Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1929, Page 17

Washington News The Foening Slar Society and General 1 WASHINGTON, D. MATCH IS LIGHTED, SPIRITS FLEE AND | MEDIDN 5 HELD Policeman Flashes Bit of| Blaze and Breaks Up Meeting. i | A | CHARGES ALSO PLACED AGAINST HOUSE OWNER| Case Against Pair Is Postponed in Police Court Until February 20. The flash of a lighted match in the hand of a policeman broke up a spirit- ual meeting at 210 E street northeast last night and sent the frightened “spirits” scurrying away into the dark- ness as the man who had summoned them back to earth was placed under arrest. ‘The meeting had been in progress for more than an hour, when Policeman L. C. Wise struck the match—at the very moment when one of the deep- voiced “spirits” was delivering a mes- sage to a woman from her father, who died several years ago. The untoward action of the officer threw the meeting into the utmost con- fusion, and it was only after some dif- fliculty that Wise and Policewoman Caroline Alexander succeeded in calm- ing the 19 woman guests who were concerned for the safety of the medium. The latter, John Joseph Carroll, was gr!afl_v affected by the interruption of is trance, gasping for breath and evincing every indication of being in serious physical distress, according to witnesses. As the lighted match sud- denly illuminated the darkness of the spirit-filled room, one woman screamed, “That's a terrible thing to do. It might kill the professor while he's in his trance.” At the ninth precinct police station Carroll deposited $50 collateral on the charge of being an unlicensed medium. A sunilar charge was made out against Mrs. Lily Grant, 60 years old, owner of the house in which the meeting was | being held. Their case was postponed | until February 20 when the two were brought into Police Court this morning. ‘Word had been passed around that the meeting was to be held, and that |Of & speechmaker. Carroll had come all the way from Buffalo, N. Y., to conduct it. He was described as one of only two genuine “trumpet blowers” in the United States. By 9 o'clock 19 women, including Miss lexander, and Policeman Wise had | Pennsylvania avenue this morning while POLICEMAN. CHASING SPEEDER. HURLED OVER Motor Cycle Officer Thomp- | son Thrown 15 Feet in Air, | Skull Fractured. Machine Attempts to Make| Turn Ahead of Him, Causing Crash. Catapulted over the top of a truck he colided with at Ninth street and | { chasing a speeding automobile, Motor | Cycle Policeman David R. Thompson | of the fifth precinct was injured crit- | ically. His skull was fractured and his | head and body lacerated. | Thompson is said to have been trav- eling at a high speed west on Pennsyl- vania avenue with the speeder a short | distance ahead. The truck, driven by William Engerson, 37 years old, of Upper Marlboro, Md., was going in the | same direction. Not 'seeing the officer, Engerson attempted to turn soyth at Ninth street, The motor cycle struck the front wheel of the truck and Thompson shot 15 feet into the air to land face down- TRUCK.MAY DIE i | | | | | POLICEMAN DAVID R. TIIOMPSOY\L. ward on the other side of the machine. Engerson picked him up and hailed a passing motorist, who took the police- man to Providence Hospital. An X-ray photograph revealed a fractured skull. Thompson was bleeding from the left ear when he arrived. STENGLE APPEALS FORD. . SURFRAC Atiacks McLeod Bill at Meet-| ing of Citizens’ Advisory Council. The McLeod bill for granting the Dis- | trict of Columbia a delegate to the | House of Representatives was arraigned by Charles I. Stengle of Petworth at the meeting of the Citizens’ Advisory Coun- cil in the District Building last night. Mr. Stengle brought the subject up by asking that the bill be referred to him | for report. “This bill,” he exclaimed, “would put us below Porto Rico, the Philippines and the Hawailan Islands. It would put us at the bottom of the list of possessions, with a mouthpiece who would be ex- pected to sit in the House and have no voice in legislation affecting the Dis- trict and the country except the voice “If Congress is interested in our fran- chise problems, why does it not start at the bottom, and give us that which we ought to have, local suffrage? Why does it not allow us to"elect our own school board, and our own city council. If the t.ssembled in the waiting room. Beliefs Are Sounded. gentlemen on the hill would do this, the taxpayers of the city might at least dis- cover lost bank balances due the ‘Dis- After a rigorous examination to make nure all visitors “believed,” and were ot there in the role of skeptics, the {uests were instructed to fill out cards vith the names of two members of the spirit world, a question and their own Tull name. These were placed face down in a bowl, which was taken in to the medium. In the presence of Carroll the 20 guests were instructed to sit around in 8 circle, keeping contact with their hands. If the contac® was not kept, they were told, the trance would broken and the spirits leave. Finally all was ready, and the lights extinguished. The room was absolutely dark, mirrors being covered with dll’kl cloth and the windows