Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1929, Page 17

i Washington News 'WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY JUNE 13, 1929. * PAGE 17 PLAN ACQUISITION FORCIVIC GENTER UPON SIGNATURE $3,000,000 Voted Is Esti-| mated to Be Sufficient to Obtain Half of Area. METHOD OF ACQUIRING PROPERTY IS INDEFINITE Square 490 Probably Will Be First Sought—Ford Building Could Be Used. Steps to acquire the site for the municipal center will be taken promptly Body of Miss Arthur, Discov- ered by Operator of Boat, Who Notifies Police. Former Employe of Com- merce Commission Said to Have Suffered Breakdown. After haunting the plgasant shores of the Tidal Basin yesterday through the late morning and afternoon, Anne Estelle Arthur, 22 years old, of 1946 Cal- vert street, left her blue Summer hat and pocketbook on a park bench, walked to the water's edge and flung herself over the seawall. It was 30 minutes later that Joseph Sullivan, operator of the Swan Boat, noticed the telltale hat on the bank, girl's hair on the surface of the water, stirring in the surface ripples about 10 feet trom the seawall. Sullivan hastily landed his passengers upon the signing by President Hoover of the Bingham-Simmons resolution making available $3,000,000 of the sur- plus revenue credited to the District in the Pederal Treasury for that purpose, it was_announced today by Commis- sioner Proctor L. Dougherty. ‘The Senate adopted the resolution yesterday afternoon, thus completing congressional action. It now goes to the White House for the President's signature. ‘The $3,000,000, it is estimated, will be sufficient to acquire about one-half of the four-square area in which it is };lumed to developed the center. Funds or the remaining property, under pres- ent plans, will be carried in supple- mental estimates to be sent to 'SS when the regular session convenes in Decem] Acquisition Plan Indefinite. ‘While & definite program of - ure for acquiring the site has not been adopted, the Commissioners, it was in- will follow the usual policy with respect to the acquisition of Drflz erty for municipal use. Efforts will made first to purchase the property and If the owners refuse to sell at price which District officials bellevs to be reasonable, condemnation pro ceedings will be instituted. The task of buying the large site or instituting condemnation proceedings will fall upon Assistant has charge of acquiring all District for the government, 3 Atkins, however, is now confined ‘Walter Reed Hospital, where he has return to duty wit 10 days. Square 490, bounded by Sixth street on the west, C street on the south, John Marshall place on the east and Louis- {ana avenue on the north, probably will be the first property to be acquired, since it is the site selected for the courts lding, the initial project in the de- velopment. The other northern square, ldenmedmuaeyhthoonumm 533, bounded by John Marshall place, ‘Third street, Indians avenue and C street, is to' be the second to be scquired, 45 on this site will be presen! trict Building, ‘which, it is believed, will be taken over by the Federal Govérnment within the next five years. May Acquire Other Property. Piecemeal acquisition of some of the in the two said, as the issioners are particu- larly desirous of varjous units of District government now - in rented bulldings in the suil structures in the municipal center area. ‘The Ford Building, a modern struc- ture on the northwest corner of John Marshall place and Pennsylvania ave- nue, is one which the officials hope to purchase in the near future, for in it, they believe, can be accommodated two or three of the municipal departments now in tempm'i‘:lyl quarters. The Globe Building on Pennsylvania avenue and the old Walker Building on Louisiana avenue, which was the Dis- | Air trict Bi until 1905 when the new District lding was completed, two others which the officials think can be very useful pending the erec- tion of several of the units in the new municipal group. The Juvenile Court, Schoot “temporarily suly 3 s one.of porarily one of the District activities which the Com- missioners to find quarters for in municipal center area. ‘The four squares in the municipal :'n-hu;m 723 oo { llt7 %mflvlfludfl The 3 Square feet of ground. of the four is known as reserva- It is on the eastern fringe of the area, bounded by John Marshall place, Third street, C street and Penn- syl avenue and contains 81 lots and 262,514 square feet of ground. ‘The assessed value of the four squares, according to the records of Tax Assessor ‘Willilam P. Richards, is $4.285,719. The ground alone was valued Mr. Rich- ards at $2,180,919, while the improve- ments are assessed at $2,045,800. BOYS CLUB WILL OPEN SUMMER CAMP JULY 2 ‘Youngsters to Spend Eight Weeks Boating, Swimming and Hiking Under Direction of C. M. Fyfe. ‘The Boys’ Club of Washington Sum- mer Camp, located on the Wicomico River, about 48 miles from Washing- open on July 2 and will re- open for eight weeks. The camp provides opportunities for boating, swimming, woodcraft and hiking, for