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STUDENT ORATORS " PREPARE FORTEST Hundreds in Star’s Area En- gaged in Work Preliminary to National Contest. Although now in its early stages,| competition in the Sixth National Ora- tarical Contest in The Star's area rap- idly is being whipped into concrete form with most of the participants en- gaged in prepartory study of the various aspects of the Constitution or in the writing ot first draft of their contest speeches. Twenty-one subjects have been «I-, fered by the national officials -of the | contest this year. Each offers ample; opportunity for the expression of origi- nal thought in the 10-minute orations with which the student-speechmakers will bid for national honors. Only the unspectacular sort of intense prepara- tion which now is under way in the 58 sccondary schools of the District of Co- lumbia, Maryland and Virginia which &0 far have been enrolled in the contest, can produce acceptable brief addresses on these subjects. Variety of Subjects Offered. Among the topics which will be dis- cussed in the various stages of the cons test this year are “The Value of Politi- cal Parties in the Functioning of the Constitution,” “The Influence of the Veto Power of the President.” “Advantages of a Rigid Over a Flexible Constitution for the American People,” -“the Treaty- making Power,” “the Influence.of the Doctrine of Implied Powers as Enumer- ated in the McCulloch vs. Maryland De- cision” and “the Expansion of the Co stitution in the Regulation of Business. Other proffered subjects include “The Constitution in the Daily Life of the Individual,” “Personalities in the Con- stitutional Convention,” “The Constitu- tion a Guarantee of the Liberty of the Individual,” “The Citizen—His Privi- | leges and His Duties Under the Constitu- tion,” “The Expansion of Federal Power Since the Civil War,” “Our Influence Upon Other Federalisms,” “The Federal Appointive Power,” “The Influence of the President Upon Legislation,” “Lin- coln and the Constitution,” “Cleveland and the Constitution.” “Roosevelt and the Constitution,” “Wilson and the Con- stitution,” “Influence of the Civil War Upon the Constitution” and “Amend- ments to the Constitution.” Not the least active in their prepara- tion for the coming clashes of the con- test are students in Washington's public high schools. Fifty volunteer contest- ants already are active at Central High School and some of these began their general research work at the close of the school year last June; Centrai’s finalists in last year’s contest—one of whom won the ch: nship of this area and the Summer tour of Europe—have been graduated, but several of the current contestants are veterans of last year’s eliminations. Miss Hester McNelly is chairman of the school's faculty contest committee again this year. The Central students’ manuscripts are to be com- pleted by March 11 and two of that school's elimination meets will. be held just before the beginning of the Easter - Central’s champion. will be chosen about a week or two before The Star area finals, April 25. Many Active at Business High. Two classes in American history. at Business High School are having writ- ten contest work assigned to them as regular classwork this semester, so that, with the volnteers, entrants from that school will be more than 100. The manuscripts in this assignment are to be compleied by March 1, after which eliminal will be staged in groups for the purpose of reducing the contestant field to the best oratork n school has. Miss Cord McCarty of the history department is chairman of the faculty-contest committee at Business. Folrteen students so far are enrolled at Western High Sehool, where the con- test work is under the faculty com- mittee direction of Miss Rose Stutz. ‘The participants at Western are holding preparatory debates and discussions on | the relative merits of the Constitution and other forms of government in their | Constitution Club meetings. Miss Kate Bucknam of the history department i3 faculty committee chair- man at Eastern High School this year. It was under her direction that Eastern has produced two Star final champions end other finalists who ranked hi in the local area final scale. Among East- ern's contestants this year is young Charles Hart, son of the principal of that school. The son has ac jed his” father to the national finals and international finals since his elementary school days, and he is highly enthusias- tic about giving Eastern its third area champion this year. + McKinley High School has no less than 150 students entered in the con- test. 'This number includes two his- tory classes and a number of public speaking students at the school, all of whom are doing their work under Miss Eda B. Frost, public speaking instructor, and eagain chairman of the faculty committee. Tech's contestant | field includes Victor Jaffe who last year won the championship at that school. Armstrong High Enrolls 200. ‘With the assignment of contest sub- Ject study and speech preparation as class work to the history, civics and economics classes taught by Charles M. Thomas, Armstrong High School has enrolied 200 students in the contest this year. Even before the class assign- ment was made the first of this menth, however, Armstrong’s students were ac- tive in their preparation for the con- test. Mr. Thomas is chairman of the faculty committee. Forty students at Dunbar High are enrolled to date in their school under the faculty leadership of J. N. Hill. These participants are meeting regu- Jarly with their faculty committee for advice and criticism. The Cardozo High