Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1928, Page 2

- A DISTRICT SCHOOL - NEEDS OUTLINED Creation of Business Depart- ment Apong Suggestions for | Next Appropriation Bill. The creation of a business depart- ment in the District public schools sys- tem under & business manager in whom would be vested authority to disburse school funds for construction, supplies and general scheol needs, exclusive of teachers’ salaries, was recommended to | members of the Board of Education yesterday afternoon in an executive session at the Capitol with the three members of Congress most active in; framing District of Columbia appro- priations. . { Called to the Capitol to sit in con- ference with Senator Phipps, Repub- lican, of Colorado, chairman of the Di trict subcommittee of the Senate ap-| propriations_committee; Representative Simmons, Republican, of Nebraska, | chairman of the District subcommittee of the House appropriations committes, | and Representative Holaday, Repub- lican, of Illinois, vice chairman of the | District subcommittee of the House ap- propriations_committee, Board of Edu- | cation members were advised also that | the three appropriations committee | members-favor the removal of the dis- | criminatory rule against out-of-town | teachers who would seek positions in the Jocal system. Was Confidential Conference. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, and members of his staff have not been apprised of the sesnom] which it became known today, was for the confidential interchange of ideas held by the three members of Congress | and members of the Board of Educa- | tion. | “The lack of a business department in ithe public school system has been dis- cussed frequently and oftes has voiced its objections to the lack of provision for its handling of appropria- tions made for school use. At present expenditures for new buildings, supplies real aythority in the control of expen- ditures, the exaction of reports on work done by the District repair shop or in the supervision of business af- ] B! f gilites 85 ttee of NEWTON BAKER GETS HAGUE COURT SEAT Cleveland Lawyer, Formerly Cabi-| net Member, Accepts Post, Kellogg Bays. By the Asscisied Press i President Coolidge has appointed Newion D. Baker of Cleveland, Secre-| tary of War in the Wilson cabinet,| 2s the fourth United States member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration et The Hague Becretary Kellogg, in snnouncing the sppointment tday, | said Mr. Beker had scoepied In sppuinting Mr. Baker, the Presi-| Cent @d 5 with the ides of having two Democrats and two Republicans | &2 members of the Permanent Court, | which wes estabiisied under the con- venilon signed st The Hague in 1845, | e otber three United Blates mem- | pers are Einu Root, Jobn Moore and Charies Evans Mughes. Thelr sppintments sre 1ot siX years #00 Bre renewsis i s, Moore recentiy Jucge of the Perma rarional Justiee e Lesgie of Wavions, Toe Permanerns Court of Aroitration i mainteined o tactiele Smmedisie revurse v srvitrstion for international | erences Woich . has oA Deen Dos- sioie U witie by diglomacy. Any one 1 trase 1907 Awericsrs may e se lecied Y & Dower sk 8 non-nAtnal wrvirator snd one of them aiweys cesignsiet by the United Slates U act 26 i nationsl sroltator on specisl Urinunals v pase on questions submitied NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN resigned ss & t Court of Inter- ne Mague under PROBE PLANS DISCUSSED Viars ere wing masde Wisy by the e U Carry out Fand Eenate oo e Crreway Tessiitum, caliing Lor Mnquiry WA campsign expendiires i e yeoent Kew Jersey Juy wriel rece Yertigation Arrangemenis 1or the wre wing worked in won, ek King, Democrst, of Utah. s bopel W eouchide Guring e week Berator bued, Democrs! erairman of the spe need by Ve fenaia v snguire il cetopeign expendl Berais Conditeus, s wver o Benetore King end MeNery Feporte fiom e Sive candifates in e New Jerwy wrich wes won by Hewmiivon ¥ Gonss CommIecues, PrOveny calied 1or fish, of Missourt res o ry ol BEDB- by Eenans Mcary, Republicen, of Ore- | the work aedtiae | s . v il Lk WOrE | [ b Judge Robert E. Mattingly (left) time as Municipal Court judge. MUNICIPAL JUDGE BEGINS THIRD TERM The oath is being administered by Frank | Sebring, chief clerk of the Police Court. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, { | | taking the oath of office for the third —Star Staff Photo. UTILITIES QUIZ BARES EFFORTS T0 BLOCK BOULDER DAM BILL (Continued_from First Page) _ as the beneficiary of a fellowship at the University of Colorado which is be- ing financed jointly by the Rocky Moun- tain committee and the university. ‘Topping the list of questions was & note to Lewls, saying: “These were written by ‘yours truly.’ so that Petersen could talk intelligently to the board of regents. No doubt this will be just a start toward the continuance of such conditions. Lewis identified ‘“Petersen” as the director of the University of Colorado extension service. Elmore Petersen fig- ured in the evidence also as having consulted Deiph Carpenter, the Col- orado water commissioner, regarding the proposed river commission, and Carpenter’s name was on another ex- hibit in connection with supposed rec- ommendations for membership on the commission. A second list of names of the men named on both lists. Among them was Wolfe. The commission had not yet reported. Healy interrogated Lewis sharply re- the and the utilities commission Tepresentative denied that his commit- tee had influenced the selection of ;| members. Healy asked whether Lewis not agree, evidence entered yesterday largely with activities of the in was him | yngton Al 8mith Club. Supporters of | have the cators and there is hardly any limita- our talks.” llard that every utility in Denver loaned “the services of its big- gest men” for the talks, adding: -operation of the high school authorities, it has been necessary in some instances o work with them individually for weeks, We found this method more eflective than endesvoring v put over the idea before the school board as s whole.” Sends Check. The attention of Lewis was directed also yesterday to a December 1, 1927, letter from him %o Wolfe, in care of the University of Colorado, “You will recall” wrote Lewls, “that & short time ago I assured Luu that Bante Claus might be prevafied upon W visit your squalid hut. That I suc- Basset | cended in convineing the old boy is| evidenced by the check herewith. “This check is In sccordance with the ar- rangement mentioned some time ago for slepping up your income s bit, Don't spend it all for Bquor or ham and eggs By the way, %l me sgain wha! your salery 5 2t the university so I can make proper srrangements for the future ” " had been tastified previously that ntroduced 1 this Wolle asiked Lewls if he had |date from receipt of application,” ny more ext book surveys” on file, | wnd asked whether it would be possible | Y use them, “I haye found that the | ones you have given me contain re-| views of many o Vhe books usd in | Coloradin” he aaoed { Healy groduced siolher memorangum urging locsl utilities mansgers v get I touch with editors 0 “explain Boulder Dum” and v urge them 1| serid wires 10 Benssors and Representa: { 3 | tves n opposition U the Bwing-Jobn- | wom, Yill. “Lewis siggerted that this was | 8 “lorm leler” powsihly received by i, wod dented thet he had scceded | W the suggestions, Hewly interposed | that, Lewis spperently had e\ one time | { known more ot Boulder Dam than | his Uestimony showed Utilities fssues Statement This and the Coloredo River Com- misioon phases of the Gay's vestimony | 1| were Gerlt with in & prees statement Snwedd Just might by the Joint committee | of Nutionel Uitlity Assocetions. 1t noted | thiat Lewis testified his information con- | cerning & teven Buas Boulder Dam | | conterence wt Denver had eyme from prese reports, an #s 1hat “1e menner % vigsh vis b’ o Y T e conduced a survey of text books | | usd in Colorann schools for the Rocky | already are M"fi f Mountein wliities information commit i tee, and % Jeller relstive Y this was | but it was pointed out that the “bene- commission had been appointed “was | the subject of special questioning.” “This,” said the statement, “Mr. | Lewis insisted had been conducted en- | tirely by university officials, and while he had made an effort to learn the names of the members of the commis- sion as promptly as possible after they | were appointed, he stated that he had | not influenced the appointments. Asked | if he would not have a direct influence | on the report of this commission which would be in opposition to the Boulder {Dam development, he stated that since | the commission had not reported they | could not possibly be prejudged in their | views.” D. C. Sowers of the extension division of the University of Calorado, figured in | several letters from Lewis’ files, which | were entered as evidence. One dated | April 8, 1925, contained information { concerning Sowers from Benjamin E. | Ling, director of the Ohio committee on | public utility information at Cleveland. | He told Lewis of having heard Akron | friends describe Sowers as “‘sound, con- servative and reliable,” and added: “I| am informed, too, that while Mr. Sowers ( | never had occasion to make known his | attitude on municipal ownership while in Akron, that nevertheless it is the belief of the people who know him that h}tfl\l‘ould incline toward private owner- ship.” A letter from Sowers to Lewis six days later inclosed a summarized state- | ment of the courses offered