boys whose ages are between 9 and 16 years. C. M. Fyfe will be in charge and re- eeive applications from boys at the office of the club av 230 C street. MIDWIVES DELAY ASKING LICENSES IN DISTRICT Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler today called attention to the fact that although the recently enacted medical tice law tion of T, g Tt e, o with the on Licensure to Commussion Practice the Healing Arts, no midwife pas yet asked for registration. in practice are mot nse, but may ol payi the registration fee of $1. The pefllg: at the boathouse and notified park po- ice. Meanwhile, another passer-by, J. M. Lowdon, 509 Fourth street southeast, had become aware of the tragedy an sought out an officer. Officer Recovers Body. Sergt. O. R. Reese and Private Rob- ert Howell ran to the south bank of the basin, cast about for a means of reach- ing the body floating upright in the ‘water just beyond reach, and hit upon the crutch of a colored cripple nearby, which they employed to draw the girl inshore. Miss Arthur had been in the water around 40 minutes, and only a faint spark of life remained when she was brought ashore, but bystanders and po- lice labored over her for more than 20 flvh:llm until the fire rescue squad ar- She was pronounced dead by Dr. L Rutkoski olll hfihe lb‘rll‘llvll of the Emer- gency Hospital ambulance. A certificate of suicide was issued last night by Dr. Joseph Rogers, deputy coroner. The body was removed to the morgue and remained there for some three hours before members of the har- bor precinet “could learn the identity of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur. This was accomplished through the telephone number of the girl’s music teacher, found serawled on a slip of paper in her coat pocket. Had Suffered Breakdown. swung his craft inshore and saw the|._ GIRL, 22. LEAPS OVER SEAWALL . TO DROWN .IN TIDAL BASIN ANNE ESTELLE ARTHUR the time she was employed by the In- terstate Commerce Commission and took sick leave in an effort to regain her health. Since then she had been tem- porarily employed as hostess at a res- taurant. On several occasions the girl told relatives that she contemplated suicide, but no one took her seriously. ‘Throughout the late Spring and early Summer Miss Arthur had been going frequently to the Tidal Basin, where she was seen by park attendants seated on a bench, a book lying unopened in her lap and gazing into space. It was in much this same attitude that Sulli- van noticed her about 11 o’clock yes- terday morning. Several times he saw her_during the day at different points in Potomac Park, but always near the water’s edge. ‘When her body was pulled from the basin Miss Arthur’s wrist watch had stopped at 3:45, indicating she had been in water almost an hour. As far as police were able to learn no_one saw the girl plunge over the wall. When the officers arrived, how- ever, a half dozen persons were at the scene, any one of whom, it was said, could have brought her from the water, above five feet deep at that point. Funeral arrangements for Miss Ar- thur had not been completed today, al- C. | though members of the family said she would be buried in her native city— Richmond, Va. The girl was a graduate of Business High School, with the class of 1924, and was regarded as a popular and talented student by her classmates. In addition to her mother and her Maj. La; E. Atkins,| Members of Miss Arthur’s family said | father, a salesman here, Miss Arthur is et Commissioner, whe |she had been mentally il since a ner- | survived by & brother, William J. Arthur BARUCH IS NANED TOPERSONNEL POST Succeeds Guy Moffett as Representative of Civil Service Commission. Ismar Baruch has been named as the representative of the United States Civil Service Commission on the Personnel Classification Board, it was announced today, He succeeds Guy Moffett, who is resigning to accept a position with the Spelman Fund organization in New York City. Mr. Baruch’s service with the com- ble | mnission dates from 1916. He has been engaged in classification work since 1919, when the original survey of the civil service was made by ti joint congressional committee on reclassifi- cation of salaries. Aided Air Corps Survey. He represented the commission in connection with the classification sur- vey of the engineering division of the Corps at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, conducted jointly with the War partm 2. assistant chief of the exam! sion and in 1924 assistant to the chief examiner. He was made chairman of the board of prohibtion appeals in 1927 and has also served as the com- mission’s legal representative. Graduate of Brown University. He has been identified with the Personnel Classification Board since its The | establishment in 1923, when he was designated chief of the field division. During the past year he has been in of the unit engaged in classify- ing the fleld force. Mr. Baruch was graduated from Brown University in 1915, received an M. A. degree from Princeton in 1916 S S R ge B Tge e ive: o chairman of the committee on