Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1929, Page 4

2 = TEMPERATURE OF 22 FORECAST TONIGHT Yesterday Coldest January 14 Here in 15 Years—Snow Likely Tomorrow. Milder temperatures settled over the! District today after it had experienced | the coldest January 14 in 15 years. Unsettled conditions still prevaifed, however, and Forecaster Mitchell, at the Weather Bureau, was undecided as to whether snow or rain was in im- mediate prospect. weather late this afternoo degrees as the lowest tonight. Slight snow flurries and a mild rain are ex- pected tomorrow. Yesterday's subfreezing temperatures k their toll, as firemen, plumbers, ssion workers and garagemen were kdpt busy. ‘The Amecrican Automobile Association ! received 1,200 emergency calls from | nutoists confronted with frozen radia- tors and batteries. *Three hundred service cars worked the entire day and 12 telephone operators were kept busy ! with the numerous calls, District Man- ager Georgs E. F.eneipp, announced this morning. Answer 17 Fire Calls. District fire figh were kept on the go from 4:58 to 9:26 p.m., answering 17 calls. Most of the fires occurred from forced draft fires in furnaces and fireplaces, which kindled a blaze ir. the chimneys. Local garagemen reported | 4 busy day towing and repairing broken-down cars. One man was taken to Gallinger Hospital suffering from exposure, and is said to be in a serious condition. He is Heary Loffler, 55 years old, whose address is unknown. Loffler was found in the street near Four-and-one-half and C streets, in an unconscious condition by Officer F. R. Gue of the fourth precinet. ‘The Gospel Mission, 215 John Marshall place, accommodated approximately 180 men last night and supplied them with fcod and shelter, Harvey Prentice, superintendent, reported this morning. Forty-four men, unemployed, were given food and lodging at the Municipal Lodg- ing House, 312 Twelfth street. Supt. L. V. Schermerhorn stated that condi- tions among the poor were deplorable and Mr. Prentice declared there was a great -I~~and at his mission for cloth- in;. M. “entice asked the public to send what v may have to the Mission = i | bition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Spring road, third. PRIZE WINNERS IN THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, 5 #C SOCIETY of | - WASHINGTON AR CORCORAN %fififlc’rg A e " o v from February 10 to March 10. POSTER CONTEST i ANMIALL FXIUBETIIN BUBIBREIE WALHINGT YALTHTS Al £ il copoua R RATEE oat Lo ARTHIN e ARY 116 MR e These posters won the three prizes offered by the Society of Washington Artists for the society's annual exhi- Left to right: Miss Virginia Morris, 216 York avenue, first prize; S. Binford Valentine, 1634 Rhode Island avenue, second, and Miss May Smathers, 1435 —Star Staff Photo. ICE IS CLEARING NEAR BYRD’S BASE . IN BAY OF WHALES | (Continued From First Page.) We are not going to go off half- cocked on our flying. We will not make any flights until we are all set. We have over a year down here, and there is no cause for dashing off before we are prepared. The Fairchild plane is being uncrated today. (Copyright, 1929, by the New York Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. All rights for publication reserved throughout the world.) RADIO LINKS SHIPS. House or ge. 1 touch with him by call- ing Main 1731. Advises Against Skating. ‘The River Division at the Weather Bureau states that while, the Potomac River is partfally frozen, they would not advise skating enthusiasts to take a chance. " Officer W. R. Lutes of the Park Police, was stationed at the Lincoln .Memorial Pool to warn skaters of a chance duck- | ing if they aitempted to skate. At that, some sought to tempt fate. The lowest temperature last night was 24 degrees, at 8 o'clock, rising steadily at approximately a degree an hour throughout the night. COLD WAVE LINGERS IN MIDDLE WEST Zero Weather Is Accompanied by Snow—Fishermen Lost on Lakes. By the Associated Press. » .CHICAGO, Ill, January 15.—Zero ‘Weather, wearing a shawl of snow, con- tinued her unwelcome visit to Middle America today, with little likelihood of ‘her leaving for another day at least. ). Snow covered most of the Midwe Tollowing yesterday’s heavy fall, mask- dng icy pavements in ‘blocking railroads and highways in the ‘open country. There were half a dozen deaths at- fributable to the cold and innumerable Mccidents. One of those critically in- Jured in automobile crashes in Chicago awas Lou Kosloff, one of the city’s thea- der orchestra leaders and entertainers, skull was fractured. . Temperatures fought. their way from <9 below zero Sunday night to a high “9 “above last night, then began a dual drop. in keeping with the pre- diction of “slightly colder” today. ¢ Milder Temperature Promised. Slow rising temperatures are prom- 4sed for Wednesday through most of the Midwest. The 6-inch snowfall in Chi- cago offered a serious traffic problem, clogging streets and drives. Tons of snow were removed from the downtown wstreets during the day and last night and were dumped into Lake Michigan. Outlying streets, however, afforded te- «dicus and treacherous travel. : A Chicago & Northwestern Railroad sengineer was killed by a snow plow at Minnesota Junction, Wis., after & des- Jperate struggle in which he clung to the splow for more than 7 miles before final- !ly dropping exhausted in its whirling ivath. H Fishermen Missing. ‘Two fishermen lost for several days on Lake Superior have not been found, but three missing since Thursday on Lake Michigan were safe today at Charlevoux, Mich, ¢ At Milwaukee the cold became so tacute that a scheduled hockey game be- stween Marquette University and the Chicago Athletic Association had to be postponed. « Below-freezing weather was reported 1as far south as Arkansas, but it was the +North Central States that took the rbrunt of the cold. Minnesota, North :Dakota and Wisconsin points reported temperatures averaging around 8 below “zero last night. COLD ABATES IN EAST. .Rising Temperature in North Atlantic States—Two Die From Exposure. NEW YORK, January 15 (#).—The inorth Atlantic States today were rc- «covering from a cold wave which sent ,;the temperature below zero in many iplaces and caused two deaths. There swere high winds and snow of blizzard proportions in several districts. One “iman was found frozen to death in Syra- scuse, N. Y., and another died of ex- “posure in New York City, % The drop in temperature was gen- Leral along the seaboard from Maine to +Pennsylvania and extended inland to tthe lakes and west of the Allegheny % Mountains. = The temperature was below zero in 2many places in Maine, Massachusetts “and Connecticut and up-State New York. + A minimum of seven degrees above zero . was recorded in New York City. Atlantic City, N. J, reported the s northward flight of wild ducks and geese, hailed as a harbinger of Spring. HELD IN CHILD’S DEATH. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., January 15.— < John J. Spinetta, 24, driver of the truck which struck and killed Dorothy, 9, and # injured Loretta, 13, daughters of Luther * Hopwood, former prohibition enforce- = ment deputy, on the sidewalk near their home Saturday night, was held in $2,000 i for the action of the April grand jury = yesterday afternoon, following the coro- ! mer's inquest. A large number of witnesses were |» examined and the evidence showed that Spinetta was driving at about 35 miles * an hour when he ran onto the sidewalk to avoid hitting another car, striking ' e cities and | Ped! 24-Hour Contact Aids Navigators and Polar Explorers. By Wireless to The Star and the New York Times. DUNEDIN, New Zealand, January 15—The second and the. most im- portant part of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition cleared here today bound for the Bay of Whales, in the Ross Sea, to join Comdr. Byrd and the City of New York at Little America on the Antarctic continent. The expedition’s supply ship, the S. 8. Eleanor Bolling, passed out of view of this small South Pacific island at 5 p.m., headed for the Antarctic on its 2,300-mile voyage. It is loaded to the guard with about 900 tons of gear and supplies to aug- ment the 400 tons which Comdr. Byrd took on the City of New York a month and a half ago. The deck is piled high with 85 tons of coal in bags and scores of drums of aviation gaso- line containing more than 7,500 gallons of this vital fluid. A large airplane case is lashed down on tip of the for- ward hatch and an airplane wing, 51 feet in length, tops off the deck load. Below the hatch covers, hundreds of tons of nondescript gear and supplies are stored. ‘Cargo Is Indexed. Every square inche of storage space has been utilized and every piece of cargo is checked into the hold, and its location cross-checked on a special file in charge of the supply officer's stewards and storekeepers of the ex- ition. When the !