Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1929, Page 17

Washington Nfl @hfi anll [ 4 ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. Society and General WASHINGTON, D. © TUESDAY JUNE 11, 1929. * PAGE 17 RUSSELL CANCELS PROPOSED INQUEST N POISON GASE Wires Dr. Nevitt From New Haven, Conn., Where He Was Attending Funeral. EVIDENCE STRENGTHENS THEORY OF -SUICIDE | Friends Say George Washington Instructor Was Despondent Over Financial Matters. The proposed inquest into the death from poisoning of Mrs. Virginia Hop- kins Russell, director of physical education for women at George Wash- ington University, which was tentative- ly arranged when her husband ques- tioned the suicide certificate issued by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, was called off this morning by the husband, in a telegram to Dr. Nevitt from New Haven, Conn., where the former had gone to attend Mrs. Russell's funeral today. Suicide Theory Strengthened. The theory of suicide in the death of Mrs, Russell, which Qoccurred Friday, was further strengthened today, Dr. Nevitt said, by the investigations of the homicide squad, who were told by friends of Mrs. Russell that she had been despondent over financial maters. A written agreement had exis! be- tween Mrs. Russell and her husband, Hilton A. Russell, whereby the husband was relieved of obligation with regard to Mrs. Russell's debts, Dr. Nevitt was informed. The financial burden became particu- larly heavy about a month ago when one of the tenants who had sublet an apartment from Mrs. Russell, in the 2100 block of G street. was drowned in a canoe accident, causing his room- mate to default on the contract, Doubted Wife Took Life. Russell clung to the belief that his wife had not taken her own life, and at his request a coroner's jury was sworn in over the body, ready for a subsequent investigation, should Russell 80 desire, The certificate was issued after a post mortem examination conducted by Dr. Oscar Hunter, assistant dean of the George Washington School of Medicine, during which a small amount of poison was found in the kidneys. GALLAUDET COLLEGE GRADUATES 17 Dr. Hall Will Interpret Address by Former Chancellor of American University. Seventeen graduates of the three courses offered at Gallaudet College re- celve their degrees from Dr. Percival Hall, president of the school, in the an- nual commencement exercises at 4 umm:-)hlle. Frank B. Brown of Brentwood, Md., is in a serious condition at Garfield Hospital as the result of this accident at Eighth and Upshur streets last night. | street car collided with hi —Star Staff Photo. TRAFFG ACCIDENT CLAM 5 VIETIS Three Children Among Those Treated for Injuries at Hospitals. Five persons, three of them children, were injured in traffic accidents report- ed to police last night and this morning. Little 4-year-old Irvin York was se- verely injured about the head and facs when run down by a Washingtcn Rail- way & Electric Co. street car while at- tempting to cross the street in front of his home at 1244 C street northeast. The child was treated at Casualty Hos- pital. Frank B. Brown, 28 years old, of Brentwood, Md., is in a serious condi- tion at Garfleld Hospital as the result of injuries suffered when his automo- bile was in collision with a Washing- ton Railway & Electric Co. street car at Eighth and Upshur streets. Brown, ‘who was thrown clear of his machine against a tree, sustained several pos- sible fractured ribs in addition to nu- merous lacerations to the face and neck. Eleven-year-old Luther Watson suf- fered a possible fractured skull when run down in front of his home at 240 Fourteenth street southeast by an au- tomobile opergted by Charles E. Man- 1421 E street southeast. The child was taken to Casualty Hospital where physicians said his conditicn is serfous. Mrs. Mae G. Frame, 36 years old, of 628 Lexington place northeast, was treated at Casualty Hospital for minor injuries suffered when her automobile was in collision at Eighth and G streets northeast with a machine driven by Jack Stiller, who gave his address as_the Navy Yard. Walter Cash, 73 years old, of 625 Newton street, was treated at the Epis- o'clock this afternoon. Six of the graduates are in the nor- mal school department, who now will begin the teaching of the deaf, while the remaining 11 are recelving degrees of bachelor of arts and bachelor of science. Right Rev. John Hamilton, former chancellor of American University, will deliver the address to the graduates, and Dr. Hall will interpret his remarks in the sign language for the benefit of the deaf members of the audience. Rev. Charles R. Warner, rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, will pronounce the invocation, while Rev. Austin Bryant, assistant pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, ministering to the deaf, will give the benediction. Two orations will be delivered by members of the graduating class. David copal Ear, Eye and Throat Hospital for minor lacerations to the eye suffered when the automobile in which he was & passenger and operated by Austin Gray, 1712 New Jersey