Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1929, Page 16

“INGURY STARTED INTO CHARGES OF POLIE BRUTALIY Accusers of Officers Testify Before the Gibson Sub- committee. SCAR SHOWN BY COLORED MAN TO SUPPORT STORY Carpenter, Who Claims Patrolmen | Beat Him and Family, Is Another Witness. Investigation of alleged police brutality was started today by the Gibson sub- committee of the House District com- mittee with two men who charge they were recent victims as the first witnesses. One of them was William F. Car- penter, 401 H street southwest, who claimed that 11 policemen broke into | his house early last Saturday, and some of them beat him and his two sons and blackened the eyes of his wife and daughter. ‘The other, Alfonso Wood, colored, r: employe of James B. Henderson, 108 G street, showed scars to support s story of being attacked by several members of the eighth precinct. Wood displayed a bulging left eve, partly closed, a swollen bruise on his forehead and a scar on his ear. Charges House Ransacking. ‘The committee also heard Richard | Blunt, colored, an employe of the Sen- ate document room, who charged that police of the fourth precinet forced their way into his house, at 328 Third street southwest, January 26 and ran- sacked the place, but found nothing. Wood charged he was beaten with- out provocation while watching the police make a raid on a colored cabaret on U street, and then taken to- the eighth precinct station, where he was again assaulted. While in the station house, he said, he witnessed the police administer a beating to another col- ored man. Carpenter repeated substantially' the story of the assault on his family as given to Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, super- intendent of police, which resulted in charges being preferred against accused officers. “The police beat everybody in the house except my little granddaugh- ter,” he said, “and she happened to be upstairs in the bedroom when they came in.” Carpenter also told the committee that there were so many policemen in Mis house that some had nothing to do and went into the parlor and smoked cigarettes. Chairman Gibson announced at the 3 outset of the hearing that the com- mittee intended to make an investiga- tion of all complaints against the con- duct of policemen that are supported by reliable citizens, “The committee has received a large number of com- plaints with respect to_the conduct of members of the Police Department,” he said, “And while it is not possible to take up all lor wi‘hlfn;e those backed by reliable people investigated and the Police Department will be given op- portunity to reply.” Sensation seckers ‘will be taboo. Letterman Testifies. Sergt. O. J. Letterman, in charge of the police liquor squad, followed Carpenter on. the witness stand. He was asked what he meant by a state- ment he was quoted as having made to the effect that he was unable to arrest Frank McCormick when he raided his establishment sometime ago because there was ‘“something crooked some- Where.” Letterman denied he made such a statement. He said he went to Mc- Cormick’s establishment, 212 Ninth street, to arrest an employe by the name of Rockelli and was not looking for McCormick. McCormick was there, however, he said, and told him that he was a good fellow and asked the police to give him “a break.” “I had no war- rant for McCormick and no intention of arresting him,” Letterman said. Asked by Chairman Gibson if he | knew McCormick, Letterman said that he knew him as a “gambler” who at one time operated a number of establish- ments, but now, according to his in- formation, he has few or none and is *broke.” The Rockelli referred to, was Harry Rockelli of the 1000 block of Four-and- a-half street, who was charged with sale and possession as the result of the raid, but who was acquitted in Police Court. At the time Rockelli was arrested Mc- Cormick, according to court officials, was under injunction to restrain him from selling liquor at the Ninth street eddress. Gibson then said that information had come to the committee that there | are 8,000 slot machines in Washington, some of them located near school build- ings and are played by school children with lunch money. Letterman said he thought the number would not exceed 800 and that they are vending machines and therefore escape the law. STATUE OPEN TO VIEW Exhibit of Cardinal's Memorial Is Announced for Tomorrow at Mayflower Hotel. An exhibition