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The Foening Starf WASHINGTON, 100 z 5, TUESDAY, MARCH 1929, INCREASE IN FARES TOBE TAKEN UP BY TRACTIONCO. BOARD Renewal of Application to Be Considered at March 14 Meeting. INTEREST IS REVIVED BY INACTION ON MERGER @enate Failure to Confirm Brand as Utility Commission Member Complicates Situation. The board of directors of the Capital Traction Co. will consider at their regular meeting March 14 the question of renewing their application to the Public Utilities Commission for an in- crease of fare, President John H. Hanna of the company said today. Mr. Hanna would not predict what action would be taken, but said that the matter would be discussed at the meeting. The company applied for the increase } of fare June 14, 1928, and several public hearings. were held. In the course of the hearings the commission ordered the Washington Rallway & Electric Co. made a party to the case. This/action was interpreted as meaning that any increase given to the Capital Traction Co. would also be given to the Rallway Thp:ni‘ue was ' décided October 24. 1928, when the petition was dismissed without prejudice to the Capital Trac- tion Co. to renew its petition at any time subsequemt to March 5, 1929. ‘The reason for the action was that legisla- tion looking to a merger of the street car companies was at that time pending in Congress, and the commission wished to await the outcome of the merger bill before changing any fares. Public Interest Revived. ‘'ongress has now adjourned without [cgg:‘\ on the merger billfi thus the matter of increasing the fares of the Capital Traction Co., which claimed that it was not making a reasonable return on its valuation under the pres- ent, rates, becomes once more of public t. htAer:fcw complication in the situation Bas arisen by reason of the failure of the Senate to confirm the recess ap- tment of one of the members of commission, Col. Harrison Brand, . This failure automatically removed | im from office at midday yesterday. Col. Brand left word at the office that he would be in later in the day to turn over his key and get a few personal ef- ts. ‘Should the company decide to renew #s application for an increase of fares, any one Commissioner could hear the case, and the present two members, John W. Childress and Col. W. BAl Ladue, being a majority, could decide it | 1f they both voted the same way. Com- plications would arise, however, if they | took opposite stands. i ‘Would Have to Consider It. Mr. Childress and Col. Ladue both said today that they had not given this aspect of the case much consideration, but both agreed that if the company should renew its application it would have to be considered whether the third member of the commission had been inted ‘or not. “I am not a staller,” Mr. Childress said. “I am here to do business until my term expires July 1. Of course, if the application should come in and we had word that an appointment would be made in a week or 10 days, we would wait for the appointment. But I am perfectly willing to go ahead with the case with only two members. That is ‘what we are here for. In a matter of this importance, however, I would far rather have three members sit.” One possibility in the case is that the application may not be made until after the expiration of the extra session of Congress to be called by the President next month, The merger agreement ex- 1929, and -c!cordlnzlilt. should Congress decide to act upon at the special session, there would still be time. TWO BANDITS ROB STORE AS PARADE CROWDS PASS CERns o Unmasked Robbers Rifle Cash Reg- ister of $17 as Hundreds Stream by Place. hundreds of persons who had been wthg the inaugural parade streamed by the Sanitary Grocery store at 1211 Fourth street northeast yesterday eve- ning about 6 o'clock, two unmasked Tobbers were holding up at the point of & gun the manager, Edward E. Hen- non of 3131 M( s:x;gez, and robbing the register of . ufl‘mngn reported to ninth precinct police that he was about to close when the bandits walked through the door, drew revolvers and cautioned him not to make a sound. While one covered him the other stepped behind the counter, opened the cash register and transferred its contents to his pockets. Again cautioning him to make no out- cry, they walked from the store and disappeared. Hennon was alone in the place at the time. TEXAS COWBOY BAND TO GIVE FREE CONCERT | Program Will Be Held at Y. M.