Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1929, Page 17

The Foening Sta WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, = FEBRUARY 17 1929. ’ PAGE 17 NEW STAND TAKEN BY GIBSON GROUP IND. C. AFFAIRS Subcommittee Is Apparently Dissatisfied With Burlingame Case Developments. ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW POLICY IS WITHHELD Chairman of District Body Expects, However, to Outline Attitude in Statement Late Today. Apparently dissatisfied with the lack of developments in the sensational Bur- lingame-Blalock case, the Gibson sub- committee of the House District com-| mittee met in exccutive session today and adopted a new policy in its han- dling of police affairs. The new policy was not disclosed, but it will be an- nounced in a statement Chairman Gib- son expects to issue late this afternoon. In the meantime agents of the De- partment of Justice are reported to have been put on the trail of Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, the Seventh street palmist and complaining witness against Capt. Guy E. Burlingame of the second precinct. and the United States attor- ney's office for the District resumed its investigation of the case with renewed vigor. The Federal agents were called upon to locate the palmist, it was said, in view of the reluctance of Representa- tive Blanton of Texas to reveal her hid- ing place, and also because of the posi- tion taken by the District Commission- ers that there is nothing for them to do until the woman puts in her appearance iand testifies against the police officer. The secret meeting of the Gibson committee was unexpected. The Bur- lingame-Blalock case was the topic of discussion, although none of the mem- bers would reveal anything except that the committee had decided on another policy for handling police affairs. Chairman Gibson, however, announced that reports which have come to him that Mrs. Blalock is a myth were with- out foundation, and that she is a mem- ber of a prominent Washington family. In view of the action of the commit- tee, Blanton decided to withhold a statement he intended to make public at 1 o'clock this afternoon. While the Texan declined to indicate the nature of its contents, there have been rumors that it. would contain a broadside against police and District officials for failing to take any action against Capt. Burlingame. 1 William H. Collins, assistant United Btates attorney, to whom the investiga- tion was originally assigned by the Gibson committee, announced he would call “every essential witness” in the case, despite ' the absence of Mrs. Blalock, and proceed with its prosecu- tion. The United States attorney’s pffice, he pointed out, halted its inquiry ast week only for the purpose of giving he Commissioners an opportunity to snake a move, but since they have de- clined to do so, the duty rests on him to %clear up the case,” if possible. “On last Friday, at the instance of Ihe district attorney’s office,” Collins £aid in a prepared statement, “a con- ference was arranged with the Commis- Sioner in charge of police, at which it as suggested that the so-called Blalock atter should in the first instance be onsidered by the District Commis- ioners and the superintendent of police or the purpose of determining whether the case should be brought to the police rial board or whether the case would | rrant any other action as they might fleem proper on the evidence. Probe to Be Resumed. “Inasmuch as the district attorney's flice is advised that the District offi- cials decided that there was nothing they could o in the matter this office will immediately resume investigation of the matter, suspended during the tonsideration by the District officials.” Although_Collins or any other at- faches of the United States attorney’s fiice would not comment for publica- ion on the action of the Commissioners, t was learned that they felt Maj. Edwin . Hesse, superintendent of police, and pther officials, did not proceed in the Fmper way in handling the case. Instead f giving the accused officer an oppor- | zunit to submit the non-commital nswer that he made to Mrs. Blalock’s tharges, it was said that the officials thould have called him into conference, onfronted him with the evidence and emanded an explanatory statement. Maj. Hesse, however, declared that to | E}nd Burlingame before the police trial | ard in the absence of the complain- fng witness would be “a mere gesture #nd withovt fruitful result.” WILLIAM A. BURDINE, D. C. RETAILER, IS DEAD Funeral Services Lifelong Resident of Capital Are Set for Monday. William A. Burdine, 66, for the last £0 years engaged in the retail seafood business here, and a lifélong resident | city, died at his home, 1417 ‘Twenty-second street, today. Mr. Burdine was a member of Stan: z;)ury Lodge, F. A. A. M.; the Ancient rder of United Workmen of Chicago gnd of the Potomac Council, National Union. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Mary Burdine; two daughters, Mrs. Famryn Allison of this city and Mrs. for heodore Porter Heap, wife of Capt. Heap, U. S. A., stationed at Fort Ben- a son, Frank W. St will be conducted ot the residence Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount Olive{ Cemetery. e oy THREE ARE REWARDED. Receive Checks for Capture of Hit- and-Run Drivers, Sergt. J. W. Sheedy and Pvt. J..E. Shawhan of the park police received $50 checks each yesterday from the American Automobile A: jation as a reward for their part in the arrest and conviction of a hit-and-run driver last August. Awa.d of $100 also was made to Ber- nard Riley, 612 southeast, who on December 23 captured a hit-and-run driver who had knocked down a pedes- trian at Third and I streets. . Polish Diet Ratifies Peace Pact. WARSAW, Poland, February 7 (A).— ‘The Polish Diet unanimously ratified $he Kellogg anti-war pact today. INAUGURAL STAND | day. partment and the inaugural committee, according to Chief Clerk F. A. Birgfeld of the Treasury, by which part of the T ia G . WK PROGRESSES Projects to Provide Seats for Parade and Ceremonies Wel! Under Way. With little more than three weeks elapsing before March 4, Pennsylvania avenue today began to take on the ap- | pearance of old-time inaugurals as| workmen progressed with construction | of grandstands to seat upward of 50,000 persons, and expected to bring total revenues of about $100,000 toward the fund to defray the expenses of the civic | part of the inaugural. ‘Thirteen carloads of lumber were de livered to the P. A. McHugh Co. today to proceed with construction of stand} between Thirteenth and Fourteenti| streets and in front of the Distric) Building. The contract for construction was awarded to the McHugh Co. on the basis of $1.15 per seat, and con- struction of foundations was begun to- The seats in front of the District Building and in front of Pulaski Park will sell for $3 each, while those to be constructed on the sidewalk at the south end of the Treasury Building will sell for $5 each. These are considered very desirable seats, for although they will not_be covered, as those in the court of honor will be, they will afford a sweeping view of Pennsylvania avenue eastward. A special arrangement has been en- tered into betweep the Treasury De- evenue from seats at the south end of the Treasury will go to the inaugural committee. Construction work of high stands in the Treasury inclosure im- mediately east of the Hamilton statue was well along today. Other seats will be constructed cn the sidewalk at the south intersection of Fifteenth street with Pennsylvania avenue and along the east front of the Treasury Building. ‘The latter eeats will be controlled by the Treasury and will be sold to Treas- ury employes, as well as a considerable number of seats which will be con- structed i the sunken area at the north end of the Treasury Building. It is Mr. Birgfeld’s understanding that the inaugural committee will construct 27-foot-wide grandstand on the 35- foot sidewalk north of the Treasury, opposite the Riggs Bank, the seats to be sold by the committee. Work on Official Stand Well Along. Inaugural headquarters announced today that there will be no grand- stands _erected along the Avenue be- tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. So far as is now kncwn, thiz will be the only open block free of grandstands between the Peace . Monument and Seventeenth street. Work on the of- ficial stand in front of the White House is well along. The official souvenir program, printed tiader the direction of Charles F. Crane of the printing committee, will go to press early next week and will be placed on sale March 1 at 50 cents a copy at hotel newstgnds, in the Wash- ington exhibit room of the Washington Building, and in the parade stands on March 4. The souvenir will be 32 pages in size, filled with data about Washington, illustrated by many photo- graphs. The front cover is to carry an airplane view of Washington with Pennsylvania avenue in the center and with photographs of the President- elect and the Vice President-elect in the upper corner. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, chair- man of the inaugural committee, today received from Matthew Quay Glaser of the New York Hoover-Curtis Club a five-gallon velour hat of characteristic Western shape and style, but colored in black. Similar hats were sent to W. Irving Glover, executive secretary of the committee, and to Harold Phillips, publicity director. These hats were popular during the recent campaign and were designated as_a sentimental gesture to the Vice President-elect. One thousand official New York dele- gates will stride down Pennsylvania avenue on March 4 wearing them, Van Sant Unable to Attend. Former Gov. Samuel R. Van Sant of Minnesota, one of the escort of honor to Mr. Hoover, will be unable to attend the inaugural and his place has been taken in the group of 10 Civil War veterans by Byron W. Benney, presi- dent of the Soldiers and Sailors Home here. . Disposition of the ten veterans in the two cars to follow the presidential party in the parade, is as follows: First car, Judge Hosea B. Moulton, Washingto | Maj. Gen. John L. Clem, Washingto: Dr. Lewis S. Pilcher, Brooklyn, N. Y. Gen, Frank A. Walsh, Milkaukee, W! Capt. E. L. Hawk, Sacramento, Calif. Second car, Col. Samuel G. Mawson, ‘Washington; Byron'W. Benney, Wash= ington; Dr. H. A. Johnson, Washington; E. D. Godfrey, Washington, and Dr. Charles V. Petteys, surgeon, Department of the Potomac. Announcement was made by the in- augural committeg that Maj. John Cool- idge, son of President Coolidge, of the staff of Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut, will be among those to participate in the parade. His flancee, Miss Florence Trumbull, also will be in the group, which will include two companies of guards and the military staff of which the junior Coolidge is @ member. Dis- patches from Connecticut said the Gen- The sound of hammers and saws is resounding along Pennsylvania avenue as seats go up for spectators at the inaugural parade. a section of the stands being erected south of the Treasury Buildin The above photograph is g. ~—Star Staff Photo. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY HERE IS APPROVED Simmons Tells School Asso- ciation He Favors Teachers’ College Plan Also. Approval of the ultimate establish- ment here not only of a four-year teach- | ers' college but a free-tuition four-year public university was expressed by Rep- resentative Simmons, Republican, of Nebraska, chairman of the District sub- committeee of the House committee on appropriations, during his discussion of the District’s school needs and school appropriations at the meeting of the i».8trict * of Columbia Public School Association last night in the District Bullding. Mr. Simmons addressed the associa- tion primarily in defense of his proposed $10,000,000 school building program which three hours earlier yesterday the | Board of Education had formally op- posed at its meeting in the Franklin Administration Building. By virtue of the question-and-answer forum he con- ducted with the members of the asso- ciation, however, he expressed his views on most of the pertinent factors in Washington's school system today. Denies Teacher Elimination. Besides declaring his approval of the | four-year teachers’ college and the four- | year public university, Mr. Simmons ex- pressed mild opposition of the platoon system of elementary education, & plan which the Public School Association and other citizen groups has heartily in- dorsed. Commenting upon his commit- tee’s action on the 1930 school appro- priation, Mr. Simmons denied that that body had eliminated a single elementary classroom teacher and declared that the 18 teachers cut from the estimates of the Board of Education included for the most part “what I term auxiliary or_supplemental teachers.” Mr. Simmons declared his, proposed $10,000,000 building bill provides the elements which hake the original five- year school building program act and the proposed second five-year program unwise. While the two five-year pro- grams authorize definite construction at definite sites, all of which must of necessity be determined more than five years in advance of the actual needs, | Mr. Simmons said his bill specifies no | specific items and no special time for | the building. Such a program, he con- tended, would permit the District to un- dertake to build its schools when and where the actual need developed instead of where it was estimated earlier—per- haps incorrectly, in the face of the city's actual deveiopments as the five- year period unfolds—particular struc- tures should be erected. Mr. Simmons told the association that when appropriations are asked for school buildings nowadays, the school officials advance as the reason for their erection the fact that they are author- ized in the 5-year school building pro- gram act. Opposes 5-Year Principle. “The reason why a building should be built is that a need for it exists and not simply that the 5-year program says it is to be built,” Mr. Simmons said. ‘He opposed the principle