Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1929, Page 17

Che Zp 'WITRE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. c, FRIDAY JUNE U4, 1929. ening Star. PAGE 17 PROBERS SEEKING MEANS T0 OBTAIN IMPROVED JURIES Bar Association President Presents Views to Help Trial System. SUGGESTS PURGING LISTS OF IGNORANT, YOUTHFUL W. 8 Attorney Rover Invites Others to Express Opinions in Investigation. The District grand jury today began ® survey of the jury system with a view of making recommendations to the court that steps be taken to im- prove the quality of jurors summoned | to do duty in the local courts. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover presented to the grand jurors Maj. Julius I. Peyser, president of the Bar Association, who laid before the investi- gators his views of how a better class of jurors might be secured. Maj. Peyser advocated an investiga- tion of the qualifications of prospective jurors before their names were placed n the jury box, declaring that such in- vestigation would tend to improve the quality of persons summoned to do jury service. tle he had no criticism per- sonally of those serving on the juries, the president of the Bar Association said several lawyers had complained to him that many persons are called who, becauge of their youth or lack of | educatiorl, are unable to -decide the sometimes intricate 'questions involved: in_litigation’y The same tlass of men who are will- fng to serveion condemnation juries, he suggested, ought to be called for service on the grand and petit juries. Such men, ‘he said, should consider it 8 duty of. citizenship, and he expressed the belief that they would want to serve when they considered that if they had a case in court to be tried they would want only the best men and women to sit on the jury. People’ should not. be called for Jury service, to Maj. Peyser, Who are acting only for the fees connected with such services, but jury duty should command the" service. of the best citi- i .?Jnitefl States Attorney Rover is de- sirous of presenting to the grand jurors | any other lawyer or litigant who may be interested in making known their views on the present condition of the | jury system or who have ideas of how he system might be improved. POWER BOAT OWNERS WOULD'REDUCE SPEED “Gentlemen Agreement” Made to glow Down Craft in Channel. gentleman’s agreement” fo re- T of boats in the f, & Potemac Boat Association, and the city heads asked Tot to carry out a sug- tion by Co tion Counsel Willlam g Bride ' thal d limit for the ywer craft of 12 miles per hour in cer- in stretches of the river be imposed. ‘The Commisgioners have no objec- tion to speed as such, but recently re- celved several laints from the ‘harbormaster that the speeding of the power craft in the Washington channel set up a large wave which was destroy- District owned wharves and threat- g to upset brick scows unloading &t the District sand and gravel wharf. ‘They turned the problem over to Mr, Bride, and he suggested that they im- a speed _limit of 12 miles per in the Washington Channel, in the Anacostia above Haines Point and #n_the Potomac sbove Memorial Bridge. The power boat,assooiation raperted yesterday, however, that the gentle- Tedtice ‘specd. atier” coming.tnio. Wash uce speed after coming e ington channel nppm\m'lgo ’L‘%rroll"h, ‘Washington Steamboat wharf so as not to throw.a high swell. This, the asso- clation said, would protech the: yacht anchorage. The same agreement holds | for the Eastern Branch and the Po-| tomac above Memorial Bridge. | Commissioners {pok the whole | question under econsideration at their ;?ullr semi-weekly board meeting to- | ¥, GEODETIEC SURVEY BOSS HONORED BY CO-WORKERS George William Clarvoe Receives Watch in Recognition of 50 Years of Service. George Willlam Clarvoe, expert pat- tern maker and foreman of the wood- | working shop of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. was presented with a gold | watch by his fellow employes this after- | noon at 1 o'clock in recognition of his completing 50 years bf’ servicé With fhée survey. The presentation was made in behalf | of his co-workers by R. 5. Patton, di- rector of the survey. who said in part.: “It is no small thing o have served for 50 years in one organization and at the end of that time to hold the respect and affection of every bne in that or- ganization.” Mr. Clarvoe was born in Essex Coun- ty, Va, January 31, 1860. He entered | the Coast and Geodetic Survey June 15, | 1879, ax a carpenter, his salary at the time being 50 cents a day. Today he is an expert patternmaker and foreman of the woodwcrking shop of the survey. Although eligible for retirement, Mr. Clarvoe has no desire to give up his work at the present time, s perfod of continuance in service beyond retire- ment age having been authorized by the @ivil Service Commjssion, WABASH TO PROTEST. Commerce Commission Grants Right of Merger Plan of B. & O. ‘The Interstate Commerce Commission today authorized the Wabash Raflroad 1o intervene in opposition