\cznor Bolling is unloaded 12 days - from today at the Bay of Whales there will be no diffi- culty in indentifying cases and all un- loading will go forward with speed and dispatch, because every case is number- ed and catalogued. Probably there never was a group of volunteers who worked as hard as did the crew of the Eleanor Bolling during loading operations of the past fornight here. Upon this loading of gear and supplies depended the very life of the expedition as Comdr. Byrd has planned it. This statement is made advisedly, because, while Comdr. Byrd now has a complete expedition with him in the Antarctic, including one large airplane, which is capable of fly- ing to the South Pole he has as well 80 dogs and a personnel of 64 men, 1,200 gallons of aviation gasoline and 75 tons of coal for his “Little America” base; also food for 25 men to spend 15 months, including the four months of darkness, on the Antarctic continent. Amongst these men already with Comgr. Byrd at Little America and on the braque City of New York” in the Bay of Whales are all of the scientific personnel who have a portion of the scientific equipment, although not the ideal scientific equipment as Comdr. Byrd and his department heads have planned it. However, all this vital scientific equipment is now loaded on the Eleanor Bolling en route to the Ant- arctic continent. Besides two addi- tional airplanes are on the Eleanor Bol- ling, making three in all; also the avia- tion gasoline. One more dog, Skoodum, a fine husky from Alaska, who has won his into all hearts, and much also is loaded on the Eleanor Bolling, all of which gear will make for a much more elaborate expedition, although not any more complete than that which is al- ready in the Antarctice, having been transported there on the “City of New York. Every contingent of the expedi- tion is complete unto itself, but each a~ditional shipload which we are able to transport from New Zealand to the Antarctice will mean just that much gear and equipment and supplies to be more gear and the disposal of Comdr. Byrd and his men for their scientific research and hoped-for discovery, Brown Is Master Mariner. Capt. Gustave Brown is master of the Eleanor Bolling and has already dem- onstrated his ability to sail Antarctic waters. He successfully navigated his ship under Comdr. Byrd’s orders while towing the City of New York 1,400 iniles, from Dunedin into the pack ice. He towed the City of New York through some of the pack ice and navi- gated alongside of Saptt Island—it hav- ing never been sighted since Scott found it in 1902—through the aid of radio di- rection-finding equipment, with which both of the expedition ships are equipped. Brown picked up the whaling steamer C. A. Larsen at a time when all the regular compasses on both the City of New York and the Eleanor Bolling were rendered completely use- less because of the proximity of the magnetic pole. Brown nas with him First Officer King and Second Officer Johansen, who is also an ice pilot, hav- ing had many years' practical experi- ence in Arctic waters. Johansen served us as pilot during the towing voyage recently. He was a mate on the City of New York, as was McGuinness, both of whom were transferred from the City of New York to the Eleanor Boll- ing upon reaching Dunedin. McGuin- ness continues to prove his worth as a| wo true soldier of fortune and is showing that it makes no difference. to him whether he shipped as a seaman or a first officer, The radio operators on the Eleanor Bolling are Mason, Grenlie and Shrimpton. The latter, a New Zea- lander lad, was taken on at Dunedin, and is the thir New Zealaner to join the expedition. ‘The expedition also has a New Zea- land cook, assistant to Louis Reichart, because Louis has been busy doing steward’s duties and furnishing quan- ttles of foody which afe AW Joadsdh and other victuals which he has de- signed to go on the second trip of the Eleanor Bolling, if another trip is made | this year, which’now seems doubtful, because of the late season in the Ant- arctic, To the radio boys both on the Eleanor Bolling and the City of New York goes much credit for having kept a con- tinuous 24-hour contact between Little America and the Bay of Whales and our civilization supply base at Dunedin. We_ have been talking almost continu- ously with Byrd during the past four days and have exchanged many impor- tant messages day and night while loading operations were being completed. Were it not for this radio communica- tion it would not have been possible to outfit the expedition. A wireless dispatch to the New York Times from the Eleanor Bolling gave her position at noon today as 140 miles south of Dunedin, New Zealand. (Copyright, 1920, by the New York Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. All rights (nrdmn)ubhcnnon reserved throughout the world. COOLIDGE OPPOSES SALARY INCREASES FOR U. S. WORKERS (Continued From First Page.) authority under the original classifica- tion law to review an allocation on its own motion in the absence of a request or recommendation by an administrative office or in the absence of an appeal by an employe. Agrees With Prior Ruling. Mr. McCarl further points out in his letter that the view he expressed last June as to the finality of