Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1929, Page 17

++ TAKENUPWITH SIX \ » Washington News - @he Foen [ 4 ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star, Society and General WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY JUNE 10, 1929. * PAGE 17 SCHOOL ESTIMATES | OFFICIALS PRESENT Supt. Ballou Heads Those Before Commissioners to Discuss Needs. BOARD DECLINES PHONED INVITATION Fxperience of Last Year Recalled | When $1,000,000 Cut Re- quest Was Refused. When the District Commissioners be- gan consideration of the school esti- mates today six school officials, headed by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, presented themselves in place of mem- bers of the Board of Education who last week declined the invitation to discuss the estimates. The school officials present outnum- | bered their hosts, as the three Commis- | stoners had with them only Daniel E. Garges, secretary, and Daniel J. Dono- van, auditor. Besides Dr. Ballou school officials present were Assistant Supts. Haycock, Kramer, Willmarth and Wil- kinson and Business Manager Crane. It was said today the invitation sent to both members was telephoned by one of the attaches of the District auditor's office, notifying them that school esti- mates were to be discussed today and suggesting that *“school numormrs"l should attend the sessions to ald the! Commissioners in their consideration. | The invitation was not extended di- rectly to members of the board, it was ~ said, although in past years board members have made a practice of at- tending these meetings. The president of the board and the chairman of the finance committee are usually the ones to attend. Board Action Last Year. The decision of the School Board, | however, is traced back to its action | last year, when the 1930 estimates were under consideration. At that time Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the | board, sat with the Commissioners in | their discussions of the estimates up to the time they were forwarded to the Budget Bureau for consideration. When he later returned the estimates to the Commissioners with a figure, known as the “upset figure,” which could not be exceeded as a total for all District gov- ernment_expenditures, the Commission- ers decided that in order to conform with the ruling of the Budget Bureau | $1,000,000 should be taken off the school estimates. They sent the esti- mates over to the Board of Education and asked that this be done. The board declined to do this and sent the figures | back to the District Building untouched. | Pruning Then Done. | * The Commissioners then did the pruning without further reference to! the board. | Since that time the Board of Educa- tion has consistently maintained that the Commissioners had no_authority to | alter its estimates other than to make | Tecommendations as to the priority of school needs in relation to other Dis- trict departments. | The school estimates for the 1931 fis- | cal year amount to $13,724,500, as pre- ; pared by the Board of Education. These | are the figures under consideration at | the sessions which began today. | R.T. STRICKLAND DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS | ‘Was Practicing Attorney and Long | Active in Society of Sons of the Revolution. | | Reeves ‘Trenchard Strickland, for many years a_ practicing auorney of this city. and long active in the Sons | of the Revolution in the Districs of | Columbia, died in Garfield Hospital | early today after a short illness. Mr. Strickland was chancellor of the | Sons of the Revolution here at the time of his death, and had been a member of its board of managers. He also was | & member of Jackson Lodge of Masons.| A graduate of Georgetown University Law School, Mr. Strickland was at one | time an assistant to former Attorney | Gereral Wickersham, during the lat ters term of office. Resigning from tiat -position he continued the practice of law here. He also had practicad for a brief period in New York. Mr. Strickland is survived by his | widow. Mrs. Minnie Riley €trickland. | Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of Joseph Gawler's Sons’, 1750 Pennsylvania avenue, Wednesday | morning at 11 o'clock. Members of the | Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia have been requested to at- | tend the services. of Alexandria, Va. ‘ i | | | MINISTER ADDRESSES | COLLEGE GRADUATES <“Rev. Dr. Smith, in Baccaulaureate | Sermon at Y. M. C. A. Lauds Lawyers and Accountants, A tribute to the lawyer and the ac- | countant for their services to the com- munity was rendered yesterday by Rev. Dr. Chesteen Smith, pastor of Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church, in a bac- calaureate sermon before graduates and students of the District of Columbia College of the Y. M. C. A. at the church. Forty-seven young men and women who will receive degrees in law or com: mercial science at the annual com- mencement of the college Wednesday night in Memorial