to the pro- posed plan of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to consolidate with other sys- tems. These railroads include the Wabash, of New Jersey, Lehigh DR. JOSEPH F. ROCK. EXPLORERS BRAVE DANGERS OF MUL Rare Bird and Plant Speci- mens Are Received From Land of Lamas. BY THOMAS HENRY. Por the first time a sclentific explora- { tion has been made of the mysterious kingdom of Muli, or the land of the { yellow lamas. Approximately 1.000 specimens, most- Iy bird skins and dried plants, were received in Washington this week from Dr. Joseph F. Rock, leader of the Na- tional Geographic Society’s expedition into the Yunnan province of Southeast- ern China. The soclety has turned | these over to the Smithsonian Institu- tion, which immediately will begin a scientific study of them. Hitherto the closely guarded little kingdom whencel they came, perched high among the mountains, has been scientifically un- known. It was first visited by Dr. Rock in 1925, ‘after he had walied nearly two ars et 8 permission ty;lz King f'c crcz:cfl.l borders. At that time conditions were greatly disturbed and he was able to remain only a few days, although he was treated courte- ously by the local authorities. Scien- tific_collecting was impossible, but he decided to return as soon as possible. Expect to Find New Species. Smithsonian scientists have not yet identified the birds and plants, byt ex- pect to find among them species un- known to science. Muli, as described by Mr. Rock, is one of the most isolated spots in the world, almost as much a land of mystery to its Chinese and Tibetan neighbors as to white men. Shut up in their mountain fastenesses, the people .are equally ignorant of the outside world. ‘The kingdom has an area of 9.000 cl , A of approximately 22,000. iness is religion. Theoretically, it is subject to China. but Chinese authority long since has disappeared. Its moun- constitutes its chief source of wealth. support an enormous religious uigment. live in a miserable condition. Rock went first to the city of Mull, capital of the strange kingdom. ceasing prayer. nothing of the other villages. The distinguishing marks of the yel {low lamas are their red cloaks an sect takes lts name. of the family to become lamas. 1 Monarch Lives in Splendor. | o | impression he made on the King. qujtyre of its own. :llo‘&e‘é to take many | town's pis of ‘yak prayers. These wheels are everywhere. A passing monk says millions of prayers by giving the wheel a turn. The ex- plorer came away loaded down with gifts of gold, brass and furs. Outside the villages Rock found Muli | a land of vast oak and fir loruu.\ giving way higher in the mountains to spruce and rhododendrons. He de- scribes it as a “weird fairlyland of the mountains.” A ‘region of high and broken mountains rising in the midst of a semi-tropical land is always rich! in bielogical curiosities, it was explained at the Smithsonian Institution. Even the preliminary examination of the Rock collection has revealed specimens not represented at the museum. spite the primitive conditions under which it was necessary to work, all the :‘lufled birds arrived in perfect condi- jon. They included two specimens of the black-necked crane, represented before in the United States only by two stuf- | fed birds at Harvard University. Otlter | birds very rare in collections included | epreq pheasants, with a tyft of feathers | on’each side of the head, resembling an animal ear; white pigeons, found only on the edges of the Thibetan | snowline: mountain parrots, one species | of which was known previously only | from a cage specimen: some rare wrens | and a boxful of birds related to the | warbler family, which are of an extreme blue color. The most colorful speci- mens were the tiny red and yellow sun- birds and birds of the sparrow family with plaid breasts. There also were numerous jays and crows. | The collections were made while the Rock party was in constant danger from bandit bands; which always are atracted by a foreign expedition and which constantly are invading the lit- tle kingdom. In addition to the birds and plants, Rock collected a large num- ber of articles fllustrative of the local two of the Muli prayer wheels and eight silver reliquary shrines of the lamas. boxes inlaid used in the re- ligious rites. a number of Thibetan derge swords and some baners and paintings from the monasteries, Will Take Trip West. ‘The District Commissioners have au- thorized Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle, in charge of the House of Detention, to to 8an Pranciseo, Calif., in connec- tain streams are rich in gold, which For the most part the soll is too rocky to cultivate and the people, 1orcedu? estab- He found it & vast lamasary with 340 houses and 700 monks engaged in un- ‘There are three other cities, all great lamasaries, with the common people living in misery about the walls. The King himself knows | yellow ceremonial hats, from which the | 1t is usual for| three out of five of the male members | Rock’s_success