Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1929, Page 2

s THE EVENING ! PORTES GIL RECOVERS. - ADDED DRY FUND e MEXICO CITY, January 15 (#).— President Portes Gil, having recovered from an attack of grippe, has returned WELFARE DIRECTOR Sccretary Urges Surveys of The President said that he was de- | >C | termined that strict justice would be ee i meted out to those responsible for the | Enforcement Agencies Before Action. | killing of Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban | Changes in Phases of Work Recommended by Bureau of Efficiency. | student agitator. He expressed surprise | | that the assassin or assassins were not | The District Commissioners today re- !in the hands of the police already. [ While admitting that additional (undsJ | might be used to advantage in various | ceived three reports from the Bureau of parts of the Government for the en-! | Efficiency all recommending changes in Sorcement of prohibtion, Secretary of | various phases of the activities of the the Treasur; Mellon today formally Board of Public Welfare and some of its lisapproved the appropriation of $2: | dependent institutions. The recom- mendations call for creation of the posi- tion of assistant director of public wel- fare in charge of personnel and busi- ] dis 000,000 fof the Bureau of Prohibition, | irst Degree and | ness aaministration; redefining the du- | ties of the present assistant director to provided in the first deficiency bill how | before the Senate. The item was pro- MUI‘del‘ in F | include administration of such profes- | sional phases of the board's activities posed by Senator Harris of Georgia, a Assaults With Dangerous | as would ordinarily be assigned to a well i Weapon Among Charges. qualified sociologist: development of In a thret-page letter to Chairman en of the Senate appropriations e laundry facilities at the District reform- atory and at Gallinger Hospital, and a GRAND JURY LISTS MANY INDICTMENTS Commiitee, Secretary Mclion suggested that no such large sum be given the Bureau of Prohibition until surveys of | ' Murder in the first degree is charged | the Department of Justice, Customs;{in an indictment reported today by (ho‘ ing capital fund of the District Work- Coas’ Cuard and other agencies wHich | grand jury against William Adams. | house and Reformatory, help enforce prohibition could be made | colored, in connection with the death| In their report on the assistant di- to determine their needs. of Willie Easton, also colored. The | rector of public welfare the burcau re- g 27 9 | called that this had previously been No such appropriations should be | men got into an argumeit at & crap | ocommended in a report dated June | more effective application of the work- | made,” the secretary said, “until they! can be definitely allocated to certain specific purposes,” adding that “a other method of procedure will nece: sarily resuit in the extravagant use of the public funds.” Problem Many-Sided. The Secretary’s letter was in answer to one from Senator Warren ‘asking for 2 statement “as to whether in the opin- | ion of the department such a sum could | be judiciously expended, and if grant- | ed by Congress how such an amount would be allocated.” “The problem of prohibition enforce- ment," said the Secretary in his rep! “has many ramifications, and suc- | cessful solution depends not only on ample appropriations for the Bureau of Prohibition, but on the activities and | situation of other departments and bu- reaus of the Government. The question, therefore, of whether an increase of $25,000,000 in the amount appropriated for the Bureau of Prohibition will ac- complish the results desired by the Congress and this department is not one that can be answered without a thoroughgoing survey of the entire | field, for I assume, of course, that if | any such large sum is to be appropriat- | ed Congress will desire it to be used with the utmost effectiveness and in a | way calculated to bring about the great- est: results. For instance, one of the major difficulties encountered in mak- ing the prohibition laws truly effective | is the congestion in the United States | courts occasioned in large part by nu- | merous pending prohibition cases. It | would seem desirable, therefore, if the | Congress deems it advisable to appro- | priate an additional sum of $25,000,000 | for this general purpose, that some con- sideration should be given to whether a | part of this sum at least should not be allocated to the Department of Justice. As to the needs of the Department of Justice I am, of course, not in a position to express an opinion. Sea Coast Fight Described. “The problem of smuggling is an im- portant one. Its prevention is largely dependent, insofar as our sea coast is concerned, on the adequacy of the fleet maintained by the Coast Guard and in part on an adequate customs force at cur