the joint ac- tion of the administrative office and the Classification Board was in accord with a ruling by the Attorney General in February, 1924, prior to the going into effect of the original classification law. At that time the Attorney General was asked the following questions: ““Has the board any further authority over allocation after it has reviewed and revised the allocations made by the heads of the departments to the appro= priate grades provided in the act?” The answer was given as follows: “My answer is in the negative, as section 4 of the act stipulates that the head of each department shall allocate all positions to their appropriate grade, subject to review and possible revision by the board, and that such allocations ‘shall become final upon their approval by the board.’” Continuing his discussion of the powers of the Classification Board, Mr. McCarl went on: “There was advanced a contention by the alternates who, from the begin- ning, appeared to have functioned as the board, that the interpretation of the Welch act by this office should have been sb as to enlarge and increase the powers and jurisdictions of the board by empowering the board to act in the matter of permitting or denying the placing of employes in the new higher grades established by the Welch act, but there was nothing in the enact- ment warranting such an interpreta- tion. For some reason of its éwn the Congress had specifically indicated its purpose that the enactment be put into effect by the heads of the departments and independent establishments, and it was the clear duty of this office to give effect to such direction appearing in the law. “I may properly suggest, too, that the officials by law designated to comprise the personnel classification board, as distinguished from the alternates, have not up to this time urged any such interpretation of the Welch act upon this office.” The Controller then points out that the classification board consists of the director of the Budget Bureau, a mem- ber of the Civil Service Commission and the chief of the Bureau of Efficiency, or an alternate from each of those agen- cies. The Controller General then ex- plained that the classification board was required by the original classifica~ tion law to ascertain and record the duties of positions and the qualifications required of incumbents. He said the law required that all action with respect to the allocation or reallocation of posi- tion be initiated by or through the administrative office, He declared that no provision of the law granted the board the authority, on its own action and without some prior action by an administrative authority, to go into an office and allocate or reallocate positions upward or downward. “The law stipulated,” Mr. McCarl continued, “that only after the admin- istrative office had acted and allocated or reallocated a position or approved or disapproved an appeal should the board review or revise the action of the ad- ministrative office. It is specifically provided that allocations, when re- viewed shall become ‘final upon the ap- proval by the board, “Thus the essential principle of the enactment was \joint action of the ad- ministrative office and the Personnel Classification Board to provide a check of the one against the other and to pre- vent the arbitrary action of either. The check of the administrative office on arbitrary action by the board affecting its employes appears utterly essential to any retention of administrative re- sponsibility for the accomplishment of official duties, as, otherwise, with all power for demotion or advancement of employes listed exclusively and finally in the board, the responsible head of an office would immediately lose effec- tive control over his subordinates. Their interests would thereafter be with the board and not with the head of the office in which employed—and where must rest the responsibility for their rk. “If 1t should be seriously contemplated the enlarge the powers of the Personnel Classification Board by the enactment of any of the provisions suggested by section 1 of H. R. 16029 (the Lehlbach bill), as the responsible head of an office comprising nearly 2,000 confident and faithful employes I would wish to file for the consideration of the Senate committee on civil service the view of this officz thereon, and to such end a careful study of H. R. 16029, and the probable effect of its provisions if en- L(BBY HEADS CHEST FEDERAL DRIVE UNIT Leader Says U. S. Workers Will Go “Over the Top” for. Charity Fund. E. W. Libby, chief clerk of the De- partment of Commerce and chairman of the Association of Chief Clerks of the Executive Departments of the Gov- ernment, today accepted the chairman- ship