Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1929, Page 17

WITH SUNDAY MORKING The Foening Star. WASHIL NEWLEAD SUPPLIED UTILITES BOARD | ! ~ INGAS FIRM PROBE: Learns H;r;s-—F;;bes Com-g pany Negotiating for Vast System. PLANS TO INVESTIGATE PROBABLE INTEREST HERE Company's President Also Member of Directorate of Washington Light Organization. A new lead in the investigation of the ownership of the Washington Gas Light Co. and its subsidiaries was fur- | nished the Public Utilities Commission | today in reports from New York that | the Harris-Forbes interests have under- taken the creation of a vast public util- ity system, rivaling any now existing in the United States. The reports followed an announce- ment by F. S. Burroughs of Harris & NOTED ARTISTS VISIT CAPITAL Andre Dunoyer —Star Staff Photo. BOY TELLS POLICE Members of the jury of award for the Carnegie Institute international ex- | hibition of paintings, paying a two-day visit here. Left to right: De Segonzac, Vivian Forbes and Wiadislaw Jarocki. TON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 26, 1929. ENLARGED PUWERS ‘ I__YOUTHFUL 'STRIKERS AT THE PARK VIEW SCHOOL FOR BOARD URCED N ZONNG TANELE Lindholm, Commission Engi- neer, Declares for Flexibility in Code in Report. SETTING UP OF GROUP OF APPEALS OPPOSED Present Commission Has Authority to Function in Granting Excep- tions, Expert Holds in Opinion. Frankly recognizing that the District zoning code now is too inflexible, 8. G. Lindholm, engineer of the Zoning Com- mission, it was learned today, has recommended that the powers of the commission be enlarged to enable it to act as a board of adjustment, so as to grant relief in specific cases to proper- ty owners, to an extent not now possible under zoning regulations. Following a studied analysis of the | PAGE 17 PUPLY' TRANSFER BRINGS MOTHERS IN“WAR” BRIGADE i55 Ordered to New Class- rooms Will Not Go if Par- _ents Have Their Say. MASS DESCENT PLANNED ON DISTRICT OFFICIALS Park View Platoon and Monroe Schools Involved in Tangle After Boundary Order. ‘The 35 children transferred from the Park View Platoon School yesterday to the Monroe School will not attend class in the Monroe building, but will be sent each day to their old school, and if this | be_treason, make the most of it. This was the declaration of parents 1of the transferred children, as they | threw down the gauntlet to the public school officials this morning by send- ing or taking their boys and girls to the Park’ View School, on Warder street, between Newton and Otis streets, in defiance of the orders issued for their | Forbes Co. and president of the Public ! Utility Holding Corporation of America | of entering into an agreement to ac- e s s | quire the holdings of the E. W. Clark | matter, Mr. Lindholm has submitted a | comprehensive report to the commis-| { slon, urging the advisability of modify- transfer. Consequently. some 50 of the children and at least 20 mothers appeared at the Park View School at 9 o'clock this BLACK HAND TALE Claims Two Men Threatened interests of Philadelphia in the Portland | Electric Power Co. of Oregon. This com- | pany, serving Portland and vieinity, is | said to have consolidated assets of more | than $90,000,000 and annual gross earn- | ings in excess of $13,000,000. | Burroughs on Board, ‘The only interest the Utilities Com- mission has in the activities of the Pub- lic Utility Holding Corporation is its relationship to the Seaboard Investment Trust, which was claimed to have been | formed for the purpose of holding and voting the 110,000 shares of the Wash- ington Gas Light Co. stock acquired in | July for a group of New York bankers | and investors, headed by the Harris- Forbes interests. Burroughs, the presi- dent of the Public Utility Holding Cor- poration, was elected a_director of the gas company shortly after its acquisi- tion by the Seaboard Investment Trust. The Utility Commission’s inquiry into the transfer of the gas company stock was started to determine whether the | transaction was in conflict with the La Follette anti-merger law. which forbids a foreign holding corporation to own, control or vote more than 20 per cent of the stock in any Washington utility corporation. Burroughs has insisted that the La Follette act was not vio- lated, since the beneficial interest in the 110,000 shares is equally divided among five holding corporations, each of which controls less than 20 per cent of the total stock. The invest- ment trust. he maintained, is not itself a holding corporation and therefore the | Tolding is not in violation of the law. Information Guarded. | The Utilities Commission given some valuable information in connection with the gas company case by the Department of