with heavy ol | cloth to prevent any stray ray of light from entering. As the tense guests sat waiting, soft strains of musice welled into the room. | ‘The music appeared to come from a phonograph which floated through the air above their heads. The medium, who was sitting in the middle of the circle, holding the hands of a woman guest, announced that he was ready to summon the spirits. The Lord’s Prayer was repeated and sev- eral folk songs were sung by the guests. This was described as being necessary ‘o secure the proper frame of mind. Finally the “spirits” arrived, but all that could be seen were the trumpets, painted with some luminous substance. The trumpets drifted slowly back and forth across the room, occasionally brushing across the face of a guest, or touching one of ‘them on the hand. “Little Pansy,” described as the spirit | of an Indian girl who died five years 2go, also was present. She went among the guests, consoling this one and en- couraging another. Spirits Began to Talk. the spirits began to talk. One s trumpet close to Miss Alex- face and, much to her surprise, "The squaw with the big gl is a newspaper women.” The trufpet then floated over to Policeman s and identified him as the “Big Chief.” At Carroll's command, the spirits had answered three of four of the questions asked on the cards, their replies being punctuated by the music which still came from the instrument moving through the air. Finally the woman who had inquired for her father was reached, and the it, speaking in a deep and solemn had just commenced to deliver answer when Wise struck the | match. l When the_lights were turned on it | was found that the cards bearing the ions which had been answered had been removed from the others and were lying on the side of the table. ‘The manner in which they were sepa- rated In the intense darkness remains 2 mystery to police. Neither could the latter account for the manner in which the trumpets moved across the room, a subsequent examination revealing no way in which they might have been attached to something else or moved. According to police, Carroll, who is 40 years old, protested his arrest, as- serting that he was acting in good faith and in accordance with his re- ligious beliefs. The admission fee was 2 per person. ASKS MORE EXPRESS CARS The Public Utilities Commission took under advisement today a request from the Brightwood Citizens’ Association for extension of express service on cars of the Washington Railway & Electri Co.s Brightwood line along Georgia avenue to points near the District line. The association complained that service on this line was not frequent anough to take care of the traffic. Lieutenant Colonel Promoted. Lieut. Col. Jay P. Hopkins, Coast Artillery Corps, now on R. O. T, C. duty at Fordham University, New York City, has been promoted to the grade of colonel, according to War Depart- ment announcement. He is from Michigan and was graduated from the Military Academy in June, 1900. For ‘his services in the World War he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and has held the rank of Lcutenant colonel since July, 1920 be | & brief report, saying that the bill had trict, and whether Blalocks are running away with the Police Department.” The bill was accordingly- referred to Mr. Stengle for report. Vagrancy Bill Attacked. The vagrancy bill, introduced by Sen- ator Sackett of Kentucky at the request of the Police Department, came in for even more bitter opposition. The bill had been referred to William A. Roberts of Conduit road. Mr. Roberts submitted been “inadequately considreed and would be a means of unreasonable per- secution in some hands.” “I was so bitter against this bill that I was afraid to trust myself to write more,” Mr. Roberts said. But the coun- cil was in no mood to let the matter rest there. Mr. Roberts was instructed to write his objections in detail. “Make it hot,” Mr, Stengle advised. The bill, which greatly increases the number of reasons for which a man may be arrested for vagrancy, was flayed by Mr. Stengle, who said that if it were passed before Inauguration day tens of thousands of visitors to the city could be picked up without excuse and put into jail for 90 days. Dr. George Richardson of the Fed- crmgr: orficlvic Aswi!htlons sald his constituents were unalterably o] to the bill. b The council spent a half hour chuck- ling over the idiosyncrasies of a bill to regulate the science or art of cos- metology. The bill proposed to set up a board of “cosmetologists,” no two of whom shall have graduated from the same school of cosmetology. A secre- tary to the board is provided for, his salary not to exceed $3,000. The board members are to be paid $10 per diem and all “nec e " and are to license cosmetoiogists and have pow- er to revoke or suspend the licenses is- sued for cause. Far-Reaching Powers. The board would have far-reaching and extraordinary powers not only over cosmetologists as such, but over all per- sons connected with this profession by reason of connection with schools of cosmetology or manufacture of cosmet- ological preparations. It would have, among other powers, the power of sub- Ppoenaing