Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1928, Page 2

e gl : COLUMBIA HOSPITAL - NEEDS DESPERATE Unless Congressional or Other Aid. Comes Soon, Doors Must Close January 1. Crowded to the wall bv an accumu- lated deficit of $100,000 and lacking credit for its daily necessities, the Co- Jumbia Hospital for Women must close its doors January 1, for & time at least, unless Congress comes to its ald during ihe short session or prompt financial relief is ferthcoming from some. other source. This was the situation admitted to- day by Dr. Warren P. Morrill, its su- perintendent, and the only hope held out by the hospital authorities if Wash- ington'’s principal lying-in asylum is to be kept open to the public after that . It is a situation which the hos-| pital authorities reluctantly admit is growing daily more acute since recent attention was directed to- the serious plight of the institution. “We have suficient funds on hand and in sight to run Columbia Hospital to-January 1 on & basis,” Dr. Mor- rilk said. “After the first of the new year, unless we get some money from somewhere, undoubtedly the only thing the hospital can do is to close its doors.” When Dr. Morrill says the hospital 1s being conducted on a cash basis he speaks literally, “Everything we order, including gro- ceries,” he explained, “is sent C. O. D. We haven't any credit.” Dr. Morrill, nevertheless, refuses to abandon all hope. For five years Con- gress and the District Board of Chari- ties, predecessor of the Board of Public Welfare, have been owing the hospital a debt of $5,000, representing a deficit arising in 1922-23 from the allotment made by the District for indigent pa- tients cared for at Columbia. “If ' Congress can be persuaded to appropriate this sum of $5,000," or. l\rurrifi explained, “it would secure the hospital for the months of January and February.” In {l}\’o meantime the outstanding deficit of $100,000, which largely repre- sents bills incurred in the District, is the chief problem which remains to be solved and for which now there is apparently no adequate solution. Chest Membership Sought. Provided Congress can be persuaded te repay the hospital the $5,000 due it, another hope for continued operation lies in the fact that application has been made In or participa- Community Chest. Aocording to mfll outlook, there sSeems. wfi likel! of Congress au- thoflnn‘{mpuyment in the District ap- propriaf bill of the $5,000 indebted- ness to which the superintendent refers, When - the indebtedness was incurred, some five years ago, Congress took the position that the District government lacked authority to create a deficit in its fund for charity patients, It has been hanging fire ever since. While a oompmuv-&elmuumum sum in connection with total-deficit of the hospital, it now nts a financial bridge which could be made York, last leg of his return flight from Field. Lindbe: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGT Col. Charles A. Lindbergh (left) photographed this morning at Bolling Field just before he hopped off for New With him, left to right, are Lieut. Merrick and Lieut. George of Bolling Mexico. h’s newest plane is shown in the background with its propeller whirling. ¥y s o A e 7 » =0y =Ou Star Staff Photo. LINDBERGH LEAVES FORMITCHEL FELD Hops Off in Curtiss-Falcon Used for Mexican Trip. After an overnight stay in Washing- ton, en route from Mexico to New York, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh took off from Bolling Field at 11:54 this morning for Mitchel Field, N. Y. He was flying a new Curtiss Falcon plane with which he made his recent trip through Mexico, l. Lindbergh arrived unexpectedly at Bolling Field at 6:30 o'clock yester- day evening from Memphis, Tenn. after an eight-hour struggle against head winds. Y to span a two months’ gap in operating For this reason it looms large gress, It is understood, depends largely on the official status which ultimately the tal, Failure of Con- te funds for the re- cently au nurses' home at Co- I it was sald, was due largely .. ference of opinion between re- sponsible leaders in the House and Senate as to what Mlflb‘th.pmm relation of the Government to tal. te it s i P S continued as a public -hospital and sup- the District. In the House ittee, however, the. ajlitude. was nted as treating the hospital as i a private institution. There hog: thll‘ rence - of t;slnum gllm out_satiafactori] time . e o 3 now allows for maintenarnce of the hos- pital buudln& since the Federal Gov- ernment holds title to all the realty of the hospital. Confronted with a situation that re- quires gglmv' remedy 1f the holglr?l is e operat’ ° after the first of s an 'al undoybtedly will be to the District Commissioners to specific recommendation in Just what character this ppeal would take no one is in a posi~ tien wn this time, Cols rum very ic eharity, the continuance of which, in the fact of mounting hospital costs, Dr. Mcrrill believes, has been more than Justified by the steadily maternal death rate at the hospital. ANty HOOVER DISCOVERS TRIP IS BRINGING AMICABLE RESULTS (Continued From First Page.) :ntifins of the world whether great or mall, “The Nicaraguan people, who by the special circumastances of history and 2eOgra) feel themselves linked to the people of the United States, greet you through me. Today when you touch our shores we express to you our cor- dial disposition to co-operate in great continental harmony, which is the su- preme aspiration of the mission of peace and concord toward which your visit paves the way. “I also express my personal wishes that favoring winds may always