various ports; and insofar as our: land borders are concerned, on an effec- 1 of the borders, On atcount ilure thus far to secure & satis- agreement with Canada, which; ! | in my opinion, would materially téduce | the liquor traffic coming over the Cas dian border, the necessity of a thorough« ing survey as to the best means of creasing the effectiveness ‘of our border patrol is apparent, This the Department has recently undertaken. “Insofar as the Coast Guard, is con- terned, some time ago I instructed Admiral Billard to submit a report as to the adequacy of the present Coast Guard fleet, together with an estimate of the Coast Guard building needs over the period of the next five years. ! “The problem of securing the necces- sary personnel under the provisions of existing law applying the civil service to the Bureau of Prohibition and Cus- toms Border Patrol must likewise be taken into consideration. Up to the present time, it has been possible to make permanent appointments for only a portion of the service and it is an- ticipated that many months will elapse before the provisions of the civil serv- ice act can be fully applied through the furnishing of adequate eligible registers for the present positions. “Additional Fund Could Be Used.” “In so fag as the Bureau of Prohi- bition itself” is* concerned, ‘some addi- tional funds could be advantageously | used.-at the present time in increased | investigational activities and in a well- considered educational program. Look- ing to the future, it will not doubt be _advantageous to provide additional ~funds for increased border patrol of the custom service and an increased cus- i toms force at some of the principal ports of entry, and increased equipment for the Coast Guard. “The department desires, of course, to see every reasonable provision made for the adequate enforcement of the law, but I do not believe that any such large sum as is provided for in the present deficiency bill should be appropriated until the surveys above suggested have been completed and until it can be determined how any increased amounts can be most wisely and effectively - expended. In other words, 1 am not prepared to say ‘that prohibition enforcement cannot be made more effective by the expendi- ture of increase amounts for this pur- pose, but I do feel that no such ap- propriations should be made until they can be definitely allocated to certain specific purposes, and that any other method of procedure will negessarily result in the extravagant use of the public funds.” ' LEGISLATION FAVORED FOR CITY BETTERMENT Association Urges Improvements Between Capitol and Union Sta- tion and Along Potomac.River. Resolutions favoring legislation for improvement of land beiween the Capi- tol and Union Station and land on both sides of the Potomac from Moupt Ver-| non to Great Falls were passed by the Jortheast Washington Ciiizens’ Associa- tion, which met last nighi i the Lud low School, Sixth and G streets north- east. The association went on record as ap- proving the bill to govern the style of | private buildings fronting on Federal | developments. | ROYAL WEDDING HINTED. King Boris Seen in Move to Wed Italian Princess. OFIA, Bulgaria, January 15 (@).—| Bi\wop tefan of Sofa, one of the clogst friends of King Boris, left for | Rorge today, and it is believed that his | pu is to sound out the Vatican and | the [tallan government whether- they are sposed to allow Princess Glovanna | to mgrry into the Bulgarian Orthodox Churgh as the wife ¢f Boris. It xv understood that the Pope would b2 willing to give pontifical sanction of | game, it is alleged, September 29 last | at 332 Armory place southwest, and Adarhs is alleged to have shot and| killed Easton. | Louis Parker is charged with two cases of assault with a dangerous weapon. _He is alleged to have slashed | his wife, .Pauline Parker, 733 Tenth | street southeast, and when his son, Milton I. Parker, sought to interfere, | the father is sald to have cut at him but merely cut through his clothing. Clara T. Payton, Alice Lewis lnd{ Lucinda. L. Brown, all colored, jointly charged with grand larcen: the absence of their employer, Mrs. | Linnie M. Bourne, 2027 Hillyer place, | August 14 last, it is alleged the sum of | $190 was taken from a drawer in her | chiffonier, which, it is charged, was | distributed among the three cmployes. | Most of the money was recovered. Larceny after trust is charged in an indictment against Charles W. Brooks, who is said to have been entrusted by Benjamin Greenberg, jeweler, 1718 Pennsylvania avenue, with a watch | worth $85 to sell. Brooks is declared | to have pawned the watch in Philadel- hia. B Harry Harris and Leo Rohen, alleged | pickpockets, are indicted for robbery. | 1t is charged that they took $235 from | the pocket of Seruch T. Kimble, a | teacher at Central High School, as he was purchasing tickets at the ball