Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1929, Page 15

THE SUNDAY The Sunda lar R STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, MAY 26, 1929—PART 1—SECTION CONGRESS ASKED T0 VOTE ARPORT 5500000 AT ONCE Start on Purchase of Lands Held by Commission to Be Economy. PRELIMINARY REPORT EXPLAINS EMERGENCY Various Sites Suggested During Hearings Still Considered, Lawmakers Are Told. Fnact sible of the measure drafted a few ago for an immediate appropriation of $3500,000 to make a start on the purchase of Jand for an a the most nent as early ecconomicai method of pro: cedure and the course best suited to th interests of all concerned.” the Joint Airport. Commission fold Congress in a preliminary report filed yesterday The report was presented in ate by the chairman of the commission Senator Bingham of Connecticut. an is to be filed with the House by Repre gentative Zihlman of Maryland, vice chairman of the commission, Since 1t is the custom for all appro priation bills to originate in the House. | Senator Bingham did not at this time introduce in the Senate the bill drafted by the commission to make available an initial allotment of funds. but there i every reason to believe the upper branch will consider the measure if the House acts on it Early Appropriation Need The preliminary report filed vester-! day is intended to advise Congress of | the reasons which impelled the com- mission to decide to ask for an early appropriation to make a start on th roject, vommiscion” is still studying the vari- ous sites suggested during the hearings. The legislation proposed at this time does mot specify locations, but makes some money available to avoid dela in beginning establishment of an i port. ! The report reviews the manner in which the commission went about its etudy of the whole airport problem. and | makes this observagon as to the char-| acter of air terdnel facilities the | ital should have | O he outset of its deliberations the | joint, commission, upon an expression of | opinion on the part of its members. de-; clared itself to be a unit in the convic- | tion that these facilities should be not only sufficient for present and antici- | pated aviation needs so as to serve Washington's maximum requirements, | but also of an extent and completeness | that should reflect .the Capital's na-| tional leadership and become a model, for other cities in their development of | municipal aids to aviation, 3 ‘As a preliminary step to that end| the commission solicited and readily ob- | tained assurance of co-operation from the various governmental departments concerned as well as from the govern- ment of the District of Columbia and | the Netional Capital Park and Planning | Commission—an _ assurance that, the commission is happy to acknowledge, has been abundantly fulfille After stating the various proposed locations are still being studied, the commission continued: Score of Sites Suggested. “These suggested sites number more than a score, many of them possessing advantages of ome nature or another, but not all of them by any means suited to the needs of the Capital in this respect. Various factors entering into the solution of the problem mus be and are being studied, such as dis- tance from the civic and business cen- ter of the city. accessibility by high- waye and means of overland transpor- tation, altitude, contour of ground. drainage. the prevalence of the situation respecting prevail directions, together with Yand and the probable grading end development. “The joint commission is still work on this many-sided inquiry. and ic unable to submit a circumstantial fog and ling wind expenze of and emphasizes that the | | cussed before ABANDONED BABY i i | | terminal in Washington “is he Sen- | haby found on the rear seat of an automobile parked on F_street yesterday. —Star Staff Photo. PLANNINGGROUP MOTORIST ROBBED T0STUDY LIBRARY OF §1%0 BY PAIR | | | i | jEnIargement of Facilities to One, Showing Police Badge, Halts Victim’s Car Near Rock Creek. Be Discussed Tuesday by Commission. Enlargement of the Public Library will be one of the questions to be dis- the National Capital A daylight hold-up of a matorist which netted two robbers $190 in bills, was reported to police yesterday by Leonard E. Richardson. colored. 