lead this vessel toward the piness and prunerlty of such &Mnlumud travelers.” At the luncheon table, Moncada was placed at Hoover's left, with Mrs. Hoo- ver on her husband's right. Next to her were Diaz, Chammorro and Caesar Pasos, Nicaraguan minister of foreign affairs, Next to Moncada were Ambas- sador Fletcher; Dr. Daguado, Nicara: guan minister of finance, and Ameri- can Minister Eberhardt. Covers were laid at the luncheon for 42 persons, includi American naval and marine officers on duty in Nicaragua. The tables were placed un- der an awning on the quarterdeck. The ralls of the ship were gaily decorated with signal flags, palm branches and native flowers. Mr. Hoover toasted Nicaragua in water. “The American people will co-operate with the Nicaraguan people !o?e the buildi up of the prosperity of Nica- ragua,” the American President-elect declared, before he drank his toast. He then turned to Moncada and aid: “I treasure this as a great day in my ca- reer as the new President-elect of the United States. I hope that Gen. Mon- cada will remember it as one of the great days in his career.” HELD AS EMBEZZLER. Former New York Taxi Driver Ar- rested as Fugitive From Saratoga. Thought to have been a tool of a gang of national forgers, Nathan Tucker, New York taxicab driver, was arrested here last night on a charge of embezzling $20,000 from two Sara- toga, N. Y. banks. He is held as a fugitive from Saratoga. ‘Tucker was arrested at the Hamilton Hotel by Headquarters Detoctives ‘Thomas Nalley and E. E. Thompson after a search of three days, during which time they learned that Tucker Hospital owes its financial Jargely to the cause of pub | {8: 3IS. Arriving here after dark, he circled the fleld several til the operations crew heard motor and turned on the field landing lights, He remained in_ seclusion over the night. ‘While in Col. Lindbergh con: regarding plans for the coming Civil International Aeronautics Conference to be held here next month. He re- fused to make any statements as to his tmm:g‘u‘t;. tp;:"u and unlnwdunled Tum was ‘engaged. Miss Elisabeth 1 bassador 4 | P. m&:fi‘ JEWS PRAY FOR KING. Prayers Are Ordered in Synagogues of Jerusalem. JERUSALEM, November 28 (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) —Prayers for the speedy recovery of King George were recited in synagogue services ordered by Rabbi Chaim Sonnenfeld, head of the Agudath Israel group in Palestine. -Services in other Jerusalem syna- gogues will be held tomorrow at the order of Chief Rabbi A. J. Kook. SEI0M0 THILPS POSSBLEFOR WAR Summerall Outlines New Mo- bilization System Calling for Six Field Armies. A revised mobilization system which, in event of war, would call to arms six fleld armies, aggregating 3,500,000 men, was outlined by Maj. Gen. Charlea Summerall, chief of staff of the Army, in his annual report, submitted yesterday to Becretary of War Davis. ‘The proposed new system would place full responsibility for the planning and control of mabilization within their re~ otive areas upon the commanders the nine Army Corps Areas. The the, Am! wfi'i l‘nxiq‘w.t o & g Air Corps, It was bwilt es him and is, painted a dark blue witpx- e % & Army yellow wings. This plane has been m«md for use on the transcontinental WOMAN IS KILLED ON WAY TO MASS Driver of Truck Is Held for Grand Jury by Verdict of Coroner’s Inques to mass eurl; 3 3 Shea, 3814 was fatally injursd when kn by -Hyman bya bakery truck ted ‘Weiner, ‘“ 3333 mh, avenue, at Hampshire :l'::e - avenue ‘and Randolph Mrs. 8hea died at Garfield Hospital shortly after she was taken there by ‘Weiner, Weiner was heid by police of the tenth ggelnct gunnhu the coroner's inquest which held the youth for the grand r{llry Shortly after Weiner's arrival at the hospital authorities there notified eighth precinet police and the truck driver was arrested and held for the tenth recinct. Questioned by Policemen A, . Tolson, W, D, Davis and G. J. Doug- las of No. 10, Weiner admitted that his truck struck the woman as she was running across the street, At the in- quest, he said he did not see Mrs. Shea until she appeared in front of his ve- hicle. Later, the Traffic Bureau filed a charge of having bad brakes against ‘Weiner. Weiner was delivering bread for his father, who operates a bakery at the Georgia avenue address. McMANUS SILENT IN ROTHSTEIN PROBE, DESPITE IMMUNITY (Continued From First Page.) side of prison, so that court officers and the district attorney would not have to wark on a holiday. A Permn can only be held without bail for this morn» ighth street, ocked down On her way Anna the formal hearing on Thursday, but McManus waived the point and agreed to let himself be held in prison until Friday. After McManus had been led away his lawyer, retained yesterday to man- age the surrender and subsequent legal happenings, issued a statement saying his client had not been a fugitive at any time and would have surreridered himself immediately had it not been for his sense of innocence. McManus felt, the lawyer sald, that Rothsteln must have whispered the name of his slayer on his deathbed and that the holder of the secret would impart it to the author''ies. When this did not happen after three weeks, however, and when he read in the papers that he was wanted for questioning, he decided to glve himself up. While McManus was being arraigned, four associates of Rothstein held in $100,000 bail each as material and hostile witnesses were making a futile attempt to get out of jail. They ob- tained a writ of habeas corpus, but it was dismissed by a Supreme Court ¥ holder of Rothstein 10 U's; “Titanic