Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1929, Page 12

1z = DELIVER TALKS INLAST SESSION OF LIBRARIANS Number of Prominent Edu- cators Address Delegates in Washington Auditorium. CALIFORNIA SELECTED FOR NEXT CONVENTION Newly-Elected Officers Are Present- ed_ With Brief Exercises—Meet- ing Ts Successful. The fifty-first annual meeting of the Smerican Library Association, described as the largest and most successful in fts history, wound up this morning at the Washington Auditorium. Several prominent educators addressed the 2,700 delegates, and their remarks were fol- lowed by brief exercises at which the newly elected officers were presented to the membership. g Another feature of the closing con- ference was the report of the resolutions ‘committee, which expressed deep appre. ciation for the efforts of the local com- mittee on arrangements, in planning the details of the convention here. Dr. George F. Bowerman is chairman of the committee, assisted by a number of prominent Washingtonians. Thanks in behalf of the association were also extended to the Libraries of Congress, of the Federal departments and of the District of Columbia, “for the effective organization, which has afforded us the opportunity for seeing the sights and enjoying the hospitality of Washington.” It was announced at the final meet- ing that the next convention would be held in California, the city and the date to be determined later. Speakers this morning included F. P. Keppel, president, of the Carnegie Cor- poration of New York City, who dis- cussed “Adult Education and Reading Courses,” and David Lawrence, editor of United States Daily. Two Afternoon Meetings. Although the convention proper ad- Journed at noon, two meetings were in session this afternoon working out the final business details of the con- vention. The executive board and the committee on libraries in national parks were meeting separately this afternoon in the Washington Hotel. The report of the committee on reso- Jutions follows, in : “That the members of the American Library As- sociation now in session desire to ex- press their hearty appreciation and ap- proval of the arrangements for its fitty-first annual conference. ‘The sé- lection of the National Capital as a place of meetings affords the oppor- tunity for visiting this most beautiful American city, and keeping us in touch with its development and growth. We have enjoyed the parks, the drives, the Toses and iris, the green of the trees and the sweep of the open spaces. We have revisited our national s] es and renewed our political faith. “Be it therefore resolved, That the thanks of the association be extended 1o the chairman of the local committee, Dr. George F. Bowerman; his associates and the Libraries of Congress, of the Federal departments and of the District of Columbia for the effective organiza- tion which has afforded us the oppor- tunity for seeing the sights and enjoy- ing the hospitality of social gatherings, which have made this a notable con- ference.” Koogh Elected President. Andrew Koogh, head of the Yale University Library, is the new presi- dent of the Association, succeeding Miss Linda A. Eastman. Other officers on the slate previously chosen and farmal- ly confirmed today are: First vice president, Everett R. Perry, librarian, public library, Los Angeles; second vice president, Jennie M. Flex- ner, public 1i , New York: treasurer, Matthew S. Dudgeon, librarian, public Thanked for Efforts DR. GEORGE F. BOWERMAN. CANOE VICTIN'S BODY RECOVERED William H. Cunningham Iden- tified at Fletcher’s Boat- house by Kin. ‘The body of Willilam H. Cunningham, 24-year-old Georgetown University For- elgn Service School student, drowned when the cance in which he and two companions were padeling capsized just below Chain Bridge last Saturday night, was found floating near Fletcher's Boat House in Georgetown this morning. Identification was made by the dead boy’s brother-in-law, J. L. Cole of De- catur, Ind., at the District Morgue. The body was sighted floating on the surface by Joseph Fletcher, who noti- fied Policeman C. N. Burkett of the harbor presinct, on duty nearby, the two rowed to the spot and pulled the body into their boat. It was later turn- ed over to a patrol boat from harbor precinct and taken to the Morgue. Trapped by Undercurrent. Cunningham and his two room- mates, Willard G. Burkett, 24, of Greenville, Mich., and William W. Stephens, 21, of Sandusky, Ohio, also Foreign Service School students, start- ed out in the canoe Saturday evening, determined to push through a treach- erous region of the lower Potomac near Chain Bridge. ‘When the boys had paddied a short distance below the bridge they were trapped in what was described as a strong undercurrent, which caught their canoe broadside and swung it sharply around a large rock. ‘They could not relate just what caused the craft to turn over, but be- lieve that in their anxiety to paddle to safety, one of them stroked a paddle under the canoe. After it capsized, all three of them clung