Washington News W)t JBdminq pfcfWASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, .OCTOBER 18, 1929. *

Society and General

MALLROAD PLANSARE GIVEN SIUDV

BY COMMISSIONSTreatment of Thirteenth,

Fourteenth and Fifteenth

Sts. Considered at Meeting.

“SUBWAY” PROPOSALSUNDER CONSIDERATION

Fine Arts Group Favors ImmediateDevelopment of System From

Capitol to Ninth Street.

Treatment of Twelfth. Fourteenth and

Fifteenth streets, with relation to their

crossing the proposed ™ads of the Mall,

n .ac riivriiHsed today by tnc Fine **rts

Commission and the National Capital

Paric and Planning

held their first joint meeting this year

members made no attempt to arnvc at

definite- conclusions, but demoted tn

time to exhaustive discussion.plans prepared by the staff of the

naric commission, under direction of

Charles W Eliot. 2d. city planner werelaid before the joint body and showedthat the project calls

hI°r

Manr

fui driveways down the Mail Detween

Third street and the Washington Monu-

ment two on each side. Ihese plans,

which formed the basis of the discus-

sion. were prepared in with

authorization under the Union StationCapitol Plaza development act recently

passed by Congress.

* Street Layout Discussed.The two commissions devoted their

attention particularly to the Questionof the present streets crossing the Mall

from north to south, and their rela-

tion from the viewpoint of grades to

the proposed new roadways running

east and west down the Mall.The principal discussion focused on

the question of whether separationofgrades is desirable, and whether Twelfth,

Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets shou d

be subways under the two centralthe four Mall roadways. The Eliotplan calls for a central panel down theMall, affording a vista from the Capi-

tol to the Washington Monument.

The consensus was that the oppor-tunity of giving the three streets 'sub-way” treatment should be left open, sothat this program can be put into effectif decided best.

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The joint session today followed ameeting of the Fine Arts Commissionvesterday, at which the subject of Malldevelopment also was studied. The Fine

Arts Commission went on record for

immediate development of the Mallroadway svstem from the Capitol toNinth street. Such development Itwaspointed out, was necessary to relieve theburden of traffic on Pennsylvania ave-nue, particularly in view of the ad-

ditional Government structures to go

“VhecommlMldn alsowouldbar com-mercial vehicles from the Mall, whereroadway development can be done very

inexpensively” now, according to themembers.

Consider Masons’ Building.

Harvey W. Corbett of New York of

the American Institute of Architectsappeared before the commission to pre-senta project ofa building to be erectedby the Masons on the Deane tract, atConnecticut and Florida avenues. Thisquestion was taken under advisement.

The Park Commission formally re-ceived a preliminary report from themetropolitan water committee, that hasbeen considering water needs for aGreater Washington for the coming 50years, and put over election of a newchairman, in succession ot Lieut. Gen.Edgar Jadwin, until the close of thejoint meeting with the Fine Arts Com-mission.

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Plans for the reptile house in theNational Zoological Park received theIndorsement of the Fine Arts Commis-sion yesterday, after A. L. Harris, Dis-trict municipal architect, had sub-mitted them, following a previous con-sultation with the members. The com-mission gave attention to a preliminarystudy of the proposed statue to Queen

Isabella of Spain, to be erected here by

the Daughters of Isabella. The memo-rial to Columbus, It was recalled, takesthe form of a fountain in front of theUnion Station.

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The casting of bronze of the statue ofHenry Clay, to be erected at Caracas,Venezuela, under congressional author-ity, will be undertaken at an early date,

as the result of yesterday’s session ofthe Fine Arts Commission, which gavefurther approval to steps recently takenIn shaping the memorial.

Medal Decision Delayed.

The commission took under advise-ment the question of a design for theMarine Corps expeditionary medal. Some60 designs were submitted. The com-mission likewise left for further study asuggestion by the Army quartermastergeneral for an awning at the ArlingtonAmphitheater, designed to shield fromthe sun not only the persons on therostrum, but the general public, as well.

Yesterday afternoon the Fine Arts

Commission went on a tour to view theeight winning structures in the Boardof Trade competition, to select the moststriking of this group. The result Isto be made public by the Board ofTrade.

Charles Moore, chairman of the com-mission, said today that each one of theeight structures examined —the Carl-ton Hotel, the Young Woman’s Christ-ian Association Building, the MullenMemorial Library at Catholic Univer-sity, chapel, cloister and garden at FortLincoln Cemetery; Wesley Heightshomes, Reno water tower and Districtbuildings at Tenley town, the residenceof C. D. Drayton, at 2425 Kaloramaroad, and the residence of Edwin B.Parker, at Twenty-fourth street andWyoming avenue—was of outstandingmerit.

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"Every one of the selections maderepresents an advance in building inthe District of Columbia." Mr. Mooreasserted. "The commission had diffi-culty in making a selection.”.

BIDS ASKED FOR NINTH

COAST GUARD CUTTER

250-Foot Turbine-Electric Ship of

2,000 Tons Part of $9,000,000

Extensive Program.