Tommy" Thompson, another ambler who sat in at the big game elieved to have produced the motive for the killing; Jimmy Meehan, betting commissioner, who was host at th2 party, and Sidney Stajer, former con- fidential secretary to Rothstein. Martin (Red) Bowe, another gambler and par- mond, larf ly for | me 48 hours on a short affidavit, ; which would have necessitated holding | ¢ justice. They are “Nigger Nate" Rey- | sr' em]. under this u-1u‘|’1 - ent, no longer assign prio 'I’:Ifl dates for the mobi luuo: of the umu‘, merely fixing the major require- en ¢ { @ ; Tevision .of- our mobil lans marks an tant step m he consalidation of the main power of the Nation,” Summerall declared. “In the event of war” the general sald, “the War Department will ask corps commanders for a desired number of units to be made available on a cer- tain daie, leaving matters of identity, riority, and the like to the determina- n of the corps area commanders. “The plan continues to'provide, in the event of a grave national emer- gency, for the call to arms of six field armies, aggregating 3,500,000 men, from an estimated man power of 18,000,000.” . CONDITION OF KING REPORTED IMPROVED; PRINCE IS EN ROUTE *__(Continued From First Page.) and then returned to ‘the palace at noon, being there when the Yhmcmfl returned for their second visit, Public sympathy with the sick Kin has been expressed by the masses of flowers arrivi daily at Buckingham Palace. Decoration of his majesty's bedroom is under the personal supere vision of the Queen, who arranges the flowers each morning. Yesterday she chose deep red rosts sent by an in- timate friend, who said that he had heard that the red rose was the Queen's good luck flower, A large basket of hot house grapes also stands by the King's bedside. He is a great lover of flowers and has been much .cheered by their presence and the sympathetic messages they convey, BEGINS LONG JOURNEY HOME. Sleepless Night on Train Spent by Prince of Wales. LONDON, November 28 (#).—Advices from Cape Town today told of the Prince of Wales beginning in the early hours of the morning his long race from Tanganyika to the beside of his father, King George. 8ir Percival Phllura, special corre- spondent _of the Dally Mail Evening News with the royal party in Africa, sent a graphic description of the prince's progress in his private train drawn by a wood-burning engine, which had to halt every hour for more uel. “When the dawn broke today the Prince of Wales, who left Codoma for Dar-es-Salaam, on the coast, in his special train, he looked out of the win- dows of his salon onto the parched { African desert plain, which lay dreary land desolate beneath the sunless sky,” iwrote 8i. Peroival. “His night had ibeen & sleepless one. His train, al- {though making the maximum speed possible on this single line of tortuous railway, must have seemed to him to be literally crawling toward the coast.” 1 Describing incidents of the last few ! hours at Dodoma. Sir Percival wrote: “They were more poignant to the few people who saw and talked to the | prince immediately after his arrival at Dodoma from the bush, for his Ihapplneu and rellef on learning, @3 he thought, that his father was out | of danger was extremely touching. He drove through the native bazaar and there. was a smile on his tanned face as he swung his car with expert hand to drive to the provincial commission- er's residence, where the commissioner was waiting to receive him. He jumped out of the car with an air of elation which made glad the hearts of his | friends.” Before dinner an important cipher ! message was decoded. This was fol- lowed quickly by other messages from London, the contents of which caused the prince deepest concern. He ate no dinner and made a brave effort to 1 uclrnnt in the big game, who also was declared a material witness, was at has stopped at three hotels here, using different names at each. L} liberty, his bail having been set at $10,000. maintain his normal manner. MEINEST PROBES 1 and the ! NFTS N SEA BED Evidence of Earthquake Be- tween Americas Seen by Scientist. By the Assoclated Press. Evidence of a great earthquake, pro- ducing stresses in the earth's crust be- tween North and South America, has been brought here by Dr. F, A. Vening Meinesz, world famous Dutch geo- desist, after a two-month cruise with the Navy scientific expedition aboard the United States submarine 8-21. ‘With this evidence, much of it hither- to unknown to science, comes a Sug- gestion that the two continents are pressing, imperceptibly, but with incal- culable force, toward each other, It discloses clearly, Dr. Meinesz says, that the same kind of stresses which, in past geologic_ages piled up mountains and left deep scars on the continents until equilibrium was reached, are still exerting their awe-inspiring power be- neath the oceans. The most striking discovery of the e?edmon was the existence of a great rift in the earth’s crust extending through the 4,700 fathom Nares deep, north of Porto Rico, westward to a point north of the eastern end of Cuba. Similar tnstable ‘conditions were dis- covered, to the scientist's surprise, in the extensive so-called Sigsbee deep, in the southwestern part of the Guif of Mexieo, Wwhich/1s mot, strictly, a “deep” at all, but merely the deepest part of the gulf, reaching down 2,200 fathoms, or more than two sea miles. Like stresses also were found between Cuba and Jamaica, in the Bartlett deep, which goes down 3,750 fathoms. Uses Delicate Apparatus. ‘The existence of these stresses was discovered by measuring variations from normal in the force of gravity in the ocean hed with