to its sides and attempted to tug it toward shore in an effort to save it. Then Burkett started to swim ashore for assistance and was followed by Stephens. Cun- ningham stayed by the overturned canoe and was last seen clinging to the side. When his companions returned the canoe was in the same relative wsmond but Cunningham dis- appeared. Harbor police expressed the belief today that the drowned youth, who, when found, had one leg in and the other out of a pair of white duck trousers, had attempted to loosen the trousers while swimming to shore and the clothing became twisted around his body causing him to lose his pace and sink to the bottom. Russell I. Cunningham, a Cleveland broker and brother of the dead youth, l';‘urn:d n: :hls fi‘:'y sl:’omy n:gdr learn- g of edy and assumed charge of the bod;‘fodny. After Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt views the body, it will be sent to the funeral parlors of George ‘W. Wise, 2900 M street, and will be shipped to Indiana_tonight. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. M. Cunningham, library, Milwaukee. Trustee of endowment fund, John W. O'Leary, president, Chicago Trust Co., Members of the executive board— Linda A. Eastman, librarian, public library, Cleveland, and Judson T. Jen- nings, librarian, public library, Seattle. ‘The following members were elected to the council: Robert J. Usher, libr- rian, Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans; Charles H. Compton, assistant librarian, public library, St. Louis; Hal- sey W. Wilson, New York; Essae M. Culver, executive secretary, State Li- brary ‘Commission, Baton Rouge, and R. R. Bowker, editor, the Library Journal, New York. President Hoover's greeting to the delegates, as conveyed to the closing meeting by Miss Eastman, the retiring president, follows: Miss Linda A. Eastman, President, American Library Association, Hotel Washington, D. C. My Dear Miss Eastman: Please extend my cordial greetings to the librarians of the United States now in conference in Washington, and my best wishes that fresh in- spirations in their important educa- tional field may be derived from their discussions. Yours faithfully, HERBERT HOOVER.” r Raps Education Shortcuts. In his address to the final meeting, Everett Dean Martin, director of the People’s Institute of New York City, criticized, those who would take a “shortcut” to education by seeking in- t and cultural development vith the greatest possible ease.” “American youth,” Mr. Martin, a lea ing psychologist, continued, “has ac- quired its ideal of college from the mo- tion pictures. Athletics, fraternities and automobiles have tended to dis- place science and the classics. Short- cuts to education are being sought not only by college and university students, but by adults looking for metheds whereby they can acquire the much- sought-after so-called culture with the greatest possible ease.” To prove his point, Mr. Martin cited advertisements which promise the read- er an education in one volume and which are making fortunes for the ad- vertiser. “That any one should seriously enter upon a course of study of the world's classics,” Mr. Martin averred, “in order that he may impress people with his knowledge, appear genteel, make him- melf attractive to women or gain en- trance to an exclusive social set, is, I believe, a distinctly modern contribu- tion to educational theory. Intelligence in this country makes a poor showing in competition with quackery.” A list of 50 of the most important books of those current on religious ques- tions, as selected by Frank Grant Lewis of Chester, Pa., for the association's exhibit of religious books, was an- nounced yesterday afternoon at a meet- ing of the religious books section at the Washington Cathedral Library. In making known the list he had €hesen as of first import, Mr. Lewis pointed out that there were many ‘books which might prove objectionable to the various creeds. “It may be, how- ever,” he continued, “that because of the varied viewpoints and unwelcome creeds advocated in these volumes, the list is in some sense representative and worthy of attention on the part of li- gnn;ents of the boy, live in Portland, PERSONNEL HELPS CTED BY TILFORD Explains Movement to Pro- vide for More Efficient Administration. Fred Telford, director of the Bureau of Public Personnel Administration, in an address last night before the meet- ing of the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Chemists at the Cosmos Club, discussed the relation of the Government to its chemist em- ployes, He pointed out a number of faults in the present systeem of Government personnel work, and told of a movement recently started at the invitation of the Institute for Government Research to work out a scheme for a more efficient administration. Thirteen organizations sent representatives to a conference, he explained, but none was authorized to commit any of their respective organi- zations to a definite course of action. Those attending the conference, Mr. Telford