in business schools of the larger Eastern universi- ties, and Sowers said it was his thought | “that if we could secure a person who would have had the fundamental courses in statistics and also the courses in public utilities, we would probably in | this way secure the individual with the best fundamental training for the re- search that we have In mind.” LOGAL DEMOCRATS PLAN T0 PROTEST - Factions Opposed to Costello| | Control to Hold Mass Meeting Tonight. A mass meeting of Democrats of the District has been called tonight at 8 o'clock in the Burlington Hotel 1o pro- | test against the alleged irregularity of the Democratic primary held here last Monday to select delegates to the atic national convention at . The meeting is called by a committee representing Democrats op- posed to the control of the local party machinery by John F. Costello, national eumm’lv;:rmm for the District, and his | associates. |, One of the speakers at tonight's meet- ing will be Willlam McK. Clayton. It was explained todsy by James F. Du- hamel, one of the members of the com- mittee, which has called the meeting, that it will be in the interest of no presidential candidate. Prominent | among those who have arranged for the meeting are members of the Wash- f Benator Reed, Willlam G. McAdoo, Senator Walsh or any other Democraf are invited to attend, The committee calling the meeting was named at a gathering of Democrats | Thursday night. The committee chair- man i G. W. Pratt. The other mem- | bers, besides Duhamel, are James J. Slattery, William P. Cavanaugh, Charles | H. McCarthy, Jeremiah O'Connor and Charles W. Darr. The Washington Al 8mith Club an- | nounced recently that another primary llm the selection of delegates to the | Houston convention would be held here | June 12, and requested all Democrats to stay away from the polling places last Monday. After last Monday's | prishary it was stated by members of | the Democratic central committee that | the largest number of votes ever cast | in a local Democratic primary had been polied. The delegates then chosen were | picked by the Costello faction. |EMERGENCY OFFICERS’ } APPLICATIONS RECEIVED| | 10tormal Cl:l‘ml U;dnr Retirement | : Act Be | Hines Announces. to Accepted, | | under the new emergency officers’ re- {Yrement act will be “accepted if they | | clearly show an intent to make claim {under the law wnd are not merely in ithe nature of inquiries” it was an- | nounced woday by the Veterans' Bureau, | which is making plans w administer this new legislation Applications for retirement benefits rinted, it was an- be distributed soon, Intormal applications for benefits nounced, and wi fits 1o those found 1o be entitled will Pending distribution of the printed forms, therefore, a statement from Di- rector Frank ‘I, Hines said, the bureau would honor informal applications if they showed sufficient claim under the Iaw All applications, it was said, should be addressed 1o “The Director, United Blates Veterans' Bureau, Washington, D c” BLINDED BY FLASH. Temporerily blinded yesterday after- Boon when s short clrcdit in s manhole #l Fourteenth and K streels caused an exceptionally brilllant flash, Willlam lanham, 24 years old, 134 North Caro- lina svenue southieast, s today back st work AL the time of bis Injury Lanham was taken W George Washinglon University Hospital, where it was found Lhal he could not open either of his eyes, After treatment by Dr, E. E. Ziegler, staff JUGOSLAVIA MAKES AMENDS FOR RIOTS Belgrade Government Ac- cedes to ltalian Demands Following Disorders. By the Associated Press BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, June 2.— Jugoslavia has acceded to all of Italy’s demands for reparation for the recent acts of violence against Itallan con= sulates and individuals in Jugoslavia. The government, replying to on Italian note which requested moral and material reparation for the damage caused in the disorders, assured Premier Mussolini that the strongest measures will be instituted to prevent any fur- ther anti-Italian demonstrations. Responsible officials who failed to sup- press the disturbances will be punished and all Italians whose property or wel- fare suffered will be compensated. The Jugoslav government already had apologized for insults to the Italian flag. Censorship Established. The government instituted a sharp censorship, forbidding the local news- papers to print reports of further anti- Italian demonstrations which are con- tinuing. An edition of Politika, one of the leading newspapers, was confiscatod. A semi-official denial also was is- sued today that the anti-Italian demon- strations at Sebenico were provoked by the decision of the Jugoslav govern- ment to ask Parliament to ratify the Nettuno treaty by which Italians would be