a complicated, delicate apparatus devised by Dr. Meiness to make such determinations possible at sea. This device makes use of the well established knowledge CHURCH CAPAGN QUOTA 1 300 Leaders Hope to Repair Organ and Pay Off Last Remaining Debt. Plans to raise a fund to pay the last | remaining debt of $29,000 on the par- h hall of St. Thomas' Episcopal hurch and to repair the church organ, the cost of which is estimated at $8,000, | were made by campaign leaders at a meeting last night in the church. Rev. C. Ernest Smith, serving his twenty-seventh year as rector of the parish, i honorary chairman of the campaign committee. Maj. Ennalls Waggaman, a vestryman, is general chairman. The meeting was attended by division leaders and teanr captains. Three di- visions of five teams each, which are now in the process of formation will re- sult in an active soliciting force of 93 workers. Although oenly 37 years -old, St. Thomas' Church has grown from an original membership of 18 to more than 800. Its property has increased until it now represents a capital investment of $350,000 and an endowment fund of $100,000. Vestrymen of the church are: Dr. Emith, Col. Willlam Baird, U. 8. A.; Lester A. Barr, Charles J. Bell, Mel- ville Church, A. P. Crenshaw, Senator Walter E. Edge, Comdr. Needham L. Jones, U. 8. N,; Theodore W. Noyes, Maj. Waggaman and Ernest Wilkinson. ‘The_three divisions will be led by Wil- liam R. Fllis, Mrs, Ralph W. Hills and Comdr, Jones. The team captains are: Mrs. W. S, Bishop, Mrs, Raymond H. C. Carter, Jonn H. Davidson, J. Harris Franklin, Miss Virginia Grifith, Maj. O. J. Gotchell, Col. W. H. Hobbs, Mrs. James F. Howard, Admiral A. M. D. McCor- Mrs. W. D. Leahy, Arthur M. M. T, W. Seay, Charles J. Stock- man and Mrs. William Wheatley. ‘The campaign organization will as- semble on December 4 for instructions and assignment of prospect cards. WOUNDED OFFCER LED BY NURSE She Turns Gun on Herself After Shooting in Denver Hospital. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo, November 28— Robert K. Evans, Denver policeman, confined in the Denver General Hos- pital by wounds received in & gun fight last week with an unidentified man which cost the life of his companion, Patrolman Harry Ohle, was shot and killed as he lay in bed shortly after 5 a.m. today by Miss Farice King, a nurse at the hospital.- Miss King then turned Lhal ‘wun on herself, 8he is not expected to live. Smith, who was operated on yester~ day, was under the care of Miss King and it was not until after she had been assigned to his care, according to at- taches at the hospital, that she was aware of Evans' presence in the hos- pital. © Awakened by Shot, Smith was awakened by the shot which killed Evans and saw Miss Kln{ fire the bullet into her owfi' body, bu ‘was helpless to prevent it. He oried out & warning, but his cries were not heard by others in the hospital and it was not until after the second shot that help reached the room. Evans was shot through the head, dying instantly. Miss King is sald to have come to Denver from Kansas City several years ago. One of two notes found in the room, written by Miss King, was addressed to “Dearest Bob,” and said, "I have waited five years for this chance.” Attaches of the hospital were of the opinion that Miss King and Evans, prior to the marriage of Evans, had had a love that the pull of gravity can be meas- | affai) ured by its effect on a swinging pendu- lum, Instead of a single pendulum which can be employed effectively on land, the Meinesz apparatus includes three, swinging in different directions, permitting accurate observations when the pitching and rolling of the sub- marine in which it is mounted has been sufficiently modified by submergence to & depth of 75 or 80 feet. A sonic depth :\x:det also was used throughout the rip, The expedition's cruise covered 7,000 miles along the continental shelf from Norfolk to Key West, thence across the Sigsbee deep to Galveston, Tex., over the MmlulpPl delta back to Key West, along hoth sides of the ridge of islands represented by Cuba, Haiti and Porto Rico, and back to & course which taok the observers over the ocean outside the continental shelf. Submerges 49 Times. In all, the submarine was submerged 49 times for gravity measurements, five being made within 18 hours in the Bart- lett deep. In addition to Dr. Meinesz the scientific work was carried out by Dr., Fred E, Wright of Carnegie Institu~ tion of Washington and Elmer B. Col- lins of the hydrographic office of the Navy, The Navy furnished, besides the 8-21, two eagle boats for tenders, with Capt. T. L. Nash in command and Lieut. James L. Fisher in charge of the submarine, The expedition was expected to re- turn to Washington today, but having encountered exceptionally rough weather on the return trip and seeing a chance to navigate the Potomac yesterday, Lieut. Fisher brought his submarine to the Nnvax Yard late yesterday. The data gathered were 3mmpuy turned over to the Coast and Geodetic Survey. for more accurate computation of the re- sults than was possible -during the cruise, ‘These results are expected to be of great value to various Government agencies and to contribute eveniually toward the development of means of forecasting earthquakes and similar disturbances. They represent the first participation by any government ex- cept that of the Netherlands in what sclentists and naval authorities hope will become a world-wide survey of gravity variations beneath the oceans, which are essential to a thorough knowledge of the form and forces in the earth's crust. air, Louis Smith, a Denver fireman, who occupied’ a room in the firemen's and policemen’s ward, where the shooting occurred, declared that Evans and Miss King had spent the entire evening and night_in conversation. He also said Miss King had spent considerable time in writing during the night. County Campaign- Cost $13,265. Spectal Dispatch to-Th Star. FREDERICK, Md., November 28.