Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1929, Page 13

LIFE ADJUSTMENT | GENTERTOREOPEN 10 BE PERMANENT Experiment Conducted Three Months Has Shown Value, Says Rev. Moses Lovell. SUFFERERS HELPED TO CARRY BURDENS “Confessional” Clinic Answers Cry of Normal Humanity for Relief, Directors Find. Characterizing the work as “one of the most significant experiments being carried on in Protestantism,” Rev. Moses R. Lovell, pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, yes- terday announced that the life adjust- ment center at that church is to be placed on a permanent basis. Conducted experimentally for the past three months, it will reopen in October and remain in operation throughout the year. In addition to physicians, psychiatrists, social work- ers and clergymen, the staff is to in- clude an economist and a lawyer. Sometimes characterized as a “Prot- estant confessional,” the project has at- tracted national attention this Winter and details of its operation have been sought by many large city churches, Rev. Dr. Lovell, making his final re- port on the three months’' experiment yesterday, said that it apparently was opening up a great borderline area of human behavior and suffering which hitherto has been neglected by churches and physicians. Great Underworld of Tragedy Found. “We have found,” he said, “a great underworld in Washington, not of crime but of tragedy, sorrow, discouragement and maladjustment. There is a great cry of normal humanity for help to find the way out. It is forced into the underworld of fear and worry.” The Life Adjustment Center has sought t8 weld religion and medicine through psychiatry, which now is throw- ing much light on the problems of nor- mal human behavior. At the end of the experimental period there were five volunteer psychiatrists on the staff, in- cluding some of the leaders of this field from St. beth's Hospital. This number probably will be increased this year. These, as well as the physicians, served without pay. He became convinced of the feasi- bility of such a project, Rev. Mr. Lovell said, partly through studies of the Catholic confessional and of some of the healing methods of Christian Science. He w&s &‘ogvineedgtmtm:n? wleée achiev] practical results; but wu‘nut sal with the theoreti- cal basis of either. Dr. White Helped Build Idea. “Then when I came to Washington, he said, “I fell under the spell of William A. White of St. Elizabeth's Hospital and the l:lhen gn‘:fiu:‘a ‘?etlg! bringing together the ide: o e church‘md the technique of the scien- tist.” ‘The first night, Rev. Mr. Lovell said, there were 30 nttfndlnu ll’l:ln it w:« necessary to remain open until nearly midnight. During the 11 weeks of the experiment there were 191 persons and 350 separate conferences. Most of the persons who sought help in adjusting their lives, he said, were perfectly normal and there were only five who had developed abnormalities to such an extent that nothing could be done for them. The majority were per- sons who felt themselves slipping or who had secret sorrows which they could not get rid of. Unemployment Is Problem. ‘The project, Rev. Mr. Lovell explained, has proceeded on the basis that the body, mind, soul and social adjustment of a human being are closely interre- lated and that the cause of maladjust- ment in one fleld often lies in an entire- ly different field. One of the great problems, he said, was unemployment. ‘Where an individual has no source of revenue this is usually the first condi- tion to be remedied. He insisted that churches should maintain employment agencies. The ‘work, he said, has convinced the staff that any program for treating the individual as a whole must pay atten- tion to economic problems and that the trained economist can play a part as important as that of any one else. Many of the problems have difficult legal an- les, and a leading Washington lmmmg gu volunteered his services for the year. The ending of the experimental period, Rev. Mr. Lovell said, forced the ‘workers to drop some of the cases with the work half done, and the plans for next year call for a social worker who will devote her time to follow-up work. Stories Are Confidential. Prom the first, the minister ex- plained, each story told at the Life Adjustment Center has been consid- ered as strictly confidential. The field or the Life Adjustment Center, he said, is such that it will not interfere in any way with the Mental Hygiene Clinic which is to be estab- lished under the direction of the Coun- were branches of broken and wilted dog-| while ‘wood. One of the youthful horseback en- thusiasts photographed on a Rock Creek Park bridle path this morning before a flowering dogwood tree. —sStar Staff Photo. DOGWOOD BLOOMS BEFORE SCHEDULE Other Spring Blossoms Out, Including the_“Double” Cherry