Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1929, Page 17

The T pening Staf. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION BOY CYCLIST HURT FATALLY BENEATH WHEELS OF TRUCK Pedal of Bike Strikes Curb, Throwing Rider to Death Under Machine. _TEN PERSONS INJURED IN CAPITAL YESTERDAY Three of Victims Are Children. Two Are Bruised When Father's Car Is in Collision. Caught under the rear wheels of & truck when he fell from his bicycle at New Jersey avenue and E street this morning, Isaiah Thomas, 10-year-old colored boy, of 509 New Jersey avenue, received injuries. which resulted in his death a few minutes later in Casualty Hospital. According to witnesses, Thomas was riding close to the sidewalk when the pedal of his bicycle struck the curb, throwing him into the street, directly under the right rear wheel of the truck, which was turning from New Jersey avenue east into E street. Injured Yesterday. The truck driver, Clifton F. Kirk- trick, 2220 Thirty-fifth street, said B did not see the boy at any time until after the accident. Witnesses said the youth had steered his bicycle from the rear into a position between the truck and the curb, which made it im- ble for the driver to see him. The was taken to lk;! hospital in the No. 6 precinct patrol wagon. m& accidents yestel’!v;l. according to police records, resulted in the injury of 10 persons in Washington and one ‘Washington resident in Maryland. Three of those injured here were children. Bess Wilson Miller, 10 years old, and-Charles R. Miller, 7 years old, were cut and bruised when their fath- er's automobile, in which they were riding, collided at Sixth and K streets northeast with a machine operated by Mary A. Cheeks of the 2000 block of E street. They were given first aid treatment at Casualty Hospital and sent chine near brought to treated for h ‘Woman Is Knocked Down. Slightly injured when their automo- bile collided with a truck on F street southwest, William Johnson and Ray- mond Wilson, both colored, were treat- ed at Providence Hospital by Dr. Mil- lard Renz. Johnson, who is 59 years old, lives at 515 New Jersey avenue, while Wilson, 32 years old, lives at 1015 New York avenue. lata, Md. He was Emergency Hospital and ead injuries. down by an automobile at Fifth and East Capitol streets. Others reported injured were Andrew J. Carr, colored, 48 years old, of 1601 Eighth street; Emma Runion, 1236 ‘Thirty-sixth street; Madeline Herbert, 20 years old, of the 1100 block of South Carolina avenue southeast, and Henry Carroll, 10 years old, colored, of 1113 Montello avenue northeast. MRS. E. L. FLATTERY IS GRANTED DIVORCE| d 1 Interlocutory Decree Is Won on Charge Husband Rewed Without Right. Justice Wheat in Equity Division, No. toda; decree Flattery, 703 Eye street southeast, who sued John Francis Flattery of Chelsea, Mass., on statutory grounds, naming s co-respondent. The decree awards the permanent custody to Mrs. Flattery of the 5-year-old son of the couple. According to the wife's bill, the parties ‘were married in this city June 29, 1921, and Flattery is alleged to have his wife July 1, 1924. Mrs. Flattery further charged that December 24, 1924, Flattery married in Boston, Mass., Margaret MacDonald without having_first obtained a divorce from her. Subsequently, the wife Flattery and his bride lived in T, Mass. Attorneys Raymond Neudecker and William C. Ashford ap- peared on behalf of Mrs. Flattery. LIEUT. COL. A. F. CASSELS DIES AT WALTER REED Rites Held for Retired Army Offi- WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE. 24, 1929. iD. C. SCOUT GETS HERO MEDAL 'FOR SAVING LIFE OF GIRL Sidney Hershowitz, 14, Wins Award for Quick Thinking in River Accident. Troop Leader Who Died in Rescuing Members Given Recognition. A Washington boy, Sidney Hersho- witz of 4926 Seventh street. is among the 15 Boy Scouts whom the national Boy Scout organization has announced as recipients of gold honor medals, the highest award given Scouts who risk their lives. to save the lives of others. In addition to the medals, 24 certifi- cates of heroism were awarded to Scouts who demonstrated a thorough knowledge of first aid and scouting in saving the lives of other people. It was last Summer that young Her- showitz saved a 16-year-old girl from drowning in the Potomac River and so came to the notice of the Scout executives in New York. The act of he;olsm n';”k{ place July ll.'). 