in exploring the | couniry was due largely to the favorable | e found this monarch living in_consider- | able splendor, for Mull, cut off so long | from_the. oufside world, has developed The explorer was ictures of the religious _customs, particularly of the | yer wheels, cylinders made hide on which was pasted mile after mile of paper containing Bhuddist POLICE INTIMATE IMPORTANT ARREST IN DRUG SLAYING Country-Wide Search Being Conducted for Harry Lee and Lee Gwen. LEE IS IDENTIFIED AS MAN WHO HIRED CAR Murdered Man Made Utterances Pointing to Gwen as Firer of Shot, Police Say. Police today intimated an important arrest was imminent in connection with the fatal shooting of Lee King, alias Ching, Chinese narcotic informer, whose body was found on the sidewalk on | Eleventh street between L and M streets | early Wednesday morning with bullet wounds in the neck and abdomen. A country-wide search is being conducted for two Chinese known to police as Harry Lee and Lee Gwen, believed to | have been the two men seen in an au- | tomobile with King shortly before the | shooting. King was shot to death, police said, for testimony which he gave re- cently in the Federal Court at Norfolk, Va., which resulted in the conviction of several Chinese on charges of violating the narcotic laws. Hold Harry Lee's Wife. Lew Ah Ngook. 27 years old, who ad- mitted, police said, she was the wife of Harry Lee, is still being held by police on a charge of “investigation.” The | woman was arrested Wednesday night | by members of the Detective Bureau homicide squad while sitting in Lincoln | Park, on East Capitol street, with heri two children. | Moy Ping Ding, 32 years old, and Hume Bosing, 22, both of 1101 Four- | teenth street, arrested for questioning | shortly after the shooting, were re- | leased late yesterday after police were satisfied the men could throw no light on the affair. | Utterances Point to Geen. Police disclosed today that shortly be- fore his death at Emergency Hospital King made utterances which pointed to Gwen as the man who fired the fatal shots. Lee, police sald, has been identi- fied as the man who hired the rent-a- r in which King was taken for his ‘death ride.” A search is also being made by police for the local Chinese who are said to have contributed fo the fund eof $2,500 paid the men to silence King's lips for- ever. King has been used as an in- former by Federal and local narcotic men since his arrest more than a yesr ago on “dope” charges. Inspector William S. Shelby, chief of detectives, today broadcast the following lookout for the two Chinese wanted in connection with the killing of King: “Lookout for and cause the arrest of the following two Chinese: “No 1 is James Lee, alias Lee Soon, alias Lee Suey, alias Lee Foo: 30 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, black hair, swarthy complexion, smooth face, sharp features; when last seen, wore a blue serge suit and light gray cap. He lived with wife and children at 1214 D street northeast and conducted a laundry at 1006 K: street, “He is a drug addict. Photo at De- tective Bureau. “No. 2 is Frank Lee, alias Lee Dow, alias Lee Soo, alias Lee Gwen, 38-40 years old, 5 feet 6 inches, 130 pounds, swarthy complexion, sometimes wears glasses; when last seen wore a blue serge suit and gray soft hat; formerly had z)l’oom at 318 Pennsylvania avenue d ometimes stopped at 1423 Eleventh street. “Is an advanced drug addjct. Wanted by Detective Bureau, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D, C. for murder committed in this city Jun | 1 e TRADE BODY DELAYS ALABAMA TESTIMONY Thomas and Logan Martin of Power Co. and Vietor Hanson, Publisher, to Have Been Heard. By the Associated Press. The Federal Trade Commission today postponed until June 19 the appearance before it of Thomas Martin and Logan Martin, president and general counsel, respectively, of the Alabama Power Co., and Victor H. Hanson, publisher of the Birmingham, Ala., News and the Afe- Herald, who were to testify regarding the financing of the Moblle, Ala., Press. McGowin, Ladd and Chandler have indicated that they would be to appear on the 19th, as did the three who were to testify Monday. McGowin, in a telegram to the com- mission, declared he was willing to ap- pear on the 19th, and similar informa- tion was Teceived from Ladd and Chandler. “I am very certain,” Healy said, “that I cannot develop the things which I wish to about the Mobile Press unless 1 examine all the witnesses at the same time.” Hanson was present in the com- mission hearing room at the time of the announcement. He was accompanied by R. B. Evans, an attorney of his newspapers. BLANTON VISITS CAPITAL. Thomas L. Blanton of Abilene, Tex., until recently a member of the House District committee, but who was defeat- ed for the Democratic nomination for Senator, is visiting his erstwhile col- leagues. Mr. Blanfon expects to be a candidate for his old seat in the House in the 1930 campaign. He stopped off here on the way to the Princeton Uni- | versity commencement