Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1929, Page 17

BAR TOLD T0 AVOID TAKING STAND FOR OR AGAINST LAWS, American Association Com- mittee Refuses View on Jones Statute. NEW YORKERS SOUGHT AID IN ANTI-DRY FIGHT Educational Standards of Students in Legal Profession Reported Rising Now. . The American Bar Association should ot express its opinions as a body upon the justice or injustice of a law or part of the Constitution of the United Staies. ‘This was the substance of opinions expressed by the executive committee of the association in tabling motions of- fered by “outsiders” urging the associa- | tion to join the New York Bar Associa- tion in cpposing the eighteenth amend- ment as well as to join other New York lawyers in expression of opposition to Jones law. e executive commtitee of the asso- ciation which met on the second dav of its annual Spring session in the Hotel Mayflower today, in tabling the resolu- tion pertaining to prohibition and its enforcement, decided that it is not for it as the executive committee of th2 American Bar Association to decide whether prohibition is just or unjust. Former Stand Recalled. It was pointed out by the committee members following the tabling of the resolutions that,the association some time ago had gone on record in favor of enforcement of all laws. In accordance with the policies of the executive committee, reporters were excluded from the meeting. Earlier in the day it was reported at the mee that great strides have been made wi the past year in line with resolutions adopted by the association some time ago urging that the equiva- lent of two years’ college instruction be had by all students before being al- to up the study of law. ‘There are now statutes in about two- thirds of the States, it is pointed out, requiring such a ruling for law students. Conduct of Members. ‘William Draper Lewis of Philadel- charge of the organization’ of the faise the standards for law students. Anm.hg matter oo‘:sldmz:ed to be ‘of special rtance association was op of a resolution at to- day's ving the organization’s comunif on professional ethics power fo bring before it for trial any m ber of the association for “judicial - conduct.” = It was made known following the executive commiftee meeting that steps are taken for the establishment of a $2,000,000 endowment fund for the Americanization work. No definite in- tors are was nfimfi THREE MEN INJURED WHEN HIT BY AUTOS One Struck by Car Operated by a ‘Woman, Another by Machine Driven by Policeman. Edward Newman, 52 years old, col- ored, of 30 De Frees street, suffered lacerations to the scalp late yesterday ‘when run down at North Capitol and ‘G streets by a taxicab operated by Wil- lle Whittington of Glen Carlyn, Va. Newman, who is employed at the D. C. Pound, was attempting to cross the street when struck down. Injuries, which may prove serious, were sustained last night by Charles 'W. Holland, 44 years old, of Manassas, ,Va., who was run down at Fourth street and Massachusetts avenue by an auto- ‘moblle driven by Policeman Oscar Reh- ein of the ninth precinct. Rehbein, who was off duty at the ftime of th2 accident, took the injured iman to Casualty Hospital where it was #ald Holland is suffering from scalp Placerations and body bruises. John E. Kreh, 54 years old, of 1754 'Q street, suffered scalp lacerations late . yesterday when struck by an automobile _operated by Mrs. Sylvia Kauffmann of £2230 California street on the south side of Dupont Circle. The injured man was taken to Emergency Hospital. COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI SEEKING MEMORIAL FUND Tributes Proposed to Miss Gillette, Former Dean, and H. A. Hegarty, One-Time Faculty Member. Contributions to be used for erecting memorials for Miss Emma M. Gillette, one of the founders and former dean of the Washington College of Law, and Harry A. Hegarty, a member of the fac- ulty for more than 20 years, are being subscribed by alumni of the institution, according to Judge Mary O'Toole and Miss Helen' Jamison, in charge of me- morial committees. ‘The Gillette memorial committee pro- Pposes to raise a fund to endow a chair of real property, a subject taught by Miss Gillette for many years. No de- cision has been reached by the com- mittee of the Hegarty memorial fund regarding what form the memorial will take and will not be decided until the amount to be subscribed is ascertained. Epsilon Chapter, Kappa Beta Pi, legal sorority of the college, has arranged with the Players’ Guild, directed by Rev. F. J. Hurney, to give a benefit per- formance at St. Patrick’s Auditorium, 924 G street, on May 21. The proceeds ;l“flldbe