witnesses and compelling their attendance. ‘The bill was described by Dr. Rich- ardson as “the most ludicrous” District measure ever proposed. He said its| passage would be the signal for a raid on Congress by members of all the rec- ognized and unrecognized occupations, and that the operations of the pro- posed board would be in direct con- flict with those of the Health Depart- ment. ‘When the council recovered its dig- nity after laughter at the terms of the bill, the measure was unanimously dis- approved. The council approved the Gibson bill authorizing appropriation of $2,000,000 for purchase of sites and buildings for branch libraries, including the cost of making extensions or remodeling schools for branch libraries. A favora- | ble report on the bill was read by Jo- seph Gammell of Lincoln Park. A bill to prevent the display of signs . or posters containing matter which, be- | cause of reference to a religious creed or race, which might lead to a breach of the public peace was approved with the amendment that the displaying of such a bill or poster would be illegal only when the matter thereon was de- rogatory to some religion or race, CITY PLANNER TO SPEAK. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, Before Kalo- rama Citizens February 19. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city planner to the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, will address the Kalo~ rama Citizens’ Association at its meet- ing at 8 p.m. February 19 in St. Mar- garet's Parish House. The association’s executive commit- tee held a luncheon meeting at the Uni- versity Club yesterday. Present were Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle, Dr. Albert M. Baggs, Dr. Delos Smith, Judge Mil- ton Strasburger, Spencer Gordon, Wal- ter M. Brodie, A. Coulter Wells, J. Row- GUN PLANT HERE ASSURED BIG J0B Large Share of Pieces Need- | ed for 15 New Cruisers Go to Navy Yard. ‘The Washington Navy Yard will be called upon to construct a large share of | the 135 guns needed for the 15 cruisers authorized by new legislation, it appeared certain today. At the Navy Department, there was officially no word forthcoming in the way of promises, but if the program of construction proceeds as expected, | with all the ships to be laid down by | July 31, 1931, it was considered that this will bring much work to the naval gun factory here. The bill authorizing the cruisers was signed by President Coolidge yesterday, but there remains to be enacted yet the necessary appro- priations. . Local Yard Kept Busy. Capt. Frank L. Pinney, senior inspec- tor of the gun factory, explained today that work on the present program of constructing guns for the eight new cruisers now being built is keeping the local navy yard busy. Capt. Pinney, however, denied the report that a large | number of men will be taken on to con- struct guns for the 15 new cruisers. Secretary Wilbur indicated yesterday afternoon that each of the 15 new cruisers will be equipped with nine 8- inch guns, the same as the type of the U. 8. 8. Augusta, now under construc- | tion, as part of the eight-cruiser pro- | gram. Should the Washington Navy Yard get all this work, it would mean that 135 8-inch guns would be con- structed here, The program of gun construction is depended upon a number of factors, in- cluding how fast the keels of the 15 new cruisers are laid down and the appro- priations that Congress makes available. Five cruisers may be laid down between now and June 30, with five more being started during the fiscal year 1930 and the remaining five during the fiscal year 1931. The act carries a provision that if the cruisers are not laid down in a fiscal ye they may be started in the next fiscal year, if that is found neces- sary. Eight-Inch Guns for Each. Each of the 15 new cruisers will have its nine 8-inch guns in triple sets—two sets being forward and one set aft. It is likely that each of the 15 new cruisers will have six 5-inch anti-air- craft guns. The eight new cruisers now under construction have four 5-inch anti-air- craft guns, Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, recently told Congress that the service is buying forgings for guns from the Erie Forge Co. at Erie, Pa. DIPLOMATIC ROOM . CHANGES ARE MADE Rearrangements Held Indicating New Head of Depart- ment of State. In evident anticipation of an early change in the head of the Department of State, the historic diplomatic room is undergoing one of its perennial re- arrangements, including the cleaning and furbkhing of large ebony tables, heavy leather-covered chairs, costly rugs and rich hangings, as well as the valu- able collection of portrait paintings of all the statesmen who have conducted the foreign relations of the Government since its organization. ‘The portrait gallery is complete and includes the work of many of the lead- i‘x;g artists of present and past genera- ons. A recent inspection showed that many of the portraits, especially the older ones, showed signs of deterioration. In several instances the portraits are marred by cracks or fading coloring, but mostly it is the frames rather than the paintings that need repairs, Five comparatively recent