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@he Foening Staf WASHINGTON, D. (., FRIDAY, MARCH 15, ®1929. * PAGE 17 THREE ARE INJURED AND SCORE SHAKEN INTRAIN ACCIDENT ' Garrett Park Woman Sufigrs Fractured Hip in Car Derailment. TWO OTHERS TREATED FOR CUTS AND SHOCK TUnion Station Traffic Delayed Two Hours When North Terminal Is Blocked. One person was seriously injured, two others were treated for minor in- | Juries and more than a score were badly shaken up. when the rear car of & Baltimore & Ohio Railroad com- muter train from Frederick, Md, jumped the track coming into Union Station this morning, crashed into a signal tower and turned over. Miss' Catherine Collins of Garrett Park, Md., a Government worker, is in Emérgency Hospital with a fractured hip and other injuries. Miss Mattie Harmon, 410 East Mont- gomery avenue, Rockville, Md., an em- ploye of Kann's department store, was treated at Emergency Hospital for cuts and shock. A third woman, whose | name was not known by the terminal authorities, was treated at the scene . ©of the wreck for minor injuries by Dr. Leon Gordon of the Emergency Hos- pital staff. Traffic Is Delayed. Yard traffic on the north side of the Above: Oferturned ceach of Bal terminal yards this morning. Below: the injured passengers. | the injury of three women and shook up WASHINGTON timore & Ohio local train which ?ln‘tl 50 passengers in the Washirgton Miss Mattie Harmon of Rockville, one of —Star Staff Photos. ‘The scramble that accompanies every alarm sounded in Washington's fire en- gine heuses will be aveided to a large extent as a. result of action faken by the District Commissioners today with a view to preserving the physical ability of the firefighters. ‘The alarms hereafter will not disturb the peaceful slumbers of as many sleeping firemen or interrupt as many pinochle games in the fire engine houses as they have done in the past. Through a series of amendments to the rules and regulations of the Fire Department the Commissioners decreed that firemen will be required to respond on the apparatus floor of their re- spective stations only when the alarm terminal was blocked for more than two hours following the accident, and | it was several hours later before the! | signal lines and trackage torn up by the derailed car were repaired. _The train was coming into the sta- 1 tion a few minutes after 8 o'clock when the accident happened. Terminal offi- cials said that it was proceeding under, the usual control signals and was not | traveling at an excessive rate of speed. : _ Four cars and the locomotive of the five-coach train had crossed the switch by a signal tower when the fifth car went off the tracks, crashed into an upright of the signal tower and then was drag- ged, partly on its side, for about 50 feet. The 40 passengers in the car had difficulty in getting out of the slanting coach when it finally was brought to A stop. Miss Collins told doctors from Emer- gency Hospital that she was thrown from her seat on the high side of the tipped car and struck the back of an- .other seat across the aisle. ' Investigation Is Begun. { ‘The car, of steel construction, was | not badly damaged. None of the win- dows on either side was broken and both trucks, although they left the rails, remained intact with the car. Conductor W. P. Deavers and En- gineer N. Buck, both of Frederick, were in charge of the train. . , A wrecking .crane replaced the car on the tracks. Terminal officials an- nounced that an investigation is under way to determine the exact cause of the derallment, . NAVY DEPARTMENT HAS FLYING OFFICIAL | Assistant Secretary David Ingalls Has Status of Reserve Pilot. l { ‘The Navy Department is to have a| flying assistant secretary as a result | of orders issued today by Admiral C. F. Hughes, chief of naval operations. Admiral Hughes ordered that all| naval air stations and aircraft squad- | rons shall permit David Ingalls, new | Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, to | fiy any Navy plane he may desire as a | solo pllot. This gives Secretary Ingalls | the status of & naval reserve pilot. Mr. Ingalls, formerly a Navy pilot, with World War flying experience, has kept up his flying since leaving the | Navy and now owns three airplanes! himself. It is expected that he will{ Eu: in considerable flying time while on uty. | Mr. Ingalls was scheduled to make his first official inspection of the Anacostia Naval Air Station toda; STREET CARS CRASH, TWO PERSONS HURT| ! Collision Results’ in Injuries to Motorman and Passenger—Other Accidents Reported. Two persons were hurt and others had narrow escapes when two cars of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. collided about 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Massachusetts avenue and Fifth street. The injured, police reported, were H. M. Anderson, motorman on the east- bound