1528 Miss G. M. Metz. nurse at Children's Hospital. poses with a 2-week-old | ABANDONED BABY IS FOUND N AUTO ~ BY GIRL SHOPPER lFrail. Shabhily-Dressed | Weman Is Hunted by Police in Probing Case. \ | | [INFANT BOY IS TAKEN T0 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL; | Employes of Nearby Store Remcm-‘ ber Seeing Bundle Put in Machine. Police today were trying to locate a | frail, shabbily dressed woman who abandoned a two-weeks-old _infant | | after she was seen piacing the baby in the rear seat of an automobile parked on Thirteenth street between F and G | streets late yesterday. The baby was transferred from the Receiving Home to Children's Hospital where his con- | | dition was said last night to be good. The infant was found in a car owned by Milton Block, local attorney, living {at 4700 Connecticut avenue. which had | been loaned by the lawyer to Miss | Katherine Kepler. 26 vears old. an em- { ploye of the American Red Cross living in ‘the Valley Vista Apartments, Brl- mont. road and Ashmead place, who had parked the car to complete a shopping tour. Miss Kepler emerged from an apparel shop on Thirteenth street with {a friend. Arnold Berman. real estate salesman, and discovered the baby wrapped in a blanket on the back seat of the car. i Unnerved by Discovery. According to Mrs. J. Annadale. with ‘hom Miss Kepler lives at the Valley | Vista, the discovery unnerved Miss Kep- ler o she screamed and fell in a faint in_the front seat of the automobile. She was revived and asked Berman to call_a policeman. Policeman Samuel R. Ruyssell of the first precinct on duty nearby went with the infant and Miss Kepler to the first precinct station house, where the latter told the story of finding the abandoned baby. Several employes of a store nearby sald they recalled seeing a small woman, shabbily dressed, walk up to the ma- chine. leave the bundle in the back seat, and walk hurriedly away. | Baby Is in Perfect Health. i The witnesses to the incident told i Miss Kepler that at the time they paid | &0 little attention to the incident they | | ESS MEN PLAY AT BOARD OF TRADE OUTING Above: Scene at Sherwood Forest, Md.. yesterday afternoon where the Washington Board of Trade held its annual In the center of the gronp is District Commissioner Dougherty, displaying hi: Below is a group of board members trying their hand at trap-shooting. shad hake and outing. ing horseshoes. SPORTS FEATURE OUTING OF BOARD Annual Shad Bake at Sher- | i at | Park and Planning Commission at its intermediate meeting to be held Tues- day. The crowded condition of the central library was laid before the commission’s last meeting by Theodore W. Noyes, president of the trustees of the Public Library, and by Dr. George F. Bower- man, the librarian, and the whole ques- tion was taken under advisement by the commizsion. Plans for providing for a permanent | nursery for street trees will be dis- cussed by the commsision, which will hear a report from Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., assistant engineer of the commis- n, and C. L. Wirth, landscape archi- tect. In making this announcement yesterday, Maj. Carey H. Brown, the commission’s engineer, said that the commission will give close attention to this important subject, designed to further the beautification of the Na-| tional Capital. Capt. Chisolm will present a further report to the commission on proposed water-front development from the War College to the Navy Yard. This will | have a bearing on plans already drawn {up by Maj. Brehon Somervell, district | engineer for the War Department for | the Washington area. Several matters of land purchase and | development of a number of projects { proposed for land purchaze will be | brought before the commission for de- | liberation. 'SEAT PLEASANT MAN BADLY BEATEN IN BED Skull May Have Been Fractured by the cost of | | pounds. Companion Who Attacked Him Sleep, Police Told. Luke Sweeney, 58-year-old iron work- er, of Seat Pleasant, Md.. is in a seri- ous condition at Casualty Hospital as a recult of injuries which he told physi- clans he suffered from a beating ad. ministered to him at the hands of a companion Dr. J. Roger Young, who treated Sweeney, said the injured man had suf- | fered a possible fracture of the skull, in addition to severe lacerations to the scalp and face and numerous body | bruises. | _Physicians at the hospital | Sweeney told them that he was asleep iin his bedroom when a man walked in eport until more is learned about, ;J;gmm available for airport purposes | and the cost thereof. “Believing that the mos method of procedure and the cou Poct suited o the interests of all con cerned is to authorize the National| Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion to acquire lands for airport pur- poses. or options for such purchase, subject to the approval of this joint! commission, the commission recom- ends legislation making an appropria- tion of $500,000 for that purpose and suggests the immediate passage of the joint resolution * * *. 