Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1929, Page 13

GALLINGER SURVEY BY EXPERT BOARD 15 SET IN MOTION Al But One of Examiners Named to Conduct In- quiry at Hospital. TECHNICAL SIDE TO GET MAJOR CONSIDERATION Senator Capper Also Favors Special $tudy of Institution by Senator Copeland. Machinery was set in motlon today for a complete and impartial survey of the equipment and management of Gallinger Municipal Hospital by a board of experts representing the medical services of the Federal Government. At the same time, Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee announced that he may ask Senator Copeland of New York to make a study of condi- tions at the hospital when the latter returns to Washington about October 1. In view of Senator Copeland’s wide experience in health matters, Chai man Capper said he would be the logical member of the District committee to look into the question. The New York Senator is a physician and a former health commissioner of New York City. Upon his return to the city in a few weeks, Chairman Capper will confer with the Senator on questions that arose in the recent inquiry conducted into conditions at Gallinger and de- termine then if there is a need for a further investigation. Report Is Approved. Batisfied that there is “nothing seri- ously wrong with Gallinger,” the Dis- trict Commissioners announced, through Commissioner Sidney F. Taliaferro, their unqualified acceptance of the clean bill of health given the hospital in the report submitted by the Board of Public Welfare. They gave their approval also to the proposed second inquiry “with a view to having a report from competent experts not in any way connected with the administration of the hospital or with the District government.” With the exception of the War De- partment representative, the personnel of this board of inquiry was announced today. Action was expected to be taken by the War Department later in the y. Commissioner Taliaferro was the au- thority for the statement that the in- quiry is not intended as an investigation into conditions at the hospital such as recently conducted by the committee of the Board of Public Welfare. Public hearings will not be held, and testimony regarding charges previously inquired into will not be taken. The inquiry will be-strictly a survey of'the equipment and general management of the hos- pital, with particular attention to be de- voted to the psychopathic department. Those Already Appointed. The personnel of the examining board, as announced thus far, is as follows: Asst. Surg Gen. F. C. Smith, represent- ing the Public Health Service; Capt. Charles M. Oman of the Naval Medical Corps and Dr. Herbert C. Woolley, first assistant physician at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Surg. Gen. Ireland of the Army will announce his appointee as soon as authority is given by the Secre- tary of War. So far as the District Commissioners are concerned, they contemplate no further action with regard to Gallinger. “In view of what Gallinger had to start with, we feel there is every rea- son to be proud of the hospital,” Com- missioner Taliaferro said. “The report speaks for itself. We think it is a very good report, and accept it as such.” ‘While pointing out that no public or private institution could be 100 per cent perfect, Mr. Taliaferro said he was confident that such things as needed correction at Gallinger would e taken care of by the Board of Pub- le Welfare. Some Changes Possible. The report, mlfim the hospital a clean bill of health, did point out cer- tain minor matters which the standing committee will take under further con- sideration. As indicated to the Com- missioners these matters are: The question of adding a female psychiatrist to the staff. question of the use of strong for amnesia patients. iihe question of separating mental pznu from drug and alcoholic ad- dit The question of having more than oné nurse on duty in & ward in which thef¢ are an unusual number of patients. ‘The treatment of patients at the courthouse awaiting court hearings and finally the advisability of allowing pa- tients in the medical and surgical wards to assist in carrying meals to other patients. Some of these matters, it was be- lieved, would come within the scope of the medical survey to be made, in so far . as they affect management of the hos- "pital, Jt was expected that the initial steps toward this survey would be taken this week. The members of the board are all medical men of wide experience in hospital administration. CHARGED WITH LARCENY. Contractor Arrested on Complaint of College Park, Md., Woman. Charged with larceny after trust, Forest W. Harrington, 30 years old, & contractor, was arrested early this morning by Detectives James A. Spring- mann and Michael J. Dowd. He gave his address in the 200 block of First street southeast. Harrington was arrested on complaint of