— Expenses of the Republican and Demo- cratic organizations in Frederick County for the recent campaign exceeded $13,- 265.65, according to reports filed with the election supervisors. The Repub- licans spent $7,822.15 and the Demo- crats $5,443.50. League Changes Name. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WESTERNPORT, Md,, November 28.— The Law Enforcement League here voted to change its name to the Com- munity Improvement Association at its annual meeting, held at the First Bap- tist Church. The following officers were chosen: President, Rev. R. G. Winton; vice president, Dayton Ours; corre- sponding secretary, Ray L. Wilt; treas- urer, Willlam H. Seaber. —_— 4 BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra in the auditorjum, Marine Barracks, at 8 o'clock tonight, Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader. Program, March characteristic, “Parade of the Gendarmes” . . Lake Overture, “Rienzi” . ‘Wagner “Polichinelle” ... .Rachmaninoft Selections on Teresa Del Riego’s popular songs Intergrtnsm Oriental, “Valse Celebre’ Grand Scenes from “Alda” Verdi Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Mon- tezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” Notice—The Marine Band Orchestra will give concerts regularly on Wed- nesday nights at 8 o'clock and on Fri- day afternoons at 3 o'clock in the audi- torium at the Marine Barracks. The public is mvited. Expedition to Search for Noah's Ark For Chicago Fair Exhibit Suggested By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 28.—Noah's Ark, which by Biblical history landed on Mount Ararat after the 40 days of flood, may be the object of an airplane searching expedition so that the ancient ship, if found. may be exhibited at the Chicago world's fair in 1933. Rufus C. Dawes, brother of Vice| President Dawes and president of the world’s fair committee, has received an offer to form-a corporation for financing such a search. William H. Strong, a former president He ‘also resolutely refused to'permit cancellation of an informal danc: which was planned at the hotel. ‘l of the Aviation Club of Chicago and a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, made the offer, saying “the effort would be as legitimate as hunting for stone ax heads in the Sahara,” If the ark were actually built, as the Bible says, there is a possibility that it i \;s in existence somewhere, Strong sa “The ark grounded on Mount Ararat, and the rarity of the air would tend to preserve the ship,” according to Strong, a former president of the Chicago As- sociation of Engineers. Only an carthquake, an avalanche or some other caraclysm could have de- stroyed the ark, in Mr. Strong's opinion. The ship, according to the Bible, was built of gopher wood, & species of cy- press, which Strong said would not be subject to fungus decay. 1 Services of '.hankuivm? will be ob- served. in the churches of the District tomorrow. . In several sections of the city groups of churches will hold union services. The national Thanksgiving services will be held at the Me{ropolitan Memo- rial Methodist Episcopal Church, John Marshall place and C_street, at 10:30 am. Bishop William F. McDowell will preach the sermon and the pastor. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, will conduct the Introductory service. The following Methodist churches are co-operating in this service: Bruen, Gotsuch, Ryland, McKendree, Trinity, Wilson Memorial, Waugh, Congress Heights and Rosedale and the Lucy Webb Hayes Training School. Service at St. Patrick’s. The annual Pan-American mass will be observed at St. Patrick's Chureh at 10 o'clock with Mgr. C. F. Thomas, pastor of the church, delivering the sermon. The Archbishop of Baltimore, Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, will attend the services. Rev. Pletro Funasoni-Blondl, apostolic delegate, will preside, The deacon of the mass will be Rev. Thomas E. Healy and Rev. John F. Donnelly will act as sub-deacon. Many of the South American diplomats will attend. A luncheon will follow the mass at 12:30 o'clock. Members of the diplomatic corps, Army and Navy and Government offi- cials have been invited to attend. Two spectal services, one at 9:30 and the other at 11 o'clock in addition to the regular daily cathedral services at 7:30 and 4:30 will mark the observance of Thanksgiying at Washington Cathe- dral. Bishop Freeman to Speak. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, ‘Bishop of Washington, will occupy the pulpit of the Bethlehem Chapel at the 11 o'clock service. His sermon Wil be broadcast over station WRC and will be of a na- ture to appeal to family groups assem- bled for Thanksgiving. The first service of the day will take place at 7:30 o'clock. It will be the celebration of the Holy Communion with Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of Washington, as the celebrant. Rev. William L. De Vries, canon and chancellor of Washington Cathedral, will be the celebrant at.a celebration of the Holy Communion at 9:30. Dean Bratenahl will conduct ‘the 11 o'clock service, with Bishop Freeman as the preacher, and Rev. Raymond L. ‘Wolven, canon of Washington Cathedral, will conduct the 4:30 o'clock evening prayer service. The Washington Cathedral Choir of men and boys under the