Trees. ‘The flowering dogwood has burst into bloom at least three weeks earlier than usual, while several Spring flowers are now out at least two weeks ahead of their regular schedule. ‘The double-bloom cherry trees around the Speedway in East Potomac Park, which usually follows the single-bloom cherry trees by about 15 days, are ex- pected to bloom this week, at an earliers| date than any time during the past five years, and be in full bloom by next Sunday. These early Spring signs, observed by thousands of motorists who have been out on the highways, were reported of- ficially today by P. L. Ricker, president of the Wildflower Preservation Society, and the horticultural division of the g:!l:: of Public Buildings and Putlic rks. A campaign is being launched again this year by the Wildflower Preserva- tion Society, and the National Capital committee of the Garden Club of Amer- ica, of which Mrs. Frank B. Noyes is chairman, for the preservation of the dogwood, which has suffered seriously from vandals stripping the trees of their white blossoms. Plans were under way today for carrying forward the cam- paign this year with renewed vigor, through the public schools of the city, through .direct messages to the public on the street cars, and by other means. Public Sentiment Need. ‘When the first campaign to preserve the dogwood started several years ago there was danger of this beautiful flow- ering tree being obliterated from the vicinity on account of the habit which many persons, especially motorists from the city, had acquired of breaking off great branches of the tree and carrying them home. While some progress has been made in the preservation of the trees, those behind the campaign em- phasize that there is still need to build i WEEK END THEFT NET K35 N LOOT Parked Autos Plundered and Personal Baggage of Visitors Taken. Thieves who make a specialty of plundering parked automobiles obtained property valued at $835, most of it the perscnal baggage of visitors, in a series of petty depredations reported to police over the week end. The largest amount of loot was taken last night from an automobile parked on Fourteenth street between Penn- sylvania avenue and F street. A trav- eling bag and personal effects worth up public sentiment, as some persons seen yesterday bringing back Not all the dogwood is in full bloom yet, but those trees which are exposed to the sun in favored places today are in their full glory. Others in more shady places still bear a tinge of green. One of the best displays in the city is at the corner of Ridge road and Ross drive in Rock Creek Park, where there are in bloom not only several dogwood trees, but also several redbuds and a few black cherry trees. Along Ross drive several of the many new dogwood trees which were planted by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks are g to blossom, but there are enough older trees to al- ready make a fine showing there. Flowers Ahead of Time. ‘The dogwood, according to Mr. Rick- er of th?w Wildflower Preservation So- clety, usually does not bloom until some time between May 1 and May 5. llr‘l“t year t.tsu trees were not in loom May 5. The single-bloom cherry trees, which le in about 15 days. smlgeem-\‘l.u in the office of Charles Hen- lock, chief of the horticultural division, show that during the last five years, double-bloom cherry trees have been at Social ncies. The latter will . wtonly B s comes a e e She 'f”'n?«?'fl'&br}:”zfi'- ?&r}il; Yerred to it by the public schools, the | 26; 1925, April iy 4 F harities and the 20, and 1928, A;Eo . re uld find Wash- the majority of those who come to the church never would come junder the observation of any of these ‘agencies. PRI IDR FREDERICK ASHBAUGH DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS e . Dr. Frederick M. Ashbaugh, chief c te and supply division et Db Wt Funeral Chspel, 332 Pennsy] mam:r afternoon, at 5:30 o'clock, ‘which the body will be sent to Hamil- ton, Ontario, for burial near the grave B e e TS next Sunday infgmvwlfih some of the most wide- :fl: year, ;vm: cherry Speedway, and dogwood and redbud all h. the ks, Greharas, biuing peach, pear, a5 . Ac: among the ing ahead of schedule are the red col- dogtooth violet. Dutchman’s Scottish Rite *Ladies’ Night” Set for Tomorrow Evening. The “Latdies’ night” to be given by ite Masonic bodies of occasion., There to music by a 15-piece will be $100 was stolen from Paul Hatler, 421 Pennington street, St. Elizabeth, N.J., H. M. Noel, a traveling com- panion of the same city, lost a Glad- stone bag, evening clothes and topcoad valued at $325. A camera, two coats and wearing apparel valued at $140 was looted from the automobile of Kenneth B. Hatch, Harrisburg, Pa., parked on Four- teenth street near E street and Penn- sylvania avenue. Coat and Neckpiece