5, of young people was in a bonpo.n the river. It was high tide and the water was about nine feet deep. One of the girls, water shallow, jumped out, expecting to wade to a float about seven yards distant. She could not swim and called for help when she felt herself sinking, Her sister sprang after her and tried to help her, but the frantic girl fought with her, so that she was powerless. One of the boys who could not swim jumped into the water to try to help the two girls and was dragged down. Attracted by Screams. Meanwhile Sidney, who is but 14 years oli, was attracted by screams. wam to the struggling girl and with her. her under the water and the hair. , but that did not matter as my left leg has been paralyzed and I do not use it much.” He swam with her to the boat and a throw it to the boy, who was still strug- in the water. He then climbed gling into the boat and pulled the girl in after | his him. Other Scouts to whom the medals SIDNEY HERSHOWITZ. —Star Staff Photo. were awarded are: Lawrence Bee, Provo, Utah; Willlam Bennett, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.; Willam G. Holford, jr., Portland, Oreg.; Willle Evans, Rockwood, Tenn. James T. Wright, Rockwood, Tenn. ‘Thomas Messader, Brooklyn, 'N. Y. Marlow White, Pensacola, Fla.; John Lazorishak, Sharon, Pa.; Ted Derrick, Rockwood, Tenn.; William David Jor- dan, Park Ridge, Ill.; J. C. Acuff, Mid- dlesboro, Ky.; William J. Martin, Brook- field, Mo.; James Lucas, Macon, Ga., and Wilson Schooley, Mercer, Wis. Probably the most outstanding act of heroism recorded in this group and one of the most outstanding in the history of the Boy Scout movement is contained in the story of the death of James Tar- water Wright, scoutmaster of Rock- wood, Tenn., who gave his own life to save & number of the boys of his troop drowning during the Tennessee and Alabama floods of the early Spring. The medal has been posthumously awarded to his parents. Three other heroes of the tragedy, Willile Evans and ‘Ted Derrick, both of Rock: , and Scout Executive J. C. Acuff of Middles- boro, Ky, have also received gold medals. ‘Wright worked for hours in the water bringing boys to safety, and then, when strength was gone, lost his own life trying to save a young Scout who fell into the swift flood. NEW FARM BOARD AROUSES INTEREST £ Letters Reveal Country Is Anxious to Examine Re- lief Structure. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. What the Federal Farm Board is going to do to solve the farm problem, exactly what method it will apply, has aroused Nation-wide curiosity, judging by the number of letters in here from all parts of the country. ‘There are, of course, literally dozens of and '_glnu offered for the consideration of the board, but the fact that no members have as yet beeh ap- pointed centralizes .this- avalanche of ideas on the Department of Agriculture. ‘The -entire problem seems to turn, judging from the correspondence, on what is meant by “orderly marketing.” The man who knows most about the underlying principles of the new legis- lation is the former Secretary of Agri- culture, Willlam M. Jardine, who is expected either to be directly connected with the board or to be one of its informal advisers. It was he who helped to draft the Republican platform pledge on farm relief and it is known that he has had throughout the sup- port of Herbert Hoover. Made Investigation. Mr. Jardine’s idea embodied in the new legislation is that the Govern- ment's principal influence will be exer- to stabilize rather than to pur- | SPeal chase the surplus of agriculture prod ucts. The best illustration of how the new legislation is expected to work is taken from the actual operation of the President’s cotton committee two years 2go. ‘When the prices of cotton began to tumble, due to various factors, among them alleged information as to the size of the cotton crop, the President sent Eugene Myer to the cotton belt to form organizations which stood ready to pur- chase cotton and carry it over at a base price. The immediate effect of the Government’s action was to set prices upward tp somewhere near the level it ‘was thought