of the 5- year program scheme on the ground that the present Board of Education should not be permitted to “tie the hands” of future Boards of Education in the matter of schoolhouse construc- tion, and that the present Congress should not restrict future Congresses to specific buildings which now may appear to be wise. He explained that his proposed bill simply authorized the expenditure of $10,000,000 when and how and where it is actually needed when that real need becomes apparent. ‘When he offered to answer questions pertaining to the public school business Mr. Simmons was queried immediately as to justification for his committee’s action in attaching a rider to the bill cutting the priority extended to normal school graduates in appointment to 25 per cent of the class. Mr. Simmons said | ‘the sole reason was “that your children and ;mine—and I have two in your schodls—can have the best qualified in- structors that money can hire” by cor- recting the existing legislation, under which the normal school graduate who barely attains a passing grade could be given a position, while the most bril- | liant college degree holder who might {be willing to teach here at the lowest salary is barred completely. Agrees to College Plan. } _Asked then if he did not believe the District Mormal School course should be extended to four years so that local young men and women could receive training which would place them on a par with State school prepared gradu- ates, Mr. Simmons declared that he | Was in entire agreement with that con- tention. Going further, he said he | favored a public university where Dis- trict residents could obtain a higher { education without being obliged to pay { high tuitions. Asked if he referred to a junior college offering a two-year course, Mr. Simmons declared emphati- cally that he meant a full four-year | course. The institution of such a | school, however, he said, should come ! through legislative procedure and per- | haps should be introduced in stages so that the ultimate four-year public uni- versity would have been in turn a teachers’ college and a junior college. eral Assembly of the State has appro- priated $10,000 for expenses of the trip o Washington. New York City has more than 500 sightseelng busses, Asked if he did not favor the platoon system as a means of greater economy, Mr, Simmons said that while he may be sensible of some economic advan-~ tages in the plan, he is' “not certain that through i¢ & child doesn’t lose im- “WHAT BENEFIT?" ASKS FREEMAN OF SHOW AT GAYETY Receipts of Performances Less Than Expenses at Present, Director Says. NET PROFIT OF $500 EVENTUALLY IS SEEN Gamblers’ Families May Have This When It Comes In, if They Need It, He Declares. There never was a benefit show at the Gayety Theater for the families of four men sent to jail recently on gambling charges. The Senators and District officials who expressed their amazement at such “carrying-ons” in the Nation's Capital were just wasting breath, for the whole thing was a sad mistake. The authority for these statements is no less a personage than Joseph Free- man, the man in charge of the per- formance that evening. If there was any “benefit” that evening, Mr. Freeman didn't know of it then and hasn’t seen sy signs of 1t since. “Benefit?” Mr. Freeman inquired of reporters yesterday. ‘What benefit? I don't know anything about any benefit, You boys have got this thing all wrong.” This state of affairs came to light yesterday when visits to the four families involved revealed that they have re- ceived only $120 in all since the night of the show. And this money, Mr. Free- man_explained, must not be construed as part of the proceeds from any benefit show. It came out of his own pocket slntxply because he wanted to help them out. Private Agreement, He Says. When his attention was called to the fact that the players had performed for | nothing and that they certainly weren't foregoing their wages just for the novelty of the experience, Mr. Freeman conceded he did have an understanding with them to the effect that any profits from their charitable work would be used by him to help the family of Ralph Holland. But, he says, it wasn't an out-and-out benefit; it was, in fact, nothing more than a private agreement between him and the players. Everybody connected with the thing except the players, charged, and charged plenty, Mr. Freeman says. At the present moment his figures show total receipts of $711 and total expenses of $1,298. Mr. Freeman cannot see how any one is geing to benefit from such a state of affairs. “After everything is in,” he said, “the show probably will net about $2,000 I've got some money coming in from the programs