Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1929, Page 17

- material supplied by society. REVAMPING SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WHOLE OBIECT OF SURVEY Kindergartens to Universities Is Scope of Study Seeking Co-ordination. HUMAN VALUES PLACED FIRST IN NEW CONCEPT | National Education Association Is Sponsoring Move to Improve Opportunities. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A Nation-wide study in an effort to make the American school system a co- ordinated whole from the kindergarten to the university is being conducted by the department of superintendence of the National Education Association. The object is to provide for con- tinuous progress of the pupil through kindergarten, elementary school, junior kigh school, high school and college in Grder to eliminate waste of time and &ffort. At present the different levels @iten work at cross purposes with one e&nother, the higher grades duplicating =ork of the lower grades and the lower grades failing to consider the prepara- tory requirements of the higher grades. The educational system, it is pointed out. in a report on “articulation of the units of American education,” just is- sued, has evolved rather haphazardly in the past and will continue to do so un- specific standards are fixed upon hich the majority of schools can agree. Many Problems Studied. ‘This study involved several hundred separate problems which are being worked out in different school systems. Some of the studies are in the hands of college graduate departments, while others are being conducted by city and county school systems upon the sug- gestion of the department. The prob- lem of co-ordination, the' report says, is rendered more difficult by the fact that each unit.has its separate prob- Jems, due to the changing nature of the pupils with age and the duty to give those who are to drop out well rounded educations up to certain points. “If one studies the conditions which prevailed in the United States up to ap- proximately the beginning of this cen- tury,” the report says, “one realizes that little or no energy could be devoted to the co-ordination of educational insti- tutions. Every educational institution was using all its resources in giving its pupils & vety meager education. In 1840 the average schooling of American citi- zens amounted to only 208 days. These few days were scattered over the years of childhood and were devoted to the most rudimentary studies. Anything that could be accomplished in the way of instruction was regarded as 2 ‘gain. A pupil might learn a little reading, | writing and arithmetic, but beyondi these fundamentals experience could be extended only-for the very few. “The eight-grade elementary school has in recent years gradually beén transferred into a six-grade school, but the change has been accomplished only in the face of violent opposition. There are even today people who think of the eight-grade school as the only pos- sible Kind of elementary school. “Today we have the spectacle of chaos in the fleld of teacher train- ing. Normal schools are insisting that they be recognized us colleges and are organizing curriculums leading to de- grees. Academic courses and profes- sional courses are administered with little discrimination. If there is one unit of the American educational system which is in need of readjustment it is the teacher training unit. “When little children come to the first grade they have command of the vernacular completely enough to under- stand what is said to them about their relatively simple environments. They have control of the physical movements far enough to be independent of parent- al care, They are greatly interested in people and are imitative in the ex- treme. The appropriateness of instruc- | tion in the fundamental social arts is &0 evident that reading, writing and counting have persisted in the first grade in spite of repeated vigorous at- tacks by educational reformers. It is an impressive fact in the history of schools that almost every theoretical reformer has attempted to exclude read- ;ng. writing and numbers from the grade. Early teaching of these subjects doubtless will persist, the n{)on con- tinues, because of the social require- ments of the child. The contents of instruction must be drawn from the the primary grades, the report says, comes “a period in the life of pupils which is mot characterized by docile imitativeness. The pupils