| C. A. Tomorrow Night, Starting at 8 0'Clock. The Texas Cowboy Band, received at the White House today by President Hoover, will give a concert ‘irez of charge tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the gymnasium of the Y. M. C. A, 1736 G street, it was announced today. The band, more than half of whom were raised on ranches in West Texas, will give a band concert lasting an hour, under the leadership of D. O. Wiley, di- rector. They will appear in the cos- fumes which they wear on all occasions, 10-gallon hats and all. In addition to offigially appearing yesterday in the Texas delegation, the organization is the official United Con- federacy Band of America and of the Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Associa- tion. They are students of Simmons College, Abilene, Tex. Free tickets for the concert may be obtained at the desk in the lobby at the Y. M. C. A. — —— Maj. Lewis Reassigned. Maj. Burton O. Lewls, Ordnance De- quarters in the Navy Building. NEW MARINE CORPS CHIEF TAKES OATH Gen. Neville Is Sworn In at| Brief But Colorful Ceremony. In a brief but colorful ceremony Maj. Gen. Wendell C. Neville was sworn in | this morning at the Navy Department by Brig. Gen. R. H. Lane, adjutant and inspector, as commandant of the Marine Corps. Standing beside Gen. Neville was his erstwhile &hief, Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, who has just reliquished the post of commandant of the famous fighting organization and will go on duty on the Pacific Coast. Gen. Neville and Gen. Lejeune were | the center of congratulations, the for- mer because of his elevation to new | responsibilities and the latter because of his task well done. Gen. Lejeune’s friends crowded around him, expressing regret at his leaving. He intends to remain in Washington for some time, however, and will be the recipient of a sketch of himself by Sergt. Herndon Davis of the Army at the Marine Bar- racks celebration in his honor a week from tomorrow night. Resplendent in his dark blue uni- form, Gen. Neville displayed the cam- paign ribbons that bespeak hard-fought duty in far-flung portions of the world. A massed stand of flags formed the background for the ceremony and vari- ous officers and clvilian employes or the Marine Corps witnessed the swear- ing in of their new chief. Gen. Neville has been commandant of the Marine Barracks at Quantico, Va., since June 3, 1927, and leaves that post to head the organization. HOOVER LEASES HOME TO WALCOTT Connecticut Senator and Family Expected to Move to § Street in April. President Hoover has leased his large Colonial residence, at 2300 S street, to Senator Walcott of Connecticut, who has been one of his close friends since the days when they both were engaged n Belgian relief work, and it was said at the office of Senator Walcott today that it was expected the Senator and his family would occupy the S street home on or about the 1st of April. Terms of tie lease, arranged through an attorney for Mr. Hoover, were not revealed. President Hoover and his family oc- cupied the palatial 8 street residence during his incumbency as Secretary of Commerce, having purchased the prop- erty when he took up permanent resi- dence here in 1921. The property was purchased from Thomas M. Gale, for- merly head of Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. The house was erected about 15 years ago. | of brick construction, is featured b; semi-circular portico at the front entrance, colonial dormers plercing the front section of the roof and massive chimneys at either side of the structure. PROGRAM IS OUTLINED FOR ANNUAL MOVIE BALL Impersonations of Screen Stars Scheduled for Entertainment at Auditorium Tomorrow Night. Impersonations of moving picture stars will feature the eighteenth annual movie ball to be held at the Washington Audi- torium tomorrow evening. ~All theatri- cal organizations in the city are co- operating in plans for a varied enter- tainment of guests. The ball is sponsored by the Motion Picture Projectionists Washington Pocal 224. Managers of local playhouses have provided cups as awards in an imperson- ation contest. The woman who best suggests Dolores Costello will receive a silver cup given by Crandall's Theater. Orchestra leaders of the moving pic- ture houses and - their orchestras will furnish dance music, and a special or- chestra has been engaged to play from 10 to 2 am. Theatrical troupes will be guests of the ball committee and guest prizes will be given. Visit to Exhibit Urged. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public_buildings and public parks, is anxious for employes of his office to see the exhibit of Washington, past, present and future, in the Washing- | lon Building, Fifteenth street and New partment, at the Army War College, ‘Washington Barracks, has been as- signed to duty at the United States i Rock Islang, Arsenal at |, -fective A 2 ook Tt e Sl Maj. Gen. Wendell C. Neville, who took office today as the new commandant of the Marine Corps, succeeding Maj. Gen. John J. Lejeune. was administered by Brig. Gen. R. H. Lane, adjutant of the corps, at Marine head- —St: Ik 1 The oath of office Staft Photo. MYSTERY DEATH OF NAN IS PROBED Police Hunt Stranger Who Is Believed to Have Been in Room. Circumstances surrounding the death! of James C. Woodward, 60 years old, who was found in his room at 607 Louisiana avenue this morning with a bullet hole through his head, started police on