The ship building program of theUnited States Coast Guard went for-ward today when bids were asked forconstruction of another 250-foot cutter,bids to be opened at Coast Guard head-quarters here November 5.

This will be the ninth of the programof 10 cutters authorized by Congress inthe act of June 10, 1926, to be con

•tructed at a cost not to exceed $9,000-

DOO. Three of these ships are now und- 1construction at Oakland, Calif. Forma!notice of the bids on the new ship hasb;'n sent out by the Guard. Th-ou!: v is to be a turblued-electric, offcOOO tons displacement.

Seriously Hurt

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Motor Cycle Policeman Raymond V.Sinclair, who is in Garfield Hospitalwith a possible fractured skull as theresult of a traffic accident last night.

TRAFFIC OFFICERINJURED IN CRASH

Suffers Possible Skull Frac-ture—Man and Child

Hurt in Mishaps.

Motor Cycle Policeman Raymond V.Sinclair of the Traffic Bureau was oneof three persons seriously injured in aseries of traffic accidents reported topolice last night and this morning.

Sinclair is in a serious condition atGarfield Hospital as the result of in-juries suffered last night when, whilepursuing a speeding automobile southon New Hampshire avenue near RockCreek Church road, he crashed into amachine driven by Edward S. Rada, 26years old, of 3709 Thirteenth street.Sinclair was taken to the hospital in apassing automobile, where he was foundto have sustained a possible fracturedskull, broken right hand and ankle andsevere shock. His condition this morn-ing was described by hospital attachesas undetermined.

Picked Up Unconscious.Sinclair was picked up in an uncon-

scious condition by Hyman Cohen, 23years old, of 5017 Seventh street and,accompanied by Rada,' was removed tothe hospital.

Rada was held by police of the Tenthprecinct on a technical charge of “in-vestigation" pending the outcome ofSinclair’s Injuries and later released inthe custody of his attorney.

Sinclair, who is 38 years old and livesat 5218 Illinois avenue, while on foottraffic duty in the downtown businessdistrict iff 1926 made 3,482 arrests dur-ing the year for traffic offenses and lostonly 13 cases. He was subsequentlytransferred to bicycle duty in anotherprecinct and has only recently beenmounted on a motor cycle and detailedto the Traffic Bureau.

Child Sfcriously Hurt.Five-year-old De Witt Groves, jr„of

1651 Banning road, is in a seriouscondition at Casualty Hospital as theresult of injuries suffered late yester-day when struck by the rear-end of aWashington ftailway & Electric Co.street car as It- was leaving the carbam at Fifteenth and H streets north-east.

The child, whose condition thismorning was described as undetermined,was treated at the hospital by Dr. J.Rogers Young of th* staff for a possiblefractured skull and painful cuts and ibody bruises.

John O’Brien, 59 years old, of 313Pennsylvania avenue, was seriously in-jured last night when run down atFourth street and Pennsylvania avenueby an automobile‘operated by George J.Faina of 47 K street.

The injured man was removed toEmergency Hospital in a passing ma-chine. where he was found to have sus-tained a possible skull fracture in ad-dition to a fractured left knee and otherminor cuts and bruises. Faina wastaken into custody by police of the sixthprecinct and charged with having badbrakes.

Others injured were James Hicks of79 Fenton street northeast; NannieBarnes, 13-year-old colored girl, 251Warren street northeast, and FrancesDuncan, 22 years old, 1311 Gallatinstreet.

CANDIDATES PASS TESTFOR FOREIGN SERVICE

Entrance Examinations for Ap-pointments Successfully Taken

by 30 Men.

It is announced at the State Depart-ment that the following candidates

I qualified at the recent entrance exami-nation for appointments in the UnitedStates foreign service:

Robert A. Acly of Stockbridge. Mass.;

I I William W. Adams of Washington, D.C.; William K. Ailshie of Coeur d’Alene,Ohio: Edward Anderson, jr., of Jack-sonville, Fla.; Ralph J. Blake of Port-land, Oreg.: William F. Cavenaugh ofBerkeley, Calif.; Claude B. Chiperfleldof Canton, 111.; Sebe A. Christian ofSapulpa, Okla.; Montgomery. H. Colla-day of Hartford, Conn.; Charles A.Converse of Valdosta, Ga.; Edmund J.

1 Dorsz of Detroit, Mich.; Andrew W.Edson of Meriden, Conn.; William S.Farrell of Miller Place, N. Y.; FredericC. Fornes, jr., of Buffalo, N. Y.; Wil-

: liam Galbraith of Los Angeles, Calif.;1 Paul J. Gray of Lewiston, Me.; Bernard

: Gutter of Takoma, Wash.; Thomas A.Hickok of Aurora, N. Y.; Leo P. Hoganof East Orange, N. J.; Richard S. Hues-

| tis of Ticonderoga, N. Y.; Charles A.Hutchinson of Duluth, Minn.; RobertJanz of Norman, Okla.; Lucius J.Knowles of Boston, Mass.; George BlissLane of St. James, N. Y.; Edward Page,jr., of West Newton, Mass.; James W.Riddieberger of Woodstock. Va.; Wil-

Ellam E. Scotten of Pasadena, Calif ;Alan N. Steyne of New York City, Ken-neth S. Stout of Portland, Oreg.; James

f H. Wright of Chillicothe, Mo.