Justice, but its nature is being guarded with utmost secrecy pending completion of the in- vestigation which is now being directed by Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, the commission’s general counsel. No comment was forthcoming from the commission or Bride on the latest reports from New York indicating the intention of the Harris-Forbes group and its assoclates to create a vast pub- lic utility system, but it is known they regard the information with consider- ble importance. .Corpog:tmn Counsel Bride said hc did not expect to finish the inquiry for nearly two weeks, as there are two witnesses he is anxious to interview before he will be in a position to re- port to the commission on the result of the investigation. One of these wit- nesses is out of the United States, but is reported to be on the Atlantic, home- ward bound. "Aside from negotiating the gas com- pany transaction, the Harris-Forbes group, according to recent reports from | |European Judges for Car- |eighth Carnegie Institute internationa | ing the United States. negie Exhibit Entertained | by Andrew Mellon. ‘Three noted European artists, Wlady- country last week to serve as members | of the jury of award for the twenty. exhibition of paintings, are paying 8| short visit to Washington before leav- Accompanied by Homer Saint Gau- dens. director of fine arts, Carnegle | Institute, and Guillaume Lerolle, seeing galleries of Washington, as well‘ as other places of interest. | made by the jury, but will not be an- | exhibit in Pittsburgh, October 17. There | are about 400 oil paintings in this year's | exhibit, contributed by aftists from 14 | countries. After showing in Pittsburgh | for six weeks, the exhibit will be | moved to Baltimore, where it will be on display six weeks, and then to St. Louis for the same length of time. First Pole to Serve. Mr. Jarocki is the first Polish painter to have served on a Carnegie jury of award. Paris. country as a painter of mountain life. | having lived for some time in a small! village of the Carpathian Mountains, the United States. De Segonzao is considered the school. He has an enviable record for | service in the French army during the | war, having served from 1914 to 1918, | first in the infantry and later in the camouflage section. Since the war he | has painted, etched and made illustra- | tions for books. H A Mural Decorator. 1 Vivian Forbes is known throughout England as a mural decorator, having been one of the artists selected to decorate the Houses of Parliament in| London. He had no art training what- | soever until he was invalided out o(‘ the Army in 1918, when he decided to | take up art as a_career. Mr. Forbes has been to the United States before the present visit. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, New York, in association with_ other interests, also has formed the United | States Electric Power Corporation. with an authorized capital of 23,000,000 shares. It likewise will be utility hold- ing company. Burroughs Public Utility Holding Corporation, it is reported, numbers among its original holdings investments in the Associated Gas & Electric Co. | the General Electric & Gas Co. the Central Public Service Co. and other properties. POLICE TAKE FIVE IN 3 LIQUOR RAIDS 144 Half-Gallons of Evidence in Cellar, Entering of Which U. S. Questions. Police reported three raids during the past 24 hours in which five persons were arrested for violations of the pro- hibition law. Sergt. George Little and his squad raided a house in the 2700 block of P street, after the alleged owner, Theodore Slater, colored, had been caught near his house. Assistant United States At- torney David A. Hart, refused to make out papers against the man in Police Court today, because he said the ser- ant had no right to enter the prem- fik The police reported 144 half- gallons of alleged whisky found in the cellar. Sergt. Little also stopped a car in the 700 block of Balls court and found 43 half-gallon jars of alleged liquor. They arrested Eimer Sweeney, 22 years old, 1200 block of Thirty-third street, and charged him with possession. An- other man who was riding in the car escaped after Policeman Leo Murray lost A hard chase. G. C. Deyoe caught Sweeney, Policeten A. D. Mansfield and H. G. Wanamaker of the first precinct raided a house in the 900 block of Four- teenth street after a police informer had made two “buys.” hey found a pint of whiskey, and three persons were held for actién of the grand jury in Police Court. They are James F. Cody, Flossie 0. Cody and Ollie P. Briggs. Judge Gus A. Schuldt set bonds of $2,000 for them. Assistant United States Attorney m:lxig A. Hart handled the case for Government. SR ey Taxpayers Ask for Road. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. Septem- ber 26 (Special).—A group of tax- yers of the Collington community K:. petitioned the Prince Georges County commissioners for a public road, leading from the colored school near Collington to Ben Henry's old shop, through the Jands of Tyler Wells and others. The road would bs approxi- mately a half mile in length and a part of it would be over what is known as the old State road in Queen Anne districts known as an art connoisseur and col- lector of paintings, entertained the visit- | ing artists at a Juncheon yesterday. Ac- | companied by Mr. Saint-Gaudens, th: | will leave Washington tonight for Phil: | delphia, where they will view the col- lection of Joseph Widener of that city, ! leaving later for New York City, where | | they will remain for a short visit be- fore returning to their homes. They have been guests at the Mayflower dur- !'ing their two-day visit. | them on the jury of award were three | American artists—Maurice Sterne, Leon | Kroll and Charles Hopkinson. WILL OF E. M. HEWLETT IS FILED FOR PROBATE The will of Emanuel M. Hewlett, formerly a justice of the peace and | member of the bar, who died September | 19, has been filed for probate. He leaves { certain real estate to Charles N. Barker, in trust, to pay a life annuity of $60 per month to Sallie A. Willlams, de- scribed as “my dear friend.” On her death the real estate is to be conveyed to his nieces, Marian Barker of this city and Ena Barlow of Oakland, Kent, England. » Other real estate is given to his sis- ter, Aaroneila M. Scott, and cash be- quests of $100 each are made to Sallie A. Williams and Huddel Oliver. His Liberty bonds are given to Marian Barker. On the death of Sallie A. Williams the premises at 1526 Church street are to be sold and $500 paid to Beatrice Malvin and one-half of the remaining proceeds given the two nieces men- tioned and the other half distributed among his sister-in-law, Mary V. Light- foot, and the children of a brother-in- law. Edward Ambler. The library of the testator is left to the National Training School for Women and Girls, at Lincoln Heights, D. C., as a memorial to Elizabeth P. Hewlett, deceased wife of the former justice of the peace. The remaining estate is to go to Marian Barker and Brucie Braxton, to be distributed among themselves and the children of Edward Ambler. | PHEASANTS FOR PARK. Effort to Purchase Peafowl Balked by Law. been balked by lack of au- Having gwrlty under the law in their effort peafowl for Washington's parks, officials of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks are hopeful of o some pheasants to make animal life more luncilve “the in the recreational areas. today that Dr. Willlam M. Mann, su- perintendent of the National Zoolog- ical Park, is looking into the possi- bility of obtaining a dozen pheasants. These birds are to be pl south of the Lincoln Memorial, in Potomac Park, and an attempt will e to breed birds to be placed in parks, Serving with | Officials of the park division said 'to to Kill Father Unless He Gave Up Savings. ing the zoning code, to permit excep- tions from hard and fast rules where, in specific cases, radical changes in the zoning map are found not in public interest. In Public Discussion. The matter was thrown into public A story of “black-hand” tactics and | discussion recently when the zoning ad- York contractor, who claims that he draw his savings from the bank and | slaw Jarocki of Poland. Andre Dunoyer of kidnaping was unfolded to police | visory committee, composed of repre- | de Segonzac of France and Vivian | early this morning by a 15-year-old boy | sentatives of local trade bodies, archi- | | Forbes of England, who arrived in this | of Itallan birth, the son of a New tects, realtors and builders, unanimous- ly recommended creation of a zoning - | was brought to Washington from New | board of appeals, or an alternative sys- | 1| York by two men who forced him to ! tem having the same general objectives. | Engineer Lindholm, in his turn the money over to them under |voices warnings against father's death. The boy, Benedict LePere, is at the Euro- | Receiving Home for Children, and his | committee of the existing Zoning Ppean representative of the department | father, Frank LePere, is reported to be | mission, which he believes the commis- of fine arts, the foreign artists are|on the way to this city for his son. sion has the power to set up. | threats that to refuse would mean his | board of appeals, to which he is known | to be personally opposed, and he pro- poses the alternative of an ldjuslmtn!] Com: Meanwhile, police have been able to : corporation counsel of the District rules obtain no ‘clue to the identity of the |that it