of models for a statue of the late Cardinal Gibbons, to be erected in front of Sacred Heart Church, at Sixteenth street and Park Road, will open tomorrow on the mezzanine of the Hotel Mayflower and continue through the coming week. Charles W. Darr, State deputy of. the Knights of Columbus, which has been granted authority by Congress to erect the statue, today issued the invitation to the general public to at- tend the exhibition, either afternoon or evening, all next week. Voting cards will be provided for the visitors, who will be requested to register their choice of the most appropriate model. “This is a memorial to a man who was highly esteemed by Protestants as well as members of own faith throughout the entire world,” Mr. Darr declared, “so we are desirous that the selection made be a popular one.” A board of judges, headed by Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, Cardinal Gibbons’ successor, will pass upon the most appropriate model. The Fine Arts Commission will consider the Cardinal Gibbons statue at its March meeting. NAVY OFFICERS DETACHED In preparation for the commissioning of two of the Navy's new 10,000-ton cruisers, the Navy Department today erdered two officers to proceed to where the vessels are being completed. Comdr. Jere H. Brooks has been de- tached as commanding officer of the hospital ship U. S. 8. Mercy in connec- tion with the fitting out of the U. 8. 8. Pensacola. Comdr. Henry C. Gearing, jr., is detached from the Naval War Charles Curtis. Henry K. Bush-Brown, sculptor, with his models for gold medals to be pre- sented by the inaugural committee on March 4 to Herbert Hoover and Senator They will cost $500 each. INAUGURAL MEDAL MODELS —Star Staff Photo. HEARSE HITS AUTO; RUM CAE RESULTS Motorist Fails to Obey: Warning of Traffic Officer. Failing to observe the warning of Officer Otho R. Sanders of the second precinct when driving on Florida ave- nue yesterday, Vincent Jacob Pokorney of Capitol Heights, Md., was arraigned m Police Court today charged with transportation and possession of liquor, following a collision between the ma- chine which he drove and a hearse. Proceeding eastward on Florida ave- | nue Pokorney reached the intersection | of North Capitol street and Florida avenue, and observing the green signal light continued his journey. Noticing that a funeral procession was approach- ing, Officer Sanders called to Pokorney to stop, but the man did not obey the order and his machine was struck by | the oncoming hearse. 3 { Searching the car, Sanders discovered 0 gallons of alleged corn whisky and placed Pokorney under arrest. Arraigned before United States Com- missioner Needham C. Turnage, Pokor- ney was released under $1,000 bond for his appearance in Police Court today. Appearing in court, he pleaded not guxltf- to the charge and demanded a jury trial. Previously arrested for similar of- fenses the man was convicted and fined $150, Assistant United States Attorney R. F. Camalier said today. BAKING POWDER FIRM IS GRANTED WRIT Trade Commission Action Held Up Until Determination of Mandamus. Justice Jennings Bailey of the Dis- trict Supreme Court today issued a writ of prohibition against the Federal Trade Commissioni to prevent the commission from ‘proceding in any manner against the Royal Baking Power Co. of New York until the mandamus proceedings pending in the court, in which Com- misioner William E. Humphrey is charged. with prejudice, is finally de- termined. The commission had served notice on Attorneys O’Brien & O'Brien, local at- torneys for the baking powder company, that it would proceed before an exam- iner of the commission next Tuesday to take testimony in a case before the commission in which the Royal Baking Powdet Co. is charged with employing a press agent and publishing and circu- lating statements that the commission had dismissed a previous case before the commission. The commission claims that the pre- vious case was not actually dismissed because a motion for reargument had been filed by counsel for the commis- sion. The right of the commission to reopen a case once dismissed is pending for decision in the District Court of Appeals. Lincoln Under Lights COUPLE ARRESTED N CAASE FREED Found to Have Been Taken| 10 Yards Over District " Line in Maryland. A man and woman whose apprehen- sion was effected by the metropolitan police liquor squad as the climax of an exciting chase along Sligo Mill read early today, which also