direction of Edgar Priest, organist and choirmastery will take part in the festival service at 11 o'clock, whiclr-will be the prineipal service of the day. Union Synagogue Rites. The annual Thanksgiving service of the leading synagogues in Washington will be held jointly at the Sixth Street Synagogue, Sixth and I streets. This is the fourth year in which a union serv- ice for all ‘Jews in the city has been held with the Eighth Street Temple, Fifth Street Synagogue and Sixth Street Synagogue combined for this service, The main speaker at this occasion will be Judge Nathan Cayton of the Munieipal Court. Hhis subject will be “The Thanksgiving of Jews in America." Rabbl Abraham Simon, Rabbi Julius T, Loeb, Rabbi W. F. Rosenbloom and Rabbi Louis J. Schwefel will participate in the joint Janyen of the congrega- tion, while Cantor Louis Novick and the larr %xu\r of the congregation act- ing #s host will yender:the Psalms and Hebrew music appropriaf te to the oc« casion. The service begins at 11 o'elock. The Shiloh Baptist Institutional Church, Ninth and P streets, will hold @ Thanksgiving service at 11 o'clock. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Waldron, will de- liver & sermon on the subject, “Some Especial Reasons for Thanksgiving by the People of the United States. In addition to the regular patriotic songs by the choir, the male quarte! render several “Jubilee” selections, and the President’s proclamation will be vead by the church clerk, Prof. Madi- son W. Tignor, Dr. Smith to Preach. Thanksgiving day will be observed at §t. Margaret’s Church, Conpecticut avenue and. Bancroft place, by two viges: Holy communion at 7:30 a.m. d festival service of morning prayer with sermon by the rector, Dr. Herbert Scott Smith, at 11 am. On Friday, 8t. Andrew's day, there will be a cele- bration of holy communion at 11 a.m. The regular Thanksgiving service will be held at Central Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 11 am. The pastor, Dr. James H, Taylor, will ach the ser- mon on the theme ‘What Thanksgiv- ing Day Should Mean to America and w‘the yWo\"l(l," The music will be in charge of John Russell Mason, organ- ist, and l::‘rl (;nrhnhuh, baritone, pre- centor of the church. At . Immanuel Baptist Church the Baptist Young People's Union will hold a sunrise prayer service tomorrow morning. Dr. Taylor will speak to the young people at this service. Mrs. Annie C. Bill of London will give an address on the subject, “Thanksgiving," at the church services tomorrow at the La Fayette Hotel at 11 m. Seven churches of the Mount Pleas- ant district -will unite in a Union Thanksgiving_Service, to be held at All Souls' Church (Unitarian), Sixteenth and Harvard streets, tomorrow at 11 o'clock. The sermon will be preached by Rev, Harvey Baker Smith of the Columbia Heights Christian Church on the subject ing.” The ministers of the other co- Jperating churches will participate. The olumbia _ Helghts ~Christian, Mount Pleasant conzreinbml. Friends, Col- umbia Heights Lutheran, Francis bury Methocist, All Souls’ (Unitarian) and Umv;rulm National . Memorial make up the group. A :m?rlua praise service will be held at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sixth and A streets northeast, tomor- row at 7 o'clock. The President's Erocllmlllon will be read by Curtis Wi oodsome, followed by & processional of junior cadets bearing the American flag. After saluting national anthem will be sung. processional of ng ung women of the World-Wide Guild, bearing the church flag, will follow. Twelve boys and girls wxfi spell the word “Thanksgiving’ with appropriate verses of Scripture and Dr. John Compton Ball will deliver a briei address on “The Heart of Thanksgiv ing.” Offerings for the Baptist Home for Children will be received. Quartet to Sing. The Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church will have its annual Thanks- giving service at 11 am, Rev. Fred- erick Brown Harris will preach the ser- mon on “Where Are the Nine?” Special Thanksgiving music by the Foundry quartet. choir. Thanksgiving service will be held at Sixteenth and Allison streets, at 10:30 am. The sérmon will be preached by Dr. Chesteen Smith, his subject being “Debt, Duty and Desire.” Rev. J. H. Balthis will preach the sermon tomorrow at 11 o'clock at Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church, South. The large vested choir will sing under the leadership of R. Deane Shure. Special services will be held at 11 am. at the Church of the Holy City, Sixteenth above Q street, with a ser- mon by the pastor, Rev. Paul Sperry. At Galbraith A. M. E. Church, Sixth street between L and M streets, Dr. W. D. Battle, pastor, there will be a CAPITAL CHURCHES WILL HOLD SPECIAL THANKSGIVING RITES Washington Cnthedral. St. Patrick's and Metropolitan Methodist Services Head Long List. a concert at b it People will t “A Christian’s Thanksgiv-} he colors the {, £ | friends will be rormitted to bring them Hamline Methodist Episcopal Chureh, | Thanksgis Thanksgiving Canticle service by the senior and church school choirs and the East Washington Male Chorus to- morrow at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of Calvary M. E. Church, Columbia road near Fif- teenth street, will preach the sermon tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. on “The Sure Kingdom.” There will be music by the chorus ehoir. At the Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian Church, New Hampshire avenue and Randolph street, Dr. Arthur J. Brown will preach tomorrow night at 8 o'clock on “Virgin Birth of Christ."” Dr. Bernard Braskamp, pastor of