a search for a man who is believed to have been in the room this morning. Despite indications that the fatal wound was self-inflicted, detectives feel that the man thought to have been in the room may be able to throw some light on Woodward’s death. Woodward was seen going into his room last night, accompanied by a stranger. Early this morning the other man went into a repair shop on the ground floor of the house and told the proprietor that Woodward was dead. The proprietor of the repair shop in- vestigated and, after finding the body, notified police. ‘Woodward, an awning worker, was found sprawled on -his bed. The pistol was lying on the floor under the bed. He apparently had been dead several hours. A dozen empty whisky bottles were found in the room. He is survived by three nieces. Headquarters Detective Harry Cole is conducting _the police investigation. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt was notified. Charles George Nauck, 45 years old, a plumber, who gave his address as 1349 G street southeast, was arrested | by Policeman Albert Houch of the sixth { precinet and questioned in connection with the investigation of the shooting. Nauck, companion of the dead man, is reported by the police to have said he was with Woodard the past two days and that they had been drinking. Nauck said he tried to induce Woodard to go to a hospital yesterday, but he refused to go. Police also report Nauck as having said he purchased food for his compan- ion yesterday. PLEA TO CANCEL TRUST BEFORE APPEALS COURT of | | Tribunal Reverses Decision Lower Court, Which Dismissed Annulmert Suit. Because the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., through its agent, failed, it was charged, to make an inspection of a house offered as security for'a loan when such in- spection would have disclosed a claim of title inconsistent with the title of the person seeking the loan, the District Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Justice Charles H. Robb, today reversed the action of the District Supreme Court, which had dismissed a bill to cancel the trust brought by Joseph Chillemi, a native of Italy, residing at 811 Michigan avenue northeast. ‘The trust was for $1,469.28 and had been given by T. C. Restifo, a cousin of Chillemi, who had taken title to secure his advance of a portion of the down payment of $1,000 on the purchase. The trust was to secure the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. for a debt due it from Restifo, and was recorded November 17, 1920, and was not known to Chillemi until 1923, when he sought to get a building_association loan on the prop- erty. The trustees under the trust ad- vertised the property October 2, 1923, and Chillemi brought suit. Chillemi, unfamiliar with English, had repaid the advance to his cousin and had received a deed from him April 27, 1921, but did not record it until ad- ed by a friend February 8, 1922, and the title was of record for Restifo when the company took its trust. The court holds under the authority of the Tall- madge case in the United States Su- | preme Court that the company's agent was bound to make inspection of the house, which was being occupled in part by Chillemi, where such inspection vg;luld have revealed Chillemi's owner- ship. Seamen Are Transferred. Naval orders made public today show that Lieut. Howard W. Bradbury is detached from the U. S. S. Ogiala ana ordered to report for duty in the Bu- reau of Ordnance, Navy Department. Chief Boatswain James L. Freese is detached from the Washington Navy Yard and will go aboard the U. §. 8. Maryland. Chief Pay Clerk Clarence Jackson is detached from the U. 8. 8. Wright and ordered to the Naval Air Station at Anacostia. Capt. Upson Detailed. iverse itself in a few years. i madness of the yelling mob at the game. COLLEGE TEACHERS HEADQUARTERS IN CAPITAL STARTED Organization to Protect Rights and Freedom of Pro- fessors Comes Here. EXTENSIVE RESEARCH FROJECTS UNDER WAY Recent Reports Deal With Medical Education and Abuse of Foot Ball in Some Institutions, BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘The American Association of Univer- sity Professors, a national organization, with approximately 7,000 members, has just moved its headquarters to Wash- ington, and henceforth its activities and investigations, including 14 major re- search problems, will be conducted from this city. The association has local chapters in nearly every college In the country and is particularly concerned with protect- ing the academic freedom of professors in conflicts with trustees and presi- dents. Investigations are conducted on the application of individuals or groups of professors with the avowed object of preventing or exposing dogmatic inter- ference with a teacher's conduct of his classes. In addition, special studies now are in progress along the following lines: Methods of appointment and: promotion, relations between general and vocational