have come to a realization of their own personal independence, and they are no longer uncritically imitative. The purpose of the middle grades is to complete the mastery of reading for the acquisition of the facts of (eo:nrhy and ' history and the satisfaction of the pupil's de- sires to read about the strange facts of the large world which lies beyond the immediate environment. ‘Latitude in Courses. “There must be recognition of the individualistic attitudes of boys and girls of this period and the largest concessions should be made to ir developing personalities. Social forms of conduct are difficult to cultivate in the middle grades because of these in- dividuslistic attitudes. Persuasion rath- er than uncritical imitation is the method of dealing with pupils. “The junior high school period is a period of renewed social interest. The pupils_begin to look forward to adult life. There is need for social studies on a scale never yet attempted in Ameri- can schools. European schools provide a treatment of early adolescence, which is fundamentally different from the|leges cannot adapt themselves to the admission. treatment of other periods. American The function of the high school, report says, should be the complete gen- eral education and open the way for specialization. If this view is generally b radical The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL Maj. Howard C. Davidson, commandant of Bolling Field (left), and Capt. Ira C. Eaker, chief pilot of the Question Mark en the world’s endurance record flight (right), opened a class in “blind fiying” at Bolling Field yesterday. The cockpit in which Davidson, as the student, sits may be entirely closed by pulling the canvas cover, shown under the windshield at the left, over the wire frame- work and fastening it down around the cockpit with snap fasteners. FOG FLYING CLASS THRILLS BOLLING FIELD SPECTATORS Army Training Pilots to Keep Planes Straight and Level by Relying on Instruments. Trained Army fiyers, veterans with many notable aerial adventures behind them, found themselves helpless in the clear air over Bolling Field yesterday, and their blundering, weaving attempts to steer a straight course and keep their planes in level fiight filled ground ob- servers alternately. with amusement and alarm. Their misadventures were not the re- sult of the wind or of faulty planes or motors. The trials and tribulations they underwent marked the opening of a “fog flying class” through which all flving officers on duty at the field must go during the next few weeks. A Douglass O2H observation plane has been equipped with a canvas cockpit cover on a framework which completely covers the forward cockpit, cutting off the pilot’s view outside the plane. Un- able to see the sky or the ground, or any of his plane except the instrument board before him, the pilot is forced to fly by instrument alone. It is planned to put every pilot at the station through a two-hour course of “blind flying” in the plane so that they may be thor- oughly trained to face the menace of any fog in which they may be caught. Training for Army Pilots, If the school is as successful as its | proponents hope, the system may be | adopted as a part of the training of every Army pilot. The school had as its first student Maj. Howard C. Davidson, commandant of Bolling Pield, who made a half-hour fi'ght yesterday afternoon. He was fol- lowed by Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps. Capt. Ira C. Eaker, chief pilot on the world rec- ord endurance flight of the Army trans- port plane Question Mark last January, who is responsible for the establishment of the “fog school,” accompanied both of them on their first flights. “I never realized a- man could feel 50 absolutely helpless,” Maj. Davidson said following his attempt. “Nothing seems normal. Your senses tell you the plane is in level flight when the instruments show it to be in a spin. After this experience I can understand | how it is so many pilots have gone out | of control in the fog.” first attempt he made no effort to hold the plane on a compass course, but tried merely to hold it in level flight, relying upon his turn and bank indi- cator and & similar- instrument show- ing whether he was in a climb or dive to show him when he deviated from horizontal flight. Devised at Bolling Field. ‘The cover used for the cockpit was devised by Capt. Eaker and Army me- chanics at Bolling Field. A framework of four