contributed to the two memorial nds. Shooting at Dance Hall. Charles Fowler, colored, 20, 723 Third street southwest, was treated for a gun- shot wound in the arm at Providence Hospital last night following an alterca- tion in a dance hall at 438 First street southwest. Police arrested Lester E. Hawkins, 527 Four-and-a-Half street southwest, on a charge of assault with & deadly weapon. A dice game was the cause of the shooting, police say. ¢ Foening WASHINGTON, B taf TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1929. | | fell into the hands of the police. POSSUM ‘CRASHES WHITE HOUSE EATE New Pet Takes Quarters Vacated by Rebecca, Rac- coon of Coolidge Era. A wild half-grown possum has been added to the White House pets and is living luxuriously in the quarters built in the rear grounds for Rebecca, the Coolidge famous racccon pet. This possum was not sent to Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover. It “crashed” the grounds and wished itself on the administration. President and Mrs. Hoover are very much interested in the young animal and have given orders that it be given every attention. ‘This new pet has not been officially named, ‘but iIn the meantime is being addressed as Billy Possum, and when he loses his wildness and his snarling habits and shows a liking for petting and . the company of humans he is likely to become as well liked and popu- lar_as the nationally famous Rebecca. No one knows from whence Billy Pos- | sum came. He was discovered several | nights ago walking toward the rear portico of the White House by B. B. Snodgrass, one of the White House policemen. King Tut and the other ‘White House dogs were not around at the time, otherwise it is doubtful if this plump young animal would now be enjoying all the comforts of home in Rebecca’s cage. Billy evidently had come a long distance, because he was tired out and made only a feeble at- tempt to avold being picked up by Policeman Snodgrass. The latter scon found after taking the little stranger up in his arms that fondling was dis- tasteful to him. Moreover, Snodgrass, realizing that he had future use for his fingers and hand, abandoned petting and lost no time placing him in the in- closure in the center of which Rebecca’s former home is located. ‘When the President and Mrs. Hoover learned of Snodgrass’ find the next morning they hurried down to the cage to have a look and to make friends. It s the concensus that in time Billy will make a gentle little pet. In the mmmnntlme it is thought best to keep caged. Rebecea was sent to the local Zoo by President Coolidge a few months be- fore he and Mrs. Coolidge departed for Northampton. el DISRESPECT FOR LAW TOPIC OF ADDRESS Constitutional Government -Asso- ciation Hears Van Osdol—Of- ficers Are Elected. ‘The most effective way to counteract is to “re-establish the Constitution in the hearts and minds of the American people,” J. A. Van Osdol of Anderson, Ind., former president of the Indiana State Bar Association, said yesterday in an address before the annual meet- ing of the National Association for Constitutional Government at the Col- | orado Building. Continued indifference on the part of citizens, the speaker said, must re- sult in a government by groups, blocs and classes. He pointed out that the public would be more inclined to ob- serve the laws if it would take a greater | interest in selecting the lawmakers. He suggested the remedy of education to instill the principles set out in the Con- stitution. Following the principal address, the 1 association elected officers for the en- suing year as follows: David Jayne Hill, president; Repre- sentative James M. Beck, Judge Van Osdol, Charles Warren, Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, Charles S. Thomas, Walter S. Penfield, Wade H. Ellis and- John Hays Hammond. vice presidents; Miss Frances M. Williams, secretary; John Joy Edson, treasurer, and Dr. Herbert F. Wright, managing editor of the Con- stitutional Review. MAN HELD IN.CHECK CASE. Salesman Jailed as Passer of $150 in Worthless Paper. Five charges of passing alleged | worthless checks for amounts totaling jabout $150 were preferred against | Harry Edwin McCabe, 31 years old, a | salesman, who was arrested this morn- ing by Detectives Ira Keck and B. W. Thompson of the check squad. McCabe lives with his wife and child Rebecca, the racoon pet of former President Coolidge. poses with Officer B. E. Snodgrass of the White House police force. the country’s growing disrespect for law | g, o} Billy ’Possum wandered into the White House grounds several days ago and He is now occupying the quarters buiit for Billy, very much alive, —National