and about $800 or $900 outstanding on tickets that I gave out on credit. There ought to be a total | profit of about $500, and this will go to | the families if they need ‘The promoter could not give any idea as to just when this $2,000 will be in or when it will be distributed. He gave assurance, however, that he was going to see to it that nobody suffers just be- cause there wasn't any benefit. Lake Contradicts Freeman. Jimmy Lake, who presided as master of ceremonies at the show, announced yesterday that the total expense of the performance was $10 for taxicabs, and that all the rest was gratis. One hundred dollars has been given to the family of Frank Stevens. Mrs. Ralph Holland has received $20 since the show. Before the performance was given Freemap paid rent and bought groceries fdr this family, ex- penses approximating $56. The other two families have received nothing. Mrs. Holland has no_coal or food, five children and $11. If there is not | going to be any benefit, she said, she would like to know about it now so she can find a job in a hurry. The situation is almost as bad with the Stevens family, where there are seven children, with only one of them, a girl, old enough to work. ’ ‘The other two families, those of Frank Lowry and John Mahoney, are in slightly better circumstances. LEHLBACH SEEKS SPECIAL RULE TO SPEED PAY BILE Wants Measure Correcting Welch Act Given Priority on Legis- lative Program of House. ‘To expedite action on the new pay increase bill for Government employes to correct inequalities under the Welch pay bill, Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service committee will seek a special rule from the rules committee give this measure priority on the legislative program. He expects to have a hearing before the rules committee within a week, and it is anticipated that "1‘77 request will be acted upon favor- ably. $ ‘This probably will result in the Re- publican leaders having a definite understanding as to ‘how President Coolidge feels on this relief measure, and some intimation whether he would veto the bill, if passed. {BOARD TO PICK GIBBONS STATUE MODEL NAMED Exhibition Will Be Shown at May- flower Hotel February 10 to 16 by K. of C. ‘The official board to select the model for a statue of the late James Cardinal Gibbons from.an exhibition to be shown at the Mayflower Hotel February 10 to 16 was announced today by Charles W. Darr, State deputy of the Knights of Columbus, which obtained congres- sional authority for the memorial op- posite Sacred Heart Church, Sixteenth street and Park road. Fifteen persons, including church dig- nitaries, architects and leaders of the Knights of Columbus, comprise the committee. They will be guided in se- lection from the models by votes cast by the public. Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, was named honorary chairman, Darr announced that the models would be open to public inspection Sun- day. e petus and Inspiration which he received by closer contact with a teacher in the lower grades.” He did not express ac- tual opposition to the platoon system, but simply admitted uncertainty in his opinion on the educational advantages or disadvantages to the younger chil- dren in relieving them of the personal contact with ture woman which the current oom plan does permit, THIS GROUP FUR The young fellow toying with the rope at the right hand corner of the sign used to be carried on the pay roll of the Sharon Iron Works as Jimmy Davis, and he got 55 cents a day for just helping around. The day meant 10 or 11 hours. His idea then of a plutocrat was James Tyler (the man with the whiskers at the extreme right), boss roller, who drew $25 to $35 for a day of 24 hours, Mr. Tyler, presumably, not doing much sleeping. The erstwhile “Jimmy” now is better known as James J. Dav Secretary of Labor. Secretary Davis found this photograph among some old papers today. APARTMENT LOBBY SCENE OF ATTAGK Four Persons Walked By| Without Going to Aid Her, Nurse Tells Police. Miss Pauline Lammers, 22-year-old nurse, told police today of an attack made on her last night by a man with whom she struggled for half an hour in the lchby of a Fifteenth street apart- ment house, while four persons walked through the lobby without being at- tracted to her assistance. | Miss Lammers, who lives in the| Portner Apartments, Pifteenth and V| sireets, said the man followed her into | the lobby, where he choked her and| struck her several times with his fist. | On four different occasions, she said, men and women passed through the lobby, but each time her assailant heard them coming and held his hand over her mouth so she could not call for help. Miss Lammers said the men and women