School, Wash- ington's newest senior high school, is going into the contest whole-hearted- ly. Mrs. M. H. Skinner, teacher of English and chairman of the faculty contest committee, is making contest subjects regular class assignments so that 250 students actually are engaged in the preparatory work, YOUR INCOME TAX. No. 1. ‘Thousands of inquiries have reaclted the Bureau of Internal Revenue relative to changes in tax legislation. The purpose of the bureau is to answer these questions in a series of newspaper statements, based on the revenue act of 1928, approved May 29, 1928. The rates of income tax and surtax applicable to individual income and the personal exemp- tion of individuals and credits for dependents remain unchanged. Besides dedicating the Edward W. spade. Mrs. Bok is shown at left to pho Honorable Mention in The Star's ! COMMUNITY CHEST. other American cities. It is planned to me: 4lness and crime. zépresenting many creeds and 75,000 Washingtonians. Each contributor will be economic Ylans of the chest, a cost of collecting funds, and a reports. He is also relieved of for help. Agencies will be placed on adequate funds permitting th pros| as ti g:r Community Chest will small or great. BY ELIZABETH i { | Bok bird sanctuary and singing tower in Florida, President Coolidge planted a tree. He is here shown weilding the to. —-Associated Press Photo, ANNE HARRIS Community Chest Essay Contest “For Washington's Sake,” is a sound social enterprise which has been used in .300 et the needs of boys and girls, men and women in all phases of life, in education, recrea- tion and character building as well as in distress caused by - In a spirit of brotherhood, 57 charities, even races will unite to help Those in need, contributors, agencies and the community will be benefited by a plan based on sound business principles and carried out by thousands of Washington's ablest citizens as a free contribution to make a great city greater. thoroughly satisfied with the saving of one-half the former wise distribution at the places of greatest need. He will enjoy participating in the manage- ment of the Chest through a voting privilege for trustees and will be in close contact with the charities he favors through intermittent vexatious appeals a secure business foundation, em to make adequate plans. Cost accounting methods, where lacking, will be introduced and workers will be more available for service work. The aim of the Chest is that those who need help may receive the utmost possible service at the lowest possible cost. The City Beautiful will be truly the City Bountiful, for ity follows in the footsteps of fine citizenship such. further promote and develop. Each native son, as well as each one who shares Washing- ton’s benefits and privileges, is called to do his share, be it - STEWART BY MAIL Senator Tells Stockholder. That Colonel Owes Com- pany Interest on Bonds. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 4—John D. Rockefeller, jr, and Col. Robert W. Stewart today each had an additional | recruit from the ranks of the stock- holders in their battle of proxies for | control of the management of the | Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. At the same time the shadow of Sen- ator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, in- vestigator of the Teapot Dome con- spirators, fell across Stewart'’s path with a reminder of the Continental Trading Co. bonds. It was displeasure with Stewart's testimony before Walsh's committes concerning those bonds | which caused Rockefeller to demand his removal from chairmanship of the board of the Indiana company. Boreman Backs Stewart. Frank D. Brewer, president of the Glen Ridge, N. J., Trust Co., announced his decision to give his proxies to Rocke- feller. He said he owned only a small amount of the stock. With the an- nouncement, although not saying whether it influenced his decision, Brewer made public a letter from Sen- ator Walsh in which Walsh expressed surprise that some stockholder of the company had not brought suit to com- pel the payment by Stewart of what the Senator said was due the company from him in interest on unclipped coupons from Continental Trading Co. bonds. Louis Boreman of the Boreman Drug Co. of Pittsburgh sent a telegram to Rockefeller saying he had thrown his lot with Stewart, giving as one reason the fact Rockefeller had left the coun- try, making it “almost impossible for me to communicate with you. Boreman said he owned 6,200 shares of Indiana Oil Co. stock and that resig. nation of the officers would be nothing short of a calamity. ‘Walsh’s Letter, Senator Walsh wrote in regard to Stewart’s obligations in the matter of interest: “It will be recalled that the coupons falling due in June and December, 1923, were exchanged for Liberty bonds of equal amount, but that thereafter none of the coupons were cashed. Had they been cashed the amount thereof could have been invested in other securities or utilized in the business of the com- pany, which presumably borrows and pays interest. In any event it seems impossible to escape the conclusion that Col. Stewart is indebted to the company to the amount of interest at the legal The normal tax rate is 1'; per cent on the first $4,000 in excess. of personal exemption, credits for dependents, etc.; 3 per cent on the next $4,000, and 5 per cent on the balance. The surtax rates apply to net ineome In excess of $10000. The maximum rate is 20 per cent, which applies to net income. in excess of $100,000. The rate of tax on the income of corporations is reduced from 1313 per’cent to 12 per cent. The same rate applies to the in- come of insurance companies, re- duction with respect to this class of taxpayers being from 12'; per cent to 12 per cent. The credit allowed ‘a domestic corporation, the net income of which is $25.000 or less, is increased from $2,000 to £3.000 rate in the State of Illinois on the coupons not so cashed, from the time they came due until he eventually turned them over to the company. It seems equally sound that he was never invested with any authority by the com- pany to turn into Liberty bonds the coupons he actually cashed and that he is answerable for the difference between the amount of the interest thereon at the legal rate and at the rate carried by the bonds.” Engineer Dies in Wreck. COLUMBUS, Miss., February 4 (#).