Vivian A. Plue, College Park, Md., CAPT. F. C. OMAN, U. S. N,, One of the men chosen today to form a new board which will go into conditions at Gallinger Hospital. FUND FOR REGATTA FAR SHORT OF GOAL Fear Is Expressed Drive Will Fail, With But $1,000 of $10,000 Needed Raised. ‘The committee in charge of the Presi- dent’s Cup regatta, certain that the | entry list of boats assures a thrilling | program of races, was perfecting its plans in detall today for the con- venience and entertainment of regatta participants and spectators. The re- gatta wlil be held Friday and Saturday. On the eve of the races fear was expressed by promoters that the $10,000 sought here by popular subscription to defray expenses of the regatta would not be forthcoming. Only about $1,000 of the total required has been raised. Entertainment Plans Made. Plans have just been completed for the entertainment of the scores of sportsmen to race boats here. Under direction of William C. Shelton, vice | commodore of the Chesapeake and Potomac Power Boat Association, spon- sor of the regatta, a dinner-dance has been arranged for Saturday night at the Willard Hotel, at which visiting and local participants will be guests. An extensive entertainment program has been arranged in connection with the dinner and dance through the co- operation of local theaters. Many | famous racing boatmen are expected to attend. A few subscription tickets will be sold. Mr. Shelton also is in charge of the sale of seats, which will be arranged along the sea wall paralleling the Speed- way. A number of choice locations are still available. The tickets can be se- cured from C. Richter at the Hains Point Tea House, H. C. Clark at thé Washington Tourist Camp, welfare stands at the Veterans' Bureau, Muni- tions Building and Interior Building, George Keneipp at the American Auto- mobile Association and the stores of John J. Odenwald, Davis & Child, George Emmons and Spalding's. Races to Be Broadcast. Arrangements have been perfected for the broadcast of a running descrip- tion of Saturday’s races over Station WRC. Microphones will be placed aboard one or more of the official boats. Full details of the various events will be given, including the final heats of the President’s Cup race, feature event of the regatta. Telegraphic entries were received yes- terday from two of Canada’s most fa- mous water sportsmen—E. de Cary and J. M. McCrae of Toronto—to have boats in the runabout class. C. M. Hall of Jamestown, N. Y., has informed the committee he will enter two boats in the hydroplane class. Plans for life-saving and first-aid protection have been completed under the direction of Dr. Roy Lyman Sexton, Three first-aid stations will be main- tained on the course, in charge of Drs. Charles W. Harnsberger, George Dewey and Edmund M. Ellerson. Each station will have two nurses in addition to the physician. Special speed boats will be tied up at the stations, ready to dispatch medical assistance and an expert swimmer to any emergency point. The Red Cross will co-operate by fur- nishing & canoe and rowboat patrol along the sea wall for the protection of spectators, with two motor ambulances in Potomac Park. COURT ASKED TO ORDER SALE OF BARR BUILDING Bank Files Petition Alleging De- fault of Interest on Second Deed of Trust. Sale of the Barr Building at 910 Seventeenth street is asked in a peti- tion filed yesterday in the District Su- preme Court by the Commercial N tional Bank through Attorneys Donald- son & Johnson and Vernon E. West. The bank points out that interest is in arrears on the second deed of trust, which gives it the right i ask the court to direct a sale of the premises at pub- lic auction. The bank asks that Harold C. Smith, trustee in bankruptcy of John L. Barr, who erected the building, be authorized to, make the sale. The property, it is stated, is subject to three deeds of trust aggregating more than $1,000,000. There is a first trust of $700,000 on which interest has been paid to August 6; a second trust for $300,000 and a third trust for who alleges she gave him & ring valued { $40,000. at $400 to. dispose of and that he failed to make an accounting. The case may be called for trial in Police Court to- MOITOW. . TRADE MEETING PLANNED. Advertising Club Streets Exploita- tion to Be Taken Up. ‘The proposed “F street” committee of the Advertising Club of Washington, which plans to exploit the foremost trade streets of the city, will meet Thursday in the Gridiron room of the ‘Willard Hotel at 3 o'clock. Charles J. Columbus, managing direc- tor, of the club, expressed the opinion today that if constructive improvements were made on establishments which are situated on local business streets, Wash- @he WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1929. I PLANE FOR SOUTH AMERICA CHRISTENED ! The possibility of the expansion of the National Zoological Park up Piney Branch to care