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Evening star., 1932-03-21
TWO IN CAR TRIED
FOR INJURY TO THREE
Men Accuesd of Drunkenness, One
Also Facing Hit-and-
Run Charge.

Two men faced charges in Police
Court today as the result Of the wild
journey of an automobile Saturday
night, in which three persons were
knocked down In the 100 block Of T
street.
Sumner Edward Healy, "a, Of the
5000 block of Fifteenth street, said to
have been the driver, was charged on
two counts with hit-and-run driving
and with driving while drunk and fall
ing to have a permit.
Robert Vernon Purcell, 80, Of the
1900 block of Thirteenth street, his
companion, was charged with being
drunk.
Miss Dora Lotti, 20, of the Commo-
dore Apartments, and William o.
Rogers, Is, of 214 Massachusetts, avenue
northeast, two Of the victims, were still
in Emergency Hospital, where their
condition was reported good. Miss Lotti
sustained a fractured left arm and
Rogers a compound fracture OF the
right leg.
George Richardson, 80. colored, of
1786 T street, who received lacerations
of the head, was dismissed from the
hospital after treatment and observa-
ton.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
GRAIN CORPORATION
PAY IS DEFENDED.
President Huff Sees Little
Effect in Borah Bill.
Farm Board Scored.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
c. E. Huff of Chicago, president of
the Farmers National Grain Corpora
ton, today defended the salaries paid
officials of his organization.
He told a Senate committee only
seven men in the corporation would be
affected by the bill of Senator Borah,
Republican, Idaho, to cut Farm Board
salaries and limit the pay Of officials
of borrowing organizations to $4,000.
"The mishandling of a single days
business would cost as much as their
combined salaries for the entire IL
months" Huff asserted, contending that
executives ito be induced to leave their
own business must be paid reasonably
adequate salaries"
Farm Board Scored.
Dameron H. williams of Gastonia,
n. c., a member of the American Cot
ton Shippers Association, told the COM
mittee considering the Borah bill, "the
Farm Board, by unwise use Of its powers,
is literally crushing the cooperative
movement"
Huff asserted there was no voting Of
salaries by grain corporation officials
'out of which they could benefit" and
said "our concern lies in effectively do
ing the job with which we are
entrusted"
Referring to George S. Minor, gen
eral manager, whose salary of
$4,000 has been severely criticized,
Huff said he did not know what the po-
sition of the corporation and its wheat
activities would have been If a man Of
less experience, or less sound judg-
ment" had been in charge "or had de-
voted himself less closely to the task. !"
Huff said he believed the corpora
tion had beneflcially affected the
whole price structure
The seven executives whose salaries
would be affected by the Borah bill
and their present monthly pay was
given as
Huff, $3.50; w. I. Beam, vice pres
ident and treasurer, $2,500; Minor,
$4,166; J. M. Chiffon, vice president
and assistant general manager, $2,708;
William Engel. vice president, s2,291;
w. B. Joyce, district manager at Min
neapolis, $1,666; H. w. Collins. in
charge at Portland, Greg, Office, s2,083.
Evening star., 1932-03-21

An autopsy would be necessary, the
policemen said, since only a small
poodle had been present at the death
of Mrs. Mamie Boden, IS years old.
Accordingly, the morgue van was sum-
moned late yesterday to 1887 Four and
a-Hah street southwest.
AS the body was carried out, the
poodle, bedraggled and shivering, tried
to slip into the van. A policeman had
to hold the little dog, which walled as
the van drove of.
Mrs. Boden had lived alone with her
dog since the authorities removed her
husband. Adam Boden, to st. Eliza
beth's Hospital several months ago.
Woman's Body Found.
Neighbors yesterday recalled they had
not seen the two abroad for a week
and telephoned police when they kept
hearing the mufied cries Of dog in
distress.
Policemen r. j. Panquette and G..
W. Wilson forced the front door and
saw Mrs. Boden's body stretched on a
sofa, with the dog crouched beside her.
They saw at a glance that the woman
was beyond aid and tried to reassure
her pet, which was barking fiercely and
swapping at them when they sought to
approach.
A woman of the neighborhood pres
emily brought hamburger sandwich.
The dog refused to touch the sandwich,
although he had been without food for
a week.
Meanwhile an ambulance had been
summoned from Casualty Hospital, and
the policemen managed to subdue the
dog before the doctor arrived. The
physician said Mrs. Boden had been
dead more than three days.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
HEARING EXPECTED
TO BACK S6)O,0)O
RELIEF FUND PLAN
Subcommittee Takes Up Pro.
posaI to Divert Municipal
Center Money.
WELFARE WORKERS VOICE
SUPPORT EMPHATICALLY
District Commissioners, Auditor
and Charity Leaders Appear
as First Witnesses.

