Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1929, Page 4

7. et 3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, JUNE VAST DATA READY FOR PROBE BODY Law Enforcement Commis- sion Presented Tabula- tion by Harrison. An abundance of information which should prove of great value to the Na- tional Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement in its searching in- quiry into lawlessness is available for immediate study. the commission was advised today by Leonard V. Harrison. statistician. Mr. Harrison presented to the com- mission a_tabulation of reports, state- ments and other data prepared by nu- merous organizations as the outgrowth of independent investigations into erime wave, court congestion and ot problems bearing on law observance. The com sti has been engaged in the compilation of his ever since his_appointment by Chair- man George W. Wickersham a week ago. He has made a comprehensive survey of statistics which are deemed useful in pursuance of the commission’s own inquiry Library Ts Installed. The commission already has installed A library of statistical and other tech nical information in its new headquar- tres in the Tower Building. The liorary includes many well known reports and treatises on crime, social hygiene and correlated subjec Members of the commirsion inspected the library col- leetion prior to convening in executive session to hear Mr. Harrison In addition to having the benefit of the data from private and semi-public sources, the mission w have access to a mass of public records in the Government departments. Secre- tary Mellon and Attorney General Mitchell vesterday personally invited the commission to make use of infor- mation in their respective departments The Treasury files are replete with data on prohibition and narcotic_ques tions, while the Department of Justice has voluminous records dealing with law enforcement problems in_general from the standpoint of prosecution Hearings Are Secret. Max Lowenthal, secretary of the com- | mission, said he did not believe any other Government officials would ap- pear before the commission today. All persons called by the commission are | being heard behind closed doors. and little information is available as to the nature of their testimony. Mr. Harrison was able to give the commission much enlightment on police administration phases of the iry, as he has conducted surveys in a number of cities for the Bureau of Social Hygiene of New York. with which he was assoeizted prior to coming here, He has made crime canvasses in Cleve- land, Newark, Indianapolis and Roch- ester and recently completed a police survey in Boston. DAVISON WILL WITNESS TEST OF NEW BOMBER Fastest Heavy Plane Ever Built for Army Gets Initial Tryout Today. Preliminary tests of the fastest heavy bombardment plane ever built for the Army will be made this afternoon at Mitchel Field. N. Y. before F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics, and Air Corps office The big plane, details of which are closely guarded military secrets, known as the Curtiss “Condor” and is capable of carrying 4,000 pounds of bombs. It is to be flown to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, for the official tests. Secretary Davison early this afternoon in an Army ob- servation plane piloted by Lieut. Lester J. Maitland. Capt. Burdette Wright. local Curtiss representative, also flew to New York today to witness the tests Three Army planes carrying Air Corps officers on duty at the War De- partment also left Bolling Field today for Langley Field, Hampton. Va. to complete_preparations for a transcon- tinental flight to Rockwell Pield. Calif., 0 be made soon by planes of the 2nd Bombardment Group. SCOBEY HERE ON VIISIT. F. E. Scobey of Texas. formerly di- rector of the mint, and Mrs. Scobey are in Washington for a short visit, prior to making an extended trip to Europe. Mr 8cobey visited the Treasury to greet his Zformer associates. Quake Rocks Valley of Roses. SOFIA. Bulgaria, June 7 () —Bul- garia's famou: Valley of Roses” again was the scenc of earthquake damage from the upheavals of Wednesday. Re- ports from Philippopolis today showed that no lives were lost, but that dam- age was considerable left Bolling Field | | WED Ve b « x S ot MISS MARGARET LOUISE GROSS AND ENSIGN ROY LEE JOHNSON, Photographed at Annapolis vesterday afterncon shortly hefore their wedding amid the romantic setting of commencement day. EDISON SCHOLARSHIP 'MRS. GRAYSON HEADS ENTRANT NOMINATED GARDEN ASSOCIATION | John P. Rappolt, 16, Is Selected as Is Selected by Women of Wash- Business High's Candidate | | by Principal. | i | | | John Paul Rappolt, whe became 16 vears old yesterday, has been nominated by Business High School for the Edison scholarship. ~Despite his youth, young Rappolt, son of J. E. Rappolt, 1338 Irv- ing street, has amassed sufficient high | school credits to qualify him for gradu- ! ation next week as one of the leading members of his class, as well as to ren- der him eligible for the scholarship Edison. student in all his subjects, but specif- ically