education, organization and conduct of local chapters, desirability of increased migration and interchange of graduate students, university ethics, systems for sabbatical years, co-operation with Latin American universities to promote exchange professorships and fellow- ships, freedom of teaching in science, student health, systems of pensions and insurance for university teachers, pro- motion of research in colleges and uni- versities, the normal amount of teach- ing and research for professors and the economic condition of the profession. Strictly Professional Association. The organization sometimes is refer- red to “the college professors’ union,” but disclaims the title on the ground that it is purely a professional associ- | tion. The headquarters office will be in charge of Prof. H. W. Tyler of Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology. The president is Prof. Henry Crew of North- western University. Among the recent completed studies of the association was a survey of the status of medical education in the United States, which showed 61 schools graduating 4,000 physicians a_year, and with about 19,000 students, compared with 28,000 20 years ago. ‘There is little doubt, according to this report, that there has been an over- supply of physcians in this country in the recent past, but this is likely to re- “The proportion of physicians to population is much more significant than actual numbers,” the .committee reported. “'At present there is one practicing physician to about 900 indi- viduals. The great majority of recent graduates are locating in communities of 50,000 or greater. In 1945 we shall have 40 per cent more population per doctor than we have today, or one phy- sician for approximately 1,250 persons. From that point on to 1965 the situation will be stabilized. “Last year there were over 20,000 ap- plications for admission to medical schools and about 6,000 vacancies. The 20,000 applications were made by only 8,900 individuals. “The day of proprietary medical schools is over and the present trend is toward the establishment of medical schools on a university basis ana toward an emphasis on the training of the individual student. The treatment of many of the specialties is being transferred to graduate training.” Committee Split Into Three Groups. ‘This committee now has been. split into three groups to study medical education. The first will consider pre- medical school training and the second the actual instruction given in the medical colleges themselves. The third is dealing with the problem of clinical medicine and hospital training. Another study recently completed by the association deals with the effect or foot ball on college students. Under proper control, the report states, col- lege foot ball would be an excellent thing, but in its present excess it often injured the work of the colleges. “The overexcitement about foot ball,” the report says, “develops gradually through the Autumn. .At the start it is largely confined to Saturdays, but as the season goes on it affects more and more of the student’s time. In the days preceding the final games it is hysteria. “It attains its greatest absurdity in the pep sessions. It culminates in the Such overexcitement is a bad thing for intellectual balance and morale. The student standard of value loses touch with the fundamental purposes of col- lege education. The incentive to win intellectual distinction is diminished. Drinking Is Cited. “Other disadvantages of foot ball are its tendency to give occasion for drink- ing, its encouragement of betting and its provocation of dishonesty in various respects. Foot ball too often brings to the fraternity houses alumni out for hilarious rejuvenation. The morale of faculties is seriously impaired by the present foot ball situ- ation, the report points out, since the overemphasis on_sport gives the pro- fessors the idea that their services are not appreciated. The association now is engaged in a study of the relations between certain professors and public utility organiza- tions, but is waiting for the report of a | special investigation being conducted by the Federal Trade Commission. With the establishment of the permanent office in Washington, a placement service for college teachers is being inaugurated. GAS VICTIM DIES. Rescue Squad Department Loses Hard Fight. Found unconscious from illuminating gas in his room at 1231 Sixth street this morning, Toney Emerson, colored, 45 years old, died an hour and a half later after members of the Fire Department rescue squad had restored breathing, only to see their patient grow weaker. A call was received at the second pre- cinct and Policeman Warren Tucker was sent to the Sixth street address. He was forced to break in Emerson’s Fire ] Capt. Everett L. Upson, United States Infantry, has been detailed as a mil- itary instructor at the University of | York avenue. An_order to this effect has been | issued to the