Six awards for the winners ranging | kidnapers, nor could the boy tell them | mends { from $300 to $2,000 have already been | in which direction the car which bore him from New York was headed when Jast midnight. Accosted by Two Men. Benedict, who lives with his parents at 13527 Spritz street, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Long Island, works as errand boy in a New York office duri night. Tuesday evening, while on the way home from work he was accosted by the two men. They said they knew a word to any one of what had oc- | nounced until the formal opening of the | the men dumped him out on the street | | | | 1 “his father and! He studied art in the Cracow | were going to kill him unless Benedict | opamimicmoer Of the soning ad has been | Academy of Fine Arts and later in | gave them all the money he possessed. | . 3 ot He is well known in his own | They impressed on him that if he said | ter Mr. Lindholm cites the need of an | has not, however, he recom- that this power be sought from Congress. Until this question as to power has been determined, Mr. Lindholm recom- mends that the Zoning Commission defer action on the petition of the zoning advisory committee. Determined Effort Slated. ‘The Operative Builders’ Association 80 | ot Washington is preparing to make a | ng “the day and goes to business school at !dfi.rl’mtnld O e e appeals, based on information as to its functions in the larger Eastern cities, gathered by Rufus S. Lusk. secretary, during a recent extended tour. Lusk visory In_his analytical report on the mat- adequate staff to handle the work which urred they would kill both him and an adjustment committee of the com- is father. | bank, they said Benedict explained this morning. was scared. nesday morning. - As soon as the banl was open I drew out all I had there— 1t was $20. The men were there at 10 o'clock. The street where we met 1s only a block long and there is hardly anybody around. Forced Boy Into Car. “They took the money, but when they saw it was only $20 they got mad, but I showed them my bank book to prove that was all I had. : He was to meet them the | : Where he made many aketches from | next morning st 10 o'clock at the same | T o ot e ore ih life. This is Mr. Jarocki’s first visit {0 place witn all the money he had in | as forecasting the possible action of the FTSreally aaight thiymou i iy | oo Ao e SERICHSSSERE I | last word as a painter of the modern | father so I said nothing about Ag:;i&,mh‘{fl‘.’.',‘ thp‘ mutlt_;er of ld]ustm;nui g { specific zoning changes by making ! I didn't go to work Wed- | exceptions from established rules. His statement, while not interpreted itself has been giving Inflexiblity Cited. Recognizing the “inflexibility” of the present zoning code, which is protested by the zoning advisory committee, Mr. Lindholm has told the commission: “That meritorious cases to which the radical measure of rezoning cannot be applied have been left without relief is acknowledged by all.” An {llustration of this point, another They said | observer points out. is found in the de- ‘we are going to take you for a ride| cision of the Zoning Commission this anyway’ and forced me to get in their | week in refusing to change from resi- automobile.” The boy said his kidnapers did not mistreat him. When they reached this city they ordered him out of the car and cau- tioned him that if he divulged what had happened his father would die. Benedict said today that he did not even know what city he was in until he approached two young women sit- | ting in a parked automobile and in- quired, “What State is this?” In re- sponse to questions, he told them his story and the women called Policeman |C. €. Johnson, who was passing along the street. Johnson took the boy to ferred to the Receiving Home. 'TALL CEDARS T0 OPEN MEETING TOMORROW Supreme Officers of Order to Hold Annual Conference at Willard Hotel.. | | | | | The supreme officers of the Tall Ce- | dars of Lebanon will hold their annual conference in the Willard Hotel tomor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock, after being received by President Hoover at the ‘White House earlier in the afternoon. They are scheduled to arrive here from various sections of the country to- morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock, at which time they will be met at Union Station by a committee headed by Dr. J. T. Prendergast, grand tall cedar of Capital Forest, and Rev. Robert Lee Lewis, supreme chaplain of Tall Cedars. The itinerary is to include a trip to Arlington tomorrow morning, where a wreath will be pl.ced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and after visit- ing the White House in the afternoon they are to be received by Bishop