Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1929, Page 12

) Wi THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T.” SATURDAY,” JUNE T, 1929. PATRICK ELECTED NEW CHAIRMAN OF | " UTILITIES BOARD Chosen by Commission After | Taking Oath of Office. GROUP REORGANIZED ' AT EXECUTIVE SESSION| Representatives of Corporations Witness Inauguration of General. ‘Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick. U. 8. A, | vetired, former chief of the Army Alr| Corps, took the oath of office as a mem- ber of the Public Utilities Commission | to succeed Chairman John W. Childress, Tesigned, at a brief ceremony at '.he_ District Building today ‘The person- | nel of the commission 1S now complete, | ywho took the oath of office this morning as a_member of the District Public| Gen. Patrick was elected chairman of the commission. comprising Gen. Patrick, Harleigh H | Hartman, who was sworn in yesterday 10 succeed Lieut. Col. Harrison Brand. ir., and Engineer Commissioner William B. Ladue, ex-officio. Immediately after the swearing in ceremony. at which the oath was ad- ministered by Frank E. Cunningham, clerk of the District Supreme Court, the commission went into executive slon 1o organize. Later it was an- nounced that Cen. Patick had been elected chalrman of the new comu sion and Mr. Hartman vice-chairman Although no representatives of the public utility corporations who have most contact with the Public Ummes| Commission were present at the cere- monies yesterday when Mr. Hartman | took the oath, they were all well repre- sented today, except for the Capital Traction Co. The representatives, who congratu- Jated Maj. Gen. Patrick on his appoint- ment, were Ord Preston, president of | the Washington Gas Light Co.; George Neale, vice president of the Washing- ton Railway & Electric_and Potoma, Electric Power Cos.: E. D. Merrill, president of the Washington Rapid | Transit Co., and Dozier De Vane, coun- sel; C. T. Claggett, commercial service representative; R. V. Russell, general commercial manager, and Hanse Ham- ilton, general manager, all of the Ches- apeake& Potomac Telephone Co. Proctor L. Dougherty, president of the board of Commissioners; People’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty and em- ployes of the commission were present as the veteran Army engineer took the oath of office. The first regular meet- ing of the newly constituted commission will be held at 10 a.m. Monday. LA ENFORCENENT BOARD SOON READY President’s Commission Ex- pects to Be in Active Opera- tion Within a Week. Halted temporarily in their work by lack of a headquarters, members of the President’s Commission on Law | Observance and Enforcement returned | to their homes today to settle up pri- vate affairs preparatory to tacklin their big assignment. While they are away the Public Buildings Commission will make an ef- fort to find permanent offices for the l‘;w group in a downtown public build- 2. Chairman George W. Wickersham has made an urgent request to public build- ings officials to find him a suitable headquarters in a location convenient to the Government departments. The size of the commission and its staff of experts will necessitate use of consider- able office space. There are 11 mem- bers of the commission, a secretary, a | statistician and a Jarge clerical staff to | be provided for. The clerical staff is yet to be appointed. ‘ Tentative Selection Made. i It is understood that the Public| Buildings Commission has inspected a number of available offices and that a tentative selection has been made. An- nouncement of the selection is to be made Monday. it is said. Senator Smoot | of Utah is chairman of the Buildings Commission and Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, is executive officer. Chairman Wickersham. before depart- ing for his home in New York, said he expected the new offices would be ready for the commission when it reassembles e next Thursdgy. On meeting next week the commisdlon will confer with varjous Federal officials regarding data available in the Government depart- ments and other agencies for considera- tion by the commission. The commis- sion wishes the benefit of all informa- tion already in the hands of the Gov- ernment before launching its own in- vestigation of law disobedience and dis- respect. { -operation Is Desired. The commission members also hope | 1o obtain the advice of Federal offi- | cers regarding methods of conducting | the investigation and of assembling | data. A general invitation has been issued to private organizations, State and municipal commissions and similar bodies to send in survey reports, rec- ommendations and other information. | While the headquarters of the