— The el eer was killed and the fireman WALSHATIACKS LINDY LEAVES UBA ON PANAMA FLIGHT Institutes Mail Service .From U. S. to Canal Zone on 27th Birthday. ___(Continued From First Page.) tral America in fast transportation and expedition of mails, for the miles will be encompassed in three hops—Miami to Havana, to Belize to Managua, and thence to Christobal, Canal Zone. It is understood that further plans call for stops at Merida, Mexico; Tegucigal- pa_and Hereida, Costa Rica., ‘The route entails a distance of 2,327 miles which, according to airways offi- cials here, will be flown in two days, saving 13 days on the present mode of sea travel. Opening of the Miami-Panama air- lane service today follows the inaugu- ration last month of the Pan-American Railway's West Indies service from Miami to San Juan, Porto Rico. Hops Off at 6 A.M. Lindbergh hopped off from Miami in a Sikorsky amphibian plane at 6:08 am., Eastern standard time. ‘With three 'companions and a load of 500 pounds of mail, Lindbergh nosed the giant craft out over the bay and southward toward Havana. Henry Lee Buskey was at the radio set and Col. John A. Hambleton, vice president of the Pan-American Corpora- tion, was the other member of the crew. J. T. Trippe, president of the company, also was aboard, accompanying the party to Havana. The transatlgntic fiyer arrived at the air field at 5:15 a.m., and had breakfast at the han A crowd of more than 1,000 persons was on hand for a glimpse of the take- off, and as Lindbergh came out of the hangar golice were unable to maintain order, tHe crowd breaking agross the field. Lindbergh turned and held up his hand and the crowd halted. ‘Waits Until Field Is Cleared. ‘While officers were re-establishing order, Lindbergh waited, refusing to bring the plane out of the hangar until the field had been cleared. At 5:50 am. he received his last weather report, showing a light rain from Miami south to Key West. The weather was clearing somewhat to the south of Key West. A score of photographers, who had braved the early morning rain to get pictures of Col. Lindbergh’s departure, were barred from the fleld. Officials of the company said it was Lindbergh's request that no pictures of his departure be taken. . D. C. PATRIOTIC GROUPS WILL HONOR LINCOLN Senator Shortridge Will Be Speaker at Memorial Ceremony Next Week. Patriotic organizations of the ecity will unite in paying tribute to Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial’ at noon February 12, the Civil War Presi- dent's birthday anniversary. Senator Shortridge of California will be the principal speaker at the exercises, which will be held under the sponsorship of the District Chapter of the Order of the Loyal Legion. ‘The celebration will be held on the south side of the Memorial, on the fourth terrace, with the Loyal Legion committee, the members of the Grand Army of the Republic and the ecolor nginy seriously injured when the Sunnyland, Frisco passenger train, was derailed this morning at Mergarel Spur, Ala. The engine overturned when went over the spur switch, which was reported to have been tampered with, ard, composed of two soldiers, two Eauflou, two Marines and two Coast Guards, TROTSKY'S SHIP HIT BY BLACK SEA GALE Soviet Steamer Believed Car- rying Exile to New Haven Is Driven to Port. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTIPOLE, February 4.—A raging storm, nature's counterpart of the political tempests his life has known, held the secret today of Leon Trotsky, Russian Soviet exile. Krasny Flott had sought a haven from the worst storm seen here in years. Aboard the Krasny Flott—persistent rumor has it—is Trotsky, bound from exile in Russian Turkestan to a new place of exile in European Turkey. Trotsky's presence aboard the ship could not be affirmed. There has been no word of his having left Russia, al- though departure was believed to be | imminent. Such has been the mystery | with which the Soviet has surrounded | him, however, that this may indicate | nothing, The ship's agents here would not deny his presence aboard. Probably not until the storm clears and the ship it- | self is located will be truth be known. The agents announced the steamer, a small boat, had put in at a small Black Sea port, which they declined to locate, also refusing to express an opinion as to when it _might be expected to do here from Batum, where—rumor says— | Trotsky boarded it. Long Delay of Ship Seen. ‘There is general acceptance here now that the Russian leader will be sent by the Soviet to tras country shortly, if he is xnfl! already en 1oute, to continue his exile. There is no improvement in weather conditions today, and the ship's arrival here may be long delayed. It is a small vessel, and even if undamaged by the gale, must have shown those aboard a wild, rough trip. There were numerous calls of dis- tress from other ships on the Black | Sea