WORK HORSE RESCUED.» Animal Raised From Deep Pit by

‘ No. 5 Firemen.

Plunged to his shoulders in a deep- pit, caused by a sudden shift of re-jr’nimed land along an embankment at¦ Cal hcdral and Potomac avenues, a

) work horse of the District Gradihg De-nr.rlinent was extricated this morning

j v members of. No. 5 lire truck, underi ! Crpt. P. S. Chinn, after two hours'! j work.

Dr. F. W. Grcnfel. veterinarian for’ the District, said that the horse, al-t 1 though exhausted by his temnorary en-

tombment, was not seriousUFinjured.

NEW U. S. BUILDINGPROJECT IS LISTEDIN EARLY PROGRAM

Plans Ready for Unit of Ex-tensible Structure for Agri-

culture Department.

CONSTRUCTION TO BEGINWHEN TITLE IS ACQUIRED

Improvement Located in SouthwestArea and Is Expected to

Cover Three Squares.

The next new building to be erectedin the Government's big public buildingprogram in this city probably will be thefirst unit of the exteasive structure forthe Department of Agriculture and willbe placed on the square bounded by Band C streets, Thirteenth street andLiaworth place southwest.

Plans for this building virtually havebeen completed, and as soon as the Gov-ernment gets title to the land, whichis being acquired by condemnation, Itis planned to let contract and proceedas rapidly as possible with the work.The new Administrative Building forthe department is nearing completion

I across the street.I The extensible building for the De-

partment of Agriculture eventually isexpected to cover three squares, stretch-ing from Twelfth to Fourteenth streets,and bordered by B and C streets, butthe first unit of this huge structure, itwas revealed for the first time today,will go up on the middle square betweenThirteenth street and Linworth place,which is sometimes known as Thirteen-and-a-Half street.

Two Acres Now Sought.The Government is acquiring by con-

demnation two squares at this time, in-cluding the one on which, the first unitis to be built, and also the comer squareat Fourteenth and B streets southwest,but this latter square, on which arelocated several substantial buildings,will not be razed at the present time.The Bieber Building and other struc-tures on this square soon will be ownedby the Government, through condemna-tion. but they will continue to be usedin their present form by the Depart-ment of Agriculture.

Tentative plans for the entire gi-gantic extensible building have beendrawn by the Treasury Department,but the plans for the middle block arethe furthest advanced and will be readyfor use in asking bids when the Gov-ernment gets the ground.

Commission Ends Hearings.The Condemnation Commission has

concluded hearings in the case of bothsquares and there still remain severallegal steps before the property titlevests in the United States. When thesetitles will pass depends on the speedwith which the final steps in the con-demnation can be completed.

The Government has also purchasedfurther property In the Federal trianglenorth of the Mall. From the KinganPacking Association the Governmenthas bought lot 820, square 461, whichforms part of the original lot 5, at 630Pennsylvania avenue, in the sum of$92,500.

ZIHLMAN LAUDSINDUSTRIAL SHOW

Development of Industry Is De-clared Necessary to Progress

of Nation's Capital.

The fifth annual industrial expositionof the Washington Chamber of Com-merce, to open Monday, received theindorsement of Representative Zihlmanof Maryland, chairman of the HouseDistrict committee, in a statement em-phasizing Washington’s industrial andcommercial character.

“Work In the various branches of theGovernment,” he declared, “can be hadby only one-fifth of those residents Inthe District of Columbia who find Itnecessary to be employed. The sounddevelopment of Industry and commercewhich will not conflict with makingWashington the most beautiful capitalIn the world Is, therefore, a matter ofImportance to all who dwell here.

“It cannot be denied that many areunaware of the enormous yst well con-sidered steps which have been made to-ward giving the city a fair measure of

¦ economic independence. The mere factI that the output of Washington lndus-i tries now exceeds $100,000,000 in annual• value is impressive, but ail of us can-• pot help but benefit by knowing more| about how this is being accomplished.

Wholesale visits to the industries whichare now flourishing in Washington andnearby Maryland and Virginia are rath-er impracticable, but very much thesame result is achieved through the in-dustrial expositions sponsored by theWashington Chamber of Commerce.

“The plans for the one which nowimpends show it will be more compre-hensive than any of the four whichhave preceded it, giving not only abird’s-eye view picture of the city’B in-dustrial growth, but also containingmany educational displays illustratingthe activities of various Governmentdepartments and public agencies. lamglad that these expositions have provedso successful of their object as to Insuretheir permanence on the civic calendarof the Capital."