avenue, collided with a parked automobile at Fourteenth and I streets. Pat McDermett, whose address was not learned by police, escaped injury when the truck he was attempting to crank darted across the street at Wis- consin avenue and K street and crashed into a fire hydrant. The hydrant, a nearby lamp post and mail box were broken from the impact. PLANE TAKES OFF Mudgett of Illinois wili sspeak in the sign language on “The Unkfown World —the Ocean,” and Miss Della Kittleson will speak orally on “Norse Mythology.” Both these orations will be interpreted, the first orally and the second in the sign language. Dr. Hall will confer the degrees which will include an honorary degree of master of arts to be given to Arthur Buchanan, principal of the School for the Deaf at Austin, Tex. Dr. Charles P. Ely, vice president of Gallaudet, will recommend the candidates for the bachelor of arts degree; Isaac Allison will recommend the candidates for the bachelor of science degree and Sam B. Craig will present the candidates for the normal school degrees. WICKERSHAM NAMES BARRY AS SECRETARY William F. Barry of New York City b has been appointed secretary to the chairman of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement. He assumed his duties today at head- Quarters of the commission, in the Tower Building. Mr. Barry has been personal secre- tary to Chairman George W. Wicker- sham for 15 rs. He served in an official capacity at the New York con- stitutional convention in 1915 and ac- companied Mr. Wickersham to Cuba in 1918 on a confidential mission for War Trade Board. Mr. Barry's position is distinct from that of sec ary to the commission, which is held by Max Lowenthal, an- other New Yorker. The administrative staff of the commission is growing daily in an effort to keep pace with the pressure of busin and additional office space probably will be required in the near future. REGAR NAMED TO POST. ‘Will Succeed Degan as Post Office the Purchasing Agent. President _Hoover today appointed Robert S. Regar of Pennsylvania as purchasing agent for the Post Office Department to succeed Thomas Degan of Pennsylvania, whose term has ex- pired Mr. Regar was Third Assistant Post- master General, but was not reappoint- ed to that office, the President select- ing Frederick A. Tilton of Michigan to succeed him. Both Mr. Regar's and Mr. Tilton’s nominations were sent to the Senate today. . Dismisses Suit for Maintenance. Nellle S. Newlen of 920 Sheridan street, who sued her husband, George C Newlen, for maintenance in the District Supreme Court in October, 1927, through/ Attorney Godfrey L. Munter, asked Justice Gordon today to dismiss her suit. The attorney informed the court 8 the parties have become reconciled. FOR BUENOS AIRES Many Stops Will Be Made to Map South American Air Route. An 8,000-mile flight from the Ana- costia Naval Air Station to Buenos Alres, Argentina, was started at 7:50 o'clock this morning when the Wash- ington, a twin-motored Sikorsky amphib- ian plane, flagship of the New York- Rio-Buenos Aires Airways Corporation, took off for Hampton Roads, Va. The flight is to be made in easy stages and probably will uire six weeks or two months, ' 'The plane was piloted by Ensign Norman M. Cloukey, Naval Aviation Reserve officer, attached to the local®Reserve unit, and carried Ralph A. O'Neill, vice president in charge of operations of the corporation, and Mrs. O'Neill; Miss Loul Gal- braith, O'Nelll’s secretary, and Mechan- ics Kenneth and Smith. ‘The New York-Rio-Buenos Aires Co. holds a contract with the government of Argentina for the carrying of mails in that country. The flight which began today is being made to survey the route from Miami to Buenos Aires to determine the practicability of oper- ating an air mail line between Argen- tina and the United States along the east coast of South America, Frequent stops are to be made on the way south for examination of se: plane harbors and landing facilit and for interviews with local and g the countries through which the plane will fly. ‘The Sikorsky was christened at Boll- ing Pleld on May 23, by Mrs, Willlam P. MacCracken, jr, wife of the Assist- ant Secretary of Commerce for Aero- nautics, in the presence of South Amer- k":n diplomats and aviation represent- atives. ELKS PICK bELEGATES. Columbia Lodge Will Send Group to Atlantic City. Columbia Lodge, No. 85, I. B. and P. O. E. W, has elected the following dele- gates to the Elks’ convention te be held at Atlantic City, N. J., the week of Au- gust 26: Herbert E. Jones, A. E. Wil- llams, John F. Ross, Oscar Deane, Charles A. Cornish, Isaac Young, Stacy V. McNell, Ulysses Creecy, Charles N. Barker, T. E. Shipley, Thomas Holland, Sylvester Epps, J. F. Sneed, P. A. Lomax, William Davis, John Matthews, Edward Campbell, Samuel D. Stewart, Lee Campbell and William Joyece. Alter- nates, U. R. Browne, Willilam Eatman. Frank Gray, Trusty Charles E. { and ASKS $30,64023) FOR D.C.BUDCET Citizens” Advisory Council Recommendation Includes $4,000,000 for Center. ‘The Citizens’ Advisory Council last night adopted a report prepared by its chairman, Dr. George