permitted to own land along the Dalmation coast. It was stated that the demonstrations actually were pro- voked by inexact and possibly delib- erate news reporting an attack by Ital- ians at Zara, on the Jugoslav consulate and the commission of acts against the staff. WONAN WANDERS N EARB OF Haitian Legation Employe, Sufferer From Shock, Found on Street at Night. After wandering the streets clad in men’s clothing for nearly 3 hours before dawn today, Mrs. Germaine Lizaire, 25 years old, an employe of the Haitian Legation and sister-in-law of Raoul Lizaire, the secretary, was found on the porch of a house on Hamilton street near Fifteenth street shortly before 4 am, today. Mrs. Lizaire, who has been unable to give a coherent account of her wander- ings, was found by Policeman H. R. Levi, of the thirteenth precinct, who had gone to Hamilton street in response to a telephone call from a house near | the place where she was found that a “man” was trying to enter the place. Admits Her Identity. She at first denled she was Mrs, Lizaire or that she was connected with the Haitian legaticn, but later, after being taken to the police station, she admitted her identity and asked to be taken home to the legation. There she was placed in charge of M. Raoul Lizaire. She is reported suffering from cian. Mrs. Lizaire came to Washing- ton from Haiti about nine months ago. She told attaches at the legation that she could not remember dressing in the men'’s garments or leaving the legation. Bhe has only vague recollections of what happened while she was away. Police Search Requested. Her absence was noticed at 1:30 o'clock this morning and her brother- in-law asked the third precinct police to search for her, A “lookout” was sent to all precincts. About 3:30 am. the door bell rang at a house on Hamilton street, When the door was opened a voice asked the occupants to call a taxicab. closed the door, however, and called the police. Policeman Levi was sent to the house, and after searching the neighborhood, found Mrs. Lizaire sitting in a swing on the porch of a house down the block. DAVIS WILL SURVEY WORK ON MISSISSIPPI Plans to Inspect Barge Line and Flood Control Plans After Visit to Kansas City. By the Associated Press. Becretary Davis of the War Depart- ment announced yesterday he intended to devote mueh of his time this Bum- mer to flood control measures and the work of the Inland Waterways Corpora- tion’ These activities are expected to require his presence quite frequently along the Mississippl River and its tributaries, ‘The Becretary will leave Washington next week and while attending the Re- publican national convention in Kansas City will inspect the {xropoud sites for the barge line terminal to be constructed by that city. Later he hopes to continue an inspection, started earlier this year, Mississippi River and lower part of the upper Mississippl in connection with the oper- atlon and plans of the Inland Water- ways Corporation. NAVY GRADUATING CLASS SMALLEST SINCE THE WAR | Total of 171 Midshipmen to Re- ceive Diplomas Next Thursday. 31 Former Enlisted Men. ‘When the 171 midshipmen receive their diplomas at Annapolls next Thurs- day they will constitute the smallest cla s to be graduated from the United a’um Naval Academy since the World ar. ‘The class of 1928, which originally was 308, is the first in which Congress- men appointed three candidates instead of five, as formerly Of those to be graduated, 31 are for- mer enlisted men and 11 appointed by the President, including Midshipman George H. Moffett, son of Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics New York and Pennsylvania are tled with the largest number of graduates, with 13 each, and Jilinols Is next with 10. ANSWERS DIVORCE SUIT, Mrs. Virginia Darrow Denfes Charge of Misconduct, Mrs. Virginia Durrow, 2637 Con- necticut avenue, has filed in the Dis~ trict Bupreme Court an answer (o the cross-peiition of her husband, Comdr, Hobert, 'T. Darrow, U, 8. N, for an ab- solute divorce. Bhe denies the charge of misconduct and points out that her husband i physician, he finally recovered the sight of one eye. sicians of the Potomac Co,, by whom he 18 em| e sBiks kesovegs oL R DR, not entitled o sue In the local courts Further treabpent by phys-| since he admitted he s a resident of ctric Power | Conneetiout jyed, caused ' 1orneys Roger Bhe Is represented by At- J. Whitelord and Herry A shock and 1s under the care of a physi- | They | afdavits, declined today to make fur- e 5 5 AT PALESTINE REPORT 0 BE READ HERE B’rith Sholom Convention to Hear About Present Con- ditions in Section. Modern conditions in Palestine will be reported at the opening session to- morrow in the Washington Hotel of the twenty-third annual convention of the Independent Order B'rith