SCHULDT ASKS CITIZENSTO BE LAW-OBSERVANT

Police Court Judge Declares Traf-

fic Measures Are Ade-

quate if Kept.A plea for law observance as distin-

guished from law' enforcement wasmade Wednesday night by Police CourtJudge Gus A. Schuldt, speaking at ameeting of the Men's Club of GraceLutheran Church.

"The free-willed obedience of ourcitizens will solve the traffic problemof our city more effectively than will asystem of heavy penalties for variousInfractions,” the magistrate declared.

Existing regulations are adequate.Judge Schuldt said and what Is neededIs merely a better knowledge of themby motorists. The speaker was intro-

i duced by the pastor. Rev. Gerhard E.¦ Lenski. Lafour Raymond, president,; presided.

Buenos Aires Taxis Strike.-• By Coble to The Star.

BUENOS AIRES, October 17.—Taxidrivers yesterday were on a 48-hour

' strike, in protest against repressive' measures taken by Buenos Aires police.

- The strike became effective last mid-night

DRUSES TO BARE MYSTERIESOF CULT'S RELIGIOUS CREED

Sheik, Here Seeking Aid in

I Move for Syrian Independ-ence, Tells of Sect.

, Absolute Secrecy Shrouding

Nation Made Necessary by

Continued Enemy Attacks.

BY THOMAS R. HENRY.

The veil of mystery soon may be, removed from one of the most mys-

terious of religions and the sacred bookof the Druses, a closely guarded secretfor nearly 1,000 years, given to theworld.

Such Is the statement of AmeenHamada Bey, sheik of the LebanonDruses and brother of the Grand SheikHussein Hamada, who is both spiritualand political head of the little Drusenation on the slopes of Mount Lebanonwhich has maintained Its Integrity forcenturies against both Islam andChristendom.

Ameen Hamada now is In Washingtonafter a visit to Druse and Syrian com-munities throughout the United States.The National Capital has a small com-munity of these people, known chieflyin the past for their military exploitsagainst the Turks and the French. Now,says Hamada. the Druse nation hasjoined hands with other Christian andMoslem sects for an independent Syria.

Although there has been much con-jecture concerning the Druse mysteries,according to Hamada Bey. nearly

everything that has been published isvery Inaccurate since the full religionIs known only to a small portion of thepeople themselves who have guardedtheir secrets at the price of their lives.Now, he believes, there is no furtherreason for this and A. Mowhidine,

making an especial appeal to religiouslyInclined Intellectuals of all nations, maybecome one of the corner stones of anew world religion. Hitherto the Drusesnever have tried to preach their faithto tohers, there have been no convertsand the secrets have been restrictedto bora Druses.

Creed Is Centuries Old.

Supposedly A1 Mowhidine is a Mo-hammedan cult. but. says Hamada Bey,It might be called "the extreme Protes-tantism of Islam.” In describing thecreed of which his family are the chiefexpounders, (-4the swarthy, soft-spokensheik of the Syrian mountains mighthave been mistaken for an extremeChristian modernist. "A1 Mowhidine”means “Unitarian.” and in the UnitedStates, it was explained. Druses usuallyattend the Unitarian Churches, whichthey find very similar to their own“temples.”

The Druses, Hamada Bey, says, firstobtained their creed from one of theFatimite caliphs of Egypt In theeleventh century. As a result ofpersecution and wars they moved fromIrak to Syria and built for themselvesan impregnable community on themountain slopes. They were opposedso bitterly by the other Moslem sectsthat the rule of secrecy was adopted.

A1 Mowhidine makes use of the Koranand the Old and New Testaments, thesheik explained, but completely dis-counts the miracles in all of them,teaches that reason is the supremeguide, and has a sort of transcendentallstconception of the creation in which Godfirst created mind from which soul andmatter proceeded in order as “conse-quences.” This rather obscure point,which i* fundamental in this ancientreligion, is close to some of the mostadvanced modem philosophy.

Consequently the prophets are con-sidered as "personifications of the mindin action” and reverenced as suchrather than as human beings. TheDruses, says Hamada Bey, consider thatthere is a moral law in the worldhanded down from Heaven, but are un-willing to accept the biblical accountof the Ten Commandments. The sub-stance of these, says the sheik, recentlyhas been found in the Babylonian lawDreceding Moses, thus bearing out theDruse contention for a thousand yearsthat they came down from the veryearly days of the human race.

Consider Selves Moslems.

¦the Druses, he said, accept fully thephilosophical concepts of Christianityand consider Jesus as one of the "per-sonifications of mind in action,” butnot as personally a supernatural beingor able to perform miracles. They con-sider themselves Moslems, but attachno particular significance to Mohammed,except that he was the ancestor of thecaliph who first propounded theirphilosophy.

They break entirely wltlw Moham-medanism on the laws of family rela-tions. They are strict monogamistsand from the first have maintained theinstitution of divorce. Under Moham-medan law the division of property isstrictly regulated. Under Druse lawthe Individual may will his property ashe pleases.