Photo. POLICE LINK LIQUOR | WITH FALSE BILLS Former Policeman Is Held as Counterfeiting Probe Is Conducted. Alleged liquor transactions of a rum ring opers ‘ing in Miami, Fla., in which a flood of spurious $50 bills were in circulation, were charged by police today when Gaither Washington Bay- iess, 30-year-old former Washingion policeman, was brought to the Detec- tive Bureau after being arrested yes- terday in connection with passing counterfeit bills. Bayless and Harry Lee Brooks, 26 years old, of North Olmstead, Ohio, said to be a companion of the former policeman, are being held for investi- gation. According to' police, Bayless, who is said to have confessed passing three countesfeit $50 bills in this city, is wanted - by policeiin the Florida city on a charge involving violation of the Menn act, and in Knoxville, Tenn., where authorities said he “jumped” bond. Both men were turned over to g:llwd States Secret Service authori- Olerk Identifies Bayless. Bayless, police sald, confessed after he had been identified by P. B. Mullen, a clerk in an Alexandria, Va., clothing store, as the man who gave a counter- feit $50 note in payment for a suit of clothes. In his confession Bayless is said to have lmguum Brooks as the man who gave him the spurious cur- Tency. ‘The arrest of the two men was brought about yesterday when they were T d on a street car by Headquarters Detective Frank Alligood, while the latter was sitting in his auto- mobile, parked at Fourteenth and L strests. Alligood drove ahead of the street car several blocks and then boarded it and placed the men under arrest, Other Bills Sought. United States Secret Service Agent Jack Q. Slye was called into the case by local police in an effort to trace the remaining spurious bills said by the po- fiey to be concealed somewhere in this Government officials said the bills here and in Alexandria were made from plates and were detected easily. The green side of the notes is said to be a gocd likeness to the genuine paper bills of that denomina- ton, but the gold side, officials stated, shows poor workmanship, Bayless was a private on the Dis- trict police force several years ago aud was attached to the third precinct. Police records show he was convicted of grand larceny while serving as a p‘gucemnn in 1920, and was sentenced serve ome year at the uan Workhouse, from which he em He later was taken into custody in West Palm Beach, Fla., and after complet- ing his sentence in the District returned to the Florida city and joined the P tedtive Aiigood ctive ood said he would claim the $200 reward offered by a Knyom.lle bondsman for the arrest of BOY SCOUTS WILL VISIT CAMP ROOSEVELT MAY 25 Washington Group Arranging for an Excursion, Which Will In- clue 4-Mile Hike, The Boy Scouts of Washington will hold their third annual excursion at Camp Roosevelt, near Chesapeake Bay, on May 25. From 600 to 800 boys will attend. The excursion of Scouts will leave Washington by train at 8:30 a.m. for An inspection of the camp will be made by the Scouts, who will also engage in several hours of competitive sports be- fore returning from the beach at 5:30. Swimming races will be one of the fea- tures of the progrem. Camp Roosevelt will not formally open for the season until June 10. From then on launches will regularly carry parents and friends of the boys on visits from the beach to the camp. Arrangements for the excursion are in the hands of a committee composed of E. H. Hartung, chairman; John S. Cole, chairman of the council of the C. M. O,, a secret order of Eagle Scouts at the camp: Dr. W. A. Merrill, first aid; A. Hudson, swimming; B. Smith, refreshments; W. A. Stevenson, hike, { and L. B. Drake, special invitations. Bridal Outfit Whist Prize. . 'To encourage matrimony a commiitee in charge of a whist tournament at Harrow, England, recently offered as a at Cherrydale, Va., and has been in the employ of a Martinsburg. W. Va., refrigerating firm. He is said by the police to_have admitted passing chec and to have stated that he was out .of employment and in need of money. prize 1o the single woman having the highest score a complete bridal outfit, consisting of wedding cake, bouquet, P-T. A PLEA ASKS LEADERS TO BACK Appeal to Stand Behind Hoover Made in Message of Legislative Chairman. ‘NOTHING SENSATIONAL’ One of Most Important Expected to Deal With Advocated Education Department. national mind,” State presidents at- tending the thirty-third annual conven- tion of the National Congress of Par- ents and Teachers were urged today to stand bchind President Hoover in his efforts to maintain law enforcement. The message of Mrs. William Tilton, legislative chairman