of the governmental unit of the Community Chest, it was announced by President Frederick A. Delano. Mr. Libby's unit will have charge of the solicitation of all Government work- ers in the Community Chest campaign, which will open January 28. Mr. Libby immediately gave chest executives as- surance that the governmental unit would go “over the top” in the cam- paign. Mr. Libby was active in the Liberty bond work during the war and is a member of the executive committee of the District Chapter of the Ameri- can Red Cross. Special Gifts Group Meets. The general plan of the campaign for the chest’s funds was outlined yes- terday afternoon by President Delano at a_meeting of the special gifts unit, of which Robert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank, is chair- man. This unit, of 120 members, is expected to raise approximately 54 per cent of the $1,343,348.93, which constitutes the first year's budget of the chest. Upon the success of this special group depends the success of the entire campaign, George E. Hamilton, chairman of the board of the Capital Traction Co. and president of the District Council of Boy Scouts, told the members of the unit. Rabbi Abram Simon struck the note upon which the unit will work in the coming campaign. “There has been a great change in the last 10 years,” he sald, “the people of large means are realizing more and more that wealth means ‘stewardship’ and are acting accordingly. ‘This is going to help the workers of this particular unit in this campaign. More Key Men Named. Frank R. Jelleff, chairman of the group solicitation unit, yesterday an- nounced the acceptance of additional “key men” among the business firms of the city. These “key men” will aid in organizing the groups of employes in thg]lr organizations. The list announced intludes: C. H. Frame, American Rail- way Express Co.; L. Pierce Riddle, American Security and Trust Co.; Wil- liam E. Russell, Capital Awning Co.; C. T. Clagett, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.; Karl V. Eiker of the Rufus H. Darby Printing Co.; John Dolph, Met- ropolitan Life Insurance Co.; Harry J. Donoghue, Merchants Bank & Trust Co.; Lois Winer, Vogue Dry Cleaning Co.; Harry M. O'Brien, Washington Cadillac Co.; Miss Hortense Keables, Washington Gas_Light Co.; Norman E. Towson, ‘Washington Loan & Trust C Zirkin, H. Zirkin & Sons Co. Robinson, Parker-Bridget Co. Sanger, M, Philipsborn Co., Inc.; Uno P. Bowling, Fisk Tire Co.; Elmer Pusey, Judd & Detweiler, Ing George E. McCann, Peoples’ Drug Stores, Inc.; C. F. Denley, Potomac Electrotype Co.; G. Yonkers, Sanitary Grocery Co., In¢ E. S. Rowzee, Edmond’s Art Stone Co., Inc.; S. W. Zinc, Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. HARRIS BILL QUOTA HELD IMPRACTICABLE Mexican Labor Secretary Avers Main Result Will Be Increase in Illegal Entries, « By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 15.—Com- menting on emigration of Mexican labor to the United States, Foreign Secretary Estrada said today that the quota under the Harris bill, which is now before the United States Congress, was im- practicable. It would neither relieve conditions at the present nor in the future, but would rather increase clan- destine traffic across the border. ‘The foreign minister added that his government had been conducting a widespread campaign to restrict the flow of workers across the northern border, but doubted whether this had been successful. He sympathized with any effort made by the United States if it were in accord with equity and justice. Senor Estrada was of the opinion that there was no relief to be found in legislative measure, the condition being an economic one. His view was that Mexican workers, driven by eco- nomic distress, would continue cross- ing the border even though in doing so they violated the laws. TWO INJURED BY BOMB. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., January 15 (#)—A bomb planted in a rest rpom of the City Hall exploded here Yes- terday, injuring two men and damaging the interior of the room. This was the eighth bombing in the city in recent months. The blast rocked the entire build- ing. Authorities believe the bomb was nted as a gesture of deflance from legs elements, i| however, the hour was so late that it FEDERATION BACKS COURTHOUSE PLAN Montgomery County Citizens Approve Proposed Bond Issue Request. The construction of a modern court- house and jail at Rockville and the acquiring of the square west of the| present courthouse site as part of the new courthouse grounds was urged by the Montgomery County Civic Federa- tion in a resolution unanimously adopted last night at the regular January meet- ing of the organization at the Takoma- silver Spring