Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1929, Page 2

® 3 REPORT FAVORABLY ON SHIPSTEAD BILL Senate Committee Approves| Proposal to Beautify Build- | ings in City. { The desire of the National Capital Park_and Planning Commission and Zommission of Fine Arts to insure that future private construction along the norih side of Pen: ivaria av ie from the Capitol to the Treasury De- partment harmonize with the Federal | Government's building program in the | triangle, came a stcp nearer realiza tion yesterday. The Senate public buildings and grounds committee, sub- { mitted to the Senate a favorable res port on the modified Shipstead. bill-to | regulate the exterior design of private structures fronting on certain large | Federal arcas in the National Capital. | The measure goes on the Senate | calendar for consideration when the ' calendar is called. The Commission of Fine Arts, under the bill, would have power to recom mend changes in plans for private wres and make recommendations to add to the beauty and attractiveness | nd value of these buildings. The me: ure is designed to guide future con- struction opposite the triangle develop- ment, but would not affect present structures. i While the Senate committee was making_its rccommendations the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission yesterday was considering pro- | posals of the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for future treatment of the north side of | Pennsylvania avenue. This plan con- templates the retention of such struc- tures as the Washington Hotel, the Willard Hotel, the Munsey Building, the National Theater, the Raleigh Hotel and The Star Buliding. 3 Horace W. Peaslee, Washington archi: tect, who is chairman of the commit- tee on the National Capital of the American Institute of Architects, ex-| plained last night that the Chicago, plans are designed to show property | owners along the north side of Penn-| eylvania avenue effects to be achieved by harmonious and unified treatment. | Mr. Peaslee hopes to secure the co- operation of graduate students of the ! Yale School of Fine Arts in undertak- | ing a study of the Washington airport | problem. As amended and presented to the | Senate, the modified Shipstead bill is | confined to the property fronting on the | Capitol, the White House, Pennsylvania avenue between the Capitol and the | White House, the Mall, the frontage along Rock Creek Park, Zoological Park, Potomac Park, and along the connecting link between Rock Creek and Potomac Parks. ‘The purpose of the bill is to protect the appearance of the Government buildings and the frontage of the park areas listed. The plans for private buildings in these areas would go be- fore the Commission of Pine Arts for recommendations as to “height and ap- | pearance, color and texture of the ma- terials .of exterior construction.” The commission would recommend such changes “as in its judgment are neces- sary to prevent reasonably avoidable impairment of the public values belong- ing to such public building or park.” The District Commissioners then would take such action as in their judgment would “cffect reasonable compliance with. such recommenda- tions. @ Government Program Cited. In recommending the bill to the Sen- ate, the committee called attention to th® amounts the Federal Government is about to spend, around. the Capitol for a Supreme Coiirt Building, an; ad-: ditional House Office “Structure, and pointed out that “more than $75,000,000 has been pledged for sites and Federal buildings along Pennsylvania avenue between the Capitol and the Treasury.” ‘The report also makes .the predic- tion that “early needs of the War and Navy must demand costly bufldlngpdn- vestments bordering on' Potomac Park west of the White House, The greater parks of the Capital already represent great material as well as-moral values.” ‘The report was by Senator Fess, Republican, of Ohio. ‘The National Capital Park and Planning Commission left consideration of the Washington municipal airport to the next meeting, . scheduled for March 8 and 9. Studies by the com- mission, in co-operation with' the Army Air Corps, showing potential landing | fields in this area, have not yet pro- gressed sufficiently to engage close at- tention, in conjunction’ with -the air- port study. : The commission was advised on several land purcheses, but information on these was not made public. Highways in relation to the Lee Boulevard were considered by the - commission and further studies will be rhade con- cerning roadways around the south side of Fort Myer and their relations to_the Arlington reservation. ‘The commission decided that due to | its importance as a traffic artery .and the vista it affords of the Washington Monument, Virginia. avenue, between Eighteenth and Ninetcenth streets, should not be closed. The commission likewise declared that in the Rock Creek-Potomac parkway project, circle treatment at the foot- of New Hamp- shire avenue should be omitted and the proposed Titanic Memorial - should - be placed in an alcove on the banks of the Potomac River. It indorsed the views of the Fine Arts Commission that two outer roads around the suggested Lin- coln Memorial circle should be omitted. Albright Attends. H. M. Albright, director of the Na- tional Park Service, attended as a com- misgion member for the first time, suc- ceeding Stephen T. Mather, who recent- ly resigned from the Interior Depart- | ment. Alfred Granger, Chicago architect who is