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Evening star., 1934-08-15
HAzEN OPPOSES
z NEW VOICES
Safe Traffic Drive Suffi-
GENTLY Represented by
One Auto, He Says.

Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
dropped a damp blanket today on the
plans of Police Supt Brown to find
two mates for THE Voice of Safety"
Hazen, who is in charge of the Po-
lice Department, said he thought one
Voice of Safety is enough to carry
out the original traffic education cam
paign, and would oppose any move by
the police superintendent to place two
more of the distinctive white cars on
the streets.
However, Hazen said, he might give
his permission for equipping two Traf-
fic Bureau scout cars with loud speak
ers, so they could be used as Voices
of Safety" while not actually engaged
in regular police work.
Need Seen BY Brown.
Maj. Brown had such a plan in
mind, but expressed desire to get
two new cars and paint them white
like the original "Voice of Safety"
He felt that three voices cruising
the city streets would increase the
already marked effectiveness of the
safety crusade.
HaZen declared he had been i'm
pressed with the improvement of the
traffic situation due to the operations
of the Voice of Safety" and the Sc
cret committee of 100 traffic viola
ton spoilers, but at the present time
he does not think it necessary to put
two more police cars in commission
for the sole purpose of reprimanding
drivers and pedestrians who violate
traffic rules.
Car Offered Police.
A Washington automobile dealer
has offered to give the Police Depart
ment a car to be used in the safety
patrol work, and in view of that situ-
alton, Maj. Brown believes he may
persuade the Commissioner to change
his mind.
Although hundreds of pedestrians
and drivers have been "bawled out"
by the voice in the Voice of Safety"
since the car made its debut August
l, HaZen said he had not received
any complaints from the victims. He
was told one irate pedestrian several
days ago "thumbed" the voice behind
the microphone IN the mEshine.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
WOMAN BATTLES
RESCUERS;; DIES
Breaks Away From Work.
men on Bridge and Leaps
Into River.

Breaking away from two members
of the construction crew replacing the
old Benning Bridge, an unidentified
young woman leaped into the Ana
costa River this morning, floundered
on the surface for several minutes as
she tried to reach the shore and sank
after the current swept her 100 yards
north of the bridge. Harbor precinct
policemen recovered the body shortly
before noon.
The construction foreman had
caught the woman shortly before she
leaped. He saw her come running onto
the east end of the bridge, sobbing
wildly. The woman climbed over the
concrete railing and was clinging to
the outer side Of the bridge, with her
feet on small ledge when the fore
man graSped her.
Leave me alone!" the woman cried.
Leave me alone!"
The foreman held on and shouted
for help. A workman came running,
and together the two men hauled her
back over the rail and set her on the
sidewalk.
OuMUS hdliuB again.
Immediately, the woman started
running toward the center of the
bridge. The workmen told police
they supposed she had changed her
mind about committing suicide and
would go away.
Once out of reach of the men, the
woman again climbed the railing and
this time did not hesitate before leap
ing.
She hit the water fiat, and appar-
emily was partially stunned. She
could swim a little, however, and
after moment began to strive des-
perately to reach shore, only about
10 yards away.
But the current. converted at this
point into a swift channel by the
construction work, slowly forced her
peared and sank again finally in the
muddy water near the opposite bank.
Boat Rescue Fails.
While the woman struggled, several
workmen ran off the bridge and
launched a boat from the bank be-
meath. They were too late to reach
her side.
She was a small brunette about
% years old. The woman was bare
headed and wore light cotton house
dress.
Police also were unable to learn
whether the woman came to the
bridge on foot or in an automobile.
No one seems to have seen her before
she ran onto the bridge
Once in the river the woman
struggled in silence and made no
response to shouted advice from the
bridge.
Police removed the body to the
District Morgue, where it remained
unidentified at late hour today.
Evening star., 1934-08-15