car, and William S. Anderson, 32 years old, of 476 Massachusetts avenue. Willlam Holdman, operator of the south- bound car, was not ‘njured. Both cars were slightly damaged. Po- lice were called to direct traffic until the cars were taken from the scene. William O'Gray, 73 years old, of Lan- ham, Prince Georges County, Md., was knocked down at North Capitol and K streets about 7:30 o'clock last night by an_automobile driven by E. J. Fiamini, 913 Third street northeast, and his scalp was lacerated and his knees bruised. He was treated at Sibley Hos- pital and taken home. While crossing near Seventeenth and B streets about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Miss Maggie Humphrey, 36 years old, of 1330 L street, was knocked down by a motor bus, severely shocked and her knees and wrist injured. She was given first aid at Emergency Hospi- tal by Dr. Leon Gordon, Will Discuss Chinese Victory. Phases of the Chinese victory over communism will be discussed by Judge Paul Linebarger, formerly*a confidential adviser to the founder of the Chinese Republic, Sun,Yat Sen, at a meeting of the newly-organized Friends of Con- stitutional China, to be held at an in- formal supper tomorrow night at 6:30 calls out their particular companies. The new regulations were recom- mended by Fire Chief George S. Watson, who has given considerable thought of late to the welfare and physical condi- tion of his firemen. The rules and regulations of the Fire Department now require that all officers and members on duty shall respond on the apparatus floor of their respective stations upon receipt of all alarms of fire regardless of time. This require- ment, Chief Watson believes, has, with the increased number of alarms in re- cent years, not only become a source of justified complaint among the men, but an actual lessening of their physi- cal ability and consequent detriment to the service as well. IFIREMEN SCRAMBLE AVOIDED | BY NEW RULING ON ALARMS Men Will Only Be Required to Respon When Calls Come for Particular Companies, Commissioners Say. | | | “For instance, during the year ]923.”1 said the fire chief, 1,516 box alarms of fire were received. The largest number | of these to which any one unit respond- | ed was 337, slightly over one-fifth. All | but two of our units responded to less | than 300 and many to less than 100. Another example of the operation of the present rule is, for- instance, that upon | receipt of a box alarm of fire in Chevy | Chase a company as far removed from | the point of alarm as Congress Heights | is required to respond on the apparatus | floor. | | “I have made a careful study of this | proposition and have come to the con- | clusion that the health and strength | of the men, and consequently the effi- |cacy of the department will be im- proved by reducing the required re- spomses on the apparatus floor, and it | is my opinion that such responses should | be gaverned by the locality of the alarms and should be limited to units whieh may reasonably expect to respond thereto. & “The general location of an alarm can be determined as soon as the initial number of the box is received. For in- stance, all boxes, the initial number of which is six, are located in the northeast | section of the city; all fives in the | southeast section of the city, etc, and T | believe that the initial number of the box received should be the governing factor response by the men on the appa- ratus floor.” SERVANT GIRL HELD IN JEWELRY THEFT $3,900 Robbery of Simpson’s Home May Be Solved in Ohio Arrest. A young woman, believed by the police to be the servant girl wanted in connection with the disappearance of jewelry valued at $3,900 from the home of Maj. Willlam H. Simpson, U. S. A, 1725 H street, October 6 last, after employment of less than two hours, is reported under arrest in Lake- wood, Ohio. Word of her arrest came to the local police from the police of Pittsburgh, Pa., yesterday afternoon. “Girl, Irish, lately landed, some ex- perience, wishes work in a Christian family,” was the advertisement of the girl that attracted the attention of members of Maj. Simpson's family. Jewelry Found Missing. Less than two hours after she was employed, and during the temporary absence of the family, the girl disap- peared, and search of the house dis- closed the taking of a platinum ring, set with large white diamond, surround- ed by 26 small diamonds, valued at $3,000; platinum wedding ring, set with 20 small diamonds, not engraved,.val- ued at $800, and a platinum guard ring, set with sapphires, valued at $100. ‘Two of the rings were later recovered in Baltimore, Md., where they had been pawned, and yesterday a man was found there with a pawn ticket for the stolen_jewelry. Detectives J. C. Coflins and John Wise, who investigated the robbery, are conducting an investigation in Baltimore today. Circular Gives Aliases. A