chairman of a committee of the Chicago chapter of the American Insti- tute of Architects, forwarded to the commission a letfer explaining what has been done By his organization in map- ping plans for the development of the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, PRESIDENT MAKES LAST BUDGET TALK TOMORROW | Large Ticket-Demand Reported for Meeting of “U. S. Business Organization. President, Coolidge’s last appearance before a regular business organization of the Government as Ghief Executive will be tomorrow evening at Memorial Continental Hall, when he addresses the assembled chiefs of his establishment on the financial state of the Union. The Bureau of the Budget, which is in cherge of arrangements, has report- ed a large demand for ticket: In ad- dition to President Coolidge, Director H. M. Lord of the Bureau of the Budget will speak. The hour has been fixed early, at 6:30, 50 as to arrange for a nation- wide radio hookup. WRC will broad- cast the program here, Members of the cabinet and heads ot establishments and burcaus will be present. The Army Band, wnder direc- tion of Capt. William J. Stannard, will present a program prior to the ad- dresses, — Makes Low Air Mail Bid. Air Transportation, Inc, of Minne- apolis, Minn., was low bidder on the proposal to carry mail by air one way {ENDURANCE FLYERS 1 | | | The crew of the Question Mark re- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. P.. C., JANUARY .27, e et i ittt S i it ) REW OF THE QU ceived a hearty official welcome when ' they_ returned to Bolling Field, their homeé. station, late yesterda The fop picture, with the ne in the background, shows, ight, F. Trubee Davison, As ry of War for Acro commander_of Secretary of War . Tra C. Eaker, th Dwight F chief pilo night pilot, and Staff Se Hooe, flight mechanic. The lower view shows Capt. Eaker and his wife, who __ selected the name “Question Mark” for the plane before it left here for the Pacific Coast a month ago. —Star Staff Photo. ARE PAID TRIBUTE ON RETURN TO D. C. (Continued From First Page) Y rt in shape by Monday or Lie: Quesaca, immediately after arriving in the refueling plane, went to the telephone in the operations umre‘ to call his mother, Mrs. Helen A.‘ Quesada, 4716 Nint) reet. i ‘Please have some .hot soup ready for me,” he asked her, shivering aft- er his chilly ride in the open plane. Capt. Eaker carried in his pocket the to be delayed at High Point yester-| day morning. It was a small piece of metal, about 2 inches across, forming ece: motor. It had snapped into four pi e h under the strain of turning- over cold motor yesterday morning. Efforts to start the motor by hand failed and Ma,\,hspatz wlephun:dsel;‘u‘ ling Field ave a new geal ’olncgimll. Y vas flown "t High B’;\m by ut. Eugene Bayley. Bolling Field adjutant, and Lieut. L. W. La ton and was installed within- a few _minutes after they landed there. The flight from the North Carolina field here was uneventful, Maj. Spatz said. _New Motors Installed. The crew of the Question Mark has been invited. to be guests of honor at a dinner to be'given 1n New York within a few days to the members of the avia- tion industry, under the auspices of the National Exchange Club. A movement to further the interest of flying through- out the Nation will be launched at this dinner. . The National Exchange Club is undertaking a Nation-wide program of “service to aviation” through 800 branches in 44 States by assisting in the establisnment or improvement of air- plane landing fields and other facilities, as well as'by interesting its membership | of business ‘men in aviation. This, 0| far, 'is the only formal engagement booked for the Question Mark crew. The Question Mark made its return trip across the country with new motors. | The original motors were removed after the flight and are undergoing thorough scienitific examination at the Army aero- nautical laboratories at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. The automatic barographs, which re- corded the course of the plane’s flight during the six and one-quarter days it was in the air, are undergoing examina- tion at the Bureau of Standards in prep- aration for the granting of an official world record for the flight. ‘The Question Mark and her crew-first came into the public eye on December 17 last, the twenty-fiftth anniversary of the first airplane flight. On this his- toric day the Question Mark was flown over this city from Bolling Fieid and was refueled in- the air by Capt. Hoyt from refueling ship No. 1, a former Douglas observation plane. On the following day the Question Mark and the refueling plane started on the Westward trip to California for the endurance flight. Several “ciueling contacts were made on the way across the country and when the planes arrived at Rockwell Field, San Diego, new motors were installed and final prepara- tions. made_for the flight, which began at Metropolitan Airport, San Diego, on New Year day. The flight came to an_end when the left outboard motor 1ailed after the plane had beer in the air 150 hours 40 minutes and 15 seconds. MALE ADVISORY GROUP ‘Will Help Further Plans for Erec-, tion of Clubhouse on Potomac, An advisory committce of men has heen formed in response to the invita- tion of Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, na- tional prezident of the National League of American Pen Women, in connectior. with the plans of the league for build- ing a memorial clubhouse on the Poto- homie of the author, Mrs. E