employes and Col. Grant considers that viewing the 5 g o g Maryland, College Park, to take effect on the completion of his present course of construction as a student at el bedroom door. ‘The colored n was found lying across his bed with a newspaper in his hands and the gas jet half open. It is thought that wind coming oo i tions. United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder of the District of Columbia, at the right, president of the United States Marshals’® Association, which opened a two-day convention at the Willard Hotel today. Shk? marshall for the eastern district of Virginia, and secretary of the association, is seated at M JTLTES LS PLL IS STARTE Citizens Committee Seeking| a Public Choice to Fill Vacancies. Seeking by public rather than private suggestion to give the District a voice in the appointment of members of the Public Utilities Commission, to fill one vacancy which already has occurred and another which will occur on ‘June 30, a poll committee hhs acquainted President Hoover with its plans and placed in the hands of the various citi- zens orgamizations of the city and with the newspapers, forms for a public selection of names to be suggested for these posts. Nine names have been chosen by the poll committee, including: William MCcK. Clayton, Martin S. Custis, James J. Noonan, Mrs. Grace Hays Riley, Wil- liam_ A. Roberts, Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Ethelbert Stuart, Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt and Fred S. Walker. The names were chosen by the committee which were announced as Tench T. Marye, chairman: Miss Selma Bor- chardt, Dr. George C. Havenner, Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, George H. Richard- son and Miss'E. Grace Wood, secretary. Statement by Board. In its letterhead the poll committee states that its members are serving as individuals and not as representatives of any organizations they might hold office & ¢ In the poll forms sent out to citizens’ organizations it is suggested that the citizens may choose from the suggested list: or vote for any other legally qual- ified person. The poll closes April 4, and the names of the five leading nom- inees will be certified to President Hoover on April 6, along with the sug- gestion that these names be considered in appointment to the office of Public Utility Commissioner. The poll committee expects to reach through the press those citizens not affiliated with any citizens' organiza- Confirmation by the Senate of the nomination of Col. Harrison W. Brand for reappointment was not ordered be- fore the upper legislative body ad- journed yesterday. The term of John ‘W. Childress will expire on June 30. It is the announced intention of the poil committee to present the names of the leading candidates disclosed by the poll to President Hoover for appoint- ment to these two positions. Dr. Havenner’s Disclaimer. Dr. Havenner, president of the Fed- eration of Citizens® Associations, said | today that the use of his name as a | member of the poll committee was not | authorized. ' | “I reccived a telephone call from a gentleman who asked to attend a meet- ing of this poll committee, Dr. Haven- ner said. “At that time I was confined to my home with influenza and replied that I would not be able to attend the meeting. On Saturday night when an effort was made to have the federation nominate candidates for Public Utilities Commisisoner I first found out that my name had been used as a member of the committee representing the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Associations. This was after the federation's meeting was over or I would have announced to the dele- ‘g:et:s that the use had been unauthor- “The matter of indorsing people for public office has often come up in the | Federation before, and my recollection t the Federation has invariably ed to do so. With this in mind it would be impossible for me to give my consent to the use of my name as president of the Federation to a com- mittee having to do with the indorse- ment of a candidate for public office.” DAWES SAYS FAREWELL, T0 LEAVE CAPITAL TODAY | Going to Home in Chicago and| Then Will Head Santo | Domingo Mission. | Charles G. Dawes, who yesterday be- came ex-Vice President, was bidding farewell to a few old friends and as- sociates in Washington today, prepar- ing to leave the Capital this afternoon for his home in Chicago. Gen. Dawes, who won fame for or- ganizing the Bureau of the Budget and for his picturesque language, especially | “Helen Maria,” spent considerable time with an official he worked with for some: time, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. Gen. Dawes was with Mr. Mel- ' lon for almost an hour and afterward; said that the conference “was just a | farewell.” Gen. Dawes said he plans to leave Chicago March 28 for Santo Domingo, where he will head a mission to reform the finances of that government. 