for the wild animals housed in the National Capital was learned today, as the result of yester- day’s recommendation by the Fine Arts Commission that structures there can no longer be built haphazardly and a harmonious landscape plan must be drawn immediately. ‘The Zoological Park, which is under the jurisdiction of the Smithsonian In- stitution, must give up a strip of land on the left bank of Rock Creek to make way for the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, now under construction. This parkway system, that will create a pre- tentious approach to the Lincoln Me- morial and Arlington Memorial Bridge, will insure a beautiful drive from the region of Silver Spring, Md., to the Po- tomac River, through a plcturesque wooded region of Washington. Driveway on Left Bank. ‘The driveway through the section of the Zoological Park, which bisects Rock Creek Park, will be placed on the left bank of Rock Creek, so as not to dis- turb the animals. The propasal to compensate the Zoo- |logical Park with the Piney Branch Parkway in return for the land for the parkway that it must surrender is now being put forward. It is known that the members of the Fine Arts Commis- sion look with favor on an expansion, but the commission is now insisting that EXPANSION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARK UP PINEY BRANCH CONSIDERED Arts Commission Recommends That Har- monious Landscape Plan Must Be Drawn Immediately. a landscape plan be mapped out without delay. It is considered probable that the National Capital Park and Planning Commisison will be called upon to assist in the solution of this problem. Officials of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks are now engaged in con- structing a link of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway from the Zoological Park to Massachusetts avenue. e question of the link through the Zoo- logical Park will have to be determined upon and construction started at an early date. Plan Completion by 1932. There is a movement afoot to have the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway completed by 1932—timed to_coincide with the George Washington Bicenten- nial celebration to be held there in that year. Attorney General Mitchell is now at work on condemnation proceedings in the Rock Creek area, to secure the necessary land for the parkway develop- ment. A. L. Harris, the municipal architect, has been asked by the Fine Arts Commis- sion to give further study to his design for the new reptile house for the Zoo- logical Park. The commission yester- day tentatively approved the plan as submitted. ‘The reptile house is to be 200 by 82 feet, part of it duplicating a Southern swamp, for one type of rep- tile, while another section will simulate an American desert, for the housing of another species. TRAFFIC BOARD 10 MEET FRIDAY Will Confer With Harland Over Scope of Study of Parking Problem. ‘The subcommittee on traffic of the | Senate District committee probably will meet Friday to map out the scope of its study of automobile parking prob- lems and other phases of traffic regu- lations, Senator Hastings of Delaware, chairman of the subcommittee, said to- day. ‘The Senator will communicate today with Traffic Director Harland to see if he can attend a meeting of the sub- committee on Priday. The proposed in- quiry was urged several months ago by Senator Kean, Republican, of New Jer- sey, who indicated he thought more re- in Washington. ‘The first meeting of the subcommit- tee will be confined to talking over with Director Harland the question of how wide the scope of the subcommit- tee’s investigation should be. Senator Hastings is cqnsidering the advisability to having traffic experts make a thor- ough study of parking and other traffic problems here, as compared with other cities, as a preliminary step to the holding of hearings by the subcommit- tee. The Senator believes that in this way the subcommittee would have defi- nite recommendations on which to seek public opinion at the hearings. TWO COSTLY RINGS STOLEN BY PROWLER Apartment Robbed of $1,500 Jew- elry and Cash—Wedding Ring Taken From Another Home. A sneak thief yesterday afternoon entered an apartment on the third floor of Valley Vista Apartments, 2032 Bel- mont road, and stole two valued at 1,500, and a pocketbook con! $2 and a bunch of keys, property of Mrs. Ruth Betts, Apartment 303, 2915 Con- necticut avenue. Because of the hot weather, police were told, the door leading to the apart- ment had been left open. The intruder entered without attracting attention and took the rings and pocketbook from a dresser. Mrs. Laura V. McLean, 319 D street northeast, asked police to recover her wedding ring, stolen from her home yesterday morning. Several stickpins :\}l‘ld fi!fi in cash also disappeared with e ring. Helen J. Kushner, 1211 B street northeast, reported the theft of a dia- mond ring, valued