Southworth. Members of the committee are Lieut. Col. U. S, Grant, director of public buildings and parks; Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission; Horace W. Peaslee, mem- ber of the American Institute of Archi- tects; and William Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Representatives. The na- tional chairman of the clubhouse com- mittee for the- league 15 Miss Florence Ward of the Department of Agriculture. DELEGATES ARE GUESTS. D. C. War Mothers to Entertain Conference Visitors Tomorrow. ‘The District of Columbia Chanter of American War Mothers will entertain national officers and delegates to the Women"'s Patriotie Conference at a din- ner at the Hamilion Hotel at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. Maj. Gen. Charles P. from Brcwnsville, Tex., to Vera Cruz, Mexico City or such points as may be acceptable to the Mexican govergment The bid was $0.9875 per i~ @ - Summerall, chief of staff, is scheduled FORMED BY PEN WOMEN | | plete the monument even if allowed mac, on the site of the old Georgetown | the link between the starter and the | gaddy, | | | Cl ESTION MARK COMES HOME" ! MOUNTAIN GIRL AS GIFT GUN BRINGS JAIL TERM| Former Silk' Mill Worker Tells Story ofl IS BEWILDERED Domestic Woe and Wishes News of Arrest Be Kept From Mother. A little moumtain girl, who might have stepped from the “Limberlost,” was sentenced In Police Court yesterday to 60 days in the workhouss for carrying concealed and deadly weapons. Over in the District jail, homesick and bewil. dered the 17-year-old girl, who gives brokeri gear ‘ which “caused the plane|her name as Ruth ‘Barnett, and her home as Johnson- City, Tenn., tearful related her story. “I live with my mother and step- she said, “and my stepdaddy has always been mean to me. Until six months ago he used to beat me and was always guarrelin’ at me, and even held up to me the food I got to eat, Last week he told me to git out o' the house and never come back. I had been working in the silk mills, but three weeks ago they lald us off work on account of not having any silk to work. I had a little .mqney, 8o when my stepdaddy told me tb leave I d cided to come to Washington and look up my brother, James Barnett, who used to live in Washington. Tells -of Pistol. “I had not heard from him for over a year, but I was never in a big city before and thought it would be eas to find him. Before leaving hom took a little pistol that a boy gave me over two years ago and which has laid in my bureau drawer at home ever since. He gave it to me loaded and as I did not know how to take the bullets out, I just took the gun as it was, think- ing I could sell it and get a little money when 1 got to Washington. When I got to Washington, I was told that in the station there was-a lady who might help me to find my brother. I found the lady and she asked me lots of | questions and asked me what I had in my bag. She took my bag and looked {in it and when she saw the gun, she |took me with her to the Detention | House and said I was under arrest for carrying concealed weapons with intent to Kkill, 1 did not know it was against the law to carry a gun, as everybody has them down home, and I cen swear it's to take the bullets out of the gun. I never did anything bad in my life and all I wanted in Washington was to find my brother and get work. They say they have written mamma about me. nd me any money to come home, as she hasn't got any. Cites Lack of Schooling. “If I could get out of here, I would 'like to go back home. If I can't go home, 1 would like to learn how to work. I never learned how to do any- thing and haven't been to school much. My step-daddy didn’t even want me to 80 to Sunday school but I have been going to Sunday school all my life.” _Ruth stated that she was born in Vir- ginia and reared on a farm “back in the mountains,” where they worked her like a boy, making her “get lumber out o the woods, milk the cows, feed the stock and hoe the corn.” A year ago, the fam« ily moved to Johnson City, where Ruth got work in the silk mills. Ever since she has worked, she has pald her step- father for her board. “If only I could write mamma that I am all right and have a good job,” she stated with tears in her eyes. “T would like to learn how to work, bui the only thing I can do is work in the mill,” she concluded. STONE MOUNTAIN'S FRST OMNERS U Recovery of Memorial Site Is | Asked—Association Ac- cused of Waste. By the Associated Press. DECATUR, Ga., January 26.—S. H. Venable and two. other original owne entered suit in De Kalb Superior Court | here today for recovery of the Stone Mountain site they deeded for a me- morial to the Confederacy, charging that the Stone Mountain Memorial As- sociation had violated a contract to complete the main carving in 12 years. An allegation .that the organization was insolvent was coupled in the peti- tion with the statement that it had been wasteful and extravagant in the use of its funds, that it had lost public confidence and tiat it could not com- more- tinie. { added that it was the hope of the petitioners to recover the property so as to re-dedicate it to its original pur- | pose. The suit. set out that, although the deed to the memorial site was given with the provision that the main por- tion of the monument would be finished | within 12 years from April 28, 1916, not. a single figure in the proposed central group has been completed, It was contended that.the chief part of the central group could have been