today. Not to Lack Funds. Reports from Berlin have it that Trotsky, who once, with Nicolal Lenin, might have been said to rule Soviet Russia, will not lack funds in exile. Royalties on his writings have been | forwarded regularly to him by the gov- ernment publishers of the Soviet Union, it was sald. ‘The Militant, organ of the Trotsky Communist wing in America . today publishes an article by the former war chief of the Soviet in which he pre- dicts the rise of a “Bonaparte” in Russia. “Whether the man on horseback will be Stalin himself,” he .wrote, ‘“or whether Stalin. will be found trampled under the horse, is an undmportant question. We must follow with the greatest attention the processes which are taking place in the army. . “We must not forget that in the June report to the Moscow conference of party workers the Right leader, Ryknov, Teferring to his friend Klim (Lieuf Kasmir Klim of Soviet air force), said: “If you undertake any more extraordi- nary measures, the army will answer with an_ insurrection. “That’ is a very significant formuls tion—half prophecy and half threa Indeed it may be three-quarters threat. But who is the- threats? The | new - property holders through .the ap- | paratus of the army. The apparatus through Klim. Here you have aiso, so to speak, the Bonapartist -candidate, Klim.” According to the group supporting Trotsky, it was this utterance which led to the final decision on the part of the | Moscow government to expel him be- | yond the limits of the Soviet Union. | MILLIONAIRE INDIAN DECLARES HE NEVER WANTED TO MARRY . (Coniinued Prom Pinst Pag tinued Wheeler and the crowded com- mittee room rang with laughter. Mrs. Barnett, who had come here from Los Angeles with her husband, stared fixedly across the room at the aged Indian. “Never Told Them Nothing.” “Did you tell them you wanted to get married?” Wheeler pursued. “Never told them nothing,” replied the soft-volced Creek. Then Senator Wheeler took up the story trom the time when Mrs. Barnett first called him from his home for a ride, Barnett lapsed into broken Eng- lish at times, requiring interpretation by one of the two Oklahoma Senators pres- ent. Asked where he had formerly lived, he replied “south of here.” “How did you come to get married?” asked Wheeler. “I don’t know.” “You did know that you were getting married?” “Yes.* Barnett said that his wife proposed the second time he met her. He said she and a man from Kansas City came to his home one night and asked him to go for a ride. “Did you want to go?” “No, getting dark.” He sald he went to Okemeh and that they remained there all night. “Did_you have anything to drink?” Mk;'d Wheeler. “No.” “Did you ever take a drink?” Barnett paused and smiled broadly. “Yes,” he finally said. “Wanted to Get Married.” ' The next day, Barnett said, he again drove with the woman and man and that he rode beside the woman. ‘What did you talk about?” ' “Wanted to get married.” “Did you want to get married?” “No.” “You never did want to get married, did you?” continued Wheeler. “No.’ “She wanted you to marry her? “Yes.” Barnett, in response to questions, then related how he was married twice, in differént States. " “You never did want to get married, did you?” again questioned Wheeler. ot that way.” ‘What do you mean?” “No "llce,y'? Barnett replied, still grinning. “That wasn't fair. Didn't care much about it.” Recess Is Taken. Mrs. Barnett refused to waive im- munity when she was called before the committee. mcz was taken until tomorrow to permit her to confer with an attorney. _Told by Senator Wheeler that she would be required to waive immunit; on_her 1 rights.” s:nm!.r“ Wflhgclerr sald if she were given immunity, her testimony might “Interfere” with the Department of Jus- tice in' its preparation of a ‘“possible case” against her. ‘Barnett about s plan for the disposal of Barnett's estate through which the American Baptist Home Mission So- clety and the wife each were to receive , will take their posts on the portico. o ¥ Charles Mason Remey will be master of ceremonies, p 3‘ e > 7 $550,000. The gift. A had the approval of the Indian Bureau, later ‘was sel aside by the courts Somewhere on the gale-tossed waters | lot the Black Sea the Soviet steamer i f P | 1925 by the affiliated organizations. The land publicity, and Mrs, Henry Dimock. { | gress when the The committee wanted to ask Mrs. | 4, of the society, which | part; GIBSON BILL 0.K D BYTAXICAB GROUP Independent Association Asks i Congress to Revise “Anti- i quated License Tax.” | | Diamond Taxicab owners, through their organization, the Independent ! Taxi Owners' Association, petitioned | members of Congress today to support the Gibson bill to revise Washington's antiquated license tax law, which, they | claim, will remove discrimination which exists against their business under the present law. The petition, signed by Harry C. Davis, general manager of the association. points out several alieged instances of “unfairness” to the independent taxi| owners under the existing law, the | principal one, it said, relating to the | livery license regulation. Law's Provisions Outlined. “Under the law, livery license ap- plies to the place of business, and there is paid as license $25 for a maximum of 10 cabs and the sum or $2 for each additional cab,” the pe- tition declared. “The independent ha:ker is required to pay $9 for each| cab. “On October 10, 1928, at a confer- | ence with Mr. Ringgold Hart, principal | assistant. corporation counsel, it de- veloped that under present regulations there was nothing to prevent a person taking out livery licenses and place on the street as many cabs as he chose and park them where he pleased, and by the simple expedient of arranging telephone service establish a livery wherever he pleases. This does and will inevitably lead to the livery cabs picking up transient fares on the street. “Its effect upon the independent | hacker immediately becomes apparent. | ‘The hacker is taxed mobre and com- | pelled to stay on designeied hackstands that accommodate and provide for only 521 cabs, whereas there are approxi- mately 1,900 public taxicabs in the Dis- trict. of Columbia, which are not per- mitted to cruise or solicit passengers or select locations to park which would in- crease their income or business. Deprived of Rights Is Claim. 