"In many respects the decision Of
the Maryland Circuit Court follows
closely along the lines Of decision
handed down a few years ago by the
Supreme Court of the United States
in a case appealed from Ohio. In this
opinion Chief Justice Taft said, in
effect, that the fee system of arrests
and trials is contrary to the spirit of
Anglo-Saxon Jurisprudence.
1.-The District of Columbia division
of the A. A. A. is determined to use
all its resources to fight up to the Su-
preme Court of the United States, If
necessary, cases involving fee-splitting
constables and justices in territory ad-
iacent to the National Capital.
"Our attorneys are now studying the
text of the Circuit Courts decision
with the view of advising motorists
who have been fined in Joyce's court
as to whether they may expect to re-
cover their fines and, If so, what steps
are necessary. They will also study
the decision to ascertain what bearing
it may have. on the validity of the
new ordinance at Mount Rainier"
Evening star., 1934-08-15
5OO-POund Turtle
Sent Here to Rule
Ouer aquarium
Giant Tropical Reptile
to Take Place OF Oscar,
"Dean" of Tanks.

A new acquisition, to be the largest
in the Bureau of Fisheries Aquarium,
is expected to arrive in Wellington
from Woods Hole, Mass, within the
next week or 10 days.
It will be a giant loggerhead trop-
ical turtle, weighing close to 500
pounds, and will be quartered in a
tank of sea water. The new turtle
will displace the veteran Oscar, a
snapper, and dean of the aquarium S
collection since the death of Spencer,
veteran sturgeon, two years ago.
Oscar, weighing Al pounds and
more than so years old, recently has
been listless, and specialists in turtle
and reptile ailments have diagnosed
his trouble as lack of sunshine.
Consequently. Dean oscar has been
transferred from his tank in the base
ment aquarium to the courtyard of
the Commerce Building, along with a
large collection of goldfish.
The huge tropical turtle is owned
by the Boston Aquarium. which, be-
cause of inadequate facilities has been
temporarily housing the big reptile at
Woods Hole. The approach of cold
weather led to the plan to transfer
the turtle here.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
BEER SELLER REFUSING DRINK
AFTER 2 Am. SHOT BY BANDIT

ordered Taylor to open the cash reg
lister.
Boy" said Taylor, "I don't know
the combination, and I'm too scared
to open it if I did"
Lipshutz, sleeping op couch in the
rear of the store, heard the CONVEX
sation and rushed for the door, call
ing for help. The bandit fed, firing
one shot, which struck Lipshutz in the
arm. He was taken to Emergency
Hospital, where his condition is un-
determined.
Lipshutz recently was hailed before
the A. B. c. Board on a charge of
selling beer after hours. Revocation
of his license was recommended, but
the District Commissioners have not
yet acted on the case.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
LIQUOR REGULATION
CHANGE DELAYED
Commissioner Hazen Says He Is
Not Inclined to Approve
Proposal.

Commissioner Hazen said today he
was not inclined to approve the pro-
posal of the Hotel and Restaurant
Employees Alliance for a change in
the liquor regulations to permit open
service bars, but said final action
would be withheld until Commissioner
Allen returns from vacation.
Believing there is another means
of preventing substitution of cheap
for good liquor and of stamping out
insanitary practices Of bartenders,
about which the alliance complained,
Hazen ordered Health Officer william
C. Fowler to get after" proprietors
who are violating health regulations.
Fowler said he already had his
inspectors checking on the sanitary
conditions at restaurants and hotels,
would continue to do so and said the
subject already was covered by exist
ing regulations.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
URGES
TAX|CAB CODE TO
CORRECT TROUBLE
"DiSorganized, UnsatiSfac-
tory Conditions" Here,
Says Peoples Counsel.
RENTING OF CARS
TO DRIVERS SCORED
Utilities Commissions Long Ef-
forts to Improve Situation
Told N. R. A. Officials.