exercises. Policeman Arrests ‘Jay-Walker’; Keeps Prisoner for Meal “Just another jay-walker in the soup,” wisecracked Policeman J. D. Martin early today as he ran in & 10-pound snapper turtle for galloping across Sixteenth street near the reservoir, in the center of the block. “It's your prisoner, Martin," . said \ne desk sergeant at No. 13 when the officer came in for in- structions. Al‘ly:i:'. it's m'm"fl and girls, to guess wi arfins will have for supper. d AFE CRACKED AT BUSINESS HIGH Allen Davis, principal of Business High School, inspecting damage done by safe crackers who looted the school last THIEVES ENTER BUSINESS HIGH Students’ Bank Safe With- stands Efforts of Culprits | and Fund Is Intact. The record of the students' bank at Business High School of 19 years exist- ence without financial loss still stands today, despite efforts of thieves last night who broke into the room occu- pled by the bank but were unable to open the safe in which the funds were kept. Another safe in the bank was broken open, two other safes in different por- | | tions of the school were jimmied, and | I'a closet, cupboard and a desk were | broken into and a cash drawer was |rified. After searching every likely | depository of money in the building, the | burglars escaped unnoticed with $37.20. Great excitement prevailed when the students began arriving this morning. Papers were strewn about the floors and | police had just arrived, creating a sen- | | sation in the usual routine of the school | ay. | Sehool Bank Intact. No money was taken from the school bank. The only safe there which con- tained anything of value withstood the | attempts of the apparent amateurs to | crack it. The combination was knocked | off, but the door remained closed d!-i spite efforts, revealed by chisel marks, | to pry it off the hinges. The second safe in the room was opened by smash- ing the combination and lifting the door off its hinges, but nothing was taken. The safe contained no money. ‘The theft was discovered this morn- ing by Willlam Nalley of 1609 Kenyon street, the janitor, when he opened the building. He first noticed that his tool | closet in the basement had been pried open and his kit of tools stolen. The burglars left undisturbed a saxaphone | valued at $150 and a new automobile | tire. It was with the tools that the thieves worked in other parts of the building. Police Take Over Case. A hasty survey of the upper floors revealed to Nalley what had happened and he immedlately telephoned Miss May Bradshaw, assistant principal, who summoned police. Policeman Edward L. Shelton of the second precinct was | dispatched to the scene. Besides the strong boxes in the bank, he found that safes in the offices of | Principal Allan Davis and Miss Brad- | shaw had been broken open. I was | from the latter receptacle that the | largest amount, $30, was stolen. It represented receipts from the sale ves- terday of class pictures to students. Nothing was taken from the receptacle in Mr. Davis' office. ‘The thieves scem to have been intent only on money throughout their search, leaving untouched other objects of value. The only other place where cash was taken was In the bookstore. The door of this room was found locked this morning and police think entrance must have been gained tnrough the transom. The cash drawer was opened and $7.20 taken. The bookstore is run under the supervision of Miss J. G. Lockwood, a teacher. ‘The last spot ransacked was the of- fice of Dr. A. L. Howard, head of the department of business practice. Here a cupboard was broken into and Dr. Howard’s desk opened. ' Several pennies found in one of the drawers were scat- tered over the surface of the desk, but a check-up revealed nothing missing. Believed Work of Amateur: Police say the robbery bears all the earmarks of having been committed by amateurs who were familiar with the school. They point to the fact that the robbers did not bring their own tools and to the difficulty they experienced in opening the safes, particularly the one in the bank, which defled their ef- forts. The only clue to“the identity of the robberies is numerous finerprints, but if the surmise of police is correct that the thieves were operating for the first time last night these will be of little value. Nalley, the janitor, said this morning that the building was closed last night at 11 o'clock by the watchman, George W. Bond, following a rehearsal by the senior class of class day exercises. All the doors and windows were locked when he discovered the robbery this morning, he said. Mrs. Kate 8. Outwater, faculty ad- viser to the students who conduct the bank, feels that her care in handling the funds yesterday was justified. An unusually large amount of money was taken in during the day, but so appre- hensive was Mrs. Outwater for its safety that she insisted on sending cash to city banks at six different times. Ex-Cumberland Official Dead. CUMBERLAND, Md., June 14 (Spe- | | r postmaster of Cumberland, died t McKees Rocks, Pa.. at an advanced age. Nearly 40 years ), was prominent in Cumberland affairs. clal).