at $100; a gold wrist watch, valued at $10, and $10 in cash. The jewelry and cash disappeared from her home Sunday, she stated, the money g;:ln( been abstracted from a pocket- SPECIAL MEETING HELD BY EDUCATION BOARD Session Today Will Clear Up Rou- tine Matters Before Opening of Fall Term. A special meeting of the Board of Education, called to clear up routine business before the ing of the Fall school term, was to be held this afternoon in the Franklin School. Only five board members are now in , the absentees including Dr. Charles Carusi, president. It was expected that Isaac Gans would occupy the chair in his absence. Others ex- pected to attend include Henry Gilligan, Dr. J. H. Johnson, Rev. F. I. A. Ben- nett and Mrs. Mary McNelll. “Talkies” Too High for Use of Navy, But Developments Are “Awaited” ‘The Navy will remain, for the pres- ent, the silent Navy afloat, as far as motion pictures are concerned, for the Bureau of Navigation has found that the present price of “talkie” films is developments,” the bureau : asserted. ‘Silent films suitable for Navy use are still being produced, but the limited number makes necessary the reduction of the supply of to the fleets. “To maintain with sufficient almost prohibitive to the service. Ex- p riments. are going forward, however rt'wnn Teve d today in a bulletin pub- lished by the bu , to overcome this ‘handicap in the amusement field on the deep. “New methods of sound recording and. new t; programs nurchase of 30 this, at present writing, is impossible uniess a ?«t standard of flu-.m’ of programs accepted. The Na: - | aid of the fc be able T R strictions should be placed on parking | d; WOMAN 1S INJURED WHEN AUTO UPSETS |Was Riding in Car Which Overturned After Collision. One Driver Arrested. Mrs. May G. Parker, 59 years old, of Virginia Beach, narrowly escaped seri- ous injury this morning when the machine in which she was riding and driven by her son, Joseph L. Parker, overturned after being in a collision at First and B streets northeast, with a machine operated by August Ludwig of 3449 Fourteenth street. Mrs. Parker was taken to Casualty Hospital, where physicians said her in- juries appeared to be confined to a badly sprained left hand and lacerations to the head and legs from broken glass. Both the driver and his father, Wil- liam G. Parker, who was riding in the rear seat with his wife, esca| unhurt. The machines were only slightly lamaged. Several witnesses sald the impact caused by the two machines colliding could be heard for several blocks. Ludwig was taken to the ninth precinct station house and charged with reckless driving. He will be given a hearing in Police Court tomorrow morning. “Hit-Run” Drivers Injure Two. Two men were injured yesterday aft- ernoon and last night by hit-and-run motorists, in the pursuit of one of whom a policeman was thrown from his motor cycle when he drove headlong into the side of another automobile. He was unhurt. The second machine was apprehended in Fredericksburg, Va., and its occupants arrested. Five other persons were slightly injured in traffic accidents last night. While speeding at about 45 miles an hour in pursuit of the car which struck Chester Carter, colored, of 1250 ‘Wards court, at Connecticut avenue and M streets about 9 o'clock last night, Policeman C. C. Johnson of the Traffic Bureau crashed into an automobile at Fourteenth and Irving streets. The of- ficer, thrown clear of his machine, got up, walked over to his motor cycle, ex- amined it, then mounted and rode away. Police obtained the number.of the automobile which they say struck Carter, but have not yet located’ its driver.” Carter was removed to Emerg- ency Hospital in a passing machine and %heu treated for lacerations to his left leg. Two Suspects Seized. Charles Tucker, 40 years old, of 1440 New York avenue, was sttuck down yesterday afternoon by an automobile, which failed to stop, as he was walk- ing on Fourteenth street near Water street southwest. He told police it was ocupled by two colored men. Tucker was taken to Emergency Hospital and treated for shock. The occupants of the _machine were arrested last night in Fredericksburg, local police were in- formed, but have not yet been identi- fied. Six-year-old Catherine Johnson, and her father, C. E. Johnson, 31 years old, of 208 Indiana avenue, were injured last evening at First and E streets southeast when they were knocked down by an automobile as they dodged a street car. They were treated at Provi- dence Hospital for body bruises. The automobile was operated by Damon Young of 3701 Massachusetts avenue. ‘While riding a bicycle on Key Bridge last night, Charles McGee, 15 years old, of Clarendon, Va., was struck by an automobile driven by Marion L. Ashford, 25 years old, also of Clarendon, who took the boy to Georgetown University Hos- pital. He was treated there for lacera- tions to his face, hands and