completed within the specified 12 yea at a cost of $250,000, but that the asso- ciation was forced to abandon work on the monument in May, 1928, because of Jack of funds after having collected and spent $1,195,845 and incurred indebted- ness of approximately $260,000. “There is nothing on the mountaln to show for it (collected funds) except the mutilated bust of a man intended as o, likeness of Gen. Lee, but to whom it bears no resemblance.” ‘The suit cited an audit which it said showed that $506,720.51 had been spent for salaries, traveling expenses, com- munications and office supplies; $129,- 78851 for commissions, entertainment, l'attorneys' fees, campaigning and gifts, and $18,788.51 spent by the assocation’s president as traveling expenses in three years, for an address. Reservations can be made through Mes DN Dock, 2100 -N-streed, - A movement has been started in Ire- land toward restocking the country vith game st . INAUGURAL BOKES T0 FACE MANSION Committee Announces Seats in Stands Will Cost $3 to $10 Each. The inaugural parade grandstand in Lafayette Park, directly opposite the | White House reviewing stand, will con- tain a limited number of boxes holding six each, it was announced last night at the ipaugural committee headquar- | ters in the Willard Hotel. These boxes | will sell for $60 each. | The committee also has added a new section of grandstand seats to the $4 class. These will be in front of the State, War and Navy Building and on the opposite side of the street. ‘The seat prices and their locations as now set follow: All seats in Lafayette Square, op- posite ‘the ‘White House, $7.50, except the boxes at $60. Seats in the two starids on either side of the presidential reviewing stand, $7.50. Seats in the two stands on either side of the White House driveway, $5. Secats in front of the Treasury on Pennsylvania avenue, $5. Seats in front of the State, War and ~Navy Building and across the street, $4. Seats at the south end of the Treasury on Fifteenth’ street and Pennsylvania avenue, $5. Seats in the stands between Thirteenth and Four- teenth streets on both sides of Penn- sylvania avenue, $3. From Thirteenth street to the Capitol the committee in charge will let- con- cessions ot will erect official stands themselves. A -definite decision has net yet been reached, however, Reservations are now being accepted by J. B. Reynolds, chairman of the | ticket committee at room 303, Trans- portation Building, Seventeenth and H streets, if accompanied by remittance. The tickets will either be held at these headquarters or mailed when received, depending on the wishes of the appli- cant. Mr. Reynolds expects the tickets to be ready for distribution in about a week and then an official ticket office will be opened on the ground floor on the Transportation Building. Serving with Mr. Reynolds on the ticket committee are Corcoran Thom, vice chairman, and Maj. R. A. Gunn, secretary, Other members are to be added. Other inaugural activities yesterday included the appointment of Brig. Gen. Herbert O. Williams to command all Army troops in the first division of ! the inaugural parade, and arrangements by Senator-elect Kean to play host to 700. New Jersey delegates at a tea and reception at the Mayflower. A talk on the housing arrangements also was broadcast from WMAL by Miss Kathleen Lawler, vice chairman of the the truth that I did not ever know how | I am sorry, as she is sick and she can't | IBUCK-PASSING SEEN AS POINCARE'S AIM Sends Word to Radicals He Will Resign When Total Is Fixed. }By Radio to The Star. | . PARIS, January 26—What is un- | doubtedly a shrewd political move h: !been made by Premier Poincare, fore- | shadowing his withdrawal from the premiership as soon as the new experts’ | | committee will have fixed the total of || Germany's reparations. It is learned from highly reliable authority that M. Poineare has sent word to the radical Socfalist party, through Louis Loucheau. minister of labor and member of the ! Left radical party, which is the party | | nearest the radical Socialist party that | is not included in the present coalition | | ministry, that he will resign immediate- 1y the experts’ task is completed. This means that the present ministry { of ‘armistice, if 1t does not fall before | then, will probably come to an end two | or three months from now, leaving the | | path open to the Radical Socialists to | | again share seats in the government, as | they did under the “government of na- | tional union™ until November of last | year. " M. Poincare, it is learned privately, ! told M. Loucheur that he had no in- | tentions of retaining the premiership | once the reparations question had been | settled by the second Dawes committee. | Furthermore, it is stated, the premier | authorized M. Loucheur to communi- | { cate his determination to resign to the | | Radical Socialist leaders. i Using Slender Majority. | What this actually signifies is that | M. Poincare is utilizing the very slender | majority which his government now has in the Chamber of Deputies as an ex- cuse to pave the way for avoiding the responsibility for the great interna- tional problems connected with the | hoped-for _reparations settlement. It M. Poincare resigns in April or May, it will not be his government which | in conference with the other powers | concerned, will probably sign = _the agreement admitting Germany's pos- sibly much-reduced payments as final. More than that, M. Poincare, by resigning would leave to his