Although the subcommittee on Dis
trict appropriations, conducting hear
ings today on the recommendation of
President Hoover and the Budget Bu-
reau that 100000 from the Municipal
Center project fund Of 81 500, 900
should be transferred as q municipal
contribution toward relief work, does
not expect to reach a decision today,
those who have been attending the
hearings in executive session expect the
subcommittee will approve the recon-
mendation.
AL OF today'S witnesses, representing
the largest groups Of welfare workers,
were emphatically in favor of the pro-
poSal to supplement the voluntary con.
tr1butions from the citizens to the
Community Chest, which has been de-
pleted
Chairman Cannon announced that
the subcommittee would be glad to hear
any one who desires to advise with the
committee regarding the need for this
relief fund and whether the citizens of
the District are in favor Of such an ap-
preparation of tax moneys.
Among those appearing as witnesses
are the District Commissioners, George
S. Watson, director of the Board of
Public Welfare: Maj. Daniel J. Dono-
van, the District auditor; Paul L. Ben
jamin, executive secretary of the Dis
trict Employment Commission: w. A.
Roberts, Council of Social Agencies;
Rev. Lawrence ]. Sheehan, representing
Catholic Charities; Walter S. Ufford,
representing the Associated Charities;
Capt. James Asher of the Salvation
Army. Mrs. T. Goldsmith of the Hebrew
Relief Society and Francis Miller, repre-
senting the American Legion.
Evening star., 1932-03-21

until December 81, 1886, Mr.. Frantz
predicted that before 1896 the ques-
ton of its revision or termination may
be matter of world political interest. u
Uric Bell, Washington correspondent
Of the Louisville Courier Journal, spoke
at the luncheon meeting on States
manship In the Far East"
The presiding officer at the luncheon
meeting today was Dr. Irwin Stewart OF
American University. Tonight Chester
d. Pugsley of Peekskill, N Y, founder
Of the institute, will preside.
The morning meeting tomorrow at
1890 o'clock will be at Hurst Hall on
the campus at American University
when the speakers will be Frederick
Moore, formerly foreign councillor to the
japanese ministry for foreign affairs
and DR.. william c. Johnstone OF
George Washington University.
At the luncheon meeting at the col
lege dining hall the speakers will be
DR.. Stanwood Cobb, principal of the
Chevy Chase Country Day School, and
DR.. william c. Dennis, president oi
Earlham College.
The institute will close tomorrow night
at the Interior Department Auditorium
when Dr.. Arthur NJ Holcombe of Har.
ward University will speak on "The
Future Of the Washington Conference
Treaties"
Evening star., 1932-03-21
BRIEF BY KEECH
CHARGES PEPC0
PLEA|S SPREMATURE
Company Cannot Know New
Sliding Scale for Current,
Says Counsel.
COMMISSION POWER
HELD LONG SETTLED
2s-Page Document Opposes Bill to
Restrain Utilities Body Alter
ing Consent Decree.

People's Counsel Richmond B. Keech
today filed in District supreme Court a
2S-paee brief in opposition to the bill
of the Potomac Electric Power Co. seek
ing tn restrain the Public Utilities Com
mission from altering the consent de-
cree of Equity Court, under which elec-
tric rates have been regulated here since
1924.
Mr. Keech makes the point that the
company's appeal Is premature, since II
cannot know whether the new sliding
scale put into effect by the commission
is confiscatory or otherwise until rates
have been set under the new sliding
scale Present electric rates have been
set under an agreement between the
commission and the power company.
MIR. Keech also argued that the ques-
ton of the power OF the commission te
enter such an order was settled py
Chief Justice Wheat Of the District
Supreme Court in the initial stages OF
the litigation over the consent decree.
Motion for Dismissal.
The case first came up before Chiei
Justice Wheat on a motion by the COM
mission to dismiss the bill. The CHIEF
Justice overruled this motion, but 1r
doing so he handed down memoran-
dunn opinion which said, in part:
IT do not wish to be understood. how
ever. as upholding the contention that
the order challenged is invalid because
it Is in disregard Of the so-called con-
sent decree of December 81, 1924
Neither that decree nor the agreement
upon which it was based had, or coulc
have had. under the statute, the effect
of settling permanently the question Of
the proper rates to be charged by the
plaintiff. That question presents con-
tinuing problem to be solved from time
to time as 1t arises. So Is the power ol
the commission to solve it continuing
power. to be exercised from time tc
time according to the need. Correspond
ingly. the duty Of the commission is
continuing duty Neither a court de-
cree nor an agreement can deprive the
commission Of that power or absolve II
from that duty. All this seems plain
from the reading of the statute.
Right Seen Established.
Referring these words of the Chief
Justice. Mr.. Keech said: 1T Is our po-
sition that the written opinion Of Mr.
Chief Justice Wheat at the time OF
passing upon our motion to dismiss
the bill of complaint filed by the plain
tiff company has established the right
of the commission to modify the So
called sliding scale arrangement exist
ing between the commission and the
power company"
Mr.. Keech contends that the sole
question remaining was whether thi.
order was reasonable. He said that
the power company claimed it must file
its bill at the time it did because ap-
peals from orders Of the commission
must be taken within 100 days. Since
the company raises constitutional ques-
tions in the bill, Mr.. Keech claims that
the questions could be raised at any
time.
A brief in behalf of the commission
will be filed by Assistant Corporation
Counsel William A. Roberts later In
the week.
Evening star., 1932-03-21