arms. ‘Woman Is Injured. Mrs. Erna , 34 years old, of 1407 W street, was slightly bruised last eve- ning when the automobile in which she was riding, driven by William M. Pope of the W_street address, was in col- lislon at New Hampshire avenue and V street with another machine operated by Ralph L. Pierce, 3564 Georgia avenue. A collision between a United States Army Truck from Fort Du Pont, Del, and an automobile driven by Mrs. Ida F. Corbett, 40 R street northeast, early afternoon_at North Capitol sul Corbett and slight damage to PR SR AT MERRILL GOES TO PARIS. Will Sail Tomorrow to Attend ‘World Power Conference. . C. Merrill, formerly executive sec- Federal Power Commis- bening Staf, 'WITE SUNDAY MORFING EDITION PLANS CONFERENCE WITH MELLON OVER BUILDING PROGRAM Fine Arts Board Turns Atten- tion to Federal Projects in District. STATUES FOR ARLINGTON BRIDGE ALSO-DISCUSSED Designs for the Completion of Un- known Soldier's Tomb Are Approve(_l. Bwinging into its second day's ses- sion today, following the Summer re- cess, the Fine Arts Commission turned its attention to detalls of the Federal bulidings program, now going forward in Washington. The commission ar- ranged to confer with Secretary Mellon and other Treasury officials and the Board of Architectural Consultants of the Treasury and go over with them various problems that have arisen and on which the commission’s advice is desired. ‘The tentative sketches for several buildings, prepared by architectural members of the board, were to be pre- sented to the Fine Arts Commission in their incompleted state. The archi- tecis under contract with the Treasury Department, are preparing sketches upon the basis of which the Treasury will make estimates for submission to Congress. Among the plans known to have been submitted to the Fine Arts Commission were those for the Department of Labor, Intersae Commerce Commission. In- dependent Offices and Department cf Justice. It was understood that plans were also discussed for development of landscape architecture of the Federal triangle. ‘The Board of Architectural Con- sultants will remain in session here for a few days. Four statues for the Washington terminus of Arlington Memorial Bridge received the attention of the commission yesterday, as tentative plans were laid before it by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, and his assistant, Maj. J. C. Mehaffey. The program contemplates two figures em- blematic of war at the Washington end of the bridge itself and two figures of peace at the entrance to the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. A competition is to be held in the near future to select designs and sculptors for this work, which will be one of the features of the Arlington Bridge plaza. Discuss Arlington Program. ‘The commission met yesterday after- noon with Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham, quartermaster general of the Army, and viewed a plan for Arlington National Cemetery, showing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Arlington Amphitheater in relation to the Arling- ! ton Memorial Bridge. A program is to be developed making this whole plan & harmonious and artistic unit. Charles Moore, the commission's chairman, who presided, explained to- day that plans are to be made so that visitors may get from the amphitheater to Arlington House more expeditiously. The approaches to the tombs of the Unknown Soldiers of the Civil War are to be made more beautiful. Approval was flven the draft of plans for the completion of the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier. ‘The commission had before,it Prank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, and Robert Laf- ferty, New York architect, and dis- cussed with them designs for the Samuel Gompers Memorial, to be erected by the federation on the triangular plot at Massachusetts avenue, Tenth and Eleventh streets, under authority of Congress. To Select Sculptor. Considering that it is faced with the necessity of choosing a sculptor who will produce & statue of Lief Ericsson worthy of the United States, the com- mission yesterday took up the question of seleciing an artist to be commis- sioned to complete this statue, w] will be presented to Iceland in 1930 at the 1,000th anniversary of the Parlia- ment of Iceland, but has not yet reach- ed a decisicn. Sculptors of Scandinavian ancestry are being considered and Mr. Moore said today that this statue will have to compare favorably with the noted work done by Eimar Johnson of Iceland, the noted sculptor. ‘The commission’s approval was given to a design of a statue of Henry Clay, to be erected under authority of Con- gress, at Caracas, Venezuela. A design for the memorial flagpole Fort Sumter, S. C., was approved. Further study was agreed upon for the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Noble medal designs, submitted to the commission by