com- | mission will be in the National Capital, committees will make personal investi- gations and hold public hearings in varlous other _cities, especially such Jarger ones as New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco. MORE TIME IS GIVEN T0 VISIT MONUMENTS T | Col. Grant Extends Opening Hours of Whashington’ and Lin- coln Shrines. Washingtonians and visitors to the eity are to have additional opportunity to visit the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, an- nounced today that the Washington Monument will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 pm., except Sundays and holidays. On Sundays and holidays, exccpt on Christmas day, the monument will be open from 12:30 pm. to 4:30 p.m. Beginning today, Col. Grant said the Lincoln Memorial will be open from ® am. until 9:30 p.m., except Sundays and holidays. On Sundays and holi- days, except Christmas day, it will be open from 9 am. to 4°30 pm Gavel Weighs 25 Pounds. BOSTON. June 1 (#).—1If the chair- | man is strong enough it should be casy | to maintain order at the reunion of the | si | GEN. MASON Utilities Commission. NEW UTILITIES BOARD CHAIRMAN M. PATRIC Gen. Patrick was photographed at his desk in the District Building. ' Star Staff Fhoto. GIRL SHOOTS SELF; QUARREL BLAMED Unsuccessful Love Affair Is Believed Cause of Maid’s Act. ‘Twenty-four-year-old Alice Johnson is in George Washington University Hospital today too critically ill to tell of the unsuccessful love affair which friends say led to an attempt to take her life last evening. She shot her- self while standing in front of a| church on Vermont avenue after a quarrel with the man she hoped to marry. She had been employed as a maid. He was but a short distance away when she drew a .25-caliber revolver from her purse, wrapped it in & news- paper to disguise her action, and fired three bullets at her body. he last shot went wild. One entered the right side and emerged on the left side. An- otner is still lodged in her body. Police have not been able to locate | any relatives of the young woman, no: her present address. After first say- ing her name was Clara Johnson lndl she lived on Tenth street, she later told hospital attaches that her name was Alice Johnson and she lived at 2119 H street, It was found that she formerly lived in an apartment there now oc- cupied by A. R. Segal, a George Wash- ington University law student. Segal said this morning that she left about ix months ago. The gun used in the shooting was his, he declared, and was ken from his trunk without his knowledge. . Segal said today that she had told him she was in love with another man, whom she met about & month ago, but because of parental objection, the man would not marry her.” Last week she said she and the man were going to a jewelry store to look at a wedding ring, Segal said, adding that he did not know whether any definite arrangement to marry came out of it. The wounded woman was taken to the hospital by Harry Rector of 727 Gallatin street, who drove by a few minutes after the shooting. Dr. Daniel L. Borden was summoned and per- formed an operation. WOMEN INDORSE POTOMAC PROJECT Pass Resolution Favoring Preserva- 1 tion of Scenery and Proposed | Washington Parkway. | A resolution indorsing .legislation to preserve the scenery along the Potomac General Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Swampscott, Mass.. yes day. The resolution was offered by| Mrs. Charles Cyrus Marshall of New | York City. | The resolution reads: “Whereas, the | preservation of the scenery along the Potomac River in the environs of the | National Capital at Washmeton, is of great importance to the people of the United States, because of the unique scenic beauty and historic interest of | this region; and whereas, legislation | establishment of the George Washing- ton Memorial Parkway along the Po- tomac River, from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to Great Falls, and for the acquisition of lands requisite to the parkway and playground system of the National Capital: therefore be it resolved, that the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs indorses the principle of such legislation.” HELD-UP VICTIM LOSES $9 TO PAIR OF BANDITS | Man Tells Police He Was Threat- ened With Revolver—Furnishes Descriptions of Robbers. Lawrence J. O'Neil, 636 street, was held up by two bandits on Gallatin street between Illinois avenue and Ninth street about 1:30 o'clock this morning and rcbbed of $9 after being threatened with a revolver. He furnished police descriptions of the bandits and said he was satisfied | he could identify them. WILCOX FUNERAL HELD. | Theatrical Manager Buried in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Funeral