—Mrs, Kate R. Shuck, widow of | J. Willlam Shuck, former mayor and' night. Photo. PITCAIRN SELLS AR MAL LNES Group Takes Over New York- Washington-Atianta and At- lanta-Miami Projects. Sale of Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., npera- tor of the New York-Washington-At- lanta and the Atlanta-Miami air mail lines, was announced today by Harold F. Pitcairn, president of the company. Mr. Pitcairn would identify the pur- chasers only as a New York group, explaining this was their wish for t ciated Press carried an announcement from New York by C. M. Keys, head of the Curtiss-Keys group of aviation interests, that his concern was the buyer. The New York group, Mr. Pitcairn said, has acquired the entire capital stock of Pitcairn Aviation and also has taken over the assoclated companies conducting local flying services at Rich- mond, Greensboro, N. C.; Spartanburg, . C.. and Atlanta. The Pitcairn manu facturing interests, Pitcairn Alrcraft, Inc, and the Pitcairn-Clerva Autogh of America, however, are not A fected. ‘“The offer we have accepted,” said Mf. Pitcatrn, “is the most recent of sev- eral which have ¢ome to us as the re- sult of the success of our air mail routes and their growing importance as links in the national and internatiohal air mall systems. “It has been increasingly evident that this expansion will continue and that it should also be supplemented by pas- senger line development on a large scale. Concentrate on Manufacture. “‘Our decision to permit the acquiring of our line by other interests has been influenced primarily by the rapid growth of our manufacturing activities and our desire to concentrate our at- tention upon the: production of mail planes and the development, of the Pit- cairn-Clerva autogiro. The plans for our new manufacturing- plant at Pit- cairn Field, near Philadelphia, have al- ready been announced and the con- struction is being pushed rapidly. Mr. Keys made the following state- ment in connection with the purchase: “I have bought the entire capital stock of Pitcairn Aviation, Incorporated, together with its flying services at various points in the South, but not including any of the manufacturing interests of Harold F. Pitcairn. Will Keep Staff. confentrate his efforts on manufactur- ing. Personally, I regret his retire- ment from the air transport fleld and }'::'D’P! some time he will come back “‘We are going to carry on with the old staff the work Piteairn has begun. His studies indicate a good possibility for the development n? rail and air passenger connections, perhaps sea- sonable in character, between the North and the South, and we intend to de- velop these possibilities so far as seems reasonable.” Under the terms of the existing con- tract between the company and the Post Office Department, the mail sched- ules will continue as at present, with four planes a day operating between Washiggton and New York and two between this city and Atlanta, where connection is made with the Atlanta- Miami line. Brought South Closer. The New York-to-Atlanta air mail service was inaugurated by Pitcairn Aviation May 1, 1928, bringing the South a full day closer to Northern citfes. The pilots who flew the first mail trips were Amberse M. Banks and Verne E. Treat, southbound, and John S. Kytle and Eugene R. Brown, north from Atlanta. and Sydney Molloy, north from Greensboro. . Banks has just left Pitcalrn to join the staff of Transcontinental Air Trans- port as a passenger plane pilot on the Eastern division. Treat is training as a tri-motored passenget plane pilot on the passenger line Mr. Pitcairn had planned to'put in operation over his air mail route. The other three original lots still are flying the mail on the al line, The first month of operation was marred by misfortunes. Heavy fogs and bad weather made flying conditions al- most_impossible during a large part of the month and two pilots, Edward J. Morrissey and James R. R. Reid, were killed in one week. Since that time, however, the Pitcairn line has developed steadily and today is regarded as one of the Nation's suc- cessful mail concerns. Operations on the Atlanta-Jackson- ville-Miami line began December 1, 1928, completing the last link of the Atlantic Seaboard air mail route ex- tending from Montreal, Canada, to Cuba and Nassau. line 'was further extended March 1 last by the opening of air mail service from Jack- sonville, Fla. Daytona Beach, Orlando and Tampa. Justice Stafford vai" Address. Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford will leave Washington this afternoon to at- tend the graduating exercises of the | University of Vermont at Burlington. Justice Stafford will deliver the address present, but later in the day the Asso-! “Mr. Pitcairn desires, he tells me, to | Elinor Milburn Contifiued Studies, Although She Was Patient. Leg Fractured by Stray Bul- let Fired at Rifle Practice. Elinor Milburn, pretty 18-year-old Central High School student, will be PUPIL TO RECEIVE DIPLOMA DESPITE HOSPITALIZATION graduated with her class next Wednes- day evening despite the fact that she Ihu been confined in Garfleld Hospital with a fractured leg since April 8, when she was struck by a stray bullet, while practicing with the Central High School rifle team. Still unable to walk, Miss Milburn will be taken to the graduation exer- cises in a wheel chair to receive her diploma. Miss Milburn has earned her school letter as member of the rifle team for the past two years. The bullet, which caused her injury, was accidentally dis- charged from a team mate’s rifle. It penetrated her leg, just above the knee. She was taken to the hospital, and, despite the suffering caused by her wound, continued her studies with the co-operation of classmates and teach- ers. Miss Milburn has been one of the most active and most popular members of this year's graduating class. She is vice president of the Girls' “C” Club and vice president of the Central High | Chapter of the National Honorary So- { clety. Her marksmanship has won her {a total of seven medals at _different meets, the most recent being that of the National Rifle Association. She lives in Kensington, Md., with , Mr. and Mfs. Henry Mil- MRS, WILLEBRANDT FLIES TONEW YORK Will Take Part in Inaugura- tion of New Coast-to-Coast Air-Rail Service. ‘The first aeronautical mission of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant | Attorney General, who will leave office June 24 to become counsel for the Avia- tion Corporation, began at 12:15 o'clock | this afternoon when she Field for New York to participate in the inauguration of a new 60-hour coast-to-coast air-rail service. Mrs. Willebrandt made the flight to New York in a five-passenger cabin monoplane piloted by . Everett W. Chandler, Army Reserve fiyer, who came down from New York this morn- ing. She had as fellow passengers Robert Armstrong of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eckman of Los An- Ifleles. the first the new line. Trip Begins Tonight. ‘The new transcontinental line will be operated from New York to San Diego, Calif,, by the New York Central Lines, Universal Aviation Corporation and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. The first trips over the line will begin this evening. Mrs. Willebrandt will be a speaker at ceremonies in the Grand Central Tel , New York, at 5:15 o'clock this afternoon. She will be presented a bottle of Atlantic Ocean water by Mayor James J. Walker of New York, and will leave by rail at 6 p.m. for [ Cleveland. To Board Plane at Cleveland. ‘Tomorrow morning she will board a tri-motored plane at Cleveland and will i be flown to Garden City, Kans., com- pleting the remainder of the trip to San Diego by rail. She will present the bottle water to Mayor George E. Cryer of Angeles, who will pour it, with ceremonies, into the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Eckman, who is making the same trip, is a Los *Angeles attorney, who has been here on legal business. He booked %fl&ur over the new air rail line so that he might reach home be- fore the end of this week. He is to be sworn in next week as a member of the Los Angeles board of education. $1,700 JEWELRY THEFT REPORTED BY WOMAN Rings, Pin and Brooch Taken From Apartment While She Slept, Mrs. Frezell Says. ‘Theft of jewelry valued at $1,700 from an apartment in her hotel was reported to police today by Mrs. Sarah K. Prezell, a resident in the hotel for about a year, who said the jewels were taken this morning while she slept. Mrs. Frezell, the widow of an artist, formerly living in Detroit, told police the missing gems were a platinum and gold ring, a dinner ring, a barpin and platinum brooch, the brooch valued at $1,000. The articles must have been taken hurridely from a receptacle on her dressing table, she told Headquar- ters Detective Steve Brodie, who in- vestigated. She said an assortment of jewelry she had placed in a drawer of the table was not disturbed. left Bolling.| PUPILS TAKE PART IN FLAG EXERCISES Dr. John C. Palmer Speaker Tonight on Program at the Capitol. One thousand school children, each to carry a small American flag, will participate in the Flag day exercises to be held on the east front of the Capitol, beginning at 8 o'clock this| evening, when Dr. John C. Palmer | will speak and more than 500 students | of the District Americanization School, gather at the United States chamberE of Commerce this evening to pay homage standing speakers. The Capitol exercises will be held under the sponsorship of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps, and those who have been active in the arrangements for the affair include: son, G. A. R.; Maj. Gen. John L. Clem, U. 8. A, retired; F. J. Young, senior vice department commander, G. A. R.; Mrs. Charlotte M. Cary, department president of the Women’s Relief Corps Mrs. Cora L. Manoly, department patri. otic instructor, Women's Relief Corps, and Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, Mrs. E. Helen Temple and Mrs. Elizabeth D. | Shaw. Justice McCoy to Preside. Chief