The substance of the Druse creed iscontained in a sacred book, “TheWisdom,” now entirely unknown out-side the nation itself. When it ispublished, says the sheik, it will provea revelation to the world of this littlenation of , mountain philosophers. Not,he says, that all Druses are philosophers.They are of all sorts, like everybodyelse, but familiarity with the mysteriesis restricted to those who can under-stand, them.

The Druse churches, he explained,are very plain, and gold, silver or anysort of ornament in the places of wor-ship is forbidden. Instead these mustbe used for charity. A striking differ-ence between the Druse creed and Ju-daism, Islam and most of Christianity,he says, deals with prayer.

The Encyclopedia Britannica saysthat the Druses* are forbidden to pray.This, says the sheik, is entirely wrong.The true member of the cult must praya great deal every day, but the prayersare in the form of a conversation withthe Deity rather than a supplication.The Druse is forbidden to ask for fa-vors in prayer. Things happen, he says,according to the laws of nature, and itwould be considered extreme impiety toplead that these laws be changed forthe sake of the individual. The usualform of prayer, about which there hasbeen much speculation, he says, ismerely: “O God, I depend on Thee;I want to do Thy will.”

“Have Nothing to Hide.”

“I see no further reason,” says Ha-mada Bey, “whythe Druse religion shouldremain a secret any longer. The changesbrought about by the World War haveremoved the reasons for secrecy. Wehave nothing to hide. But since thewar we have been too busy to thinkabout it. Now we are struggling for ournational life and for the developmentof our country. When that is settledwe will turn to the other.”

The Druse war with the French, hesaid, is far from settled so far as theDruses arc concerned, and he revealedthat the great Druse leader, SultanPasha Atrash, now has retired into the IArabian desert with a nucleus of 3,000men, awaiting the result of present ne-gotiations between Syrian leaders andthe French government. He never hasabdicated and doesn't intend to.

The present troubles in Syria, hesaid, have brought together Druse andChristian in a firm alliance and he isin America not as a Druse but as aSyrian.

“Wa ara trying-aair beat to developt

AMEEN HAMADA BEY,Sheik of the Lebanon Druses.

our country in Occidental ways,” hesaid. “Thousands of our students arebeing educated in American and Euro-pean schools. We feel that the civili-zation of our ancestors Is the basis ofmodem world civilization. We wish tocollaborate with other peoples In theInterests of humanity.

“We look to the United States as thegreatest of modem world powers. Allsmall nations look to her for the ful-fillment of their aspirations. PresidentWilson’s 14 points are known the worldover and the name of Woodrow WilsonIs a sacred name among us. He him-self took a special interest in us. Westill look to America and her highIdeals for our salvation.”

ALIEN’S SUPERIORDEFENDS CONDUCT

Capt. Doyle Holds He Vio-lated No Rules in Mof-

fatt Case.

Fared with censure from his su-periors of Policeman Robert J. Allanfor his conduct of the case against Wil-liam Lee Moffatt, investment broker,Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the eighthprecinct stood by his guns today in hisdefense of the officer and refused tomodify his statement of last night, inwhich he said that Allen acted withhis complete approval.

Whether that approval goes so faras to condone the alleged statement ofAllen that “Iintend to investigate im-mediately why this man Moffatt wasallowed to be at liberty by the districtattorney’s office while many indict-ments are pending against him,” Capt.Doyle was unwilling to say.

Requests Statement.Capt. Doyle said that he had ad-

dressed a communication to Allen re-questing a written statement embody-ing the Information required by anorder issued yesterday by Maj. HenryO. Pratt, superintendent of police.Pratt acted under directions of Com-missioner Proctor L. Dougherty, whoinstructed him to ascertain whetherAllen said, as quoted in newspapers,that he was going to Investigate whythe office of the district attorney hadnever brought Moffatt to trial on twoindictments of false pretenses returnedby a grand Jury February 21, 1928.

Defending Allen, Capt. Doyle said:"I wish to state that in the manner

in which Pvt. R. J. Allen and myselfhandled this matter there was nothingirregular. In my judgment there wasno regulation violated, nor was anycustom of the force transgressed.

I “I wish to state further that Pvt.;Allen has acted in this matter with myfull approval and hearty co-operation.This is not an attitude on my partlimited to any particular case, but irather it is an attitude indicative ofthe manner in which Ihave always per-formed my duties as a police captain,with which position I have been honoredfor almost 24 years of my nearly 40years on the Metropolitan Police Forceof the District of Columbia.

Expects Allen’s Report.Capt. Doyle said that he expected to

receive a report from Allen in a coupleof days and that he would transmit itto Maj. Pratt immediately. He has notquestioned Allen orally as to his author-ship of the statement in question, hedeclared.

Pratt’s order stated, in part:"Such conduct is very unbecoming a

member of the Police Department,whose full duty is performed in present-ing such facts as he may be able to ob-tain as evidence of the commission ofcrime to the office of the district at-torney, and he has no concern as to theaction taken by that office.”

Today Allen is proceeding underorders or Capt. Doyle with IffS investi-gation of the Moffatt case.