classi- fication and compensation plans of the Civil Bervice Assembly of the United States and Canada, and is a member of four intercollegiate scholastic so- cleties—Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, g{;& Sigma Rho and the Order of the BODY IS TAKEN HOME. Judge Moss, Former U. 8. Treasury Official, Buried in Kentucky. Funeral services for Judge McKenzle Moss of the United States Court of Claims, who died in Emergency Hos- pital Tuesday night, will be conducted in Bowling Green, Ky., his old home, tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Burial will be at Lafayette, Ky. The body was taken to Kentucky this afternoon. Judge Moss, who was 61 years old, served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from March 3, 1923, until July 13, 1926, when he resigned to as- sume dut as assoclate judge of the Court of Claims. He served in the Pifty-seventh Congress as a representa- | Prior tive from Kentucky. to coming to Washington, Judge Moss practiced law in Kentucky and held several politi- cal offices Biearel R MANY ANCESTORS. Shadrach Tamplin Vaughan, New- 1y Born, Has Numerous Kin. Special Dispatch to The Star. C for registration expires July 24. ' Fowler said there are about 80 midwives in practice here. o:\ June g, cn‘:lny be o::tol't the ymm‘lhts: citizens o per, appears thaf he has more mmedhle ancestors now No applications have been received | living than falls to the lot of most. from students of chiropractic, wishing to practice here, for examination, al- though such applications must ceived on or before Saturday. slready in followed by one in He was at the home of his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Vai ; he ughan be re- | has two grandparents living, four great- Chiro- ents and & t-great- |- i he | ot M. T, Gangian of Bar: ‘who Broperty | vous breakdown several months ago. At |of Washington, also s sslesma. TENTS ARE PITCHED FOR 44 CLUBS Delegations of Boys and Girls Frem Farms to Meet Here June 19 to 25. The Department of Agriculture grounds, bordering on Fourteenth street near the Monument grounds, resemble & miniature army camp today, in prep- aration for the third annual meeting here of delegates of farm boys and girls’ 4-H Clubs, June 19 to 25, who will live in Army tents on the grounds. lation tents are being used, sev- eral rows on one side to be occupied by the girls and those on the er by the boys. Delegates will begin arriving June 18, Forty States and the Territory of Hawail are to be represented at the convention, with four delegates from each, and two adult leaders. The club members range in age from about 1 to 21 years. The meetings will be held in the National Museum, where the delegates will be addressed at the open- ing meeting, Wednesday, June 19, by Secretary of Agriculture Hyde. The relm':'l’nder of the program is to be eted. p'nw camp is held for the purpose of giving representative rural young peo- ple an opportunity to become better ac- &mlnud with the work and facilities of e Federal Department of Agriculture, to study thelr Government at first-hand and to confer with representatives of other States on plans and methods for facilitating_extension work in agricul- ture and home economics with farm youth. A new !etlture thi‘ls ygr' hwlllbobe th: awarding of a trophy e boy an girl atending camp who have the most ouf record in 4-H Club work. ADAMS PRAISES FATHER WITH 4 SONS IN NAVY to com- Becretary Dispatches Letter William F. Speares of Prescott, Ark. Secretary Adams today officially rec- ognized the father of four boys who are now serving in the United States Navy by forwarding to him a letter of appre- ciation. The father is Willlam F. irmk of R. F. D. No. 5 of Prescott, In his letter Secretary Adams said: “It has been brought to my attention that & fourth son of yours, namely, Luther Clifton Speares, enlisted in the Navy on the fourth of this month. It appears that Willlam Frank enlisted 4 January,1929, thus Arnold Ross en- listed on 27 January, 1928, and that fm;"-‘t enlisted 11 years ago on 12 April, Secretary Adams recalls that Ernest is chief radioman and is serving on the | U. S. S. Beaver with the Asiatic Fleet. | Arnold Ross, seaman, second class, is now on the U. 8. S. Wright in the At- lantic and William Frank is attached to family to have brot.iers in the Navy at one and the same time, tary Ad- . “It is an evidence of prac- tical patriotism of the highest order and, as Secretary of the Navy, I wish to express to you my appreciation.” A — ENGINEERS TO MEET. D. C. Chapter of National Body ‘Will Hear E. B. Kay Tonight. ‘The regular meeting of the Washing- ton Chapter of the American Associa- tion of Engineers will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the Playhouse, 1814 N street. The president of the chapter, Edgar B. Kay, who has recently returned from an extensive trip abroad, will give a talk on some things of in- terest to engineers not to be found in travel books. At this 3 officers elected for the year 1 meeting chapter until buffet luncheon will PROPOSED LAUNDRY PLAN 1S CRITIGZED BY