of the national group, to each State president stressed that “prohibition is simply one of the new controls needed for the new day. ©Old Dobbin and the saloon cannot be made to fit into a day when the en- gines have taken to the broad highway and will scon crowd the air.” Otmer problems, such as those en- tailed in home service, education, public health and like activities of parent- teacher associations were outlined to the congress in the reports of officers and by speakers at various section meet- ings during the day. Dr. Randall J. Condon, superintendent of Cincinnati, Ohio, schools and fifth vice president of the congress, and George R. Farnum, assistant attorney general were speak- ers at the Humane Education luncheon conference. State Leaders Aid Asked. Mrs. Tilton called upon the State presidents to “respond to President Hoovgs law enforcement message” by “distrfbuting among the civic groups of your community our law enforcement leaflet, prepared with the aid of Ros- coe Pound, dean of the Harvard Law School.’ Prohibition is one of the six points in a program indorsed by the Congress in 1924, which officers of the group said today probably would be reasserted in resolutions adopted at this convention. Officers said that resolutions coming before the body would contain “noth- ing sensational,” but would look toward a program of constructive educational activities, One of the most important of these unquestionably will deal with the advocated Department of Education, with a secretary it the President’s cab- inet. s ‘Referring to this legislative proposal in his talk at the Founders' dinner, J. W. Crabtree, general secretary of the National Educational Association, said: “It is most encouraging to note the fact that the new Secretary of the De- partment of the Interior advocates the enlargement of the Bureau of Educa- tion. Other Secretaries have not real- ized the importance of this particul bureau. Your work and ours has un- doubtedly helped to awaken this new interest, and the bureau itself has be- gun to take on new importance. What- ever the nmew Secretary gets for the bureau will be due to the feeling over the United States that the Government owes as much attention to education as to either commerce, labor or agricul- ture.” Reports cn Actlvitics Made. Reports on various phases of parent- teacher activities were rendered this morning by the general officers, includ- ing Mrs. S. M. N. Marrs, and the fol- lowing vice présidents: Mrs. Bruce Carr Jones, Mrs. Herbert F. Chafee, Dr. Randall J. Condon, Mrs. Louis T. de Valliere, Mrs. Hugh Bradford, Dr. J. E. Butterworth and Mrs. C. E. Mason. Mrs. C. H. Remington reported on the Child Welfare Magazine and Mrs. Mason on the national congress’ en- dowment fund to continue and extend its activities. “The Parent-Teacher Movement Among the Colored People” was the topic of a report by Mrs. Fred Wessels. Work in the churches was dis- cussed by Dr. Valeria H. Parker, while Mrs, Marrs and Mrs. Fred M. Raymond told about preliminary plans for the congress’ birthday celebration this year. Hold Founders’ Dinner. Founders’ dinner last night was at- tended by practically all the delegates and a large number of visitors. A chair and desk for use of the national presi- dent at the national headquarters, on Sixteenth street, were presented at the dinner by the New York branch in memory of Mrs. Dora C. Tutle, a founder. The presentation was made by Mrs. W. A. Saltford, acting presi- dent of the New York branch. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president of the District branch, welcomed the guests and delegates and greetings from the District of Columbia were extended by Commissicner Proctor L. Dougherty. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, was toastmaster and Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Representatives, pro- nounced the invocation. ‘The addresses stressed the relation of home and school and the speakers were Dr. William John Cooper, United States commissioner of education, and Mrs. A. H. Reeve, president of the International Federation of Home and School. Dr. Cooper, whose topic was “Educa- tion for Parenthood,” said that “though social controls in the home have been the beach, and from there will hike ,fclaxed. we would not go back to the four miles along the bay to the camp. | days when “families were large and in- fant mortality high.” Problem Is Stated. “Our problem,” he said, “has been | formed by Kathieen Norris when she wrote under the caption, ‘The American Home—If There Is Such a Thing.’ I like Mrs. Norris’ brief presentation of pres- ent-day conditions because she does not condemn the 8,000,0000 women gainfully employed outside the home—not even the millions of them who are married. “She does not rant about the good old days when woman, economically helpless, was little more than a house- hold slave. Nor would she restore child labor. “The economic necessity for a hus- band is gone. Whether you follow those who blame all their pet social ills to this fact, or those who are thrilled | with woman'’s chances for a career, you must be impressed with the fact that all agree that women enjoy a status differ- ent from any heretofore prevailing in history. “The urbanization of our population has released the home from social con- trols that were formerly important in wedding dress and veil, shoes, stockings, :m:ilnl ring and carriages for the ve) regulating the conduct of its members. In the village neighborhood, Where every one knew eyery one else, the so- A LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RESOLUTIONS LIKELY | Coupled with a plea to exchange | “buggy mentality for the dry and inter- | Members of the musketeer chorus ‘Wardman Theater last night. Left to in the George Washington Troubadors, who opened their musical show at the right, Carolyn Brasch, Leona Veirs, Dorothy Algirl and Carolyn Jackson. —Star Staff Photo. EXHOSPITAL AIDE HERE IS ARRESTED J. C. Lapierre, or Stephen Steuben, Accused of Falsi- fying in U. S. Job Test. Joseph Charles Lapierre, or Stephen Steuben, former clinical director at Gallinger Hospital, was arrested yester- day at Bellevue Hospital in New York, where he was employed. The arrest was made by Department of Justice operatives under a warrant sued out Saturday before United States Commis- sioner Needham C. Turnage by Henry A. Hesse, chief of the division of inves- tigation and review of the United States Civil Service Commission. Laplerre is charged with forging an application for examination under civil service rules and for receiving money g‘om themtgnlte(: st:l?s under a reall:; appointment an ormnnx- nlxdavn as to his name; education, m&:mx and experience in' the appli- cation. According to Assistant United States. Attorney John W. 1ly, who ordered the issuance of the warrant, Steuben or Lapierre had obtained a medical degree from an uncredited college in Missouri and had been employed at the Danvers Insane Asylum in Massa- chusetts, where he learned the name and history of a Dr. Lapierre, who had formerly practiced in Massachusetts and had returned to Canada. ‘The accused is sald to have appro- priated not only the name but the credentials of Lapierre, and to have ob- tained employment at Gallinger under that name. Later he ht a position with the United States blic Health Service and took an ex: ation Janu- ary 15, last, which resulted in his ap- pointment as Laplerre at Ellis Island and later at Bellevue, it is stated. Commissioner Turnage sald he ex- cted the prisoner would be brought fore him tomorrow for a preliminary hearing, as it is expected he will waive extradition.. ARMY' OFFICERS SHIFTED. Col. E. J. Nowlen Goes to Duty With 1st Corps Area. Col. Edwin J. Nowlen, 13th Infantry, at Camp Devens, Mass., has been trans- ferred to Manchester, N. H., for duty with Organized Reserves of the Ilst Corps Area; Maj. Eugene Santschi, jr., from the Naval War College, Newport, R. I, to the 16th Infantry, at Fort Wadsworth, N. ¥.; Maj. Willlam R. Or- ton, Infantry, from Fort Leavenworth, Kans, to Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.; Maj. John A. Warden, Cavalry, from New York City to Chicago; Maj. John Mc- Clintock, Quartermaster Corps, from the general depot, this city, to New Orleans; Capt. Christian A. Schwarz- waelder, Quartermaster Corps, from Bolling Field, Anacostia, D. C., to the University ot Michigan, at Ann Harbor. cial relationships of the young people were safeguarded by the primary con- trols of group opinion.” Dr. Cooper agreed with Mrs. Norris that “nobody wants dear old-fashioned housewives insisting upon killing their chickens in a New York apartment,” nor can any one, he said, bring back the days of domestic slavery. That the school is a fundamental factor in home- making was brought out by Dr. Cooper, and in some instances they prepare even boys for homemaking. In conclu- slon, he urged that each r:um should be a successful teacher of homemaking and said it was one of the tasks of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers to stir the parenthood of Nation into a more serlous attitude to- ward problems with children. Mrs. Reeve outlined the growth of the parent-teacher movement to foreign |lands. She brought greetings to the congress from her own organization and also from the