AY -
his bicycle
Although the death at first was
thought to have been caused by
apoplexy, an autopsy performed by
Coroner Joseph D. Rogers revealed he
had died of a fractured skull, fractured
ribs and q lung injury.
Headquarters detectives Immediately
began working ON the case on the the
ory Grissam had been struck by an
automobile, and search was begun
for the driver. Residents of the neigh
borhood were questioned, but none had
seen or heard anything indicating there
had been an accident.
Capt. william z. Holmes commander
of first precinct police, also took part
In the Investigation, ordering his men
to run down everything remotely re-
sembling a clue.
Examination of Grissam's bicycle dis
closed the handlebar was bent and the
fork dented. The bicycle was behind
a parked automobile belonging to
Glenn Stamp, 1900 F street, watch
man for the Ford Motor Co., John
Marshall place and Pennsylvania
avenue.
The car was inspected by Detective
James Kane, first precinct, who dis
covered the rear license plate was bent
and the left rear fender slightly dam
aged. Capt. Holmes ordered his men
to proceed on the theory Grissam may
have ridden his bicycle into the rear
of the automobile, causing him to be
thrown headforemost over the handle
bars.
Grissam, a park policeman for 16
years, lived in Maryland Park. He is
survived by his widow and two daugh-
ters
Coroner Rogers ordered that an in
quest into Grissam's death be held at
IL O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
ARb0R DAY STAMPS
| TO Be PUT ON SALE
Special Issue to Come Out on
Sixtieth Anniversary
of Celebration.

A special Arbor day stamp, In the
2-cent denomination, will be the Post
Ofice's contribution to the celebration
of the sixtieth anniversary of the
founding of Arbor day, which viii be
observed April %. The day also marks
the Tooth anniversary of the birth OF
]. Sterling Morton, through whose ef-
forts the day was first officially set
aside for the planting Of trees by the
State of Nebraska in 1872.
The stamp, of the same size as the
regular issue, will bear the picture OF
two large trees, with spreading branch
es, which meet at the top in the form
stamp, which will be printed in red
ink, are the words United States
Postage" in two curved lines. The
central design of the stamp, fianked
by the two trees, pictures the planting
Of q tree by girl and boy, the for
mer holding the tree in position while
the earth is filled in by the boy. In
the left background Is a small house,
with forest trees extending to the right.
In a straight line below the central
figures are the dates, "1872-1932."
The stamp will be placed on sale first
at the post Office at Nebraska City,
Nebr., former home of Mr.. Morton, on
April %, and at other Offices through
out the country as soon as production
will permit. For the benefit of stamp
collectors the stamp will be on sale at
the Philatelic Agency on April 23, but
the agency will not prepare covers.
Stamp collectors desiring flrst-day
cancellations may send limited mum
Der of addressed covers, not to exceed
25, to the postmaster at Nebraska City,
with cash or postal money order re-
mittance to cover exactly the value of
stamps required.
Uncanceled stamps for collection pur-
poses may be obtained from the Phila-
telic Agency, division of stamps, Post
Office Department.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
POLICE SEEK BANDITS
IN NIGHT HOLD-UPS
Two Taxicab Drivers and Two
Pedestrians Robbed by
Armed Men.