Taken. Mrs. Russel Gelderslieve, 2400 Six- teenth street, yesterday reported the theft Saturday of a Spring coat ‘and fur neckpiece valued at $100 from a car parked near Eleventh and F streets. ves early yesterday morning took a traveling bag containing clothing worth $100, the property of Dolores Shaw, 707 Belgrade street, Phflnddglhll, from an automobile pniked‘ on"meuv- enth street near Pennsylvania . Another visitor, Elsie Smith of Lion, Pa., reported the theft of a coat and a hat bag valued at $35 from an automobile parked on State place last ht. m‘A check for $24 and a silver vanity case belonging to Alice Groves, 2315 Branch avenue southeast, were stolen yesterday from an automobile in the 200 block of Fifteenth street southeast. Burglars who effected entry last night to the home of Brig. Gen. S. T. Ansell, at 1957 Biltmore street, while the oc- cupants were away, obtained $41.50 in | g, a Te] .{mmh from a operated by Clarence R. Sheaffer at 1117 Water street southwest by burglars who forced entry through a rear door. - | WORKERS BUREAU BACKS WAKEFIELD PROGRAM Resolutions indorsing plans of the Wakefield National Mumofln.l-usocl:i SCIENTISTS SEEK MONSTER'S BONES INEXTINCT GRATER Smithsonian Party Will Hunt for Nothrotherium Skele- ton in New Mexico. SPECIES DESTROYED MILLION YEARS AGO Fissure, Home of Countless Bats, Believed Trap for Ancient Animal. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The skeleton of a nothrotherium, weird creature which roamed over the Southern United States a million years ago, is the object of a Smithsonian In- stitution expedition which has just left ‘Washington for New Mexico. ‘The search will be conducted by N. H. Boss of the National Museum, and W. L. Darby of the Peabody Museum of Natural History of Yale in the fissure of an extinct volcanic crater on Government land about 90 miles north- west of El Paso, which promises to be one of the richest depositories of fossil material yet found. This fissure, about 100 feet deep, for hundreds of centuries has been a natural trap into which roving animals fell and perished. At the same time the extremely dry atmos- phere has evidently preserved the bones. The nothrotherium was a mammal whose type has entirely disappeared from the earth, although it leaves dis- tant relatives in the sloths of South Ameri It presumably was about the size of a large bear, hal a heavy coat of hair, defended itself by its hind legs, and lived in dense jungles where it was safe from the predacious mammals of fts time, such as the saber-toothed tigers, who were creatures of the open spaces. It lived on leaves and berries and probably was one of the slowest, clumsiest and dumbest of mammals. Existed in Numbers. It existed in considerable numbers during the Pleistocene period and then was exterminated. The extermination, paleontologists believe, probably was due to a period of excessive drought, which forced it out of the protecting jungles in search of food and left it a prey to the ferocious meat-eaters. In the days of the nothrotherium the vegetation of the southwest was more luxuriant than today and offered a refuge for man; curious animals which drifted north from South America, where the most striking fossils of the giant sloth fam- ily still are seen. They extended south- ward to Patagonia. Probably they never were the dominant form of life on either continent and were of such curious structure that they could survive only under especially favorable conditions. Until last year a complete skeleton of the nothrotherium had never been found. It was represented in the Na- tional Museum by a few bones, from which a conjéctural representation of the whole animal was built up. Then all the museums of the country received a letter from a Texan telling of a strange skeleton he had found while exploring the desert and offering it for sale. His description led to the belief that it was o nothrotherium, and the find was purchased by the Peabody Museum. It was one of the best ancient fossils ever found in this country. Practically every bone was in place, and there were patches of skin and hair. On Government Land. Then the National Museum found that the volcanic fissure was on public land, and that any skeleton found there was automatically the property of the Government. It waived its rights to Yale, however, upon the agreemens for & joint expedition which would carry out extensive excavations and share in what was found. ‘The fissure for centuries has been t [the home of countless bats and the bodies of whatever prehistoric beasts mnj have been trapped there are buried under a great deposit of guano. The expedition will attempt to remove layer after layer of this. There is a possi- bility of uncovering the bones of other creatures of the middle pleistocene wflod, some of which may be