descriptive circular mailed from here with a request that police of other cities participate in the investigation mentioned names under which she was known -‘as Mary Ann Kirby, Mary O’Connor, Helen Murphy and Kather- ine Riley. The names given in the Ohio town to the police here were Mary Quinlavin and May McEvoy. Local police have information that the woman and a male companion were arrested in Denver, Colo,, several years {ago and that she is wanted in Balti- { more, Philadelphia and Boston. Police {of Lakewood have been asked by the |local police for additional information | relative to the. woman’s arrest. HOGAN RITES TOMORROW. [ Compositor Had Been in U. 8. Serv- ice 40 Years, Funeral services for John E. Hogan, sr., 65 years old, compositor of the Government Printing Office, who died of heart disease while at work in the office, will be held in St. Martin's Catholic Church tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. 115 Rhode Island avenue northeast. Mr. Hogan had been in the Govern- ment service 40 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Minnie E. Hogan; two daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Patterson Frank H. Hogan of Boston and John E. Hogan, jr., of this city. PRISONER IS SUBDUED. ‘When Marion Taylor, colored, of 1454 | T street, pulled a gun on Policeman | Willlam McEwen of the second preclnct| early this morning the officer says he Seized the weapon before it could be | discharged and struck Taylor several times on the head with his baton, According to police, the colored man was being arrested for questioning in connection with the theft of a tire. He was treated at Freedmen's Hos- o'clock in the Far East Restayrant, Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania ave- | where he is being held under a charge retired from the service. e then returned to the eighth precinct, of investigation. Maj. | Interment will be in Mount | Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Hogan resided at | pital for lacerations to his scalp and‘ HUGHES HAS LONG TALK WITH HOOVER, More Important Problems of Administration Discussed in Overnight Stay. President Hoover and Charles Evans | Hughes, former Secretary of State, dis- cussed for several hours in the White House last night some of the more im- portant problems of the administration, but there was no comment forthcom- ing from the White House today re- garding the nature of the talk. Mr. Hughes was an over-night guest at the White House and left for New York this morning, One of the ad-| | ministration problems which is under- | stood to have ocgupied the attention of the President and Mr. Hughes dur- |ing the conference was the proposed investigation of Federal law enforce- | ment and court procedure. It is under- | stood also that the question of Ameri- ! can adherence to the World Court was discussed, | ‘There have been’ reports that Mr. Hoover would like to have the former Secretary of State head the commission he is to appoint for the purpose of try- ing to find out what is wrong with the American system of jurisprudence, but there was nothing at the White House today to indicate that there is any foundation for the rumors. Truck Mevies in Germany. Movies by auto truck is the latest in amusement circles of Germany. The truck has been fitted with two trans- parent screens for each side and the projectors inside throw the pictures on | the screens. This makes it necessary for the outfit to carry four sets of films for each movie shown. The truck tours small villages where there are no mo- TERMINAL YARDS DEFER SELECTION OF POLICE HEAD Commissioners to Study| Candidates’ Qualifica- tions Closely. Belection of a successor to Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, who has sought retirement ‘or physical dis- abilities, was deferred today by the Board of District Commissioners, pend- ing a more thorough canvass of the qualifications of possible candidates for the post. ‘The Commissioners, however, did give formal consideration for the first time to the question of filling the impending vacancy, but it was superficial and not done with thegidea of appointing a newy superintendent immediately. In fact, it is likely the appointment will not be made until after the police retiring blmm passes upon Maj. Hesse's applica- tion. - The board’s regular semi-monthly meeting will not be held until next Thursday and Corporation Counsel Francis H. Stephens, its chairman, has not planned to call a special session in the meantime, ‘The Commissioners scanned the list of candidates, which has been augment- ed by the name of Walter Ferguson, & ‘Treasury Depagtment secret service agent and former policeman in Quincy, Mass., and discussed briefly their quali- fications. ‘The list was prepared by Commissioner Proctor 1. Dougherty, who has administrative supervision over the Police Department. ‘There were