services for Lorenzo Patter- son Wilcox, who died suddenly at the Maury Apartments May 23, were con lem Lodge of Masons at the Tabler | funeral parlors Monday. Rev. George terian Church officiated. { lowed in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Mr, Wilcox was 62 years of age and represented a number of theatrical producers in New York be- fore coming to Washington. During the past year he was connected with the Shubert Belasco Theater. Mr. Wilcox is survived by a sister, Mrs. A. W. Thorn, with whom he re- sided while in Washington. ! Eight-Forty Card Party. A benefit card p: will be given un- der auspices of the Eight-Forty organi- | a new gavel, weigh- 5 pounds. from timber oldhe orig- White House, . 7zation of the American Legion at 1750 Massachusetts avenue, Thursday night at 8 o'clock. _ y Gallatin | HEALTH PROBLEMS FEATURE AT PARLEY Medical Men Hear Addresses by Dr. Villanueva of Mexico and Others. Discussions of health problems and en address on public health work in Mexico by Dr. Aguilino Villanueva, chief of the Mexican department of health, featured the opening of the second day's session of the forty-fourth annual con- ference of State and Provincial Health Authoritics of North America, which will bring the conference to a close with the election of officers and adoption of resolutions this afternoon. The ses- sions are being held in the Annapolis Hotel. Reports of the organizations commit- tees on public health and nursing, Dr. C. OH. Laughinghouse, chairman; disaster relief, Dr. E. L. Bishop, chair- man: American Red Cross relation nealth authorities, Dr. William De Kleine, chairman;’ child hygiene, Dr. M. Nicoll, jr., chairman, and the pre- ventable disease committee, Dr. Bigelow, chairman, were to come up during the day. Dr. G. H. Bigelow, Commissioner on Health for the State of Massachusetts, in a report yesterday afternoon, de- plored the lack of knowledge for com- bating respiratory and other discascs and referred to the many precautions taken against them, without success. Dr. Bigelow's Address. After referring to the physician’s gen- eral knowledge in dealin, th certain diseases, Dr. Bigelow declared “We have all blushed for shame that in the name of prevention people have been forced to walk over sheets soaked with disinfectant; lap dogs and their foster mothers have been parted; auto- mobiles have been detoured around towns over roads where the menace of cranial trauma was enormous; railroad stations have been staffed with other- wise honest physicians who, after in- spection of the tongue or other easily accessible organ, issued travel permits; at one time or another everything from schools to soda fountains have been closed, except transportation and the mouths of the preposterous adminis- trators. In all this,” he continued, “the stamp machine venders, the paper cup interests, the handkerchief manufac- turers and the proprietors and pro- prictaries applaud and egg us on.” Report by Dr. Anderson. Dr. J. C. Anderson, chairman of the organization's committee on uniform sanitary railway code, made his report yesterday, making the following general | in the Capital area was passed by the |recommendations: 1. That the standard railway sanitary code be made to cover sanitation of bus lines, 2. That a plan be worked out jointly between State and railway officials by which some one will be charged with the enforcement of the code. | 3. That all railroads in the various states be encouraged to follow the splen- did example of some of the railroads | carrying on mosquito control work, the elimination of surface comfort stations and immunization against diseases in has been proposed, providing for the|ine communitics which they serve. | 4. That all railroads be encouraged |to eliminate as rapidly as possible all | grade crossings. | 5. That the conference co-operate { more fully with authorities in Mexico in extending the provisions of the code to railway lines in Mexico. 6. That more adequate provisions be made by the railroads for rendering | of unusual stress, Industrial Hygiene Discussed. Dr. S. H. Osborn, chairman of the conference committee on industrial Ly- giene, made specific recommendations for the examination and care of em- ployes of crganizations. Other reports made yesterday included the following: Report by Dr. A. T. McCormack, chairman of the full-time county health units. committee; by Dr. Kendall Em- erson, who reported on the National Tuberculosis ~ Association’s relation to State and provincial health authoritics, ‘and a report by Dr. D. L. Cannon, | chairman of the milk committee. | | Killed by Auto | | | ducted by members of the New Jerusa- | G. Culbertson of the New York