explained, were in substantial agreement that the existing organiza- tion for handling the Government's personnel problem is inadequate, and that a new department of administra- tion should be created. It was pro- posed, he said, that this department should contain the Bureau of the Bud- get, the Bureau of Investigation and the Civil Service Commission. Mr. Telford pointed out that if such a central personnel agency is created, a detailed statement irom the chemists as to what the work of the profession is, what qualifications are necessary for its proper performance, how these quali- fications can be measured best and what compensation is proper for quali- fied persons doing such work, would be invaluable. The American Institute of Chemists, he believed, is the best agency for undertaking such a task. THE EVENING STAR, Wooden Leg Goes in Police Sale of Unclaimed Articles Having falled to find the owner of a missing artificial left leg, police today advertised that the unclaimed article, made of wood, will be sold at auction at a sale to be started Thursday morning, May 23, at 60 Florida avenue northeast. The leg is one of hundreds of articles to be sold at the annual sale of unclaimed and abandoned property, other property includ- ing jewelry, Clothing, suit cases, automobile tires, tubes and rims, tools, toys and canned goods. Representatives of the general supply committee will conduct the sale, purchasers to pay cash. No weapons are to be offered for sale, the law requiring their destruction. Forty-one automobiles will be sold af auction the afternoon of May 31, at Sixth street and Missouri avenue. LAVYERS ONR COURTJUSTIEE Complimentary Dinner Is Given by Bar Association at Sherwood Forest. The legal profession of the' Capital turned out this morning bound to Sher- wood Forest for the annual compli- mentary dinner of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia to the Justices of the local courts. The justices doffed their silken robes and Jjoined with the members of the bar in a day of recreation and enjoyment. The corridors of the courthouse were de- serted and only the necessary clerks were on duty. The stream of automobiles began to move along the Maryland roads as early as 9 o'clock carrying the members of the committees and the golf enthusiasts, who expect to put in a full day at their favorite pastime. Later the base ball afans among the lawyers will join the throng and stage a game between the older and the younger members of the profession. Dinner is scheduled to be served at 2 o'clock and the remainder of the day will be devoted to various games and other means of recreatiom Entertainment for the guests will be provided by George H. Matt Horn, Fred East, Charles T. Tittmann and Jack Bowie. Happy Walker’s Orchestra will furnish 1Ec music. P) ‘The arrangements for the dinner are in charge of a committec which comprises Joseph A. Burkart, chair- man; Fred S. Tyler, secretary; J. Mil- ler Kenyon, treasurer; Stanton C. Peclle, Henry I. Quinn, Richard E. Wellford, Frederick Stohlman, Lucian Vandoren, Roger J. Whiteford and Julius I. Peyser. STREET IS NOMINATED AS EXCHANGE CHAIRMAN Plans to Enlarge Scope of Social Service Agency Made at Reor- ganization Meeting. Plans for a more extensive use of Washington's social service exchange were made at a reorganization meeting of the Soclal Service Exchange Com- mittee at the United States Chamber noon. Officers and an’executive com- mittee were nominated and regulations were adopted for the conduct ofume exX~ change. Officers nominated were as follows. Elmwood Street, chairman; Walter S. Ufford, vice chairman, and Mrs. W. A. uella Harland, secretary of the Philadelphia social exchange, gplatned in a short talk the possibilities of the local exchange. Plans for enlarging the scope of the exchange including the seeking of addi- tional ncies as me isonased agel mbers were O'Connor, | €2 of Commerce Bullding yesterday after- | WORKMEN UNFURL FLAG ON REVENUE BUILDING PINNACLE Ceremony, After Placing of High Steel Upright, Marks Triangle Work Progress. SKELETON COMPLETION LIKELY BY JUNE 1 Appropriate Ceremonies to Be Held Monday Afternoon for Laying of Corner Stone. From the plece of steel raised to the highest, point, of the new Internal Reve- nue Building, now under construction, the American flag yesterday was flung to the breeze. ‘The informal ceremonies followed an ancient custom observed by builders in erecting steel buildings, and placed the colors of the Government, which will fly continually over the Federal build- ing when it is completed, at a point about 110 feet above the ground. Steel Put in Position. The highest piece of steel was eased into place near the northeast corner of the building, at Tenth and C streets at 3:35 o'clock. The flag was raised by James H. Elkins, president of the construction company of his name, which is erecting the steel, Clarence Williams, superintendent on the job, and the crew of ironworkers, who have erected that corner of the building from the ground to the top. As the