C. Havenner, recommending a budget of $50,640,235 for the District for 1931. The budget includes $4,000,000 for acquisition and development of the municipal center, in addition to the $3,000,000 expected to be spent out of the District's surplus during the 1930 fiscal year. The coun- cil's report disapproved spending $150,- 000 for more -traffic lights, as recom- mended by Traffic Director William H. Harland, until a “traffic census” is taken at all intersections where it is proposed to_install the lights. No sum is included in the budget for airport development, although the council agreed to the principle that the city should have one. Alrport Arouses Discussion. The airport was the subject that pro- voked discussion, the attitude of most speakers being that the city would rather not have it than be subjected to increased vaxes to acquire it or to mais tain it after it is acquired. tude of the council seemed best summed up by a speech by Charles I. Stengle, who said: “The time has come when we have to make a stand, even though we lose this fight. I like to see airplanes, so long as they don't fall on my house. I want this city to have an airport. But this city’'s homes come first, and I would rather have no airport at all than have such a burden placed on the home owners that they would be unable to meet. It seems to me that the main' benefit from this airport will go to the Federal Government, and if this airport is to cost between $4,000,000 and $6,000,- 000 as the experts say, then the con- tribution of $500,000 the Federal Gov- ernment proposes to make is ridiculous.” The council finally appointed Mr. Stengle and Dr. George H. Richardson to express to Congress the views that the ple of Washington would rather not hkve an airport than have to pay all or the substantial part of its cost. ‘The budget as a whole, as approved by the council, is roughly, $2,500,000 greater than that tentatively selected by the Commissioners and $2,000,000 great- er than that set up by District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan in his five-year financial prbgram. The council pro- posed that the present tax rate, $1.70 per $100, be maintained, but pointed out that the Federal Government's an- nual contribution of $9.000,000 to the cost of operating the City of Washing- ton was a decreasing fraction of the whole cost, and recommended that it be Increased. Foresees Other Appropriations. 1In fixing the size of the budget, how- ever, the council noted in its report that “supplemental items totalling a million or more dollars will be made necessary by the enactment of legis! tion at the next session of Congress authorizing appropriations for one or more major projects.” | At the end of its budget recommen- dations, the council looked a little into the future and recommended that steps be taken to provide the District with a National Guard armory; that the next Congress be asked to authorize a bridge over the Anacostia River in the line of Massachusetts avenue; that Thir- teenth street from Massachusetts avenue to Iowa Circle, H street from Tenth to Thirteenth streets, North Capitol street from Florida avenue to E street, and L street from Twelfth to Twenty-second streets be widened, and that one grade crossing be eliminated each year uniil all are abolished. The principal increases recommended by the council were as follows: $300,000 for a farmers’ produce.market; $115,000 for a Northeast branch lbrary; $35,000 for purchase of a site for a George- town branch libras $250,000 for start- ing work on a new bridge over Klingle ford; $275,000 for elimination of Michi- gan avenue grade crossing; $4,000,000, referred to above, for the municipal center; $10,000 for repair of wharves; $12,500 for increase in trees and park- ings progra $40,000 for new public convenience station; $329,000 increase for sewers; $50,000 for collection of refuse, and $350,000 for two high-tem- perature incinerators; $25,000 for street lighting; $1,460,440 for schools; $300,000 for beginning construction of a new 250-bed ward building, and $175,000 for completing and equipping the nurses’ home at Gallinger Hospital; $780,000 for improving and maintain- ing public parks, and $300,000 for two bathing pools. There are many other increases recommended of a more minor character. ‘The report suggests that in making its list of streets to be paved in 1931 the Highway Department pay particular attention to streets in the southwest and southeast sections of the city, which were described as being in poor condition. Paving of K or L streets south was recommended, as M street is at present the only link between the southeast and southwest sections of the city of any importance. When this is closed for any reason, the report said, it was necessary to do a lot of zig- zagging to make the trip. On one of the major items on which the blggest increase was requested the council’s report was particularly brief. Bpelkln, of schools, it says: “The council fecommends a total of $13,445,- 040 for the school system for the year 1931. This represenits an increase of $1,460,440 over the total as carried in the regular annual budget for 1930. Building items, including $15,000 for the construction of a shop for instruc- tion automobile repairing, total $2,542,500 and school and playground sites $436,700. $500, are also recom- ‘The the Child Research Center. never is forbidden to do anything, It Supplemental _items-| must create its own “don’ts” through consequences CHILDREN ADVANCE N MENTAL AGE AT RESEARCH CENTER |Behavior of Toddlers, 2 and 3, Is Like That of 8 to " 10 Year Olds. TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOL AGE TOTS R TR Controlled Group Developed by Psychological Experiments Creat- ing Life Problems. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A controlled group of 22 children at the National Child Research Center here have been advanced in behavior from five to eight years in a psycholog- ical experiment, now reaching its con- clusion for the year, which may have far-reaching effects on the science of education. ‘Toddlers, 2 and 3 years old, have been developed in a few months so that they act naturally like 8 and 10 year olds, according to Dr. Mandel Sherman, director of the center, which an institution sponsored by the kefeller Foundation. Take Over “Responsibilities.” ‘The tots, barely able to walk and talk, assume all the responsibilities which ordinarily are associated with children after they have been in the public schools two or three yeaps, such as dressing themselves, taking care of their own clothes, feeding themselves, going to bed by themselves and having :,ll the responsibility for their own 0ys. The whole has been brought about by | a new system of rewards and punish- ments, intended to hasten the social learning process by making a child re- sponsible for its own happiness. The process is carried on through a series of controlled real life situations. The ordinary procedure in home ahd school, Dr. Sherman points out, s to train the child in social behavior by rewarding it for doing right and punishing it for doing wrong. ‘The older person may kiss, pat or praise the child in one case and spank, scold or cuff it in another. At the Child Research Center the adult stays far in the background. There is no kissing, cuffing, scolding or praising. The reward or punishment arises nat- urally from the situation which has been created for the child, simulating the problems of real life. The reward for dressing itself, for example, is that it can play with other children in an attractive sand pile. 1t soon becomes obvious to the child him- self that he cannot play if he isn't dressed. Nobody is going to dress him. Thus the reward or punishment arises in the naturail order of events from the situation. ‘The child who is kissed for tying its shoestrings, says Dr. Sherman, is not really advanced in behavior. The re- ward comes not from the act itself, but from pleasing its mother. Inversely, if the child is spanked the punishment comes mnot from the failure itself, but from displedsing the mother. In the controlled group there is no “mamma’ to be pleased or displeased. ‘This method, says Dr. Sherman, is a logical conclusion from some of the more recent findings of psychologists. It does not mean that the child is ad- vanced mentally five or eight years, but simply that it is so much advanced in its relations with other persons or in its ability 1o get along in the world on its own feet. Impulse Rules at Start. The child is born with no conscious- ness of the necessity of getting along with others. Throughout infancy—and infancy in this sense, says Dr. Sher- man, may be anywhere from 2 to 20 or 30 years—the individual slowly and painfully acquires the realization that his happiness depends on his behavior. ‘Thus the small child may act wholly on impulse, with no thought of the con- sequences of the act, - As time goes on the youngster finds that some acts may have unpleasant consequences—that 1s, they are attended naturally by punishment. It finds, for example, that when a treasured toy is broken the punishment flowing natur- ally from the act jtself is deprivation of the plaything. In the case of either parental reward or punishment an artificial situation is created which has no counterpart in real life, Gradually the child learns that giv- ing away to impulses brings undesirable consequences. So, one by one, they are inhibited. The youngster learns to con- trol his behavior in a socially approved fashion. This, says Dr. Sherman, is the story not only of the individual, but of civilizations. "The behavior of the child is in many ways comparable to that of the savage. It can be proved clearly, says Dr. Sherman, that this progress of social behavior is not chronological. His own observations confirm that the average European child of 12 is equal to the American child of 16 or 17 in this re- spect. His behavior is closer to the be- havior of an adult. By the Child Reseqach Center method the child is taught only desirable in- hibitions. The system also instills in the child desirable self-assertions, such as standing up for its own rights In the home, says Dr. Sherman, the child has an undue