James E. Freeman at the Cathedral in front of two trees, cedars of Lebanon, planted there. A ceremonial is also scheduled for tomorrow nigh SENATE BOARD PLANS TO TAKE UP REALTY LAWS The Senate subcommittee assigned the task of drafting laws for the Dis- | trict relating to regulation of the real | estate business, the method of fore- closing mortgages and similar subjects will hold its first meeting at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning to map out & course of procedure. One ‘of the questions to be consid- ered at this first session is when hear- ings should be held. Senator Blaine, Republican, of , chairman of { the subcommittee, has taken the view | that it should be possible to get down the of pi legislation | without the taking of extensive testi- | mony as to the necessity for. the laws in_question. e plan is to have one or more bills ready for consideration by the entire Bm“alfi: m‘ committee wl::‘tl:; regular of Congress ' sf Decembets | | the first precinct whence he was trans- | | Had this dential A restricted area to residential A semi-restricted area two lots on which stand two semi-detached houses which were there before zoning was established, and therfore are “non-con- forming.” *The owner asked the change so that rear porches might be inclosed. This could not be done under the existing zoning classification. Petition Is Refused. Inclosing the blight the beauty of the neighborhood, officials agreed. but the petition was re- jected because, under the present zon- ing code, relief could be granted only by lowering the zoning classification from A restricted to A semi-restricted. been done, & lower residential zoning classification would have been established in an A restricted section. If the Zoning Commission had au- thority to grant an exception from the zoning regulations the porches could be inclosed without changing the zon- ing map. Contending that the zoning act for the District of 1920 has conferred both legislative and reviewing powers on the Zoning Commission to the extent of giving the commission “very extensive powers of modification and ' review,” Mr. Lindholm cites a list of actions of the commission in granting exceptions from literal interpretations of estab- lished rules. Decisions Recalled. “In addition to the adjustments by changes in the zoning map,” Mr. Lind- holm states, “the Zoning Commission has in part adjusted cases involving variance from a literal interpretation of the regulations.” He cited the fol- lowing decisions: “On shallow lots a building might be allowed to extend as far to the rear as the shallower of the two abutting buildings.” 1921 = “Six per cent overoccupancy of lot— in C area approved as in substantial l;gl;?,fllilnce with zoning regulations.” “Seventeen per cent overoccupancy for lots—in B area for private garage authorized.” 1924. “Seven and eighth-tenths per cent over-occupancy of corner—in virtual col,npl!.lnce with zoning regulations.” 1924. Ninety cent occupancy of lots—in B area for church purposes granted.” 1925, “Ninety-four feet height limit in 90- foot height area and 120.5 feet for addition to a building of the same height approved.” 1926. ““Overoccupancy of approximately 170 square feet for a dwelling on lot—in A restricted area approved.” 1926. ' No Precedent Set. Mr. Lindholm points out, however, that the cor n has at no time set such methods of adjustments as pre- cedents to be followed, and the practice has varied with the changing member- ship of the commission. “Changes in the present regulations are necessary to improve the present appeal situation,” he contcnds, “and if the changes cannot be made under the present act, then congressional action must be secured. “The zoning act authorizes the com mission ‘to dogt ‘wrh regulations, not inconsistent wit] as may be neces- sazy to the purposes sad 1f the | porches would not | FOR CHESTDRNE | Division Chairman Heads Each of 16 Divisions, With Captains for Subunits. Organizations employing 25 or more persons have been divided into 16 classi- fications for solicitation in the 1930 ‘cnmpalgn of the Community Chest. Frank R. Jelleff, chairman of the group | solicitation unit, announced today. The | announcement followed a meeting with | Linn C. Drake, secretary of the unit, |and officials of the chest. | Each of these 16 general groups will I'be headed by a division chairman, Mr. | Jelleff said, and a team captain will be ! appointed for each division of each general group. For instance, Mr. Jelleff explained. there will be a general chairman for | the group under the classification | taflers.” ~ These in turn will be divided linto firms dealing in bedding. shoes, | department stores, jewelers, furniture, lete. There will be a team