reputedly netted 10 cases of liquor, were freed later by Assistant United States Attor- ney David C. Hart when it developed their arrest had been effected about 10 yards beyond the District line in Mont- gomery County. The car they occupied, driven by the woman, had frustrated the overhauling of two suspected liquor cars, according to the report of the squad, by contin- ually zig-zagging between pursued and pursuer. The chase was staged about 4 o'clock, and after the police had lgst track of the three cars in the darkness they later got on the trial of that driven by the woman and followed it to a house where the liquor was said to have been, While the two prisoners were releas- ed, the 10 cases were turned over to the prohibition unit for disposal. ‘The squad, headed by Sergt. O. J. Letterman, had been “tipped” that a consignment ' of liquor was coming through from Maryland over the Sligo Mill route and, lying in wait, picked up the three cars as they raced toward the District. UNITY OF FEDERAL | WORKERS URGED BY FEDERATION GROUP' Abolishment of Special Em- ploye Groups Advised by Executive Council. BELIEVES DUAL BODIES REDUCE EFFECTIVENESS| Indian Affairs and Longer Hours | Also Are Taken Up at Closed Meeting. A recommendation for the abolish- ment of special workers' groups in the Government service whose problems could be properly handled by the Na- tional Federation of Federal Employes was adopted by the executive counell of the latter organization at its clos- ing meeting last night. ‘The belief was expressed that the existence of such dual organizations distinctly hinders the effectiveness of the National Federation. The objec- tions to the dual groups were based on the following assumptions: ‘That they tend to distract members and interest from the National Federa- tion; that they tend to increase or- ganization costs to the individual; “their lack of complete information on many matters tends to discredit all employes’ groups in the eyes of Congress and ad- ministrative officials, and that it re- sults in confusion in the public mind.” Indian Affairs Discussed. Other matters touched upon by the council before adjournment concerned the handling of Indian affairs, the question of diseases contracted in line of duty, the longer hours recently made effective for Navy Department. employes and the questional of putting govern- mental work on a more sound business basis. Resolutions of appreciation also were drafted and sent to members of Con- gress and administrative officials show- ing any particular interest in the prob- lems of Federal employes. One of the more important resolu- tions took the form of a vigorous pro- test against the “unnecessary lengthen- ing of working hours for employes in the Navy Department.” It was asserted that a considerable number of clerical employes in this department have been needlessly transferred from the seven to eight hour group. Figures Are Quoted. After quoting figures purporting to show a 50 per cent waste in the man- agement of industry, the council draft- ed a resolution urging the President to provide for a study of maanagement in the Government service. with the ob- jects of securing “better jobs, better pay and the consequent higher personnel standards; lower unit cost of produc- | tion, and reduced cost and increased efficiency in all Government work.” Asserting that Indian wards of the United States deserve all possible as- sistance in adjusting themselves to their new existence, the council voted to request the President and Congress to “give the most careful consideration to the whole problem of the Indian While the rear machine was frustrat- ing the pursuit, a taxicab loaded with celebrants shot by, and a shower of whisky bottles came from the windows. The police ignored this, however, and kept on the trail of the other cars I}hich, by. this time, had been lost sight of. Then the car, which if later developed was driven by Elizabeth Jennings, 34 years old, of the 3100 block of N street, and occupied also by Earl Melvin Fol- som, 35, of Sligo Mill road, again was sighted and followed to Polsom’s home, where the liquor was reported found. SUSPECT IDENTIFIED BY ROBBERY VICTIMS Women Declare Man Held Was Seen Leaving Their Homes. Bond Set at $5,000, Identified by Miss Elsie M. Demooy of 3614 Morrison street, and Mrs. Fred- erica Van Stondeg of 3920 Northamp- ton street as the intruder that they had discovered in their homes, Noah F. Earle