Sholom. The meeting will open at 10:30 a.m. The report on Palestine will be given by Grand Secretary Martin O Levy, | who visited that section recently and studied conditions there. S ! The convention will be officially | opened by District Commissioner Sidney E. Taliaferro, who will welcome out-of- town delegates to the city. Sessions will be held through Thursday with about 450 delegates in attendance. In addition to Commissioner Talia- ferro, Rabbi Louis J. Schwefel, A. S. Kanengieser, vice grand master, and | 8ol C. Kraus, grand master, will par- ticipate in the opening meeting. Speakers during the convention will include Senator William H. King, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Judge Willlam M. Lewis, Judge Leopold C. Glass, Repre- sentative Benjamin M. Golder and Rep- resentative William W. Cohen. HUNPHREY ERLES TOFORMALATIAK Federal Trade Commissioner Hits Criticism of Baking Pow- der Firm and Mrs. Wiley. ‘The attack by an official of the Royal | Baking Powder Co. and Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, wife of the food specialist, against Commissioner Willlam E. Hum- phrey of the Federal Trade Commission | drew from the Commissioner today a sharp retort in which he charged “the whole purpose of the criticism is to | delay and prevent the case against the | company from coming to trial.” | Affidavits filed by Frederick C. Hitch, vice president of the company, Mrs. { Wiley, secretary of the Housekeepers | Alliance, and Mrs. Marie B. Gillingham | a member of the alliance, made public | yesterday, were in the hands of the | commission today and were understood Fto be under the scrutiny of the chief | counsel’s office. Refuses to Discuss Case. In his reply to the attempt to ex- clude the commissioner from partici- pation in the Trade Commission’s in- quiry into alleged unfair methods of competition pursued by the baking pow- der concern, the commissioner today ‘dmlmd' d found t 1 “I expressed my profound respect for Mrs. Wpfley that in this day's fashion her skirts are sufficiently wide for not only the worthy doctor, but the Royal Baking Powder Co. to hide behind.” The commissioner would not discuss the present case against the company. Cites Speech In 1927. ‘The affidavits charging prejudice on the part ot the commissioner declared that he had attacked the Royal Baking Powder Co., in an address March, 1927, before a home economics class in George Washington University here. Mrs, Wiley's afidavit quoted the com- missioner as saying the Royal company was “about as crooked and contemptible an outfit as we have ever had to deal with, and that includes them all.” His address, Mrs. Wiley said, contin- ued: “The others have all agreed to come in and combine to seitle their difficulties amicably. The Royal will not.” The affidavit filled by Hitch sald that Humphrey was “disqualified to sit in any proceedings in which the Royal Baking Powder Co. was interested.” Mrs. Gillingham, who also signed the ther comment than was included in her signed statement. ITALIANFLYERS SET ENDURANCE RECORD Two Aviators Land After 58 Hours 37 Minutes in Air. By the Associated Press. ROME, June 2.—The Italian aviators, Maj. Ferrarin and Capt. del Prete, landed at 3:52 this afternoon at Monte- cello Pleld, having broken the werld record for a duration flight. They were in the air for 58 hours and 37 minutes. Flying the 8-64, the aviators took off at 5:15 a.m, Thursday from the Monte- cello Experimental Pleld, confining their flight to a circuit of about 74 kilometers. At noon today they had been in the air 54 hours and 45 minutes, or more than an hour longer than the record established by the Americans, Halde- man and Stinson. FLYERS KNO Added Interest attended the en- durance record established in Italy to- day in Washington aeronautical and soclal circles, as both Ma). Ferrarin and Capt. Del Prete were entertained here in 1926 and last vear. Ma|. Ferrarin was one of Italy's three racing pilots sent here by Mussolini to recapture the Schnelder International Beaplane Trophy from the United States in the late Fall of 1926, and this they succeeded in doing, although Maj. Fer- rarin was unable to finish the race, owing to a broken ofl lipe. Capt. Del Prete was assistant pilot and navigator of the Santa Marla, commanded by Gen. Francesco de Pinedo. He visited Washington during the four-continent dash of the expedi- tion and then flew back to Italy, cross- ing the Atlantic via the Azores. STINSON WILL TRY AGAIN, DETROIT, June 2 (#).