Continental Hall | were among those who heard the ser- | mon. Dr. Smith pointed out that upon the followers of the professions of law and accountancy devolves the duty of keeping stralght the records of industry | and of justice. Representative Clyde Kelly of Penn- sylvania will deliver the commencement address Wednesday night. Dr. James A. Bell, director of education of the col- lege, will present the degrees and Hus- ton ‘Thompson, president of the Y. M. C A.. will preside. An honorary degree of doctor of laws will be awarded Wil- liam Knowles Cooper, retiring general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Gradu- " ates of the Washington Preparatory School and the Woodward School for ! Boya also will be given diplomas. Both achols are afiiliated with the college. LIFE AT JOHN WOOTEN. HEIGHT NO PERIL 70 STEEL WORKER John Wooten Likes Job on Building Beams After 17 Years. ‘This business of working for a living | on a structural steel job, perched on a narrow footing high above the street, with steel beams weighing tons sway- ing back and forth overhead, is no more dangerous than clerking in a store to John Wooten, 302 Hobart place, who has been around iron jobs for 17 years. At least, if there is any material difference it is not apparent to Wooten. He points out that store clerks are sometimes held up by gun- men, whereas steel workers seldom ex- perience unpleasantness of this sort. Wooten is in charge of riveting work on the new Internal Revenue Building now under construction. “I suppose lots of people wonder how steel workers keep from falling off the beams,” he said, “but after a man's been in this racket for a while he never thinks of falling. I guess maybe if we thought much about it we would fall. Job to Get Used To. “After all a jobls a job, and when you get used to one its pretty much | the same as any other man’s is to him. Every once in a while, of course, & man falls, but such accidents are almost invariably a result of careless- ness by somebody. Steel workers get sure-footed after a few years in the {work and a 14-inch beam looks as | wide as a city street to them. “Steel work, though, is no job for & man who goes in for comfort, or who wants to settle down and raise & family. ““There is never enough Work in any one city to keep us busy long, and so we have to go where the jobs are. At any rate, we get to see a lot of the untry. O Another feature which doesn't make for easy living is the fact that a steel job, once started, has to keep going ahead. That means that we work day in and day out, and it doesn’t matter whether its cold or warm, bright or stormy. I've seen many a day when the cold was enough to chill any man's blood, and the wind seemed strong enough to blow me to eternity. Likes Work a Lot. “I guess there are hardships in an: line a man might follow, though, a T've come to like this work a lot. just a kid, a rivet tosser, when I started, and since thet time I've done about everything there is to do on a steel job. There’s something fascinating _about | working on a skeleton bulding, 10, 20, | 25 stories high, and watching the people moving slong the streets. ~They look like little children sometimes. ~Then. too, there's a lot of fun to be had out of speculating on the things that will | be done in the building you're working on. The livesiof a good many people de- pend on whether we do our work right or not. “Maybe you're right in saying that not many men would like this work, but I do. If you should ever want to see me again come around to the biggest construction job in town, and if I'm still able to handle a rivet gun you'll find me up there some place.” TO BESTOW DIPLOMAS | Bishop Rhinelander Will Address Graduation Class at Commence- ment Exercises This Afternoon. ‘The Chevy Chase School will hold its | annual commencement exercises this | afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Bishop Philip Mercer Rhinelander of the National Ca- thedral will deliver the principal ad- dress at the exercises. The following students will receive their junior college diplomas: Jane Beryl Balley, Luray, Vi tha Bryant Callaway, Kansas City, Mo.; Mary Eliza Dale, Lexington, Ky.; Dor- othy Virginia Dinkel, Buffalo, N. Y.; Siri Mattison Hokanson, Milwaukee, Wis.; Marcia Virginia Kreul, Davenport, ITowa; Florence Elizabeth Rockwell, De- troit;’ Virginia Rountree, St. Louis, and Frances Irwin Simons, Cleveland. The following will be awarded their secondary diplomas: Marriet Caroline Farra#, Pittsburgh; Helen Estelle Fenning, Middletown, N. Y.; Sarah-Jane May, St. Louis; Henri- etfa King Page, Boyce, Va.; Margaret Lucille Rockwell, Detroit. 