Police were conducting a city-wide
search today for colored bandits who
held up four persons, including two
taxicab drivers and two pedestrians,
and robbed them Of $11.20 last night.
A quartet of colored men who hired
the cab of Charles H. Lee, colored, I'LL
New Jersey avenue, at First and L
streets northeast and ordered him to
drive to Ivy City, forced Lee at the point
of a pistol to stop at West Virginia
avenue and Mount Olivet road north
east, where they took 81 from him.
Several hours later Melvin z. Holmes
of 2107 Howard place. was hailed by
three colored men at New Jersey avenue
and l. street and also told to drive to
Ivy City. Upon reaching Sixth and L
streets northeast one of the men jam
med q revolver into Holmes side and
relieved the hacker of $3.45,
Two colored men armed with knife
and pistol accoSted Morris Pratt of 54
I street, and Roland Christian of So
street northeast, while they were walk
ing in the 400 block of K street and
forced them into an alleyway.
They were poorly rewarded for their
work, however, a search Of Pratt's
clothing revealing only so cents, while
ChFistianshad Orgy lk cents.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
COMPENSATION APPEAL
LOST BY MRS. POWELL
Groner Opinion Backs Decision
Against Widow of Scaffold
Collapse Victim.

Holding that a decision Of Robert j.
Hoage, deputy commissioner of the En-
ploye's Compensation Commission, Is
final unless there is an error of law or
unless 1t is arbitrary and unreasonable
and not supported by substantial evi-
dence the District Court Of Appeals to-
day, in an opinion by Justice D. Law
renee Groner, affirmed a finding OF
Hoage that Mrs. Susan N. Powell,
widow of Angus A. Powell, was not en-
titled to compensation. It affirmed q
similar ruling by the District Supreme
Court, where Mrs. Powell had sought an
injunction against Hoage.
Powell died May 13, 1929, while IN
the employ of the Edward w. Minte Co.
He had sustained a broken leg October
9, 1928, when a scaffold on which he
was stranded collapsed, and remained
in a hospital 81 days. While there he
was examined and no other injuries
found except bruised hip and he was
discharged December Is, 1928. He had
been receiving compensation and did
little work after that time. On May 13
he was returned to the hospital, where
he died that evening of tuberculosis.
The widow claimed the death to be the
result of the injury in the preceding
October, but the commissioner found
against her.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
CHARGES ARE MADE
AGAINST FIVE HELD
IN MURDER PLOT
George MacSuIIen Is Accused
With Woman and Three
Other Men.
HAURY CASE HEARING
SCHEDULED TOMORROW
Chicago Checking Alibi of Suspect
in Attempt to Kill Three
Union Officials.

Charges of conspiracy to commit
murder were placed today against the
woman and four men arrested ,ast
Thursday night as the result Of plot
to assassinate Charles E. Haury, super
visor of the International Union oi
Operating Engineers.
Those charged are George MacSullen
At. identified as the man who attempted
to kill three other officials of the organ
ization last May; Ed johnson. SO, Of
the 900 block of Grant place; Burt w
Carpenter, Al, of the 1900 block OF
! Seventeenth street; Walter Reed, 26, OF
the 200 block of A street southeast
and Mrs Kaye Reed, Is, same address
They will be given hearing tomorrow
by United States Commissioner Need
ham C. Turnage.
Meanwhile police still are awaiting
, word from Department of Justice agents
in Chicago, who were asked to check or
an alibi offered by MacSullen in con-
nection with the earlier murder scheme
If MacSullen's statement that he was
in Chicago at the time Of the shoot
ing of the three union officials is
not verified, according to Inspector
Frank S. w. Burke, chief of detectives
he will be charged with assault with
intent to kill.
Meanwhile, all the prisoners have
signed statements in which they ad'
mitted scheming to shoot Haury as HI
left the unions headquarters Thursday
night. The statements were obtained
by Detective Sergts. A. D. Mansfield and
Jerry Flaherty.
The intended victims of the shooting
last May were the late Arthur M. Hud-
dell, then president Of the organization;
his successor, John Possehl, and Frank
Langdon, editor of the unions oflcia
journal. Langdon was seriously wound
ed, but the others escaped injury. They
were fired upon IN a restaurant across
the street from their ofices. MacSuller
was identified as the gunman by Pos
sehl, who came here from New YORK
Saturday
Evening star., 1932-03-21
THREE CHILDREN HURT
IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS
Two Struck by Cars and One in
Auto Collision Receive
Minor Injuries.