successor the ~obnoxious duty of ratifying the Mellon-Berenger debt agreement, pay- ing the $400,000.000 war stocks bill to the United States, which is due in August of this year and authorizing the advance evacuation of the Rhineland. By stepping from his office, the pre- mier would let. the responsibility for all these unpleasant but necessary tas fall on the shoulders of a new govern- ment. Among those few officials who know of this secret move of M. Poincare there s little doubt that this is what is in his mind. Double Edge to Threat. It is admitted here, however, that there is a double edge to M. Poincar threat of resignation, which verges upon a promise. As domestic politics now stand, the stand of the Radical Socialists against M. Poincare is the most united they have yet presented. In recent months, the premier has twice threatened to resign, but has not, and as a consequence virtually the whole Radical Soclalist party is now | | definitely aligned against him. But by assuring the Radical Social- ist leaders that he will resign within two or three months, M. Poincare may expect that this party’s oppositions while the reparations negotiations are in progress, will be appreciably lessen- ed, permitting him more absolute power until the experts have finished their task. Through M. Loucheur’s quiet message, the Radical Socialists also may be forced to contemplate a none-too-gratifying position if they should return to power in the Spring, and will again have to accept the responsibility for the repara- tions settlement, as Edouard Herriot, then premier, was forced to do in Lon- don in 1914. Attacks May Be Reduced. After thinking this over, together with the ever-more-closely approaching hour when debts must be ratified, the Radical Socialists may not be so anxious to as- sume so large a portion of public re- sponsibility. As a consequence, their attacks on the Poincare government may be reduced for some time to come. ‘The real significance of M. Poincare's message to the Radical Socialfsts is con- tained in the fact that reveals him de- sirous of side-stepping the reparations and debt settlements and preparing to relinquish the reins of government when that moment arrives. However. close political observers see the possibility of the government fall- ing even before that time, and they are divided between Aristide Briand., min- ister of foreign affairs, and Andre Tar- dieu, minister of the interior, as the men most likely to be chosen to carry the tasks mentioned above to conclu- slon. In any case, M. Poincare's conversa- tion with M. Loucheur solidifies opinion that the present Poincare governmeht is extremely unlikely to endure very far into the new year, and that in the end another government is more likely to be the one to put France over the reparations and war debt hurdles. (Copyright, 1929.) ACTION IS DELAYED ON WALSH'’S REPORT Opposition Reported Developing to His Criticism of De- partments. | By the Associated Press. The Senate lands committee failed to reach an agreement yesterday on a re- port ‘submitted by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, eensuring the | | Interfor and Justice Departments in | connection with the renewal and subse- quent cancellation of the Sinclair con- tract for Salt Creek royalty oil. Some opposition was reported to have developed in the committee to the lan- guage employed by Senator Walsh in | his reference to the manner in which Hubert Work, former Interior Secretary, and William J. Donovan, assistant to the Attorney General, handled the; contract. ‘The Sinclair contract was renewed last January by Secretary Work upon an opinion drawn by the solicitor for the Interior Department. Mr. Donovan conducted the Department of Justice inquiry into the renewal and in the | committee hearings Senator Walsh pro- | tested at the length of time taken in | determining that the contract was void. Further consideration to the report will be resumed tomorrow. Later Senator Glenn, Republican, of Tllinois said he would submit a minority report if the Walsh report were adopted. Glenn has drafted a substitute and | there were some members of the com- mittee inclined to believe it might get the majority vote. MISSING PLANE SAFE. Three Arrive at Sonora Town Aft- er Being Unreported. MEXICO CITY, January 26 (#).— The civil aviation department tonight received word that the plane carrying ‘Theodore Hull and two passengers ar- rived safely yesterday at Cajeme, Sonor: . 1929—PART 1. COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE POSTERS The Chest campaign posters. PASTORS WILL ASK CONGREGATIONS TO AID CHEST CAMPAIGN | (Continued From First Page) chairman of the Detroit- Community Chest, who will speak.on “The Re-| sponsibility of the Citizens for Commu- | nity Welfare,” and Allen T. Burns, di- | rector of the Association of Community | Chests and Councils, New York City, | whose subject will be “The CHest's Con- tribution to a Community,” will be the principal speakers at the opening din- ner in the Mayflower. The general | soliciting, although officially starting after the dinner, will not get under way | in full until Tuesday morning. | All street cars in Washington carry | posters advertising the campaign. The | slogan, “Give ‘Once for 57" is to be| found in store windows by means of | attractive posters distributed yesterday | by Boy Scouts. Sidewalk signs empha- | sizing the slogan greet the pedestrian. | Attractive billboard posters are placed | at strategic points about the city, while Community Chest films are being shown in the theaters. Newspapers will carry full-page advertisements, while posters have been placed in hotel lobbies, under direction of Osgood Roberts of the Hotel Mayflower. Circulars are being distributed in the schools, while chest speakers will broadcast from every radio | station. Hesse Promises Police Aid. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, yesterday promised 100 per cent co-operation from the department to raise funds among its members for | the chest, at a meeting attended by of-| ficers in the District Bullding yester-| day afternoon. An address on the chest and its objects was delivered by Frank R _Jellefl. Maj. Hesse expressed the view that the chest would elimindte soliciting by unauthorized individuals for various purposes throughout the year, pointing out that practically all charities in the District of good standing are represent- ed in the 57 member agencies. Precinct captains will serve as key men,” Maj. Hesse said. Division chairmen and team captains for the campaign follow: Division 1, Anacostia—Dr. George S. Havenner, chairman; captains, Maurice Otterback, J. Louis Gelbman, Dr. Arthur P. Noyes and Charles Stark. Division 2, Northeast—A. D. Loffler, jr., chairman; captains, Daniel T. Zeil- meyer, Arthur S. Cusmore and George M. Miller, Division 3. Stanton Square—G. F. Hoover, chairman; captains, Joseph L. Gammell, E. Clarence Poston, L. H. Johnson, Dr. Robert R. MecCullough, Oscar Inderleid and Harry N. Stull. Division 4, Southeast—Ernest H. Daniel, chairman; captains, George J. r.; Mrs. Pearl Wolfe, Mrs. Wil- jr.; W. Prank Simp: Charles H. Jenkins, Mrs. Allan Davis, B. Earnshaw, Mrs. Annie Robey and | John C. L. Ritter. Division 5, Southwest—G. M..Yeat- man, chairman: captains, Frank A.| Johnson, Joseph Fitzgerald, Mrs. George | S. Fraser, Miss Lena Barghausen and Miss Rose Brown. Division 6, Trinidad—Dr. Percival Hall, chairman; captains, Dr. Charles R. Ely, James C. Nealon, L. L. Hooper, John H.. Thomas and William J. ‘Toomey. Division 7, Rhode Island —W. S. Putnam, chairman; captains, W. E. Rabenhorst, Thomas S. Mallon, Eppa L. Morris, W. H. Dunn and Robert W. Worth. Division 8, Brookland—M. M. Mec- | Lean, chairman; captains, M. M. Mc- Lean, Lewis 8. Trundle, William J. Weber, Paul F. Moore and Thomas :E. Lucas. Division 9. Central — Theodore Michael, chairman; captains, E. S.| Burgess, George W. Scott, Allan Hol- | lander and Clarence Nohe. | Division 10, North Capitol—Henry Gilligan, _chairman; captains, Dr, Frank J. Day, Jesse W. Morgan, Mrs, Henry Gilligan, Mrs. R. J. Jorolemon, Mrs. M. E. Pittman, E. B. Lawless and Charles B. Duckett. Division 11, Petworth-Parkview — Horace J. Phelps, chairman: captains, Roy H. Wolfe, James N. Kline, John| T. Thomas, Robert J. Barrett, George L. Cary, Christopher Lehmkuhl, Fred V. Boutdon, Vernon G. Owen nndi John W Lambert. Division 12, Brightwood - Chillum— F. E. Royers, chairman; captains, Mrs. | Allan Scott Wolfe, A. K. Wimer and Mrs. Richard T. Wyche | Division 13, Manor k and Six-| teenth Street Heigh Edson W. Briggs, chairman; captains, Mrs. James | A. Councilor, E. H. Pullman, H. W. Whittaker, Claude Livingston and| George E. McNell. Division 14, Columbia Heights and| Mount Pleasant—F. A. Birgfeld, chair- | man: captains, John K. Willis, George D. Sullivan, John De La Mater, M. R. Loafman, John S. Zabel, H. A. Wil- liams, John T. Skinner, E. E. Berney, Kenneth Birgfeld, C. E. Grantham, Ralph M. Wolfe, Warren Spencer, J. Harry Phillips, Samuel N. Marks, C. A. Jicquette and F. A. Birgfeld. Division 15, Piney Branch—E. S. Brashears, chairman; captains, William E. Schmucker, George A. Harris and R. E. Titlow. Division 16, Kalorama-Lanier—S. H. Kauffmann, chairman; captains, F. Moran McConike, Carl R. Kurtz, Mrs, ‘Theodore T. Noyes, Blaine Mallan, F. A, Brastow, Arthur Browne and Mrs. Harry Hull. Division 17, Iowa Circle—John W. Hardell, chairman; captains, Mrs. L. 8. Connis, J. Frank Kelly, Morris Gar- ” | i sibson sisters and Wesley Eddy pose with one of the Community —Star Staff Photo. PRIZES FORESSAYS | DUE TOMORROW| Awards in Contest on Ad-| vantages of Plan to Be Made Before Workers. Winner of the three prizes in the contest sponsored by the Star for es- s on_the advantages of the Com- munity Chest plan of collection and dis- tribution of benevolences in the National Capital will be announced by tomorrow by the board of editors of The Star who judged the contest. The prizes will be awarded as a special feature of the meeting of cap- tains and members of teams in the Community Chest 1929 fund drive at dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, tomor- Tow night, when the workers for the drive will be given their final instruc- tions and the campaign will be officially launched. Many Papers Excellent. Judges of the contest have had their hands full since the contest closed, at midnight Wednesday, with the nearly 400 entries in the competition. Scores of the articles submitted for the con- test were of such excellence that the judges have found considerable diffi- culty in cutting the number of “best choices” down to a point where the final winners can be chosen: This work has been done, however, and the judges are now in the final stages of their work. The list of those articles under con- sideration has been cut down to the 10 or 12 considered the best after the first few readings by the board and the job now is to select. the three best via the elimination