park | for the Georgetown-West Virginia foot | ball game, November 17. The men are said to have been identified by Georgi- ana Z, Kimble, the young daughter of the victim, who accompanied him to the ame. The grand jury ignored a charge of housbreaking against James Harris and one of assault against Thomas McBride. Others indicted and the charges against them include: Patsy Troianio and Jackson L. Marshall, housebreaking and larceny; Jackson L. Marshall, Patsy Troianio and Fred Curley, housebreak- ing; Fred Curley, depredation on pri- vate property; Harry B. Gallatin, Wil- liam H. Martin, William Anderson (alias J. H. Lewis) and Edward Gravette, grand larceny; Edward P. Williams, non-support of minor children; William Henry Hawkins, assault with dangerous weapon, and Richard Jacksom, incest and carnal knowledge. —_— ANCILLARY. PETITION FILED-IN BARR CASE Trustes in Bankruptey Asks In- structions About Operation of Building. Harold C. Smith, trustee in bank- Tuptcy of John L. Barr who filed a petition in Maryland last November, today applied to the District Supreme Court in an ancillary petition in bank- ruptey for instruction about the opera- tion of the Barr Building at 910 Seven- teenth street, which is encumbered to the extent of $1,040,000. Smith, through Attorney H. Winship Wheatley, tells the coutt that the building is the chief asset of the bankrupt's estate. ‘There are three trusts on the property, the trustee informs the court, one for $700,000 due February, 1933; a second trust for $300,000 due in 18 months from February 7, 1928, and a third trust for $40,000. The trustee says he has no criticism of the first trust and believes the third trust to represent $40,000 actually advanced the bankrupt by his father but asks for an accounting by the .Commercial National Co. which owns $228,520 of the notes secured by the second trust. The rest of the notes totaling $46.480 are held by Barber & Ross, the petition states. ‘The court is also asked to authorize the Willlam Corcoran Hill Co. to sur- render certain rentals of the building. gy S BUCKINGHAM INVALIDS REPORTED IMPROVING King Progresses Slowly, While Queen Mary's and Prince George's Colds Are Better. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 15—The _three royal invalids at Buckingham Palace were making progress at noon today. It was stated authoritatively that King George's very slow progress was continuing. Queen Mary's cold was much better and she had practically recovered from her indisposition. Prince George's cold was also much Shortly thereafter the Com- sioners created the assistant direc- ship and appointed Paul L. Kirby, a child specialist, to the position. This was not in line with the recommernda- tion of the Bureau of Efficiency, which had intended the position to be held by one skilled in business administra- tion, m Cril “This bureau icism Withheld. withheld criticism of the sion,” the report today reads, “because of an informal understand- ing that a business manager would be appointed as soon as funds for the payment of salery became available, It was our understanding that the money formerly intended for the chief | of the child welfare division would be | diverted to this use. Accordingly, as soon as it became apparent that this amount had been reappropriated a let- ter was directed to the District Com- missioners calling attention to our recommendation that a business man- ager in the Board of Public Welfare be appointed. “It is now understood that a chief of the Child Welfare Division has been appointed. On the face of it, this ap- pears to result in overbalancing the supervisory staff of the child welfare be said that this situation may be met by designation of the assistant director as business manager. Unfortunately, however, it cannot be expected that one who has given long years to a profes- sional pursuit as sociologist and child welfare specialist could suddenly change his vocation and forthwith become an efficient business manager for such a large, important and highly decentral- ized organization as the Board of Public Welfare, with appropriations totaling nearly four and a half million dollars annually.” Competent Aid Stressed. ‘The report then goes on to sum- marize the extent of the board’s many- sided activities and continues: “It can be readily appreciated that if the di- rector of public welfare is to supervise the operation. of the institutions and activities noted above, in addition to conducting the research work and pre- paring recommendations as required by law, that it is absolutely necessary for him to have competent assistants, whom ne can hold responsible for the efficient operation of the several phases of the board's activities.” The report: states that the duties of the present assistant director should be clearly defined to include only such as would be expected of a well qualified sociologist, and