in biology. The school’s nominee has an intelligence quotient of 131, | while the average is accepted as 100, | | and the qualifications demanded by Mr Edison specify 130. In addition to his reguler school work, Rappolt has been | active in extra curricula movements, | | where he has taken a leading part in dramatics, in editing school publications | and in cadet work, which he carried on | successfully and with distinction during eight semesters In forwarding the nomination of Rappolt to Harry O. Hine, secretary of | the Board of Education and chairman of the committee created to select the District of Columbia’s one candidate | for the scholarship, Mr. Davis wrote “It gives me pleasure to recommend | John Rappolt for his excellent char- acter, for his scientific interest and for his high degree of intelligence, which have enabled him to qualify for gradu- | ation from the four-year course at this choot at the age of 16." | FIRES DRIVE HUNDREDS | FROM MANITOBA HOMES 83 1 Score of Houses Destroyed at Settlement of Mile in Ruins, Cranberry Portage. | | By the Associated Press. | THE PAS. Manitoba, June 7.—8ev eral hundred persons in the mining | camps of Mile 83 and Cranberry Portage were homeless today as a resuit of fires that destroyed the settlements | The tiny settlement of Mile 83 was | reduced to ruins by a fire that started {in one of the dwellings Wednesday | night. rendering the entire population | of 300 homeless and causing most of | them to lose all their personal belong- | ngs At Cranberry Portage more than a| score of homes were destroyed by a| forest fire ”r( today were burning | on three sid® of the town, but were under control. Tents and blankets were | sent to the residents and a voluntary subscription fund has been started here. | Food supplies were said to be adequate. | | ington, Virginia and Mary- Mrs president of the Washingten Maryland branch of the Woman's Na- tional Farm and Garden Assol Cary AVAL ACADEMY P. & A. Photo. land T. Grayson was the organization meeting held v afternoon at the clubhouse of the Amer- ican Association of University Women. Fifty women attended a luncheon which under the conditions set up by Mr. preceded a formal session at 2:30 o'clock |and which was presided over by .\M“! In nominating Rappolt. Allen Davis, | Florence E. Ward. a member of the principal, cited him as an outstanding Council of Thirty of the Woman's Na- tional Farm and Garden in charge of extension | agriculture and home economies of 12 northeastern States, under the Depart- and ment of Agriculture. Speakers at the luncheon were Mrs elected rginia- Association work ion at terday | WASHINGTON GIRL WED AT ANNAPOLIS Miss Gross Makes Last-Min- ute Decision to Become Bride' of Ensign Johnson. Deciding a wedding ring a fair ex- change for a diploma, Miss Margaret Loulse Gross. of 3120 R street, 18-year- old senior of Western High School, yes terday afternoon became the bride of Ensign Roy Lee Johnson of Morton Miss, amid the romantic setting of commencement day at the Naval Academy Unable to bear the thought of sepa- ration at the last moment, Miss Gross vielded in her former determination fo wait until after her own graduation on June 19. But, as things work out, she will have her early honeymoon and her diploma, too, for the latter will be mailed to her in Long Beach, Calif. where Ensign and Mrs. Johnson wili make their home for the time being. Within six hours of the receipt of iheir commissions, eight of the grad- uates had led brides to the altar in the Naval Academy chapel. Given Reception Here. sign and Mrs. Johnson returned ashington after the ceremony last | received congratulations at | the home of the and Mrs. Joseph | to night and a reception given at bride’s parents, Mr. R. Gross The couple was married with a mili- tary ceremony and eight classmates of the bridegroom served as ushers. The bride’s cousin, Miss Mary Duvall of Washington, was maid of honor, and Miss Virginia Martin and Miss Ruby Riley. also of Washington, were the | bridesmaids. ! The bride’s decision to wed was not disclosed until after their arrival in Annapolis and the wedding party was hurridely formed. Mrs. Gross accom- panied her daughter to the commence- ment day exercises | Ensign Johnson had as his best man Dr. J. R. Richards of Lousiana, and the | ushers were Ensigns C. H. Hutchinson, | Knight Pryor, R. B. Sullivan, F. E. Hall John Galbraith, Lloyd K. Greenseyer, | C. Walker and P. R. Osborne. | After a few days in Washington, En- sign and Mrs. Johnson will leave for Long Beach, Calif.. and later the former will take up duties aboard the U. S. § Tennessee, to which he will be attached. Other Annapolis Weddings. | The other weddings at Annapolis were Ensign Charles A. Mecker and Miss Sophie Marguerite Cox, both of Lakeland, Fla. The bride was a teacher in_the Annapolis High School Ensign Charles K. Hutchinson and Miss Mildred Lucile Eckles of Pitts- burgh. | Ensign Gustave Jansen, Upper Dar- bey, Pa. and Miss Anna Margaret Storch. New York, N. Y. Lieut. Deane Carroll Roberts (Marine Corps), Tulsa, Okla, and Miss Blanche Gloria Peterson, New York, N. Y | Ensign Philip R. Osborne of Kansas | City. Mo., and Miss Mary Frances Law- ler of New York, N. ¥ | in Francis King, honorary president of | Ensign Clayton C. McCauley, Abilene, | the farm and garden assoclation; B. Tex. and Miss Adelaide L. J. Gossage. Y. Morrison, associate chief, office of | Ottumwa, Iowa | foreign plant introduction of the De-| Lieut. Melvin G. Brown (Marine partment of Agriculture, and Mrs.