High School. The federa- | tion in the resolution alsd recommended the authorization by the 1929 Maryland | Legislatura of $150,000 worth of addi- tional general county bonds for the con- struction of the courthouee and jail and the issuance of Montganery County general bonds not to exceed $175,000 to acquire the square west of the court- house site, making a total of $575,000 available for this purpose. The federation also approved by unanimous action a comprehensive re- port of its school committee recommend- ing a program of school improvements in Montgomery County for the coming two years. The resolution recommended that the present State Legislature au- thorize the issuance of bonds not to exceed $381,446 to carry out the school improvement program. Additions Provided for. The school program sponsored by the federation, which is an endorsement of the program prepared by County School Superintendent Edwin w.{ Broome and the Board of Education, provides for additions to the Bethesda- Chevy Chase High School totaling $47,200. additions to the Chevy Chase Elementary School costing $127,098, additions fo the Glen Echo-Cabin John School costing $29,500. additions to the East Silver Spring Elementary School | costing $29,500, improvements to the Sandy Spring School costing $9,300, a new school at Washington Grove cost- ing $11,000, a new building at Coles- ville costing $16,000, colored one room schools at Unity, Etchison, Hyattstown. Brighton, Cabin John and Brick Yard and Boyds, and & two room school at Rockvilie costing $18,000, a three room unit at Alta Vista (to be enlarged) cost- ing $20,000. to be built for the school year of 1930-31. The program also recommended funds totaling $18,000 for the purchase of sites for an elemen- tary school at Alta Vista, an elementary school at Chevy Chase (lake section), and a seperate senior high school in the Takoma-Silver Spring section. The federation also adopted another resolution reported by Stephen James of Lindon, chairman of the public safety committee, recommending the establishment of a police trial board to hear and determine all charges duly made against members of the Mont- gomery County police force. This board would also have power to repri- mand, suspend or dismiss police after convictions. The resolution also urged that authority be granted to the chief of police to sell and dispose of all abandoned motor vehicles found on county highways and that a more equitable system of pey be established for members of the police force, based upon length of service and efficiency. Lee Urges Approval. E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring in- troduced the resolution asking the fed- eration to approve of the issuance of additional bonds to build the court- house and acquire the block west of the present courthouse site. He de- clared the matter an emergency meas- ure. Maj. Lee’s resolution originally approved the issuance of $150,000 in bonds for purchase of the site. The advisory committce amended this item ' and increased the amount of bonds to be issued for this purpose to -$175,000, which amendment was accepted by Maj. Lee and then adopted by the fed- eration. At the same time Maj. Lee offered a resolution approving the school building program recommended by the board of education and approving the issuance of $300,000 in bonds for this purpose. | When advised that the school commit- | tee had prepared a report with the same recommendations, except that the com- mittee report urged the issuance of $381,000 in bonds, the Silver Spring delegate withdrew his resolution. Rob- ert E. Bondy of Edgemoor submitted the | school committee report. | Despite the cold weather, many dele- | gates from every section of suburban Montgomery County were present last night, anticipating a sharp debate over the question of the establishment of the unified trash, ash and garbage collec- tion system in the county. Because of the wide difference of opinion among delegates and communities over this proposed service, it was voted to take up the other business first, even though trash, ash and garbage had been made the special order of business for the f:nuary meeting at the December meet- | 8. ‘Will Come Up in March. ‘When other business was disposed of, was agreed to make this subject the special order of business at the March meeting. The delegates also voted to recommit all resolutions and motions adopted in reference to this matter. and instructed the committee on legislation and legal action and sanitation and public health to make a study of all proposals before the federation and re- GOOD HEALTH is the most important thing in one’s life. Do not neglect it for lack of funds. Under our Easy- Payment-Plan we may be able to help you in this or some other equally worthy object. $180 $240 $300 $360 $540 $4 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. yV. JANUARY 15, 1929, Boyish Figure Idea Blamed for Losses In Vegetable Sales By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 15.