'and May Kathryn Schiich, Jersey City. N. J. WORK EVERY DAY —Star Staff Photo. HUSBAND T0 DECIDE * RUSSELL INQUEST G. W. U. Poison Case, Fol- 3 lowing Funeral. The investigation of the death of Mrs. | Virginia Hopkins Russell, 25-year-old as- | sistant director of physical education at | George Washington University, was at | a standstill today, awalting the return | to this city of Hilton A. Russell, who left for New Haven, Conn., yesterday to attend his wife's funeral. He is not ex- | pected back before Wednesday. Meanwhile Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt is holding a coroner's jury in readiress for an inquest, which will be held as | soon as Mr. Russell returns to Wash- | ington if the husband still wants such |an inquiry to be made at that time. | Dr. Nevitt said today there are several | circumstances in connection with the | death which have not been cleared up | to his entire satisfaction. He is plan- | ning to interview several persons in this | connection before holding an inquest. | 'The wife died at George Washington | Unlversity Hospital Friday night, a | week after she had been admitted’ for treatment. The immediate cause of | death was given as acute uremic poison- ing, but an autopsy performed Satur- day disclosed the presence of poison and Dr. Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide. Saturday morning Mr. Russell said he could not believe his wife had taken her own life. After talking to the coroner, however, he sald he was undecided whether’ he wanted an inquest. He is expected to confer with Dr. Nevitt on this matter when he returns to Wash- ington. Mrs. Russell's body was taken to New | Haven, the home of her parents, yester- | day. Funeral services will be held to- morrow, { 57 MINISTERS MEET | AT MOUNT ST. ALBAN Clergy Representing 17 States As- sembled Today for Session of Preachers’ College. | Fifty-seven members of the clergy from 17 States are expected to attend the course in preaching at Mount St. | Alban today, which will feature the fifth annual Summer conference of the College of Preachers of the Washington | Cathedral. Following a fellowship meeting at the cathedral library, the | clergymen will continue through 'Sat- urday, with all-day programs of lec- tures by leading theologians, group dis- cussions and devotional exercises. Included in this year's program are the following lecturers: = Rev. John Rathbone Oliver at Johns Hopkins Uni- | versity will speak twice on “What a Priest Needs to Know of Mental Dis- Rev. Leonard Hodgson of the Generai Theological Seminary is sched- uled for two lectures on “Preaching Our Sacramental Faith,” and Rev. J. Fort | Newton of Overbrook, Pa., will speak |on “Sermon Patterns” in a series of | four evening addresses. |ASSIGNED TO NEW POSTS. Consuls in Foreign Service Trans- ferred—Two Resignations Noted. foreign service include of Consul_ Paul Bowerman _from Ottawa to Zagreb, in the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Solvenes; Con- sul Willam W. Corcoran, from Bou- logne-sur-Mer to Warsaw, Poland: Vice Consul Paul C. Danlels, from Valparaiso to Cali, Colombia; Consul to Boulogne; Secretary Leon H. Ellis, from San Jose to Peking: Secretary Carl A. Fisher, from Belgrade to Athens; Secretary Herbert S. Goold, from_Athens to San Jose, Costa Rica, and Vice Consul Edward B. Rand, from Cali, to Valparaiso, Chile. The resignation of Fred N. Mitchell, New Mexico, as vice consul at Windsor. Ontario, and that of Frederick 8. Weaver, Washington, as vice consul at Vancouver have been accepted. Man heing Hurried to Hospital Is Hurt More Seriously as Truck Hits Pole Hurrying to Casualty Hospital for treatment for a twisted ankle, Frank Funk, 22, of 119 Pennsylvania avenue, received a few more injuries on his way there, when the Salvation Army truck in which he was riding to the hospital crashed into an electric light pole at New Jersey avenue and K street today. When Funk finally reached the hospital he had concu: ‘'of the brain and further Injuries o his left leg. George Hodge, driver of the truck, es- . caped unhurt. Funk, a helper on the truck, twisted his ankle a few blocks from where the truck smashed up, as he was carrying & bundle of magazines from a house. Hodge got Funk into the truck and was speeding to the hospital, when an- other car darted in front of him at New Jersey avenue and K street. Swerving to avoid a collision with the other car, Hodge drove his truck up on the sidewalk and into the pole, Coroner Holdsbjury Ready in| i OF ARPORT FUND BY HOUSE IS SEEN Committee Expected to Re-| port Favorably on Reso- lution Tomorrow. $500,000 TO BE TAKEN FROM FEDERAL ACCOUNT 1 Future Appropriations to Be Mads! Like All Others for District | Under Proviso in Move. | ‘The Underhill resolution, calling for an appropriation of $500,000 from th: | Federal Treasury for starting the Na- tional Capital airport, as approved by | | President Hoover and the Budget Bu- | reau, is expected to be favorably acted upon by the appropriations committee tomorrow, and on the following day by the House. This money will be from Federal funds, with & proviso in the bill that future appropriations for the develop- ment of a model airport to be used by Federal departments as well as the District municipality, will be made in the District