portraits were the only ones that passed inspec- tion, being those of Secretaries Hay, Root, Knox, Bryan and Hughes, all of which have been protected by glass. They are the only portraits now on the walls. All the others, numbering about 40 have been turned over to David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, for such treatment as may be required, either in the way of retouching of the original canvas or by repair or replacement of their frames. All of that work will be done by the artists now engaged in ex- tensive decorative work in the Rotunda and other parts of the Capitol. Included in the list of former Secre- taries of State whose portraits are now undergoing renovation are those of Presidents Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Q. Adams, Van Buren and Bu- chanan and other outstanding figures in the history of the United States, in- cluding John Marshall, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Ed- ward Everett, Lewis Cass, William H. Seward, William E. Evarts, James G. Blaine, Richard Olney, John Sherman DISTRICT TAX SALE | Move Is Designed to Assure |e | | MEASURE AWAITS COOLIDGE AGTION Easier Disposal of De- linquent Property. TRGNGER TITLE HELD GUARANTEED BY BILL Q Actual Transfer of Land Would Be Expedited Under Phipps’ Plan., Congress has completed and sent to the White House for signature a bill advocated for a number of years by Senator Phipps, Republican, of Colorado, to give the Commissioners a more effec~ tive method of collecting delinquent real estate taxes. The bill passed the House several days ago in the same form on which the Senate had acted previously, so that a conference was not necessary before submitting the measure to the President. Under existing law the collector of taxes holds a tax sale annually of all property on which taxes are delinquent, at which individuals obtain tax cer- tificates by paying the amount due to the District, plus the accrued penalty, Persons making these bids are required to hold the certificate for two years following the tax sale, at the end of which time the Commissioners may issue a tax deed if the owner has not re- deemed it by paying the taxes and Ppenalties. It has been the experience of the | District, however, that thousands of parcels offered at the tax sale bring no bids and have to be carried indefinitely by the District. If the measure is signed by the President it will enable the Com- missioners to go to the District Su- preme Court at the end of two years | following the tax sale and apply for an order for actual sale of the property. All taxes and penalties would be paid to the District from the proceceds of this sale, and the balance would be de- posited with the court to be turned over to the persons in equity and title to recetve it. Upon confirmation of the sale the court would issue to the purchaser a deed conveying to him all the right, title and estate of all parties. It was believed by Congress that such deeds would constitute a stronger title than those now issued by the Commissioners at the end of the two- year period, and would result in more individuals purchasing delinquent prop- erty at the annual tax sale. At the 1928 tax sale the District itself was required to buy in 6,600 lots on which outside individuals did not bid. TWO ARMY OFFICERS GIVEN PROMOTION Gen. Parker and Col. Roberts, Ap- pointed to Fill Vacancies, Have Distinguished War Record. Brig. Gen. Frank Parker, assistant chief of staff, in charge of the opera- tions and tralning division, War De- partment, has been promoted to the grade of major general, and Col. Charles D. Roberts, U. S. Infantry, sta- tioned at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., to the grade of brigadier general, to fill vacancies caused by the recent retirement of Maj. Gen. Charles D. Rhodes. The nominations were made late yesterday. Both appointees served with distine- tion in the World War. Gen. Parker was awarded the Dis- tinguished Service Medal and also two silver star citations for gallantry in action, and Gen. Roberts was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for rescuing wounded soldiers in front of the lines under heavy fire and also the Distinguished Service Medal. Gen. Parker is from South Carolina and was graduated from the West Point Military Academy in 1894. Gen. Roberts was born in the Chey- enne Indian Agency, Dakota, and was graduated from the Military Academy | in 1897. Both officers served in the Spanish War of 1898. [ pomin | and others. A portrait of Frank B. Kellogg, the present head of the State land Bibbins, George H. Ricker, A. B. Mesny, Henry C. Moiris, George W. Hodgkins and Joseph Fitggerald, jr. Detllrtlnent. will be added to the col- lection within the next few months, Upper—Maj. Gen. Frank Parker. Iaw:r-—,lfl_;. LGem Charles A. Roberts. THURSDAY, JANITOR'S DEVIGE CAUSES SHOOTING; SAILOR WOUNDED Struck by Two Bullets Fired From Window as He Helps Seize Truck. BELL SIGNALED OWNER AS MACHINE WAS MOVED | Seamen Had Gone With Friend to: Repossess It—Colored Man Is Arrested. An ingenious wire signal system which caused a bell to ring in the apartment of James Allen Tatum, 26-year-old