—Eddle 8tin- son, who, with Capt, George W. Halde- man, set the world endura; fight record last Winter at Jacksonville, Fla., today extended his congratulations to Ma). PFerrarin Capt. Carlo P, Delprete, the Italian aviators who are credited with having broken the record. Al the same time Stinson announced that he would attempt to recapture the record. and that Haldeman probably would assist him He added that the fly‘hl probably would not be made until Fall. "I want to extend my congratula- tlons to Maj, Ferrarin and Capt. Del- prete for their great achievement,” he #ald, “No one knows better than I the physical hardship they have under- gone and they wille deserve every bit of honor they given for selting HERE. e S : ” Mildred Goldberg and Bobby Porter, who started on a jaunt to Children's Hospital yesterday and were missing four hours before they were found. —Star Staff Photo. 0.& 0. WATERWAY HITORY REVIEWED Centenary of Famous Canal Being Celebrated Today With Picturesque Display. Shifting scenes of a century will pass in review this afternoon and this eve- ning, starting at 3:30 o'clock at Wis- consin avenue and K street, and lasting well into the night, in the celebration arranged to mark the centenary of the starting of the historic Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Under the guiding hand of the Pro- gressive Citizens’ Association of George- town, aided by the Community Center Department of the District public schoojs and other organizations, a col- orful and kaleidoscopic sight will be presented. In the review will pass fig- ures in the costumes of 1828, many of the women arranging to wear the rai- ment of their grandmothers; the canal boats that plied between Georgetown and Cumberland, Md., in their hey- day; President John Quincy Adams turning anew the first sod of the great inland waterway enterprise; the Ma- rine Corps Band, a community picnic supper, a display of airplanes to show the strides that transportation has made in the past hundred years, a fire- works celebration, and in the evening, at the old Aqueduct Bridge in George- town, a large community chorus seated in canal barges, singing the old-time S0ngs. Chief Event at Chain Bridge. The hub of the celebration will tl-kel place above Chain Bridge and this side of the District line on the banks of the canal about 4:40 o'clock, with President Adams, impersonated by Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley, pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, turning the soil. As a vital link with July 4, 1828, the date the ceremony was actually held, descendants of persons who had a part in the historic happening will be pres- ent toda Representing the tow boys who trudged with the mules along the tow path, Georgetown bound or toward Cumberland adown the years, will be Wwilllam Earnest Grimshaw of 1523 North Capitol street. Charles Ruby will appear as his ancestor, Judge Henry Ruby, prominent official of the canal company at the time of its or- ganization, and Dr. Andrew Stewart will represent his forebear, Representa- tive Andrew Stewart of Pennsylvania, one of the canal's founders. Mrs. Clement W. Sheriff, whose great-uncle, Col. John Stewart Skinner, was a mem- ber of the committee for the ceremonies in 1828, will likewise participate in to- day's ceremonies as the representative of several patriotic societies. Feature of Music Program. The Palisades Chorus, organized for the occasion by Miss Mary E. Lazenby, chafrman of the committee on recre- alion of the Progressive Citizens' As- soclation, will be directed by Mrs. Ruth Fuller McCloskey. ‘The chours, which is composed of 60 selected vol will render Moore's “Meeting of the Waters, which was sung at the ceremony 100 years ago, and other songs of the period. ‘The chorus will be taken to the scene of the soll-turning in a canal boat, the original plan to have the Marine Corps Band so taken having been altered. The band will be at the scene when the pageant arrives, under vevised plans made public today. At lRt turning-of-the-soll ceremony. a gilded spade, such as was used at the original ceremony, will be utilized. The general committee for the pageant, of which Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, president of the Progressive Citizens' Association of Georgetown, is chalrman, said that no implements used at the original ceremony are available for use today. Mrs, Marle Moore Forrest, chalrman of the executive committee for the pageant, said today the celebration will go forward as scheduled, unless rain makes it physically impossible to hold it Mere showers, she explained, will not halt the progress of the pageant. HITTING POUNDMASTER COSTS OWNER HIS DOG Backing with his fists an effort to prevent the poundmaster from im- pounding his unmuzeled dog,: enforcing the law which became effective yes- terday, cost Charles Connors, 57 years old, of 227 L street northeast, a trip to the hospital, his arrest and the loss of his dog. The poundmaster, Walter R. Bmith, B0 years old, also was treated BRITISH EMBASSY 