heavy wires is installed over the opening, following roughly the lines of the slip-stream, from under the windshield to the rear of the cockpit. | Over these wires the canvas cover slides. The edges of the cover are fas- tened inside the cockpit with snap fasteners, all of which may be released instantly by the pulling of two wires, so that the pilot may get out quickly in case of emergency. ‘The plane is equipped with dual con- trol so that it may be flown from either cockpit. This enables the pilot in the rear cockpit to take over the controls in case the “student” unwittingly throws the plane into a spin or drops too close to the ground. It also will be the duty of the pilot in the rear cockpit to take note of the course of their erratic wan- derings through the air so' that they may find their way home again. Either pfiot may take the plane off the ground or land it, as thev“student” pilot may open or close the canvas cov- er at will. Gen. Fechet and Maj. David- son both elected to take the plane off themselves, closing the cover over their hellda after they got well up off the ‘Fog_training should be a part of every pilot’s instruction,” Capt. Eaker said. “A pilot who gets into a fog and is unable to hold his ship in level flight and to follow a compass course natural- ly is in danger. If he is trained to fly by instrument he is afforded a large measure of protection and should at least be able to get out of the fog again without wrecking his ship.” TRADE BOARD ADDS 591 NAMES TO ROLL Report Shows Membership Increase in Year Breaks All Pre- vious Records. All previous records of the Board of Trade for new members enrolled during & year were broken during the year ending today, when a total of 591 new names were added to the rolls of the trade body, it is announced by Luther W. Linkins, chairman of the membership committee. Mr. Linkins, at the annual election meeting of the organization tonight at the Willard Hotel, will report that the 3,136 local business men and concerns. ‘The committee has awarded special Tecognition to John F. Webster as be- ing responsible for the test number of applications brought in by one mem- ber of the organization. Officers of the committee include, in addition to MI. Linkins, Milton P. Schwab, William R. Ellis, Robert J. Cottrell and T. Brooke Amiss, \ The following have been nominated for 10 vacancies on the board of direc- tors of the trade body, who will be elected this evening: John T. Bardroff, George Claude W. Owen, Geo Miller, Luther W. Linkins, Edwin C. Brandenburg, Walter A. Brown, E. F. Y, ight, Joseph A. Burkart, C. J. hen Kramer, John Larner, Rol " Beresford, Edwin M. Bayly, Charles F. Crane and Harry Blake. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 34, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, will make awards to owners and architects of elil;t local building projects selected by the trade X:dy as subjects for merit in architec- re. passed through high school. The col- entrants who are seeking WTE HOUSEFALS TOASSSTALEN Akerson Says Intervention to Be Withheld in Police Matters. Pvt. R. J. Allen of the third pre- cinct, who has been ordered dismissed from the police force by the police trial board for unwarranted use of his pistol Above | tota] paid-up membership now stands at | will receive no help from the White House in his efforts to retain his place in_the Police Department. Policeman Allen called at the White House yesterday afternoon to make a plea_for assistance. He did not see the President and was given to under- stand by George Akerson, secretary to the President, that the White House had no intention of interferring in matters relating to the administration of the police f¢ The Commissioners have not yet com- mitted themselves definitely on the final disposition of Allen’s case, and Allen was given the usual 10 days to file a written appeal. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty said yesterday that Allen had not filed his appeal up to that time, and the ners will con- sider the appeal nevertheless, using the record of the trial if Allen’s argument is not received in time. R. S. NORRIS NAMED SPECIAL PROSECUTOR Appointed as Ome of Four As- sistant Attorneys General to Handle Prohibition Cases. Raymond S. Norris, local attorney, is ir ited curricu-; cne of four new special Assistant Attor- lums, to the school.” ‘The final co-ordination of the enormously expanded M(h’ney. General appointed to handle pro- hibition prosecutions, the Department of Justice announced today. ‘The others are William J. Froelich, d | Omaha; D, Heywood Hardy, Houstor, end Nelson H. Carver of Nashville. Four or five more will be appointed. ° Mr. Norris, who formerly was 'm: in New ‘Wash-~ has maintained a law officc Maj. Davidson explained that on his | COMMISSION HALTS AIRPORT HEARING T0 WEIGH TESTIMONY U. S. Engineers to Gather Data About Inland Sites for Comparative Study. CAPITAL IS PICTURED AS GREAT AIR CENTER Congressmen Indicate Washington to Be Provided With Terminal as Soon as Possible. | Altholigh the site remains to. be | agreed upon later, members of the! Joint Airport Commission have indicat- | ed that Washington will be provided | with an adequate air terminal as quick- | 1y as possible. | The commission yesterday afternoon | took a recess after two days of heerings | yand before another meeting is held | | Government engineers will gather in-| formation regarding several inland sites | north and east of the city, to be com- | ! pared with the data already available | | for the Gravelly Point site on the Po- | | tomae, below Hains Point. Finance Question Remains. It was explained that this does not mean the commission has turned its back on the Gravelly Point proposal. but that the members want to weigh ! carefully the varioys arguments brought | out during the heatings as to the rela- tive advantages and disadvantages of a water-front site and ‘an inland lo- cation. The ?uunnn of how the airport in the National Capital should be financed also remains for later determination. Summarizing the proceedings ‘thus far, two points stand out. One is that the Senators and Representatives named to handle the subject are interested deeply in obtaining all the facts they can in order to reach a satisfactory solution of the airport needs of the Capital, and the other is that every one is agreed Washington will become an important center in air transportation when adequate facilities for landing and handling planes are available. Executive Session Is Held. ‘The commission held a brief executive session after the hearings had ad- journed, but Chairman Bingham said no action was taken, other than to have more information concerning the sites that have been suggested in addition to Gravelly Point. During the afternoon session yester- day Senator Bingham put this question to Lieut. Nathaniel Duffy, director of the Buffalo municipal al “‘Would you advise, in vie the fact that Gravelly Point uggln' to be filled in more or less by the Government, that it would be advisable to leave that as a future outlet and develop immediately mmz’ of the land that can be acquired The witness answered in the affirm- ative, adding his belief that the 300 acres of airport space to be made avail- able at Gravelly Point three years now “would not begin to take care of the needs at that time.” He further suggested that since Gravelly Point is close. to the city, it might be made a landing station for mail and passengers. Large cities, Lieut. Duffy continued, will have to come to the policy of hnvlns two airports, one to let off mail an passengers and the other at a more remote location for commercial craft and other traffic not requiring speed in distribution of cargoes. Local Witnesses Favor Point. Virtually all of the local witnesses and several Government officials who testi- | fied during the two days favored Grav- | elly Point, which would be filled in by the Army Engineer Corps, with material dredged from the river. ‘The most serious objection raised to | Gravelly Point was the testimony that fog conditions would be more pro-| nounced along the river than at a site | inland. The Post Office Department informed the commission that fog near the river hampered the air mail. Other witnesses testified that a fog bad| {enough to prevent landing near the | waterfront probably would extend over ithis whole area. The commission is going to get more detailed information on this question from the Weather Bureau before reaching a decision. Another question that the commission will consider carefully in comparing Gravelly Point with inland sites near the District is the length of time it would take to put each site in shape for use. The testimony was that the first_ unit of 300 acres of made ground at Gravelly Point would be ready in three years. Other testimony was given | i to the effect that some of the proposed | inland sites