goes on to recommend that an assistant director be appointed, to be held responsible to the director for all work relating to business man- agement and personnel organization. The proper functioning of the two as- sistant directors as suggested “would relieve the director from a mass of de- tails which now ‘take up a large share of his time, and would leave him free to conduct the research work and pre- pare recommendations for improving the welfare work of the District, as contemplated by the act creating -the board,” the report concludes. Laundry work at the District Re- formatory, which has a population of 425, expected to be increased to 500 at the end of the current fiscal year, is done in bath tubs, the report states. In order to improve these conditions, the bureau recommends that as soon as the laundry in the Gallinger Hospital is placed in operation it take over the laundry work of the District Jail, and t the laundry equipment now at the il be transferred to the reformatory at Lorton, Va. and there placed in ogernmm. together with such service- able equipment as may be obtained from the women's department of the District workhouse. The bureau rec- ommended thjs only as a temporary solution of what may possibly result in “a_ serious situation with respect to the health, not only of the inmates but of the officers and other employes of the institution.” $10,920 Saving Seen. ‘The bureau recommends that the paid personnel now operating the jail laun- dry be continued in the new laundry at Gallinger, supplemented by a work de- tail of inmates from the jail. This sys- tem, the bureau finds, would result in an annual saving of $10,920. In the third report, the bureau recom- niends that the amount of $78,700 as working capital for the various indus- trial enterprises at the District Work- house and Reformatory be substituted for the present $25000, and that the appropriation for maintenance of the District of Columbia Reformatory be in- creased from $87,000 to $90,500 for the purpose of transferring an additional $3,500 to the working capital fund to cover the initial cost of establishing a better. the marriage, provided the "children siere brought up in the Roman Catholiz ' Ohureh. » 4 ' McCarthy, ~who preced Sergt. Maj. Henry Phillips of Washington Barracks sounded “Taps is_comrades to the grave in A rlipgton, book bindery. IDDLETOWN CRASH CTIMS BURIED work of the board. Of course, it may | this morning over Mllu_r_s Sergt. Joseph B. STAR. WASHINGTON, PARSERGLBERT * EXEETED TO QU Young Financial Diplomat’s Impending Resignation Cre- | ates Problem for Allies. l | i Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 15.—The Her- | ald-Tribune, in a dispatch from I's | Washington bureau, stated today that it is in a position to announce authorita- | tively that Parker Gilbert, the Ameri- can whom the allies selected four years SENATORS BESIE TRPTWT | ago to supervise Germany's war repara- | & tions payments, intends to resign as soon | | as possible after placing his data at the | disposal of the international committee | of experts who are to meet in Paris next month for a final and definite de- | | cision on what Germany shall pay each . | year and how long she must pay it. Mr. Gilbert's impending resignation as agent general for reparation pay- | ments will create a problem for the | allies of such gravity that his decision | | was considered yesterday to be as im- | portant as the recent announcemen: in the Herald-Tribune that American |interests in the forthcoming repara- tions meeting would be represented un- | officially. J. P. Morgan of J. P. Morgan | & Co., and Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of the General Electric Co., with Thomas Nelson Perkins, law- yer, of Boston, as alternate. Position Is Difficult. The difficulty of finding a man for the position which Mr. Gilbert now holds almost caused the rejection of the existing reparations plan as it was | | drafted four years ago by the experts { who met in Paris under the chairman- ship of Charles G. Dawes. The allies and Germany agreed only when Owen D. Young, who was the principal co-ordinator of conflicting ideas during the formulation of the Dawes plan, consented to administer it for the first three months. At that time the allies and Germany made it plain that they doubted the wisdom of entrusting to any one man | the control of this great collection agency, which their experts had just | devised, and upon which the peace and | security of Europe depended. ! Mr. Young. in consenting to be the | first agent general for reparation pay- | | ments in Berlin in 1924, stipulated that | |he should be allowed to name and | |train_his successor. His choice was | Mr. Gilbert. Thirty-two Years Old at Time. The latter then was only 32 years old, but he had been Undersecretary of the Treasury, in charge of the fiscal affairs of the