colored janitor of 225 Massachuselts avenue northeast, when his automobile truck was moved, resulted in two rifle bullets hitting Edward Bishop, 28-year- old sailor, attached to the Naval Air Station, early this morning. The sailor was assisting Herbert A. Ridgley, agent for a motor finance corporation in the seizure of the truck, claimed to have been forfeited under a contract for sale of tires, e Tatum was arrested by Headquarters Detective Oscar W. Mansfield, and the police say he admits shooting Bishop with a .38 caliber repeating rifle, after he had received information by means of his signal system that the truck was being tampered with. According to officials of the motor jcompany Tatum was warned 10 days ago that if he did not pay his bill his machine would be taken and he had replied that he would shoot any one who touched it. Bishop, who is a friend of Ridgley, had gone to the place to drive his friend’s car away after they had taken possession of the truck. standing in the alley in the rear of the apartment house where Tatum works ~ three shots were fired from nearby. One struck a tire of Ridgley's machine, another entered Bishop's left hip and the third entered the sailor's back at the lower left side. Tatum is being held at the ninth precinct charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. With Ridgley's assistance the wound- ed man walked to Casualty Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Louis Jimal, of the staff, and then transferred to the Naval Hospital. Ridgley told police that he hailed three motorists on the way to the hospital, but they refused to stop. An X-ray will be taken to determine whether Bishop's hip was shattered by the bullet. physicians consider his condition serious. Ridgley was instructed yesterday to seize the truck. Accordingly, he and Bishop drove into an alley in rear of the apartment house where Tatum lives, intending to remove the machine with- out the owner’s knowledge. Tatum, however, had provided against just such a_ contingency. He had stretched a wire between the truck and his apart- ment and so rigged up a signal system that a bell would ring if the truck were tampered with or an altempt made to move it. He told Detective Mansfield he constructed the device after the bat- tery was stolen from the machine a short time ago. The alarm was sounded and Tatum appeared at the window of his apart- ment with the rifle and opened fire at lt)hg two men. Then he went back to ed. When Mansfield reached the scene and rang the door bell, no one re- sponded. He continued to ring, he de- clared, until the bell was suddenly si- lenced as if by a pad being placed be- neath the striker. Such was later found to have been the case. Mans- field then drove through the alley to the rear of the building and flashed a powerful spotlight through the win- dows of the apartment, He again went to the front door and this time Tatum’s wife opened the door in response to his knock. Tatum readily submitted to arrest, Mansfield asserted, saying he fired under the impression that some one was try- ing to steal his truck. Ridgley is employed by the Auto List Co., 1340 New York avenue. It was said there that the seizure of the truck was supported by legal authority. MICHIGAN PARK BODY NAMES DEVINY HEAD Nominations Include Two for Sec- retary and Two for Treasurer of Association. Meanwhile Willlam M: Deviny was nominated to jsucceed B. B. Pettus last night as pre: ident of the Michigan Park Citizen: Association, meeting in the Bunker Hill School. to be elected at the next meeting of the association were as follows: James B. Connell and J. F. Hillyard, for secretary; Charles J. Hausler, for vice president; Samuel Rossi and F. L. Adams, for treasurer, and E. J. Bren- nan as a delegate to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. District officials were urged to repair streets of the community put in bad condition during the placing of storm sewers, particularly Upshur street, in a resolution approved at the meeting. An- ofher resolution regretted the resigna- tion of Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, Assist- ant Engineer Commissioner. MRS. ADELAIDE POORE 'SUMMONED BY DEATH/ Wife of Retired Major General Dies at Walter Reed After Long Illness. Mrs. Adelaide Carleton Poore, 61 years old, wife of Maj. Gen. Benjamin A Poore, U. 8. A, retired, died in Walter Reed Hospital yesterday after a long illness. Gen.. Poore resides here in the Tilden Gardens. Besides her husband she leaves three daughters, Mrs. Katherine Mauborgne, wife ®f Lieut. Col. J. O. Mauborgne, Signal Corps, U 8. A, sta- tioned in the Panama Canal Zone; Mrs. Priscilla Robinson, wife of Maj. Donald A. Robinson, U. S. Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kans, and Mrs, Adelaide Bolte, wife of Capt. Lawrence Bolte, U. S. Infantry, stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. She also leaves seven grandchildren. Gen. Poore was commander of the Tth Corps Area, U S. A, when retired about two years Funeral services will be conducted in the Fort Myer chapel tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery, FEBRUARY 14, As they were | Other nominations for officers | PAGE 17 | | the rear, A battery of lights to produce artificial sunlight have been installed at the Capitol in Washington for the benefit of members of Congress. Photo shows a group of lawmakers enjoying the refreshing glow of the lights | at the Capitol today, left to right: Representatives Fred Zihiman, Florian Lam- | pert, C. J. McLeod and George J. Schneider; Dr. M. J. Dorcas is seen standing in —Underwood Photo. PARADE CONFLICT GUARDED AGAINST !lnaugural Group Will Avoid| Interference With Plans of President-elect. Arrangements have been made by the i parade group of the inaugural commit- tee to avold possible conflict on March 4 with the convenience of the new President and his party. If Mr. Hoover wishes to lunch at the White House after his inauguration, abandoning the customary plan of {lunching at the Capitol, the parade will be stopped at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue until a courier from the White House notifies Maj. Gen. C. P. Summera!!, parade marshal, that the President and his party have taken their places in the reviewing stand. There is some doubt as to what Mr. Hoover plans to do, although it is cus- tomary for the new President to take the oath of offfce and then lunch at the Capitol, while the parade awaits his presence before starting. ‘Will Picture Washington. Valuable publicity for Washington is | expected to result from the “picturiza- tion of Washington” concerts to be given at the Rialto Theater on March 2 and 4. Charles Colfax Long, lecturer, will be accompanied by vocal and in- strumental artists. Through a subcom- | mitte headed by R. J. Cottrell- of the Washington Board of Trade, every chamber of commerce in the country and schoo’s will be advised of the Wash- ington features of the inaugural enter- | tainment and will be asked to spread the information in their respective cities, Railroads also will be asked to I MT. WEATHER SITE 0K. IS EXPECTED House Appropriations Com- | mittee May Include Fund for Summer White House | ‘The House appropriations committee expects to include in the second defi- ciency appropriation bill now being drafted the $48,000 asked by President | Coolidge in supplemental estimates sent | to Congress late yesterday for repairs on buildings on the 83-acre tract known as Mount Weather, to make them suit- | able for a Summer White House. The only question in the minds of | members of both House and Senate is | whether President-elect Hover cares to . have such a Summer White House es- tablished. Members of Congress are | generally pleased at the proposal to us2 | surplus property, which the Government | now has and to preserve it for use in | future years as a most sightly location | for a Summer White House, even though | individual Presidents might prefer to spend their vacation periods elsewhere. | Fess Bill Wins Approval. The Senate public buildings and grounds committee today also made a! favorable report on the Fess bill to create a commission to study the ques- | tion of establishing a country Summer | ‘White House near Washington. The | commission would be composed of the | President, the Vice President,* the Speaker of the House, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Senate and House committees on pub- lic buildings and grounds, the architect | of the Capitol and the director of pub- lic buildings and grounds. The commission would be authorized “to investigate and report to the Con- gress as to the advisability of estab- lishing, in a location convenient and accessible to the city of Washington, a co-operate by advertising the distinct- ive features of the three-day festival. | The committee hopes to attract people | to the first of the two concerts before they embark on sightseeing tours. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3rd, chairman of the inaugural committee, will speak tonight over the Columbia network, | from radio station WMAL, on inaugural | plans. He will share the 8 to 9 o'clock nour with the Army Band. A ball to be held the evening. of March 4 has been announced by the [ City Club. It will be called the All States Ball, and special effort will be made to have State organizations M'i | tend. | Dress regulations to cover the uni- | forms to be worn by service units in the parade were issued yesterday by the War Department, together with a num- | ber of appointments on the stafl of the grand marshal. ‘The chief of staff to Gen. Summerall will be Brig. Gen. George S. Simonds, while aides to the marshal will be Maj. Henry Terrell, jr, and First Lieut. George J. Forster. The staff will con- sist of the following officers: Capt. Wil- liam S. McClintock, U. S. Lieut. Col. Robert L. Collins, U. S. A.; Maj. John N. Greely, U. S. A.; Maj. William H. Rupertus, U. 8. M. C.; Maj. Albert L. Barrows, Officers’ Reserve Corps; Lieut. R. J. Mauerman, United States Coast Guard; Capt. Walter S. Welsh, National Guard of the District of Co- lumbia, and Cadet Lieut. Emmett O. McLoughlin, R. O. T. C., Georgetown University. Dress Regulations Announced. All officers of the first grand division will wear olive drab shirts, while all other officers participating in the pa- rade will