| Corps), and Miss Alma Eurilla Focht, Frank S. Seiberling of Akron. Ohio, | both of Dayton, Ohio | national chairman of extension for the Personal greetings to the Hoover association. gathe: ring from Mrs. Herbert were extended through Miss Ward ri work €0-0pH Other officers and commiitee chair- men elected to serve with Mrs. Grayson Delano, Daniel C. Chac Miss Julia D. C were vice recording secretary, nor, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. J. H. Dorst of Warrenton, V: Florence E. Ward was elected | the program committee scholarship WAy~ Despard Miss chair Miss committee: side The Interstate Commerce Commission of of the eration Mrs, F) president man of Gertrude Miss Harlean stands, informal and others. bureau rederick A Mrs Warren, and Mrs. Guy Goff, membership. Won't Reopen Coal Case. remarks were by Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, Mrs. Wal- lace Radcliffe, Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin Mrs, Sidney Andrews, Mrs. J. of Warrenton, Va Dr. William A Tavlor, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, told of the and ofiered H. Dorst treasurer. James. made first Another wedding was held last night at St. Mary's Catholic Church in An- napolis. when Ensign Otho C. Ledbetter of California. took Miss Margaret Mary Kramer of Anapolis as his bride. RIVER FLOOD RECEDING. Mississippi Has Been at Danger Stage for 89 Days. MEMPHIS. Tenn. June 7 (#) —The Mississippl River, which has been at or above flood stage for 89 days—the long- est period in the history of the Weather Bureau—will drop balow that mark to- morrow. river observers said todav | Flood stage is 35 feet and the river stood today at 35.4 Floyd R. Mays, general superintendent of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Rail- road, announced today that full train | service would be resumed tomorrow be- | tween Memphis and Helena, Ark. The service was interrupted May 22 because of high water between Dundee, Miss., and the point of transfer across the river its today denied an application of the | Freight was routed over the Missouri Western Pennsylvania Coal Traffic Bu- | Pacific lines, but passenger trains were teau and the Wheeling & lake Erie Nnot operated. The water reached a Railroad to reopen the Lake cargo coal case depth of 6 feet and a section of the track was washed out STATEDRYAD CHILDREN SET UP PLAYHOUSE This playhouse is the work of the kindergarten class of the Takoma Park School. Mary Bean, Ralph Thompson, Doris Buck, Harriet Wood, Edith Bond. eele. GRATIES DORAN Survey Shows Co-operation With U. S. Officers Preva- lent Over Country. By the Associated Press Prohibition Commissioner Doran an- nounced today that preliminary reports of & national survey of ald being given the Prohibition Bureau by State offi- cials shows a “most gratifying co-op- eration.” The survey, Doran said, proved a sur- prise, in that it indicated that State authorities were giving more aid to the Federal officers than had been belfeved He added that prohibition depended to a great extent upon co-operation by State officers, and that every State ex- cept those which have no prohit®ion laws was doing its share in enforcement work. Lack of co-operation, the report said, was particularly noticeable in New York and Maryland, which have no State prohibition laws, but added that co- operation was excellent in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas. Doran announced that in the first nine months of the fiscal year ending April 1 his forces had made 51,308 ar- rests, as_compared with 75,307 in the entire 1028 fiscal yvear, 5 The bureau now has 2,170 agents op- erating in different parts of the country. including approximately 200 new men employed since Congress added $2,700.- 000 to the amount the bureau could spend_for_enforcemen Going to BOSTON? Sail there from New York City via the only Direct All-Water Route Through Cape Cod Cana’ Steamers leave Pier 19, North River, New York, daily including Sunday,at5 P.M. Daylight Time. v Ticket Offce, Penn or' ity Ticket OMce &' 0. R.R.. I5th and H Sts. N.W.. Wash- inofon. or Pier 19, North River. New York EASTERN steamship lines ugh_tickets at Ci R 613 14Ih St. N.W T R B for our future. fault is generally ours, ahead. 