Presby- | Interment fol- important | first aid in flooded arcas and in times | IPOLICEMAN'S AUTD FATALLY INJURES AUGUSTUS WEBB, 83 | Former Prince Georges Chief Magistrate Dies at Hospital Where Daughter Is Nurse. CHEVY CHASE WOMAN’S COLLARBONE BROKEN Two Others Hurt in Collision, Boy's | Leg Broken and 7-Year-0ld Girl Is Run Dewn. Augustus P. Webb, 83 years old, for many years chief magistrate of Prince Georges County, living at Laurel, died at Emergency Hospital this morning from injuries suffered last night when run down in front of 1440 Rhode Island | avenue, where he had been visiting his | daughter, by an automobile operated by Policeman Harvey Gilbert of the tenth precinct. Gilbert was ordered to appear at an inquest to be held at the District Morgue Monday morning. According to police, Webb. a Con- | federate veteran, was _attempting to | cross from one side of the street to the other whe: e walked into the path of Gilbert’s car. He was knocked o the ground snd dragged several yards, a witness said, before the ma- chine was brought to a stop, Gilbert | placed the injured man in his machine and took him to Emergency Hospital, | where physicians said he sustained a fractured right leg, in addition to nu- mierous body bruises and severe shock. Nurse Ts Daughter. At the hospital his daughter, Mrs. Minerva W. Doran, who lives at the Rhode Island avenue address and is a trained nurse, hurried from an upper floor, where she was engaged on a case, to the bedside of her dying father. At her father's request, Mrs. Doran quick- ly arranged to place her patient in charge of another nurse and remained with him until his death this morning. In addition to Mrs. Doran, Mr. Webb is_ survived by two other ' daughters Miss Polly Webb and Miss Lillian Webb, both of this eity. Burial will be in Baltimore Monday. Others injured in traffic mishaps re- ported to police last night and this morning are: Margaret De Groot, 22 years old, of 6 East Irving street, Chevy Chase, Md., treated at Emergency Hospital for 4 possible fractured collar bone sustained in an automobile accident on Brook- ville road near her home. Police were unable to learn further details of the accident. Two Hurt in Collision. Mrs. Dora R. Scheer, 27 years old, living at 405 Tenth street southwest, and Oscar F. Carson, 48, of 60 § street, were slightly injured when the auto- | mobile in which they were riding was in collision at Fourteenth and D streets southwest with a Washington Rallway & Electric Co. street car. Charles O'Neal, 11-year-old colored pedestrian, suffered a fractured leg when an automobile driven by Willie E. Lewis, also colored, of Richmond, Va. and a_truck operated by Joseph Furr, 208 Fourteenth place northeast, collided at Tenth and Q streets, and the automobile ran up on the sidewalk. lk\:lis and Furr escaped with minor in- juries. Seven-year-old Dorothy Howard, col- | ored, was slightly injured when run down by an automobile near her home, 40 O street northeast, operated by Nor- | ville W. Wharton of 1220 O strect. | SALVATION ARMY CAMP INCREASE IS EXPECTED| 500 Mothers and Children May En- joy Outing at Patuxent in | Five Groups. Preparations are being made to take care of 500 mothers and children at the Summer camp of the Salvation Army at Patuxent, Md., this year, Maj. James | Asher, director of the army in Wash- ington, said today. This is an increase of 100 over the number accommodated last year, the major said, and is made possible by the army's participation in the Community Chest. The camp will | be_officially opened June 28. Under - present plans the people in- vited to the camp this year will be divided into five groups of 100 each, and each group will be given a vacation of 10 days. Army workers are engaged at the present time in getting the camp . in order for the first group. | COOLER WEATHER IS DUE | TONIGHT AND TOMORROW | DoWwntown Record for Year Set| | Yesterday Afternoon With H 09 Degrees. | The arrival of a high-pressure area | from the Arctic region today promised | to_keep the temperature down to a maximum of 85 degrees and from all indications the weather tonight and to- | morrow will be even cooler. The weather will be generally fair, according to a Weather Bureau report, | "A downtown record for the yvear of | 99 degrees was set yesterday sfternoon, although the maximum ofcial tem- | perature recorded at the Weather Bu- reau was 92.2 degrees. Approximately 2,000 employes of the Bureau of ‘Cus- toms and Prohibition were excused from work at 2:30 o'clock yesterday after- noon when the heat became unbearable in the temporary building at Seventh and B streets ASSOCIATES PRESENT GEN. LORD WITH WATCH Retiring Budget Director Surprised at Hotel Yesterday by Offi- cials and Employes. 