they logically should have attained. The presence of large pur- chasers ready to buy at a particular cer, With Burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Lieut. Col. Arthur F. Cassels, United States Army, retired, died at Walter| | Reed General Hospital Saturday after a short {llness. PFuneral urvlc%l were held at the family residence, 2106 R street, this afternoon and were followed by interment in the Arlington National Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Sloan Cassels; a brother, J. Donald Cassels, and two sisters, Mrs. Robert Bohler and Miss Elsie Cassels, all of this city. Col. Cassels was born in this city February 2, 1875, and began his mili- tary service as a volunteer in the Span- ish War of 1898. In July of that year he was commissioned a second lieuten- ant of Artillery in the Regular Army and subsequently served in the office of the Chief of Artillery at the War De- W.ment. Because of physical disabil- incident to the service he was trans- ferred to the retired list in the grade of major in July, 1916 ,and was advanced to the grade of lieutenant colonel in December, 1918. He was a member of &humowum and Chevy Chase BURIED IN ARLINGTON. Col. Perrin L. Smith Is Given Mili- tary Honors. Military honors attended the burial in the Arlington National Cemetery this afternoon of Col. Perrin L. Smith, finance officer of the 2d Corps Area, who died at Hastings, N. Y., last Priday. Chaplain John K. Bedell at Fort Myer conducted the religious services. The honorary pallbearers were l(li price was the stabilization process. In the case of each commodity the thew law provides for a stabilization corporation which will deal with mem- bers as well as non-members of co- operative organizations with the idea of purchasing or announcing a readiness purchase the product at the price it really should command. In the event that the stabilization corporation should make an error of judgment or that un- foreseen factors should arise, volving fund of $500,000,000 is expected to be ample to take care of any losses. A Profitable Experience, As s matter.of fact the Government's experience in this samesort of pro- cedure in the past has been profitable. The War Finance Corporation, for ex- ample, in the period immediately follow- ing the war, had a potential credit of more than a half a million dollars and advances to co- tive organi- industry and . Last year the War Pinance tion was liquidated, it was found that not & dol- lar had been lost. was due, of course, to the prudent policies of the War Finance Corporation in making the loan. The function of the stabilization cor- poration will be slightly different in that money will be used for actual purchases by the stabilization corporation. There are opportunities, of course, for the corporation to make profit in the event that unforeseen factors should produce a rise in price. A certain amount of these profits will be set aside as a sur- plus fund to take care of losses in other years, but once the surpluses are prop- erly established, the excess fund will tive corporation, who will own the stock in the stabilization corporation. There is a feeling here that the new Federal Farm some day oc- cupy as important a place in the eco- nomic life of the country as the eral Reserve Board, and while generally king there is very little information or understanding of the way the new legislation will work and much skeoti- cism exists here, especially in political circles, nevertheless the board will start with the absolute faith and confidence of President Hoover that it .can and will succeed. (Copyright. 1920.) . Temple Outing Ends. Forty-four members of the Temple Brotherhood, Washington Hebrew Con- tion, returned today a two- y outing on the Potomac River at Rock Point, St. Marys County, Md. The committee in charge of the out- ing comprised Irving Diener, chairman; Norman C. Kal, Leon Pretzfelder, Mor- timer King and Mr. De Ford. Te- | thy accrue to the members of the co-opera- | giene INSTITUTE T0 OPEN SERIES OF MENTAL HYGIENE CLINICS First One, for Persons Under 17 Years Oid, to Start in October. ATTENTION FOR ADULTS ALSO IS CONTEMPLATED At Least 500 Pupils Are Found to Be in Need of Psychiatric Service. A succession of mental hygiene clinics in Washington, for adults as well as children, is contemplated by the board of managers of the Washington Insti- tute for Mental Hyglene, of which Dr. William A. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, is chairman. ‘When the first clinic opens in Octo- ber it will be devoted entirely to per- sons under 17 years of age. This is a departure from the original plan and was forced on the organizers by the pressure of cases from the public schools alone. Quoting Miss Jessie La Salle, assistant superintendent of schools, S. Carlyle Adams of the Na- tional Education Association, who has been a prominent worker in the or- ganization of the clinic, said that at least 500 pupils in the schools now are in urgent need of psychiatric service. A survey of mental hygiene clinics in other cities conducted by Mr. Adams and other members of the committee showed that few of these were able to handle more than 500 cases a year. Thus work with adults probably would throw an impossible burden on the new- Iy organized clinic. The committee also was influenced by the existence of what amounts to a non-sectarian adult clinic in the Life Adjustment Center at the Church. Psychiatrist in Schools Sought. ‘The committee, Mr. hopes eventually to influence to provide for a full-time and several assistants in of Columbia schools, which would take much of the burden off the clinic said, “we were impre to the whole situation lay among dren and young people. The statement there are 500 childr might arise, for exam- familles with many children lack of affection ':em: constant turmoil. Sometimes a al improvement can be brought about by simple means, such as in the case of a lMttle girl whose mental symptoms have been greatly reduced by giving her a pair of eyeglasses. t in this case & great deal remains to be done, because the child is in an orphan asy- lum and her test trouble seems to be an unsatisfied yearning for affec- tion.” Two Offer Part-Time Service. e clinic, Mr. Adams said, will open wl;,‘l‘:‘l staff of five specialists, including one first-class psychiatrist, & psychol- ogist and three psychiatric social ‘work- ers. In addition two local psychiatrists, Rev. Dr. Thomas V. Moore of Catholic University and Dr. Loren B. T. John- son have off¢ part-time service. Both are members of the board of man- agers. Previously, Mr. Adams said, the only spproach to a child mental hy- clinic in_Washington has been maintained by Father Moore at Provi- dence ital verworked that sometimes it was neces- :nry to make appointments weeks ahead f time. " The establishment of other clinics will proceed as the finances and stafls be- come available, Mr. Adams said. These will work with the adult public at large, partly to bring about a public con- sciousness o!ntfw need of mental hy- giene as & preventative of much of the crime and sufferin; m:i loundml!n th£ . ‘The survey wed, according 3':’ Adams, that Washington is one of the few cities in the country of any- thing like oompl“x:'hle size without a mental hygiene clinic. The run'c'tewn of the psychiatrist, he sald, will be to ose and prescribe the procedure to be followed. The less serious cases then will be turned over to_the chiatric social workers to be fol up in the schools and homes. The clinic will attend to its own finances at the start, after which it hopes to become affiliated with the Community Chest. It will work in close co-operation with the various hospitals and - universities. It should be emphasized, Mr. Adams said, that the clinic does not intend to thrust on the public wild and unveri- fied theories of abnormal human be- havior, but it will stick close to the known facts concerning the genesis of mental diseases and expects to have & conservative personnel. The location has not yet been selected. It is ex- pected to cost approximately $30,000 & year. le, in :hzre there is & Credit Given Associations. Much of the credit for the establish- ment of the clinic, Adams said, should go to the local Associations of Hospital and Psychiatric Social Workers, espe- clally to Miss Margaret Hagen of the latter organization. She, with Mr. Adams and Miss Gertrude H. Bowling of the Visiting Nurse Association, car- ried on the preliminary surveys. ‘The clinic will work with an advisory trict st, o nd- e o