Appearing before N. R. A. officials
today, Peoples Counsel William A.
Roberts voiced strong arguments for
adoption of a code for the taxicab in
dustry as a means of protecting en-
ployes and to correct the "disorgan-
lied, unsatisfactory conditions" which
he said had prevailed here in recent
years.
Roberts deplored conditions In the
taxi business here, saying most of the
abuses result from the system by
which drivers rent the cars they use.
He recited the long history of the un-
successful efforts of the Public Util-
tiles Commission to correct the evils
and quoted Justice Jesse C. Adkins of
District Supreme Court in a criticism
of the flat-rate zone fare plan and
other features of the present form Of
operation.
For Continued Efforts.
Whatever may be the objections to
the language or principles of the pro-
posed code, Roberts said he hoped the
effort would be continued until a sat-
isfactory code providing full cooper
alton with the Public Utilities Com
mission had been set up.
Roberts outlined the transition of
the cab industry here in recent years,
showing how it had passed from the
control of two or three major COM
panies operating fleets to the present
diversified ownership system, with cab
drivers competing on a flat-rate but
varied zone limits, and trying to meet
expenses at extremely low rates.
Increase In Cabs.
After the present system swung into
full operation, he said, the number of
cabs climbed to approximately 1000,
land the rates dropped to a point
where some cabs were operating for no
fare except for gratuities In lieu of
fixed compensation"
Roberts said sworn statements Of
cab operators showed 3,191 drivers re-
ported their gross income was less
than $500 per day, out of which must
be paid the rent" for the cab, all
costs Of operation and association
fees" before any net earnings were
available to the drivers.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
BY a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
NK CUNT RAINIER, Md, Au-
Nh gust 15.-If any motorist
WI who has been fined or for
4 ' L feited collateral for traffic
violations in the local mu-
nicipal court wants his money re-
turned, he will have to sue for it.
This was the announcement today
of Corp. Counsel Bird H. Dolby.
Mrs. Emily G. Smith, 14oo block of
Meridian street, Washington, will re-
ceive back the collateral she posted
some time ago as the result of action
yesterday by the Circuit Court at
Marlboro, which held that the town
police justice was disqualified to hear
the case because his fee depended
upon conviction.
Defendants Submitted"
Dolby pointed out that Mrs. Smith,
case never came to trial here, no COL
lateral was forfeited or fine imposed.
In all other cases tried while the
Judge was being paid for convictions
only, the defendants submitted to
the Jurisdiction of the court"
'"They had a right. just as Mrs.
Smith had, of filing writ of certio-
rari, or of having their trial removed
to some other magistrate" Dolby
Evening star., 1934-08-15

Abraham LipshutZ, lunch room
proprietor recently threatened with
loss of his beer license for selling the
beverage after hours, was shot early
today by a colored bandit who had
been refused a drink because it was
after 2 am. when he demanded it.
Oscar Taylor, 40, colored cook, was
behind the counter when the Gus
toner came into the lunch room at
206 Fourth street southwest.
Give me drink of whisky" the
colored man commanded.
I'VE don't sell whisky" Taylor said.
"All right, give me glass of beer, !"
said the stranger.
Its after o'clock and we can't
sell it," said Taylor.
Producing a revolver, the bandit
Evening star., 1934-08-15

Morris, violating liquor taxing act;
Edward Allen and Cortez C. Brewer,
violating national motor vehicle theft
act; Lillian Camarda, violating Har-
rison narcotic act; r. J. Hyman, false
pretenses: Thomas H. Ratcliffe, false
pretenses. and forgery and uttering,
and Julia Stokes, violating section 30,
United States Penal Code.
The jury cleared the following of
the charges indicated:
Milton Bell, joy riding; Andrew
Brown and Willie Smith, joy riding
and grand larceny; Harry E. Thomas
and Claude Carrier, grand larceny;
John H. Lewis, HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny; Robert MCGEE, assault with
dangerous weapon; Curtis Jackson,
carnal KNOWLEDGE and John MidOlO.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
GIRL WHO POSED AS BOY
CLEARED OF SUSPICION