1 | Gen. Herbert M. Lord, who retired from the position of director of the Bu- | reau of the Budget yesterday at 4:30, | | was surprised a few minutes later at his rooms in the La Fayette Hotel by | group of officials and cmployes who | { presented him with a gold watch and | | chain. | | The presentation was made by R. O. | Kloeber, who is now acting director of | the burcau. SAILOR FACES CHARGES. | | Accused of sending money to a minor | girl to enable her to come to New | York to visit him, Thomas E. Rober {son, a saflor in the Coast Guard, faccs |a charge of violating the Mann act, filed by Government prosecutors. | In the charge it is said that the | sailor formerly roomed at a home nere, | {and when he was transferred to New York he sent for his landlady’s 14-year- old_daughter. The girl went to New York and is now confined in an institution there, |at Tuxedo, Md., March BOYS SPLASH IN COLUMBUS MEMORIAL POOL tion. High temperatures yesterday and today brought small boys by the score to the Columbus fountain before Union Sta- The Star cameraman caught a few of the youngsters splashing in the basin. —S tar Staff Photo. FORTY-TWO NURSES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS Army School Class Is Grad- uated at Walter Reed Hospital.. Forty-two members of the 1929 class | of the Army School for Nursing re- ceived their diplomas at Walter Reed Hospital before an assembly of grad- uate nurses, officers, relatives and friends yesterday afternoon. The exer- cises were held in the formal gardens and each of the white-uniformed grad- uates, from 23 States and the Philip- pines, stepped forward amid an out- burst of applause. The presentation of the Rea medal by Mrs. Henry R. Rea of Pittsburgh to Miss Malvina Mary Grieves for show- ing “the greatest natural aptitude for her work, not only from the lessons learned from books, but also for hu- man understanding, cheerfulness and optimism, which are found everywhere during time of stress, but are much harder now without the exultation and excitement of “war,” recelved a pro- longed ovation. The medal, which carries with it $500, is made each year to a graduating nurse on a proficiency basis. Other honor graduates were Ruth Helen Austin, Helen Mary Baier, Dor- othy Dana Darby, Vera Dean Dark, Alice Margaret Haughwout, Alma Louise Jakoubek, Margaret Agnes Joinville, Lila Olson, Mary Genevieve Phillips, Claire Elizabeth Pouchee and Nora Lee Williams. The exercises were opened by an in- vocation by Chaplain Alfred C. Oliver, jr., of Walter Reed. Col. Francis A. Winter, U, 8. A, retired, delivered the address, paying a high tribute to Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secretary of the Amcrican Red Cross, and urging the new graduates to enter Army service, as furnishing one of the best fields for their profession. ‘The formal presentation of the diplo- mas was made by Brig. Gen. James M. Kennedy, head of Walter Reed, while Maj. Julia C. Stimson, dean of the Army- School of Nursing, presided. Maj. Stimson also made a few intro- ductory remarks. The closing benedic- tion was pronounced by Rev. B. F. Mc- Gleh‘ll!ry’ Catholic chaplain of the hos- pital, ‘The United States Third Cavalry Band from Fort Myer, Va., was present, under the leadership of Louis S. Yas- sel, and rendered several selections. DETECTIVES GUARD HOME OF HOOVER IN PALO ALTO Action by Police Force Is Nec- essary to Halt Depredations of Souvenir Hunters. It has been necessary to place plain clothes police around the home of President Hoover in Palo Alto, Calif., to save it from depredations of sou- venir hunters. Word was received at the White House recently that shrubbery and rosebushes, as well as parts of the house, were being taken away by vis- itors, and as a result private detectives were employed to guard the grounds. The Hoover home, which is not in closed, is located on the campus of Stanford University and has become a very popular showplace since Mr. Hoo- ver’s election. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY SENIORS TO PLANT IVY Diploma Winners Will Carry On Tradition Established When College Was Founded. Seniors at American University, who J will receive their diplomas at com- mencement Monday night, today con- tinued a tradition established at the beginning of the college, when they planted ivy, to add new vines to those planted in previous years, and which now are clambering over the campus buildings. The committee planting the ivy for the class of 1929 was in charge of Louis Young. A base ball game on the campus be- tween the faculty and the seniors was another feature of the day. to be followed at 8:30 by the annual | concert of the college glee club