unknown science. The distincfive fauna of this period, overlapping as it does many of the animal groups of today, is a sub- Jject of frequent dispute. It is only un- der exceptional circumstances that an L000000 years. e 10 s mecemesy oo ,f | years ane necessary draw a great deal of the picture of ex- tinet life from scattered fragments. ‘While Mr. Boss is excavating this fissure, Dr. J. W. Gidley of the division of vertebrate paleontology will con- duct further excavations at Melbourne, Fla, where he already has stirred up & warm scientific dispute by finding human bones mingled with the remains of extinct animals, presumably of the Pleistoscene- period. Dr. Gidley will look for more human remains and artifacts and make a close examination of the geological strata. Anthropolog- ists, led by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of Smithsonian Institution, are convinced that man is a comparatively recent arrival in North America, coming from by way of Kamchatka and Alaska. Gidley points to his findings as evidence either that man was in this continent much earlier. than the anthropologists ‘t;encve orwmn the .te‘xulx;ct “u?‘t m'lvn ving up to comparatively recen es. This was the subject of a debate before the National Academy of Sciences last year and Gidley’s further excavations may reopen the whole subject. Melbourne Area Opportunity. The Melbourne area, the National Museum paleontologists claim, offers an exceptional opportunity for differentiat- ing the remains of the different ages |night. of life which have passed over the sec- because the geological strata are | s e afines. New fuel has just been added to the by Oliver P. Hay of in his interpreta. until mu‘ch later. R G, ashville, Tenn., planned as a stop on thl: Aumh-chmgn air mall route, s p,.,punm‘ the muwh“ devel an_ adequate, airport. Nashville is not considered licraft | report made WASHINGTON, D.- C., MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1929. HEBREN SESSON | s s POLIENAN, KNFED FREDERICK H. PRINCE. ARMY ABANDONS PLANS FOR CHAPEL Proposal of Boston Financier to Build Memorial at Fort Myer Is Dropped. ‘The plan of Frederick H. Prince, Bos- ton financier, to build at his own ex- pense a handsome chapel and mortuary at Fort Myer, Va, in memory of his son, Norman Prince, killed during the ‘World War while fighting with the La- fayette Escadrille, has been definitely abandoned by Army officials, it was learned at the War Department today. Neither War Department officials nor Mr. Prince would make any explanation of the decision to abandon this project, which aroused widespread interest in Washington and the Nation two years ago. Proposal Approved in 1927. In January, 1927, Mr. Prince applied to the War Department for permission to build the memorial, stating that he was willing to spend about $500,000 on the structure. Col. Hanford MacNider, then Assistant Secretary of War, and Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham, quartermas- ter general of the Army, approved the plan. On their recommendations, Sec- retary of War Davis lent his approval. After inspection of the reservation by Q. M. Gen. Cheatham and post officers, a site was selected on a plateau overlooking the post parade ground near the main west entrance to proved by Army officials, Mr. Prince and by his architect, Ralph Adams Cram, now in charge of completion of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Several months later the architect's those in charge. Shortly thereafter, however, the Na- tional Commission of Fine Arts was consulted regarding the artistic features of the proposed memorial and it de- veloped then for the first time that some members of the commission ob- jehc.tedl to the location selected for the chapel. They suggested as a substitute the erection of a small mortuary chapel on the Arlington reservation, preferably alongside the proposed boulevard to the cemetery from the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Prince Rejects Substitute. ‘This proposal, however, did not meet with the approval of Mr. Prince, who contended, with other things, that the two memorials had no relation to each other, but were symbols of two epochs entirely different in time and character. The breach between the commission and Mr. Prince widened, and finally the latter sailed for Europe for an extended trip. Architect Cram dropped all pro- ceedings for the construction of the memorial chapel on the Fort Myer m—rexr:v'\t:‘von'nepm t kept the e War ent kept the propo- sition alive for some time, butpwdu announcement was made of its conclu- sion that if Mr. Prince concludes to build the memorial, “it will not be lo- cated at Fort Myer, Arlington Cemetery or any other Government site in this vicinity.” Gen. Summerall and other officers of the Army expressed their