appropriations bill, the same as all other appropriations for the activities of the municipal government. While_the appropriations committes of the House has not been organized, urgent appropriation estimates are be- ing passed upon by the members who would constitute the subcommittee of deficiencies if the committee was offi- clally organized. This program was announced today by Chairman Wood of the appropria- tions _committee, after a conference with House Leader Tilson. SPEED BOATS HELD UNDERD.C.LAWS SPEEDY APPROVAL Recent changes {ii*Mhe United States | the transfer | { | | Regulations to Prevent Damage by Speeding. Corporation Counsel William W. Bride today advised the District Comm: sioners that they had power.to regulas the speed of speed boats in the Poto- mac River and recommended that they issue a police regulation restricting the speed of any boat to 12 land miles per hour In the Washington Channel, the | Eastern Branch above Hains Point and the Georgetown branch above the Memorial Bridge. Mr. Bride's opinion was written fol- lowing & complaint from the harbor- master_that the speed boats around | Hains Point were setting up a wake that was damaging water front property owned by the District. The complaint also was made that the wake was so great that several times it threatened to upset sand and brick scows unload- ing at the District gravel wharf. Since there has never been a regulation gov- erning the speed of river craft, the harbor’s police were at a loss as what to do about the situation. After examining the possible applica- bility of several acts of Congress, Mr. Bride's opinion held that the ruling could best be issued under the joint resolution of 1892, giving the Commis- sfoners power “to make and enforce all such reasonable and usual police regu- lations as they may deem necessary for the protection of lives, limbs, health, comfort and quiet of all persons and the protection of all property within the District of Columbia.” Mr. Bride advised the Commissioners that it has several times been decided that the District has jurisdiction of the Potomac River to the high.water mark in the State of Virginia and that many local police regulations are effective on the waters of the Potomac. The Commissioners will consider Mr. Bride's opinion at their regular meet- ing tomorrow. TAX EXPERT TO SPEAK. Thomas W. Page to Address Cham- ber of Commerce Meeting. ‘The June meeting of members of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, to be held tomorrow night at the May- flower Hotel, will be addressed by Thomas Walker Page, former president of the National Tax Association and now asscolated with the Institute of Economics, who is recognized as an outstanding tax expert. The speaker will have as his sub- ject: “Financing the District.” The address will be preceded by a report of the recent action taken by the com- mittee on municipal finance, taxation and assessment and chairmen of other committees of the chamber on the bud- getary estimates of the department heads of the District government, The chamber will be asked to ratify the recommendations made by this body. A number of other committee re- ports will be made. CAPT. ORAN REPORTS. Assistant Engineer Commissioner Takes Over Duties. Capt. Hugh P. Oran, who was ap- pointed Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner to take the place of Capt. Her- bert C. ‘Whitehurst, resigned, reported for duty to Engineer Commissioner Wil liam B. Ladue at the District Build- ing today. Capt. Oran will have a desk temporarily in Capt. Whitehurst's office until & room can be made ready for him in the District Electrical Depart- ment He will have executive charge of the Highway, Water, Sewer and Trees and Parkings Departments and also the of- fice of the co-ordinator and chief engi- neer of the District. The later office is now held by Capt. Whitehurst, who took it after he resigned as Assistant Engineer Commissioner, LAMPLIGHTER IS “LIT.” Grandon Galloway, colored lamp- lighter, reached North Capitol and H streets early this morning after extin- guishing all of the lights in his section. Police say, however, that Galloway himself was “lit,” and placed a charge of intoxication against him. A sentence of 30 days was imposed by Police Court Ju Gus A Schuldt 1o- day, and & probation period for a simi- lar offense was revoked. Corporation Counsel Asks| New Police Belts | SERGT. H. T. MISKELL | Of the park police wearing the new; Sam Brown belts which have been| authorized for motor eycle officers of the park force. —Star_Staff Photo. SCHGOLFOUNING TOBE CELEBMATE Elaborate Celebration Will Be Held Tonight Marking Pea- body Anniversary Date. I s | The District Commissioners, school authorities and other prominent citizens will deliver addresses at an elaborate | celebration commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Peabody School, Fifth and C streets, northeast, under the auspices of the Stanton Park Citizens' Association, on the