of the 2100 block Flagler place was held under 85,000 bond for the grand jury. Today Earle was ar- raigned in Police Court on two charges of housebreaking and pleaded not guilty and demanded a preliminary hearing. Miss Demooy testified that on re- turning home from school on Febru- ary 4 she heard sounds on the second floor. ~Before she could investigate a man leaped from the window to the ground and she was able to closely ob- serve his features and clothing. Finding her front door open when she returned to her residence on Feb- ruary 6, Mrs. Van Stondeg alleged that she also heard sounds on the floor above. Running to the porch to sum- mon aid, she noticed a man_climbing down a pillar close by. Officer Josephr De Palmer of the four teenth precinct arrested Earle after trailing him several blocks on Wiscon- sin avenue yesterday. He said that his suspicions were aroused when he no- ticed that the man was scrutinizing dvglu;)gsdwhljc;l }‘:; passed. arle denie at he either of the houses. R According to Miss De Mooy, a diamond ring valued at $225, a ruby ring valued at $50 and a bar pin worth $10 and a small amount of perfume had been taken from her home. A small purse ly le mi Siondeg residence. - O™ the Van . GET 17 FIRE CALLS College in Newport, R. I., in conjunction with the fitting out of the U. 8. 8, Salt Lake City, which was recently launched ..ot Camden, N. J. ” Above: Head of the magnificent statue in the memorial under the new lighting system just installed. Below: Poa@b effect created by the dights when firsp were installed. WITHIN 17 HOURS Firemen Summoned on Two False Alarms—Other 15 Cause Little Damage. Seventeen calls for fire apparatus were received by the fire nhnl;xp head- Quarters between 6 o'clock last night ?nld 11 o;’l.'lt;\i:tk"thitll morning. Two were alse an e damage wi the 15 other cases. g A ek ".slomt:usy v{ere the 1numt§?n that sev- mpanies were in act in widel, Separated portions of the city at thi | same time on as many as three differ- ent occasions. 'Perhaps the greatest scare of the night came when the box located in the warehouse of the Sani- tary Grocery Co., a huge structure, was sounded. When the firemen arrived they found no sign of a fire. The fires ranged all the way from burning brush to a small blaze by a short circuit in a erating ma- chine. Among the articles that caught fire were automobiles, a lamp post, fur- niture, trash, a garage and a pot of grease in a kitchen. alarms were recorded for January and No. 2% o By a curious coincidence 317 box service.” Particular attention was taken of as- sertions that many Government work- ers contract diseases in line of duty, and that these persons cannot receive Government compensation under the present legislative restrictions on this subject. Resolution Adopted. A resolution in this connection was adopted, urging a conference between officials of the Federation and the Gov- ernment Employes’ Compensation Com- mission and the proper congressional committees, with the object of prepar- ing and passing a suitable measure to afford relief in all cases where disease is contracted n line of duty. A final resolution, urging that the steering committee of the House place upon the legislative program for the current short session a bill to amend the retirement laws, which having passed the Senate has been favorably reported to the House by the commit- tee on civil service. PIEEO FIREMEN STOP BLAZE AFTER HARD FIGHT Four Alarms Were Sounded for Fire in Hub Furniture Warehouse. Sibley Hospital Endangered. Firemen battled more than an hour yesterday afternoon to subdue a four- alarm blaze on the upper floors of the Hub Furniture Co.’s warehouse at North Capitol, Pierce and M streets northeast. Officials of the company declined to estimate the damage pending a check on the extensive stock of furniture stored there. The size of the building, which ex- tends between M and Pierce streets, coupled with the fact that it lay di- rectly across from Sibley Hospital, ca) the first firemeén on the scene to_turn in the successive ajarms. Hose lines were rigged from four sides of the block and water tower erected at the Pierce street end of the building, where the fire is thought to have originated. A large amount of water directed through the windows confined the flames to the second floor, although the roof sagged so badly that Chief George ga&wn ordered firemen from the build- 8. Origin of the fire has not been de- termined. ades