could not have failed to see her and the man, but that apparently they did not realize anything was wrong. Man Finally Flees. She said the man followed her into the apartment house about 7:30 o'clock, and that it was a few minutes after 8 o'clock before she finally attracted the altdr‘n(ion of occupants and the man ed. ! Miss Lammers said she alighted from a street car at Fifteenth and U streeis and started to walk south to a friend’s house, She met the man at the first alley on the east side of: Fifteenth street getween T and U streets. He accosted er. Miss Lammers said she kept on walking, but that the man grabbed her wrist and tried to drag her into the alley “Then I broke away and ran into the lobby of an apartment right next to the alley,” she said. He fol- lowed me and caught me just as I was | running up the stairway. | “When I screamed he hit me with his fist. “I told him that the police would send him to jail if he didn't leave me alone, but he said he didn't care any- thing about the police. Several times people passed, but he jammed me into the corner so hard that I couldn’t move to attract their attention. “Finally one of the women in the apartment heard me call and came to the door. She saw us and went back inside to get the police. He ran out the front door.” Miss Lammers saMl she had never seen the man before, but that she was sure she could recognize him again. SR LB B FOUNDERS’ CLUB DINNER HONORS STORE OFFICIALS Three officials of W. B. Moses & Sons, W. H. Moses, chairman of the board; W. H. Wheeler, president of the Thir. teen Club, and Alexander Cook, were honor guests last night at a Founders’ Club dinner given by officials and em- ployes of the company in tne City Club. ‘W. H. Moses made the opening ad- dress and introduced employes of the firm, complimenting them on their long terms of service. An address of wel- come was made by Radford Moses, who also inttoduced guests. Other talks included one on salesmanship by Mr. Cook, another on “The New York Rep- resentative’s Point of View,” by Ben H. Sisholz; a third on millinery by S. R. Stanley and an address on Abraham Lincoln by Mr. Wheeler. The firm will celebrate “Founders’ week” beginning Monday and continu- ing through Saturday. AIR MAIL PLAN URGED. One of the greatest sources of lost time in the airmail service, the delay in getting mail from post offices to flying fields and back, will be overcome in the near future by the use of pneumatic tubes, in the opinion of W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, in charge of airmail. A great deal of time is being lost today in getting the mail from the planes to the main post offices, as most airmail flelds are located from 5 to 15 miles from the centers of the cities they serve, Mr. Glover said. He believes that a satisfactory pneumatic tube system can be worked out for the airmail on the contract plan now in force in New York City, Battles Assailant INE LAMMERS. EXCRAND JUROR SENTENGED 0 AL District Man Convicted in Fairfax on Charge of Driv- ing While Drunk. E. C. Crouch, former member of the District grand jury, whose arrest near Accotink, Va., on & charge of driving an automobile while intoxicated nulli- fied a large part of the work of the grand jury last December, was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court at Fairfax today. Crouch, who was arrested while returning from the reg- ular grand jury inspection of the penal institution at Occoquan, was fined $100 and 30 days on a charge of driving while intoxicated and $50, with a 30- day sentence, for transportation of liquor. Tha jury recommended a suspension of the prison sentence in the latter case. Ninety days were given for application for a writ of error and Crouch was re- leased on $1,000 bond. He will file a plea for a new trial. W. H. Ontrich, Crouch’s companion on the trip, paid a fine of $18 before a justice of the peace | at Accotink at the time of the arrest. Folowing revelation of the arrests in The Star Crouch and Ontrich presented their resignations as grand jurors and they were accepted. Many indictments which they had assisted in drawing up were withheld by United States Attorney Rover, who announced that he preferred the present grand jury act on them again so that there would be no question of their legality. HONOR ARMY FLYERS. The five flyers who piloted the air- plane Question Mark will be honored at a banquet tomorrow afternoon, 12:30 o'clock, by the National Aeronautic As- sociation, at the Willard Hotel, it was announced today. Members of the fueling crew of the plane will be present, along with Wil- liam P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronauti and Irving -Glover, First Assistant