and | quartet in the college gymnasium-au- ditorium. SEEK MOTHER AND FOUR. Police Told Mrs. Gates of Tuxedo, Md., Disappeared March 30. Search for Mrs. Gates, who disappeared from her home 30 with her four small children, has been insti- tuted by the Washington police. The woman is the wife of Irving G. Gates, an employe of the Benning sia- tion of the Potomac Electric Power Co. She is described as about 41 years old, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs about 225 pounds and has dark brown hair | and eyes. She is said to be suffering from a nervous ailment. With her are her three little gifls, 5, 6 and 9 years of age, and a boy, Tonight | the alumni association will hold its an- | | nual banquet at the college dining hall, Noma Burroughs | Confiscated Cars Net Small Return ‘ At Police Auction Confiscated police auction block nette turns at the annual sale yester- H day. Two machines sold as one Jot brought $1, while others went for half that amount. The high- est price paid was $55. The whole lot of 39 automobiles and_one motor cycle. brought a total of $251.50. The low mark of 25 cents for a car, established at a previous sale, still stands as a record, how- cve OFFICER'S SLAYER PLEADS GULLTY Victim’s Appeal Influenced Reduction of Murder Charge. cars on the d small e | The dying wish of Policeman John F. | | McAuliffe, 24 years old, that his slayer, | | Samuel Jenkins, 43, should not be pros- | | eccuted, played some part in the de- |cision of United States Attorney Leo A. Rover to accept a plea of second-de- gree murder from Jenkins yesterday. The plea carires a penalty of not less | than 20 years in the penitentiary. | Jenkins had been indicted for marder {in the first degree for causing the death | |of the policeman, who had been called by neighbors to quiet Jenkins when the latter was in a drunken fit at his home, 1213 Thirty-fourth street. Jen- kins fired through the window and, aft- er striking the policeman, turned the pistol on himself. Both were in the hospital at the same time. McAuliffe_pleaded with his mother | just before his death, saying, “He shot me and then shot himself. He didn't know what he was doing. They must not prosecute him. Promise me sou won't let them do it.” Jenkins was arraigned yesterday be- fore Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1 and entered the plea of guil- ty to second degree. He was remanded to jail to awalt sentence, Attorney William E. Leahy appeared for the pris- oner. TWO MEN AT‘BALL GAME CHARGED WITH BETTING | Visitors in City Arraigned in Court, but Released Upon Making Satisfactory Explanation. A trip to Washington to see a base ball game ended in the arrest of the two visitors and their later release, after Judge Gus A. Schuldt dismissed a charge of betting when they appeared in_Police Court yesterday. Detective W. R. Laflin of the eighth precinct was attending the game in his official capacity. He observed money pass between George Wendell and Mor- ris Caplan, who claimed they were Bal- timore merchants, and suspecting that | they were betting on the outcome of the | game the officer took them into custody. They were each required to post $50 | collateral for their appearance in Police | Court. ‘The defendants informed Judge Gus | A. Schuldt that one of them paid the admission fee for both, and the other | was returning the money when Lafiin arrested them. Dismissing the charge, the court re- marked tiat it was not prebable that | any one would bet on ihe outcome of a | ‘Washington-New Yark base ball game, ?onsldermg the past history of each cam. TAXI DRIVER IS SOUGHT IN PHYSICIAN’S DEATH |Dr. Byron A. Watson, Colored, | Dies as Result of Injuries Re- ccived in Fight. Police are searching for the driver of a taxicab in which Dr. Byron A. Wat- son, 42-year-ola colored physician, is said to have been taken to his home at | 938 T street on Thursday morning suf- | fering from injuries which caused his | death at Freedmen's Hospital late yes- | terday. According_to police, Dr. Watson s | said to have been kicked in the abdomen while engaged in a fight at Seventh and | S streets with an urknown man. DELEGATES LISTED. | Group to Attend Confederate Re- | union at Charlotte, N. C. The delegation leaving Washington Monday morning to attend the thirty- ninth annual reunion of the United | Confederate Veterans at Charlotte, N. C., June 4 to 7. inclusive, will con- sist of Gen. W. L. Wilkerson, inspector general, Grand Camp of Virginia, and | staff, accompanied by Miss Francis V. Phillips, Miss Virginia Grayson, Miss Lucille Locker, Miss Laura Embrey, Miss Estel Berry, maids of honor. Col. {John M. Follin, chief of staff, and | several veterans from Camp i71,U.C. V., BROTHERS