schoolgrounds tonight at 8 o'clock. Features of the program will be a history of the school given by Mrs. Lula McNally Pain, one of the first group of students in the school after its founding and who later taught there for a number of years, and singing by “the singing mothers” of the Parent- Teacher Associations, who will be at- tired in the costumes of 50 years ago. Besides the District Commissioners, Dougherty, Taliaferro and Col. Ladue, brief addresses are to be delivered by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools; by a representative from the Board of Education, by Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendedt of schools; Robert L. Haycock, assistant superintendent of schools; Dr. E. G. Kimball, former supervising principal of the sixth division, District of Colum- bia public schools; Prof. Charles Hart, principal of Eastern High School; Dr. | George C. Havenner, president of the | Federation of Citizens’ Associations, and Miss Adelaide Davis, supervising prin- cipal of the schools in the Peabody School area. Introductory remarks will be delivered by A. H. Gregory, president of the Stanton Park Citizens' Associa- | tion. | An elaborate program of music and other ceremonies has been arranged. Music will be furnished by ‘the Eastern High School Band and invocation de- livered by Rev. Dr. A. E. Barrows, pas- tor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church. The _presentation of colors will be by Miss Frances Hall Gregory, daughter of Mr. Gregory, president of the asso- ciation. The audience will join in the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” | and “America.” ‘The school has had but three princi- pals. The first was Mrs. Hilton, fol- lowed in 1890 by Miss Mary A. Auk- ward, who was succeeded in turn by Miss M. Gertrude Young, the present administrative principal. Many former puplls at the school are expeeted in the | audience tonight. FOOTSORE WANDERERS GIVEN LIFT HOMEWARD Thres 16-Year-Old Boys Aided by Police Pending Receipts of Funds for Railway Fare. | Three 16-year-old adventurers. tired, hungry and befuddled, took the friendly advice of Washington policemen today and set about for home and mother. | Bernard Levine of New York City, | found his way to the fourth precinei pollee station ‘early this morning. He ad wired his mother from Richmond, Va, to send money, and allowed he wotild rest a bit, if it was all right. A half dollar from the pocket of Poifce- man John A. Hebrew was converted into breaxfast, and later the youth, alded by policemen, identified himself at Urlon Station and obtained the money his mother had sent. He took the first train for home. Archle N. Searles and Walter Van | Scooter were not quite so fortunate but today, they too, were on their way to Manhattan and home. Policeman J. P. Sayer of the fourth precinct, encount- ered the boys Thursday afternoon at Fourteenth and Water streets south- west. They were dissuaded from taking the overland trail to Florida and were {installed in the receiving home. Com- munication with their parents brought the expected request and today the boys were _motoring toward home with a | court’ official accompanying. TRADE BOARD TO PASS ON DISTRICT BUDGET Recommendations by the Washing- ton Board of Trade on the District budget estimates for the fiscal year 1930-31 will be formulated at meetings this afternoon and evening in the headquarters of the trade body in The Star Building. The municipal finance committee will meet at the call of Joshua Evans, jr., chairman, at 4 o'clock this afternoon, when its analysis of the estimates of. the department heads of the District government will be concluded, and this evening at 8 o'clock officers, directors and all committee chairmen of the organization will meet to adopt final recommendations to the Commissioners. ‘The office of the trade body has had prepared mimeographed copies of | Will Speak at Annual Con- | women prominent in the business and | ! professional life of her Nation have been | brought to the women of the United | who arrived in Washington yesterday. ! Business and Professional Women to | Norfolk to Washington. ITALIAN WOMAN LEADER BRINGS GREETINGS TO SISTERS IN U. S. | Dr. Maria Castellani Tells of Protective Laws That Aid Mothers. vention of American Federation. Greetings from important officials and | States by Dr. Maria Castellani of Rome, Dr, Castellani, who is national presi- | dent of the Italian Federation of Bus 1 ness and Professional Women's Clubs | and is an expert in social insurance and | the editor of Le Assicurazioni Sociall, official organ of Italy’s National Ins tution for Social Insurance, was invited by the National Pederation of American speak on the international night pro- gram at the annual convention of the federation to be held at Mackinac Is- land, Mich., in July. ‘Will Tour West and South. Before that time, Dr. Castellani will tour sections of the South, West and Middle West delivering a serles of