3 “"The commission then quoted the text of the measure, as made public Friday. BISHOP SHAHAN MEDALS AWARDED AT CATHOLIC U. Immigration Restriction Defended | by | in | t economical | ree | Al and body with a large board. WOMAN, 76, KILLS SELF; Winners in Annual Debate at School. | at” night said | o {and began beating him over the head | Bennett called Capt. | Twenty-sixth street. Richardson told police of the seventh precinct that he was riding east on P street near Rock Creek at noon when two men, driving !'a &mall touring car with a green body, stopped him One of them. showing a police badge. ordered him to drive to the seventh precinet.” The man got. in the car and rode with him to Twentyeighth and P reets. where he drew a gun and or- dered Richardson to drive to Lane,” below R street, near Montrose Park. There the second man, who had been following in the other car. joined the first Richardson obtained the tag numbers of the car the men were driving, but they proved to be “dead tags’ when | checked up at police headquartes The man with the badge was describ- ed as 5 feet 9 inches high, weighing 175 He wore a blue suit and glasses. His companion was 5 feet 6 or 7 inches, 160 pounds, and wore knicker: Richardson said he could identify both men. SWALLOWS POISON, THEN ASKS FOR AID | Charles Bennett, Police Clerk, Sent, to Gallinger Hospital in Serions Condition. Bennett, 31 years old. sta- tion clerk at the second precinet, was last night removed to Gallinger Hos- pital in a serious condition after hav- ing swallowed three poison tablets According 1o Bennett's superior. Capt. O. T. Davis, the man took the poison in the rooming house of Mrs. Florence Magnum, 1100 block of Tenth street, where he lived. After swallow- ing the poison Bennet called the pre- cinct and asked for assistance. Capt. Davis and Lieut. Pierson. also of the second precinet, investigated immedi- ately. The captain said Bennett was suf- fering from overwork, being a medical tudent at George Washington Univer- ity and working in the police station He declared he had been worried over a girl for some time, ac- cording to Capt. Davis Before being removed to the hospital, Davis' attention to a stamped and sealed letter he had written to his mother, who lives in Alexandria. Charles ILL HEALTH IS BLAMED COUNTERFEIT BILL F;ASSED Lovers' ! and relieved the victim of $190.} do not, believe they could identify the | woman At the hospital where the infant w: resting peacefully last night attendants said the baby, a boy, weighed 6 pounds and appeared to be in perfect health. COLORED WOMAN HELD IN SLAYING SRR D and merrvmaking. Accused of Fatally Stabbing Hus-| There were no accidents or dela i { mar the frolic, held at Sherwood For- band in Quarrel Over i est, Md., but there will be many a Money. wood Forest Is Enjoyed by 850. | : With threatening skies yesterday morning gradually giving way to clear sunshine. the thirty-Afth annual shad | bake of the Washington Board of Trade | went off without a hitch and the 850 (members and their guests' returned to | their homes about 8 o'clock in the eve ning after a full day of éutdoor .sports | Washingfon business man tomorrow, and for several days to come, who, W sore and aching back and limbs, will Tue the strenuousness of his play. _ Luju Robinson, colored, 41 vears old, | Base ball, trap shooting, tug-of-war is being held on a charge of murder | golf, swimming and boating were amonz at the sixth precinct station house after | the sports actively engaged in by the she is said to have fatally stabbed her | members of the board. The day was husband, Henry Robinson, 43. at their | wound up with seven boxing matches home, 491 Missouri avenue, last night. | between amateurs, and a battle royal Robinson was rushed to