EFFICIENCY BODY Objects to Using Working Fund at Workhouse and Reformatory. BELIEVE MAINTENANCE FUND SHOULD BE USED Declares Working Capital Was Established for Industrial and Farming Activities, ‘The District Commissioners today re- ceived a report from the Bureau of EM- clency ecriticizing a proposal to pur- chase laundry equipment for the work- house and reformatory out of the work- ing capital fund, rather than out of the funds for maintenance of the institu- tions. The bureau report claims that this would be improper. . “‘We understand,” said the report, “that this equipment is to be paid for from the working capital fund which was established for the operation of in- dustrial and farming activities. There is no doubt in our minds that the laun- dry equipment is urgently needed for the establishment of a central laundry at the reformatory and workhouse. This been previously pointed out in memoranda from this bureau to the Commissioners. The question is whether it is proper to use the working capital fund to pay for this equipment. Its cost would be a proper charge against the working capital fund if the laundry was to be installed and oper- ated on an industrial basis. However, if the laundry is to serve the reforma- tory only, and this is understood to be the case, it will be a maintenance ac- tivity only and its cost should be charg- ed to the maintenance appropriations. “It is understood that the District auditor has indicated his approval of the purchase of this equipment from the working capital fund, and that such action is contrary to his previous view of the matter. This case is cited in support of the statement made in our memorandum of May 21, relative to the estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year, 1931, that the present meth- od of appropriating encourages jug- gling of the appropriations for "the workhouse and reformatory contrary to the intention of Congress in creating the working capital fund. Appropria- tions for maintenance should ge defl- nitely segregated from those for indus- tfl:l.l activities in future appropriation acts.” The report was signed by A. L. Peterson and J. W. Sanford, investiga- tors of the bureau. LONG MARRIED PAIR HONORED BY MASONS Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stein Guests on Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Wedding, Several hundred persons, among them prominent officlals here and n:nblu of the local Masonic organizations, at- tended the celebration last night of the twenty-fifth marriage anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Steir of 35 Franklin street northeast, which was held under_the auspices of the Stans- bury and Brightwood Lodges and the Kallipolis Grotto. The festivities took w at the temple of the Brightwood ge, Georgia and Colorado svenues. The guests included Commissioner and Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, Deputy 5| Grand Monarch Edward W. Libhey of the Grotto, Arthur Poynton, monarch of the District Grotto; Grand Master Wisdom Brown, Past Worshipful Mas- ter Sutphin of the Stansbury Lodge, Past Grand Masters Joseph Milan and Gratz Dunkum, Mrs. Pear] Gibbs, grand matron of the O. E. 8. of the District; Police Inspector and Mrs. Albert J. Headley and Capt. M. M. Barnard, su- perintendent of the District. Worshipful Master Carroll L. Coakley of the Brightwood Lodge presided. Mr. Stein is chief justice of the Grotto and secretary of the Brightwood Rev. Paul Rensen, who married Mr, | 5% and Mrs. Stein 25 years ago, cpered the celebration with an invocation, which was followed by an organ recital by Miss Lois Stunz and a concert by the Grotto Band under the leadership of Willlam Rankin. A vocal solo by A. Nelson Wilson completed the musical program. Presentation of the gifts to the couple was made by Carlton F. Howell, master of ceremonies. Mr. Libbey, who is chief clerk of the Department of Commerce, was present- ed with a traveling bag by the Grotto. He will leave shortly for Rock Island, IIl, to attend the national convention, He has been indorsed for the office of grand monarch. Mr. and Mrs. Stein will accompany him. SEMMES TRUSTEES SEEK MOTOR CONCERN LOAN Apply to District Supreme Court for Becond Trust of $100,000 on Property. M. Gertrude Semmes and Raphael Semmes, trustees of the estate of Charles W. Semmes, former president of the Semmes Motor Co., today ap- plied to the District Supreme Court for authority to loan $100,000 to the motor. company and to accept a second deed of trust on premises 1502-04 Connecti- cut avenue, which is already subject to a first trust of $162,500. The trustees name as defendants Willlam A. Semmes, a minor son of the deceased, and seven other becne- ficlaries under his will, and assert that the interest of the beneficlaries will be advanced by aiding the company. The estate's holding of the stock of the company is large, court is advised, and its welfare is largely de- ndent on the success of the company. trustees also explain that the; already have, under order of court, made advances to the enw to the extent of $209,556.48, and it the pro- additional advance is needed for extension of the business of the motor company. Attorne er J. Whiteford and Harry C. Clark appear for the trustees. Dim:ict Employes to Meet. Statutory employes of the District invited to attend a the boardroom of the Dis- at 8 p.m. Monday to com- ition of the statutory the District Government Em- ' Union, affiliated with the Na- Federation of Federal 4 of ‘the penal institutions | 2 Washington Monument yesterday. The policemen who patrol Washington parks on bicycles underwent their annual inspection on the south side of the PRIEST-PHYSICIA NO LONGE Dr. John R. Oliver Sees Too Many Irrelevant Phases for Mastery. Has Had Wide Experience in| Both Ministry and Healing. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘While the modern church must un- | derstand the problems of abnormal psy- chology, the medieval combination of l‘l‘:; bx;rlest-phystchn no longer is prac- le. Such is the opinion of Rev. Dr. John R. Oliver, Episcopal clergyman, distin- guished Baltimore physician and pro- fessor at Johns Hopkins University, whose novel, based on the interrelations between the doctor and the clergyman, now heads the list of “best-sellers” and has given new impetus to the move- ment in several churches to combine the functions of ministry and healing. Dr. Oliver has been explaining his po- sition at the annual Summer conference of the College of Preachers at Wash- ington Cathedral, drawing liberally on his own experience as chief medical of- ficer of the Maryland Supreme Court, where he has been able to bring about a more understanding treatment of criminals, based on knowledge of the physical and mental basis of their acts. The novel, “Victim and Victor,” is drawn largely from this- same experience, al- though Dr. Oliver insists that the char- acters of the medical teacher and the deposed Episcopal clergyman are en- tirely imaginary. ‘The clergyman, Dr. Oliver said, con- tinually encounters in his parish cases of mental iliness which are responsi- ble for abnormal behavior. Often he is the first to come into contact with such persons and might be able to save them from ruining their own lives or com- mitting atrocious crimes if he had a rudimentary knowledge of psychiatry. Otherwise he is helpless, and the parish- loner drifts from bad to worse until he falls afoul of the law or ends in a hos- pital for the insane. Practical Difficulties Great. But the practical difficulties of com- hlntn1 the two professions are too great, Dr. Oliver said, although he himself has partially accomplished this. Both, he pointed out, are specialties requiring years of study and both demand the N IS HELD R PRACTICABLE REV. DR. JOHN R. OLIVER. BOARD T0 WEIGH AUTO SPEED CUT Traffic Director Asks 22-Mile Limit for Connecticut Avenue. A recommendation by Traffic Director ‘William H. Harland that the speed limit on Connecticut avenue be reduced to 22 miles per hour is before the Commis- sioners and will be discussed at the board meeting tomorrow. The present agitation grows out of the traffic acci- dent at Connecticut avenue Tuesday night in which Ann Woolard, 8 years old, of 4514 ‘Connecticut avenue was killed, but the matter of m of automobiles near the ini of Connecticut avenue and Albemarle street has been under official scrutiny for some months. > On April 16 the traffic director recom- mended reduction of speed at this in- tersection, but Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty returned the recomme: mastery of a great deal of material which would be irrelevant for the com- bined character. “It is true,” Dr. Oliver said, “that the priest-physician in the Mid- dle Ages when the greatest occulist of his time became Pope John the twenty- first and the greatest physiclan in England was also canon of Oxford. The same was true in Colonial days tion and asked for consideration of the question of reducing the speed limit over the whole length of Connecticut avenue. Residents of that section have for some time urged reduction of the speed near Albemarle street, which was de- scri) at the when the clergyman sometimes was | there. hired to preach on Sundays and fol- lowed some other vocation during the week. He may have been the local doctor, lawyer or school master. But I could see no point in forcing the clergyman of today to master the great mass of anatomy and physiology neces- sary to the practice of medicine when all ‘ht requires could be obtained much easler.” He himself, Dr. Oliver said, resigned his orders when he took up medicine and had no further connection with the ministry for more than 20 years. ‘Then he came back at the request of Bishop Murray of the Maryland Diocese and for the past few years has held a unique position at one of the Baltimore churches where he hears confessions in n informal manner and deals with in- dividual cases both as a clergyman and hysician. At the same time he has E t his role as a clergyman out of his :fl!lu practice. “A doctor wouldn't atients if he kept prying Dr. Oliver ave many int‘:; their religious affairs,” “But in my court practice,” he said, “I know of at least six atrocious mur- ders in the last few years which might have been prevented if the murderers had been cted in time and their mental condition diagnosed. Their clergymen may have been in a position to do this. Often I can tell more about the reasons for a 's abnormal behavior from a physical examinal than from a psychiatric diagnosis.’ Bored by Liquor. ‘The priest-physician does not believe modern youth is going to the bad, al- though he admits that some of the gin- drinking of students under his charge disgust him. He has no solution for the prohibition problem, although, he says, “you can't live in Baltimore and believe in prohibition. I used to like to go to medical banquets. Now they are very boresome affairs with everybody seem- ingly interested in how to get good liquor. Take my friend Menken. He used to be one of the most charming fellows to talk with I knew. Now when- ever I meet him all he wants to talk about is where he can get liquor. I tell him frankly the subject bores me. “More important than a knowledge of mental disease is the right attitude of mind toward it,” Dr. Oliver told the clergymen yesterday. “A mental ail- ment is no different in fundamental character from & bad cold or any other hysical ailment. The pafient must not Ee hidden away from his family and friends and the trouble sheltered and isolated from treatment. If mental pa- tients are put under treatment prompt- ly they may be relieved, but otherwise they go from bad to worse. “The clerg today,” he continued, “are coming into contact with the men~ tal problems of their people. Men and ‘women who are in mental difficulty will ‘They g‘l:h them the troubles from which they are suffering. In such cases are two questions which the priest must try to answer for himself—is a given per- ceptible mental disease dangerous and is it permanent? Some are dangerous to soclety, some to the patients them- selves and some are merely temporary depressions from which the.patient re- covers by merely going on living. “It should be understood that mental troubles are real. It is no use to say to & patient, ‘Come, snap out of it The testan! and | satisfactorily adjusted. The speed limit on this section, which is designated an ‘“arterial highway,” may not be reduced exeeg: by a regu- lation adopted by the ymmissioners and duly advertised for 10 days, accord- ing to Daniel E. Garges, secretary of the board. Mr. Garges said that Mr. Har- land might place signs on this stretch reducing the speed limit to 22 miles per hour, but that no prosecution could be maintained against a motorist who chose to drive at 30 miles per hour un- til after a regulation has been adopted. SIX BRITISH NAVAL VESSELS TO VISIT U. S. Despatch Will Visit Philadelphia and Then Spenfi Nine Days in Washington. Six vessels of the British navy will visit the United States within the next few months and will be received with the usual official courtesies. The warship Dispatch will visit Phila- delphia September 25 and remain there six days and visit Washington, D. C., October 2 and remain here nine days. Of the five other vessels the Capetown will visit Bar Harbor, Me.; Portsmouth, N. H., and Marblehead dur- ing the month of August; the Helio~ trope will rrend ten days at Bar Harbor in the early part of August, the Co- lombo will visit Portland, Oreg.; Marsh- field, Oreg.; Eureka, Catalina Island, and San Pedro, Calif., and also Panama Canal ports August and September; the Wistaria will visit Portland, Me., and New Bedford, Mass., in tember and October, and the Durl 11 visit Pan- ama Canal ports early in October. $150,000 KEENAN ESTATE CONTROVERSY SETTLED Settlement of the controversy over the $150,000 estate of Henry F. Keenan, a former journalist, has been effected and a formal verdict sustaining the later will of Mr.. Keenan has been taken in Circuit Division 1 before Jus- tice Stafford. The contest had arisen through a caveat filed by a number of distant relatives who had been men- tioned in a previous will of the de- ceased. An agreement was Teached by At- torneys Wilton J. Lambert and Rudolph H. Yeatman, representing the caveators, and Attorneys Hamilton & Hamilf and William E. for the the compromise were not made public. Transferred to Washington. Pirst Lieut. Willam: N. Leaf, Corps of Engineers, now on duty in Honolulu, - has been ordered to | vation. Rats Few, Summer Cold Here. —Star Staff Photo. TRUCK AND DRIVER SEIZED WITH “ALE" Police Say Canadian Product Was in Meat Delivery. Other Raids. Twenty cases of & beverage labeled “Canadian ale,” and said by the police to be the genuine article, were seized early today in a meat truck from Balti- more as it was about to be delivered at the rear entrance of a house in the 2200 block of Fourteenth street. James Edward Dorsey, colored, 36 years old, of 1002 Vincent street, Bal- timore, in the employ of the Greenwald Packing Co. of that city, driver of the truck, was arrested on charges of illegal possession and transporting. The truck, containing about 10,000 pounds