captain for | each division. “We expect a large increase in gifts | from the firms solicited by this unit.” | Mr. Jelleff said. “We are planning to s0 systematize the work that every { employe will have a chance to con- tribute, and as we will be compelied to raise more money this year on ac- {count of the increased number of or- ganizations in the Community Chest, the group solicitation unit naturally expects to do its share in providing for the increased wants of Washington's | benefiicent organizations affiliated with | the chest.” | this | {ry into effect the provisions of act.” ““The law elsewhere provides for re- | view of specific cases and remedy by change in zoning. It is but logical to assume that a method of effecting mi- | inor adjustments is implied in this par- agraph. | Jrges Amendment. “It is, therefore, suggested that an amendment of the zoning regulation the zoning code of Kansas City, Mo., s | follows: | *‘Whenever. in any specific case, the Zoning Commission shall find and de- | termine that the strict application of a | regulation to the particular case under | consideration will, by reason of excep- | tional circumstances or surroundings constitute a practical difficulty or un necessary hardship, and that the gen eral purpose and intent of such regu- lation may be preserved and that the public health and safety and the pro- tection \of property may, in so far as provided by the zoning act. be secured by a specific modification or partial sus- pension of the application of such reg- | ulation to the specific case under con sideration, the Zoning Commission may. | upon unanimous vote. make an order | permitting such modification or partial | suspension. | Mr. Lindholm cally attention to the fact that such an amendment would | not create a new board and that it | would only “enable the commission to act with authority where it has in the past acted hesitatingly; that it does not call for a public kearing in cases coming within the scope of the amend- ment, and that appeal from the order of the commission may be taken to the proper court.” In compiling arguments against a sep- arate board of appeals, Mr. Lindholm states that “no legal definition of the scope of appeal cases will prevent &n appeal board from sitting n judgment on exactly the kind of cases now ap- pearing before the Zoning Commis- sion. The board of appeals will, there- fore, in_practice, absorb the functions of the Zoning Commission except the functions of changing the zoning regu- lations and the zoning of areas upon its own initiative.” He presents the argument also that if a separate board be created to han- dle appeal cases, no other public ad- vantage will be gained than a substitu- tion of officials. In this connection he declares that the Zoning Commission has a history of nine years in which ap- peals to courts have oeen avcided in spite of the limitations 5f power 1 nder Ehlch the commission has been work- 8. Policy Change Sought. ‘The Operative Builders’ Association is strongly urging that the Zoning Com- mission change its announced policy to hold but three zoning heari year after next January 1. mission this week deferred action on the petition of the builders. The matter is to_be dgddedey the time the new pollncy is to be effective the first of the next year. In ‘petitioning for a change in the new policy, the Operative Builders de- ouid vork ' Bardship O propeRy work a p on pt owners, who would have to wait for four months, or in some cases much :?nn":i\ to om action by the commis- n on pen proposals. Further, it was contended, the new policy would cause a great number of cases to be piled up on the commis- sion’s calendar, ing hearings last- ing perhaps many days and taking the District Commissioners, members of the zoning body, from their r «Unmm many Above—Some of the young pupils at the Park View School. who appeared | there again today despite orders of the school authorities to ransfer to the Mon- | elow— roe School, some eight blocks awav. { nev Rickenbacker, left, and Eve- 1lyn, Aldrich, right, two of the strikers, photographed with Mrs. C. Tyrrell, one of 12 the protesting parents. Pnotos. ENGINE COMPANIES PREPARE FOR TEST PARTY HERE TODAY Fire Units Seek Possession of Admiral Nomura and Staff to! Star and Merchant and Manufacturers’ Cups. | Rival engine and truck companies of | the District Pire Department were pre- | paring today for the opening of the an nual speed tests which begin tomorrow morning. With three companies secking permanent possession of the cups awarded annually by The Evening Star nd ‘Merchants and Manufacturers’ As- | soclation, it is likely they will set & lively pace for other competitors. Chief Engineer Thomas O'Connor, drillmaster