route. All of the contest entrants have found in the Community Chest project fea- tures of inestimable worth over the old method of the 57 component organiza- tions_collecting in separate campaigns each year the funds necessary for the proper conduct of the individual or- ganizations and many have made sug- gestions of distinct value for the work- ers in the chest’s drive for funds. Workers o Get Essays. “The chest campaign workers will find the copies of the winning essays, which will be placed in their hands at the opening of the drive, of great value, I believe, in securing the subscriptions which are expected to take us over the top in our first chest fund drive,” de- clared Elwood Street, director of the chest campaign, yesterday: ‘With nearly 400 minds wocking on the subject of the chest's adyantage: for the Capital, we have received som good, clear and terse campaign ammun tion, and the products of these minds are going to help a lot," Mr. Street added. The prizes ‘to be awarded tomorrow night will be $100 for the 4rst choice, sgn drm- the second choice, and $25 for third. THIEF SNATCHES PURSE Escapes After Shoving Her—On- looker Gives Pursuit, but Is Outdistanced. A young colored man snatched her pocketbook and knocked down Mrs. Addie 'B. Baggett, 60 years old, of 1337 Twelfth street, about 6:30 o'clock yes- terday evening a few doors from her home, and was pursued several blocks | by Fred Warren, of 1406 Twelfth street, before he made his escape. Mrs. Baggett told Headquarters De- tectives C. J. P. Weber and Howard E. Ogle, who investigated, that she was walking along Twelfth street when some one seized her pocketbook, break- | | | ing the strap, and shoved her, causing | her to fall. Warren, who was across the street, gave chase. The colored man ran up Twelfth street to O street and from | there through several alleys to Eleventh street where Warren was forced to give up the pursuit. | In the purse was $13.50 and & pair | of glasses. The colored man was said to be tall, heavily built and wearing a roll collar sweate: —_—— H. Etz, Mrs. Ralph Goldsmith, F. A. Meatyard, Z. D. Blackistone, Mrs, Ed- ward Cafritz, Arthur Sundlum, Mrs. Harry Roller, John Dugan, Julien N. Winnemore and L. J. Raebach. Division 19, West End—John M. Cherry, chairman; captains, Dr. W. H. Gaumnitz, E. E. Garren, Charles H. Doing, Adolph J. Schippert, Kenneth D. McRae, Paul F. Grove, sr.; L. D. O'Flaherty, Irving S, Paull, Col. Charles R. Stark, jr., and Mrs. Edgar T. Brown. Diviston 20, Dupont Circle—Arthur C. Smith, chairman; captains, J. H. Gay- ner, George Lacy, Fred Myers, Dr. George Farnham, Philip Kemon, John A. Chumbley, Carey Quine, Mrs. John Lewis Smith, Mrs. James E. Dalgleish, Chauncy Parker, jr.; Thomas S. Set- tle, Woodson Houghton and Mrs. Reeves Lewls. Division 21, Georgetown—F. G. Addi- son, jr., chairman: captains, Hayden Gibbs, Raymond Wise, G. B. Crightill, J. H. Wyckoff, Isaac Nordlinger and J. Leo Kolb. Division 22, Rock Creek Park—Joshua Evans, jr., chairman; captains, George E. Gilligan, O. J. De Moll, Grahame H. Powell, Robert B. Patterson, Robert F. Beresford, C. J. Van Epps, C. H. Pope, finckel, Bertram Wise and Mrs. Geneva Dunham. Midcity Group. Division 18, midcity—James B. Evans, chairman, and Mrs. Charles A. Gold- smith, vice chairman; captains, Maj, Charles McCullough, Lawrence Mills, Charles Clagett, John Sheiry, Eugene QGott, Morton J. Luchs, David L. Frank, Harold Levi, E. C. Moyre, Stevenson a. é Hull' had . taken off early yesterday morning from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, pre- sumably for Mexico City, and had been unreported since, despite inquiries broadcast by the )flmfl& Te, Armstrong, Louls Tyrrel’f, Frederick Pelzmen, Claude Hyson, Charles W: Pimper; Morris Gewirz,-Vernon Lowrey, Dr, ‘GQW' T. Sharp, s, Leonard Schiloss, W. C. Hanson, Grant Leet, B:_ A. J. Driscoll, Howard Moran and Stanley Carr. Division 23, Burleith-Cathedral Heights—C. Chester Caywood, chair- man; captains, Winfree E. Johnson, J. S. Gorrell and Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders. Division 25, Conduit-Foxhall—Dion S, Birney, chairman; captains, Clarence A. Miller and Willlam A. Roberts. Division 27, Chevy Chase—Edward H. Jones, chairman; captains, E. S. Hoge, J. Francis Moore, Col. W. H. McKelvey, H. V. Schreiber, Lee D. Latimer, Lewis Radcliffe, George. B. Praser, Harry T. Wilder, .Arthyr_Aldeman-and Edward H. Jones, {attention to some OF 60-YEAR-OLD WOMAN day morning.y OOVER WILL GVE TIME T0 BUSNESS Fishing Fun Over, He Turns to Find Southern Patronage Problem Before Him. H BY J. RUSSELL YOUN Staft Correspondent of The Star, BELLE ISLE, MIAMI BEACH, Fla, January 26.