United States, at the age of 28—so it was not so much of a sur- prise to him as it was to the rest of the world tq be invested with authority as custodian of Germany, to criticize her budget, her railroad operations and the conduct of her industries, as well as to supervise the levying of certain taxes, so that Germany might bear her share of the cost of the war. ‘The administration of the Dawes plan by the young agent general for repara- | tions during the last four years and | his periodic reports have made Mr. Gil- bert one of the most notable financial figures in the world. Part of the hope of marketing a large issue of German | reparation bonds hes been based on the belief that Germany would continue its payments regularly for a long time to come under his supervision. Now the moest difficult financial post in the world must be filled again. Must Be Young Man. The qualifications required of any man who would like Mr. Gilbert's place are: He must be enough of a diplomat and politictan to avoid being misled by the conflicting persuasions of Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Japan and the minor victorious allies, or by Germany; he must have prestige recog- nized instantly and equally in all these countries and must be uniformly known and respected as an impartial mind. He must, nevertheless, be young enough so that he will be able to hold the position for about 20 years and must be vigorous, so that he can stand the strain of act- ing urbanely as head of tne greatest collection agency the world has ever seen, which is also an agency for trans- lating Germany's reparations into pay- ments in kind ranging from $15,000,000 worth of railroad brakes for France to an_$80,000 astronomical telescope for Italy, as well as engaging Germany to build $1,000,000 worth of floating docks in Serbia and do $3,500,000 worth of work on the Portuguese roads—all under his authority as agent general for rep- aration payments. ‘The post requires a financier and economist of commanding ability, who will produce $600,000,000 a year for the allies, for a nominal salary and no com- missions. Aided on Liberty Loans. During the last four years, charac- terized as the “transition period” by the experts who formulated the Dawes plan, Mr. Gilbert has given a demonstration of capacities which have made the greatest bankers of the United States eager to have him join their firms. That is why Mr. Gilbert has decided to pro- ceed with his career in America. He has wasted no time heretofore. He was born in Bloomfield, N. J., i1 1892, was graduated from Rutgers Col- lege in 1912 with the highest honors ever won in that institution, and was graduated from the Harvard Law School, class of '15° cum laude, and im- mediately joined the law firm of Cra- vath & Henderson, of counsel for J. P. Morgan & Co. His record as a public official dates huck to 1918, when he was selected by R. C. Leffingwell, now a Morgan partner, then Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury, to assist him as counsel in con- nection with the Liberty loan flotations. In 1920, he succeeded Mr. Lefingwell as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, | | 'en portraits of their parents for the | | tar Staff Photo. family of Western Jnngllnd. TUESDAY, JANU. RY 15, 1929. GED BY WOMEN AT OFFICE BUILDING Above: Members of the Cause and Cure of War Conference who assembled at the Senate Office Building to inter- view Senators on the Kellogg peace pact with a view to furthering its passage. Below: Another group which was looking for Senators. Some of the banners aroused the Capitol police and they were dispersed. paraded banners asking for peace. through appointment by President Wil- son, although he was 2 Republican. His work in the Treasury Department so impressed President Harding that he appointed Mr. Gilbert in the following year to the newly created posftion of Undersecretary of the Treasury, a po- sition in the fiscal affairs of the Gov- ernment second in importance only to that of Secretary Mellon. In Secretary Mellon's absence he served as head of the United States Treasury, the youngest man to occupy the post since Alexander Hamilton. In his own office Mr. Gilbert had general supervision of the Federal Farm Loan Board. the office of the controller of the currency, the office of the treas- urer of the United States, the Budget Bureau, the register of the Treasury, the public debt, and the commissioner of the accounts and deposits. U. S: INVITATIONS DELAYED. France So Far Only Nation fo Act on Morgan and Young. PARIS, January 15 (#) —Formal and official invitations to J. P. Morgan and Owen D. Young to help revise repar~ tions are still being delayed, although every one here takes it for granted that the matter is all settled. The Reparations Commission cannot send the invitations until all the govern- ments concerned have actually