Post- master General. DRYS' SECRETARY HIT BY SHOEMAKER Anti-Saloon League Official Says Jarvis Was With- out Authority. Repudiating the activity of Thomas B. Jarvis, executive secretary of the | Citizens' Service Association, in recent liquor trials at Polite Court, Albert P. Shoemaker, legislative counsel of the | 1ocal branch of the Anti-Saloon League, declared today that Jarvis had no | authority to act for his organization. | Jarvis is net connected with the Wash- | ington branch 'of the Anti-Saloon League, but is assistant to F. Scott McBride, national secretary of the league. Recently Jarvis appeared in Police Court at the trial of Anthony Aquilino of the 100 block of G street, who was charged with transportation and pos- session of liquor. Approaching the trial tablée where Assistant United | States Attorney R. F. Camilier, prosecu- | tor in the case, was seated, Jarvis ad- dressed the prosecutor in low tones. Aquilino was acquitted and Camilier declared, “although I did not folow any of his suggestions, I do think that the | impression created by Jarvis' action was a deciding factor in the jury's failure to convict.” Entering the office of Assistant United States Attorney David A. Hart on the same day Jarvis accused the prosecutor of being friendly with attorneys of liquor-law violators. Hart replied that in the eight years in which he had been connected with the prosecution of liquor cases he had gained the friendship of countless attorneys whom he held in high regard. He told Jarvis that it was none of his business whom he chose as friends. Appearing at the prosecutor’s office today Shoemaker denounced Jarvis’ ac- tions and declared that he had no au- thority to act for the local branch of the Anti-Saloon League or to represent himself as being connected with it, which he is said to have done. The Washington organization had no part Jarvis and McBride would have to take the responsibility for the occurrence. He described Jarvis' actions in ap- proaching the trial table to speak to the prosecutor and the accusations which he made as being “tactless and | undiplomatic. ZIRKIN WILL F<ED. Furrier Leaves Household Effects to His Widow. The will of Samuel Zirkin of the furrier firm of Zirkin & Sons, who died February 2, was filed today for probate. Household effects are left absolutely to his widow, Louise J. Zirkin, and articles of jewelry to his three brothers, Schley, Dewey and Harold. A miniature of his father and mother is left to a sister, Ida Beatus. Bequests of $500 each are made to his nieces and nephews. The remaining estate is devised to his brothers, Dewey Zirkin and Schley Zir- kin, in trust to pay the widow $2,000 annually as long as she remains un- married. Should she remarry the trus- tees are to cut the allowance to $1,000 W. | yearly for her life, At the death of Mrs. Zirkin the estate 15 to go to his daugh~ ter. Gil‘l. 4, on Tricycie naware Of Severe Burns While Riding Too Close to Stove Four-year-old Betty Jane Jones, 1714 A street southeast, who was severely burned yesterday and taken to Casualty Hospital, is on the road to recovery, physicians sald today. Betty, who spends most of her spare time negotiating difficult turns in and about the home furniture on her tri- cycle, came a bit too close to the kitch- en stove, and her clothing was ignited. Betty, unaware of her plight, continued her favorite rainy-day amusement. Her mother, Mrs. Chloe L. Jones, had left the house momentarily and came back just as Betty peddled in on her return journey to the kitchen. “Oh, mj look at me naw!” she took- but ome look, and excl snatching her up rushed into the bath- room and threw her in the bathtub, where she proceeded to tear off the blazing clothing. Realizing how badly she was burned, Mrs. Jones called the ambulance. Before the arrival of the ambulance Betty pleaded with her mother not to take her to Gallinger Hospital. “Please don’t let them take me there,” she wailed. Mrs. Jones explained, that during walks past the District Jail and Gal- linger Hospital, Betty has developed a dread for the place. Betty's older brother, Melvin created considerable attention three years ago, when he accidentally stuck a pair of scissors in_ his heart. Following a delicate operation he recovered. o e in the affair, Shoemaker declared, and | RETIREMENT BILL DELAY IS COSTLY 100.5. DALE SAYS Chairman of Senate Civil Service Committee Urges Prompt Action. PROPOSAL QUITE CLEAR, HE HOLDS IN STATEMENT Difference Between Contributions of Employes and Amounts Paid Out by Government Cited. The longer the Government employes’ retirement bill is delayed the more money the Government loses, Chairman Dale of the Senate civil service com- mittee