social importance. It obtains special favors because of the extreme affection of the parents. It leaves the home, where it is a superior, and finds that in the outside world it is an inferior. An ideal situation, says Dr. Sherman, might be one in which two-year olds associated in colonies with two-year olds and so on for each age group— everybody equal and everybody stand- ing on his own feet. Increases Happiness, He Says. The objection that this method cuts short the happy period of childish in- nocence, says Dr. Sherman, is ill- founded. ~ Actually the happiness of childhood is increased and lengthened. They act like themselves, not in the way they think adults want them to act in order to obtain rewards. By allowing the inhibition and self- asertions to develop naturally, i Dr. Sherman, it is likely that a gres many of the neurotic conditions which fill mental institutions will not develop. “The further development of this method,”_said Dr. Sherman, “may in effect af four or five years to the life of the individual. The child starts to live as an individual on its own re- sources earlier. The child is born en- tirely dependent, and because of its frailness this dependence may continue much longer than necessary. The proc- ess here is simply to stop mental breast | feedin word “don’t” never is used at A child is Rocl realizing the natural A of JURY INDIGTS TW ON SMOKE SCREEN POSSESSION COUNT Carroll P. Nuckles Exoner- ated on Homicide Charge Resulting From Crash. WOMAN WAS KILLED WHEN CAR HIT PILLAR Illegal Operation Case Is Ignored by Inquisitorial Body in Report of Findings. James Rodney and Theodore Dorsey, both white, were indicted today by the grand jury on charges of possession of an automobile equipped with a smoke screen. The men were arrested May 19 as they were working, it is charged, on the device in an alley in rear of the 1900 block of Second street. The grand jurors exonerated Carroll P. Nuckles of a chargesof homicide in connection with the death of Mamie Cooper, April 20, 1928. Nuckles was operating an automobile in which the woman was a passenger and collided with a pillar supporting the viadmct at Rhode Island avenue and Seventh street norgheast. s Joy-Riding Charges Ignored. The grand jury also refused to in- dict Edna Gray, colored, who was charged with performing an illegal operation which caused the death of the mother of three children, last Sep- tember. The Gray woman is under sentence of five years in, the peniten- tiary following her conviction of per- forming a similar operation on a young woman residing at Clarendon, Va. Others cases ignored by- the grand jury include Chester A. Tabor, Elwood Austin, and Otis Wilson, joy-riding; Charles H. Quinn, gaming; Frank W. McGuire, assault’ with a dangerous weapon; Nick B, Zaki, pandering;, John S. Bell, grand larceny; Joseph PHillips, housebreaking and larceny; Frederick Eé Lutz and James C. Hanratty, rob- Ty, . James A. Scott, Ernest Fairfax, Ruth Harris, Virginia Graves and Maggie Jackson, all colored, were indicted sep- arately on charges of receiving stolen property. They are alleged to have received articles of furniture stolen from the Hub Furniture Co. by Richard Richardson, who. is serving a term of | impyisonment for the theft, Willlam Davis, colored, accused of breaking into the home of Policeman George McDonald, 2747 Woodley place, January 6, was indicted for housebreak- ing and larceny. Among the loot was the officer’s service pistol, which led to the arrest of Davis when he at- tempted to pawn the weapon in Alex- andria. Other Indictments. Others indicted and the charges against them include: Albert L. Wilson (two cases), William | Davis alias Walter Davis, Mary P. John- son, Charles W. Campbell, Joseph Mar- tin, Marshall R. Mosback and Ellis Glenn, housebreaking; James Chapman Smith alias Thomas L. Smith, grand larceny; Clarence Miller, carnal knowl- edge; James Wright and Joseph F. Young, robbery; Robert Savoy, larceny from United States; Milton Winslow, Charles Nicholson, Walter Smith and | Louis Franklin alias Louis Beneoit, joy- riding; Theodore Fairfax, assault with dangerous weapon. SAYS GUILTY PLEA WAS MADE FREELY Witness Declares No Induce- ment Was Offered to Admit Gambling'Charge. Denial that he was offered any in- ducement to plead guilty to a gambling charge today was made in the District Supreme Court before Chief Justice Wal- ter I. McCoy by Charles D. Payne, who started yesterday and completed today testimony against John B. Kelleher, with whom Payne was jointly indicted in a case involving an alleged gambling resort at 1413 H street, raided by po- lice on December 28, 1926. ‘The Government rested its case shortly before noon today in the trial of Kelleher, a dapper gray-haired man, well known in Capital sporting circles. The court adjourned early for its noon recess to allow Daniel Thew Wright, Kelleher's attorney, to go over a great mass of documentary evidence intro- duced by Assistant District Attorney Willlam H. Collins. Barber Testifles. Herbert C. Alton, a barber, who was also indicted with Kelleher and Payne on charges of setting