Freedmen's | whose end found all of the contestants Hospital in the sixth precinct patrol |on their feet. wagon and pronounced @ead on ar-. Preceded by the Boys' Independent rival. Band, the procession of busses and According to Policeman G. A. Wil- | automobiles left the District Building The' Wednesday Friendship Dramatic Club of Friendship House, 324 Virginia | { —Star Staff Photos. | | BENOAMIN CADY. T, INIRED BY ALTO Veteran Chief of Capitol Guides Suffers Fracture of Skull. "Benjamin Cady, hit by an auto- mobile last night at Eleventh and D streets northeast. died at Cas- ZIONISTS TO HEAR DR. JOHN . HOLMES Banquet Tonight Will Close prowess at pitch- PAGE 15 NEW YORK AVENUE CHURCH DEDICATES ITS TOWER TODAY ‘Beautiful Lincoin Memorial Addition to Structure Is 171 Feet High. FLOODLIGHT AND CHIMES ARE INCLUDED IN GIFT Four Services to Be Held Today and Members of Lincoln Family Will Attend. The beautiful Lincoln Memorial Tower, i 171 feet high, will be dedicated today | with four services in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Members of the Lincoln family have presented | the tower to the church. which Lincoln attended during his two terms as i President. { _The tower will be illuminated by { floodlights, which will be turned on for jthe first time at 7:45 o'clock this {evening. It is the only downtown church tower with clocks on four side: and was built at a cost of approximately { $50.000. ! The Westminster chimes in the towe: were built by the Meneely Bell Co. of Troy. N. Y., a_manufacturing conce owned by lineal descendants of Nanc- Hanks Lincoln. The chimes will pla: a hymn measure every 15 minutes ane strike the hours. ‘The largest bell is an exact copy ot the famous Liberty Bell. It bears th-~ inseription, “To the Glory of God and the Memory of Abraham Lincoln, who when President, Worshipped in this Church.” History of Church. ‘The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church was built in 1859 on the site of the old Second Presbyterian Church, | which broke up after President Jack- son withdrew from the congregation when church members objected to his friend, Peggy O'Neil, attending the services. The old tower on the church was destroyed during a storm the year the church was built, and it has been without a spire since that time. During the 125th anniversary celebration last year, members of the Lincoln family cffered to replace the old tower and this offer was accepted. { A reception will be held in the church ! lecture room at 8 o'clock Tuesday night. { In the receiving line will be members I'of the Lincoln family, Dr. and Mrs. | | | i | United Palestine Appeal Drive for $35.000. | waflace Radcliffe, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph | R. Sizoo and the Rev. and Mrs. George { G. Culbertson. Two grandsons of Rev. Phineas G. | Gurley. "Lincoln's pastor. will partici- | pate in the services today and several Dr. John Haynes Holmes, minister | members of the Lincoin family are ex- of the New York Community Church, | pected to attend. and one of the best known liberai| The first service will be a historical clerics in the country, will be the prin- | pageant at 9:45 o'clock. At 11 o'clock cipal speaker tonight at a banquet at | the actual dedication will take place, the Mayflower Hotel, which will bring | With Dr. Sizoo delivering_the sermon. 2 a close the $35,000 United Palestine | He will be assisted by Dr. Radcliffe. peal. | pastor emeritus, and Rev. Mr. Cul- Dr. Holmes recently returned from a | bertson. associate minister. isit to the Holy Land., enthusiastic!| At 6:30 o'clock a young people’s sout the Jewish homeland movement. ! service and tea will be held. This ife has become an ardent advocate of | meeting will be addressed by the Rev. he cause, speaking at numerous Pales- | Alvin B. Gurley of Germantown, Pa. ine drives in Eastern cities. ; ;nd Rev. mrlu;'dLg. Gk\‘xrley o'fo Radnor, ; Pa., two sons of coln’s pastor. Hundreds to Attend. |" The fourth service will be held at 8 The banquet will be attended by 300 . o'clock in the church. Dr. Radcliffe or more of this year's contributors to | will preach on the historical back- the drive fund. The guests also will | ground of the occasion. Col. Walter C. be addressed by Rabbi Wolf Gold of | Clephane, trustee, will preside. Tel Aviv, Palestine. Rabbi Gold now | i is devoting all of ‘l;\ha ;une to thei es&-m i Church Committees. lishment of Jewish religious institutions | committee representing the congre- in the Holy Land. He is one of the: gation consists of Col. Walter C. Cle- founders of the Mizrachi organization, | Share Frank Armstrong, Dr. Charles W. Richardson, Frank E. Edgington, A which is devoted to this work, Among the other speakers at tonight's . C. O, ture. Mrs. James H. function will be the co-chairmen of the { g";a,dfi,: e T T drive. Isidore Hershfield and Levi H.