addresses to business and professional clubs and other women's groups. By profession, Dr. Castellani is an actuary and statistician. She holds a doctor’s degree in mathematics and was educated not only at Italian universities and at Bryn MaW College, but at Girton College, Cambridge, England, “}H"e she had an international student- ship. Orne of her greatest interests is maternity insurance for all classes of Italian working women. All Italian women in industry or in clerical occu- pations, whether marrled or unmarried, now are required by the Italian state io carry maternity insurance from the age of 15 to 50. Receive Compensation. “By this legislation,” Dr. Castellani explained, “all women who are sup- porting themselves or contributing to the support of families receive a com- pensation during the time when they are unable to work- during the period of motherhood. A recent law has made it impossible for employers to ! DR. MARIA CASTELLANT. dismiss wemen from work after mar- riage, as was frequently the case in past vears, and it is also illegal to dis- miss a woman who is obliged to remain away from her work because of mother- hood.” ‘The dues connected with the ma- ternity insurance are small. but pay- ment of benefits is guaranteed by the Italian government. Other Protective Laws Passed. Other laws have been passed in recent years for the protection of mothers and children, the benefits of which are of inestimable value, claims Dr. Castellani. | Parents of large families now are exempt from paying certain taxes and the “bachelor tax,” imposed upon all seif- supporting bachelors, is used in the work of the National Institute for Pro- tection of Women and_Children. The president of the Professional and Business Women's Club in Rome also 1s & lawyer, the conductor of an orches- tra and the only woman notary in Italy. In addition, Dr. Castellani says, she is very beautiful, is married and the mother of two children. Dr. Castellani is an ardent admirer and supporter of Italy’s great premier and was amused when asked if it were true that he had had a law passed in Italy prohibiting Italian women from wearing short skirts. ““Mussolini has too many things to do besides looking at women and the length of their skirts,” she declared. BOOSTERS LANDED | AFTER 30AY TRP All Accounted For as Steamer; Ddeks at 6:45 This Morn- l ing at Seventh Street. ‘The twentieth annual booster out- ing’ of the Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association came to an-end at 6:45 o'clock this morning when the steamer Southland, chartered for the three-day cruise, came alongside the ‘I‘:I‘llll"f at Seventh street on scheduled e. All members of the party were pres- ent or accounted for when the gang- plank was run out on the wharf, al- though the steamer ran into some rough weather last night shortly after pass- ing Old Point Comfort, en route from Capt. W. A. Geoghegan, in command of the steamer, previously had sent word down the line that a bit of roll- ing was to be expected as the steamer got to a point opposite the capes and most of the party accepted expert ad- vice and answered the first call to dinner with alacrity before Old Point was passed. Threat of Seasickness. As the ship breasted the light off Thimble Shoals, where a strong breeze from the capes was kicking up white- caps over the bay, the reason for the warning to the landlubbers was appar- ent, for the ship for & time was roll- ing in an arc of nearly 10 degrees. Some discomfort was felt, but no one was reported actually seasick. ‘The evening's entertainment pro- gram had been postponed until this stretch of water was passed. and by the time the ship had entered the se ond bit of rough water off Point Look- out members of the party were en- grossed in the program and thought little of the rolling of the vessel. Short addresses were given by Wil- liam Russell, general chairman of the outing; Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the merchants’ body; Mark Lans- burgh, entertainment committee chair- man, and Representative Zihiman of Maryland, the honor guest, gave a ver- sion”of Barbara Prietchie.’ Alvin New- myer told a number of humorous stories, following which five reels of motion pic- tures were shown. Rain Cancels Side Trips. A downpour yesterday brought can- cellation of contemplated side trips from Norfolk to Ocean View and Virginia Beach for bathing, but the party made itself comfortable aboard. Several golf enthusiasts, however, braved the sho: ers while at Old Point Comfort yester- day morning and sallied forth to the Hampton Golf Club to display their skill. Mark Lansburgh and Carl M. Weigle were paired against Dr. O. U. Singer and C. N. Bean and were reported to have had the latter 10 up on the four- teenth hole when the game was called. By agreement, the golf balls were piaced on comparatively solid ground ~when they landed in numerous pools of water standing on the course. Previously there had been indoor putt- ing demonstrations aboard ship, where mental hazards were increased by the deceiving slant of the floor. Mr. Lans- burgh acted as an impromptu teacher for golf-minded members of the party. " German Flyer Reaches U. S. SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 (#).