up a gaming table for taking bets on horse races, whose charge was nolle prossed by the Dis- trict Attorney's office last Saturday, also appeared today and testified that on about 50 occasions he had placed bets on horses with Kelleher. Alton also testified that at the time Inspector E. J. Stoll and a squad of police raided the premises at 1413 H street, Kelleher was behind a blackjack table, dealing. Upon _cross-examination by Judge Wright, Payne today declared that he had pleaded guilty to the gambling charge on the advice of his attorney and later had believed that he was i1l advised by Judge Wright, with whom he said he had discussed the case, and Kelleher. Without Judge Wright's or Kelleher's knowledge, he said, he visited the District Attorney’s office and later discussed the case. Says He Was Employed. Payne yesterday afternoon admitted hat he had been employed in gaming 1ouses here at various times since 1914 “nd declared that he was paid $50 a week for taking bets dn horse races and erseeing a blackjack game for Kel- leher from May until September, 1926. He said that at this time Kelleher operated in the Investment Bullding. Later, he said, he was employed by Kelleher at the H street address. The mass of documentary evidence which is being examined this afternoon by Judge Wright was identified by Payne as betting slips, account books, lists of patrons and other equipment, which was taken by the police at the time they entered the H street address. ‘The jury, composed of four women and each men, was locked up last night on orders of Justice McCoy &8 & pre-: | Indiana avenue, was today charged with | RETIRED FIREMAN UNABLE TO GIVE UP OLD HAUNTS | “Yank” Sullivan Reports Daily to No: 5 Engine Com- pany Headquarters. His Fast Mare Was Quar- tered There When He Was a Battalion Chief. Forty-eight years as a fireman_ was not enough for Andrew Jackson Sulli- | van, grizzled veteran of the District Fire Department, 5o he is spending his | retirement in fire engine houses, asso- clating with the men whose language | he speaks. i “Yank” Sullivan, as he is affection- ately and popularly known, was retired by the District Commissioners January 1, 1927, after he had reached the next highest post in the department, that of deputy fire chief. But the retirement order did not end the veteran's career. The lure of a fireman’s life, the only life he knew, was too strong to do that. And though “Yank” is no longer on the active roster he is just as much a fire- | man and as enthusiastic a one as the greenest “rookie” in the depArtment. Reports Dally for Duty. Every day since his retirement a year and a half ago “Yank” has reported for duty at No. 5 engine company head- quarters, on M street near Wisconsin avenue, and while he has responded to only one alarm, he fights a half dozen or more fires every day in a conversa- tional reminiscent way. When the skies are bright and .the weather warm, “Yank’ ‘may be seen re- clining in & chair outside the fire en- gine house, discussing formér days in the Fire Department between munches on a plug of chewing tobacco. In cold and inclement weather, he occuples the seat of honor around the coal stove inside. “Yank” attached himself to No. 5 En- gine Company because it's the nearest fire house to his Georgetown home, and also because the old place holds many fond memories for him. In the days of the horse-drawn apparatus when the veteran firefighter was a battalion chief, his fast stepping mare, which drew his buggy to hundreds of fires, was quar- tered in a stall in No. 5 Engine House. ‘While other firemen report for duty at 8 o'clock in the morning, “Yank” has arbitrarily fixed his hour for reporting at 1 pm. He has been so punctual in reporting at this time, it was said, that on the rare occasions that he has been late in the year and a half, the men attached to Engine Company No. 5 be- came worrled and telephoned his home, thinking he had been taken sick, or some misfortune had befallen his reg- ular path. , Quits Early to See*Game. “Yank” lingers around the engihe house until 4 or 4:30 o'clock and re- turns to his home. Infrequently, how- ever, he varies his routine a little and ANDREW JACKSON SULLIVAN. leaves earlier. This was the. case yes- terday when he curtailed his daily visit to an hour in order to see the Cleveland Indians scalp the Washington Grififien at the American League Base Ball Park. ‘The only fire alarm that has drawn “Yank” away from his comfortable chair at the engine house since he went into official retirement occurred last Winter. The alarm was turned in at the Academy of Visitation on Thirty- Fifth street, and though the day was cold and blustery, the firemen could not persuade him to remain in the en- gine house. As soon as the alarm sounded he leaped on the rear of the engine almost simultanéously with the driver and was off. “Yank” is distinctly a fireman of the old school. Modern firefighting methods and theories may be all right, he be- lieves, but there is only one way to put out a fire, he says, and that is to pour water on it. - “Yank” is rounding out 75 years of life, 48 of