Gunton Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church, Sixteenth and Newton streets, will deliver an address tomorrow morn- ing at 10:30 o'clock. There will be a union service at 10:30 am. at the Douglas M. E. Church, H and Eleventh streets northeast, in which the Eastern Presbyterian Church will participate. Dr. Sizoo to Speak. Special services will be conducted at 11 o'clock by Dr. Joseph R. 8izoo at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. His sermon subject is, “When Thou Makest a Feast.” Dr. James Miers, pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth and Fairmont streets, will conduct services tomorrow at 8 p.m. At the Church of the Covenant, Con- necticut avenue and N street, Rev. Harold C. Warren of Detroit. will preach tomorrow at 11 o'clock. ‘There will be a service tomorrow at 10 o'clock at the B. T. Roberts Memorial Church, Twelfth and N streets, with Rev. F. F. 8houp, the pastor, preaching. Dr. William S. Bishop will preach the sermon tomorrow at 11 o'clock at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Eighteenth between P and Q streets. UNTIL DECEMBER 5 Are Adjourned Today After Stormy Session in Block- ing of Testimony. ) After a stormy session this morning ©of the valuation case of the Washing- ton Gas Light Co. before the Public Utilities Commission, in which most of the efforts of People’s Counsel Ralph B, Fleharty to draw -information from Byers McK. Bachman, commission ac- countant, were blocked by objections of company lawyers, the hearings were adjourned until 10 a.m. December 5. At this time Bachman will be recalled to the stand for cross-examination. The day started with an effort on the part of Mr, Fleharty to attack the fig- ures set up by the various company ex- pert witnesses as representing the de- preciation of the company's property. Mr. Fleharty sought to question Bachman relative to the service lives of varfous classes of property as de- duced from the order of the commis- sion setting the valuation of the com- pnay in 1917, eorge P. Hoover, gas company counsel, objected to this on the zrg:nd that any testimony relative to the order should come from the engineer who drew up the tables, who should be present to submit to cross-examination, Mr. Fleharty said that his questions amounted to asking Mr. Bachman to show that two and two made four Mr. Hoover replied that two and two g‘tlteeln !m.de sll;: nm? a long wrangle r s mathematical pri - O principle fol Finally the commission allowed Bachman to answer the question, and in reply the accountant stated that the figures showed the average life of mains to be 135 years, services 49 years and meters 25 years. Mr. Fleharty then ‘sought to obtain from Bachman the average service life s‘imm Thanksgiving services will be held at the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets, at 11 o'clock, closing at noon. Special music will be rendered by the vested chorus _cholr under the direction of Ruby Smith Stahl, and the minister, Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, will preach a short Thanksgiving sermon. In the evening, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, an entertainment will be given. This program consists of motion pic- wres and includes a_ Pathe cartoon, “The l"lrg'ml Age”; a Universial Colle- gian serlal, “The Winning Goal”: two reels showing peace-time activities of the Chemical Warfare Service and various weapons of chemical warfare in action, and the main picture of the 2vening, “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” Dr. Phillips to Preach. Christ and 8t John's Churches, Georgetown, will hold joint services to- morrow_at the former church, O and ‘Thirty-first ‘streets, at 7:30 r.m. At the Church of the G Shepherd, Sixth between H and I streets north- east, services will be held tomorrow with holy communion at 7:30 am., with union services participated in by Christ Church, Navy Yard, at 10 a.m. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, G between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, will preach the sermon tomorrow at 11 am. There will be holy communion at 8 am. Holy communion will be observed at 9:30 am. at St. Stephen': Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and Newton streets. . The Dumbarton Avenue M, E. Church and 8t. John's Chureh will hold union services tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. There will be benediction and mass tomorrow at 8 o'clock at 8t. Mary's Catholic Church, Fifth between G and H streets. . The Chevy Chase = Presbyterian Ohurch will have a union T! service of the Protestant churches in the community tomorrow at 11 am. Dr. b ‘O Reynolds of Wesley M. E. Church preach, At the National Baptist Memorial, Sixteenth street and Columbia road, Dr. Gove G. Johnsor wili preach at 8 pm. on “Reason for Thanksgiving." The Bible achool orchestra will have 9:30 a.m. and the Young 1 meet at 7 p.m. The four Christian Science Churches will hold special services tomorrow at 11 o'cloek, with the subject “Thanksgiving.” Lutheran Rites in Evening. At Georgetown Lutheran Church, Wisconsin avenue and Volta place, serv- ices will be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Rev. Charles Enders, pastor of Con- cordia Lutheran Church, Twentieth and G streets, will preach the sermon to- morrow 11 o'clock. There will be a German service at 9:30 am, and an lflglh service at 11 am. tomorrow at inity Lutheran | Chureh, Fourth and E streets, under the direction of Rev, Hugo M. Hennig. _ St. Paul's Lutheran Church will hold joint Thanksgiving services tomorrow at 10:30 o'clock at Sixteenth and U streets. The