Justice Walter 1. MeCoy - of the District Supreme Court will pre- | side at the exercises at the United States Department of Gommerce, which will be held under the direction of the Ameritanization School Association and the Dgugoxs of the American Revolu- tion Stat imericanism committee. Representative Robert Luce of Massa- chusctts, Sarkis Manoukian and Er- nest Wolff will speak. Children in all of the schools of the city today are paying tribute to the flag of their country with ap riate exercises, 'classroom ° activit; and assembly features. Nevada Flag Is Presented. The day also ‘is” being marked by formal presentation of the Navada State flag to the Post Office Department to hlngmthefratuunylnm&- The "other 41 States previousty have been placed. * o e n pl Senator Oddie of Nevada is m: the presentation at the exercises a o'clock and Postmaster General Brown receives the banner. The Marine Band is playing for the ceremony. Robert E. Clarke is on the program for a trom- bone solo.and thege is a vocal program, in which the participants are Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, Earl Carbauh, W. Arthur McCoy, Horatio Rench, J. Benton Webb and Francis P, Heartsill. Byron Blodgett is the accompanist. PLACED UNDER BONDS. Arrested Twice in 10 Days, Men Demand Jury Trials. Samuel Goldstein, 40 years old, and Joseph Caruso, 42, arrested twice in liquor raids in the past 10 days, de- manded jury trials today and were or- dered held under bonds totaling $2,500 | each when they appeared in Police | Court. Second precinct police raided a cigar store in the 1500 block of ‘Fourteenth street on June 3 and arrested Isaac Deyeu, 42, and Sol Munits, 25, as well as’ Goldstein and Caruso. The - vice squad, under the command of Sergt. O. i lishment Wednesday night and, after seizing one-half pint of alleged liquor, apprehended Goldstein and Caruso. MOTORIST ROBBED WHEN RED LIGHT STOPS CAR A recurrence of hold-ups in traffic that bothered motorists in Washington streets for a period about a_year ago was reported to police today by Joseph A. Mills of 903 P, street northeast, who sald he was forced at pistol point to hand money over to a colored man at the intersection of Eckington place and Florida avenue northeast last night. Mills had stopped on a red light, he reported, when the colored man stepped to the running board of his car, dislayed A pistol and demanded money. He handed over $20, he said, and was per- mitted to drive on. He furnished a de- scription of his assailant. Reflecting Pools to But Water Will ‘The reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial is likely to be dry part of the Sumther. Lieut. Col. U. B. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Bulldings :nd P::il,if P.J)k:‘l today cnl{:.d‘.{ler blfls or repairing arge ‘an pool This work will consies mainly of putein, in a new concrete floor on the s pool to replace the cinder floor and in the large pool & new waterproof coat is needed, as well as repairs to the tile. he contractor is to so conduct his operation as to interfere as little as possible with the traffic on Seventeenth street. In issuing the specifications Col. Grant declared: ‘““The work shall be planned in such manner as will result in each of the pools being out of service for the mini- mum period of time. Both pools shall not be empty at the same time. All work in connection with the small pool shall be completed before the work on | Be Repaired. Be Out Only Briefly expansion Joints In the coping and the resetting and repairing of the coping | stones at the four corners adjacent to | to the Stars and Stripes and hear out- | W Department Comdr. Samuel G. Maw- | begins in J. Letterman, again entered the estab- STUDY OF PARKING CONDITIONS HERE 10 BE UNDERTAKEN Senate Traffic Subcommittee Will Aet in Fall on Kean Suggestion. SCORES USE OF ROADS FOR PRIVATE STORAGE Head of Group Agrees With Jersey Legislator and Capper Situation Needs Attention. A study of automobile parking condi- tions in Washington will be undertaken in the Fall by the trafic subcommittee of the Senate District committee, as the result of & letter sent to other members of the committee by Senator Kcan, Republican, of New Jersey, opposing “use of the public highways for private storage of cars.” Chairman Capper, after agreeing with Senator Kean that the problem is one that should be lookee nto, referred it to. Senator Hastings, Republican, of Delaware, who heads the traffic sub- committee, Senator Hastings made known his views in the following letter sent today to Chairman Capper: “T, too, agree with Senator Kean and yourself that the present situation needs attention and I will see that at the proper time the matter is brought before the members of the subcommittee on traffic for their consideration.” Others on Subcommittee. ‘The others who, with Senator Hast- ings, comprise the traffic subcommitte, lrz‘m sne;‘nwn Blaine, Republican of and Tydings, Democrat, of Maryl 3 Senator Hastings did not indicate just ‘when he would begin inquiring into