—The publicized theory of theatrical producers that the ideal feminine figure should have a boyish slim- ness has done “almost irreparable harm” to certain branches of the vegetable industry, E. S. Briggs, manager of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Associa- tion, declared at the annual cou- vention yesterday. Since “the “boyish figure” idea has been picked up from profes- sional exploiters of feminine pulchritude, “the potato and rice market has been glutted, due to the fact that every one avoided starchy foods in the interests of slenderness,” Briggs sald. port at the next meeting of the federa- tion, in March, to be held at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Jiigh School. The action last night means that the federation now has no position on the trash, ash and garbage problem, and that all previous resolutions which were | adopted have been recommitted to com- | mittees. ‘The federation also adopted a resolu- tion reported by Robert E. Bondy, chair- man of the committee on charities and | social service, requesting legislation to empower the Board of County Commis- sioners to designate a proper agency for the administration of relief to the poor and for the care of defectives, de- pendents and delinquents. A resolution reported by Charles W. | Hopkins, chairman of the roads, streets and bridges committee, was also adopted urging the county commissioners to em- ploy a draftsman at a salary of $1,500 a year to aid in the preparation of the street, highway and park plan for the metropolitan district so as to expedite this work. Numerous amendments to the by-laws vere also adopted following a report tade by Emory H. Bogley of Friend- ship Heights, chairman of this com- nrittee. 1t was voted to hold the next meet- ing at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Scheol. Col. A. B. Barber, president of the federation, presided at the mecting. ARREST OF FIVE ALIEN SMUGGLERS AROUSES ECHOES OF THE PAST (Continued From First Page.) ships out of China, either in Mexico or Central America. When a plane load was ready for shipment, the officers said, the Chinese would be herded into an open field south of the border at night. Most of the take-offs were made near Mexicali, Mexico, officers said, and the landings were on ranches near San Francisco, San Bernardino and Sacra- mento. Officers said six planes were used by the smuggling organization. The two planes seized had been damaged and the officials claimed to have evidence that a deal had just been made by the smugglers to purchase a tri-motored craft, . Water Conference Called. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md.,, January 15— ‘The mayor and city council accepted an invitation from Abel Wolman, chief engineer of the State Department of Health, to attend a conference here February 7 to discuss the water supply and resources of the Potomac River. The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., the Potomac Edison Co., the Celanese Cor- poration of America and the West Vir- ginia Pdlp & Paper Co, have been asked to send representatives. A TRrarT THAT REFLECTS Goop BREEDING @O prefer one good picture to half a dozen cheap ones—one thoroughbred dog to a kennel of mongrels—one fine piece of furniture to a roomful of inferior, is a trait which gentle- folk share It is the Zest of taste. ABATTOIR AGAIN SOUGHT IN COUNTY Provision Company Files New Application With Arlington Board of Supervisors. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., January 15.—The N. Auth Provision Co. this morning filed a new application with the Arlington County board of supervisors for per- mission to construct an abattoir on the Columbia pike near Relee station. This is the site owned by-the com- pany on which it was sought previous- Iy to erect such a plant. The proposal was strovgly opposed by citizens’ groups on the ground that it would place a “slaughter house” too near the Virginia end of the new Arlington Memorial Bridge. After a long dispute the com- pany withdrew its petition at that time. _The supervisors this morning ad- vised Carl Marshall, attorney for the company, that the aplication would have to be advertised under the laws applying to such cases, Whether the county zoning commis- sion would have any authority in the matter is doubted by lawyers in the county. The commission has & small appropriation for expenses but cannot employ a zoning