphist does
not trust to mere observation Of the
palm. It has been bound that the lines
are shown much better In print taken
with ink or by some chemical COM
pound. This then can be examined at
leisure under the magnifying glass. The
method has some relation to the finger
print system, except that the details
looked for are much finer and more
obscure. II the subjects hands don't
happen to be clean the whole picture
may be rendered worthless.
The dermatoglyphist is not trying
to develop an extension Of the finger
print system. Even II the pattern Of
the palm did differ for every indi-
vidual, the hheness Of detail Is such as
to render the general application Of
the method impractical. At present
he Is only di1erentiating the human
types that show different patterns.
Palm Lines and Character.
No claim Is made, It was emphasized
at the Division Of Physical Anthropol-
ogy Of the Smithsonian Institution,
that there is any relation between the
lines Of the palm and standard differ
ences in character or personality.
Even II such relations exist, the science
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
SKYLINE TO BE FREE
OF HUGE SMOKESTACk
Designs for New U. s. Heating
Plant Provide for Short,
Stubby One.

A short stubby Smokestack, rising only
short height above the roof line win
be one Of the features Of the Govern
ments huge new heating plant, now be-
ing designed for the square bounded by
c. and d, Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets southwest.
In place Of huge black stack, such
as the two now being torn down on the
site of the old Potomac Electric Power
Co. suhstation at Fourteenth street and
Constitution avenue, only the short one
win be erected on the Governments
new plant, designed after new standards
Of eficiency.
It had been feared In some quarters
that on account Of the big capacity exc
pected of the new heating plant 1t
might be necessary to erect Q huge
smokestack, which would add another
eyesore to the Washington skyline.
Designs for the new Central Heating
Plant are being pushed forward rapidly
by United Engineers q Constructors,
Inc, Of Philadelphia, which have the
contract. 1t Is expected, according TO
present indications at the Treasury,
that the plans win be in shape to adj
vertise for the best equipment tnclud-
ing boilers and filters within about 90
DAYS. These will be followed by bids
for underground tunnels to carry the
steam pipes to the many buildings to
be heated by the new plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
SECOND MAN HELD
IN REPR|sA PROBE
Thomas King Charged Twice
in Assault on Two Men
for Alleged Revenge.

Thomas King, rs years old, Of the
2I00 block Of Nineteenth street. alleged
driver of the automobile In which VIII
liam II. Gordon OF wheaton, Nd, 10
said to have beaten two men with q
blackjack to avenge their alleged att
tack on q woman. was arrested by Pre-
clnct Detective Robert L. Jones. Of No.
10 police station yesterday afternoon
and last night was booked on two
charges Of assault with . dangerous
weapon. o@
King Is said to have aided Gordon In
the assault on William r. Dermott and
Howell r. Boulder, In revenge for Der
motifs and Boulden's alleged attack on
Mrs. Ann Noble Sparks, 110l Clifton
street while In an automobile in Prince
Georges County, Md.
King will be arraigned In court here
tomorrow morning. Gordon was ordered
held over, under 5000 bond. for action
Of the grand jury by Judge Ralph Given
in Police Court yesterday. Police are
seeking two other alleged accomplices
Of Gordon In connection with the
beating.
Dermott and Boulder, both a. years
old, who are being held here for Mary
land authorities in connection with
their alleged attack on Mrs. Sparks,
have announced their intention Of
fighting extraditio1 to Maryland, police
ut No. 10 precinct stated today.
Dermott and Boulder. according to
the Prince Georges County authorities,
after being thwarted In an attempt 10
assault Mrs. Sparks, pushed the woman
from their car. causing her to be seri-
ously hurt by o passing automobile,
and took her purse containing $500
worth Of jewelry.
Gordon and bis accomplices are said
to have administered severe beatings to
Dermott and Boulder, first at North
Capitol and M streets and then ut Q
point near Eighteenth street and Co
lumbia road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
.2OCENT TAXI RATE
KEPT BY DIAMOND
|. AS WAR CONTINUES
Fare Situation viii Be Aired
by Utilities Commission
at Meeting Today.
THREE zoNED TARIFFS
NOW PREVAIL IN D. C.
Manager Of 04-40-6O Line States
Directors Remain Firm ON
Low-Price Decision.