of meat in addition to the ale, was seized, and while representatives of the packing firm k charge of the meat police planhed to turn the truck over to Fed- eral prohibition agents and court pro- ceedings will be necesary for the owners to regain possession of the vehicle. Investigation develope appeared at the front entrance of the Fourteenth street house this mo) BELIEVE LEE KING SLAIN FOR BOUNTY OFFERED BY RING Police Hear Reports That Price Was Placed on Head of Chinese. FEW NEW CLUES FOUND IN KILLING OF ORIENTAL Two Held for Inveutigntion' and Wife of Gun Victim Aid But Little. The story of a price on a man's head was whispered among Chinese in Wash- ington today in explanation of the shooting to death of Lee King Tuesday night. King. who had been out of har- mony with his fellows for some time, was shot down during an argument with two Chinese who had taken him driving in a rented car. The police version is that Lee King was “taken for a ride.” Efforts were being made today to find James Lee, an Oriental whom the po- lice want to question. In sections where Chinese make their living quarters doubt was expressed that Lee would be located. A price of $2,500 was set on Lee King's head, so their story goes, $2,000 made up here and in Richmond, and $500 collected from Chinese in Norfolk. King, reputedly engaged in transporting liquors and narcotics, is 'fitfl to have been active in the three cities. Gossip among his fellows that he was “tipping off” the Government to viola- tors of the law among his own people rning | made King unpopular. and was directed to go to the rear. It was when Policeman E. R. Franklin of the eighth precinct saw the vehicle in the alley that he proceeded to question the driver. “Delivering Goods,” Says Driver. “I'm just here to make a delivery of some goods,” Dorsey is sald to have explained. Unable to understand why a delivery was to be made there so early Franklin continued his investigation, found the 20 cases in the vehicle and directed Dorsey to drive to the station. At the police station, Dorsey said: “A man named Lee asked me to the packages over for him. I didn't want to do it, but he told me it was all right; that the police had been fixed and even if they asked me what was in the boxes I could tell them it was beer.” Dorsey said he would not have brought :!l;l: packages here ll’fm'l:ne r'u‘:luchnu(ht re was any possibility o getting in trouble. Friends were notified of his Key Facilitates Raid. A keéy left hanging in an easily-acces- sible position furnis! entry for a raid Sergt. O. J. Let- his vice squad in the rear of a cigar store in the 1500 block of Fourteenth street. Half a pint bottle of alleged gin and two prisoners were taken., Police alleged that about Body Awaits Burial. None of the dead man’s acquaintances hazarded an opinion as to what would be done with the body, which is at the Morgue. Customarily deceased Chinese are buried after the manner of their race, the expenses defrayed by their societies or wealthy individuals. King had returned to Washington from Norfolk recently and his presence here was said to have caused con- siderable uneasiness among those who suspected his apparent friendliness. The latest move of the Detective Bureau homicide squad was to take into custody last night a Chinese woman who is belleved to be, police said, the wife of a Chinese for whom police are searching in connection with King's death. The woman, whose identity has not yet been definitely established by detectives, was taken into custody by Headquarters Detectives Thomas Sweeney and Joseph Waldron while sitting in Lincoln Park on East Capitol street with her two children, an infant and a 4-year-old boy, dressed. in the costume -of his country. She 15 being held at the House of Detention for questioning. This morning Olivia Spence, 24-year- old colored wife of the dead Chinese, was brought to police headquarters for questioning, but failed to throw any light that would materially assist de- tectives in solving the baffling killing. & gallon of intoxicants was dumped. Capt. O. T. Davis of the second pre- cinct ralded the same rooms only a few dals ago. Samuel Goldstein, 31 years old, and Joseph Caruso, 42 were w;rua:ed. charged with saw one of the men lock a door after a supposed customer departed and hang the key on a nail. He quickly obtained possession of the key. Mabel Hamilton, colored, 37 years old, glving her address as the first block of R street, was arrested by the squad as & result of a rald on an apartment in the 900 block of Fourteenth street, where two quarts of gin and a half-pint bottle of “red” were seized. In the apartment the raiders found liguor cases and numerous empty bot- les, they reported. The woman, who sald she was a maid enployed to clean apartments in the bullding, was held on & charge of illegal possession. A third raid made yesterday afternoon by members of the squad was in rear of a cigar store in the 1700 block of De Sales street. Raynor, giving a P street address, was charged with per- mitting gaming and required to deposit $50 