ap- proved, and so far France alone has forwarded assent to the appointment of the two men to London, where all the governmental replies are being as- sembled. A telephone message from Berlin at noon to the Reparations Commission reported that the German government had not yet even recelved inquiry as to whether it agreed officially to the American names. Until all the governments have re- plied President Chapsal of the Repa- rations Commission cannot bring that body together to send the invitatici to Mr, Morgan and Mr. Young. MM. Moreau and Parmentier, the French representatives, expect the first meeting of the experts probably will be held on February 9 or February 11. The Japanese delegates, M. Mori, for- merly financial attache in London, and M. Aoki, deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, are somewhere in Siberia and are due to arrive in Parls next Tues- day. Weather reports indicate storms in" Siberia and their arrival conse- quently may be delayed. CHAPEL DEDICATION IS SET FOR TOMORROW Methodist. Structure Given in Honor of Bishop Mathew Simpson and Wife. Dedication exercises for the new chapel being constructed in the Meth- odist Building, First street and Mary- land avenue northeast, will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secre- tary of the Methodist Board of Tem-| perance, will deliver the presentation address. The new chapel is being built with a $25,000 gift from an anonymous donor in Philadelphia. It is in honor of the memory of Bishop Mathew Simpson and Mrs. Simpson. The daughters of Bishop Simpson have giv- oom. The chapel will be received by B:shop William Fraser McDowell, presi- dent of the board. All members have been urged to attend. The old chapel is being made over into an addition to the dining room. FILE BANKRUPTCY PLEAS. ' Two Merchants Enter Petitions. One Files Schedule. Jack Bernstein, Inc., merchant at 814 F street, today filed a petition in volun- tary bankruptcy. The company lists its debts at $7,140. and estimates its as- sots at $3,502.07. It is represented by Attorney Samuel V. Gusack. Hyman Cohen, trading as the Manu- facturers’ Outlet Store at 808 F straet, also filed a petition asking to be ad- judged bankrupt. He filed no schedule of assets and liabilities. Attorney N. H. Glueck appears for him. County's Oldest Man Dies. Suecial Dispatch to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md., January 1 sorge Willlam Blocher, said to have en the oldest man in Garrett County, died at his home, 5 miles east of Grantsville, last night, aged 98. He resided with his niece, M William. ‘Turner. He belonged to a pioneer i | | | | i POLICE DISPERSE WOMAN PICKETERS ON CAPITOL HILL _(Continued From Pirst Page) “singularly blessed” in that no delega- tion had called. Where the woman delegates were re- celved, however, it was with gracious- ness and understanding. In the ab- sence of Mrs. Catt, Miss Ruth Morgan of New York made the presentation of resolutions to Senator Copeland, Dem- ocrat, the senior New York Senator. He replied that while he was sympa- thetic with the desire of some Sen- ators to have the foreign relations com- mittee issue a formal statement giving its interpretation of what the treaty means, he would vote for the treaty and expected to see its ratification. “I might add that I would have voted for it, perhaps, even had you not called upon me,” he said. Senator Gillett, Republican of Massa- chusetts, also made the same answer to the delegation that visited his office, while expressing his cordial sympathy and that of Senator Walsh, Democrat of Massachusetts, with the efforts of the women to bring world peace a step | nearer. Following the proceedings at the Capitol, the conference resumed its sessions this afternoon. John Nevin Sayre was to speak on the R. O. T. C. and militarism in schools and colleges and Prof. Edwin M. Borchard was to deal with the obstacles to international reduction of armament. Dr. Fosdick Heckled. Two uninvited and unamnounced woman speakers, who persistently hec- kled Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, New York divine, nearly broke up the key- note banquet meeting that formally opened the Conference on the Cause and Cure of War last night in the Washington Hotel. The interruption of the proceedings came at the end of a burst of applause that greeted Dr. Fosdick's concluding admonition to the nearly 1,000 woman pacifists present that the nations have at last adopted a new world slogan, “Renounce war as an instrument of na- tional policy.” He had no sooner taken his seat than |an unobtrusive little woman, with mili- tant eyes peering through her specta- cles, arose from her seat against the far side of the hall. Mrs. Carrie Chap- man Catt, the national chairman, paused with mace uplifted. | “Why doesn’t Dr. Fosdick talk about | the economic rivalry oetwsen the two leading powers, the Unitea