of the Fire Department, who is in charge of arrangements for the tests, said today that no company would be notified in advance of the arrival of the official timing committee. As near as possible, the conditions under which each test is made will be similar to a regular unexpected alarm of fire. The Evening Star Cup, which is awarded to the engine company show- ing the greatest speed in leaving quar- ters after the receipt of a test alarm, was won_last year by Engine Company No. 23. Its closest rival is Engine Com- pany No. 21. Both companics have won the cup twice and if either one wins again it will retain permanent pos- session of it. Truck Company No. 14 has won the Merchants and = Manufacturers’ Cup during the last two years, so it has an edge on its rivals. The committee conducting the tests will start its rounds at 9 o'clock to- morrow morning and will take two days to complete the schedule. Tt will “drop in” unexpectedly upon the ia- rious quarters. In addition to Chief O'Connor, the other members of the “timing” commit- tee are W. W. Deane of the War De- partment, who is in charge of the fire comparies at the various Government establishments in the District, - and Nelson Shepard of The Evening Star. Rules governing the contesls were is- sued last week so as to avoid any mis- understanding on the part of competing firemen. —_— GREEN TO CONFER HERE WITH STRIKE LEADERS Labor Chieftain Seeks Settlement of New Orleans’ Car ‘Walkout. By the Assoclated Press. William _ Green, president - of the American Federation of Labor, will con- fer here tomorrow or Saturday with officials of the Amalgamated Associa- tion of Street and Electric Railway Employes upon a settlement. of the New Orleans street car men's. strike. Green said today the conference would be attended by W. D. Mahon, president of et Car Men's Association, and Fitagerald, vice president. JAPANESE NAVAL | morning. where admission to class was ! denied the children by Miss Emily Scrivener, principal. Out of Her Control. Miss Scrivener _explained to the aroused mothers that the transfer of the children was a move over which ! she had no control. regardless of any sympathy she might have in either | direction. since the order establishing | boundaries for the Park View School { had been sent by her superior officers | in the public school system. | With the doors of the platoon school closed to their children, the Park View i mothers with their boys and girls took Lup their watch in the corridors of the | building, where they remained awaiting the arrival of any school official who | might issue new orders, until at 11 jo'clock they departed for their homes iand later selected a delegation to visit the Franklin Administration Building to appeal to Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super- | intendent. | The group was escorted to the office |nt Robert L. Haycock, assistant super- |intendent in charge of elementary {schools. They were advised by Mr. Hay- | cock to show “sportsmanship” and send | their children to Monroe School pend- {ing final action. | A few moments after the protestant- began addressing Mr. Haycock, Dr | Ballou_entered the office, where he re- | mained standing silently throughout the { half hour session. i Officials Awalt Report. | While the mothers sat determinedly i with the conviction that their children i would not be pupils at the Monroe School, officials at the Pranklin Ad- | ministration Building were awaiting a | report on the situation from Selden M | Ely, supervising principal of the fifth i division, in which are located the two | schools involved. | The mothers claimed the only reason | their children were transferred to the { Monroe School was to increase the en- | rollment in that building. which they contended is being surrounded b colored residents. Enrollment in the Monroe School, they pointed out, ha: decreased because many families have moved. In this view the mothers are upheld. in part, by some of the school officials. Robert L. Haycock, assistant superin- tendent in charge of elementary schools and Mr. Ely declared that the situation chiefly was brought about by “economit factors.” Reiterate Determination. At the conclusion of the meeting at Mr. Haycock’s office the mothers re- iterated their determination to send their children each day to the Park- view School until a final decision is made by the board. - Several declarec intentions of entering their children in private schools, rather than permit them to attend the Monroe | 4:30 o'clock this afternoon for a series Among the mothers who were most active in the protest today were Mrs Conklin_ Tyrrell, 640 Keefer place whose 8-year-old boy was transferrec from the third grade: Mrs. Alfred Han- nemann, 