The taxlcab rate war went back al
most to where 1t started when the Dia-
nnond Cab Co. announced today that it
would keep its rates of 2O-40-6o cents.
Operators Of most Of the other fiat
rate eahs. at . recent conference with
Peoples Counsel Richmond B. Keech,
agreed to rates OF 25-5o-75 cents or
s5-60-s6 cents. The Bell Cabs, Stop
Mes. City Cabs and many other cabs
individually operated and owned now
are using the as, so and rs cent Nat
rates. The Black and White and Vel
low cabs, which adopted nat rates two
weeks ago after many years Of meter
operation, charge S5-6o-S5.
Thus are three sets Of fiat rates in
operation in the city. The Protex-U
Cabs. which are credited with starting
the war. against the Diamond, still
charge 20-4o-6O cents.
This chaotic condition will be aired
before the Public Utilities Commission
At meeting at o'clock this afternoon.
and It Is expected that the commission
WIN attempt to secure uniformity OF
rates and to guard against fluctuations,
such rs have been occurring almost
daily In the immediate past.
The action Of the Board Of Direc-
tors Of the Diamond Cab Co. was taken
yesterday, but announcement was with
held until today Speaking for the
company, Harry G. Davis. manager,
said today that the cab owners we're
able 10 make small profit on the 20,
20 and so cent rates so long as they
were not called upon to make too many
long hauls within the 20-cent zone. It
Is possible to ride from Navy Yard to
Wisconsin avenue for 20 cents--a losing
proposition, Mr.. Davis said He said
that so long as the cabs pick up Q
large number Of short-hanl Jobs the low
rates would pay.
Mr.. Davis blamed the taxi war on the
Bell, City and Stop-me cabs, the first to
introduce hat rates. at q time when the
Diamonds were operating On q meter
rate,
They are the ones who started this, -
he said, and now that the going Is get
ting too rough for them they are crying
for mercy. The board Of directors felt
that We should stick to the low rates In
definitely. II possible"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
R0BBERlES T0TALING
$5e5 ARE REPORTED
$500 in Cash Taken From Hazel
Richards. D. Campbell
Loses $500.

Three reports of robberies involving
loss q $565 IN cash and two dresses,
vniueo at $40, we're being investigated
~ the police today. Hazel Richards,
Ie6 Irving street the heaviest loser.
reported that $500 was taken from q
dresser drawer IN q room on the upper
noor Of her home yesterday.
street, asked police 70 apprehend the
person. who stole $500 from him yes
kerday.
Florence Palmer, 1900 Vermont ave-
ntle. was Eobhed ok tG5 and two dresses.
Her money and wearing apparel el,e
stated. wEre taken from her home
~ Al intxuNeR who gained nuaknnee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
Science Reads New Wonder I'm Palm
nAroGLYPmcs UNsUsPEcTED HEREDITARY FACTOR.
BY THOMAS n. HENRY.

TIME lines Of the palm, long since
relegated to the gypsy fortune
teller, have been reclaimed by
science.
they form the basis Of q new
science koglyphics - Which has
Just discovered hitherto uflsuspected
hereditary factor and distinguishing
mark Of races, 1t Is learned at the
Smithsonian Institution.
Henry B. Collins, IT,. assistant curator
Of ethnoiogy, last Summer obtained the
palm prints Of 81 Eskinos on st. Law
renee Island In Bertng Sea. These were
turned over to experts In the new
science, who found that they demon
strate the existence Of . distinct racial
trend, the Eskirnos showing certain pat
terms and combinations In the lines Of
the hand which differ from those OF any
race thus far investigated. This dis
covery. made by Drs. Harold Cunn1ins
and Charles Midlo Of Tulane University.
Is one Of the most significant yet made
In dermatogiyphics.
Dermatogiyphics is far too compn-
Gated for the layman. It's formulas are
rouse the envy Of any seventh daughter
of q seventh daughter. But It's prac-
titioners are no delivers into mystical
arcana, but sober scientists working In
laboratories with magnifying glasses.
DigitaI Tri-radii Important.
They pay no attention 10 the main.
easily visible creases In the palm by
which the fortune teller pretends to find
out how long q patron win live and how
soon he will marry. Thus far, at least,
no constant relationships have been
found In the life line and the other
creases among individuals.
Instead the dermatcgiyphist looks At
once for the digftal tri-radit. II one
looks very closely ct the prominences on
the palm at the base Of each finger
barely observable lines viii be seen
forming tiny triangles, the base towards
the finger. From the apex Of each tri-
angle line can be traced. This Is the
main line" Of the dermatoglyphist. It
runs either to the border Of the palm,
to the point OF another tri-radius, or
joins with another main line. Just
dividuals and, the experts claim, fairly
consistently for certain large, homo
genous groups such as races.
Keys to Palm Pattern.
In addition there are the lines form-
ing the two sides Of the triangle, which
take different courses. These tri-radii,
It has been found. are the keys to the
pattern Of the palm. Much significance
also Is attached to the lines on the
prominence at the base Of the thumb
and the courses they take when ex-
tended over the palm. The expert works
out the whole pattern and expresses 1t
h1 q formula Of letters and numbers
which seems almost cabalistic. After
some practice, 1t Is claimed, tri-radius
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
INDIAN WOMAN ACCEPTS
BID TO GENEVA FARLEY
Mrs. Shah Nawaz viii Contribute
to Public Information Section and
Other Departments of League.
Ry tha AapoclAted Press.