Women's Medical Soclety, the District health officer, the deans of Georgetown, ‘Washington and Howard Uni- Schools and the presi- ‘ash! Boclety of Moses, Mrs. John Jay O'Con- nor, Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, Miss Hllg:i‘ Hagen, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, S. lyle © Adams, . Wilme Latimer, Frederick A. Delano, Mrs. Sid- Mrs. Frederick ‘Thomas V. Moore. Mount Pleasant Congregational | d, | children, ared ip Pol day Mor:pgemt &ph 2= MISS COLLIFLOWER IS AWARDED HONOR Wins Catholic Students’ Mis- sion Crusade Paladin Grand Cross. ‘The highest order of the Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade, whose sixih | general convention ended at Catholic University yesterday, was conferred upon Miss Mary Louise Colliflower, head of the crusaders in Washington, “for exceptional service on a national scale in obtaining and entertaining the con- vention in Washington.” The award was the Paladin grand cross. Sixteen other Washin, ored with the Paladin leadership decora- tion. They are William Case, Jerome Downey, Brother Timothy Sparks, Broth- er Urban Nagle, Rev. R. C. Rooney, Irene O’Hanlon, Olga Clements, Mary Mc- Quillan, Marie McCray, Mary Smith, Lee Dante, Aeneas Collins, Nellle Mc- Cormick, Genevieve O'Doyle, Dolores Rheims and Brother William Nern. ‘Two Baltimoreans Honored. Two crusaders from Baltimore re- ceived the grand cross, the order given Miss Collifiower. They are Miss Mi vention in Buffalo, N, Y., during the Summer of 1931. A resolution was adopted urging that the crusade national headquarters take up with the Catholic Education Asso- ciation the question of including mis- sionary information in text books to be used in Catholic schools. The gratitude and thanks of the dele- gates to the local ecclesiastics and lay- men who contributed to the success of the convention were expressed in two resolutions. Another resolution also was commemorating the death of the three Catholic missionaries who were murdered by Chinese bandits April 24, Pontifical High Mass. The day yesterday began with the crusaders arising at 6 o'clock and low masses in the various chapels at 6:30 o'clock. The day's activities were be- gun officially at 8:30 o'clock, when pontifical high mass was celebrated in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. —_— The sermon was preac] Very Rev. Mgr. Frank A. Thill, who gave an inspirational discourse on the mis- sions of the Orlent. Then followed the business meeting. The last luncheon of the convention was at noon and the mnrfde.r:nce adjourned immediately after- wal ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING; WINS SYMPATHY OF COURT $10 Collateral Refunded to Father of Ten Children at Rate of $1 Per. William Prank Cannon, 400 block of Ninth street southwest, father of 10 lice Court to- Given on a C. P. Cummins of the ict declared that he fol- burg road northeast Sa an excessive rate of man sald when he halted the car, non had eight of his children with and they looked out to see what the lans were hon- | - | mand of SAFE AND SANE FOURTH URGED TO CURB MISHAPS ‘Cnrrl-‘w-rn' of Danger to Chil- dren’ From Display of Fire- works During Celebration. In anticipation of the usual toll of casualties which occur during the July 4 week, Lewis H. Carris, man- aging director of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, warns of danger accompanying the pro- miscuous - display of fireworks, Hundreds of children are said to suffer painful eye injuries or become to- tally blind as a result of the enthus. iasm, which leads Americans to con- tinue the celebrition over a period of weeks, Mr. Carris says: “A good way to show one’s genuine patriotism is to work for a rational ‘safe and sane’ holiday which will conserve the limbs and s’ll‘km of Americans, young and old alike” TRAINS ARE DELAYED. Buckling of Freight Cars Inter- rupts Rail Traffic. ‘Traffic between Baltimore and Wash- ington on the Pennsylvania Raflroad was tied ? yesterday afternoon when two cars of a freight train “buckled”in the Union Tunnel at Baltimore. ‘Two passengers trains from New York were delayed 25 minutes and it ‘was found necessary to detour the Con- gressional Limited and No. 150, day train to New York, over the B. & O. tracks. No passenger