1 ‘These independent men (more than 1 400 of whom are operating Diamond | cabs) are not accorded privileges and rights on the District’s streets which they should be entitled to when they are | licensed to operate. Is this fair com- petition? “By confining these men to a few hackstands is not according the public that degree of convenience the public is entitled to. Think of the difficulty ex- perienced by the public in securing a cab on a rainy or snowy day. The pub- lic must be accommodated. “Our position is that all cabs should | be required to submit to the same tax- ation and regulation, whether operated from a livery or cab stand. Any dis- tinction will militate against the tax- payer and property owner.” Davis declared the Gibson bill pro- vides & license fee of $25 each for all classes of taxicabs and public vehicles and subjects them to the same control and supervision. | { ORGANIZATIONS PLAN BIRTHDAY PROGRAM Fraternal and Trade Groups Will Observe Anniversary of Wash- ington’s Birth. About 100 fraternal and trade. organ- | lzations, affiliated with the District of Columbia Federation for Patriotic Ob- servance, are expected to participate in the celebration of the 197th birthday anniversary of George Washington, to be held at 11 a.m. February 22 in Poli’s | Theater. The federation has appointed an ex- | ecutive committee to outline the pro- gram, which will follow the pattern of others presented annually here since committee consists of Brig. Gen. George Richards, chairman; Dr. Thomas E. Green, vice chairman and chairman of cises; Maj. Lawrence C. Crawford, sec retary; Reeves T. Strickland, treasurer and chairman of subcommittee on printing; Harlon Wood, chairman of subcommittee on hall and floor arrange- ments; Mrs. Edgar B. Merit, chal of subcommittee on invitations and tendance; Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, chair- man of subcommittee on information MRS. HELEN }’EIRCé'DIES;. WIDOW OF FORMER ENVOY Husband Was U. 8. Minister to Norway and Third Assistant Becretary of State. Mrs. Helen Peirce, widow of Herbert H. D. Peirce, former United States Min- ister to Norway, died at her residence, 1757 K street Saturday after a short illness. She was 76 years old. Mrs. Peirce was widely known in this city where she resided for many years. | Her husband, in addition to serving as Minister to Norway, at one time was Third Assistant Secretary of State and was counsellor of the United States em- bassy in St. Petersburg, Russia, for seven years. Mrs. Peirce was a linguist of note and quickly learned to speak fluently the language of the various countries in which she and Mr. Peirce lived. Mrs, Peirce formerly was Miss Helen Jose of Portland, Me. 8he is survived by two sons, Herbert B. Peirce, Berlin representative of an American firm, and Lieut. Comdr. H. J. Peirce in command of the U. S. S. Sharkey, now in Panama waters.. Funeral services were conducted in St. John's !.'fplsco‘n.l Church today. Burial will be Portland, Me. SINCLAIR APPEAL CASE GOES OVER TO THURSDAY Hearing on Contempt Charges Against 0il Magnate and Three Others Necessarily Postponed. | | Hearing on the appeals of Harry F. Sinclair, ,H. Mason Day, William J. Burns and W. Sherman Burns from their conviction of contempt of court in connection with alleged l"-emfl'l'l. to in- fluence a jury sitting in the 11-Sin- clair conspiracy case, scheduled for to- day in the District Court of Appeals, was deferred until Thursday. William . Graham, presiding judge of the United States Court of Customs Ap- peals, who was expected to fill the va- on the bench due to the absence of Chief’ Justice: Martin, decided not to sit as, it is understood, he was in Con- joint resolution to in- quire into the ofl situation was passed. . Judge .Oxrin E. Barber of Vermont, who recently tendered his resignation from the United States Court of Cus- intment of his No ' successor to Barber has is stated, so he is still d to sit. Chief Justice Martip has declined to sit in any case in which Sinclalr is a because his son-in-law is in the employ of ons,of Sinclair's companies THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4. Ai.r Pilot on Horse Rides Through Snow To' Report Mishap By the Associated Press. KELTON, Utah, February 4.