g CEREMONY TO FOLLOW TRADITION OF ARMENIA Moses Manoukian of Washington to Marry Philadelphia Woman Here Tonight. An Orierital setting, complete in the tradition of Armenia, with several American innovations, has been plan- ned for the wedding of Moses Manou- kian of Washington to Miss Rose H. Esalar of Philadelphia tonight at 8:30 oclock in the Jewish Community Center. A native entertainment, with singing, dancing and refreshments, will follow the ceremony. Both the bridegroom and his brother, Sarkis Manoukian, connoisseur of Oriental rugs, are mem- bers of the Art Promoters’ Club, which is contributing several entertainers to e riae will be by e e accompanied her sister, Mrs. Alice Hekimian, n-}; matron of honor, followed by flower girls, Miss Virginia Esaian, sister of the bride, and Miss Mary Hovanian, niece of the bridegroom. —— Marilyn Miller's Parents Rewed. LOS ANGELES, February 9 #).— Mr; and Mrs. Caro G. Bay rum, bought from the counters of the 5 and 10 cent stores, has become the cheapest jag for the down-and-outer, the Gospel Mission has discovered. These bottles were appropriated by Harvey Prentiss (at thn,_lélperlntfl:dfllt of the mission, in one week. Each man who lost a bottle received a Bible in exchange. tar Staff Photo. ROVERSUSTANE N JURY DSPUTE Upheld by Justice McCoy for Proceeding With Only b ATNNE Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Di- vision 1 today sustained the action of United States Attorney Leo A. Rover in proceeding with an “abbreviated” grand jury of 22 persons, when a va- cancy was caused in the panel by the transfer of Mrs, Jeter C. Pritchard, a member of the grand jury, to a posmavn on the jury commission. The court's decision reverses a practice of 50 years’ standing in the local courts, where it has always been the custom to fill va- cancies in the grand jury from a list of 23 persons. Attorneys W. R. Ives and R. E. Lambert, counsel for four colored men | charged with first-degree murder in | connection with the death of Philbert J. Bittner, a filling station employe, last Thanksgiving at Sixth street and Rhode Island avenue, filed a plea in abatement attacking the validity of the indictment because returned by a grand jury not composed of 23 persons. As- sistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw appeared in opposition to the plea. . Counsel for the prisoners contended that section 208 of the code requires that vacancies in the grand jury “shall” be filled by the drawing of names from the jury box by the jury commission. Chief Justice McCoy claimed that the word “shall” is not mandatory on the court and asserted that the proposition was not new to him because it had been discussed by the justices, who had reached the decision that the United States attorney might proceed with his cases before the remaining grand jurors, provided there were more than 16 members of that body in session. GREEK LEGATION CAR IN TRAFFIC CRASH Driver Hits Another Auto in Turn- ing to Avoid Injury to Woman Pedestrian. When the driver of a Greek legation automobile swerved to avoid striking a woman who stepped into the street at’ Fourteenth street and Rhode Island avenue last night, his car crashed head- long into a car going in the opposite direction. Both machines were almost demolished, and two colored passengers in the second car were slightly injured. Charles F. Fletcher, 22 years old, of 10 Florida avenue, the chauffeur for the legation, was driving east on Rhode Is- land avenue about 9 o'clock, and Harry Roy, colored, of 2619 Segal place south- east, was proceeding west. As they ap- proached the intersection a woman suddenly stepped out into the street, police say, against the traffic lights. The crash followed and after seeing what had happened, the woman con- tinued on her way down Fourteenth street. The two woman passengers in Roy‘s' car who were hurt were taken to Emergency Hospital and given first ald. They were Dorothy Lothrem, 25 years old, of 472 Richardson street, and Reta Mayfield, 30 yesars old, of 2113 N street. George Donn, 14 years old, of 131 A street northeast, suffered a frac- tured left leg last evening when he was struck by an automobile at Third and A streets northeast, where he was skating. The boy was taken to Casualty Hospital by Elbert H. Gibson, colored, 35 years old, of 4901 Blaine avenue northeast, the driver of the car, and w":ifi treated by Dr. Louis Jimal of the staff. AWARDS BY RED CROSS IN LIFE-SAVING COURSE |35 eserek 42 Persons in First-Aid Class Re- ceive Certificates From Dis- trict Chapter. The District Chapter, American Red Cross, yesterday awarded certificates to 42 persons who have completed the first-aid and life-saving course. The certificates were presented by Gen. John A. Johnson, vice president of the Dis- trict Chapter. Those who received certificates in- cluded members of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, the Christ Child Society and employes of the Capital Traction Co. and the Potomac Electric Power Co. Japanese stndy‘ German Railways. BERLIN, February 9 (#).