regret at abandonment of the project, but refused to comment further. ‘The plans for the memorial were designed to symbolize generally some of the more artistic features of famous French cathedrals that were under fire during the World War. It was to serve as a memorial to the son and his Amer- ican associates in the famous French- BURGLARS GET $628 IN 2 SAFE ROBBERIES Standard 0il Filling Station Looted of $508 in Receipts, Police Are Told. ~ Burglars last night opened two safes, one ;'y force and the other through manipulation of the tumblers, obtain- ing $628, most of which was taken from a Standard Oil Co. filling station at Fitteenth and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. The latter loss was discovered by Sidney Cortfriendt of 3307 Fifth street southeast, the manager, on openi for business this morning. He told police that Saturday's and 'S I receipts, amounting to $508.66, had been locked in the safe on closing last washroom. fifth precinct and detectives are investi~ burg] S Eanases o1 e. A store at' 1315 V street was entered by marauders last night, who took $5 from the cash T, according to a at the eighth precinct by proprietor. Abraham Katzen, 5 o B e A o, | Und Bl Arlington Cemetery. The site was ap- | be. design was submitted and approved by! NEXT YEAR T0 BE IN PHILADELPHIA Allen V. De Ford of Washing- ton Among 19 Elected to Executive Board. MANY OTHER CITIES ARE REPRESENTED Temple Brotherhoods Adopt Reso- lutions Favoring Good-Will Movement. The National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, meeting in convention in the Mayflower Hotel, today voted to meet next year in Philadelphia. A Washington man, Allen V. De Ford, president of the Washington Hebrew Congregation Brotherhood, was among the 19 men elected to the executive board of the organization. Others elected, all for a term of four years, were: Milton P. Altschul, Cleve- land; smydney Davis, Newark; Gustave D. Golding, Chicago; Samuel Horwitz, Cleveland; Judge Joseph L. Kun, Phila- delphia; Bernard L. Frankel, Philadel- phia; Louis J. Bloch, Pittsburgh; Norris Garvett, Detroit; Charles P. Kramer, New York; Harry C. Markel, Miami, Fla.: Wilford M. Newman, Chicago; Mathew Porosky, Boston; Albert C. Weihl, Cincinnati, and Dr. Jacques Zip- ser, New York. Elected for two-year terms were: Charles Berg, Portland, Oreg.; Jess Kap- lan, Toronto; Grover M. Muscowitz, Brooklyn, and S. H. Kaufman, Harris- burg, Pa. ‘The convention today approved reso- lutions favoring a “good will” movement throughout the country to bring about bett.ex;l understanding between Jew and Gentile. Urged by Brooklyn Man. ‘The movement for restoration of good will and better understanding among all citizens of the United States was urged upon the National Federation by ’Hugo Levy, Jewish lay leader of Brook- yn. ‘The federation, representing 120 brotherhoods affiliated with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, met in convention at the Mayflower Hotel. Roger W. Straus of New York City, son of the former Ambassador to Turkey, is president of the organization. the doctrine of good will between Jew and Gentile, however,” Mr. Levy told the meeting, “we must attempt to secure good will between Jew and Jew. Un- fortunately this is not all that it should . The chasm that exists between orthodox Jews and reform Jews, at fort should be made to bridge it over.” Assails Double Dealing. one breath loudly proclaimed their Americanism and in the next made a travesty of American fundamental law by attempting to nullify” the constitu- tional provisions which forbid religious ublic office and prohibit laws to establ religion or interfere with its free exercise. Progress toward bringing about bet- ter understanding between Jews and reform Jews was noted by Isador Wise of Cincinnatl. “Within the past six months,” he said, “definif progress has been made toward a better understanding of what we owe our re- ligion as Jews and not as partisans of any particular method of interpreta- tion or prescribed ceremonials or practices.” Establishment in Washington of a national temple for Jews was recom- imended to the opening meeting yester- day by Leon Pretzfelder of Washington. He suggested that the temple house the federation’s parent body, the Ugjon of American Hebrew Congregations, the National Federation of Temple Brother- hoods and the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. In urging authorization of the enter- prise, Mr. Pretafelder predicted that the next generation witness the absorption of all Jews into one syna- gogue. Rabbi Isaac Landman of New York City, editor of the American Hebrew, told the delegates yesterday that lack of adult education in mlcann" r in the house of American Both laity and rabbinate are at fault, he said. He proposed a departmentalized syna- gogue, adult religious education, l:zm:a- sistant rabbi in charge of education and a two-year itship for _every graduate of the Cincinnati Hebrew Union College in some great congrega- gox]x before the graduate is awarded iploma. Utilization of the radio to further the work of of the synagogue was suggested etk by R. D. Blum of Nashville, Tenn,, and Isador Wise, jamin Mielzine: at 12:15 o'clock today and then met at ing | the Mayflower Hotel for luncheon, fol- lowing which the executive committee of the federation met in post-conven- tion meeting. Other speakers at the c! meet- losing were: Wilford M. Newman e Brotherhood. Hermioe BLACK PLANS TOKIO HOP. LE BOURGET, France, April 8 (®).