— Paul Andert, air mail pilot fiying between Boise, Idaho, and Salt Lake City, rode & borrowed horse through several miles of deep snow to Kelton last night to re- port to his company in Salt Lake by telephone that engine trouble had forced him down. Andert’s report that he landed in a snow-covered field near here without damaging his plane ended a search started when he failed to arrive in Salt Lake City on time. SAMUEL ZIRKIN RITES HELD AT RESIDENCE Masons of La Fayette Lodge to Offi- ciate at Burial of Busi- ness Man. Final rites for Samuel Zirkin, 35 years old, secretary and treasurer of the firm of H. Zirkin & Sons, who died Satur- day following an extended illness, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the residence, 4211 Eightenth street, Rabbi Rosenblum officiated and interment was to be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery, with Masonic_rites by members of the La | Fayette Lodge, F. & A. M., and La Fay- ette Royal Arch Chapter. Mr. Zirkin, who was prominent in business and fraternal circles here, was a thirty-second degree member of the Scottish Rite and of Almas Temple. He was also & member of the Cosmo- politan Club and the Board of Trade. In addition to his widow, Mr. Zirkin is survived by an infant daughter, Joan Sally Zirkin: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Zirkin; four sisters, Mrs. L. B. Nelson of Baltimore, Mrs. Lawrence Beatus of New York City, Miss Estelle Zirkin and Miss Elizabeth Zirkin, and three brothers, Dewey, Schley and Harold Zirkin, all of Washington. POLICE WAGE HUNT FOR HI-JACKED AUTO Two Men Are Held Here for In- vestigation of Car Theft. Search today is being conducted for an automobile belonging to James Lane, colored, that contained 11 cases of corn liquor when hi-jacked from him on the ‘Washington-Baltimore Boulevard near Hyattsville early yesterday. Two men were in custody of Wash- ington police in connection with the investigation conducted by Chief of Police Blanchard of Hyattsville. They registered as James Croughan, 23, 1300 block Tenth street, and George Jones, 22, of 600 block K street north- east. Jones denied knowledge of the hi- jacking, saying suspicion was directed toward him because license plates of the car used by the alleged hi-jackers were obtained in his name. Croughan is alleged to have admitted being driver of the car at the time Lane was held up. pLflne. residing in the 1600 block of Thirteenth street, yesterday pointed out Croughan to Detectives Thomas Nally and L. M. Wilson and the latter ar- | rested him. Lane told detectives he was the liquor here from Baltimore and when near Hyattsville was stopped by three men in an automobile, two of them alighting and displaying pistols. The hijackers, he stated, drove away with 'his car and liquor. Croughan and Jones appeared in Police Court this morning, where they were granted a continuance until Feb- ruary 21, under bond of $2,500 each, by Judge McMahon. Attorney E. Russell Kelly is appearing for the defendants. MORVEN THdMPSON DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION Morven Thompson, 56 vears old, 3127 R street, member of the Washington bar since 1895, died this morning at Garfield Hospital, following an opera- tion for appendicitis. Mr. Thompson experienced a sudden attack several days ago and failed to rally after the operation. 2 Mr. Thompson, a native Washingto- nian, was the son of the late John Bar- ker Thompson and Ida McLeary Thomp- son. He was a graduate of George Washington University. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Metropolitan Club and the Chevy Chase Club, where he was superintendent of the buildings and grounds committee. In addition to his wife, Mr. Thomp- son is survived by a brother, Mills; Thompson of Saranac, N. Y. Funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock Wednesday at St. Church. Rev. Robert Johnston, pastor, will officiate, and interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. PLAYERS TO GIVE COMEDY. “Helena’s Boys,” a three-act comedy, will be presented by the Columbia Play- ers, formerly the Wilson Players, to- morrow night, at 8:15 o'clock in the Columbia Heights Community Center, Eleventh and Harvard streets, under direction of Aurora M. Poston. A musical program by Anna Benson Kochersperger, mezzo-soprano, and Mary Scott, accompanist, will be given | in connection with the play. PRESIDENT GIVES THANKS TO FRIED FOR RESCUE WORK | _(Continued From First Page.) officials of the merchant marine after thelr usefulness with the service has waned was made by Capt. Fried. ' He sald he advocated placing merchant marine officers on a basis that eventu- ally would lead to their retirement with pay. He pointed out that British mer- chant ship officers could after a period of service retire and live comfortably, while the American officer must stick to his bridge or “be out of luck.” Guests at the dinner with Capt. Fried included Chairman T. V. O'Con- nor of the Shipping Board and Mrs. O’Connor, amg ing Board Commis- sioner S8amuel 8. Sandberg and - sentative and Mrs. George R. Stobbs, the former from Worcester, Mass., Capt. Fried's home town. For the most part, vesterday was a met day of rest fc: .he master of the erica. No engugements had been made for him, and he spent the greater a’ll’t of the day in his suite at the Carl- n. He was admitted early in the aft- ernoon to'the Wheel of Progress, receiv~ ing a life membership, and sis name was inscribed on the honor roll. The only other name on the roil is that of Col. Charles A. Lin h, marine, and received the assurance that every membfir of the band wanted to sailor, John's | NAVY WILL HONOR DROWNING VCTIVS | Bodies of Five Men Drowned in Canal Zone Are Re- turned to U. S. The bodies of two officers and three enlisted men who were drowned in the Canal Zone recently, when a gig col- lided with a barge, arrived today in Hampton Roads, Va. This announce- | ment was made today by the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy Department, | which said that the U. S. S. Vega, bear- ing the bodies, has arrived at the naval operating base at Hampton Roads. Three of the bodies will be brought to Washington for interment in Arlington National Cemetery. Funeral services for Capt. Ralph Mancill