emblem rose, the first to go| up over a building in the great Gov- ernment building triangle, the group of men doffed their hats, and saluted. The emblem is 8 by 12 feet in size and was furnished by the general contractors, the James Baird Co. { Work in Advanced Stage. Raising of the steel upright to the highest point of the building marks a big step in the job of speedy steel erec- tion by the Elkins Co. Although the time for expiration of the contract is set for July 1, it was estimated by Mr. Elkins yesterday that at the present rate of speed it is very likely the whole steel skeleton of the Internal Revenue Building will be completed a month rly, or by about June 1. i The corner stone will be laid with | appropriate ceremonies Monday after- noon at 4:30. FAREWELL DINNER T0 LAUD MACCRACKEN Aviation Secretary Will Leave Soon for Air Conference in Paris. A farewell dinner to Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Aviation Willlam P. MacCracken will be given by the ‘Washington Board of Trade, Tuesday evening at the Willard Hotel, several days before his departure for Paris, where he will represent the United States at a conference of the Inter- national Commission on Air Naviga- tion, whose sessions begin June 4. See- retary McCracken is expected to leave ‘Washington the end of next week. A number of persons distinguished { in official life of the Capital have signi- fied their intention of being present. ‘The dinner is being tendered as a tribute to Mr. MacCracken for his work toward securing an airport for Wash- ington. Among those who have accepted in- vitations are Senator Bingham, Sec- retary of Commerce Lamont, Assistant | Secretary of Navy for Aviation Ingalls, Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, J. T. Victory, secretary of the national ad- visory committee for aeronautics; Maj. Clarence Young of the acronautics di- vision of the Department of Commerce; Maj. Donald A. Davison, assistant en- CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Representative Tom D. McKeown of Oklahoma will deliver an address on “New Discoveries” at 8 p.m. station WISV, p.m. over radio A dance and card party will be give Hotel, 8:30 o'clock. . i ‘Wanderlusters will have an old-time baked bean supper at their clubhouse in Franklin Park. Va., 6:30 pm. Sup- per, 50 cents. Fiftieth annual meeting of the Bio- logical Soclety of Washington will be held, 8 o'clock in the New Assembly gll;lléel?: Lha Cosmos d!71\.;1!7‘. Election of and proposed changes in con- stitution and by-laws. sl George Padmore of the American Negro Labor Union, will lecture on “The Negro and Communism,” before the Ergatocrats Club, 8051, Tenth street northwest, 8 pm. Public invited. Ad- mission free, FUTURE. ‘The A. A. U. W. invites all college women and friends to go on a walk tomorrow. Be at Rosslyn, Va., station at 2:45 p.m. for hike along the Potomac to the Chamberlin shack at Thrifton, Va., where there will be supper. Leader, Mrs. Grace Ross Chamberlin. Free health lecture will be given by Dr. F. G. Vose, at the Workers’ School, 805%2 Tenth street northwest, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. ‘Wanderlusters’ hike will start from Cabin John Bridge tomorrow afternoon at 2:45. Mr. Sleigh, leader. Prof. Seldon M. Ely, supervising prin- cipal of the fifth district, public schools of the District of Columbia, will deliver an address on the “Aims and Principles of the Sons of the American Revolu- tion” over radio station WJSV, Monday next, at 9 p.m. A 500 card party will be given for the benefit of the Walther's Junior base ball team in the conference room of St. Teresa’s Church, Thirteenth and V streets southeast, Monday night at 8:30 o'clock. Tickets, 50 cents. Helen Marie Gucker, 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Gucker of 1440 Meridian place, reigned for more than an hour yesterday as queen of the tenth precinct station house. Shortly before noon _yesterday, Helen'rie, as she is known to her friends, became tired of the confines of her parents’ apartment and decided to “step out” for herself. With appropriating $35 from her mother's pocketbook she set forth. She had not gone far before her mother missed her and after a brarians and readers.” . Nine radio broadcasting stations are *fo be erected.in the Philippines. hurried search of the neighborhood, nctified police. In the meantime the | fair prodigal had been looking around “among the shops nearest .her .home, in Tiny Shopper on Spending Spree Caught by Police With $32.86 Left which she made a number of purchases in the way of candy, a “»ot dog” and other kinds of nourishment dear to the heart of a 5-year-old. It was not until nearly 3 o'clock that a call from a bar- ber shop at Fourteenth street and Co- lumbia road, to the tenth precinct, re- ported the presence of the little wan- d?,l'ler and set her parents’ fears at Test. Helen Marie reached the precinct at 3:15 o'clock with $32.86 left in the pocketbook, after her purchases, and had completely won the hearts of the officers by the