"I will welcome any investiga-tion by the Police Department concern-ing my action in the Moffatt case,"Allen asserted. "In my Investigation ofthis case, I violated no police regula-tion.

“Jonas Rudolph, 666 E street south-east, made official complaint to me thatMoffatt had misappropriated $54,000 ofhis funds* and Harrison Omdorff, J321Fairmont street, also complained to methat he had been victimized by Moffattto the extent of SB,OOO.“Ireported these facts to my superior,

Capt. Doyle, who in turn ordered meto take the proper police action. I tookthe proper police action with the re-sult that William Lee Moffatt is nowon bond and is due to appear in PoliceCourt tomorrow morning to answer thecharges against him.”

Allen arrested Moffatt Wednesdayafternoon on a warrant sworn to byOmdorff.

Taxi Driver CancelsExtra Fare ChargeIn Race With Stork

“No charge for extra pas-sengers, madame,” said the taxidriver who raced the stork andlost.

The race started in the 600block of B street southeast. Mrs.Eufezia Armstrong had sum-moned the cab to her home.

"Drive me to Gallinger Hos-pital in a hurry,” she exclaimed.

Carl Smith, 1200 block of Estreet southeast, humped over thewheel and did as he was bid.For the last several blocks hedrove with his foot on thethrottle and his Anger on thesiren button.

Dr. A. P. Lupoli heard thesiren and sensed an emergency.He hastened from the hospital tothe taxi cab and ministered tothe mother and baby.

The mother, a Filipino, and herinfant son, who weighted in thismorning at 7 pounds and 2ounces, are "doing splendidly.”

RESERVOIR SITETRANSFER TO PARK

BOARD IS SOUGHTWater Department SuggestsIt Be Reimbursed for Money

Spent on Purchase.

APPROVAL OF CHANGEOF JURISDICTION ASKED

Development of Sixteenth StreetTract as Park Is Proposed in

Letter to Col. Grant.

The District Commissioners today de-cided to seek legislative authority totransfer to the Office of Public Build-ings and Public Parks jurisdiction overthe site of the old Brightwood Reservoirat Sixteenth street and Rock CreekPark. The reservoir is no longer used,as its place has been taken by the newwater works at Dalecarlia.

The land on which the reservoir isbuilt cost $20,729.90 in 1898, the moneybeing paid from the revenues of theWater Department. The Commission-ers are willing to turn the land overto the parks office for development asa park, provided the Water Departmentis reimbursed.

A letter was dispatched today to Col.U. 8. Grant 3d, director of publicbuildings and public parks, informinghim that a request would be sent tothe Budget Bureau for sanction of atransfer of the sum mentioned from thegeneral revenues of the District to thewater department’s account. Should theBudget Bureau approve the request, ap-propriate legislation will be transmittedto Congress as part of the District Bud-get bill for the fiscal year of 1931.

Pending enactment of this legislationthe Commissioners “informally” turnedover to Col Grant the maintenance ofthe grass and slopes on the site so thatthey might be kept in a more sightlycondition. The Commissioners said thatthey doubted the propriety of continu-ing this work with water departmentfunds now that the reservoir is no longerin use by the water department.

laborWploymentHELD SATISFACTORY

Increase Shown in Clerical HelpAvailable Since Schools

Opened.

The monthly survey by the employ-ment service of the United States De-partment of Labor for Washington,Maryland and Virginia during Septem-ber indicates that satisfactory condi-tions exist in almost every class oflabor.

Due to the opening of the variouscolleges in Washington there was anIncrease in the supply of clerical help,as many of the enrolling students seekpart-time employment as office workers.

The report states:“Some curtailment of forces was noted

in the retail stores and hotels; however,some of these workers may be absorbedin the next 30 days, when an increasein employment is expected in the de-partment stores. Resident skilled labor-ers were fairly well employed through-out the month, the unemployment con-sisting principally of unskilled help andclerical workers. The industrial estab-lishments of the city reported normaloperations. Federal and private projects

i continued to employ large numbers ofmen.”

The survey in Maryland and Virginiashowed agriculture, municipal improve-

! menu, highway building and the be-ginning of top-speed operations by thecanning factories are providing em-ployment for large numbers of menand that few laborers are out of work.

WIFE GRANTED DECREETO ANNUL MARRIAGE

Action Is Taken After Husband Is

Sentenced to Prison on

Bigamy Charge.

The marriage romance of 18-year-old Anna Keefe of 906 Twenty-sixthstreet and Forrest Richard Oakes ofPotomac, Md., which lasted four days,was definitely shattered in Equity Courtyesterday when Justice Wheat awardedan Interlocutory decree of annulmentto the wife.

Mrs. Oakes, represented by AttorneyRaymond Neudecker, applied to thecourt for an annulment of her mar-riage on September 20, 1926, to thedefendant, on the ground that at thetime of the ceremony he was still thelawful husband of Della Mae Oakesof Brunswick. Md., to whom he wasmarried on October 15, 1923. The billcharged that Oakes was arrested forbigamy in this city shortly after theceremony and was sentenced to servefour years in prison. The court wasadvised by the young wife that shemarried Oakes under the impressionthat he was a single man, and it wasnot until the police arrested him thatshe discovered that he already hada wife.