trains were approaching the tunnel at the time of the accident and no one was endangered. A draw pin in one of the freight cars pull- ed and the cars buckled, but did not leave the tracks. The track was cleared within an hour, officials of the road said. Annual Onting Tomorrow. Headed by Willlam Montgomery, president, and other officials and di- rectors of the organization, more than 400 employes of the home office of the Acacia Mutual Life Association tomorrow will attend the annual out- ing to be held at the Manor Club, Norbeck, Md. Plans for Bridge Approved. ‘The War Department has approved gllnl of the Virginia department of hways for the construction of a ge, having a 35-foot draw opening, across the River at Smithfield, Va. The new bridge will replace an ex. isting bridge, which is beyond repair. Marriage Is Announced. CUMBERFAND, Md., June 24 (Spe- cial). —Announcement is made of the of Rev. Frederick R. Seibel, jr., l:l& Miss Katherine E. Griest, for sev- e department of Bedford High 1, in St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Bigler- ville, Pa., June 18. years teacher in the commercial | tal Tract | Water which accumulated in the! back yards of homes about Channing street and Bladensburg road during the terific downpour last Friday night still was recering slowly this morning, while the residents berated the draining fa-| cilities. Above: Policeman H. W. Kegebein of No. 12 precinct rides his horse through one of the pools which the neighbor- hood boys have taken over for bathing purposes. Below: W. T. Ford in his back yard surveying the ruin of five months’ gar- lenin —Star Staff Photos. DISTRICT BIVES AD TO“FLOOD" REGION Crew Is Sent to Northeastf PAGE 17 DAY TO ENTER JAIL BEFORE MIDNIGHT FOR4MONTHTERM Business Associate of Sin- clair Will Join Oil Man Behind Bars. HOUR OF COMMITMENT IS KEPT FROM PUBLIC Clerical Job in Superintendent’s Office May Be Given Director of Jury Shadowing. Henry Mason Day, chief business as- sociate of Henry F. Sinclair, is expected to join his chief in the District Jail be- fore midnight to begin servng a four- month sentence for contempt of court in connection with the jury-shadowing activities in the conspiracy trial of Sin- clair and Albert B. Fall. ‘While Maj. W. L. Peak, superintend- ent of the jail, was preparing to receive the oil man, Day's counsel advised United States Attorney Leo A. Rover that his client would join his employer before midnight. It was explained that Day declined to name the hour he ex- to surrender because of a desire to avoid publicity and he may, like Sin- ;:lflr, await nightfall before entering the jail. May Get Clerical Job. It was learned here that Day will telegraph his attordey, Daniel Thew Wright, the hour his train leaves New York. United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder will be informed of the hour, and said he would designate one of his deputies to execute the oil man's com- mitment. Maj. Peak will put Day through the same questioning as to 'his qualifica- tions for work as he did Sinclair, who a ao' ';.m"m' as the Pl 3 prol that Day will be given clerical job in 4 0] - office. Sinclair Saturda: stx-month sentonce fo L jury shadowing which br gg;’lbvme oil trial to an Section to Help Relieve Situation. A working crew from the District Sewer Department was sent today to Channing street and Bladensburg road northeast clear lots of the two to.three jfeet of water standing since Friday night’s storm. The trouble, which occurs in that section every time there is a heavy downfall of rain, according to J. B. Gordon, District sanitary engineer, is caused by the fact that the streets in the subdiyision were built up to the specified by the District, but the ts were left lower. Consequently rain pours off the surface onto the was made worse because a culvert built to carry off water from a stream in the neighborhood 1is far too small and chokes with mud each time there is a heavy rain. Mr. Gordon said that since all the and not by the District, the District’s| attitude has always been that it has| no responsibility for the conditfons, but conditions, there today were so bad that ia crew was sent to assist the home-| | owners. TWO HELD ON CHARGE | OF DRY LAW VIOLATION Wagon Closely Resembling Under- taker’s