engineer to carry out its work. The site is located on Columbia pike about half a mile from the River road and near the route of the proposed Mount Vernon Memorial Highway which will be constructed before 1932. It is also close to th= Memorial Bridge head on the Virginia side of the Po- tomac. MOTOR CORPS CHAPTER OF RED CROSS MEETS Business Session of Volunteer Workers for Reorganization Is Followed by Tea. A reorganization meeting of the Motor Corps, District of Columbia Chapter, American Red Cross, was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Mabel T. Boardman, 1801 P street. The meeting was attended by 21 members of the corps, of which Mrs. C. H. Jewett is captain. Lieutenants of the corps are Mrs. Harwood Reed, Mrs E. G. Montgomery, Mrs. Cath- erine Scott, Mrs. H. R. Trumbull and Miss Edna Sheehy. At the conclusion of the meeting tea was served by Mrs. Harry C. Barnes and Mrs. Theodore Richards. ‘The Motor Corps does volunteer work in connection with the treatment. of patients at Children’s Hospital, Walter Reed Hospital, Naval Hospital, St, Elizabeth’s Hospitdl and Mount Alto Hospital. The corps also has offered its services and the use of two am- bulances to the Instructive Visiting Nurses’ Society, in the event of a local emergency. < The corps has accepted the offer of the American Automobile Association to instruct corps members in the care of motor cars. A class In instruction will be held January 21, at a place to be designated later. Harvey Allen Buried. Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va., January 15.—Funeral services for Harvey Allen were held yesterday at his residence, on Oxford avenue, by Rev. W. R. Hardesty, pastor of the Del Ray Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and interment was in Bethel Cemetery. in common. SURGLAR RIFLES LAWYERS' OFFICES Stolen Club Membership Card Is Used in Forging Checks Totaling 2450, A well dressed, 35-year-old man, with the appearance of a prosperous finan- cier, robbed three offices in the South- ern’ Building, including that of Bates Warren, attorney, yesterday morning, and, using Mr. Warren's membershig. card to the City Club as a means of identification, cashed two checks total- ing $450 and then disappeared. The other offices robbed were those of William F. Norman, a lawyer, from which a pair of Army field glasses, valued at $30, and two small checks were stolen, and Howard C. Kilpat- rick, also an attorney. The robber stole $33.75 in cash from the latte: place. Postman Delivers Mail. The offices were opened early in th morning by the ice man who serves the building and a short time later the postman delivered mail at War- ren’s office, on the seventh floor. Find- ing the door unlocked, he opened it ana placed a number of letters on a desk inside. Police think the bandit must have been observing the offices he intended robbing for some time. They say he entered a few minutes after the mail- man and took three letters at random These letters contained the two checks and a blank membership card to the City Club. The man is thought to have then entered the two other offices where he broke open and rifled the desks. Signs Name to Card. Discovering the checks and member- ship card in the envelopes, he signed Mr. Warren’s name to the card sc that the signature there would be the same as the indorsement he placed on the backs of the checks, one of which was for $250 and the other for $200 A teller, remembering that Mr. War- ren was an older man that the onc who presented the checks, consultea his superiors and police headquarters was notified and all banks in &Ae city ‘warned. Detectives say the robber was appar- ently in great haste as he left mail containing several hundred dollars’ worth of checks and overlooked a checs for $200 in the desk drawer. —_— Heads Fair Sponsors. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., January 15.—Jol: T. Best was re-elected president of Frederick County Agriculture Socie sponsors of the Frederick Fair, at th annual election. Other officers elected are: Abram Hemp, vice president; Guy K. Motter, secretary; Lewis R. Dertz- baugh, ' treasurer; Harry M. Cramer. superintendent of concessions, and D. Princeton Buckey, counsel. Have Your Dance:Dinner Bridge Party at the Egyptian Tea Room 1210 G St. N.W. Second Floor Your Fortune Fr With a Cup of Luncheon Tea Mere show doesn’t interest these people. They want the genuine in character. When it comes to furniture, they insist on Life- time Furniture. Lifetime Furniture is the kind that gives a thrill to the woman who loves quality, economy and distinction. Lifetime Furniture is always reason- ably priced, too. L 2 Vv b 7 "MAYER & Co. Seventh Street Between D and E . )