no indications whether the Commissiorers considered if the ap- pointment, should be made from eligibles within the Police Department or wheth- er the sclection should be made from applicants outside. Sentiment at the District Building, however, seems to fa- vor the promotion of a man within the department, and it is known that con- siderable pressure Is being brought to bear on the Commissioners to follow such & course, ‘The delay in the naming of a new po- lice superintendent gave rise to rumors that instead of retiring Maj. lesse, the Commissioners would grant him an ex- tended leave of absence with pay to re- cover his health and return to active duty. But these reports were denied forthwith, and Maj. Hesse is so confi- dent that his application will be ap- proved, that he is completing arrange- ments to vacate his office March 31, the date he requested his retirement to be- come effective. . Appointed by Executive Order. An executive order authorizes the ap- pointment of Mrs. Anna M. Archibald “to any position for which she is quali- fied in tie Federal service without re- gard to the civil service act or rules.” Mrs. Archibald is the widow of “Capt. Robert J. Archibald, U. 8. Marine Corps, who was killed in an airplane crash November 1, 1928, while a student at {the Army Air Corps Tactical School, | Langley Field, Va. The executive order was issued on the recommendation of tion-picture theaters. ARMY VETERAN the Secretary of the Navy. LEAVES SERVICE | and Miss Inez Hogan, and two sons, | Scene at the Army War College yesterday when Master Sergt. Ellis Loney Left to right: Lieut. E. H. Young, Capt. Curtis D. Alway, who presented the retirement papers, and Sergt l.cney\. —Star Staff Photo. | changes suddenly from an angelic child o 18. PIRENTS EFFORT 10 PUAN LNES CHLOREN OFPOSED Modern Girl Is Defended by St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Psychologist. DR. RICHMOND OUTLINES AGES OF DEVELOPMENT Function of Home, She Says, Is to Bring Up Child Until Inde- pendence Is Attained. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. What is the matter with the modern girl? Nothing, says Dr. Winifred Rich- mond, psychologist of St. Elizabeth's Hospital. She is simply working out in terms of a new environment a pat- tern as old as the human race. When the girl in the first period of adolescense, between 12 and 15 years, into a saucy and deflant maiden who keeps secrets from her parents, enters into mysterious cliques with other girls and gets cases on boys, the parents have not much occasion to worry over her “wildness,” Dr. Richmond pointed out. They simply have forgotten their own experiences at the same age and do not realize how times have changed. Ill-advised efforts to curb her, to force her to remain an angelic child, may make matters much worse. With both boys and girls, Dr. Rich- mond said, this is the period when childhood is over and there is an over- whelming urge to break away from the home and lead one's own life. This has been recognized throughout history, but the world in which the girl lives has changed. The home has hardly adjusted itself to the change in deal- ing with the early adolescent. One Path in Recent Years. This period, Dr. Richmond said, is one of preparation for maturity when the girl must learn to exercise her own judgment and she cannot do this if she never is allowed to make judgments for herself. But until comparatively recent years there has been oniy one path for the girl to follow—that toward mar- riage and the routine duties of the woman in the household. In all earlier civilizations, she said, the girl who was not married before she was 20 was an “old maid” and Puritan writers tell of “antiquated maidens of 25.” Under these conditions, she said, the problem was much easier to solve. There was only one thing to do and neither the girl nor her parents wor- ried about it. Among many of the savage peoples the situation is formally recognized and the early adolescent is formally inducted into womanhood with ceremonies, after which she either is married or goes from her own home to that. of the parents of her intended for her, the girl did not feel the urge to carve out an individual career for herself. Until quite recently, Dr. Rich- mond pointed out, nobody thought of educating girls for any ofher careers than that of homemaking. The few exceptions were quaint—as in the let- ters of St. Jerome, who insisted thai & girl before marriage never should be allowed to take a bath because it was immodest. Trying to Be Independent. “Probably it is because of this long racial history.” Dr. Richmond sald, “that both girls and boys have such a struggle with their own homes in early adolescence. The girl is making an ef- fort to be an independent human being. When she becomes saucy and defiant it is merely an expression of what has taken place for infinite ages. The