Isabelle MesSmer, 10, who was ar
rested August as a robbery suspect,
was released last night from the House
of Detention.
The young woman was cleared of all
suspicion after being questioned ex-
TINS, all of whom failed to identify
her.
Miss Messmer was taken into GUS
tody while dressed in boys clothes at
a downtown hotel. A pistol and a
blond wig she sometimes wore were
discovered in the hotel room. The
gun has been retained by police.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
MAN HURT IN FALL

William E. McConvey, 70, of 9l6
Eighth street, was in Emergency Hos
pital today suffering from injuries re-
ceived late yesterday when he fell
downstairs from the second to the
first floor at the Offices of the w. L.
Gary Plumbing Co., BILL Fourteenth
street.
He was hurt about the head and
may have received internal injuries,
according to hospital attaches. who
said his condition is undetermined.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
RESERVES ON MARCH

The 9Th Marine Corps Reserves left
Washington today for a three-day
training march, bound for the farm
Of Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen,
near NokeSville, Prince William
County, Va, where a series of ath-
letic events will be staged.
The body comprised $40 enlisted
men and Sc officers. under the COM
mand Of Lieut.. Col. ]. J. Stalsy.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
Federation to Frolic.

The annual outing of the Fedora
tion of Business Mems Associations
will be held tomorrow at Hysong's S
Cottage, Broadwater Beach. All
members of the federation are in
vited. Those who can will meet at
Hysong's, Thirteenth and N streets,
at pm, to go in a group from these.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
Employees to Hold Outing.

The Capital Transit Employees Re-
lief Association will hold an outing at
Glen Echo Park on August %, it was
announced today by E. S. Pardoe,
general chairman of the event. Ap-
proximately 10000 persons are ex-
pected to attend.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
Youth Snatches Purse.

At the height of the rush hour yes
terday afternoon at Thirteenth and
F streets, daring youth snatched a
purse containing $40 from Mary s.
Rodgers, 1900 block K street, ana
disappeared In the crowd.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
HENRY L. ROOSEVELT
GIVEN HAITIAN HONOR
Highest Decoration of Island
Government Is Awarded Assist
ant Secretary of Navy.

The highest decoration of the
Haitian government has just been
bestowed upon Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt.
The award of Grand Officer of the
Order of Merit and Honor has been
given the former Marine lieutenant
colonel, who once served in Haiti.
Inasmuch as Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt is now a colonel in the
Marine Corps Reserve, it will be
necessary to secure the permission of
Congress before he may accept the
decoration officially.
Meanwhile, with a number of other
decorations for Marines who served
in Haiti and Nicaragua, it will be
held at the State Department.
The Washington times., 1934-12-05

Charles McInnis, James Balman,
Leon Katz, Albert Conradis,
Thomas E. Lodge, Dwight Taylor,
Arthur Phelan, Joseph Cantrell,
Howard Vesey, Jessie R. Smith,
Final plans for the Attorney
Generals crime conference Decem.
Der 1912 have been completed, &C.
cording to announcement by Will.
liam Stanley. Details will be re-.
leased for publication later.
The general term Of the District
Supreme Court has amended the
court rule governing the admission
Of foreign or Immigrant" attor.
neys.
Requirements in general are the
same in cases where there is reci-
procity between the District and
State whence the immigrant attor.
ney comes, but the court reserves
the right to waive requirements
as to examination by the examin-
ing committee and admit the al.
torney on motion when he submits
character evidence.
The Washington times., 1934-12-05
University Women