—A Japa- nese commission, headed by former Ad- miral Takudo Godo, is now in the city to study the latest improvements in »| German railways and to visit the bg clia- "They had. beon 10 yoars ag0 1 Ol industrial works. Mr. Godo, who first technical advisor to the South Manchuria Railway and director general of the Kure shlp‘?rds, later will visit America, and infends to place large orders both here and in the United Btates for the rflm. Chinese to Fete New Year in D. C. Freed of Debts | Preparations for Celebra- tion Tomorrow Marked by Settling of Accounts. Men of Old China are closing their accounts today while they watch the last sands of the sixth year of the sev- | entieth cycle run into eternity. | And New China smiles. Tomorrow is New Year day in the | old Chinese ralendar and Washing- | ton’s Chinese of the old order will be- | gin their day-long observance of the | event somewhere about 2 o'clock to- | morrow morning in the gathering places | Pennsylvania avenue. 1 But before celebration comes reckon- | ing and the Chinese of the old order to- | day are paying their bills, wise in the i teaching of their ancestors that uneasy lies the head of him who enters a new | year owing his fellow men just debts. Not many years ago Chinese who ended the old year with obligations written against them on the books of their merchantmen suffered humiliation on New Year day to find their names | written in the ancient script of China upon dangling paper ribbons in the merchant houses where celebrations were in sway. But that practice is pass- ing, even as the ancient calendar is | passing, and this year, the sages of | | Chinatown say, no debt-owers’ names | will be displayed. New China Smiles. | New China smiles at that. It long | since has adopted the ways of the Oc- | cidental world and its bills are treated | in _the manner of the New World. ‘Whether debts are paid or no, how- ever, Chinatown will celebrate. Bands of native musical instruments will send | forth their Oriental strains all day to- | morrow. Parties are planned and when | the merchants’ houses end their busi- ness day, sometime after midnight to- night, the avenue will head the melo- dies. Among the celebrations of the New Year tomorrow will be that of the On Leong Merchants’ Association at 335 Pennsylvania avenue. Then there will be that of the Hip Sing Soclety at 325 Pennsylvania avenue. The Chinese Freemason Club at 318 Pennsylvania avenue also will stage its own celebra- tion, while one of the largest of the New Year parties will be that of the Lee Family Society. The Lees boast proudly that of the 500 or 600 Chinese in Washington at least half are mem- bers of their family. Formerly Continued Week. While the celebrations will extend only until tomorrow night, after which Chinatown will return to its work-: day life, the old men of the community recall that in the old times—prior to the establishment of the present Re- public of China through the rebellions of 1911-12—the New Year celebrations continued a full week. But even now, with a celebration of only a day, New China smiles at the persistent adherency to ancient tradi- | tions and customs which make tomo: row New Year day. New China has adopted the Western World calendar. STREET CAR SERVICE IMPROVEMENT URGED Brightwood Citizens’ Association Petitions Railway and Electric Company. Improved service and better e?um' ment on the htwood division of the & Electric Co. 