—Now that President-clect Hoover has had the fun and relaxation afforded by two and one-half da) fishing in the gulf stream off th Florida Keys, he will give his serio: Y important. business confronting him as the eve of his in- auguration draws near. Although he has thus far shown no inclination to swamp himself with po- litical callers Mr. Hoover has arranged | fo: several conferences during the com- |ing week. Besides this, he has mapped out a routine of labor. He has not yet completed the writing of his inaugural address, and it is understood that from now on he intends to apply himself to this big task with the hope of having it completed within the next two weeks. His daily mail is exceedingly heavy, and since arriving here he has received hundreds of telegrams. Even during his fishing respite he kept up with his cor- respondence. It is the belief of some of Mr. Hoover's intimates that selection of his cabinet was fairly well completed before he left Washington for the South. Mr. Hoover himself has nothing to say. Denovan te Visit William J. Donovan, Assistant Attor- new General and close friend of Mr. Hoover, who has been consistently men- tioned by the cabinet dopesters either as the successor to Attorney General Sargent or Dwight, F. Davis as Secre- tary of War, is expected to arrive at Belle Isle some time during the coming week. Another conference Mr. Hoover is ex- pected to have during the early part of the week will be with Col. Horace M. Mann, who managed Mr. Hoove campaign in the South and who, be- cause of the great feat of carrying four States in Dixie, occupies a position of prominence in connection with the Hoover administration. Distribution of patronage in the South is expected to furnish a real probiem for Mr. Hoover after he becomes Presi- dent, and Col. Mann is expected to play a large part in the studying. Just how Mr. Hoover is going to proceed in shak- ing the plum tree in Dixie Land has not been determined. Mr. Hoover rec- ognizes the fact that Col. Mann, from his experience during the recent cam- paign in the South, knows just where the party leaders stand. Mann at Miami Several Days. Col. Mann has been at Miami Beach for several days. During Mr. Hoover's absence on his fishing trip. he has con- ferred at length with Dr. Hubert Work, chairman of the Republican national committee. Another party leader who is expected to be received at Belle Isle during the « week is former Senator Ernst of Ken- tucky. Correspondents with Mr. Hoover on this vacation are awaiting with much interest to see whether Mr. Hoover asks former Gov. Al Smith, his antagenist in the recent campaign, who is expected to arrive tomorrow at Coral Gables, near here, for a brief visit, to call on him at Belle Isle. DONOVAN TO SEE PRESIDENT-ELECT EARLY THIS WEEK . (Continued Prom First Page) i | will not be made Attorney General, if Mr. Hoover wants to reward him have no objection to his being Secretary of War. Despite all of which, it is the b! judgment of those close to Mr. Hoov: that he will name Mr. Donovan At- torney General, despite the Klan, despite the drys and despite the minority Sen- ate group. -Incidentally, it is known that a canvass of the Senate has been made with a view to determining if Donovan could be confirmed if nominated. ‘This canvass, the results of which have been made known to Mr. Hoover, although he has nothing to do with | starting it, showed that Senator Burton K. Wheeler, himself the victim of the | episode, told those who were taking the canvass that while he was opposed to Donovan he did not think there would be more than a handful of votes against him. RETURNS TO MIAMI MIAMI, Fla., January 26 (#) —Presi- dent-elect Hoover returned here at 10:50 o'clock tonight from his fishing trip in the Florida Keys. With Mrs. Hoover and other members of his party eh drove immediately to the pre-inau- gural vacation home at Belle Isle. While he landed a large number of fish, Mr. Hoover failed in his ambition to catch a sailorfish, one of the largest and gamest of the finny tribe in the ‘waters of the South. It was stated that as soon as he could clean up an ac- cumulation of work here within the ne: few days, he would return to Long Key, Fla.. to try his luck again. Members of the party said the Presi- dent-elect hooked two sail fish, but that both got away, one breaking his line and the other breaking the leader, Mark Sullivan, fishing companion of the next President, had better luck, landing a large sail fish after a long battle. Gives Up at Nightfall. As nightfall came Mr. Hoover re- luctantly gave up, landing at the Long Key at 8 p.m., and boarding the Havana special on the Florida East Coast Rail- road 20 minutes later. Great secrecy was thrown about his departure from ong Key and consequently few knew that he would arrive here. As a further precaution to avoid crowds, the train was stopped so that the private car was a full block away from the station. The President-elect and Mrs. Hoover with Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan entered an automobile imme- diately and drove away to Belle Isle, four miles distant across a long cause- way. i LOITERING BY POLICE IS DEPLORED BY HESSE Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, yesterday at a meeting of de- partment ~officers from the grade of lieutenant up urged the commanding cfficers too “get behind” their sergeants and men to prevent idle congregating in the streets and loafing on the job. Maj. Hesse quoted from the printed report of hearings before the District subcommittee of the House approvria- tions committee on the District appre- priation bill, in which several members of Congress complained that policemen idled on the street when they were sup- posed to be on' duty. The: police de- partmment’s record last year, he said, was one to be proud of, but a still better record could and should be made. . DISABLED SHIP SAFE. HAMILTON, Bermuda, January 26 (#).—The American tanker Dannedaike. which was disabled by storm when only a few miles from the Italian freighter Florida, which she was seeking to aid, arrived at Five Fathom Hole, Bermud: this morning. A tender met her and took off Third Mate Johnson, wha guf- fered fractures of both légs and an in- jury to his spine when ths vave which disabled the danker struck her on Tucs-