wear white shirts, collars and cuffs. Mounted officers will wear leath- er dress gloves while dismounted offi- cers will wear white dress gloves. Au- thorized decorations, medals and badges will be worn. All enlisted men will wear olive drab shirts, while the same regulations as to gloves and decorations wiil govern them. The grand marshal will decide as to the wearing of over- coats, -which will depend upon the ‘weather. Headquarters for the North Carolina delegation to attend the inaugural have been established at the Parkside Hotel, Where Charles A. Jonas, Republican na: tional committeeman from North Ca: lina and the State delegation in Con- gress have set up their headquarters. Colored Man Found Dazed. Philip Puckett, colored, 44 years old. 1815 Ninth street, was found in a dazes condition in his home about 5 ,0'clock yesterday afternoon, suffering from the effects of illuminating gas. Members of the Fire Department Rescue Squad and a physician from Freedmen's Hospital succeeded in reviving him and he was taken to the hospital for additional treatment, | | | country Summer White House for use by the President of the United States.” If the commission decided such a project advisable it would submit plans and estimates to Congress, including a recommendation as to the best location. The commission would be directed to report as soon as practicable. The Fess bill authorizes the use of $5,000 to be available to the commis- sion in making its surveys. This bill leaves the question of location to be recommended by the proposed commis- sion. The opinion was expressed privately that Mr. Coolidge's' request had met ome disfavor among members.of Con- gress who want other sites investigated before one is chosen. President Coolidge recommended to Congress in supplemental estimates of appropriations submitted yesterday that $48,000 be made available in the second deficiency appropriation bill, now being drafted, to make desirable repairs on existing buildings, to be expended by the director of public buildings and parks. He suggested legislation to trans- fer the Mount Weather property to the director of public buildings. President Coolidge waited until near the end of his term to suggest a country White House, his first public mention of it being in a letter to the St. Louls Post-Dispatch on December 9. “As a President about to retire,” he wrote, “I feel at liberty to write of cer- tain phases of that office which one who was entering upon its duties might feel some hesitancy in discussing.” He suggested that the Government provide a country White House in the hills near Washington “where he would have that freedom of action which, he has only at the White House and where he could get a complete change of at- mosphere.” Although the inference was made that it would be used mostly during the Summer, the President wrote that the residence would not be in a strict sense & Summer White House, adding that it might be desirable at times for him to visit various sections of the country. A few days after his letter to the Post-Dispatch the President suggested that the property at Mount Weather might be used as a retreat for the Chief Executive and this was followed yester- day by his recommendation for an ap- propriation. Mount Weather is located near the summit of one of the ranges of the Blue Ridge Mountains and is about 2 miles from Bluemont, Va. PROBE WILL CONTINUE. Reports that the Bureau of Efficiency temporarily would drop its inquiry into the affairs of the District of Columbia emphatically were denied today at the bureau. There are several matters under way, and the bureau will continue with its inquiry. William Cline, colored, 30, of 1012 D street southwest, is dead, a friend is in @ serious condition at Gallinger Hospi- tal and the third member of a trio which staged a drinking contest last night is held at the fourth precinct police station. Cline won the drinking contest, Fred Tyer, the man under arrest, told Capt. Cornwell of the fourth precinct. Jessle Williams, 35, of 406 Eleventh street southwest, is in a serlous con- dition in Gallinger Hospital. Tyer is quoted by Capt. Cornwell saying that he, Willlams and CI went to an address in the 1000 Drinking Contest Winner Is Dead, Friend In Hospital and Third Man Under Arrest ine | be of Second street southwest last night and started drinking. A drinking con- test between Cline and Willams was suggested. After Cline was declared winner the three went to Cline’s home. Arising about 5 o'clock this morning, TRIAL BOARD ARS CHARGES ACAIST THREE POLIGE Hearing of Accusation in Carpenter Case Continued This Afternoon. FATHER TESTIFIES HIS FAMILY WAS BEATEN UP Two Boys, Himself and His Daugh- ter, 18, Were Assaulted With Blackjacks, He Swears. Charges were heard by the Police Trial Board today against three police- men in the case of Joseph William Car- penter, 21, who was arrested at his home, 491 H street southwest, on the night of February 2, 1929. The officers, S. F. Gravely and R. McNeill of the third precinct and M. P. Creel of the fourth precinct, are charged with as- saulting Carpenter and other members of his family and with breaking down the door of