Griswold, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday at Fort Myer Chapel, followed by Interment at Arlington. Rev. Charles Warner, rector of St. Al- ban's Church, will officiate and mili- tary honors will be rendered, the De- partment said. Coontz Honorary Pallbearer. ‘The honorary pallbearers will be: Rear Admiral Robert E. Coontz, U.S. N, retired: Rear Admiral Frank H. Scho- field, U. S. N., naval operations; Capt. Frederick J. Hornme, Capt. Roscoe F. Dillen, Capt. J. O. Richardson, Capt. Adolphus Staton, Capt. Edward J. Marquard and Capt. Frank B. PFreyer, assistant judge advocate general. Capt. Griswold was commanding de- stroyer squadron 9 of the scouting fleet at_the time of his death. The funeral of Chief Pay Clerk Ar- | thur 8. Wrenn, Supply Corps, will be | held Thursday at the home of his sister. | Mrs. Steven T. Early, 2042 Pierce Mill jroad. at 11 am. Chaplain R. W. | Schurman of the U. 8. S. Mayflower will officiate and interment will be in Ar- lington with full military honors. Hon- !orary palloearers will be: Chief Pay | Clerks J. F. Howard and H. L. Creswick, J. R. Wallace, O. B. Vikre and Chief Pay Clerk T. A. Dwyer, retired, of ‘Washington. Mr. Wrenn was an Elk and a member of the Newport, R. 1., lodge, which has requested the Washington Elks to hold a service at the home of Mrs. Early. Ar- rangements for this are being made. Lost Lives in Collision. Funeral services for Coxswain Fred | W. Schweineberg will be held at the grave in Arlington Cemetery Thursday at 11 am, by Capt. C. H. Dickins, Chaplains’ Corps, U. S. N., e body of Herbert D. McDowell, seaman. will be buried in the Barrancas National Cemetery at Pensacola, Fla., while the body of Earl D. Tibbetts, fire- man, will be sent with an escort to his home in Haverhill, Mass, for burial there. The two officers and three enlisted men lost their lives when returning from Balboa, Canal Zone, in the gig of the destroyed tender U. S. S. Whitney January 20. The gig collided with a barge towed along side the canal tug Mariner and sanl 'SENATE MAY GET | D.C. BILL TOMORROW District Appropriations Measure Being Given Finishing Touches by Subcommittees. | | The District appropriation bill for the vnscnl year beginning July 1 probably | will be reported to the Senate by the Senate appropriations committee to- morrow. The District of Columbia sub- committee, headed by Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connectieut, is putting the final touches to the measure today and expects to complete the subcommit- tee work this afternocon. The only step then remaining will be to submit it to the entire Senate committee, probably tomorrow. | Although it is not definitely known {to what extent the Senate committee is amending the bill, it is regarded as likely that the $9,000,000 lump sum pro- vided by the House as the Federal share | will be increased to about $10,000,000. | Before going into session today for the final marking of the bill members of the subcommittee, accompanied by members of the House subcommittee, made a final tour of certain streets that | have been suggested for paving and to chase. St 'RAILWAY MATRON QUITS AFTER SERVING 45 YEARS | Mrs. Ablerta B. Shaughnessy, Upon Retiring, Is Placed on Pennsyl- vania Company Honor Roll. After 45 years of faitnful service in the fulfillment of her duties, Mrs. Al- berta B. Shaughnessy of 448 Eleventh street southwest has retired as matron of the Pennsylvania Rallroad. A cer- tificate from W. W. Atterbury, president of the company, places Mrs. Shaugh- nessy on the roll of honor, and she will now enjoy a life pension and an annual pass over all lines of the Pennsylvania system. Mrs. Shaughnessy states that the duties of matron in the days when she entered the service in 1833 were cal- ly different from what they are at the present time. “I served in the capacity of informa- tion bureau, travelers’ aid and detec- tive,” she said. ‘“Prequently I would notice suspicious characters in the wait- ing room and notify the police. I was responsible for the capture and arrest "of “Chicago Kate,” in those days a no- t.ol;llous woman criminal, wanted by the | police.” ! ' INAUGURATION SPEECH BROADCAST IS URGED | Mrs. W. W. Smith Suggests Ad- dress of Hoover Be Carried Abroad by Radio. Proposing that radio be used more extensively in forwarding good will, Mrs. William Wolff Smith in address- ing a current events group at the Wil- lard Hotel today recommended that the inaugural address of President Hoover be broadcast abroad at Government expense. “This would be the most friendly gesture we could possibly make at this time,” declared Mrs. Smith. “The big thing would be that the American Gov- ernment was behind the move and the Congress was financing it, and that the sound waves of good will across the sea came from the hearts of the American tails of the sclentific problem involved, Mrs. Smith declared it to be “a mar- velous opportunity within the grasp of the American people,” which she thought would place this Government in position of r in such efforts toward greater internation- al understanding and international peace. TWO FLYERS KILLED. PENSACOLA, Fla.,, February ¢ (#).