Ninth Street Christian Church will unite in services tomorrow morn- ing at the Douglas Memorial Church, H and Eleventh streets northeast. The annual Thanksgiving service of the First Presbyterian Church will be at the old church on John Marshall place tomorrow from 10:30 to 11:30 o'clock. The sermon will be delivered by Dr. N. P, Patterson, pastor of the church, His subject will be, “Reasons for Thanksgliving." First Presbyterian Church, which is directed by Mrs, Cornella Kinsella, is composed of Mrs. G. J. Chaillet, so- | prano; William H. Bell, tenor; Miss Marian Arnold, contralto, and Walter T. Matson, baritone, | THOUSANDS HAPPY AS OFFICES CLOSE FOR THANKSGIVING | (Continued From First Page.) will be services at the mission tomor- Tow evening. An old time minstrel show, staged by | Costello Post of the American Legion, iven tonight at the District ’onm‘u nn:lem of the hun- Inmates who must spend ‘Thanksgiving day behind the bars to- morrow. But the jail authorities are things as easy and comfortable as pos- sible for the inmates. Relatives and packages of food and clothing and an ! extra good dinner has been arranged. ‘;‘;1[\:' meal dwlll consist of roast pork, oes and gravy, apples, jello, coffee | and bread. b Employes at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital were given a half-holiday today, like other employes of the Government. The choir of the |\ { doing everything they can to make |Mivida of buildings, according to tables set u by the chenrnk: & Potomac Tele;: phone Co. with which Bachman was » familiar. Mr. Hoover_ again objected that such information should come, not from Bachman, but from the engi- neers who drew u& the tables. Mr, Fleharty noted an exception to the ruling made against him and ex- g}alned that he believed the testimony * e sought was proper. LAWYERS IN DRIVE Bar Association Framing Legisla- tion in Interest of Govern- ment Employes. Legislation to eliminate what are termed pay inequalities under the Welch act and to increase salaries for professional, scientific and other Gov- ernment employe grou Wwas urged last night before the leral Bar Asso- clation by Willlam R. Vallance, presi- dent, and by E. A. Niess, chairman of '\;"‘l:iclwx hh:}i;n‘l; legislative committee. up t! -ogdlhf«be ping up the legislation embers of the association, in the United States Chamber fl'?eé:!ll,:l!-: merde Bullding, were told that the pro- Jeoted revislon would replace certain :l_lry grades eliminated by the Welch The schedule d would insert nsatiol }a seventh com rate in grade 1 of promlflnnai d. zfntmo service. so that the °s: Tates would be as follows: $2,000, $2,100, , 82,300, gl&?a $2,500 "\r\ei .,Ilh In grade 2 same service the revised rates would be $2,600, $2,700, $2,800, $3,000 $3,100 and $3,200. il Another feature of last night's meet- ing was an _address on co-operative econamies in Europe, 5 for Brookhart of Towa.- o0 oY Bena CAPPER FAVORS “BOOK” UTILITIES VALUATION Believes Return Should Be Based on Amount Invested in Properties. Chairman Capper of the Senal - trict committee believes the nt‘:rlm:d | be allowed a public utility should be based on the amount invested rather than on estimates of what it would cost to reproduce the property. The Senator expressed his views on theories of valuation while discussing the Wi :hz v(;l;aua; case of N rgetown Gas ht > in progress before the uuv.?: con:n'- mission. The Senator indicated he has been following the progress of the gas valuation proceedings since his return to the eity, and said he did not see how some of the estimate: Ve case could be nllnwed"“ i BOWIE ENTRIES A . TOMORROW. PIRST - i s yehIRET RACE_Purse, $1.300; claiming; 2- o 101 i i L 107 do 105 ¥ 210 .ghno 10 Little Cagtain 108 106 Kaidieen 108 cle Martin 108 Miss Onine - i1 *S8ambg G. 108 ioi Artle Kay 105 Ll SECOND RACE--P: - bow: 3-vear-ofde: 7 furlches 00 the Rain . Sun_ 8h P il gt Je 108 Virmar "7V Do Stock Farm entry. RD \ACE—Purse, R 3 D M Gl iridned: the . Aero 9 1t 1I 108 T aH. G. Bedwell-E. R. Morehouse entry. FOURTH RACE-The Thankssiviy cap: 310,000 added: 3-year- capi ed; 3-year-olds an THI! Handiz; Gentus War Ei jandy n ‘andy Pi Mineraloglst Polish ... Hand)- up; 1's ay Distraction (F. i (A. Robertson) ‘Anaan (o boy) ..... un Roman (no boy) Royal Stranger (R. Workman) ... rossco. (no boy) s ipear Rock (F. Stevens) o2 Marrane, 3d (W. Long Jock (no boy) ........ FIFTH RACE-T! S-year-olds: 1. miles. Sistership Prompter Spectacular There be a special motion picture show for the patients tomorrow after- noon in the amusement house of the hospital and the Red Cross unit will ving dinner the patien! be_given a turkey treat, Thanksgiving day dinner will be served at three different centers of the Young Women's Christian Association, committees in charge being headed by Mrs, Frank Casey and Mrs. A. K. Jones, At 614 A streel the downtown center, tables are being reserved from 4:30 to 6:30 o'clock. At the Elizabeth Somers center and at the main Y. W. building, ..hri riatrvltions are from 5:30 to o'clock. i Cornell has' just awarded 26 tuition sdchflnrships to Cornell Law School stu- lents. . . r ts will | & 8pear Rock ... Hot Toddy 81X C! vour olds and upi 1. Low Gear “Intre John Peel ... e ol doi Aveilla . *Ruby Keller . Clanirap a Jefferson Livingston entry SEVENTH RACE--$1.300; : 3-yeat- olds and up: T miles. . mina: 3-year *Ella M : % oy Wheats 10;2: s 1o *Toe i 5 R 10 Bl W o 1o phrgayren o Florendy 198 Shannon snoic . 153 Many 01 *Gold Bells 104 SAlL Ran 107 iOmars Dauble. . j03 ar Red Curl R e T *Apprentice allowance claimed. Weather clear; track fasi. GAS HEARINGS END - ? K > ’