The Washington branch Of
the American Association of
University Women will give a
dinner in honor of the Board Of
Directors Of the American AS
sociation of University Women.
tonight at the national club
house. 1884 I st. N. W.
The board of directors has
been holding its annual meeting
for the past three days at the
clubhouse. DR.. Meta Glass,
national president of the Asso-
citation, who is president of
Sweet Briar College, has pre-
sided over the meeting. To-
nights dinner will be the clos
ing event.
Those on the board also in
clude Mrs. Howard Nichols,
president Of the Washington
Branch; DR.. Mary Yost, dean of
women of Stanford University,
Calf, first national vice pres
ident; Miss Shirley Farr, of Chi
cago, second national vice pres
ident; Mrs. A. Ross Hill of
Kansas City, Mo-, national
treasurer; Miss Mary E. Woolley,
president Of Mt. Holyoke Col
lege, who Is the chairman Of the
committee of international re-
lations; Mrs. F. G. Atkinson, of
Minneapolis, chairman of fell
lowship endowment; DR.. Kath-
ryn McHau, general director of
the association, and Mrs. j. K.
McClintock, comptroller of the
association, both Of the head
quarters here.
The nine sectional directors
Of the organization, also mem
bers Of the board, will attend
the dinner. They are Miss Eliz-
abeth Kirkbride, of Albany, N.
Y; Miss Jeannett Kelly, of Will
liamsburg, Va; Miss Irma
Voight, of Athens, Ohio; Miss
Martha Enochs, of Jackson,
Miss; Mrs. F. H. Waters, of
Ames. Iowa; Miss Grace Wilkie,
of Wichita, Kan; Mrs. w. S.
Garnsey, of Greeley. Colo; Mrs.
L. T. Merwin, of Portland, Ore,
and Mrs. A. S. Heineman, Of
Los Angeles, Calf.
The Washington times., 1934-12-05

last word in those deliberations.
He does not consider that the cur.
rent rate in the District is equiv
alent to more than the rate in
his own county because property
here is assessed for taxes at nearly
its full value.
The municipal finance COM
mittee of the Board of Trade, of
which Edward F. Colladay. lawyer
and business executive, is chair
man, has prepared another COM
parison which will be hard for
the Congressman to meet.
His m m t e has OBJ
tained the 1880 census popula-
tion Of every large city in the
country, together with the total
tax assessment in those cities. For
instance, Philadelphia, with $780,
961 population, has a total assess
ment of $3,255.705,581, giving a
per capita assessment of $1,668-
Just about the highest per capita
rate outside the District.
The District of Columbia, how.
ever, with its 486.S69 of popula-
ton, has total assessment OF
$1,229, 100000, or a per capita as
seSsment Of $2,525.
OF course, the remedy lies in
increasing the Federal contribu
tion toward the expenses of h e
municipality. Mr.. Colladay points
to the departmental estimates OF
the budget, approximating $52,-
100000, as faced with an antici-
pated income of $38.000,000.
Since 1920 the Federal contri-
button has dwindled from so to
13 per cent, although the city gov
ernment's responsibility for fire
and police protection and schools
has increased in almost direct ra-
ito. The taxable real estate in
the District, amounting to little
more than 1000 million, represents
approximately so per cent of the
real property here. School, church
and Federal property exemptions
amount to the other 40 per cent.
The Board of Trade is earnest
about the tax threat and is pre-
pairing to carry its battle to Capt.
tol Hill with a full front.
In the spring a young mans
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
love, the poet says, but the Indian
summer of the past few months
apparently has had the same ef-
feet on Frank J. Luchs.
Mr.. Luchs' engagement to Miss
Dolly Kaufman, of the 2400 block
Twentieth St. N. w., has been an
nounced. The wedding bells will
ring sometime next spring.
The Washington times., 1934-12-05
BY MARY PADGETT