|a0a Donald B. Clement. David: the chairmen of the administr: Committes representing the young tive committee, Louis E. Spiegler; the! .cple Mics Gertrude Wiber, = Miss head of the women's division, Mrs. JOhI | Garolyn E. Snell, Harold MacEwen, M. Safer. and the head of the men's|yyillarq Gatchell and Mrs. Maurice division, Rabbi L. J.'Schwefel. | Salsbury. Drive workers are making a last ef-15"c0 it 0 fon ecenting the Sunday fort today to reach as many prospective | .ohonl _Mrs. Frank Edgington. George ers as possible. Nearly 200 men and ' Mot omen have been engaged in the mc-im,:f.f"“"“' e week canvass. The first group to attain - PROGRAM GIVEN IN FRENCH avenue southeast. will give an enter- | tainment and festival at the South east Community Center, Hine | High School. Seventh and C southeast. Wednesday night sted by other Friendship House clubs. The entertainment will start at 7:30 o'clock The feature will be an operetta, “The Land of Nod.” under the direction of Miss Maud Burklin. 1In the cast will be: Charles Burton. Ellen Rentwick, Evelyn McCord, Virginia Jacabec, Vir- ginia Zier, Norma White, Marion Lipscomb, Margaret Watts, Aileen Mar- tin, Fannie Ehrlich, Je: Lerer, Vir- ginia Jacobs, Beatrice Bedeman, Eve- lyn Moreland, Freda Dahs, Elva Hew- | itt, Ida Smith, Virginia_Rollins, Mar- | garet Kirkwood, Lydia Hunter, Lillian | McCord, Fannie Wright, Mary Smith, Lena Wright, Bertha Coeyman, Robert Kemp, Robert Jacobs and Marguerite | Williams. There will 1 | | | | be given a play. ! “Seven to One.” under the direction of | | Miss_Evelyn Davis. The players will | be: Ruth Connor, Bernice Satterfield, | | Winifred_ Watts, 'Louise Waterholter, | ! Edwina Rooney, Amelia Grayson, Mar- ualty Hospital early this morning. Benjamin Cady year-old veteran chief of guides at the Capitol. is in a critical condition at Casualty Hospital as the result of injuries suffered last night when run down by an automobile operated by Robert Henry Taliaferro at | Eleventh and D streets northeas POI.IGVE HOI.D BARBER ',i’u"ne,i‘;": fractived chull 1" adaidion ON SERIOUS CHARGE liams of the sixth precinct. who placed ' shortly after 9 o'clock and arrived at {the woman under arrest, the stabbing | the Maryland resort at 10:30. Dinner | followed a quarrel with' the husband | at noon was followed.by. the program |is said to have started with his wife | of sports. over money. Among prominent members and . guests present were Representative Ed- ward M. Beers. Albert R. Hall, Frank OPERETTA ON PROGRAM L. Bowman, Elorian Lamport. and Ross | A Collins, Commissioners Proctor L. OF FR'ENDSH'P HOUSE Dougherty and Sidney F. Taliaferro, | Theodore W. N . editor of The Star; | { Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District éngi- neer ‘and_co-ordinator; E. F. Colliday natinoal Republican committeeman fo the District; Corporation Counsel W W. Bride, Assist. Traffic Director M. O, Eldridge and Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. The principal event, the base ball | game between the public order and membership committees, was won by the latter. John Davidson was the winner of the golf tournament 8ix out of the seven boxing bouts were won by Washington. The oppo- nents were principally from Baltimore Taliaferro was arrested and held at | the ninth precinct station house on | charges of transporting liquor, assault | with an_automobile and not having : | proper brakes. He will be held pending Story Told by Girls, Stranded at | the outcome of Cady's injuries. According to police, Taliaferro, who | Amusement Park, Leads | said he was 28 years old and a retired to Arrest. | Government clerk and lives in the 900 to body bruises and shock. block of Maryland avenue northeast, | was proceeding south on D street at a | high rate of speed when he struck | | Cady, who was attempting to cross the stieet at D