Three children escaped with minor
injuries in three trafic accidents re-
ported to police yesterday afternoon.
James Dorsey. 8 years old, Of 3852
Beecher street, was treated for cuts
and bruises at Walter Reed Hospital
after he stepped from behind a parked
car in the TOO block Ingraham street
into the path of a machine driven by
James A. Booth, so, 819 Ingraham
street.
A collision between two machines at
Tenth street and Rhode Island avenue
sent Joseph Taylor, jr., years old, of
3113 Twelfth street, to a physicians
office for treatment for minor cuts while
his father was arrested by second pre-
ctnct police on bad brakes charge
The elder Taylor's machine struck q
car operated by Henry G. Biscol, 80
years old, Of 1881 Garfield street, police
reported.
Physicians at Casualty Hospital
treated Susan Margelos, years old, of
6l4 Maryland avenue southwest, for a
slight injury to the left leg, received
when she was struck in front of her
home by machine driven by Arthur
r. Wilcoxen of Hyattsville, Md.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
RESCUE L0CKED-IN CHILD
Fireman Climbs Through Transom
To Aid 4-Year-Old.

Four-year-old Sallie Walker, 1881
Nineteenth street, was released from a
locked room in her parents apartment
by flremen of No. Truck Company
yesterday afternoon after she walked
into the room and snapped the catch
on the door,
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Britain
Walker, were unable to unlock the door
from their side and called police for
aid. No. Truck Company was sent
to the scene and fireman climbed
through the transom and released the
child from hez place a senu0nemenk
Evening star., 1932-03-21
LIGHT co. ASKS RIGHT
TO BUILD GAS HOLDER
Application to Construct $500. 900
Tank Expected to Meet
With Opposition.

The Washington Gas Light Co. today
filed with the Public Utilities Commis-
sion its formal application for permis-
sion to construct gas holder 155 feet
high at Riggs road and the Baltimore
& Ohio right OF way northeast.
The holder is designed to contain
100000 cubic feet of gas and will
cost approximately 100000 to con-
struct. Owing to the public interest in
the question, the commission has de-
cided to call a public hearing on the
application, the date for which has not
been set.
Opposition to the location of the
holder has been voiced by the Chillum
Heights, Takoma Park and other citi-
zens' associations. Their representa-
tives will be given an opportunity to
state their views at the hearing. The
company desires to start construction
on the new job in the near future.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
USERS OF MT. VERNON HIGHWAY
IN DILEMMA OVER LACK OF RULES
Park Police Admit Ignorance of Regulations and Who
Will Make Them Also Is Puzzle.

Although the Mount Vernon Memo
rial Highway is open to the public for
full daylight traffic and as soon as
liQhting is completed shortly will be on
a 24-hour basis, regulations for its use
have not yet been promulgated. Mem
bers of the United States park police
frankly concede they do not know what
the regulations are. The public Is even
more at disadvantage.
Just who will issue the regulations is
another puzzle Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant,
Sd, director Of public buildings and
public parks, has supervision over the
police assigned to guard the highway,
but the Department of Agriculture has
not relinquished full control over the
new riverside thoroughfare. Some time
ago Col Grant announced the speed
Mnat On ,tha h0h4aE NoH1 eod1uEh b
Evening star., 1932-03-21
HEAVY RAILS ARE URGED
TO GUARD SAFETY ZONES
Bowman Tells Traffic Bureau
Street Car Loading Areas Are
"Decoys and Death Traps"

Protesting that safety zones and
street car loading platforms are "decoys
and death traps" Representative Bow
man Of West Virginia, a member of the
House District Committee, today urged
the Traffic Bureau of the Police De-
partment to safeguard these areas with
heavy rails rather than painted lines
on the streets
Representative Bowman cited several
recent instances of accidents in safety
zones and loading platforms that came
under his personal observation.
The Traffic Bureau replied that some
OF the zones and platforms to which he
referred have been designated as darfe
gerous by the Public Utilities Commits
sion and that the question of providing
additional safeguards will be taken up
at meeting with representatives of va
rious civic organizations within the
next few days.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
It of virginia-45 miles an hour.

that Of Virginia-45 miles an hour
superintendent Of the United States
park police, has been working on pro-
posed set Of regulations for the high
way, designed to parallel regulations
prevailing In the city's parks. where
possible. There has been some talk OF
having President Hoover issue the regu-
lations oficially and of having them
indorsed by Secretary Hyde. as head of
the department which constructed the
highway.
Landscaping is now going forward
and lights are being installed. Tenta-
lively, the lights are to be ready around
April /. Trucking by workmen on the
highway has reached the point where
Evening star., 1932-03-21
Sentenced for Taking Paper.

Accused Of taking copy of Sunday
paper from a newsstand at 1920 Four
teenth street, Clarence White, colored,
81, was sentenced to 30 days in jail in
Police Court today.
White, who was arrested by Police
man r. G. Jackson, second precinct,
was found guilty and sentenced by
Judge Isaac r. Hit. The offense took
place yesterday.