19 HURT-IN EXPLOSIONS. | Britain’s Largest Arsenal Swept by Series of Blasts. TLONDON, March 5 (#).—The Wool- wich arsenal area, close to the heart of London, was alarmed yesterday after- noon by a series of heavy explosions in the primer and fuse factory of Britain's greatest munitions manufacturing cen- ter and supply dump. Nineteen persons suffered minor in- juries, flames licked up the arsenal walls and rockets burst high overhead or fell a great distance away in the en- virons of the mctropolis. , lances on duty. i She was treated in the field hospital | Retirement Measure To Be Pushed in 71st Congress, Says Dale ‘The bill to liberalize the retire- ment system for thousands of Government _employes, which President Coolidge did not sign yesterday, will be reintroduced and pushed again. during the Seventy-first Congress, Senator Dale of Vermont, chairman of the Senate civil service committee, said today. Senator Dale said he could not tell at this time whether it will be possible to start the retirement bill on its legislative journey again at the special session expected to be called next month, or whether it will have to wait until the regular session in December. He stated, however, that it would be introduced at the first oppor= tunity. If, as some leaders be- lieve, hte special session is con- fined to farm relief and tariff re- vision, the ‘retirement bill would wait until the regular session. STILL HOLDS JOB RECEIVED N 1673 Colored Messenger to State Secretary, Chosen by Fish, Retained by Stimson. When Hamilton Fish of New York was serving as Secretary of State under vice, and Edward Augustine had been with him to the State Department one Edward Augustine Savoy, who was given the position of messenger to the Secre- tary. Savoy was the son of Mr. Fish's colored butler and a maid who had been married at_his home while in his ser- vice and Edward Augustine had been born and reared in the Fish household Mr. Fish had watched the boy grow up, faithful, industrious and trustworthy and upon this knowledge he based his recommendation for the appointment later of Edward ‘Augustine as special messenger in the department. His trust has proven with the passing of the years to have been well founded, as when the newly appointed Secre- tary of State, Henry L. Stimson, ar- rives in Washington, he will be_served by Edward Augustine Savoy, now an old man, but with a mind as keen and a service as capable as he possessed 56 years ago, in the days of President Grant. Sa has known and served every S of State since that time and | he states that th has scarcely been a personage of distinction who has passed through Washington in the past half century, with whom he has not been familiar at least by sight. He will be well remembered by Mr. Stimson upon the latter’s arrival at the State Department, as many a time in days gone by when the present Secretary of State was Secretary of War Savoy has passed with messages between the Sec- retaries of the two departments or has assisted Mr. Stimson with his coat or taken his hat upon the latter's visit to the Secretary of State of that period. 1t is with justifiable pride that Savoy relates how he was called the Alpha and the Omega of the Spanish War, as it was he who carried the Ultimatum of the United States to the Spanish Am- bassador in 1898, and later he accom- panied the American commission to Paris and was permitted to place the seals upon the peace pact. Savoy was born in 1855 and can re- member distinctly the assassination of President Lincoln. He was a small boy at that time and says he was outside sweeping the sidewalk of the Fish home when a passerby called to him ex- citedly, “well, little boy, your savior has just been assassinated.” Savoy, | says he ran into his mother to tell her what the man had said and his mother replied, “that must be Mr. Lincoln.' 89 PERSONS TREATED DURING INAUGURAL No Serious Casualties Reported to Special Emergency Service—One Woman Breaks Nose. Eighty-nine persons were treated yes- terday during inaugural ceremonies by the emergency service set up by a spe- | cial inaugural subcommittee, which had ! four field aid stations and 20 ambu- No serious casualties took place, ac- cording to a check today on the cases by Gen. John A. Johnston, chairman of the subcommittee and first vice! president of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross. ‘The only broken bones reported were in the case of Mrs. E. M. Dennsworth, 1430 Fairmont street, who fell near the Capitol Building and broke her nose. | marshals and their deputies from va- | rious sections of the country met in| | States Marshals' Association at the Wil- ! | and president of the association, pre- | Daniel F. Breitenstein, Utica; William |C. Hecht, New York City; Clarence G. Smithers, United r. Snyder's right. —Star Staff Photo. MARSHALS' GROUP OPENS CONFERENCE More Than Two-Score Fed- eral Officers Are in Attendance. | More than two-score United States I fourth annual cor.vention