which he spent in the service of the District Fire Department. His appointment was made January 2, 1879, GIRL 1S CHARGED IN DIAMOND THEFT Police Are Searching for‘ Neighbor, Who Is Wanted as Accessory. Marlyn Lester, 17-year-old adopted daughter of Mrs. Alice W. Lester, of 223 grand larceny in connection with the | theft of a $700 diamond ring, which, police sald, she took from the home of her adopted mother. She will be ar-| raigned on the charge in Police Court | tomorrow morning. At the same time police are search- ing for a man said to be John Norton, ' altas John Andérson, a neighbor of the | Lesters, who is wanted as an accessory to the grand larceny charge. According to police, Norton, alias An- derson, went to Baltimore with the Les- ter girl, where the ring was pawned for $150. Police said the pair then sold the pawn tickets to a Baltimore under- | taker for $75 and went to Philadelphia, where, Bfter spending the money, Nor- ton is said to have deserted the girl. ‘The Lester girl was picked up by Philadelphia police on a lookout sent out by police of this city and was| brought back here last night by Head- quarters Detective Dennis Cullinane. Police are without any clue as to the man's whereabouts. The girl was adopted by Mrs. Lester when she was 9 years of age. LYNCH FREEb OF CHARGE. Court Dismisses Wife's €ontempt Plea in Alimony Suit. Justice Peyton Gordon in Equity Division 2 has dismissed a charge of eontempt of court against Edmund Jv Lynch, 416 Fourth street northeast, pre- ferred by his wife, Mae Lynch, who claimed her husband was in arrears of alimony to the extent of $470. Lynch, through Attorney Godfrey L. Munter, claimed that in March he sent his wife a_money order to her last known address but it was returned to him “unclaimed.” He further claims that his wife has left the District of Colum- bia and is now living in Virginia, where she hai sued him for an absolute divorce, although her original suit against Mr. Lynch was dismissed by the District Supreme Court in December, 4 Brothers to Take Part in Ordination Of Dominican Order Four brothers, all priests in the Dominican Order of Preachers, will participate in the ordination ceremonies on June 17 in the crypt of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, when 25 priests of the order will be ordained—the largest class in the history of the Province of St. Jo- seph’s, which stretches from the Atlantic Coast to the Rocky Mountains. ‘The eldest of the four brothers is Rev. Ignatius Smith, orator, formerly national spiritual direc- tor of the Holy Name Society and until recently prior of the Do- minican House of Studies in Brookland. The youngest, Rev. Reginald Smith, is to be ordained on June 17. Archbishop Curley is to of- ficlate. In the class are four young men from Providence, R. I; three from Pawtucket, on the Thames, Accused MARLYN LESTER. —Star Staff Photo. TRAFFIC DIRECTOR BGETS §200 RAISE Four Employes Also Earn Higher Salaries for Effi- ciency Ratings. ‘The salary of Traffic Director William H. Harland has been raised frcm $5,800 to $6,000 a year as a result of a step-up based on efficiency ratings under the personnel classification act, it was learned today at the District Building. The increase was approved by the Com- missioners and made retroactive to June 1. The Commissioners also have ap- proved classification step-ups for four employes of the Traffic Dgpartment, each carrying a salary incréase. The employes affected are Alfred G. Seiler, office engineer, raised from ;$2,800 to $2,900 a year; Mary F. KaUfman, as- sistant clerk, raised from '$1,680 to $1,740 a year; Cora S. McKenzie, raised from $1,320 to $1,380 a year, and Gur- ley E. Frye, underclerk, rzised from $1,320 to $1,380 a year. In recommending the promotion of Seiler, Traffic Director Harland pointed out that his case was an “unusually meritorious” one. “Mr. Selier has been in e District service since April, 1925, he said, “and as office engineer ed and made drayings for the traffic signals, th has rendered valuable installation of the TRADE BOARD ASKS THAT TAX EXPERTS SET FISCAL PLAN Urge Commission to Seek Permanent Settlement Be- tween U. S. and D. C. DENOUNCE LUMP-SUM PLAN AS UNSCIENTIFIC Specific Recommendations Budget Not Made, Due to Lack of Study. on Continuance of the $1.70 tax rate on real estate and tangible personal prop- erty and the formation of a commis- sion of outstanding economists and. tax experts to make a detailed analysis of fiscal relations between the local and Federal Governments to determine an equitable apportionment of the costs of the National Capital is urged by the officers, directors and committee chair- men of the Washington Board of Trade. ¢ » It was the sense cf the meeting of this group last night, after €onsidera- tion of the budgetry estimates of the city department heads for the fiscal year ‘1931, that Congress should be pe- titioned to sanction the appointment by the President of a commission to seek permanent settlement of the fiscal re- lations between the Federal and District Governments. This was deemed essential before the District can