girl always has broken away from home at this period and should be allowed to do so. ‘The function of the home is to| bring up the child until it can function as an independent human being. Then 1t must let them go.” ‘The struggle on both sides, Dr. Rich- mond said, is often severe and full of heartaches, for the parents cannot un- derstand why the child for whom they have made such sacrifices and had such dreams now wants to repudiate them. The fact Is, she said, the child doesn't want to repudiate the parents, wants them to let it alone. Often the girl or boy is feeling just as badly about it as the father and mother. In this period of overturning and in- stability in emotional life, said Dr. Rich- mond, the parents are too far away from their own youth to understand and a much better understanding can be ob- tained from slightly older brothers and sisters who have just passed through | the same troubles themselves. i Offers Serious Problems. ‘The next perlod of middle adolescence, Dr. Richmond said, runs from about 16 ‘This also offers serious problems, she pointed out, if the parents try to exert their authority too much. The girl has become somewhat adjusted and started out on her independent course in life, One of the greatest dangers comes, she said, when parents feel that they must plan the lives of their chil- dren. Some of their own ambitions have been thwarted by circumstances and they have dreamed of having the son or daughter carry out these ambi- tions. They try to live out their own blasted lives in the lives of the younger generation. This may result in con- tinuous struggle or, what is even worse, i docile submission. ! Some, she sald, become so fixated in the home that they don't realize that they want to do anything except what the parents want them to do. A study of occupations shows that very rarely has there been any rational choice of a life work, where the individual has looked over the ground from the view- points of pay, natural adaptation and opportunity to do what one likes. “Only the genius,” Dr. Richmond said, “does what he or she wants to do and is allowed to go ahead and develop the real talents, Others choose from things below the surface of consclous- ness. So it is very rarely that we find a person entirely happy in his work. Very often this is not due to any particular | | dislike of the work itself, but to the hold that the home has kept on us. We ! are trying to please our father and | mother, not ourselves.” ‘The urge of the adolescent girl, Dr. Richmond said, is ta sever her depend- ence on the family, but not necessarily her connection with it. She can live very happily in the old home if given reasonable leeway. In aggravated cases, Dr., Richmond said, the problem may | solved by actual physical separation— that is, putting the girl in a foster home where her nature will be better under- stood. In other cases the best procedure is to explain to the parents that they cannot expect to control her actions | very much any longer. If she never is allowed to make any mistakes she will not learn much about the life which she | must_encounter sooner or later. In the middle adolescent period, Dr. | nile delinquents, the care and treatment GERMAN ENVOY'S WIFE CITES COUNTRYWOMEN'S ABILITIES Entry Into Politics Affords| Feminine Representation in Reichstag. Baroness and Countess Make Success of Mercantile Enterprises. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. The women of Germany, whom it has been traditional to cite as model housewives and homekeepers, widely expanded the field of their en- | deavors since the war. Prau von Pritt- | witz und Gaffron, wife of the German | Ambassador, tells many interesting cases | where women of her native land, forced through conditions created by the war, | have developed an amazing aptitude for business and public affairs. “The German women, like those of your country,” sald Frau von Pritt- witz, “are entering into politics more | and more; perhaps, to a greater extent even than the American women. I believe we have more women in our | Reichstag than there are now in the American Congress. I believe it is a splendid thing, too, for women to take an active interest in the laws of their country, especially in those that affect the women and the children.” Frau von Prittwitz expressed herself as being particularly interested in ju- venile court work and said that the study of methods of best handling juve- of abnormal children and all matters pertaining to welfare work among juve- niles, had become a subject of particu- lar study and research among the wom- en and young girls of Germany. “A young cousin pf mine is now doing public educational Work in Berlin,” said have | livelihood. marked to me one day. know how to do is to knit jumpers. Every woman in Germany is knitting jumpers; and no one will buy what you knit, anyway, as it is cheaper to buy the machine-made ones in the stores.’ FRAU VON PRITTWITZ UND GAFFRON, ‘What shall I do?" she re- Countess Finds Vocation. ‘All T really | her. A baroness in her own right, under the imperial regime, and utterly unac- | customed to work of a public nature, Frau von Prittwitz, through her own ingenuity and resourcefulness, opened a hat and gown shop in Berlin shortly after the closing of the war and con- tinued its operation with great success until her marriage a year and a half later. “After the war I felt it imperative jthat I do something to add to my in- come, which, like many others in my country, had been greatly reduced. had always had a great liking for dress unconsciously study people and types and think to my- self how well they would look if they had dressed along certain styles. There- fore, when I felt that I must do some- thing, I decided to open a hat and gown shop, where I would make a spe- clalty of creating models for types, ad- vising my customers what style would | designing, Frau von Prittwitz, “and is making a great success of it. girls of the younger generation who are specializing in child welfare work.” Frau von Prittwitz remarked that she would like very much to visit the Juve- nile Court in the District some day, as | American methods of juvenile court i | proceedings were of greatest interest to Dress Designing Favored. and would be best suitable to each. example,” “I started my business on a very small scala,” continued Frau von Pritt- witz, “but it was not long before I found it necessary to employ more as- sistants, :he actual tfl“km' of l!,{l‘e ¥ gowns was done by another woman, but husband. ‘With only one path cut out |} giq the buying of materials, the de- signing of the gowns and the hats and the displaying for my customers. I was the buyer, the seller and the manne- quin,” smiled the German diplomat’s wife, “and I enjoyed my work thor-| oughly. Of course, I had to give up my work after my marriage, as at that | time I left Germany to accompany my | I tried at first to| husband to Rome. continue the supervision of my business from afar, but that was not successful, so I sold my interest in it to another woman, who is carrying it on in Berlin at the present time.” “Many women, prominent in court circles in the days of imperial Ger- many, have entered the business world and are supporting themselves with great success at the present day. For sald Frau “there i€ a very dear friend of mine, | marries and has established a home, I von ‘There are many Prittwitz, “Neither did my friend care to open a dress shop, as I had done,” continued Frau von Prittwitz, “nor did she care for secretarial work, which so many women were doing. One day she came in to tell me she had found just what she wanted. It was decorative tin work. She would take sheets of tin, and with a large pair of shears she would cut out the prettiest little flowers, leaves and conventional designs. These she { painted in lovely colors and then sol- | dered them to wrought-iron lamps, can- delabra and lighting fixtures of all sorts. Her work is very much like the antique tin and iron work of France and instantly met with great popularity in Munich, where she first took orders. “Every bit of the designing, cutting and coloring of the tin designs’is done by the countess herself, and the origi- nal article is always finished by her to serve as a sample to an assistant, she has found it necessary to employ due to the success of her business. How- ever, he merely solders the decorative | work previously done by her to the va- rious fixtures, lanterns and other ar- ticles which may have been ordered.” Frau von Prittwitz paused a moment jand going to a nearby desk found a card, on which were designs of odd, | quaint candelabra and a ®vely old lan- tern. “These are just a few of my friend's designs,” she said. “In addition to the tin work, she has also made drawings of her articles.” “Another friend of mine, the Countess | R——, has also displayed a resource- | fulness brought on by necessity after |the war. She opened a gown shop in | Berlin and is doing a successful import business, purchasing models from Paris, which sheareproduced with great success. Other Women Succeed. “A daughter of a former diplomat, at one time Ambassador from Germany to Turkey, has established a bookbinding shop 'in Berlin and she also has met with gratifying success, producing the finest kind of work, from tooled leather bindings to the fancy paper varieties.” Citing numerous instances of German girls and women who have extended their imterests beyond the home, Frau von Prittwitz said: “I believe it is a splendid thing for all women to have a little experience in the business world. Experience in business only goes to make her more efficient as a house- keeper. It also broadens her outlook and makes her more interesting to