10 BE DEDICATED Ambassador Howard Will 0f-! ficiate at Informal Corner Stone Laying Tomorrow. Dedication of the monumental new home of the British embassy, now under construction on a commanding site on | Massachusetts avenue near Observatory Circle, will take place tomorrow, the birthday of King George of England. ‘The dedication exercises will be of an informal nature and will take place on the site of the building at 12 o'colck. Sir Esme Howard, the British ambas- sador, will officiate at the laying of the corner stone of the building, ac- cording to an announcement made this morning at the present home of the British embassy, on Conecticut gvenue at N street, and in the gathes will be members of the British Embassy staff, the Canadian legation and the Irish Free State legation. Others present will be Frederick H. Brooke of Washington, associate archi- tect of the new embassy structure: Harry Wardman, who has the contract for construction of the building, and other interested parties. Official invitations have not been | issued for the ceremony, which is to be entirely of an informal nature. The construction of the new embassy | building, the cost of which will approxi- wate $750,000, was started in January. It is to be of the Queen Anne t of architecture, having a high-pitched Dutch type roof, with conspicuous chim- neys, and will have two main floors containing spacious quarters for the Ambassador and his staff. The site contains about 185,000 square feet. MRS. BELLA WEITZ DIES. Passes Away in Columbia Hospital Atter Long Illness. Mrs. Bella Weitz, 42 years old, the wife of Jeremiah Weitz, cantor of the Fourteenth Street Congregation Syna- gogue died in Columbia Hospital yes- terday after a long illness. Mrs. Weitz was a member of the board of the Hebrew Home for the Aged, the Fourteenth Street Congrega- tion Ladies Auxiliary, the District of Columbia Hebrew Beneficial Associ: tion and the Ladies Zionist Mizrachi Boclety. She is survived by her husband, two sons, Barney and Joseph Weitz, and a daughter, Miss Tessie Weitz. She also leaves her father, Mannas Blawat, a retired merchant of Poland and & brother, residing in Europe. Brief funeral services will be con- ducted at the residence, 4820 Eighth street, tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock, followed by services in the Tourteenth Street Congregation Syna- ne, at which Rabbl G. Silverstone an.. Rabbl Isaac Gerstenkorn of Pales- tine will officlate. Interment will be in the Tifereth Israel Congregation Cemetery, Outstanding Events in Canal Centenary Celebration Program Outstanding events in connec- jon with the centenary celebra- tion of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, to be held this afternoon and evening along the banks of nal and the Potomac River, 3:30—Pageant party embarks at Wisconsin avenue and K street in Navy launches for Fletcher's | | Boat House up the river. 4:00—Party boards canal boats. 4:40—Actual _ceremony of turn- ing soll above Chain Bridge and this side of District Lin & banks of canal. M | concert and commu ’ \ 8:00—C ng prog boats at Aqueduct Bridge, George- | town. 1 Autelsts may go by way of | | Condult road and Dalecarlia place to Norton street, where parking space will be provided. i AL 5, RESTORES STPARTOHONES ;Questions Every Passerby to Find Parents of Roaming Children, 2 and 3. | ! Bobby Porter, age two, decided yes- | terday afternoon to take his lady friend, Miss Mildred Goldberg, three, for a | walk, and recalling that Mildred had | been going to Children's Hospital for treatments, figured that a little medi- | cal attention would not be out of order. Four hours later, after frantic moth- ers, from their home at 2103 M street, lhad conducted an anxious search, an | ardent ballyhoo by Victoria Co | five, who had picked up the wand | before they reached the hospital | soregd them to paternal roofs. Questions Each Passerby. “These children ar Do belong to you,” Vi droned to | passerby in front of her father's 835 L street. N t | arrival was white or | brought them to look at | couple seated on a bench | the store munching cookies | found the adventurers in the al {tween L and M streets | took them to her mother. | Coccla, who gave them daintles to dry | their tears and attempted to rea them. - The little maid | seemed frightened, althou; year-old escort tried to bear , again taking charge of the youngsters, seated them on a bench | in front of the store and proceeded to accost every one who pasced. was explaining the situation man, another got past her and into the store. Just as she w to give her effort up as a bad | walked the man she had misses Father Comes Along. “I certainly do know them, responded with amazement. them belongs to me and the other i in the next apartment to mine. Mildred was overjoyed to see her father again and made no bones about | saying so. Bobby was unconcerned. | _ Mildred, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Frank Goldberg. and Bobby, the son of | Mr. and Mrs. William M. Porter, had been left in front of their apartment in care of Mildred's 5-year-old brother | Prank, and Bobby’s brother Billy, also 15, when they decided on their trip. | When the wanderers had been re- | stored to their homes, the two care- | takers who had proved recreant to their trust came in for a little discipline. Frank got a spanking and Bill drew early bedtime. i Mildred says she is through with trips. Bobby is promising nothing. 