street. Policemen F. E Carl Phillips Thme, 21-year-old bar- Catholic Shahan resnited The annual prize debate at University _for _the Bishop medals, held Thursday night in the medals being awarded to A. P, Danos. J. D. O'Connell and E. V. Zah- man. Mr. Danos was selected as the bect individual speaker of the cebate The three young men supported the | nder | side. the question debate being. “Resolved. That res immigration is conducive to ou: tional welfare.” The negative team. which was de- feated in the contest, was compoted of W. D. Meredith, T. A. Ragussa and W. T Ferguson A large audience at- tended the debate, which was h',]d in the auditorium of McMahon Hall NAMED TO WEST POINT. affirmative Richard Park. Jr. Western Athlete, Gets Keyes' Nomination. Richard Park, jr., a student at West ern High School, has been 1 as a cadet to West Poin Academy by Senator Keyes Jican, of New Hampshire member of the Western Military Repub: base ball team and was captain of the | foot ball eleven last year The youth is from Dorchester. but his father, Maj v.S. A. has been stationed in Wash: sngton. In securing the appointmen voung Park is following in the foot eps of his father, who was 1o the Military Academy the then Senator Jacob of New Hampshire Maj. Park is in the Enzincer the Army and supervised v)rr‘l': of Camp Humphreys, later command: ing that station. H in H Gallinge Corp n i High minated Park is a| 1 High School | O the Ne Richard Park nominated 3 Mrs. Rebecca Bunner, 76, of Raleigh ‘ Va. shot herself to death with a {Tevolver this afternoon at Camp Pree- dom, a fourist camp on the Rockvilie | pike' at Montrose | She had been a visitor at the camp, {of which her son is proprietor, for sev- eral weeks. and for some days had been { despondent, as a result of {ll health, it was said While Store Manager Notifies Police of Spurious $50 Note. A._Tehas. manager Shoe Store, 1317 reported to police vesterday customer passed a counterfeit in_the store. He said that about 5 pm. a voung man entered and bought a pair of shoes, three pairs of socks and a box of shoe polish and in setilement. of the bill. which amounted to $6.54, gave the false note and received change. Tehas said he could identify the man. The case was turned over to the Treasury Department's secret service operatives w. John Travelers of the street, that a #50 bill r alone in a room in her son's ottage, she fired three shots from a { revolver. but only one, which entered { her_temple, took effect {_The body was taken in charge by W R. Pumphrey & Son, Rockville under- | takers. and will be shipped to Raleigh, W. Va. for burial. Mrs. Bunner was !a widow and leaves several children Lincoln Attend i In Simple A new Lincoln story is being told in connection with the dedication today of | the Lincoln Memorial Tower, a gift of the family of the Civil War President, ¢ York Avenue Presbyterian arch, which Lincoln attended dur- both of his administrations was told by the late J. D to Joseph R. Sizoo, minister of the church. President Lincoln, according to Mr who was a member of the congregation when Lincoln was Presi- dent, attended Sunday services regi- larly. but was never seen at the Thurs- | day night prayer meetings One Thursday night Mr. McChesney and another man saw two men sitting in a darkened room adjoining the main \meeting joom. They were not able to ed Prayer Meeting Fashion. Dr. Sizoo Is Told recognize the two, but thought nothing of the incident. On the following Thursday, however. the same thing happened and Mr. McChesney’s curlos- ity was aroused. 1mp side the light saw away. shortly House had becn made by President and a friend. Lincoln meetings In this fashion until death, and but very few of the gregation ever knew the Presid-nt ihe United Stafes was these simple services. door leading to strangers had been snow had been two_pairs of footsteps Following the tracks found himself at the White Subsequently_he. leatnsd ,they sitting t 4 | garet Kirkwood and Dorothy Griffith.