of the United | lard Hotel today. Edgar C. Snyder, U.f S. marshal for the District of Columbia sided. The association, which was formed by Marshal Snyder eight years ago for the purpose of presenting to Congress and laying before the Department of Justice matters pertaining to United States marshals to show the co-opera- ion between the respective bodies, also has for its objective the promotion of legislative and social matters affect- ing it. gAL this afternoon’s session, the ds- sociation will hold its annual election of officers and select a city for the meeting place of the next ‘convention. Justice Peyton C. Gordon of the District Supreme Court and former | Assistant Attorney General John | Marshall will be guests of honor at a banquet given by the association to- night in the banquet room of the Wil- lard. Marshals attending the conven- tion include: i Mauck, Phoenix, Ariz.; Richard C. Gallan, Denver; Jacob D. Walter, New Haven; Henry C. W. Laubenheimer, Chicago; Victor Loisel, New Orleans; William M. Palmer, Shreveport, La.; Joseph Fritsche, jr., Rochester; Scott C. White, San Antonio; Samuel L. Gross, Dallas; Clarence G. Smithers, Norfolk; Henry A. Weiss, Wheeling, W. V: Workman, Charleston, W. Va.; U. L. Patton, Cheyenne; George N. Stauffer, Cleveland; Louis I. Crawford, Atlanta, | Ga.; Charles W. Cushing, Springfield, | Tl.; W. Vosco Call, - Salt Lake City; Brownlaw Jackson, Asheville; James J. | Jenkins, Greensboro, N. C.; Theodore ‘W. Hukriede, St. Louis, and Walter S. Money of Wilmington, Del. RESIRES, D. C. BILL IN DOUBT AT EXTRA SESSION Action Uncertain Measure | Which Failed to Come Before Last Congress. on ‘Whether District legislation which failed to get through in the closing days of the Seventieth Congress, including the street railway merger, can be in- troduced and considered at the special session expected to be called next month lim somewhat uncertain at the present e If the special session is confined strictly to farm relief and tariff re- vision, then District matters along with other general legislation will await the next regular session in December. If, however, the doors should be opened to miscellaneous national questions then District legislation also could be rein- troduced and considered, it was said at the Capitol today. In addition to the traction merger resolution, the following other local bills failed to get through during the Con- gress just ended: ‘The bill to extend free text books to oupils of the junior and senior high | schools, the authorization for the com-| prehensive development of the free pub- lic library system, the bill to give legal | slatus to the Woman's Bureau of the Police Department, and the bill to reg- ulate exterior design of private build- ings erected in future surrounding the more important Government buildings and parks. Anotxer important measure, which went through the Houe, but which the Senate committee did not have time to act upon, in the closing days, was the Cramton Park bill. . When the new Congress is fully or- ganized there will be several new mem- bers on the Senate District committe which lost three of its Democratic mem- bers with the adjournment of the Sev- entieth Congress. Senators Bruce of Maryland, Edwards of New Jersey and Neely of West Virginia, whose terms ex- pired +yesterday, were members of the District committee. MRE. JANE N. BRIDEAHAM IS DEAD AT AGE OF 94 Widow of Union Army Veteran | Long Active in Woman's Relief Corps Work. Mrs. Jane N. Brideaham, 94 years old, for many .years active in the tent on the Capitol grounds and sent{ Woman's Relief Corps, Grand Army of home in an ambulance. Most of the cases treated were for fainting and exhaustion. LG e -Three Appointed to West Point. John T. Honeycutt at the Army War College, Washington Barracks: Joseph E. Bastion, Battery Park, Bethesda, the Republic, died at her residence, 1822 Varnum street, Sunday. She was the widow of John Brideaham, Union Army veteran. She is survived by a son, John G. Brideaham, and three daughters, Miss Sessie’ Brideaham, Mrs. Elsie M. Rizer and Mrs. John McDonald. Funeral services will be conducted in Fire engines from many parts of London got the flames under control ‘The extent of the d :)‘m and William H. Wise at Edgewood hal, ., were appointed by Presl-' e | e Statss Aiiary” Acsiomy,. Wit LS n! >, a | Jo, admisslon, duns . 7 Ml the W. W. Chambers funeral home, Fourteenth and Chapin streets, tonight, at 8 o'clock. Interment will be in the 1 burial grounds, Cumberland, R. Q. Lillard, Nashville; George A.