the director of the mint, Treasury Department, and for the NC-4 medal, submitted by the Navy Department. Last night Col. Grant entertained at dinner Assistant Secretary Heath of the Treasury Department, in charge of the public buildings program; members of the Board of Architectural Consultants :‘nd members of the Fine Arts Commis- on. BOY’S SUICIDE ATTEMPT FRUSTRATED BY MOTHER John R. Greet, Found Unconscious From Gas, Recovers and Wanders Through Streets All Night. Failing to end his life last night by gas, John Robert Greet, 17 years old, rushed from his home, 331 K street northeast, telling his mother that he was going to “finish the job,” but re- turned early this morning after wander- the gas-filled bathroom. He was revived by members of the fire rescue squad and shortly after their departure, ran from the house, declaring he would find & more successful method of suicide. His mother appealed to police, who broadcast a al and an in- tensive was being conducted to locate the missing boy when he returned home. A mnote was found in the bathroom ‘which the youth had addressed to & 14- year-old girl, stating that he “was tired of living and was going to end it all.” Canadian Wheat Crop Slumps. OTTAWA, Ontario, September 11 (#). issued shiny cof of | added it his home, % Mme. Mora, wife of Dr. J. A. Mora, charge d’affaires of Uruguay, officiating as new amphibian prepared to start to South America. With her is William P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Air. ARMY AND NAVY UNION WELGOMED Delegates to Annual Conven- tion Greeted by Commis- sioner Dougherty. Delegates to the forty-first annual national convention of the Army and Navy Union and delegates to the con- vention of the Army and Navy Union Auxiliary were officially welcomed to the city by Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty at a joint session in Pythian ‘Temple today. ‘The Commissioner described briefly the history of the form of government of this city, and wished the delegates a successful convention. Brief addresses also were delivered at the session by Mrs. Sadie Walls, national commander of the Army and Navy Union Auxiliary; Mrs. Virginia Brenner of Marion, Ind., past national commander of the auxil- iary, and by Gen. J. R. C. Ward. Delegates Tour City. ‘The delegates began a tour of the Washington Navy Yard this afternoon to witness the process of manufacture of armament. The Army and Navy Union will hold another business session in the Pythian Temple tomorrow morning, while the auxiliary delegates meet in the Raleigh Hotel, and the delegates from both or- ganizations will visit the White House early tomorrow afternoon. A reception and banquet will be held in the Raleigh Hotel tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock. ‘The election and installation of offi- cers and the conduct of other business will feature a session of the union in jan Temple Friday morning. ‘The union held a smoker in the Sol- diers, Sallors and Marines’ Club, Fif- teenth and L streets, last night. Committees Named. Announcement of committee appoint- ments and preparation for the general conduct of business featured the open- ing session of the convention in Pythian Temple yesterday morning, with Maj. W. L. Peak, national com- mander, presiding. At the meeting the organization adopted resolutions to send greetings to the Grand Army of the Republic in session at Portland and the Spanish ‘War Veterans in jon at Denver. Greetings also were extended to the Auxiliary of the Army and Navy Union meeting in the Raleigh Hotel. nion | REFUELING MAY BECOME STANDARD OPERATION Method Formerly Condemned as Dangerous Stunt in Favor With Air Corps. ‘The refueling of airplanes in flight, condemned by many as a dangerous stunt, may become a standard military operation in the Army Air Corps in the near future, it was announced by F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of ‘War for Aeronautics, in a radio adress last night over a Nation-wide hook-up. Tet Davison pointed out that one of the most important peace-time functions of the Army Air Corps has been the development of aeronautics in general, The effective range of bombardment planes will be doubled as a result of ex- periments with refueling in the air car- ried out since the history-making flight of the Question Mark last January, which began a series of such flights, cul- minating in an unbroken flight of nearly two weeks, Mr. Davison said. Not only can the loads be doubled, but the radius of action of the Army bomber, now not more than 1,200 miles under the most favorable conditions, may be doubled by aerial refueling, he said. TAKES NEW POSITION. William E. Brown Becomes Mana- ger of Arlington Hotel. William Edwin Blown, former man- ager of the Annapolis Hotel, today as- sumed the management of the Arling- ton Hotel at Vermont avenue and L street. Mr. Brown has been connected with lgvenx