the question, but Chairman Capper suggest- ed that the subcommittee make recom- mendations at the regular session, which December. Senator Capper told Senator Kean he thought the people of the District would be glad to have a detailed study made of the parking question. “There is no doubt,” Senator Capper added, “that this is one of the really important problems of the District.” Text of Kean's Letter. Senator Kean's letter which started discussion of the matter follows: “Parking of cars in the District of Columbia makes the city look to me like a country village on market day. The use of the public highways for private storage of cars, in my opinion, should not be allowed. The present bmmmm is not only a great [tnjlgy }: usiness, TW cannot stop front. of t;!m ake their pur- chases, but also makes the beautiful avenues and streets of Washington very unattractive. .“There will be no adequate garages h’l Washington until cars are forced off the streets. which will then make garages pay. I am, therefore, sending you the inclosed memorandum and if you are in sympathy with the contents of this letter I would like to have your viewpoint on it before I go further into the matter. The United States Govern- ment has expended very large sums of money on the city, and it seems to ESEEh € e B present state.” i memorandum consisted of a re. 't of the national committee on park- regulations, {ruennd by Prof. L. Morrison of the University of Mich. igan at the 1928 meeting of the Na- tional Highway Traffic Association in New York. 60 LAW STUDENTS TO RECEIVE DEGREES Washington College Exercises Ar- ranged for Tonight at Memorial Continental Hall. Sixty students of the Washington College of Law will receive degrees in the school’s commencement, exercises at 8 o'clock tonight in Memorial Conti- nental Hall at w,hich time Represent? ative Esch of Wisconsin will deliver the address. The graduating class includes 44 stit- dents who will receive the degrees of bachelor ‘of laws, 6 who 1 take that of master of laws and 10 who have completed work for the degree of mas- ter of patent law. Prizes and awards ;fiybe presented by Dean Grace Hays Edwin A. Mooers, who took his bachelor of laws degree at the Wash- ington College of Law in 1914, will have the honorary degree of doctor of laws conferred upon him at the commence- ment in recognition of his recent com- %umeo}“um la ‘n‘inl';tnla all the laws in force e District of Columbia. Dean Riley has issued invitations on behalf of the institution’s alumni asso- ciation to & reception in honor of the graduates at' the Women's City Club tomorrow night. ENGINEERS AGAINST INCREASED CAR RATES A resolution urging that no increase in street car fare in the District be put into effect at the present was adopted by the Washington Clug:.‘er of the American Association of Engineers at a meeting in the Playhouse, 1814 N street, last night. The resolu stated that “If 1t should be found that some increase 1s hecessary to secure a fair return on the property, that it should be obtained by a reduction in the earnin, 1 exemption from street paving cost and e 4 per cent gross tax now paid in place of a ranchise tax, together with possible . 1, approximately 25 by 162 ‘feet, pool, app: 1y % % o the large pool is started.” Clt and repairing the granite S R v around both pools, the caulking of the the east end of the large pool. An experimental strip of bituminous protection in the bottom of the la: special policemen’s salaries. Anotner resolution urging that “trué consideration” be put in deeds in the District of Columbia in order to aid equitable as- was referred to for further cop- part of the work called for. Thi seek a suitable pratective material for | the assessor in ‘waterproofing the large 1. The entire | sessment of proj work must be completed in six months | the civie and bids are to be awarded June 24. sideration. e time the Office of Public| The chapter approved the report on Bulldings lnd‘gbllb Parks experjenced | traffic signs by Engineering Counéil difficulty with the reflecting pool when | and requested that the signs be made the water was taken out on a hot day. | the standard ones for the District in As the reflecting pool was constructed | a resolution a 3 on marshy land, marsh gas generated | Dr. P. H. Newell gave a discription of by the heat started to push the bottom | the economic survey of conditions ‘in of the poor slowly upward, but water | Porto Rieo, conducted under the aus- was hurrledly replaced and the bottom | pices of the Brookings Institution of settled back. . Economic Research during the past few The present repairs are called for as | months. officials constder that the reflecting pool | B. G. Goodwin spoke on the revolu- is leaking somewhat and general over- | tionary conditions that have recently hauling of the bottom is now thought | occurred in Mexico, and of the oppor- . by y : ” | tunities at the it ‘time for engt= ‘The small pbol is 1 biym”m and ' neers in that the large one 3,028 160 feet. vice president nffi * °f s e,