|per of the Oxford Hotel, living at 4300 f | After the meeting he went to the| the room where | A falling and_he | feading he | Lincoln | & continued to attend prayer his ! this con- of | New with them atl | " During the evening there will music by the Lake Conewago Orches- | tra, a_dance by the members of Miss| Sara Bergling's class, a story by Miss| Mildred Vallin, tango by members of | Miss Evelyn Davis' class and com- | munity sSinging | Winding up the evening’s entertain- | ment will be a concert by the Toy | | Symphony, under the direction of Miss | { Thelma Callahan, with Miss Katherine Latimer as pianist. In the symphony | are Charles Burton, Norma White, Elva | Hewitt, Freda Fahs, Evelyn McCord, | James ' Kirkwood, Margaret Kirkwood, ! Virginia Jacobs, Beatrice Bedeman, Ida Smith, Mary Smith, Etta Mae Camp- bell, Jean Lerer, Marion Lipscomb, Lil- lian McCord, Evelyn Moreland, Fannie Wright, Lena Wright, Alleen Martin and Lydia Hunter. | Ad Club Ends Season Tuesday. The final meeting of the season for | the Washington Advertising Club will} be held Tuesday at 12:30 in the ball-, room of the National,Press Club. i Evan S. Rusher, president of the! Standard Publishing Corporation of | New York and Chicago, will be the guest of honor and speaker. Mr. sher's topic will be “The Job of | Advertising.” i | | Woman Asks Search for Son. Mrs, B. Kohosoff of New York City | ked ‘police last night to look for her | -year-old son, Milton. who was re- ported driving a large touring car to city. Mrs. Kohosoff told police that her son was supposed to have left | York City two days ago and she no reason for his falure (o} I | | {; can give arrive. Thirteenth place northeast, is being held at the first precinct station house on a statutory charge preferred against him by 14-year-old Josephine Lorettc of 1624 A street southeast. Ihme was ar- rested yesterday at his place of busi- ness by Precinct Detectitve A. D. Mans- fiel Ihme's arrest, was brought about when the Loretto girl and_ an 1l-year-old companion. Rebecca George, living at 801 O street, were taken into custody by Maryland police when they became lost Friday night. after having spent the day at the Glen Echo amusement park The polite of Bethesda, Md.. said they found the two girls in a way station near the amusement park late Friday i night and found them to be without car fare to return to their homes. The girls were turned over to the Women’s Bu- reau and investigation by policewomen led to the story told by the Loretto girl implicating Ihme. | The Loretto girl is being held at the | receiving home. Plan Air Mail Appeal. In an effort to promote interest in | aviation and increase the use of the air mail, the Washington Chamber of | Commerce in the near future will mail to ifs membership an air mail map of the United States with detailed sched- ules and instructions for those employ- ing the service in Washington. Mrs. Rebecca Coffman Dies. LURAY. Va.. May 25 (Sprcial) —Mrs checea S. Coffman, widow of Henry M. Coffman, died at her home here. | She was 85 years of age. ! Patrode and Thomas Hayes of the Ninth precinct. who arrested Talia- ferro. said they found four pints of al- leged whiskey in the front seat of his FEDERAL BAR HERE TO AID ENFORCEMENT A special committee on law enforce- ment, to co-operate with President Hoo- ver's_commission. is being selected by | the Federal Bar Association, made up of lawyers in Government service, and | its membership will be announced with- in a few days, it was made known yes- terday. The following committee chairmen have been appointed: George R. Far- num, Assistant Attorney General, pro- fessional standards committee; Chief Justice Fenton W. Booth of the United | States Court of Claims, judiciary com- | mittee; Maj. Charles William Freeman, | General Accounting Office, administra- tive law committee; Edwin A. Niess, first vice president of the association, legislative = committee: Maj. Wallace Streater of the income tax unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. service committee; Maj. Horace Jones of the | Veterans' Bureau, meetings committee, | and Clyde R. Baggarly of the Federal Trade Commission, membership ex- tension _committee The first meeting of the executive council of the association since the elec- | tion of officers May 13 will be held on | the evening of May at the Interior | De-artment. Plans for the annual out- | ing will be discussed. Arrangements have been made tentatively to hold it Jupe 11 pt Copgressiopal Country Club. ‘who raised $1,000 several days ago. A full report of the contributions will be made by drive captains and read at the banquet DREAM BRINGS RUNAWAY BOY BACK TO PARENTS | Stephen J. Devine, 15-year-cld Youth Returns After Few