— With his 20-passenger plane, in which he is flying through various countries of the world, Baron Frederick von Koenig Warthausen, German aviator, arrived here Saturday on the liner Siberia Maet from the Orient. The baron was accompanied by his “flying cat,” pre- SCULPTURE SHOW MAYBEHELDIN 153 Society Considers Proposal for Exhibition as Part of Washington Celebration. Washington may have the opportunity | to see an outstanding outdoor show of sculpture in 1932, as one of the features of the George Washington Bicentennial celcbration. ‘The National Sculpture Society, which has its headquarters in New York City 012 APPLICATIONS FOR HEALING ART PERMITS ARE FILED Commission Records 393 in “Drugless” Class, Includ- ing Chiropractors. EXARIINING BOARD WILL BE APPOINTED Licenses May Not Be Issued for Several Months—Doctors Have to July 24. Nine hundred and twelve applica- tions for licenses to practice the heal- ing art in the District, as required un- der the act to regulate the healing art to protect the public health, have been | filed with the commission on licensure, was announced today at the District Health Department. Three hundred and ninety-three of the applications have come from the so-called “druglesd healers,” which include chiropractord and naturopaths, while the remaining 519 were filed by medical doctors. ‘The “deadline” for the filing of ap- plications by the drugless healers ex: pired May 28, and all practitioners in this group, who had not filed an appli-* cation by that date will be required to undergo an examination to be given by the basic sclence board. The medical doctors have until July 24 to file their applications. None Yet Passed On. The licensure commission has mnot passed upon any of the applications either from the drugless healers or t! medical doctors, and probably will not do so for several months, it was indi- cated. The big problem now facing the commission, which it will dispose of before reviewing the applications and determining the qualifications of those seeking a license, is the appointment of a board of examiners in naturopathy and the writing of a definition of this sclence. ‘The board of examiners in naturo- pathy is the last of the boards created by the act to regulate the practice of the healing art which has not been appointed, and the personnel is ex- pected to be selected when the licensure commission meets next Monday in the office of Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler in the District Building. The commission, however, probably will lay down a definition for naturopathy be- fore it names the examing board in naturopathy. Lack of Definition. ‘The commission, it was said, has no d-finition to guide it in determining i what practitioners of the drugless heal- \n? art should be included in the naturopathy group. Unless it has & definition, it wes said, the naturopaths could invade the field of practice of other drugless healing groups. The commission will consider, in framing its definition of naturopathy, information furnished it by the District Unit of the American Naturopathic and embraces in its membership out- standing sculptors, now has this pro- posal under serious consideration, it was learned today. Adolph A. Weinman of New York, the new member of the Fine Arts Commission, is president of the National Sculpture Soclety and is taking a leading part in deliberations on this subject. Society Pushes Plan. While no definite plans have as yet been made, the soclety is pushing forward the proposal to bring the ex- hibition of sculpture to Washington three years hence. “There no doubt will be shown some of the work now at the California Palace of the Leglon of Honor at San Pran cisco, as well as additional new work, Mr. Weinman notified The Star today, in_commenting on the proposal. ‘The exhibition of American sculpture at San Francisco now is in progre ess, having started in April. The exhibition will continue until November. French Is Interested. Danlel Chester French, sculptor of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial and & member of the Fine Arts Commission from 1910 to 1915, is honorary president of the Na. tional Sculpture Society, and has ex- pressed interest in the proposal to bring the great outdoor show of sculp- ture to Washington. H. P. Caemerer, secretary and execu- tive officer of the Pine Arts Commission, has expressed a desire to see the ex- hibition brought to Washington, if feasible, as one of the major items of interest, from an artistic standpoint, in the George Washington celebration. ESCAPES JAIL TERM. Seaman Convicted of Intoxication to Go on Voyage Instead. John Rickers, a sailor on the freight- er William Penn, owned by the United States Shipping Board, today salls on & voyage of six months for Hongkong instead of serving a jail sentence for in- toxication. Rickers appeared before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court today and was convicted on the charge on testimony of police. He then informed the court of the proposed voyage. “Is this boat wet or dry?” asked the court. The judge was told it was “dry.” “Since so many of our ships are be- coming ‘wet’,” saild Judge Schuldt, “I wondered if this one was, t0o0.” Rickers was released on personal bond and said he would sall from Balti- more this afternoon. Four Persons Killed in Blast. COPENHAGEN, June 10 (#).