in Maryland could be pur- chased and put in use in a much shorter time. Combined Service Is Factor. Still another question is the de- sirability of having the main municipal airport near the river, so that land and seaplane service could be co-ordinated. Another factor to be weighed is how long it would take to reach the center of the city from the various sites, it argued that for the development air service the rt of passenger airpo I must be so located that time saved in &'h‘ is not lost in getting to and from e A ; All of these phases of the problem will be gone into thoroughly by the commission before it settles upon a location. The two inland sites most frequently discussed during the hear- ings were one at Chillum, Md., just north of the city between Takoma Park | tion from the city. There were a num- I‘;er of hnmmk etg ax‘x,eaflry Maryland nng irginia mar] on a map prepare: by the Park and Planning Commission. Baltimore’s Plans Outlined. Charles F. Goob, chief engineer of the City of Baltimore, outlined yes- terday afternoon how Baltimore plans to establish an airport in the same manner as is proposed at Gravelly Point. He said the city will build a bulkhead on the riverfront and an area “““"‘“‘fl?”“&"’;%u‘&m‘ Arm; lver to pi an h{wmln for Baltimore harbor. The city also has acquired a tract of higher ground back of the water- front and, in this down, sofl will be obtained to top off the made }area. He said Baltimore ultimately will | have nnwufium 7 miles | from the Hall, P e Breaks Leg in 25-Foot Fall. \ LURAY, Va. April 10 (Special).— Comer, 9-year-old son of Shenandoah, this hile playing in a silo on a lgrxnflu farm fell 25 feet to a ce- | ment floor, breaking his leg between the iknee and and suffering minor lac- erations bruises. The ‘ang little fellow from |to time, it was explained, because the i charges. | nied having converted any funds for | burners and other equipment demanded 10, PRESERVATION 1929, OF THESE BLOSSOMS | IS ASKED ! J i | A vista i( flowering dogwood at Cedar Hill Cemetery, where annual display of the trees is one of the notable sights in the District, —=Star Staff Photo. GRAND JURY TOGET | ! APARTMENT DEAL i “Higher-Ups” May Be In- volved in Parkway Proj- ect, Says Rover. | | Evidence growing out of the financing | of the Parkway Apartments, which | failed last Spring as a co-operative project with loss to apartment buyers, | will be presented to the District grand Jury, it was revealed today by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, in an effort to obtain indictments against Arthur M. Suit, the promoter, and | “posgibly others higher up” in the in Harvey, TIL, after a long search, and | has been held on $2,000 bond awaiting | & preliminary hearing before Commis- sioner Needham C. Turnage on| charges of larceny after trust. Several times hearing was waived, and vester- day it was waived again at the request of the United States attorney's office. Mr. Rover explained today that he had_instructed his assistant, William A. Gallagher, to prepare papers in the case for the grand jury which was sworn in last week. Suit's preliminary | hearing had been postponed from time | apartment house promoter had given useful information to the government bearing on the financing of the building and expenditures which Mr. Rover be- lieves involves other sufficient evidence to make out a case for the grand jury. No further attempt at a preliminary hearing will be made. Probed by Congress. Since the failure of the apartment and its subsequent foreclosure sale, the case was subject to investigations and severe condemnation by the Gibson sub- committee of the House. Search for Suit, who was president of the Parkway Apartments of Wash- ington, Incorporated, and who acted in the sale and general management of | the apartments, was started when the first warrant, charging larceny after trust, was issued on June 26 last. Suit was finally arrested in Harvey, IIL, February 28, and brought here to face | | | In a statement to the police Suit de- his own use. Money in the apartment house transaction, he said, had been lawfully spent on the building for oil by tenants. During the months of the Nation-wide search for Suit the pro- moter had been as far West as Los Angeles, leaving there in November and going to Chicago and the vicinity. ‘Warrant for Promoters. Two warrants are outstanding against the promoters, issuéd by the District at- torney's office on complaint