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By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, June 7 attached to the staff of the Clevelan: clinic were believed waging a losin fight today against deadly poison the; breathed after the explosions at clinic more than three weeks ago 6enial h;mdit Retu Seawtlod Victins Asky e 999 Back, Tas| George Lamb left his desk at Government Printing Office afternoon and walked the few blocks the City Post Office, where he mailed letter to his sister in Pittsburgh, robbed of a watch, long prized in t Lamb family. He requested that of the piece. Then he started back to the Printing As he drew near the entrance, & man stepped to the sidewalk from the Mr. Long recognized the high- | and Office. behind an automobile parked at curb, wayman who had robbed glanced about for assistance “It'’s all right,” grinned “I've got something for you." him, duce a revolver, his hip pocket, found the watch | A Semi-Annual Event 3 and Seven persons the the vesterday in- forming_her he had been held up at pistcl point on the previous night and she | torward police a detailed description the other, With ihe same motion he had used to pro- the man reached for ASSROOM FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS GAIN 1577 PUPLLS Graduations of Junior and Elementary Students Wil Swell Seniors’ Enroliment. Washington's five senior high schor the first nine divisions will receivr estimated total of 1,677 pupils fron the elementary and junior high schoo as ! the result of this month's g according to estimates of officials made public today At the same time it was announce the junior high school rolls w ncreased by 1,372, representing promotion from the elementary schoo 479 Go to McKinley. McKinley High School will recei the largest increase through promo- tions of the five senior institutions, with a total of 479, including 235 from th junior high schools, entering McKi ley's sophmore year, and 244 from elementary buildings. The elementar: school graduates going directly to high school will be enrolled in the first-year classes. Central High School probab) will receive the next highest increase with a total of 424 new pupils. Of thes, 233 will go from the elementary school. and 191 from the junior highs Eastern High School is third. with a total increase of 352, of which 220 w go from tne elementary schools anc 132 from the junior buildings. Westerr In the photo are Ruth Hall, teachers are L. M. Hoyberger and M. K. —Star Staff Photo Two doctors and a dentist were among the seven for whom hospital attendants held but little hope of recovery. Seven s fourth. with a total of 214 new en- i ::E:rt?d“‘ gerious condition, but | rolments, derived from 124 elementary O e ot the Mlinic aid the | School graduations and 90 junior high Business will re- ceive the smallest increase, with 203 new puplls entering it from both the elementary and the junior highs. Sixty- five of Business’ alloiment of new pupils will go from the elementary schools while 143 will enter from the junior high buildings Langley Will Get 292. estimates of school officials toda: indiete that 1372 will enter the 7A grade in the nine junior high schools from the 6B grade in the elementary schools. Of these Langley Junior High will receive the largest number of new pupils, with a total of 202. The Hine Junior High is second with 200: Mac- farland third, with 173; Stuart and Jefferson fourth, each having 153 Gordon fifth, with 151; the Powell sixth, with 105; Columbia seventh, with and Brightwood eighth, with' 70. The figures, made public by the school authorities today, represent the probable transfers which will be made in all the schools at the conclusion of the current school year. Doubtful promotions and last-minute failures may result in changes in the totals, but these figures are being used today by the principals of the affected buildings in their prepa- rations for next year's student bodies. seriously ill were not expect- | 5chool advancements ed . while another said “it will be several weeks, perhaps months, before they recover, if they do.” The ignition of nitro-cellulose x-ray films stored in the basement of the clinic last May 15 generated gases d which have claimed 122 lives. The gases g | ected in & manner similar to the phos- y | gene gas of the world war, and a num- of those who inhaled the poison did not feel its effects for davs. rns Prized Watch: | question and returned it o quickly Mr. Long was still blinking with aston- | ishment when the stranger rounded a | corner. “What about my $202" Mr. Long called after him. But apparently there were limits to which no robber’s con- science would drive him. { Headquarters is looking out for him, as the victim gave a good descrip- | tion of the man to Detective James Springmann. | Mr. Long. an assistant in charge of stores at the Government Printing | Office, residing at 1827 Monroe street, was robbed Wednesday night while passing through a dark alley between Eighteenth and Mount Pleasant streets. At the time, the robber told his victim he would pawn the watch and return the ticket. adding that an aged a he London i’honel Crippled by Fire. LONDON. June 7 (®—Fire in a cable conduit early today put thou- sands of London telephones out of commission. The blaze occurred be- tween Blackfriars Bridge and Temple. interrupting service between the city and the West End. 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