—Four persons were killed and seven injured at Gislaved, Maessjoe, Sweden, when a customer in an ironmonger's store dropped a parcel containing a quantity of nitrolite. The walls collapsed and the building burst into flames. Two sented to him in Siam. buildings adjoining were destroyed. It did not require much cash to sat- isfy the demands of a colored bandit who boarded a bus of the Capital Trac- tion Co. at Eleventh and M streets southeast about 11:30 o'clock last night, displayed a pistol and demanded of the estimates, and during theypast week committee chairmen have studyin, the estimates, expected revenues an proposed expenditures. The meeting this evening will be con- * ducted by E. J. Murphy, president of the Board of Trade. Norman Dye, driver, living at 1115 Oates street northeast, the money he had on hand. “I gave him a 25-cent piece,” Dye later told police of the fifth precinct, “and he wilt away.” Dye was about ready to leave the 25-Cent Piece Satisfies Drunken Bandit As Driver of Bus Saves Company's Cash eastern terminus of the bus line to drive to the western terminus, in South Washington, he explained, when the colored man, the odor of liquor on his breath and his gait a trifie unsteady, appeared and made the demand for Instead of surrendering the funds of the company in his po: n, Dye rea- soned with the armed man and finally satisfled him with the quarter. Dye furnished police a description of the Landit. Association, which defines a naturopath as follows: . “The science and practice of natur- opathy shall mean the practice of psy- chologic, mechanical and material sciences, such as psychotherapy; the mechanical sciences such as mechano- theraphy, articular manipulation, elec- trotherapy, chromotherapy, vibrothe- rapy, corrective and orthopedic gym- nastics, neurotherapy, concussion and pneumatatherapy, phototherapy and physical hydrotherapy, and the material sciences, such as external applications.” Session Is Postponed. The commission was scheduled to meet today, but the session was post- poned because of the inablility of three of its five members to attend. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, and Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, two of the members, were in conference with the Board of Com- missioners over the 1931 school es- timates, and a third member, United tes Commissioner of Education Dr. Willlam J. Cooper, was out of the city. The other two members are Dr. Fowler and Leo A. Rover, United States at- torney for the District. FIRE DEPARTMENT PLANS ‘HUGE ANNUAL PARADE 5,000 Invitations Will Be Sent by Bargagni to Chiefs in Five States. Preparations for the Fire Departc ment's nual Labor day parade are under way, with Sergt. A. J. Bargagni; marshal of the parade, preparing to send 5,000 invitations to chiefs of all Fire Depariments in Maryland, Vir- ginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The last three States have never before been invited to participate in the parade. Bargagni will attend the convention of Maryland chiefs at Lonaconing, Md., Wednesday and extend personal invita- tions to all the attending chiefs. He expects the parade this year to be the largest in history. The parade has the backing of the Board of Trade and the invitations are issued jointly by that |body and the Fire Department. Shuttle Mail Plane Here in 65-Minute Trip From New York Flying at an average speed of nearly 200 miles per hour, Air Mail Pilot Thomas Gurley flew the ‘shuttle” service from New York to Bolling Field this morn- ing in a record total flying time of 65 minutes, it was_announced by Pitcairn Aviation Field Man- ager Gordon M. Willis. Gurley left Hadley Field, Newark, N. J. the New York terminal, at 6:05 o'clock this morning with a load of mail which he picked up from the Transcontinental Mail Line from San Prancisco. Racing along with a beavy tail wind, he landed at Philadelphia at 6:19, dis- rged mail, and took to the air again at 6:25. The stop at Logan Field, Balti- more, was made at 7:04 and 4 minutes later Gurley left for this ity Janding at Bplling Field at 7:20 o'clock, after a total elapsed timé of only 75 minutes, including the two stops. The Washington-New York shuttle service was i ated May 5 to provide mail e connection between the onal Capital and planes on transcontinental line. K s