time her parents arrived an hour later. The little girl was taken home none the worse for her experience and carried with her the good wishes of the station house force, s gineer commissioner for the District; Frederick R. Neely, general manager of the National Aeronautic Association; Frederic William Wile, John J. Esch, former chairman of the Interstate Com- merce Commission; E. J. Murphy, presi- dent of the Board of Trade, and a num- ber of aviators located in Washington. CONFECTIONERS END SESSION WITH TOUR Al Herz of St. Louis Elected Pres- ident of Retail Body—Reso- lution Hits Cigarette Ad. Concluding the business of their thirteenth annual convention with the election of officers and adoption of reso- lutions at a session in the Mayflower Hotel yesterday afternoon, members of the Assoclated Retail Confectioners engaged in an extensive sight-seeing tour in and around Washingion today. Aljpof the organization’s officers were re- elected. A resolution was adopted at the final business session to co-operate with the national sweet goods committee in its fight against cigarette advertising urg- ing the public to smoke rather than eat a sweet. Another resolution adopted requests Congress not to raise the tariff on nuts. The association’s officers are: Al Herz of St. Louis, president; How- ard H. Fiske, Cambridge, Mass., first vice president; Mrs. Mary Stewart, Lansing, Mich., second vice president, and William D. Blatner, Chicago, sec- retary and treasurer. ‘ PSI UPSILON GROUP MEETS AT LUNCHEON Delegates to Adjourned Convention Will Be Addressed by Chief Justice Taft. Delegates to the ninety-sixth conven- tion of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, who concluded thelr business sessions in the Hotel Mayflower. yesterday after- noon, met at luncheon in the hotel this afternoon to be addressed by Chief Jus- tice Taft, a_member of the organiza- tion. “The affair marks the close of the convention program. Among guests of honor are Secretary of State Stimson, Senators Bingham, Goff. Moses, Sackett and Walcott; Representatives Douglas and Tilson; As- sistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics Davison, Assistant Secretary of Navy for Aeronautics Ingalls and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics MacCracken. Earlier in the day the delegates went on a sightseeing trip to Mount Vernon. Last night they were tendered a rece tion by Irwin Laughlin at the latter home, 1628 Crescent place. b aon ke In one day recently 11,000 boxes of flowers left Guernsey, England, for other parts of the British Isles. 'WASHINGTON, D. ¢, SATURDAY; H i i i FLAG RAISED ON REVENUE BUILDING o ZONSH LD KEY T0 WORLD PEACE Palestine Must Be Restored First, Dr. Sokolow Tells Hearers. World peace will be established only when Palestine is rebuilt, was the mes- sage to Washington Jewry given last night by Dr. Nahum Sokolow, noted international Jewish leader, in an ad- dress before a large gathering a Sixth Street Synagogue. Dr. Sokolow, & native of England, is touring the country in behalf of the United Palentine Appeal, the fund rais- ing agency for the rebuilding of the Jewish homeland. He is chairman of the World Zionist Executive and i8 often referred to as the historian of the Jewish homeland movement. Dr. Sokolow said in part: “Zionism is not a colonization scheme alone. It is a revival. It put heart in the downcast; it made us proud of our tradition and unafraid of our destiny. It saved Judaism in a deeper sense. Some people point out the difficulties. the shortcomings of the Jewish National Home. We know all these things better than the critics. It is perhaps the most difficult enterprise in human history, because it has the greatest and the noblest inspiration. “Zionism is not isolation. It is the reafimation of prophetic Hebraism Out of Palestine a fresh spiritual life will develop to_remodel the conscience of humanity. In Palestine we have a glorous mission for the whole world.” Dr. Sokolow came here yesterday from Baltimore where a reception was held in his honor and a check for $10.- 000 for the Palestine Appeal was given him. Yesterday afternoon he was re- ceived by the French Ambassador and the Polish Minister. He is leaving to- morrow for Norfolk and is returning here early next week to meet the Presi- dent. ‘The local Palestine drive is well under way, a mass meeting tomorrow night at the Jewish Community Center for vol- unteer workers marking the half-way point. The goal of this campaign which comes to a close Sunday evening, May 26, with a banquet at the Mayflower Hotel is $35000. Dr. John Haynes Holmes, liberal divine of New York, and Rabbl Wolf Gold will be the principal o BOLD YOUNG BANDITS GET AWAY WITH $100 Two White Men Quietly Enter Hotel Gordon and Frisk Clerk's Pockets. Two young white men, nonchalant and well dressed, strolled into the Gordon Hotel at 916 Sixteenth street shortly after daylight today and asked the night clerk in charge for a ‘light.” Myron Ireland obligingly produced e match and as he did so, one of the pair