of Mrs. M. J. Bain and W. J. Manning, who pur- chased apartment homes in the build- ing. n"l’he Parkway failed as a co-operative project ‘'when ‘only 30 of the 83 units were sold to tenants. Last Spring the tenants discovered that curtailment and interest on mortgages on the property were delinquent and that a number of service bills were overdue. The property was advertised for sale June 18, but there being no buyers it was again placed on the auction block in July, and according to testimony be- fore the Gibson subcommittee it was bought in by second trust holders. who later sold the property to other in- terests. Ouster proceedings were filled against 13 tenants who failed to vacate Novem- ber last and in conformity with an agreement they had signed to give up interest in the property after expira- tion of four months for which rent was | waived. The tenants lost their fight in the courts. Y. M. C. A. Extends Call. STAUNTON, Vi April 10 (Spe- | cial).—The Y. M. C. A. board in ses- sion Monday night extended a call to R. H. Kinney of Ebensburg, Pa., fo be general secretary of the Staunton Y. M. | C. A. Mr. Kinney at present is gen- | eral secretary of the Y. M. C. A at, Ebensburg. He is a graduate of Oberlin | College and has had 23 years’ experi- ence in Y. M. C. A. work in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Overturning Taxi Reveils Alleged Hold-up of Driver A taxicab, alleged to have been seized at pistol point from its driver, John B. Clark, colored, overturned shortly before noon to- day as it careened around the Peace Monument on Pennsylvania avenue, bringing up within less than a block of where it started. Policeman R. N. Kessellring of the eleventh precinct, who nap- pened to be passing on a street car, saw the cab skid and roll over. When the officer went to in- vestigate the driver came up and accused James Henry Collins, also colored, of the 1700 block of Tenth street, of having forced him from the vehicle. At the fourth precinct Collins was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, robbery and reckless driving. CORNER STONE DATE 10 BE OBSERVED Society of Natives Will Mark 138th Year of Jones Point Laying Ceremony. ‘The 138th anniversary of the laying | of the corner stone of the District of Columbia at Jones Point, off Alexan- dria, Va., at the mouth of Great Hunt- ing Creek, will be celebrated by the Dis- trict of Columbia Society of Natives at a banquet in the Italian Gardens in the Mayflower Hotel Monday night at 7 o'clock. ‘The historic corner stone was laid April 15, 1791, and the Society of Na- tives for a number of years has ob- served the anniversary with a special meeting. ‘The program Monday night will in- clude vocal selections by the quartet of the choir of the Epiphany Episcopal Church, under direction of Ambrose Durkin; music by the “Dot” Meyers Wildman Metro Melody Orchestra, cards and dancing. Mrs. Ella C. Rob- inson, member of the society, will be accompanist for the vocal selections. Lee D. Latimer, president of the so- ciety, also announces that there will be a “surprise” feature in the program. In accordance with the policy adopted by the society for the past several years there will be no speeches. ‘The executive committee®of the so- clety is in general charge of arrange- ments for the affair. Its members in- clude Mr. Latimer, the president; Percy B. Israel, first vice president; Mrs. Ida P. Battle, second vice president; Wash~ ington Topham, third vice president; John Clagett Proctor, historian; Fred- erick G. Umhau, treasurer; Miss Emma A. Bright, recording secretary; Miss May E. Hungerford, corresponding secretary; Ralph L. Hall, chairman of the mem- bership committee, and Mrs. Ella C. Robinson, chairman of the program committee. Mrs. Johan C. Kondrup is in charge of arrangeéments of the tables and flowers at the banquet. FINAL SHOWING OF PLAY. St. Gabriel's Club Presents ‘The Hidden Guest.” The Stella Maris Club of St. Ga- briel's Church presented its final show- ing of the play, “The Hidden Guest,” before a capacity house in St. Paul's Hall, Fifteenth and V streets, last night. In addition to Paul Murphy and Miss Helen Ryan, who took the leading roles, parts were taken by Mary McCarthy, Leone Powers, Dorothy _Colliflower, Matthew Fenton, Joseph Fallon, Ray- mond Quinn and William Ryan. Will Speak on Rail Mergers. Richard Waterman of the United States Chamber of Commerce will ad- dress the Kiwanis Club of Washington