The initial lecture in Wash.
ington by Mrs. Marie Peary
Stafford, daughter of the late
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary,
will be heard Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the headquarters
of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs. 1874 N st. N. w.
Mrs. Stafford will review her
book, THE Snowbaby's Own
Story" which relates her child
hood experiences in Greenland,
and also tells of the erection of
the memorial there to her dis.
tinguished father.
The District Of Columbia
Federation of Women's Clubs
will present Mrs. Stafford. The
program is being given for the
benefit of General Federation
Headquarters Library.
Mrs. Stafford has been called
the "Snowbaby" because she
was born farther north than
any other white person in the
world. She is the author of
four books for children and of
magazine articles, and is a lee
turer of note. Mrs. Stafford is
a fellow of the American Geo.
graphic Society. and recently
has been made an honorary
fellow of the Royal Geographic
cal Society of London, a much
coveted honor besto we'd upon
her in recognition of her work
in familiarizing the general
public with living conditions in
the Arctic, the customs and
legends of the EskimoS, and the
deeds of the explorers of those
regions.
After the review, tea will be
served and a program of music
will be given by Marie C. Deal,
concert soprano, and William
Moran, tenor, accompanied at
the piano by Elsie Harvey
Weaver.
Assisting Mrs. Merritt az the
tea table will be her sister,
Mrs. Horton H. McKeever, and
Mrs. John Holman Britain,
Mrs. Elliott F.. Brumbaugh, Mrs.
James H. Matthews, jr., Mrs.
Roland Williams, Mrs. Richard
Williams, Miss Marion Will
liams, Mrs. Walter Brake, Mrs.
Lloyd w. Biddle, Mrs. Henry
Fenno Sawtelle, Mrs. William
Boss, Mrs. Augustine N. Nc
Manus, Mrs. Charles H. Bair,
Mrs. Stanley H. BeaSley, Mrs.
Ruth H. SnodgrasS and Mrs.
Helen Morrison Hunter.
Presiding at the tea table
will be Mrs. Henry Wallace,
wife of the Secretary of Agri-
culture; Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
president of the D. C. FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs; Mrs.
The Washington times., 1934-12-05

W ay in tn e
legal circles Of
the District Of
Columbia t hi S
week, with the
naming of a
C o m m / t t e e ,
headed by r.
Aubrey Bogley,
to organize the
movement.
F. a S h 10 ned
somewhat along
the line s Of
t h e BarriSterS
Clu b of this
city, the junior
bar conference
The Washington times., 1934-12-05
StauntOn F,iremen
Call for Old TOYS

STAUNTON, Va, Dec. S (Spe.
claD.-T'he Staunton Fire Depart
ment, which annually plays Santa
Claus to underpriviliged children
IN Staunton and Augusta county,
has sent out its call for broken
and discarded toys which they re-
pair and distribute to youngsters
on the night before Christmas.
The Washington times., 1934-12-05
Elks' Boys Band
Banquet Guests

Members Of the Elks' Boys Band
attended a banquet given in their
honor last night by Lodge No. IS,
B. P. .. Elks, at the clubhouse, 919
H St. N. w.
A lounging chair was presented
by the members of the band to
Fred Whitehead, 80, first sponsor
Of the organization.
The Washington times., 1934-12-05
BINGO PARTY SET

A card and bingo party, spon-
sored by the St. Vincent DePaul
Society of Holy Comforter Church,
will be held Friday, December IA,
in the church school at Fifteenth
and East Capitol Streets. Proceeds
will be given to needy families in
the community,
The Washington times., 1934-12-05

known to the
Solons from the
o u t ng sec
ms of the
country, one OF
them invariably
cries:
w hy, I
never heard
of such a low
rate. Back in
my county we
pay $3.50 q
hundred"
OF CO urS e,
s h e Congress
man has the
The Washington times., 1934-12-05
ClubWOrnen Will Hear
Peary's Daughter

Virginia White Speel, Mrs.
Howard H. Hodgkins, Mrs. John
w. Frizzell and Mrs. Ellis
Logan, past presidents of the
local federation; also Mrs. w.
w. Husband, chairman Of the
Division of Americanization Of
the General Association; Mrs.
Josephine Junkin Doggett, di-
rector of research at General
Federation Headquarters, and
Miss Vella Winner, editor Of
The ClubWoman.