HELD UNDER DRY LAW {Dennis and Leonard Beatley| Arrested After Search. ‘Two brothers were arrested last night by Sergt. George M. Little and members | of his liquor squad at First and K streets when a search of their car reputedly disclosed 24 quarts of corn liquor. They registered as Dennis R. Beatley, 28 years, and Leonard W. Beatley, 20 years old, living in the 900 block of New York avenue. Sergt. Little and Pvts. Leo Murray, T. O. Montgomery and George C. Deyoe, members of the squad, had stopped the Beatiey car on the road several times and searched it, but without result. Shortly before 9 o'clock last night they sighted the car, and concluded they would give it another “once over.” Going to a garage in rear of a house in the 900 block of New Jersey avenue, Sergt. Little and his squad found 163 quarts of corn liquor. There was nol in the garage and no arrest was made. Police think the liquor belonged to one of the more prominent bootleggers. Harry Yudelevit, 28 years old, giving his address as the National Hotel, was arrested at Tenth and Q streets last night by members of the liquor squad on charges of manufacturing and illegal possession of liquor. A Yudelevit is alleged to be responsible for the setting up of a still and manu- facture of liquor in & house on Missouri avenue shortly before the Christmas holidays. BIDS ARE SOUGHT TO RAZE BUILDINGS 14 Temporary Structures Near Station to Be Re- moved. Another step towards wiping out the | temporary war-work _buildings _that have disfigured the front yard of the Capital City between the Capitol and Union Station, and which have been known as “The Government Hotels” and occupied by women employes of the Government, was taken today when David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, invited bids from a number of wreck- ing concerns for demolishing half of these structures They are invited to bid on removing 14 of the 28 buildings, the work to start July 1. These first 14 are north of the Capitol grounds and south of C street, between New Jersey avenue and Dela- ware avenue. The temporary buildings are to be removed to make way for the new ave- nue to be constructed from Union Station to Pennsylvania avenue at Sec- ond street. and for the landscaping of the area between the station and the Capitol, with a relocation of street car tracks and an underground garage at the Senate Office Building. GIRL, 17, IS INJURED IN MOTOR COLLISION Charlotte Hammer Hurled From Seat of Automobile—Hurts Not Serious. two automobiles collided on East Exec- utive avenue near the Treasury. Char- lotte Hammer, 17 years old, of 1321 Co- lumbia road, was slightly cut about the face by flying glass when she was thrown from the seat of one of the cars. ‘The second machine was operated hy ‘William L. Miller, 30 years old, of 2123 I street, and was going south on East Executive avenue when the accident oc- curred. The machine in which Miss Hammer was a passenger was driven by Phillip C. Geraci of 738 Fifth street northeast. Miss Hammer was removed to Zm gency Hospital where she was treatr for minor cuts and bruises and dis. charged. — RIFLE TEAMS COMPETE. Coast Guard and National Guard to Shoot at Camp Simms. The United States Coast Guard Rifle Team, which has been practicing a’ Quantico, Va., for the past six weeks has challenged the District National | Guard Rifle Team to a match to be fired on the Camp Simms range, Congress Heigiits, tomorrow at 11 o'clock. Lieut. Comdr. W. J. Kossler will have charge of the Coast Guard team. The match will consist of the regular national | course except for the elimination of the 1,000-yard fire. HOME TO BE REOPENED. Children of the Jewish Foster Home, accompanied by their elders, will cele- brate the renovation of the home with special exercises on June 16. Isaac B. Nordlinger, president of the home, will preside. The institution provides temporary shelter for children. The cxercises June 16 will be open to the public between |also will accompany the party, 2:30 and 5 o'clock. SA00.000 GRANITE CONTRACT SOUGHT FOR WATER GATE Grant Invites Bids on Work at Parkway Approach to Memorial Bridge Plaza. STONE TO BE WHITE, LIKE THAT OF SPAN Construction of This Class Will Be Complete at Washington Terminus Under Projest. Granite for the water gate at the parkway approach to Arlington Memo- rial Bridge plaza, near the Lincoln Memorial, was called for today in in- vitation for bids by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Ar- lington Memorial Bridge Commission. This contract is expected to entail an | expenditure by the Government ap- proximating $400.000. Construction for the foundation of the water gate and perkway approach started a few days ago by the