collateral for his appearance. Mem- bers of the squad ting Sergt. Let- terman were G. C. McCarron, Richard Cox and J. A. Mostyn. BROWN TO BE HONORED BY TESTIMONIAL DINNER Retiring Planning Commission En- gineer Will Be Feted Tuesday. Good, Jadwin Guests. Representative Zihiman of Maryland and t. Col. U. tive secretary of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, are to be principal speakers at the testimonial to Maj. Carey Brown, engineer of the planning commission, who is to end his term of dut ered by local trade and civic organiza- tions next Tuesday at the United States Chamber of Commerce. Among others invited as guests at the joint luncheon, meeting at 12:30 o't , are Secretary of War Good, Maj. . Edgar Jadwin, chief of en- gineers of the United States Army, the District ers and heads of local trade and civic bodies. Gen. Anton Stephan, head of the Dis- trict National Guard and president of the Merchants and Manufacturers” As- sociation, is general chairman of the | committee in charge. Tickets may be | med from the offices of local trade | . U. §. Grant, 3d, execu- | &2 TAKOMA ASKS ALL ' FIREMEN TO FETE Special Dispatch to The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md, June 13— Plans for having the eight other Mont- gomery County volunteer fire ments participate in the annual Fourth s] tion were formu- Held for “Investigation.” Continued grilling by detectives of the two Chinese taken into custody yes- terday in connection with the shooting has failed to throw any light on the affair. The two men, Ping Moy Ding, 32 years old, and Hume Bosing, 22, both of 1101 Fourteenth street, are being held at the first precinct station house for “investigation.” The men were ar- | rested at the Fourteenth street address. Detectives said the motive for the killing was revenge for testimony given by King at a recent trial in Norfolk, Va, in which several Chinese were con- victed for peddling “dope.” King at the time of his death had a summons in his pocket to appear in the Norfolk court to testify in another drug case. An autopsy performed at the District Morgue this morning revealed that King had died from bullet wounds from & .38- caliber revolver. An.inquest into the killing will be held later. NIMRODS OF AMERICA INSTITUTE NEW CAMP Branch of Order Organized at Ban- quet Held at Frederick, Md. 3 Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., June 13.— With Richard L. Minnick, Washington, gov- ernor general of the national organ- ization, as the principal speaker, the Admiral Schley Camp, Nimrods of America, was ol at a banquet held in this city last evening. Other speakers were Irving E. Butler and Frank Roseberry, Baltimore, lieutenant governors, and William M. Foord, Wil- ington, Del., organization director for Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Officers elected were: Chief nimrod, Dr. David G. Everhart; nimrod second, H. Jewett Orth, jr.; nimrod third, Harry R. Zepp, Mount Airy; chief recorder, Dr. Willilam E. Trail; chief trust ot- ficer, 8. Edward Shaw; custodian of preserve, Thomas B. Hayward; chief guide, Ralph Kline; chaplain, Rev. Dr. Charles E. Wehler, pastor of the Pres- byterian Church. Directors: Prof. Ignatius Bjorlec, superintendent and principal of the Maryland State School for the Deaf; James H. Gambrill, jr.; Mr. Hayward, Mr. Orth, Dr. Wehler, John Baum- gardner, Dr. J. G. Kearfootte, Bruns- wick, and George J. Ross. CONGRESSIONAL GROUP WILL SAIL FOR SAMOA Commission Headed By Bingham Will Study Government and Ad- 5 vise on Possible Needs. By the Associated Press. htded’o;n ‘Sewwr Bingham of 4 e y Sena of Oonpec- tiout has arranged with mv;ln‘:m cials to sail June 28 or 29 from Seattle cruiser O Besides Senator Bingham, members of the commission are Senator Robin- son of Arkansas and Representatives Kiess of Pennsylvania and Willlams of Texas and three native chiefs, High Chiefs Magalei and Tufle and Chief Mauga. The native chiefs will join the patient can't snap out of it. The things | De Aar, South Africa, has dented stor- | ° The department last night also ac- an the mind are the most real things'ies that thousands of rats came into cepted the tion of Heber H. in the world. Where symptoms of such town to die and spread the plague, but | Votaw, vice nt of the organiza- affliction appear the imortant thing is ! it admits there are some of the rodents | tion, who has been active in the wwmmmrm-unmuucunm there. It declares that 95 flrr cent of | De nt since its organization. “Nobody is absolutely normal. It |the people never saw a rat, alive or dead. only other transacted would be if every man were | It also admits that at times there are | was the adoption of the Fire - llhe’nxflaflur man. But because a | dust storms and tropical heat, with bit- | ment house rules. It was voted to have man is mthwmmmuummwm Most, of | these_rules printed and posted in the be 1 dugraced or sinned against.” the wates is underground, Fire Devarimont Bullding. group at Samoa, accom) them o a tour of tion l&‘l:mhhndl lllt‘: ing about 10 days. ‘The ven the task