'ged in a resolution adopted last night’ by the Brightwood Citizens' As- .sociation at a meeting in the Bright- wood Bank Building. The association was told that the curs are crowded at practically all hours of the day, and if express service could be secured, the efforts of the association this direction. Complaint was also made of some of the street cars which are being operated on the line, many of ther. to be over 20 years old, with side seats and leather straphangers. C. E. Bogardus presented the matter and his resolution was unan- imously adopted. The request for addi- tional cars will include those running to Takoma Park and the District line. ‘The question of free text books in the public schools was discussed and the association went on record as favor- ing free books in the elementary grades. D. H. Farr, I. C. Towson, Edgar M. Ebert and Alvin Smith were elected to membership in the association. H. E. King, chairman of the streets and lights committee, advised the as- sociation to have the residents and property owners on Madison street, be- tween Ninth street and Georgia avenue, pare a petition to be presented to e District Commissioners for the pav- ing of this thoroughfare. ‘The association expressed regret at the death of William A. Wimsatt, a HARVEY'S ACOUIRED BYU.S. FORSTTA00 Famous Avenue Restaurant to Be Razed for Triangle Buildings. Harvey's Restaurant, for 70 years & | landmark of Washington and a gather- ing place for statesman, has been pur- chased by the Federal Government and | will be razed to make way for bulldl’;_\g: in the new triangle program. restaurant, located at Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue, was sold for $115,000, it is understood. The present proprietors will continue to operate it until the building program requires the !'of their groups in Chinatown on lower{sm The Government recently purchased the President Theater, next door to Harvey's. CHARGES HE WAS INJURED IN PROTECTING HIS CAR Dominic Frenco Declares Man Sought by Police Attempted to Appropriate His Automobile. Dominic Frenco, 37 years old, of 1734 Twenty-fourth street was seriously cut KIWANIANS TO HAVE HEADQUARTERS FOR INAUGURAL EVENTS Washington Club Members Plan to Greet Fellows Visiting in City. JOINT ARMY AND NAVY AERIAL REVIEW SLATED T. P. Noyes to Tell of Methods to Be Used in Covering Ceremonies in Radio Speech Tonight. Special headquarters for members of | the Kiwanis Club who visit Washing- ton during the coming inaugural. are to be established at the Washington Hotel from March 1 to March 5, the inaug- ural committee announced today. The Washington Kiwanis Club will have & visiting commitiee on hand at the hotel to greet their fellow club members from various parts of the country. Several thousand Kiwanians are expected to be in the thousands of persons who will come to Washington to witness the inaugural of Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis. Work started today on the Lafayette Square stands in the court of homor, opposite the White House, which will be the most pretentious stands to be constructed under the guidance of the inaugural commitee, outside of the of- ficial stands in front of the White House. Meanwhile work is well along on the stands on the east front of the Capitol, Where the induction ceremony will take place, and the official stand mear the White House has progressed to the place, where workmen today were con- structing the central bay window por- lon, where the incoming and outgoing Presidents will view the parade. Chairman, Theodore P. Noyes of the press relations committee will on the air tonight over radio station L to acquaint listeners with the methods to be used in “covering” the inaugural ?y ndsoalbdl.l pictures and moum:i pic- ures and by newspaper correspondents. Additional contributions were an- . N ; Marcus Notes, $100; Ivan C. Weld, $25. Announcement has been made by the War and Navy Departments that the aerial features of inaugural day have been virtually completed, and that there will be a combined Army and Navy aerial review, to be led by Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, assistant to the chief of Army Air Corps, and Lieut. Comdr. C. E. Rosendahl of the Navy, who commands the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, N. J. Both men have notable records of achievement in the air. Gen. Foulois Wwas a pioneer in Army aviation and was seriously injured in a crash at Fort Myer, Va., in 1908 with Orville Wright, when the Wright chine was under- going tests for pessible purchase by the Army. Comdr. Rosendahl was an ob- server in the recent transatlantic trip of the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin, and was one of the sarvivors of the wreck of the Shenandoah over Ohio in 1925. According to present plans, the aerial Teview will pass over the President's re- viewing stand in advance