thrust a gun against his side, quickly frisked Ireland’s pockets, took an en- velope containing $100 of the night's receipts and escaped with his com- panion to the street. ‘When he looked down the street, Ire- land said, they had disappeared. Oscar W. Mansfield and H. K. Wilson, headquarters detectives who investi- gated, were given a good description of the robbers. Both were about 20 years old, of slight built and easy demeanor. One was bare-headed and his companion was wearing a gray cap, Ireland said. Man Seeking Sinclair Interview Locked Up And Fined by Judge Seeking to secure an exclusive interview with Harry F. Sinclair at the District Jail, an alleged newspaper man, who gave his name as William Mills, walked into the second precinct last night and declared: “I'm a newspaper man. I want to get over to the jail and get an exclusive story on Sinclair. Lock me up.” “We will lock you up, all right,” said the man behind the desk, and Mills was confined to a cell, charged with intoxication. “You played your hand too soon,” remarked Judge John P. McMahon today in Police Court as Policeman Lester Parks related the events which led to Mills’ in- carceration. “Ten dollars or ten days.” He paid his fine. CHILD SUCCUMBS 10 TRUCK INJURIES Four Others and Three Adults Toll of Casualties in Traffic. Five children were injured by auto- mobiles yesterday afternoon, one dying at Casualty Hospital a few hours later. The others are recovering. Three adults were slightly injured, one a colored laborer, hurt when an automobile skid- ded into the ditch he was digging. ‘The fatal injury was sustained by Paul Taylor, colored, 12 years old, 1514 B street northeast, when he slipped from the side of a truck on which he was riding and fell beneath a rear wheel. The truck, operated by Alfred C. Smith, 19, colored, 22 Fourteenth street south- east, was coming out of an alley near Fifteenth and North Carolina avenue northeast when the accident occurred. Anita Bogg, 6, No. 51 Randolph place, was treated at Sibley Hospital for lac- erations and bruises suffered when knocked down by an automobile near her home. The machine was operated by Willlam R. Jones, No. 1 S street northeast, police reported. Donald Faustman, 5, 317 A street northeast, was treated for bruises and cuts in a nearby physician's office after being knocked to the street in front of his home by an automobile driven by Rose Mary Arnold, No. 24 Second street northeast. Raymond _Gordon, colored, 15, 919 I street, and Theodore Allen, colored, age 5, 2024 Greens court, were slightly hurt yesterday when hit by automobiles. The colored laborer, Golden Warren, 25, 1508 Fifth street, was slightly injured when an automobile driven, police say, by Alwood English of Alexandria, Va., skidded into a ditch in the 3200 block of K street. Mrs. W. C. Haring, 2022 Perry street northeast, was slightly cut about the face and nose vesterday afternoon in an automobile collision at Eighteenth street and Virginia avenue. Mrs. Haring was a passenger in an automobile operated by Frederick J. Byers, 419 Third street, while the other machine was a Washington Railway & Electric Co. bus, driven by Charles J. Martin, 1240 Eleventh street. Matthew Mendelson, 23, 1311 Buch- anan street, was bruised and shaken yesterday afternoon, when the automo- bile he was driving on P street was in a collision at the Seventeenth street in- tersection with another machine oper- ated by Margaret Selvig, of the Chastel- ton Apartment, Sixteenth and R streets. THREE MEN TAKEN AND AUTO SEIZED ON SCREEN CHARGE Trio Involve Fourth, Who Is Arrested on Rum-Pos- session Count. POLICE SQUAD FINDS LIQUOR HIDDEN IN SAFE Above: Workmen on the new Internal Revenue Building conducted their own flag-raising ceremonies yesterday after- neon to mark progress in the structural steel work, Left: Group placing the high-most. girder in the skeleton of the mammoth building. —Star_Staff Photo. RETIREMENT AT 60 ASKED BY LEAGLE Raiders Arrest Four After Labor- ing With Sledges to Batter in Doors. Police of the Eighth precinct seized a large touring car equipped with a smoke screen and arrested three col- ored men in the rear of 1927 Second street early this morning. The arrest of the three men subsequently led to the arrest of another colored man and the seizure of 360 quarts of alleged corn whisky at 127 Thomas street. Three of the arrested men, Thomas Dorsey, 19, of the 700 block Harvard . James Rodney, 46. of the Thom~ as street address, and Percy Thomas, 24, of the 2700 block of Georgia ave- nue, were held at the Eighth precinct station on charges of possession of & smoke screen. The fourth man, Charles Logan, 46, also of the Thomas street address, was charged with illegal pos- session of liquor. According to Policemen W. F. Burke, W. R, Laflin and Willidm McEwen, who made the arrests, the three men, who are said to have joint ownership of the smoke screen-equipped automo- bile, were in the rear of the Second Civil Service Organization Sees, Fourth of U. S. Em- ployes Dying Under Mark. ‘The