— Barnwell P. Howell and Andrew Brink, attached to the naval flying squadron here, were killed here today when iheir airplanes. crashed in midair during a Xol'llt” flight, o | view land under consideration for pur- | people. Without going into the technical de- | VALENCA STADE RULE OF DTATOR Striot Censorship s Impoged as Spanish Premier Claims Revolt Is Curbed. By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, February 4 —Alarming: re« | ports of open rebellion of the i { at Valencia, southeastern coast of Spain, were met by the government, of Premie Primo de Rivera today with an officia statement that the situation there h cleared and that the military was main« taining discipline. y To prevent recurrence of the sifiia< tion, however, the premier said, ‘the government had found it necessary td fortify its position with establishment of a strong dictatorship in the affeated , area. He added that the government®vould not change the dates of the pending international” expositions at Barcelonm - and Seville. Nor, he said, would she visit of the King and Queen of Dis mark, who are en route to Spain.: deferred; Alleged Leader in Jafl The premier added that he felt 3hn utmost, indignation that & single man, “his reason clouded by hate,” had heen able, with a smal force of malcon- tents, to alarm the country through several days, damaging enormously the prestige and credit of Spain with the rest of the world. 4 ‘The reference was obviously to Jose Sanchez-Guerra, former premier,. who is now in prison at Valencia after his re-entrance into Spain in connectic { with the initial uprisinge at Ciudad Real | last Tuesday. Establishment of a strong dictator- ship in the affected area referred to the sending of Lieut. Gen. San.Jurjo lo Valencia yesterday with what was tan- tamount ta a carte blanche to remoye officials there, make arrests and make replacement appointments. San Jurjo, upon his arrival at Valen- cia, immediately displaced Capt. Gen. Castro Girona and sent him by auto- mobile under heavy guard to Madrid to be incarcerated. Numeroys gther arrests were also made. " The dispatch of San Jurjo to Valencia followed a two-and-a-half-hour confer- ence of Premier Primo De Rivera with King Alfonso, As a resuit of the con- ference several decrees were promul- gated which were intended to tighten the government’s authority. Military Court Is Provided. One of these provided for the estab- lishment of a :nilitary court under the Jjurisdiction of the ministry of interior, which is expected to co-ordinate activi- ties of the military and police in mat- ters affecting-both army and civilians, Another decreed that the Spanish press must place one-sixteenth of its space at the disposal of the government for semi-official announcements and propa- ganda; still anothmaflded for the employment of pas tic unions and socleties for surveillance and gatherings of in‘lorm:uon of interest to the govern- ment. ¥ i | { | | QUESTION MARK FLYERS TO VISIT SPATZ’ HOME | Commander, With Eaker and Que- sada, Will Be Dinner Guest at Boyertown. Maj. Carl Spatz, commander of ih: Question Mark on its record endurancs flight last month, accompanied by two | members of his crew, will iy to his home town, Boyertown, Pa., this after- noon to attend a dinner and reception in his honor tonight. Maj. Spatz will be accompanied by Capt. Ira C. Eaker and Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada. The three will fiy to the | Pennsylvania town in a three-ship for- mation of Army O-2-H observation planes. They will return to Bolling Field tomorrow. The Question Mark probably will be flown from this city to the Army Air Corps depot at Middletown, Pa., this | week to undergo a thorough overhaul- ing. The big plane has flown. approxi- mately 20,000 miles, including its record flight of more than six days. ,two trans- | continental trips and a flight to New York, and, while it still is in flying eon- dition, it is considered unsafe to fiy much longer without at least a thorough inspection and checking of all parts ol wear or damage. ‘ The Question Mark will do no mo:> | fiyine until after its visit to Midd: town. A trip to Buffalo, N. Y. whi had been scheduled, was careeled. HELD IN 1920 MURDER, Two in Jail as Victim's Brother, Magician, Reaches City. Columbus, Ohio, February 4 (®).— Two men were held In jail here sy for questloning in connection with.the murder nine year ago of Charler S, ‘Thurston as the slain man's brother, Howard Thurston, the magiclan, opened a week’s engagement at a local theater, Last Saturday Noah Burns, 40, con- fessed his part in the fatal shooting and implicated Robert Stone, 48, of- ficers said. They arrested Stone. Burns said his conscience had trou- bled him for nine years and that he could stand the strain no longer. Mother of Seven Slain by Gunman. NEW YORK, February 4 (#).—Mrs. Susie Petrillo, 36, mother of seven chil- dren, was killed early today by orie of two gunmen who fired through & panel in the door after being rel | admission to the apartment. Her hus- | band, Adolph, who solicits business for a wet wash laundry, said rival lsundry< men had threatened him recently when he went out of his territory to get back an old customer who had moved. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’.Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall. Mons day, February 4, at 5:30 o'clock. “Flags of Freedom” ... “Bohemian Girl" “Bandanna Sketches,” Clarence Cameron White (a) ‘g::body Knows the Trouble I've n.” (b) “I'm Troubled in My Mind." (c) “Many Thousand Gone.” (d) “Sometimes I Feel Like & Mother- less Child.” Excerpts from the musical “The Vagabond King" “Humpty Dumpty” ..... Meyer “Echoes of Krolls Ballroom” .. bye “I Can't Make Her "Happy, That Old Gal of Mine" ... Pollaci “The Star Spangled Baa By the United States Marine Monday, Februi 4, at 4 pm, torium, Marine Barracks. “Pairest of the Pair” .. “Carneval Romain’ “Eglantine” .. ‘Trombone solo, i ] . Van mmerma From “Mefistofele” . Petite Sulte .. (a) “En Bateas (b) “ " (c) “Minuet” (d) “Ballet.” “Semper Fidelis" e <8 Marines’ hymn, Laalis Montc i