proceed awisely on develop- ment programs without piacing an un- bearable burden on local taxpayers, or without unnecessary delay in some projects if the tax burden is held within bounds. No Specific Recommendations. ‘The officials of the trade body, sitting as its budget committee, refrained from making specific recommendations to the Commissioners on the 1931 budget esti- mates now being studied, taking the po- sition that, due to the great importance of the financial problems and the short fime available to the trade body to study them, they could not intelligently pass on the estimates in time to be of assistance to the Commissioners. ‘The proposal for the appointment of a commission of qualified experts to de- termine what share of District expenses the Federal Government should bear was made by E. C. Graham, past presi- dent of the Board of Trade, who de- clared that something must be done to avold the controversy over the local tax rate and the amount contributed by the Federal Government, by repudia- tion of the present lump-sum contribu- tion plan, which sets aside substantive law providing for a 60-40 division of costs of the National Capital. District taxpayers, he declared, ready and willing to pay a fair tax burden, but for the most part they have not been convinced that Congress, under the lump sum plan, and the continual rising of the total District budget, is bearing its full share. His resolution was adopted unanimously. President Should Name Expert. George C. Shinn supported the mo- tion, declaring that the Federal Gov- ernment’ benefits from nearly all serv- ices of the District government to an unknown extent and that for this rea- son an expert commission should be named by the President, with the sanc- tion of Congress, to analyze and report what should be the proportion of costs borne by the Federal Government. The present lump sum plan was de- inounced as being patently unfair, in | that it was unscientific and not based on any known positive analysis show- ing to what extent the Federal Govern- ment enjoys benefits, resulting from op- eration and development of the District. ‘W. T. Galliher, after some discussion fof items in the estimates as prepared | by department heads of the District | government, having a total cost of $53,- 1 056,505, urged that the trade body offi | cials refrain from making hasty recom. | mendations on the tentative budget, de- claring that in so limited a time it | would be “utterly impossible” for any | group to make intelligent judgments on the proposed expenditures. His suggestion was carried after it was brought out that in order to reach the Commissioners in time for consider- ation before they begin final action on the budget estimates recommendations must be filed at the District Building by July 15. No Time for Study. A copy of the estimates was obtained from the District officials about two weeks ago and before thé trade body committeemen could study them in de- tail it had mimeographed copies pre- pared for each committee chairman and officer. This work was finished late last week, leaving but a short time for de- tailed study. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, was present in an unofficial capacity and explained a number of” provisions of laws governing preparation of the budget items, trust funds, refunds of excess taxes collected and other matters. He explained that while the District has in excess of $6,000,000 in cash to its credit in the United States Treasury, 43,000,000 must be kept on hand there to run the District government during periods of the fiscal year prior to the actual collection of District taxes. The remainder of the fund, however, it was brought out, could be drawn on for new capital expenditures for the District. Joshua Evans, jr., chairman of the municipal finance committee, in charge of the budget study, urged that the trade body go on record for continu- ance of the $1.70 tax rate, and this was unanimously approved. It was the sense of the meeting that the budget total should be kept low enough to make possible this tax rate. JOHNSTON SERVICES WILL BE TOMORROW Body of Army Officer Brought Here for Burial at Arlington. Funeral services will be held in the Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock for Col. William ‘T. Johnston, 12th Cavalry, who died at Fort Brown, Tex, Friday. Albert F. Vaughn, chaplain at Fort Myer, will conduct the Services. The following officers will serve as honorary pall- bearers: Maj. Gen. H. P. McCain, re- tired, former adjutant general of the Army; Brig. Gen. H. O. Williams, Col. Carl R. Darnall, Medical Corps, and Cols. James A. Ryan, John B. Bennet and E. D. Anderson of the retired list. Being lve program of 810 new involving the placem signals. —_ In spite of the cold /weather, mem- the Weybridge } (England) La- Club re tly held races e The funeral party, which will arrive here from Texas tomorrow morning and includes Mrs, Lida Russell Johnston, Col. Johnston's widow, Johnston, & son, will be the guests of "Mys. Johnston's sister, Mrs. Ben Lear, wife of Lieut. Col. Ben Lear, United : G strect,