Canadian Federation of Home and School. She said in part: “Canada and the United States will go together to the Geneva convention, not only to tell other nations what has been done on this side of the Atlantic to bring home and school together, but to learn from the other countries what they have done to promote the co-operation of parents and teachers. “Conferences have been arranged be- fore the Geneva convention in land, Scotland, France, Belgium and Holland, and following the meeting of the World Confederation, contacts will be mark.” The Singing Mothers of the District, led by Mrs. Eppa T. Norris, gave a number of musical seiections.” A pag- eant, “Ths Tree of the P. T. A.” was School under the direction of Miss Viola Offutt, with Mrs. J. Posnyak as pianist. The following children ap- peared: Isabelle Bonvilllan, Stocktop Strong, Ella Posyak, Richar kran, Willlam Powell, Ellen Snodgrass, Donald Pabutte, Marianna Evans, Betty Jane Stout, .erick Brown. _ . . . - presented by pupils of the John Eaton | dining Robert Zachary and Fred- | 5i Judge Gives Order For 144 Autos for Court Officials’ Use One of the largest orders for automobiles ever pl with a single concern in_the District of Columbia, was placed yesterday by Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presid- ing judge of Police and Traffic Courts. e machines are to be used by court officials. The order demanded delivery of 72 touring cars and a similar number of sedans of miscellane- ous makes. Owing to the large number ordered prices were re- duced, and 144 automobiles were purchased for $4.80. ‘The largest car is less than three inches long. They are to be by corporation counsels, judges and witnesses to demon- strate the positions of automobiles involved in traffic accidents. HOOVER UNDECIDED ON UTILITIES AIDES Suécessors to Childress and Brand Not Yet Named by President. President Hoover has not yet reached a decision in the' matter of & suc- cesgor to Col. Harrison Brand, whose term as a member of the Public Utilities ot i S e s bt o o . Wi tendered his as’a member of the commission. The President has given considerable attention to the mat- ter, and it has been said in his behalf that he hopes to be able to make one, g) m:} both, of these appointments very ortly. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty these appointments. The Commi sald afterward that his call had to do with the Public Utilities Commission nnel, but declined to say whether opinion regarding one or more of the persons recommens for these places was sought, or whether he per- sonally was at the White House urging vul’: a) itment of one or more indi- FLYER RESIGNATIONS ARE SCOUTED BY GOOD Some Officers, Use Léave to Work Privately, but Few Quit, Says Secretary. Denial of published reports that there have been wholesale resignations of Army Air Corps officers on duty at Brooks Field, Texas, to accept commer- cial employment with Art Goebel and other civilian aviation leaders was made yesterday by the Secretary of War. No resignations have been received from Brooks Fileld, the Secretary said, though it is understood unofficially that Capt. L. R. Knight will take his accrued leave to engage in civil aviation, at the end of which time it is possible he may resign. “Lieut. W. H. Brookley is now on leave which expires May 31 and is en- gaged with an aviation concern in Pitts- burgh,” the War ent an- nounced. “Capt. Ira C. Eaker and Lieut. B. S. Thompson are both on leave and the |are with an airways company in Wash- ington, D. C. Lieut. Charles Douglas is now on duty at Dood Field, San An- tonio, Tex., and is under orders to go to tg:,:hfllxpmnemmmdl. . a few of ceno!uuurcari: have, in the past, used their leave order to engage in civilian aviation and to ascertaln if it has greater advantages than service in the Army Air Corps. Comparatively few have resigned as a result of their experiences.” JAMES L. WRIGHT SPEAKS. Development of the relation between Presidents and the press and the Hoover trip to South America were dis- cussed Jast night by James L. Wright, Washington correspondent of the Buf- made with Norway, Sweden and Den- | falo Evening News, at the annual ban- quet of the staff of the American Eagle, student publication of American University. The banquet, held in the college 1, also was featured by speeches by Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chan- cellor of the university; Dr. G. B. Woods, dean of the college; Miss Sarah Roher, Norman Cramer and George Sixbey, the recently elected editor of the Eagle for next year. an- appointment of Raymond d Scull as associate nounced FEDERAL AID ASKED FOR BLOSSOM FETE Proposed