States and Great Britain, for control of the world | markets, instead of the psychology of | war and this Kellogg treaty, which is a smoke screen for the imperialism of America?” ‘the speaker demanded un- | expectedly. Mrs. Catt was too astonished to in- These self-styled mem! bers of*the Anti-Imperialistic League r Staff Photos, Silverman, secretary of the New York branch of the All-American Anti-Im- perialist League, persisted in louder tones: “Why doesn't Dr. Fosdick t&ll us| something about the struggle for oil?” | she demanded, as calls from the flcor | temporarily drowned out her voice. | Abruptly taking her seat, Miss Silver-| man was succeeded by an ally in Miss | era Buch of the New York Working Women's Association. She was garbed in a pale blue sweater coat and her nearly 6 feet of height loomed men- acingly large. “Yes; and why doesn't Dr. Fosdick | tell us something about American Ma- | | rines killing people during the past year | in Nicaragua?” she demanded in tones | even louder than those of the diminu-; tive Miss Silverman. i Dr. Fosdick appeared anxious to make | some reply, but Mrs. Catt's restraining | hand kept him silent in the midst of | the rapidly flung questioning. With the other hand the chairman wielded her mace vigorously, but ineffectively. The woman heckler was not to be downed so easlly. With a final chal- lenge she called upon the New York \divine to tell why warships are being | kept in China if the nations are so anx- | ious for peace. Hecklers Leave Hall. By this time the uproar in the room cas so great that Miss Buch resigned | herself to the futility of trying to speak | against a thousand voices. There were | hisses and a chorus of calls for silence. In the midst of the confusion the two women walked out of the dining hall. A woman in pink evening dress fol- lowed at cautious distance to see that their exit was made without further disorder. Finally, when the dove of peace again had descénded upon the pacifist gather- ing, the meeting proceeded to devote the remainder of the time to the serious undertaking at hand. CONFERENCE ON PROBE. Rover Aide Seeks Method in Inves- tigating Police Captain. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover | announced today that Assistant United States Attorney William H. Collins, whom he has designated to investigate | charges made against a police captain | | i | | | | before the Gibson committee, will con- | fer today with Representative Gibson at the House Office Building. Collins will seek to learn all the details which have been obtained by the committee | before deciding on the method to be | adopted in his inquiry. Y. M. C. A. Election Held. Special Dispatch to The Star. * LYNCHBURG, Va., January 15.—The directors of the Y. M. C. A. here have elected the following officers for 1929: President, G. E. Caskie; vice president, H. E. McWane; vice president, S. H. Williams; recording secretary, G. D. terfere. The uninvited speaker, Miss Harriet Tennille; treasurer, T. W. Gilliam, jr, and general secretary, W. G. Cartlich Prizes of $175 cAre Offered for Community Chest Essays Washington's Community Chest drive is near. Through it the city’s giving to charitable projects will be co-ordinated. Greater good is expected to be achieved with organized effort. Citizens everywhere are uni effort. These funds are to be distril ting for the great fund-raising buted to 57 organized charities of the District during the course of the coming year. To further interest in the coming campaign The Evening Star today is offering prizes totaling $175 for the best essays to be written by Washingtonians on the advantages of the Community Chest in the National Capital. These essays must be un length. All persons in Washin, Star, are eligible to awards. der three hundred words in gton, except employes of The Manuscripts must be submitted to the Community Chest Essays Contest Editor of The uary 23. Star before Wednesday, Jan- Their merits will be fudged by a board of editors of The Star. That essay deemed best: wil 11 be awarded a prize of $100 Scecond best, $50, and third best, $25. . Be sure'and enter your essay early. Do not delay. CCUSER OF POLIE OFRERS 5 D {Patrolman Allen Charged With Undue Interest in Sani- tary Inspection Case. A | | | | | Policeman R. J. Allen of the third | precinct, who came into the limelight | several months ago when he charged | before a meeting of the Police AS- | sociation that police officers had,beaten | prisoners, was cited before the trial i board today on charges growing out of | & complaint from Health Officer Wil- {Mam C. Fowler that Allen went into | Police Court and gave testimony con- tradicting one of the Health Depart- ments sanitary inspectors. The specific charges are that he un- duly mterested himself in the case al- though the warrant originally had been given to another officer to serve. It is also charged that he failed to make 2 proper report on the case to his su- perior cfficer. Claims Store on His Beat. ‘The charges are based on an inves- tigation and report made by Inspector ‘W. H. Harrison. According to the report Policeman H. L. Jacobs of the third precinct was given a warrant sworn to by Inspector | Phillip Cake to serve against RErsilio Gharavi.. 