her husband and her children when she I t | Lieut. the Countess Anna Montgelas, HE{OI‘E“&:] that I manage my household and the war she had been a lady-in-waiting | keep my { to the Empress and had been & woman | because of my experience in the busi- with large means, unaccustomed to work | ness world than I should have done At the end of the war | without that experience, and I am sure she found herself practically impover- this is true witl ished, and it was necessary that she | known the responsibilities of a business find some means to contribute to her | life.” of any sort. counts much more efficlently all women who have MILITARY RITES HELD. Charles A. Caperon Is Buried in’ Arlington Cemetery. Burial services for Lieut. Charles A. Cameron, Supply Corps, U. S. Navy,! who died at his home, in Cradock, Va., Sunday after a short illness, were con- ducted in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors Wednesday. His widow and daughter, Miss Mary Cameron, ac- companied the body to Washington for the senvices. Lieut. Cameron entered the Navy in 1908. His last duty was at the naval ammunition depot, St. Juliens Creek, Va. RITES FOR G. S. COOPER. Funeral Services for Architect.To- day at Family Residence. Funeral services for George S. Coop- er, 65 years old, retired architect, who died in Emergency Hospital Tuesday, were conducted at his residence, 1819 Wyoming avenue, today at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley, pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, of- ficiated. Interment was private. Mr. Cooper was widely known in busi- ness, financial and musical circles here. Suit for Damages Is Dismissed. ‘The suit for $25,000 damages for al- leged slander filed recently by Herman Frazer against Morris Kraft, 1925 Fourteenth street, in connection with an alleged attempt to cash a lost check, was dismissed today by counsel for the plaintiff as settled. Attorney Hyman M. Goldstein appeared for the defend- ant, while the plaintiff was represented by Attorneys F. R. Noel and J. D. Sadler. Richmond said, the father becomes the chief figure in the family and the girl is.likely to form her opinion of all men from him. Previously her interests may have been centered on the mother after the fashion of a child. Now she has become interested in men and the father is the nearest man she can study. If he SPEECH TO BE GIVEN Dr. Thothas ‘Francis Fox’of New York to Deliver Annual Alumnus Dr. Thomas Francis Fox of New York | City, a graduate of Gallaudet College, will deliver the annual alumnus lec- ture this evening at the college, in sign Dr. Fox. at the La Fayette Hotel tomorrow eve- MRS. EVA R. BURKE Former District Resident, Mother of Three, Will Be Buried To- Mrs. Eva Rosalie Burke, wife of £d- ward J. Burke, until her marriage a’ resident of this city, died at her home, in Bartlesville, Okla., Wednesday, ac- IN SIGN LANGUAGE Address at Gallaudet. language. As assist- ant to the princi- pal of the Fanwood School for the Deaf, Dr. Fox is known to the deaf as a graceful and graphic signmaker. The lecture is sponsored by the Literary Society of the college, Dr. Fox, upon whom the college con- ferred an honorary degree in 1904, will be guest of honor at . the twenty- ninth annual ban- quet of the Kappa Gamma Fraternity DIES IN OKLAHOMA morrow in Perry, Okla. e N measures up to her ideals he may be- come the guiding star of her life. ‘The relations between the older and be | younger generations never have been adequately settled, said Dr. Richmond, although all civilizations have made | leaves tempts to do so. instance, simply “ease the ‘The Eskimos, for | Robert Burke; & young daughter, Mary old people out | Evelyn Burke; two brothers, Joseph R. of the way” to provide room and food | Castell and Dr. Louis B. Castell, both for the yunger generation which has its ' of this city, and four sisters, Miss Mar- work to do in th world. The Chinese, on | garet Castell, Mrs. James D. Foley and | the other hand, make gods of the old ple, sacrificing everything for them. world still awaits an adequaje solu- tion between these extremea, (" cording to word received here today. She was 43 years old. . Mrs. Burke was the daughter of the late Edward O. and Mary Castell of Washington: Besides her husband, she two young sons, Jack and SENATED. . GROUP * RATIO TO CHANGE: DEMOCRATS LOSE Eight Republicans, Instead of Seven, Will Be on Committee. REPORTED LINE-UP TENTATIVE, HOWEVER Il)efinite Revision of Membership Must Await Opening of Special Session Next Month. The ratio of membership on the Senate District committee in the new Congress probably will be changed from seven Republicans and six Democrats to eight Republjcans and five Democrats, it was learned at the Capitol today. Three of the Democratic members of the committee in the last Congress— Senators Bruce of Maryland, Edwards of New Jersey and