Grier-Lowrance Co. of Statesville, N. C., as the first step in a program that will cost Uncle Sam some $1,600,000. Bids for the granite will be opened June 26, Bridge Plaza Facing. ‘This granite, which must be white to match Arlington Memorial Bridge itself, will be facing for the bridge plaza_and the approach structures at the Washington end of the famous bridge. The contract will call for de- livery of the granite here and when finished will complete all the granite needed for construction at the Wash- ington terminus of the bridge. Con- tracts for more granite in conjunction with the Columbia Island and Virginia features of the bridge will be called for at a later date. The granite now being sought will be used for the sea wall at the foot of the water gate, a large amount of dredging being required to . bring the shore line back to give a view over the water of the Washington terminus of Arlington Memorial Bridge, when viewed from the parkway approach. The granite will likewise be used for the lower steps leading from the low-level driveway to the sea wall platform and for the main steps leading from the main plaza level to the low-level drive- way and the parkway approach and underpass which is to connect the end of the Rock Creek and Potomac park- ‘way with the Arlington Memorial Bridge plaza. The parkway approach and the underpass will be about 1,000 feet long, leading from the vicinity of Twenty- sixth and B streets on a gradual rise. Notified of Contract. Maj. J. C. Mehaffey, assistant execu- tive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, today notified Neumann & Even of New York, that it had been awarded the contract for a model for carving a rosette on the pylons that will be one of the features of the bridge. The model is to be sent to Mount Airy, N. C., from which some of the granite for the bridge is being secured. STIDENTS S * ALLEGED BURELA JPaiama-Clad G. W. U. Boys, i Armed With Rackets a | Bats, Take Suspecty Armed with tennis rackets and base bail bats and clad in pajamas, a half dozen students of George Washington University captured an alleged bur- glar early this morning after an ex- citing chase which got under way at their fraternity house, 1707 Massachu- setts avenue, and ended in front of Secretary Mellon's residence at Eight- eenth and Massachusetts avenue. The alleged intruder was heard moving about on a lower floor by a medical student, Charles Fleck, 23 years old, who was burning midnight oil over his studies in his room on the third floor, Fleck quietly aroused other occupants of the Acacia Fra- ternity House and together they went down the steps. The stranger must have sensed that other occupants were awake because he tip-toed to the rear of the house and descended the steps that led to a side door. At the threshold the man broke into a sprint and his pursuers followed. The colored man was booked at the third precinct on a charge of inves- tigation after the students had tele- { phoned police. He gave his name as William Thornton, 38, of the 1700 block of V street. The students said they had missed nothing from the premises today, al- though the fraternity house has been visited several times within the past few months by a sncak thief who made off with jewelry and loose change and miscellanops clothing. The man is thought to have entered through an open window on the ground floor. The a-tual capture of Thornton was credited to Charley Riddle, 24 years old. He outdistanced his companions, although they were on hand to help subdue the man soon after he was caught. HOTEL GREETERS MEET Hugh ¥. Neason Named to Head Organjzation—Local Men Plan to Attend National Convention. Meeting last night at Colonial Hotel, the Wasatigton Chapter, No. 31, Hotel Greeters of America, elected the fol- lowing officers: Hugh F. Neason, chief clerk of Mayflower, president president: . manager of the Georg: Mason Hotel of Alexandria, Va., secretary: Steuart Bingman, au- ditor at the Annapolis, treasurer; Ches- ter Brown, scrgeant-at-arms. Aaron J. Fritz, manager of the McReynolds Apartment Hotel: Willlam P. Duff, manager of Meridian Mansions; Charles P. Gay, manager of the Fairfax; J. Boyd Henri, general manager H. C. Maddux Hotel Properties, including the Fairfax Chain, and Robert D. Mills, assistant manager "of the Continental, were elected to the board of governors. A group of local hotel men plan to attend the national convention to be held in Detroit, Mich. En route they will be the guests of the Pittsburgh hotel men at a dinner dance at_ the Williain Penn Hotel on June 10. Mif- flin Blackistone, _formerly assistant manager of the Hamilton Hotel, but now manager of the Fairfax Hotel of il!ll.'hurgll, will be in charge of the