of the ground troops in the parade. on his face last evening when he at- tempted to prevent a man for whom police are looking from using his auto- mobile. The cylinder of a revolver containing several shells and three bottles of al- leged cognac were found in the machine by Headquarters Detective Benjamin C. Kuehling, who was nearby when the altercation occurred. He met PFrenco running along Calvert street near Twentieth street with blood streaming from his face. He told the detective that the man had cut him when he jumped onto the running board of the car to prevent him from driving away. Kuehling hailed a passing automobile and took the injured man to Emergency Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Edward Kelly and Joseph Jordan of the staff. The automobile is being held at the eighth precinct while the case is being investigated. FIREPROOF STOREROOM SCENE OF SMALL BLAZE Difficulty Experienced in Finding Source of Smoke in Press Club Building. Firemen groped their way through the dim light across the stage of the Fox Theater in queer procession, rushed through corridors and up and down on the elevators of the National Press Club Building in mad haste early this morning just before dawn, trying to locate the fire from which smoke was coming and filling the lower floors of the entire building. . Finally the firemen traced the smoke to a fireproof storage room in the base- ment of the Press Club Pharmacy. Half an hour had elapsed. Ten minutes more were consumed in breaking down two steel doors protecting the room. There they found a small blaze, princi- pally of trash. A hose line was run in through the rear entrance and it was but a few minutes before the fire was extinguished. The room is of cement construction, with double doors and ceiling. This prevented the fire, which apparently had been smoldering for a number of hours, from spreading. Happy New Year Army will.come “from Bolling Field, Langley Field and Mitchel Fleld, and will include the famous endurance plane Question Mark. Army lighter- than-air craft will come from Langley Field and will sail along the line of march accompanied by the Navy ship Los Angeles, in command of Comdr. Rosendahl. Gen. Foulois, who is to be marshal of the air contingent, person- ally will lead the heavier- -air divi- sion of the Army aerial units. Immedi- ately after the review all aircraft will return to their stations. Many distinguished Americans have accepted places on the committee on reception of governors, headed by E. F. Colladay, among them Julius H. Barnes, Walter 8. Gifford, Arthur Brisbane, Thomas W. Lamont, Will H. Hays, Julius Rosenwald, Gen. James G. Har- bord, Charles Barrett and John Grier DANE ADMITS THEFTS, DETECTIVES DECLARE Grand Larceny .Charge Follows Reported Confession of Man, 50. Nicholas P. Nielson, 50-year-old native of Denmark, who was arrested yester- day in Baltimore in connection with the alleged theft Thursday of a brooch valued at $400 from Howard P. Okie, art dealer, at 1640 Connecticut avenue, has admitted to Headquarters Detectives James Collins and John Wise that he took articles worth $180 from two other stores the same day, the officers say. After his alleged confession, he was charged today with grand larceny. ‘The detectives say Nielson admits tak- ing the brooch and says that before going to Okie's store he entered the shop of the Yamanaka Co. at 1207 Connecticut avenue, and under the pre- tex of inspecting it made off with an agate cigar lighter worth $80. He then is alleged to have gone to a store operated by Madeline Jordan at 1749 Rhode Island avenue and to have taken a hand-raved ivory statuette valued at $100. Both articles were found in his clothes ‘when he was arrested, the offi- cers, lare. USSR A typical New Year day recelved in Washington's prominent member of the Southwest Citizens’ Association, , and for many years identified with civic affairs in the National Ca nt In the absence of President Charles | writing 1. F. Randolph W. Ray, Cice Preside presided, D. as | BURLINGAME DISCUSSION AT WHITE HOUSE DENIED Reports of Comments on Case at Breakfast Incur Executive Displeasure. Published reports that the Burlin- game case had been discussed bet: Presiden and s ternoon and brought a denial. The President let it be known that he recalled no such conversation as From what guests or guests the Presi dent's re] remarks were relayed has not n_ disclosed. The President let it be what interested