local hooesl:h !lie lsd:umglu;nu of Eastern High 001, an a 4 of the Washington Chapter of Hotel Greeters of | motored Sikorsky amphibian plane of —Wide World Photo. NEW PLANE STARTS FLIGHT T URUGUAY Ten-Passenger Amphibian Christened on 8,500- Mile Trip. ! { Following its christening yesterday afternoon by Mme. Mora, wife of Dr. J. | A. Mora, charge d'affaires of the Uru- guayan legation, a 10-passenger twin- the New York, Rio and Buenos Aires Line took off from the Anacostia Naval Air Station early this morning on an 8,500-mile trip to Montevideo, Uruguay. ‘The christening took place at the Naval Air Station before a gathering of South American members of the dip- lomatic corps and aviation officials of the United States, headed by William P. MacCracken, jr., retiring Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics; David S. Ingalls, Assistant Seretary of the Navy for Aeronautics, and F. Tru- bee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics. Before his wife christened the big plane Dr. Mora, in a brief address, de- clared that much of the future of pan- American relations is tied up in the de- velopment of air transportation between the countries of North and South America. Upon its arrival in Montevideo the big plane will go into mail, express and passenger service on the line between that city and Buenos Aires. The plane is the fourth addition to the fleet of the New York, Rio and Buenos Aires Line. The company on January 1, 1930, plans to open service from New York City, by way of the National Capital, to Buenos Aires. - HELD FOR INTOXICATION. | Soldier’s “Misguided Sense Humor” Gets Him in Trouble. A “misguided sense of humor” and | an effort to be “sociable” to Policeman T. R. Woodson-led to the arraignment of Arlie A. Smith, a soldier stationed at Walter Reed Hospital for treatment, in Police Court today on a charge of in- ‘D"Ajf::grfih(\ to testimg ony, Smith in a joking way walked up to the policeman on Ninth street last might and asked him if he would tell him where he could buy some “home brew.” The officer saw no humor in the inquiry, and thought only & drunken man would approach & policeman in uniform with a question like that. He took him to the first pre- cinct, where the soldier deposited $10 collateral. Judge Robert E. Mattingly took the man’s personal bond on the offense. Smith admitted he had a misguided sense of humor. He said that he was only trying to be “nice” to the officer. BREATH GIVES HIM AWAY. John F. Downey, 462 Four-and-a- of PAGE 13 LIGENSED GUIDES PLAN T0 ORGANIZE 10 SAVE BUSINESS Move Made Necessary by Re- cent Regulation Forbidding Solicitation on Streets. C. OF C. REPRESENTATIVE PROMISES SUPPORT Secretary Hyde Tells Body Much Business Is Lost Without Central Office. Faced with the recently enacted Com- missioners’ regulation forbidding their soliciting sightseers on the streets of the city, a group of licensed guides met at the Cavalier Hotel, 3500 Fourteenth street, last night and formed a tempo- rary organization looking to the estab- lishment for the entire list of guide license holders in the Capital of a cen- tral booking office, booking substations at strategic points downtown an establishment of uniform rates. e Going Into Effect October 1. ‘The regulations will end the soliciiin of sightseers on the streets, aimed puE ticularly at the guides who have been congregating in front of the White House and, according to Inspector E. W. Brown of the Traffic Bureau, annoying ::ll!d-ol‘-o?fiwn &stms. Inspector Brown ay the regulati v strictly enforced. S ouAe Committee Named. A committee to take steps toward the completion of the organization of all sightseeing guides in the city, at a meeting to be held next Tuesday night at 121 Maryland avenue northeast, was named at iast night's meeting. The committee includes William H. Hickey, Jack Rowles, Robert Harper, E. R. Bland and Miss Ruby M. Polley. John C. Hall, sponsor of the meeting, was named temporary chairman of the embryo organization and Miss Polley was made temporary secretary. Full co-operation with an organiza- tion such as is contemplated was prom- ised the guides at last night's meeting by Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., secretary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hyde told the guides that hundreds of calls yearly come to his office for licensed sightseeing guides, but com- plained that without a central booking office guides are missing much of this business. He urged the organization to protect the public from “fly-by- night” guides, who are unlicensed and against whom there have been received many complaints, both by the Chamber and the Traffic Bureau. Booking Office Plan Endorsed. ‘Thomas Mason of the Traffic Bureau, also endorsed the central booking office plan under consideration, hailing it as an answer to the problems with which the Police Department is confronted in