| X’ PAGE 17 FINAL STEP TAKEN T0BEAUTIFY AREA AROUND CAPITOL Union Station Plaza Bill Is Last Link in Chain of Projects. IMPROVEMENT SLATED AS IT BECOMES LAW | Cost Will Be $4,912,412—Part of Funds Anticipated in One of First Supply Measures. The Union Station plaza park bill, which became a law in the closing moments of the Seventieth Congress yesterday, is the last link in a chain of projects that will improve and beautify the area surrounding the Capitol. To the south of the Capitol a new House Office Building is about to be started. On the east front the monu- mental home of the United States Supreme Court will rise, balancing the Library of Congress. To the west the Botanic Gardens are to be relocated and the old gardens worked into the Mall plan. Now comes the authoriza- tion for the plaza improvement, ex- tending north to the depot. The plaza project, as approved by Congress yesterday, will cost $4,912,414, spread over a period of several years, but a part of the money to start the work undoubtedly will be made avail- able in one of the first appropriation bills framed by the next Congress. Boulevard Is Feature. A feature of the plaza improvement will be a spacious boulevard, running diagonally from the fountain in front of Union Station and merging into Pennsylvania avenue between Second and Third streets. This por- |tion of the plaza project will link in with the proposed treatment of the lower end of the Mall, and also will harmonize with the municipal center of District buildings, to be grouped north of Pennsylvania avenue between Fhird and Sixth streets. ' Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin had becn objecting to the bill unless amended to provide for the erec- tion of new dormitories for Government. workers to replace the temporary struc- tures that will be cleared from the plaza. He withdrew his objection yes- terday, explaining that he understood one group of the temporary dormitories would not be disturbed for two years and that there was, therefore, no hurry in the consideration of his amendment. Track Changes Planned. ‘The plaza improvement contemplates several important changes in street car tracks in the vicinity of the Capitol, as follows: Removal of tracks from Delaware ave- nue between the station and B street and from B street between Delaware avenue and First street east. The present tracks on C street are to be lowered into a depression from New Jersey avenue to Delaware ave- nue, in order to have an unobstructed vision of the Capitel from the depot. The C street tracks would be extended on the surface from Delaware avenue to First street east. New tracks are to be laid on First street east from B street to Union Sta- tion, taking the place of the rails to be removed from Delaware avenue and B street. Street Would Be Closed. North Capitol street would be closed at D street, leaving the area from that point to the Capitol available for ap- propriate landscape treatment. The project as approved contemplates purchase of several additional squares on the west side of the original plaza area, in order to have the new diagonal boulevard from Union Station strike Pennsylvania avenue near Third street, and at the same time improve the Idwer end of the north side of Pennsylvania avenue. Senator Keyes, Republican, of New Hampshire, who steered the legislation through the Senate, has been one of the leading advocates of the plaza im- provement. It was handled in the House by Representative Elliot of Indiana. YOUNG WOMAN HURT: IN TRAFFIC CRASH Passenger in Car Which Was in Collision—Two Pedestrians Hurt, One Seriously. ‘The car of Detective S. F. Gravely of the third precinct collided early this morning at Thirteenth and L streets with another machine operated by Al- bert L. Thompson of 4027 Ninth street, and Miss Carrie Rosenbloom, 24 years old, of 1121 New Hampshire avenue, a passenger in Thompson's car, was in- jured slightly. She was taken to Emergency Hospital and treated by Dr. William Long of the staff for lacerations to her cheek. gcnher Gravely nor Thompson was urt. Haywood B. Elms, 24 years old, of 1300 Massachusetts avenue, was treated at Emergency Hospital last night for a possible fracture of his left arm, sus- tained when he was knocked down by an automobile at Thomas Circle. Police say the car was driven by Edgar Harper of 28 Bates street. Holmes T. Helvistine, 50 years old, of 1345 C street southeast, was struck by an automobile driven by Charles E. Okee of Mount Rainier, Md., early this morning as he was crossing at Twenty- fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and treated for bruises to his left knee. $25,000 DAMAGES ASKED. Carelessness by Railway and Pull- man: Company Is Alleged. Miss Margaret Tew, 2031 Park road, today filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $25,000 damages from the Southern Railway Co. and the Pull- man Co. ¢ Miss Tew says last November she e« ceived word that her father was danger- ously 11l in Mobile, Ala., and e a berth from the Pullman Co. by reser- vation, Excited over her father's con- dition and relying on her reservation and direction of employes of the com- panies, she was put on the wrong train, she says, had to change cars early in the gorning and was put to additional . ex] as well as delay in reaching her Te] ted by Attorneys Robe MeNelll and, dames J, Bretts,