declared today in a statement favoring enactment of the measure to increase the annuities of retired Federal workers. The bill passed the Senate at the last session, but has not been brought before the House for action. “This retirement proposition is very clear to any one who will study it for a few minutes and pay no attention to statements which cloud the issue and | have no basis in fact,” said Senator Dale. In January, 1925, the Govern- | ment actuary, Mr. McCoy, in quoting from the report of the board of actu- aries, made this statement: “‘The total salaries of those retired was $15,825,000. The total expenditures for new employes, promotions and annuities was $14,945,000, which would leave a saving to the Government of $880,000 even if they had paid the entire cost of the retirement.’ “Now, bear in mind that during this year the employes contributed $17,000,- 000, and you can see the trgmendous profit to the Government. ratio still holds good. “The so-called increase of 1926 was borne entirely by the employes. The increase from 212 per cent to 32 per cent in the deductions from the sal- aries of the employes not only paid the entire cost of the so-called ‘liberaliza. tion,’ but reduced the Government's liability by some $29,000 a year. The real facts are that the longer this re- tirement legislation is held up, the more money the Government loses.” MERGER MEASURE IS SENT TO HOUSE | Zihlman' Introduces Resolution as Amended by Senate as Substitute. | | ‘The new Senate-amended resolution authorizing a merger of the street rail- | wdy companies in Washington was in- troduced in the House late yesterday by Chairman Zihiman of the House District committee. It is to be sub- stituted for the earlier merger resolu- tion favorably reported by the House committee at the last session. Chairman Zihlman will endeavor to have the new resolution considered at the next meeting of the District com- mittee, on Wednesday. He expects that the committee will promptly indorse the new merger plan and report it favorably to the House. This optimistic view was based largely on the fact that the new resolution contains provisions for which Representative Gibson, Re- publican, and Representative Gilbert, Democrat, worked unsuccessfully last year. Principal and fundamental among these was the contention that the $50,- 000,000 valuation was too high and that if this was used as a basis for figuring the fare the public would be forced o | pay an excessive charge. POLICE DROP THEORY ‘OF MURDER AT RIVER Probe Spot in Ice With Hooks. Believe Aperture Is Air Hole. Police now discount the theory that murder was done Tuesday evening in East Potomac Park, where a stolen automobile, badly battered, was found near a hole in the ice of the Potomac i River. Harbor police probed the spot yes- terday with three-pronged hooks but found no indication that a body had been thrown into the water, which is only 4 feet deep there. They also now think the aperture in the ice is prob- ably an air hole. A witness has been located by fourth precinct police who says he saw the car found abandoned occupied by four boys about 15 or 16 years old enter the park. No one apparently saw them leave the machine or witnessed the fight, which may have taken place in the interior of u]m car, which is torn as if by a strug- gle. Meanwhile police investigation of the case has come almost to a standstill and the car is being held at the first pre- cinct for New York authorities. A check-up of the license number revealsd that it was stolen from William Bill- myer of Yonkers, N. Y. FUND NEEDS $100,000. $650,563 Is Subscribed for Restora- tion of “Old Ironsides.” Contributors over the Nation had given $650,563 up to February 1 for restoration of the fantous fighting ship “Old Ironsides,” the Navy Department announced late yesterday, pointing out that $750,000 is needed for restoring the Constitution. Mrs. Grace E. Scherwin, executive chairman of the Chicago “Old Ircn- sides” committee, who has been one of the outstanding workers in the country in the cause, called on Secretary Wil- bur yesterday and advised him that Chicagoans donated in excess of $60,- 000, more than any other community in the Nation. She inspected various models of the vessel and posed for photographs. Navy Awards Plane Contracts. ‘The Navy Department has awarded contracts for two new model J2R-1 Ford transport airplanes, at a total cost of $101430, to the Stout Metal Airplane Co. of Detroit. The planes are to be powered with three - horsepower Wright Whirlwind air-cool ed uul:‘v.ol's.r T;hle‘{ will have ‘ln".;’:l‘ capacity of eight passengers in addi- tion to pilots and mechanics. They are l-om_{e used for utility and transpo