League of American Civil Service, which met at its headquarters, 1405 G street Thursday night to consider legis- lation for the welfare of Government employes, went on record as favoring retirement at 60 years of age or at the end of 30 years' service. Members felt that few clerks now on the Government rolls would live to benefit from the existing retirement provisions, the age limit being 68 years, because records show, it was claimed, that approximately one-fourth die be- fore reaching that age. Robert H. Alcorn of the joint con- ference on civil service retirement was the principal speaker and suggested that the outlook appeared good for the passage of the Brookhart pay bill even at this session of Congress. The mini. mum_retirement annuity is $5.30 a month, he pointed out, and relatively few clerks are receiving the maximum amount, while a great many are forced to eek out an existence on a pittance of only $10 or $15. Miss Margaret Hopkins Worrell dis- cussed the recent decision of Controller General McCarl which denied the right of Government employes to continue loaning employes to the Personnel Clas- sification Board. Instead of Congress passing legislation ‘“""l“f permanent employes to the personnel board, she said, it should abolish that agency and transfer its duties to the Civil Service Commission, granting the latter addi- tional clerks, if necessary. DR. BIRNIE HEADS SEMINARY ALUMNI Retired Minister Is Homored by ‘Southern Association of Union Theological Institution. Rev. Dr. Douglas Putnam Birnie, re- tired minister of this city, was elected president of the Southern Alumni As- sociation of Union Theological Semi- nary at the annual meeting in the City Club yesterday. He succeeds Rev. Dr. De Witt Benham of Baltimore, who pre- sided. Rev. A. L. Carhart was elected vice president and Rev. C. H. Butler was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Following the business meeting the association was addressed at a luncheon in the clubroom by Rev. Dr. James Moffatt, professor at Union Theological Seminary, widely known as the trans- lator of the Scriptures into modern English, and by Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer, one of the leading missionaries of the day in the Mohammedan world. Dr. Moffatt declared that preachers today should preach “positive and con- structive sermons,” characterized by a knowledge of the Scriptures, coupled with a thorough understanding of pres- ent-day life. The sermons, he said, should be couched in terms easily un- derstood. Dr. Zwemer spoke on “The Changing World of Islam,” and indicated that Christianity had a better chance to get a foothold in Mohammedan countries today than ever before. He described a vast change in the educational systems in those countries and predicted an even greater change in general in the next few years than has taken place re- cently. For the first time in history, Dr. Zwemer said, the press in those coun- tries is not favorable to Mohammedan- :sgi\ but frequently criticizes that re- igion. ADMIRAL MOFFETT SEES SUCCESS FOR DIRIGIBLES | Says Landing and Berthing of Graf Zeppelin Under Difficulties In- spires Confidence. Rear Admiral William A. MofTett, chief of the Naval Bureau of Aero- nautics, believes the landing and berth- ing of the Graf Zeppelin at Toulon, France, was “another illustration of the ability of large airships to cope success- fully with adverse conditions.” “I am pleased to learn,” Admiral Mof- fett said, “‘that the Graf Zeppelin has landed and was o easily berthed in the French shed at Toulon. This confirms the belief that many of the aerial re- ports were unduly alarming. “Had Dr. Hugo Eckener been favored with better weather he would have been able to make good speed eevn with his crippled engines back to his home port at Friedrichshafen. I hope and expect that repairs will be made. promptly and that the Zeppelin will resume her in- terrupted voyage to the United States.” WILL DISCUSS SALARIES. | Board of Trade Representatives to Meet With Policemen. ‘The salary increase schedules for the Police Department, as proposed by the Board of Trade, will be discussed by representatives of both organizations Dbefore a meeting of the Policemen's As- sociation at 8 o'clock Tuesday night in the Odd Fellows Temple, 419 Seventh street, Several other matters of importance to the force will be brought up, it was announced by Milton D. ith, as- soclation presideat. The dog days will soon be here, and it behooves Towser, Fido, Bosco, and the miscellaneous hounds, pooches and other members of Washington's canine population to begin thinking of muz- zles—the dog catcher will get them if they don't watch out. Beginning June 1, and for four months _thereafter, according to a lmumn proclamation issued from the Muzzling Order Forecasts “Dog Days” As Officials Prepare Safety Rules District Building yesterday, the said dogs must be equipped with a “good substantial muzzle, securely put on, so as to prevent them from biting or snap- ping; and any dog going at large dur- ing_such