Vehicle Found to Con- tain 120 Quarts of Liquor. Charges of transportation and pos- session of liquor were lodged against James Caporatta, 700 block of Eighth | street southeast, and Leo Berele, 100 block of Fifteenth street southeast, today. The men were arrested Satur- day by Bergt. George Little, Leo Mur- ray, T. O. Montgomery and G. C. Deyoe of the liquor squad at Eleventh and C streets southeast. Sergt. Little passed a black truck which he believed to be an undertaker’s wagon. Later deciding to “look it over,” he stopped the truck and demanded that Caporatta exhibit his permit and registration card. He was unable to do so and police searched the truck. Police say 120 quarts of alleged liquor : were discovered. TRUCK DRIVER FINED $10. Bruce L. Wallen, driver of a truck which distributes chocolate-coated ice cream, appeared in Police Court before Judge Gus A. Schuldt today and was fined $10. It was sald that Wallen halted too long in the vicinity of the Congressional Library while making a sale of ice cream. Judge Schuldt warned him to keep moving to new itory and not tarry too long at one spot while selling. KLOTZ’S JOB IS SOUGHT. | W Two applications have already been made for the job of engineer to the Public Utilitles Commission, to be va- cated June 30 by R. G. Klotz. Capt. Klota's resignation was requested by commission following a letter he wrote to People's Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty, sugges! a 10-cent fare for the Capi- Co., which had recently petitioned for an increase in fare. annum, River Steamer Turns toPrevent Crash Wl'.tll Iron “Yacht,“ WIIOSC OWllCl' IS Held ‘Under- the guiding hand of Carl Har- ris, colored, & new yacht slid off the wa) y afternoon to float ma- in’ the cool waters of the Po- new craft and was at her helm as she on her journey down the river. » Aged residents of river bank cabins had seen such a vessel gathered to see her start on her tomac. mhi. no attention to the steam- er Charles calester, after apj - ed with whistle blowing. He declined to turn aside to make way for an old vessel like the old river steamer, and continued on his course, forcing the \pllot of the Charles Macalester to swing the wheel and turn the steamer from the channel so that the Harris yacht might float past. ‘Today the Harris yacht rests at lots. Mr. Gordon said the condition ! work there was done by the subdivider, | re) salary attached is $3,400 per o help residents in the neighborhood of | Ravior. {MAKES REPLY TO CRITICS IN DE PRIEST EPISODE Representative Mary T. Norton Be- lieves Mrs. Hoover Had No Other Alternative. Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey today issued a statement plying to those who have criticized the President and Mrs. Hoover for en- ?olnred Reprmn?:d rx:’mmw ive The statement Hollows: "When the people of Illinois elected a colored man ey expected him to be shown the consideration due a mem- ber of Congress. Mrs. Hoover did not elect him. She merely represents her husband in extending courtesy gress, rxw of color, race, religion :x; mx;oelé ™ and shouh} not be con- any one for doing tha which she considered—and whlnh‘ - eml| Mrs. Hoover for an act over which she had no alternative.” SOON OPEN TO PUBLIC. Repairs to Bingham Drive Nearing Completion. Bingham Drive, in Rock Creek Park, from Beach Drive to Daniels road, which has been under repair for some time, will be officially opened to traffic in a day or two. In shoulders will have to be put in. While the road has :ot opened officially, some traffic going over it in the past few days. An emergency appropriation of - $20,000 enadled the ice to go forward the work, which was made necessa; the wear and tear VICE CONSUL PROMOTED. William C. Byse of D. C. Enters $3,000 Grade at Havana. ‘William C. Vyse of the District Columbia, United States vice consul :{ ‘I;anvm. has mtm"‘l’:oud from . classified grade at $2,750 to 2 grade, in the torelan‘fervlee. il Mannix Walke: F. M. PIERCE HONORED. Frank M. Plerce, 5511 Thirty-ninth street, member of the Washington Op- timist Club, has been as f Optimist International, lwn, Ohio, was elected president o which held its annual :nwnum at from that city. Nicholas Nolon Q{N. Members of the local club ‘t‘l‘:,:l oonvenuu:l requested gn the an- e R R