their home on the night of arrest. E. Russell Kelly and James O'Shea represented the accused policemen. William F. Carpenter, ironworker, father of the boy. who was arrested, testified before the board that the offi- cers forcifully entered his home on the night of February 2, after refusing to show a warrant for the arrest of his son, and then proceeded to wield black- jacks on members of the family. He said that Officer McNeill ap- proached his son, who was standing on the stairway of their home, and without cause severely beat him across the legs and body with a blackjack and, when the father interfered. admin- istered similar treatment to him and then placed them both under arrest on charges of assault. Carpenter, whom police say, has been arrested 16 times and convicted more than half a dozen times on charges of petty larceny, was taken by the police in connection with the theft of pocket- books from employes of the Hurley- Wright Building early this month. The elder Carpenter also testified that Officer McNeill, after placing him under arrest, walked him for more than two blocks through the streets at night in his stocking feet, after he had told the officer that he was under the care of & physician. He said that the officer also administered a beating to his oldest son, | Elmer, 25 years old, and his 18-year-old daughter Beatrice. The hearing will be continued this afternoon. POLICE TRAP CATCHES YOUTH IN TWO THEFTS Invited to Hospital by Woman Robbed of Wrist Watches, Edwin | F. Biggs Is Placed Under Arrest. | | A neatly devised police trap, set by | Headquarters Detective Hubert Brodie and Mrs. Leslie Yowell, 103 Second | street, who lies ill at Emergency Hos- | pital, resulted yesterday in the arrest of | Edwin F. Biggs, 20 years old, on charges jof taking wrist watches from the } woman and $200 from a store where he | formerly was employed. | Biggs was taken into custody at the | hospital after he had been invited there | by Mrs. Yowell, who had notified head- quarters in the meantime. As the youth sat by her bedside and expressed his sorrow and wished her luck for her pending operation Detective Brodie walked in and placed him under arrest. Police say Biggs confessed taking the watches January 27 last, when he called | at Mrs. Yowell's home during her ab- sence. One of the watches is said to | belong to Miss Mrytle Deaton, a room- mate of Mrs. Yowell. Shortly after Detective Brodie ar- rested Biggs, he says, he was identified as the youth who took nearly $200 from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.s store at 521 Eighth street southeast where he was employed. Brodie says the youth admits this charge also. Biggs is held for investigation. SALESMAN ENDS LIFE BY DRINKING POISON Body Found on Basement Floor by ‘Wife—Suicide Certificate Is- sued by Coroner. Bruce M. Alley, 47-year-old jewelry salesman for R. Harris & Co., Eleventh jand F streets, committed suicide early this morning in the cellar of his home, | 1310 Floral street, by drinking poison. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued a cer- tificate of suicide. Alley, who was employed by the jew- elry firm for more than 15 years, was found stretched out on the basement | floor by his wife, Mrs. Mamie E. Alley, ! when she went downstairs to prepare | breakfast about 7 o'clock. Mrs. Alley, prostrate with grief, said that her husband had been in good health and apparent excellent spirits re- cently and could offer no explanation for his act. The dead man, who is a 32d degree Mason and a member of the Almas Temple of the Shrine, besides his wife is survived by two small daughters, Es- telle, 6, and Katherine, 4; his mother, | Mrs. Sarah Alley of 4410 Fourteenth | street, and a brother, Richard F. Alley of Philadelphia. Relatives of Mr. Alley ascribed his act to ill health. They sajd he had suffered for years from stomath trouble. L e | ASSIGNED TO FORT BROWN Col. Daniel Van Voorhis Will Leave War College for Texas. Col. Daniel Van Voorhis, Cavalry, at the Army War College, Washington Barracks, has been assigned to the 13c2 Cavalry at Fort Brown, Texas; Maj. Edward P. Noyes, Coast Artillery Corps, at San Francisco, to Los Angeles for duty with Coast Artillery Reserves; Maj. Henry R. Smalley, Quartermaster Corps, from the Munitions Building, this city, to Philadelphia; Maj. John Kennard, Cavalry, from Towson, Md., to New Or- leans for duty with the Louisiana Na- onal Guard, and Maj. Thomas C, Cook, Coast Artillery Corps, from the Army War College to the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe. Tyer went to the rear yard and found Williams unconscious. 'He returned to the house and found Cline's body, fully clothed, lying across the bed. The po- lice and the Emergency Hospital am- bulance were summoned and Dr. Wal- ter Gladding of the hospital staff pro- nounced Cline dead. An autopsy will rformed to the ca of death, Exchange to Move Offices. ‘The Social Service Exchange will b2 moved Friday to the office of the Coun- cil of Social Agencles, 1418 Eye street, and on that day the flles of the ex- change cannot be made available to use | the public, it was announced by Louisa 8. Roberts, secretary, )