2200 Pennsylvania avenue, & lunchroom proprietor, -for using al- leged unsterilized glasses. Allen, the report said, took the warrant from Jacobs and served it himself, claiming that the Gharavi establishment was on his beat. The report charged that Allen served the warrant and on December 22, 1928, went into Police Court and testified that the glasses in the estab- lishment were clean. The case against | Gharavi was dismissed. | Prompted by Fair Play, He Says. In a report which Allen made to Harrison he declared that he knew the Gharavi place had been kept in a santiary condition and that fair play i led him to testify for the proprietor. He ‘also told Inspector Harrison that while ihe inspector charged the use of un- sterilized glasses, his personal investiga~ tion had disclosed that no glasses were iused, but paper cups, which were dis- i posed of. The report also said that the officer had learned that the inspector tand the wife of the proprietor had quarreled over a matter not concerned in the inspection.. Allen, a college man, has written nu- merous newspaper articles. 1 ‘SCHOOL ESSAYS URGED BY STREFT Study of Charity Methods in Classrooms Suggested by Chest Director. Suggestion that the schools take u the study of present-day benevolenc. distribution methods and, combining i. with their classroom studies in English write essays for The Evening Star con. test on the advantages,of the Commu- nity Chest in Washington, was made to day by Elwood Street, director of the coming Community Chest campaign. The essays must be under 300 words |in length and be in the hands of the Community Chest essay contest editor before Wednesday, January 23. Prizes totaling $175, with a first prize of $100. $50 for second choice and $25 for third choice, are offered by The Star. “The prizes will be awarded at ti dinner at the Mayflower Hotel Janua 28, which will open the 1929 campaig of the Community Chest. Good response to the call for essay: already has baen noted by the contest editor, and more are coming in with every mail. Many of the essays submitted show that a good deal of thought and re- search have been spent in their prepara- tion, and some excellent arguments in favor of the operation of the chest as against the old method of each charity holding a drive for funds once a year for its individual work have been noted in the essays submitted. Conciseness must be the by-word of the essayists in the contest, the contest editor points out, as the limit of 300 words on the essays will not give much opportunity to the writer to ramble. Good, clear-cut, but terse sentences and forcefully developed points will win the prizes, he declares. For school children any information on the workings of the chest, what it is expected to accomplish, the history of its acceptance by the charities of the | city and any other data needed for the composition of essays are available at Community Chest headquarters, EXECUTION IS DELAYED. | Condemned Killer of Sweetheart Granted Stay Until March 20. Chief Justice McCoy today granted a stay of execution to George Herbert Thompson, colored, who was under sentence to die in thé electric chair Thursday for the killing of his sweet- heart, Elsie R. Bowen, when she re- fused a reconciliation with him October 31, 1927. The court fixed a new date for the execution, March 29, but it is likely that still another date may have to be selected, since March 29 happens to be Good Friday, and it is also doubt- ful if the Court of Appeals will have disposed of the appeal by that date, The execution of Thompson was first fixed for November 8, but was changed to January 17. Attorney Frank J. Kelly for the petitioner has just docketed the appeal in the appellate court ai 1t may not be reached for argument be- fore March. . MARY GARDEN HURT. Diva Hurled by Lazzarl During Chicago Opera. CHICAGO, January 15 (#).—Mary Garden, opera star, was painfully in- jured during a performance of “The Love of Three Kings" here. Virgilio Lazzari, as the bling king, in hurling the diva from him during a scene in- advertently put too much force into the acting and Miss Garden was badly brutsed. :he‘géood up until she reached (Ian[:ed. 3 ere she collapsed and ss Garden had recover: - ‘n'n:: take part in last nl]?fii’::g‘l‘::?m- it BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, Tues- day, January 15, at 5:30 o'clock: Blankenberg ««. Auber d’ we - Atwater Chicken Din- . Morse . Tierney ..Ager ake Wh ,Sh‘avl\i e 90pee”, Janssen pangled Banner,” “Come On and M “The Star 8|