period without such muzsle shall be taken up by the poundmaster street address preparing to dismantle the screcn when taken into custody. At the station house the three, police said, implicated the fourth man and furnished them information which led to his arrest and the liquor seizure. Find Liquor in Safe. Sergt. O. J. Letterman and his squad yesterday afternoon labored for two hours with sledge-hammers and chisels in a successful attack upon a safe, in which a dozen quarts of liquor were concealed, on an upper floor of & busi- ness house in the 1100 block of Twen- tieth street, after those on the premises declared they did not know the com- bination. When Sergt. Letterman and Pvts. Richard Cox, C. G. McCarron and C. J. Moystn entered the place, accord- ing to their report, they say bottles were placed in the safe and the door slammed. While telephone messages were being sent in an effort to locate an individual who knew the combina- tion, Sergt. Letterman dispatched a member of the squad to the office of United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, who issued a warrant giving authority to make the search. ‘Then the hammers and chisels were brought into play. The knob refused to budge under the heavy blows and the attackers turned to the back of the safe, cutting through several pieces of steel and concreted construction be- fore reaching the compartment which held the bottles. Four Are Arrested. Four men were arrested on charges of {llegal possession of intoxicants. They registered as Christian Schweitzer, 28, of '1400 block of R street; Paul Burriss, 23, Forest Glen, Md.; William James Ryan, 25, of the 1200 block of Twentieth street, and Bela Stephen Feeney, 43, 1200 block of Twentieth street. Bond of $500 was given for the appearance in court of each. Recelving information of a still in operation in a house in the 1700 block of Corcoran street, Sergt. Letterman led his squad there yesterday afternoon and when a woman answered the bell asked where the still was located. Presumably believing the callers knew all about the still, the young woman promptly responded “down in the base- ment.” The raiders found the still, and when a young man, reputedly showing evidences of having done a lively piece of sprinting, appeared a few minutes later he was arrested. Paul Frederick Roberts was the name he gave. He sald he was 23 years old and an accupant of the premises raided. The still, 24 gallons of liquor and 20 barrels of mash were seized, the raiders destroying the mash. Roberts was booked on charges of manufacturing and possession and released on a bond of $2,500 for his appearance in court. ‘MERCHANT OF VENICE’ IS WELL RECEIVED American U. Dramatic Club Pre- sents Shakespearean Production Before Large Audience. The American University Dramatic Club presented “The Merchant of Venice” as its annual Shakespearean zrx;gga:!fioa lnstdx?lght I;enz;ee a large and astic audience in the gymnasit on the campus. o Under direction. of Will Huitchins, professor of art, the drama moved smoothly. The end of each scene was marked only by departure of the cha: acters from the stage, and there were only two brief intermissions. The outstanding dramatic interpre- tation was by W. Willis Delaplain of California, a senior, in the role of Shy- lock. Portia, in the leading role, was well presented by Miss Orrel Belle Claflin. Comedy honors went to Miss Sara Martz as Launcelot Gobbo. Others in leading roles included James Swan as Bassanio, Milton Crist as Gratiano, S. Carlton Ayers as Lorenzo, Helen Tucker as Jessica and Laura Barrett as Nerissa. The cast was richly costumed. The student staff consisted of George Sixbey, stage manager; Carl Levin, car- penter; Kathryn Heath, mistress of wardrobe; Virginia Humphries, mistress of properties, and James Johnson, busi- ness manager. Prior to the show the Women's Guild of American University held a garden party on the campus lawn adjacent to the auditorium under direction of Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, guild president. WASHINGTON PARKS NOW ARE IN GOOD CONDITION Planting Season On, Assuring Variety of Flowers in Sum- mer Montus. ‘The parks of the National Capital are now m fine trim. Prank T. Gart- side, cniet of the mantenance <ivision of the Office ¢ ®ublic Buildings and Public Parks said today, with the regu- lar planting season going forward to insure a fine display of flowers during the warm months. Pansies are now blooming in pro- fusion, particularly in Sherman Square, just south of the Treasury Department building, and ‘in Montrose Park, in Georgetown. The perennials are now beginning to burst forth, Mr. Gartside explained, peonies and roses being par- ticularly prominent. From now until early next month, the planting season and impounded; provided that this or- der shall not apply to dogs held in leash by their owners or other re- ible person.” will be in progress in the parks of the city. under the direction of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Bulldings and Public Parks.