Neely of West Vir- ginia—left the Senate on March 4. If the change in ratio is decided upon, it would mean that only two of these Democratic vacancies would be filled and one new member would be added on the Republican side. Indications are that the size of the Republican and Democratic representa- tion on other committees also will undergo some change, as a result of the fact that in the last election the Democrats lost six Senate seats to the Republicans. This makes the line-up for the new Senate stand at 55 Republicans and 39 Democrats, one Farmer-Labor and one vacancy. The vacancy is from Penn- sylvania, a normally Republican seat. ‘The reported change. in the line-up of the District committee is tentative and will not be definitely settled until near the opening of the session next month. In the case of committees having a membership of 19 the new ratio may be 11 to 8. Senator McNary of Oregon, new chairman of the Republican committee on committees, is studying the problem of committee assignments, but his com- mittee has not completed its work. ‘This committee will assign the new Re- publican members to committee work. Changes in the Democratic personnel of Senate committees will await the re- turn to Washington of Minority Leader Robinson of Arkansas. “UNDERTAKER” HELD IN FORGERY PROBE Police Say Young Maryland Man | Dressed in Black Admits Charges Involving Checks. Dressed in black, wearing tortoic- shell glasses and presenting the ap pearance, as he thought, of an unde: taker, a young man giving the nam of Benjamin Irving Grover and his ac dress as Solomons, Md., was arrestec yesterday afternoon by Detectives B. W ‘Thompson and Ira E. Keck on charge: 1of forgerey and passing a worthless check. P Grover, alleged to have posed a8 an jundertaker in his operations, said he formerly had been employed by local undertakers, and is reported by the de- tectives to have admitted the charges against him, and as saying he could not understand what made him write the checks found in his possession other than that he was out of work. A young woman appeared at a local bank yesterday to get a check for $100 cashed, going there as an accommoda- tion to Grover, she explained. She had met him a week ago, she said, and had no reason to suspect there was any- thing wrong about the check. It was when Grover went to the W.. B. & A. Station to meet the woman and get the money, as he had supposed. that the detectives greeted him. Threc checks, one for $15, another for $35 and the third for $45 were found in his pos- session. The check for $15 bore the name of George S. Zurhorst, jr, and was pro nounced a forgery. W. J. Porter of Hy: attsville, Md.,, and E. C. Coster, local realty man, are the otheres whose names were on checks. One charge is that a worthless check for $35 was passed on Beulah Stein, 1229 N street. The prisoner will be arraigned in Po- lice Court tomorrow. PATTERSON T.RACT CoST IS FIXED AT $400,000 Condemnation Re- | ports to Court Valuation of Ground | Sought as Public Reservation. Commission i The Patterson tract, on New York ave- | nue northeast, adjoining the circus | grounds, formerly the site of Camp | Meigs. will cost the United States | $400,000 if the award of a condemna- tion commission reported today to Justice Jennings Bailey is approved by the court. The commission has been hearing testimony for several months. It com- prised Charles A. Baker, Thomas M. Harvey and David J. Kaufman. The Florida avenue front of the property was not involved in the proceeding. The area of the portion of the tract to be condemned is given as 42 acres. or about 1,842,000 square feet, and fs being condemned for the use of the National Planning and Playground Commission. Assistant United States Attorneys General Henry H. Glassie and A. Left- wich Sinclair represented the Govern- ment, while the owner was represented by Attorneys William G. Johnson and Joseph I. Weller. ——— BLARNEY CASTLE SCENES TO BE SHOWN AT BALL Blarney Oastle and the Blarney Stone, which every native Irishman is sup- posed to have kissed, are being re- produced for scenic effects at the City Club’s St. Patrick’s ball tomorrow night. The stage sets, designed by Fred Crass to capture some of the tradi- tional aspects of the Emerald Isle, are rapidly nearing completion. The tower of Blarney Castle has been arranged to permit Al Virts, the club’s comedy soloist, to sing his num- bers from this vantage point. The City Club Syncopators will render music. Patrons for the ball include Mr, and and Mrs. R. L. Russell of Oteen, N. C. Funeral services will be conducted at Ty, Mrs. Fred J. Boiseau, all of this cily.l ©Okla.,, tomorrow, : Mrs. Rudolph Jose, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Neu, Mr. and Mrs. Paul , Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lancaster, Col. and Mrs. John Oehmann, Dr. O. U. Singer and Mrs, H. J. Horner,