Cherry Tree Fes- tival Held to Need Such Authorization. Seeking to secure the co-operation of the Federal authority in launching a cherry blossom festival, to be inaugu- rated next year and fostered as a dis- ‘ashington institution, Maj. han, chairman of the cherry blossom fes- tival of ths Washington Chamber of Commerce, and Dorsey W. Hyde, the chamber’s secretary, called today on Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the office of public buildings and pub- lic parks, and laid the tentative pro- gram before him. The plans call for colorful pageantry in conjunction with the proposed fes- tival that would be held in the latter -part of March or in April, dependent uj when the cherry trees are in bloom. A provisional p: has been arranged, whereby a queen of-the fes- tival would embark at Georgetown on an appropriately decorated barge and g'meed on the Potomac River around ams Point and ‘around East Potomac Park to near where the Field House is Hete she would disembark and march in triumph under festooned arches among the che: trees. A re- gatta and air circus lfi an im ball are tentatively scheduled to be & three-day program. program is yet. to be worked out in detail and sanction of the authori- ties of the Chamber of Commerce must be secured in the endeaver. While officials of the chamber are [ concentrating on producing a festival in the Springtime worthy of the Na- tional Capital, to assist in entertaining the countless visitors that come here around Easter time, some thought is being given for a proposal to have a balancing Autumn festival. The officials, Mr. Hyde explained, are considering the proposal to have a festival of the States, in which each of the 48 States of the Union would put on an exhibition that best portrays the section of the coun- try represented. S s Are Made. of the Battle of Flowers of San Antonio, Tex.; the Mardi Gras of New Orleans and the Mummers' Parade of Phila delphia, among unis 'S & others. Almost ";néll a) hl.lm !ol;o & estiv come HMWMW, Mr. Hyde pointed out. The idea has been advanced that inasmuch as Washington has a number of worthy choruses, worked into the program. Mr. Hyde explained that there is ample time to work out a program that will prove in keeping with the pi na character of the event, so that the de- | tails can be carefully gone into to pro- auce a finished affair. PR CHIEF OF POLICE PRATT CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC JAM Auto in Which He Was Riding Hit by Car Behind—Nobody - Injured. g Maj. Henry G. Pratt, chief of police, was in a traffic accident at Seventeenth | and K streets this morning while on | his way to office from his home in the Cordova. R ‘There was & Crossi policeman on duty, who had given his accustomed di- rections to motorists, Maj. Pratt stated, and a bus was one of the forward vehicles that had stopped. Just after Maj. Pratt had brought his car to a stop, it is stated, a car came from the rear and jammed his car, knocking the spare tire from the vehicle and pushing ‘the chief's auto against one in front of it. "Occupants of the car escaped injury, police of the third precinct reported, and very little damage was done. John H. Loveland, Wardman Park Hotel, was occupant and driver of one of the other cars. WOULD BAR HUSBAND. ‘Woman Asks Court for Injunction and Divorce. ‘The aid of the District Supreme Court was invoked today by Mrs. Agnes Howe, 820 Shepherd street, to prevent her husband, Norman C. Howe, from molesting her and their children. She tells the court that Howe has be- come addicted to the drug habit and when unable to obtain drugs beats her. She fears for the safety of the chil- dren, she informs the court. ‘They were married March 29, 1914, and the wife says her husband refuses steady employment and she has been forced to take in boarders and to obtain work as a dressmaker to support the 1 Attorney Abner Siegal appears Mrs. Howe is seeking a , these might be | ¢, - PAGREITT . WOMAN WORKERS URGE GOV. HORTON T0 RECALL TROOPS State Guardsmen Sent tc Mill Town to Foment Dis- order, League Declares. ONLY 20 OF 5,500 APPEAR FOR WORK, LEADER SAY¢ Elizabethton Rayon Strikers Be lieve in Law and Order, Resolution States. ‘The National Women'’s Trade Unior League, meeting in convention here today petitioned Gov. Horton of Ten nessee to withdraw State troops sta tioned at Elizabethton, where approxi mately 5,500 rayon mill workers bav: been on strike. The women's organization advisec Gov. Horton by telegram that, in it: opinion, he was requested to send troop: to ¥he mill city by persons who hopec to foment “disorder and conflict.” The league unanimously adopted the follow- ing