00D FELLOWS PRESENT | GEM TO SENATOR BORAH ,G!ven 25-Y: Veterans’ Jewel, Symbolic of Quarter Century of Membership. the man 3 | | The 25-year veterans' jewel, - bolical of ‘a quarter of a cen!urlyymor membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was presented to Sena- for William E. Borah of Idaho last night by Prank Marun, deputy grand jsire of the Sovereign Grand Order, at |a dinner in the Willard Hotel. Mr. Martin, alh of Idaho, conferred | with grand officers of the District on | matters relative to the welfare of the | organization. The dinner was held in | his honor. In a brief address after the presenta- tion of the jewel, Senator Borah spoke of the significance of the order and genlled its value to the individual mem- { ber. | The dinner was attended by Grand Lodge officers of the District, officers of the Rebekah t of the pmen District. Guests included Monte Gwinn, grand representative from Idaho; Mrs. Clare L. Nevin, president of the Vir- ginia Rebekah Assembly; Past Grand Sire E. W. Bradford and W. T. Galliher, |grand representativ | OLVANY TESTIFIES | TAMMANY HAS NOT AIDED SMITH FUND (Continued from First Page.) | Tammany organization and wet forces | are spending “enormous” sums on Gov. Smith's campaign was indicated by their summoning of Mr. Olvan; Hague of Jersey City and O. R. Miller, superintendent of the New York Civic League. Mr. Miller is the man Senator Hefiin quoted as an authority on the subject | of vast expenditures in behalf of the | New York governor. He has been a consistent opponent of Gov Smith for many years. \ In the ballroom of the Pennsylvania | Hotel yesterday Senator Steiner, Re- publican, of Oregon, and Senator Brat- ton, Democrat, of New Mexico, heard testimony adding more than $12.000 to the contributions made to three candi- dates. It was also testified that an organization of the editors of trade papers had been formed to advance the candidacy of Secretary Hoover. Of the $12,000 reported. Gov. Smith's account received $8,500, Secretary Hoover's $1,794.68 and Mr. Lowden’s $2,173.20. George Gordon Battle, New York at torney and native North Carolinians, | testified that he had contributed $1,000 I‘to the Smith campaign in his native | State recently and that Gordon ,Van | Namee, head of the New York Smith | organization, had sent $5.000 into the | State. Both these contributions had been made since the committee held its hearing in Raleigh, N. C, May 21. At | that time testimony had been given | of Mr. Battle's previous contributions | of $2,500. J. J. Hoey of New York, a supporter of Smith, estimated that he had spent $2,500 in the last year dining visiting Democrats and writing and mailing let- ters favorable to the governor to hune , dreds of friends over the country. Thomas H. Ormsbee, Washington contact man for the “Hoover Business Papers Editorial Advisory Committee,” told of the work being done by his or- ganization, to which §1,794.68 been contributed. He said he had spent $1,376.16. This sum had covered the cost of getting information at Wash< ington favorable to the Commerce Sec~ retary and mailing it out to the differ« ent trade papers of the country. Lowden _contributions of ~$2,173.20 were testified to by Thomas P. Mof- fatt, secretary of the Lowden-for - dent Club, Inc. He said of this amount $2,113.20 had been spent in keeping the former Illinols governor's name before the people of New York State. In addition to Mr. Olvany, Mayor Hague and Mr. Miller the committee | i | also hoped to hear today John A. Stew- art, chairman of a Hoover organiza- tion; Douglas G. Wolf, chairman of the Hoover business paper editorial ad- visory committee: John J. Curry, New York manager for Senator Curtis; Charles H. McGlue of Boston, chair- man of the Massachusetts State Dem- ocratic committee, B, E. Eldred, chair- man of Hoover-for-President engineers committee; John Harris of New York and James H. leave at Norton street. Bus servi il be provided, the com- Street car passengers should | mittee W charge announces, I of J. P, to have Morgan & Co. who was said a contribution to the i Indiana,