CHILD IS ATTACKED.Lured Into Garage by Colored Man,

Police Are Told.

A 12-year-old child In the northeastsection was the victim yesterday of anattack by an unidentified colored manwhom police are told lured her up analley and into a garage near First andV streets northeast.

A general lookout has been broadcastby police for the attacker.

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SPEED RATE SIGNSTO AID TRAFFIC

Massachusetts Avenue andThirteenth Street Marked

to Facilitate Driving.

In an effort to facilitate traffic alongstreets equipped with traffic lights, thetraffic director’s office is placing signs

• beside the lights indicating the properspeed of travel. Massachusetts avenueand Thirteenth street have already beenequipped. Fourteenth street is beingequipped today, and the others willhave the signs up soon.

Assistant Traffic Director M. O.Eldridge explained that all the lightsare timed for certain speeds df traffic,and that where a set of lights is timedfor traffic at 15 miles per hour andcongestion occurs traffic goes eitherfaster or slower. If it travels slower, itgets caught by the red lights. If it goesfaster, it reaches intersections beforethe lights change to green and makes

. extra stops and starts necessary. Thesigns are painted in black on a whitebackground. •

daytonTmotherEXPECTED TODAY

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Hopes to Secure Position as House-keeper in Order to Be

Hear Son.

The best friend of Dexter Dayton,confessed murderer, is on her way toWashington.

His mother quit her job in KansasCity a week ago, gathered her effectstogether and set out for the East tohelp her only son as best she can.

The widow should arrive at 6:30o’clock tonight. She hopes to find an-other job as a housekeeper, having onlya little money to spend in defense ofDayton.

Meanwhile, the Government's caseagainst the 25-year-old insurance sales-man is ready for the grand jury. TheIndictment of Dayton for the murderby strangulation of Miss MarjorieO’Donnell, 23. is expected at any time.

May Ask Death Penalty.

Whether the district attorney’s officewill seek a first-degree charge and de-mand the death penalty when the casecomes up for trial is a matter of spec-ulation.

It is virtually certain, however, thatDayton will elect to stand trial andnot enter a guilty plea. Through De-fense Counsel Daniel S. Ring andHarvey L. Cobb he is preparing to pltademotional Insanity superinduced bydrink.

Since Dayton invited police into hisroom at a local hotel, a fortnight ago,and there, beside the body of the girl heloved, confessed his crime, Mrs. EdithP. Dayton has been getting her affairsin order for the trip East. She hasraised every possible cent in the West-ern city, Dayton's lawyers here havebeen informed, to finance her fight forher son.

Will Seek Employment.In a recent letter to the attorneys,

though, she said the sum she had gath-ered together would ne more than de- 1fray the cost of a railroad ticket and ilodging for a few days.

“I am a competent housekeeper,’’ shewrote, "and I am sure that I can obtainsome sort of employment in Washing-ton, so that I can be near my son nowthat he needs me so. I want to be nearhim until I can be of no further use tohim.”

Dayton’s attorneys have spent thepast few days checking up on the rec-ord of their client since his arrival inWashington, eight months ago.

Noiseless Rivet Hammer.PHILADELPHIA, October 18 (JP). —

The millenium approaches for citydwellers who have to sleep daytimes.The noisy pneumatic hammer used inriveting steel in buildings Is being re-placed by a noiseless hydrogen blow-pipe welder, says Dr. Irving Langmuir,research expert of the General ElectricCo.

Sleepy Driver, on Trial, Unable to SayIf “Dem Tings" Required Were on Auto

Collin Dessure, who is colored andcomes from Georgia, went to sleep twiceduring his trial in Traffic Court todaybecause he was tired, not because ofany lack of interest.

Inasmuch as he was standing trial fordriving without permit or license platesand for running through a red light.Dessure had a very personal interest inthe proceedings, but he just couldn't ;stay awake,

Dessure told Judge Ralph Given that;he came to Washington from Macon, |Ga., two weeks ago and bought a car forsls. The car, he said, ran all right, but 1caused him to lose too much sleep. ,

The colored man mid he ewe amaeert 1. i

at the number of lights in Washington.In response to a question he admittedthat he had noticed some lights werered and others green, but indicated hethought the varying colors were forornamental purposes only.

"Well then,” Judge Given asked, “howabout the tags and the license? Didyour car have a license?"

“Deed, Judge,” Dessure replied, “I| don’t know whether that car has one

: of those things on it or not, but it runsI all right. Been running for three

; days.”Judge Given took his personal bond

; on all three charges and advised him1 to sail the automobile.

STEPS ARE TAKENFOR JOINT ACTION

ON UTILITY PLEASCommission Acts for CloserCo-operation With Virginia

and Maryland.

PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ALLAPPLICATIONS SUGGESTED

Would Affect Those Either in Twoor All Three of Juris-

dictions.

The Public Utilities Commission, itwas learned today, has taken the in-itiative .in a movement to bring abouta closer degree of co-operation and co-ordination with the Maryland and Vir-ginia public service commissions in theregulation of public utilities engaged ininterstate business in the District andthose two neighboring jurisdictions.

Recognizing the importance of a moreunified control over these interstateutilities than has been prevalent in thepast, the commission several days agowrote to the Maryland and Virginiacommissions suggesting joint publichearings on all applications affectingeither two or all three of the jurisdic-tions.

The movement is an outgrowth of anapplication filed with the State Cor-poration Commlasion of Virginia re-cently by the Nevin Bus Line to op-erate in that State between Richmondand the District. The company alsohas an application before the localcommission to run the busses fromRichmond over the streets of Wash-ington. The local commission also hasseveral other similar requests from oth-er bus lines to enter Washington frompoints in Virginia, and it feels thatonly by joint consideration of these ap-plications can it be satisfactorily de-termined where public necessity andconvenience warrant the granting ofsuch applications.

Similar Letter to Maryland.

In its letter to the Maryland PublicService Commission, which is similar,but not identical, in text to that sentto the Virginia commission, the localcommission said:

“From time to time this commissionreceives applications from interstatebus lines desiring to enter the Districtof, Columbia from points in Maryland,and it is believed that when such aninterstate bus line desires to operatein more than one Jurisdiction, its ap-plication should, in some way, be con-sidered jointly by the regulatory bodiesin the territories through which it de-sires to run.

“Itwould seem that all of the perti-nent facts might be developed at a pub-lic hearing, giving all interested partiesan opportunity to voice their views, in-cluding the proponents of the proposedline, any similar organizations alreadyauthorized to render service over com-peting routes and any citizens who maycare to make known their desires oropinions to the regulatory bodies con-cerned. Only in this way can it be de-termined whether or not the necessityand convenience of the public warrantthe granting of any such application.

“There are already a very consid-erable number of interstate bus lineswhich come into the District of Colum-bia. These large vehicles do add to thenormal congestion of the city’s streets.The necessity' and convenience of thepeople of the city who are compelledto use the streets must be given consid-eration when there arises any questionaS to the coming of other busses uponthese already crowded city thorough-fares.

Joint Hearings Proposed.“Ifyour commission is-in accord with

the ideas herein expressed, would youthink it advisable to hold a joint publichearing or hearings in connection withapplications before the commission tooperate the bus lines in both your Stateof Maryland and the District of Colum-bia? If it seems well to you to proceedin this way the Public Utilities Commis-sion of the District of Columbia wouldbe very glad to join in such hearings atany convenient place and upon datesto suit the convenience of members ofyour commission as well as ours.”

The District and Maryland commis-sions already have conferred on severaldifferent occasions over matters involv-ing both jurisdictions, but joint publiohearings as suggested by the local Com-missioners never before have been held.In several Instances members of theMaryland commission also have attend-ed hearings in the District on questionsinvolving utilities which operate inMaryland, and members of the Districtcommission have gone to Baltimore forthe same purpose. Co-operation be-tween the District and Virginia com-missions. however, has never reachedthis extent.

Regarded as Far-Reaching.The move for joint hearings is re-

garded as of far-reaching importancein local public utilities circles, becauseof the growth of Washington beyondthe boundaries of the District line andthe extension of the District’s utilities

i into thosi sections. While the joint[ hearings are proposed specifically on

! applications of interstate bus lines, it :sbelieved that in the course of time con-sideration would be given at such hear-ings to applications of other utilitycor-porations of the District which servenearby Maryland and Virginia com-munities.

Gas manufactured in Washington, itwas pointed out. is distributed in bothMaryland and Virginia. Electric cur-rent generated at the Beiining powerplant of the Pofomac Electric PowerCo. also is sold in a large section ofMaryland, while both street railwaylines as well as the Washington RapidTransit Co. operate into Maryland com-munities. In addition, one railway lineand a number of independent bus linesoperate into Washington from Virginia.

Thus the Maryland, Virginia and Dis-trict commissions, it was emphasized,have a common interest in the activi-ties of these various utility concernswhich most likely could be better reg-ulated and controlled through close co-operation and co-ordination of the threecommissions.

PLAN GLIDER CLUB.Interested Persons Asked to Meet-

ing in Thomson School.All those interested in the forma-

tion of a Washington glider club or who1 wish to become interested in the scienceof gliding are invited to attend a meet-ing to be held in the Thomson SchoolBuilding, Twelfth and L streets, tonightat 8 o'clock, when an effort will bemade to start a local club.

This club is being sponsored bv Ed-ward H. Young and Paul E. Garber,both well known local aviators. Theywill give brief addresses.

Lieut. Walter Hinton, U. S. N„ firsttransatlatic flyer, and J. Loeb of thelocal office of the National AeronauticalAssockatton. will also mate short

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