telegram, which was sent in th( name of Elizabeth Christmas, secretary- treasurer. “The National Women’s Trade Unior League, in convention assembled ir Washington, D. C., representing work- ers from many trades and from many parts of the country, petition you t wthdnw the militia from Elizabeth- n. Green Denounces Troop Use. “We strongly oppose the use of State troops in industrial disputes and most emphatically in the case of the rayon workers at Elizabethton, who have shown by their restraint and conduct that they believe in law and order and arbitration as the way to settle indus- trial disputes. “We know from experience that the presence of State troops is provocative of disorder and conflict and believe that is why you have been requested to send them. We repeat our appeal to with- draw the troops.” y Willlam Green, president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, denounced the use of troops at Elizabethton in an ad- dress to the league yesterday. After adopting the telegram to Gov. Horton today the 20 local leagues represented at the convention decided to send indi~ vidual protests to the Tennessee Gove ernor. Miss Rose Schneiderman, president of the league, announced she had word from Elizabethton that only 20 workers of the 5500 on strike appeared at the two rayon mills in the Tennesse city resumed. State troops patrolled the streets, she said, and machine guns bristled from walls and housetops. Radio Battle Looms. Edward Nochels of Chicago, secre- tary of the Chicago Federation of Labor, | told the league that legislation might result if the Federal Radio Commis- sion refused the application of Sta- tion WCFL a2t Chicago for a clear broadcasting channel. The station, the only one owned, operated and con- trolled by the labor movement, now shares its brozdcasting channel with other stations under the recent alloca- tion. The Radio Commission has the station’s application under advisement. Nochels sald members of the Iilinois delegation in Congress had promised to interest themselves in labor’s ef- fort to preserve uninterrupted its ohe means of answering statements of the “opposition.” The league’s work among children, especially in the South, was commended by Miss Grace Abbott, director of the Children's Bureau, Department of bor. She expressed the hope that'{ mle might extend its work in that on. SENATE MAY PROBE CONDITIONS. N La Follette Calls Committee w on Wheeler Motion. By the Associated Press. & Chairman La Follette of the Sep; ate manufactures committee issued”’ call today for a meeting tomorrow the committee to take up the resolution asking an investigation of working conditions in the textile in- dustry of North and South Carolina and Tennessee, where strikes recently have occurred. La Follette would make no predic- ns as to what action the committee would take and he said he had not conferred with any members of the ammsm ttee on the proposed inveski n. The resolution which was introduced m ‘;?kffg Bmt‘l?ir o;';lheeler, Demo+ , Montana, wo ler a sweeping }:fiuky into all matters affecting the ustry in the three States where strikes of workers have been in progress, ‘When the resolution was introduced, objection was raised by Senator Sime mons, Democrat, North Carolina, on the ground that the scope of the investigas tion should be broadened to include the whole country. POPPY DRIVE INDORSED. Approval Is Given by Stimson, Davis and Adams. ‘Three members of the President's cabinet, Secretary of State Stimson, Secretary of Labor Davis and Secretary of the Navy Adams, have announced their indorsement of the “Buddy N campaign of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. President Hoover already has lent his approval to_the campaign. The purpose of the campaign is no§ only to provide relief for crippled vet erans and their families, but also tq provide a national home at Eaton Rapids, Mich., for the wives and chily dren of deceased veterans. AWARD TWO CONTRACTS, ‘The District Commissioners today awarded the first two contracts f highway work for the Spring season. contract for construetion of con roadways was awarded to the Warrey Brenizer Co., Inc.,, for $335,100. McGuire & Rolfe, Inc., won the cony tract for resurfacing streets by replaces ment with a bid of $248,890. The listy of streets affected by both contracty g‘lve heretofore been printed in Thy ar. Dial System Costs $225,553. The Chesapeake & Potomac Teles phone Co. yesterday reported expandiy ture of $225,558 during April on tha work of changing the Main and Franks lin exchanges over from the present system to the dial system, which away with the necessity of the cenl switchboard operators, 4