oh _“Ralroad Consolidation” at the meeting of the club at the Washington Holl:‘:k tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. Wrecl(ecl Auto Holds Rum Suspccts After Two-Mile Chase by Police The automobile in which they: sought to escape a pursuing motor cycle officer this morning proved the undoing of two colored men when it ovemmmid and block of @ street, and: Walter Harris, | 32 years old, of the 300 block of V) street, both colored, after extricating them from the wreckage. Shortly after mldnl‘:hl the officer sighted the automobile on Walker road, i took to the ditch. At the elaveg:h Trclnc& gnm't,n \'v“ug charged wi legal A - ! g and reckless vln!, while the counts were against w | GASTAXINGREASE TOBE CINSDERED Chamber of Commerce Com- mittee “Emergency” Meet- ing This Afternoon. ! —_— | The proposed increase in the gasoline ax from 2 to 3 cents per gallon, the | additional revenue to be applied to ex- ‘ension of the park system of the Dis. irict, will be considered at _an “emer- gency” meeting of the Washington | Chamber of Commerce committee on | District finance, taxation and assess- | ment this afternoon. The committee will consider whether | the method proposed for raising park | funds is proper, to which opppostion al- | ready has developed. The chamber is committed to extension of parks, but | will study the proposed method of ad- | ditional financing. | The gas tax measure has been sug-!| | gested by Representative Zihlman, Re- | | publican, of Maryland, chairman of the | | House District commitiee, at the behest | of constituents. who seek to more nearly equalize the District gas tax with the 4-cent, levy exacted in Maryland. ‘The membership of the committee handling the matter announced today by Charles W. Darr, chamber president, is as follows: Rudolph Jose, chairman; George S. De Neale, vice chairman; Harold C. Anderson, W. M. Balderson, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, Howard C. Beck, Simon Beloff, Dr. Harry Bosley, Harri- | son Brand, jr.; S. T. Cameron, Charles F. Carusi. Henry F. Castens, L. H. Charles, Bertram:Chesterman, Appleton | P. Clark, Morris Cafritz, John A. Eckert, John Joy Edson, William John Eynon, Lewis Flemer, George B. Praser, George S. Praser, E. C. Graham, Wilbur L. Gray, Gerald Grosner, A. F. Harlan, Houston R. Harper, George A. Harris, Charles E. Howe. Garfield I. Kass, Philip King, M. A. Leese, Hallock P. Samuel L. Marks, Miss Mary G. Minnix, Thomas T. Mott, A. G. Neal, Marcus Notes, Judge Mary O'Toole, James W. S. Peters, Horace J. Phelps, William Rosendorf, David Sanger, Miss Edna J. Sheehy, Prancis M. Savage, J. E. Shoe- maker, John H. Small, Graeme T. Small- wood, W. M. Smith, Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen, John H. Simon, W. W. Spaid, Ernest J. Spitzer, S. H. Talkes, Geral R. Trimble, W. J. Waller, Fred S. Walk- er, Joseph A. Wilner, Joseph Witt and Joseph I. Zucker. OFFICERS ELECTED BY BUSINESS GROUP }George J. Cross, Jr., Named Presi- dent of Southeast Association. Progress of Body Noted. The annual election of the South- cast Business Men’s Association was | held Monday night in Naval Lodge Hall, 330 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. The following officers were elected for the ensying year: George J. Cross, jr., president; Charles D. Joyce, vice presi- dent; Charles A. Everett, secretary: Clarence F. Donohoe, treasurer, and | Mark - Reiley, sergeant-at-arms. The retiring officers, Charles H. Jenkins, president, and T. K. Smith, vice president, extended congratulations to the newly elected officers. James B. Flynn spoke on_ the that progress the past officers had made. After ad- were served. The association meets every first Mon- day of the month at 8:30 p.m. in Naval | Lodge Hall. Long, Joseph Low, R. L. McKeever, | journment of the meeting refreshments | PAGE 1 OFFICIALS PROBE INNER HONORING CAPT. BURLINGAME Reports of Investigation Are Submitted to Pratt, Baring Action. EVENT HELD AT INN NEAR DISTRICT LINE Retired Police Officer Declares Whole Affair Is Just a Tem- pest in a Teapot. A dinner in honor of Capt. Guy E Burlingame, veteran police officer whe ’reflred April 1, has been the object of 2 quiet but searching inqui the ! Pollce Department. it was armed todas | when official reports of the investigation were submitted to Maj. Henry G. Pratt lh; :emunpenntendent. e ler was held Monday night r!l the Prince Georges Inn, loclbedgln Prince Georges County, Md., not so fa- wille, T known s orn Ian. o i was just one of those infe ! dinners where good fellows get togoel;'gefir for re nce, so informal, in fact, that the newspapers were not notifie: that it would take place. Higher-up in the Police Department apparent) knew nothing about it either, for nor of them had been invited. Police Manual Forbids Whoopee. But the dinner had been under w: only & half an hour or so when wo: was flashed to police headquarters a “crowd of Washington policemc: were making ‘whoopee’. at the inn.’ As the rigid police manual strictly for- bids Washington police officers to make ‘whoopee” either on duty or off, twn of the very best investigators available were dispatched from headquarters to look over conditions at the inn. These two officers, Lieut. Bobo and Sergt. Guyer, filed a written report later with Inspector William S. Shelby, as- sistant superintendent in charge of the Detective Bureau, that they had found a_ quiet little party in pr in a private room on the second floor of th~ inn, and that the only policeman in attendance was Precinct Detective R. B. Carroll of the first precinct, whn | will be remembered as one of Cap!. Burlingame’s principal witnesses at his recent trial on charges growing out of the accusations of Mrs. Helen F. Bla- lock. There was no evidence of an: thing which the prohibition law forbids at this party. the officers reported, and . after 1t no mention of the reason for the pariv and failed to contain the name of the guest of honor, so police officials, cu- rious for more details. directed Inspec- | tor T. R. Bean to make a more thor- ough investigation. Inspector Bean in- terviewed Carroll and then Capt. Burl- ingame, and in his report recommended that it be filed without prejudice to the precinct detective, According to Inspector Bean's report. Burlingame and several friends went to the inn, where a “farewell dinner” was given in a private room on the sec~ ond floor. The party arrived at the inn at 10:30 o'clock and left at 12:50, | he said, and no intoxicants were served. Burlingame Describes Affair. Just like the case involving him and Mrs. Bialock. Capt. Burlingame de- scribed the affair as a tempest in a i teapot. “I wouldn't call the affair a farewell dinner.” he said. “It was just @ chicken dinner. | “With two or three attorneys ahd ome other friends I drove out to the |inn for a dinner, a chicken dinner. i There were just a half a dozen in the {party. No, I would't call it a farewll | dinner.” | o After reading the official re, Supt. Pratt said the investigation w: | & closed incident as far as the Police | Department is concerned. The reports { will be filed. Pratt, however. said he questioned the propriety of police going to a road- house for dinner. 1$1,700 STOLEN GOODS | SEIZED BY OFFICERS Fwo Arrests Made in Tracing Thefts From Automobiles and Other Places. Police recovered jewelry and miscel- laneous goods valued at $1,700 today, | most if it said to have been locted {from baggage in parked automobiles, and arrested Blake Clinton, 19 years {old, of the 100 block of Fifteenth strect southeast, and James W. Jeffries, 20 | years old, of the 1300 block of Emer- | son street northeast, after they are al- !leged to have attempted to sell part of { the jewelry to Lewis Abrams of the 700 |block of G street. They were being held for investigation at headquarters today. | The jewelry, together with several | cases of cigarettes, a quantity of wom- | en’s clothing and several guns, cameras | and miscellaneous articles, was found by® members of the clothing squad in Clinton’s room, they charged. Clinton is said to have confessed to | taking most of the property from auto- mobiles parked here. The cigarettes, ! police say, were stolen Monday night | from a grocery at 1506 East Capitol street, while other clothing and jewelry | recovered today is believed to have been |lost last night from an automobile parked at Twelfth and B streets. {RAIN UNTIL FRIDAY IS FORECAST HERE Temperature Is Expected to Rise at End of Week as Condi- ” tions Clear. A sudden April downpour late yes- terday broke the prevailing heat wave and sent shirt-sleeved and sweltering homegoers scurrying for shelter. Now, rainy weather is promised by the forecaster until Friday. clear weather here FPriday, the fore- caster announced the temperature wiil rise and at the end of the week 1t will be_somewhat warm again. Yesterday 80 degrees th - Dentur: was the highest