Days’ Absence. A dream while asleep in the woods somewhere in Virginia that “something had happened to his mother,” caused love for home and parents to conquer the spirit of wanderlust which prompted 15 his home, 1238 Florida avenue north- cast, Tuesday night last. Returning to Washington last night with a 17-year-old companion who ac- companied him on the trip down into Virginia, young Devine returned to his home and told his mother. Mrs. Julia Devine, that it was a dream he had had while sleeping in the woods that caused him to fear for her safety and return. L Young Devine's veaf-old com- panion, not wishing to remain on his { travels alone. returned with the younger homesick boy. Mrs. Devine stated yes- terday that it is the second time within the past month that her boy has gone away from home, on the other occasion making a trip over to Baltimore Mrs. Devine says she does not know her son's companion on his recent trip. She expressed the belief that the boys had gotten “lifts” part of the way on the trip and had hiked the other part of the time. CENSUS QUARTERS FOUND. Used for 1930 Enumeration. Southern Railway Building to Be The Public Buildings Commission expects to have space available in the Southern Railway Building on Penn- sylvania avenue in which to take.care of the necessary expansion of the Census Bureau for taking the 1930 census, it was indicated, following a meeting of the commission yesterday. The commission has had several meetings recently in an effort to de- termine how best to provide office ac-| commodations for the temporary census force. Senator Smoot of Utah. chairman, sald_yesterday that the Census Bureau would not begin to expand until Au- gust and by that time the commission hopes space will be available in the Southern Railway structure, which is being faken over by the Government as past of the Wiangle jayouts year-old Stephen J. Devine to leave | their quota in the campaign was the | | BY TRADE SCHOOL CLUB Junior Poale Zion, led by Harry Dobkin, | | Students of Holton-Arms Entertain Guests Hall at , Barker in Y. W.C. A, |, Les Jeunes Immortelles of the Hol- ton Arms School. a club from the fifth and sixth grades, gave a program in French Wednesday afternoon. at Barker Hall. in the Y. W. C. A. The club is under the guidance of Mme. Barbecot Anjou, who teaches French in the lower | sehool. The guests were received by Susan Mary Jay, president of Les Jeunes Im- mortelles; Emily Alsop and Donna Jane Weinrebe. The latter two opened the program with a duet on the piano. Then | the sixth grade children gave a sketch, | “Le Portrait de Madame,” with Mildred McKinney, Dorothy Ann Rutherford, Mary Alice Harrington, Elizabeth Keys, Betsy Simpson and Parthenia Stubble- | field taking parts. “Le Portait de Madame™ was followed by fwo fables, La Cigale et le Fourmi {and Le Corbeau et le Renard, given by {Lucia Ellis. Angelica Lloyd, Martha Bacon and Eleanor Jones. | Then a group of the sixth grade girls i gave a_playlet. “Stella.” in which Su- zanne Hill played the title role, assisted by Emily Davis. Marguerite Hagner. { Jessica_Johnson. Anne Davis Lurton and { Mildred McKinney Susan Mary Jay and Dorothv Ann | Rutherford gave a prelude. L'Oiseau et | 1o Bucheron to a fifth grade playlet, i “Les Trois Souhaits.” in which Emily Alsop and Susan Mary Jay were as- sisted by Donna Jane Weinrebe. Mary | Alice Harrington gave a selection on the ipiano. Then President Jay addressed the audience in behalf of Les Jeunes Immortelles, and introduced the sev- | enth grade girls, who added a sketch. | “La Clairvoyante.” Betty Bull played { the leading role assisted by Virginia | Bacon, Nancy Jones, Virginia Rodgers, Eleanor Sheldon and Frances White. In conclusion all the girls who had | taken part in the performance sang a French song. led by Mildred McKinney {and Betsy Simpson. with Emily Alsop, Lucia Ellis, Suzanne Hill and Elizabeth Keys doing a minuet, with Aileen Hood at the piano. C. of C. Women WlllfiMeet. A special meeting of all woman mem- {bers of the Washington Chamber of ! Commerce has been called for Wednes- v afternoon at 4 o'clock to consider and means by which business and | enabled to participate more actively in various activities of the chamber. | The meeting, announced by Charles W. Darr. president of the body. will be held in_the chamber offices in the Homer Bullding, ’