- - Van_Lear thkm,?;l ‘Three Washington girls Misses Helen Klawanis, and Maxine Schwarz. “Before we can successfully preach | ha, times, seems very wide, and a real ei- | tio; Judaism “is the |ing to POLICEMAN ROBERT J. FRASER. SEVEN ARE INJURED INTRAFFIC MISHAPS One 7-Month-0ld Child Critical Condition—Other Severe Accidents. in The heavy press of traffic in and around Washington over the week end was responsible for injuries to seven persons, one of them a 7-month-old in- fant, who is thought to have a fractured skull, The baby, Robert Baker, jr., 1922 Ridge Hill avenue, Baltimore, was taken to Baltimore yesterday afternoon, where physicians this morning reported his condltion critical. The infant was thrown through the windshield of an automobile operated by Sam Carroll, same address, when_the machine halted suddenly on the Bla- densburg road, near Cottage City, Md. Policeman S, L. Rawlins, who lives near the scene of the accident, brought the child to Casualty Hospital here for | to treatment by Dr. J. Rogers Young. Rawlins said the machine ariven by Carroll was forced to stop suddenly to avold a collision with another automo- bile. Two Are Severely Hurt. Of the other injuries yesterday, ps the most serious were those tained by John W. Twyman, colored, 8, of the 3700 block of Sixteenth street, reported at Emergency Hospital this morning to have a fractured skull, the result of falling from an automobile op- erated by his father, John W. Twyman, sr., while driving in the northwest sec- n yesterday. Bert Alexander Ayers, 23, 631 F street southeast, was treated at Provi- dence Hospital for a possible fracture of the skull sustained when the motor per- sus- - | cycle he was riding struck a road cul- vert yesterday afternoon and threw him near Red Corners, Md. He was later frem the hospital, to which he was brought by Curtis Ring of La Plata, Md., a passer-by. Visitor Injured in Collision, Miss Josephine Sautner, 23, of New York City, was treated "at Casualty Hospital for a back suffered yesterday morning when the automobile in which she was riding with John P. McClash, also of New York, was in col- lision at Maryland avenue and Ninth street northeast with an automobile operated by Gladys Nebel, 628 Morton street northeast. Two persdns were slightly injured yesterday morning when an automobile operated by John McCarthy, 62, 1032 Bladensburg_road northeast, was in a collision at H and Third with another driven by James Davis, 905 Third street northeast. McCarthy was removed to cuuul(ly;l Hospital in the No. 6 patrol, where he was treated for minor cuts and bruises. Willlam H. Lundon, 28, of. 501 Twelfth street, a passenger in the Davis machine, also was treated at Emergency for slight injuries. Joseph Blake, colored, 48, of Seat Pleasant, Md., was treated for bruises and lacerations at Casualty Hospital last night after being struck by an automobile at Eleventh and H streets. August Melcher, 1321 Belmont street, was the driver of the mac] hine, accord: police of the ninth precinct. SOCIETY WILL OBSERVE SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTH Pennsylvania Educator and Au- thor Will Address Meeting Here on April 22. ‘The Shakespeare Society of Wash- il | ington will celebrate the birthday an- niversary of its namesake by a special meeting April 22 at 8:15 pm. in the auditorium of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. dl)r. E. V. Wilcox, president, will le. Dr. Felix Emanuel Schelling of the University of Pennsylvania, educator and author, will deliver an address. The PAGE 13 BY MAN HE KILLED, EXPECTED TO LIVE Physicians Give Fraser, Slay- er of Colored Assailant, Chance for Recovery. VICTIM’S WIFE IS HIT AS BULLET GOES WILD Affray Seen as Move by Slain Man to Retaliate for Previous Arrest. Although the eight-inch dirk knife wielded yesterday afternoon by a col- ored man, who was later shot and killed by Policeman Robert J. Fraser of the sixth precinct, passed half through the officer’s left lung and grazed the outer tissues of his heart, he is expected to recover, barring complications, accord- ing to the report of attending physicians at Emergency Hospital today. ‘The dead man is Richard L. Hall, 39, who lived in rear of 331 Missouri avenue. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt said this morning a corner's jury will be sworn in over the body tomorrow, but the inquest probably will be deferred until Fraser is able to testify. Hall's 49- year-old wife, Rosie, is at Casualty Hospital under police guard with a bullet from Fraser's gun through her left leg. She admitted to investigaters today that the policeman did not in- tend to shoot her. Attack Seen as Retaliation. Police believe that the attack on Praser was in retaliation for Hall's ar- rest last week for permitting gaming and the arrest of two friends yesterday 2 few minutes before the affray, which took place behind Hall's home. According to Headquarters Detective William Messer, who investigated the circumstances of the fight, Hall was heard by colored witnesses, Tuesday night, plotting to kill Fraser, He is said have demonstrated to a friend how he would strike the policeman with the knife. The friend was to assist by throwing Iye in Fraser's face. Yesterday about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, ‘as he was patrolling his beat, Fraser found a crap game in progress in an areaway in the rear of Hall’s home. He seized two of the play- ers, took them to the patrol box, sum- moned the police wagon and sent them to the precinct, where they were booked as Willlam Wright, colored, of 125 Sec- ond street, and Andrew Colbert, colored, of 323 Missouri avenue. They were charged with disorderly conduct. Returning to the scene of the arrest, Fraser met Hall, who is said to have cursed him when the officer inquired as to the identity of the other players. “Now don’t cause any trouble, and go on back in your house,” Fraser said he replied. Hall was then in the doorway. He turned, as if to obey, then wheeled and slashed the policeman across the temple with his knife, which he carried in a sheath under his left armpit. Before Fraser could move he had struck again, burying the weapon in his left breast. The blade entered the upper chest and tore downward to the heart. Shooting Is Held Justified. As Hall sprang backward, Fraser drew his revolver and fired three times. Ope shot struck the colored man above the heart, another entered his side and the third missed him and hit his wife, standing in the hall behind him. Hall threw the knife into the front room and then collapsed. Fraser attempted to retrieve the weapon as evidence, but, weakened by his wounds, sank into a chair in the yard. Hall's wife stag- gered into the front room and sat in a chair. Attracted by the sound of the shots, John M. Hale, of 335 Missouri avenue, went to Fraser's assistance. Under the Policeman’s directions he first secured the knife and then went to summon the Police reserves. Thomas Mack, colored, Who lives in rear of 325 Missouri ave~ nue, arrived a few minutes later and was told to summon the ambulance and then bring the policeman on the adjoining beat to the house. Hall and his wife were taken to Casualty Hos- pital and Fraser to Emergency. Hall died less than two hours later. Inspector Albert J. Headley went to the hospital and Fraser told him his story. ‘The inspector said that the shooting was fully justified. Maj. Henry G. Pratt sald that it was a meritorious act. Praser had been at the hospital less than an hour when George Wen and George Lee, leaders of the On Leong Chinese Merchants’ Association, arrived with flowers. Fraser is held in esteem by the residents of Washington's Chinese settlement and among his fel- gmum is known as the “mayor of itown.” 39,951 VISIT.CATHEDRAL". Record for March Made Public by Head Verger. March visitors to the Washington Cathedral numbered 39,951, James P, Berkeley, head verger, announced to- day. This exceeded by 26,826 the num- ber of visitors during the same month ipon | last year. curator’s office show nearly’ every State visitors. The public t the cathedral and its gardens. Records in the that residents of = House Members Study Base Ball Situation As Time for Political Clash Draws Near By the Associated Press. E 8. C., South Atlantic League club, and led that circuit in hitting and base running in 1913, Their pitcher, Representative Douglas of Arizona, was once an Amherst Col- lege star twirler. They have retained 1928 infield of Jacobstein and Mead, both of New York, of Texas and Vinson o{n itucky, Repul ve hopes, accorde to Representative Kelly of Pennsyl~ their captain, and a former star semi-pro and college base ball in hio . and lvania. Two former minor leaguers, Updike of Indiana. and Morin of Pennsylvania, have left Con- m- But the party has a nucleus the 1928 nine in Guyer of Kansas, a former Kansas City, American Asso- tion, cluxb!puyer; Bachmann of West g ety