BOMBAY, India, August THE
League Of Nations honored the women
OF India today BY inviting MRS. Shah
Nawas of Lahore. who represented In
dian women 1T the last round table con-
ference in London. 10 contribute 10 the
activities Of the public information Sec
ton and ether departments Of the league
throughout the coming year.
Mrs. Nawax, whose abandonment OF
purdah tseclusicrl and subsequent ap-
peaTance as Q delegate TO an interI1a-
tional conference ID foreign country.
created ftlrure among orthodox Indian
women, accepted the Leagues invita-
ton and win leave here for Geneva
August rs.
Although not yet 90 Mrs. NawNx NJ
tracted much attention ct the round
table conferences when during Q crisis IN
the dtscnssi0n Of the Indian cuKnmlzual
problem she repeatedly pleaded with
the delegates not 20 taaink q Ainduz
OF Mpelens, but nf tn Euiillons cf slaxx-
ing women and chIl11en n India.
1fkH NeWeR a1to wal attend fha nc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
u. s. lob SERVICE
PLACES 2S1,69 IN
!. -FOUR MONTH TERM
Doak Reports Activities in
Forecasting Usefulness
Next Winter.
INCREASE IN RESULTS
SEEN WITH EXPANSION
State and Municipal Bureaus Bring
Employment Total to
$685. $50.

Secretary Doak reported to the Presi-
dent today that despite prevalent un-
favorable economic conditions efforts Of
the newly reorganized employment
service Of his department will have an
appreciable effect upon the unemploy-
ment situation during the coming VIM
ter.
It was also stated in the report that
this agency has been responsible for q
total Of 26l ,7e9 employment placements
from April / to July 81, this year.
Mr.. Doak, in reporting these figures,
called attention to the fact that they
are incomplete due to the fact that full
data had not been received for the
month Of July, but he considered them
sufficiently accurate to demonstrate
what he termed the splendid work this
enlarged United States employment
service is doing.
Just Beginning.
'sIt is but beginning" MIR. Doak re-
ported, and as the expansion increases,
so also win results increase"
After calling attention to the CO.
operation existing with State, city and
civic free employment services and the
various veterans organizations, he
anticipated increasingly good results as
o consequence Of this agency's efforts in
all States Of the Union and the District
Of Columbia.
"The number OF jobs that have been
provided for the unemployed" Secretary
Doak reported, would undoubtedly be
considered formidable under any con-
ditions, but when the economic depres-
sion through which We are passing Il
taken into consideration, q little re-
Election viii illustrate not only the i'm
portance Of this task, but the splendid
results that have been obtained.
Obviously, 1t ID impossible to find
jobs where jobs fail TO exist" Secre-
tary Doak continued, "but the United
States Employment Service, by comb
ing the highways and byways, has
succeeded In finding jobs for 2s1 1853
unemployed from April / to July 81
this year, with complete returns not
yet available, and II there are other
Jobs TO be had. this service proposes
to locate them. We are paving the
way on solid foundation for real en-
ployment service that could not be OBJ
tanned by any other means"
Grand Total e3s,sss.
According to Mr.. Doak.s report, the
total number of employment placements
made by his bureau combined with
the employment services throughout the
country cooperating with his service
Is 638, $50.
Mr.. Doak reported that the reorgan-
lied service In . comparatively brief
period Of time is working satisfac-
torily and has been gaining momentum
rapidly, and, In his, opinion, 1t has
demonstrated its worth In most re-
markable degree. He said on April /,
last there were 200 cooperating on
GERS and So junior placement oficers
representing total Of 236 co-opera-
tive officers. Besides these there were
rs veterans employment officers and II
farm labor officers, and that there
are now under the new plan of re-
organization s. additional Federal en-
ployment officers under the super
vision Of the various State directors.