its regulation of sightseer solicitation on the streets. The plan met with the unanimous support of those who attended the meet- ing and it is expected that the entire roster of licensed guides will have been informed of the plans afoot before the next meeting. Guides pay $1 yearly for the badges entitling them to solicit sightseers and drive them In the sightseers’ own cars to the principal points of interest in and around Washington. Before secure ing their guide badges they have to present a motor vehicle driver's permit, present proof of good character and pass an examination establishing their abil- ity to properly inform their clients on the sights of the city. They were given their authority un- der a Commissioner’s regulation, which was subject to revocation at any time by the Commissioners. Recently, after re- | celving many complaints, Inspector Brown asked the Commissioners to take steps to curb their soliciting on the streets and the Commissioners did so. E. M. BERLINER FILES CONSENT TO WILL Eldest Son, Herbert S., Hits Valid ity and Asks Issues be Framed for Jury Trial. Edgar M. Berliner, Montreal, Canada, whose participation” in_the $1,500,000 estate of his father, Emile Berliner, noted inventor, who died August 3, is left to the decision of the National Sav- Trust Co., one of the executors Half street, said that the bay rum which was found in his pocket was being used entirely for his hair. Policeman T. R. ‘Woodson said the man’s breath told a different story and that his action at the time of his arrest also betrayed him. Judge Robert E. Mattingly, in Police Court today, after hearing both versions, imposed a sentence of 30 days in jail and 60 days more in the same glnlce if Downey failed to pay a $100 e. According to Woodson, Downey leaned up against him for support at Ninth and B streets last night. The officer supported him to the first pre- cinct Jock-up. Downey was recently convicted on another drunk charge in Police Court, according to Judge Mattingly, who said this was the reason the sentence was heavy. . Lumber-Laden stumer—Agmmd. NEW YORK, September 11 (#).—The American lumber-laden steamer Pacific Spruce, from Grays Harbor, Wash.. for New York, is grounded near Morant Cay, 60 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, with the salvage steamer Killerig along- side and with lines attached. This_ word was received yesterday -t! the ungofig of the Merritt-Chapman- Scof . here. The Pacific Spruce is owned by the Dimon Steamship Corporation of New York. Silver Dollar Collector Finds “Rival™ Has Stolen March, Coins and Watches tor of a him ins, he keted it and later to the little hoard he kept at 2822 Twenty-seventh street. saved the . Open! the hiding place, he learned to his sorrow ings & under the will, today filed his consent in the District Supreme Court to the admission of his father’s will to probate. All the other children and heirs-at- law have consented to the probate ex- cepting the eldest son, Herbert S. Ber- liner, also a resident of Montreal, who yesterday attacked the validity of the will and asked that issues be framed for a trial by a jury as to the mental ca- pacity of his father and to his charges of alleged undue influence by some of the other beneficiaries of the will. The eldest son was excluded entirely from any share of the estate. Probate of the will was requested a few weeks ago by the widow, Mrs. Cora Berliner, and the trust company, who are named as executors. The will was executed only a few weeks before the death of the inventor. ‘The provision in the Berliner will about the son, Edgar M. Berliner, reads: “My son, Edgar M. Berliner, having voluntarily accepted a large lump sum in advance, out of my estate in order to invest it in Canadian Talking machine enterprises, I now exclude him from par- ticipation in my estate. I have given to the National Savings & Trust Co., one of my executors, a letter dated May 22, 1928, containing certain directions, under which said company may deter- mine that said Edgar is entitled to ad- ditional sums. Should such decision be made in his favor I give to said =ea Edgar such portions of my residuary uutf as said company may allot to ACCUSED OF AUTO THEFT. Colored Man Arrested in North Carolina for D. C. Authorities. A man who police say broke into the ge of Thomas J. Crowell, 102 New ‘ork avenue northeast, Saturday night and stole an automobile was arrested yesterday in Henderson, N. C.,, by H. M. Jett, headquarters detective, after police of that city had notified the local authorities that they were hold- that the rival collector had been there | ing him. before him and the contents were gone. rival entered or how. an, Perry Eli Dutch, colored, 3200 block of Sherman avenue, accord- ing to Detective Jett, escaped from Oc- coquan, where he was serving a term of five years and nine months for the larceny of an sutomobile and for petit