633 Keefer place. whose three boys, ranging from the first through | the sixth grades, were ordered trans- Admiral Nomura, commander of the! ferred and whose youngest child wa aining squadron of the Japanese navy, | refused admittance in the kindergarten his staff, and the captains of the two Mrs. Lena Levine, 2137 Warder street cruisers of the fleet, which dropped| affected by the transfer . anchor at Baltimore yesterday, are Many Others Active. scheduled to arrive in Washington about | Others active who were present at both meetings, and their children, in- Be Received by Hoover Tomorrow. | 1 of official calls and entertainments, | which will last through Sunday. Friday, the other officers, the mid- shipmen and enlisted men of the squadron will come to Washington, where they will be entertained with sightseeing trips. The midshipmen will be reviewed by President Hoover, Sec- retary of Navy Adams and Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of naval opera- tions. With the party, which is expected to arrive this afternoon will be Lieut. (junior grade) W. J. Sebald. U. S. N., who has been assigned as Admiral No- mura’s aide during his stay in this country. Besides Admiral Nomura's staff, there will be Capt. Suzuta, com- mander of the cruiser Iwate, and Capt. Hibino, in command of the Asama. The admiral is to stay at the Japanese em- bassy, but the other officers will spend the night at the Hamilton Hotel. A private dinner is to be given the officers tonight at the embassy. Admiral Nomura and his staff and 1| the captains of the Iwate and Asama will call on Secretary Adams and Ad- miral Hughes at noon tomorrow. Presi- dent Hoover is to receive them at 1 o'clock at the White House. Following a review of the midshipmen, they will lunch with the President at 1:30 o'clock. Admiral Nomura will place a wreath | on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington at 3:30 o'clock. A dinner will be given in honor of the visiting officers by the Japanese Ambassador in the Cariton Hotel in the evening. Saturday there will be a luncheon for Admiral Nomura at the home of Admiral Hughes. That after- noon the Japanese Ambassador will give a buffet luncheon at the embassy. The day will be rounded out for the distinguished visitors with a reception at the Mayflower Hotel tendered by the Japanese naval attache and Mrs. ane in the late afternoon, and & dinner in the evening at the home of Secretary Adams, 2221 R street. The officers will Jeave Sunday for Annapolis and more entertainment. o $250 Alimony Granted. Alimony of $250 a month was award- ed Mrs. Ethel King Allison by Justice Wendell P. Stafford, in a final decree granting her an absolute divorce from William C. Allison, sales manager of an automobile firm. The decree signed to- day gives the wife custody of the two children. EeEy cluded: Mrs. M. Silver, 2902 Park place, 10- year-old sixth-grade girl; Mrs. H. J i Nachman, 3106 Park place, 9-year-olc | fourth-grade girl; Mrs. E. H. Bowie. 543 Kenyon street, 6-year-old first- grade boy: Mrs. J. E. Beavers, 651 | Keefer place, 7-year-old first-grade girl and 11-year-old fifth-grade boy: Mrs Albert’ D. Rickenbacker, 635 Keefer place, 12-year-old sixth-grade girl: Mrs. B. Cohen, 619 Keefer place, 12- | year-old sixth-grade girl; Mrs. Edward Cohen, 620 Keefer place, 9-year-old fourth-grade girl; Mrs. Fel Emmanual. 3701 New Hampshire avenue, 5-year- old boy: Mrs. William Banos, 622 Keefer place, 8-year-old second-grade girl, and Mrs. M. Shatenstein, 650 Kenyon street, 10-year-old fifth-grade girl JURY CONVICTS MAN | ON LIQUOR CHARGE | A Police Court jury convicted Frank | P. Collins, 26 years old, 1800 hlock of | Clydesdale place, of possession of whis- ky, although it was shown in court that tke police entered the man's upart- { ment without a warrant. Sergt. O. J. Letterman said that he | went to the apartment after receiving complaints that the place was disor- derly. He said that Collins invited him in and that on entering he found 140 gallons of home brew in the process of fermentation, 115 botties of alleged beer. 6 quarts of alleged whisky and 3 quarts of alleged cognac. This was found in a rear room of the apartment. In court, Collins said that he rented the front room from a man and had nothing to do with the one in which the whisky was found. He said he did ‘The case, which wus handled vy As- sistant United States Attorney Jame: Kirkland, was continued for sentence by Judge Ralph Given, afier the jury had returned a verdict of guilty. Landslide Kills Seven. SAN SALVADOR, September 26 (#).— Storms raged throughout Salvador yes- terday. -A family of seven persons while at breakfast in their home in Cerro Miramundo, Chalatenanga Department. were buried by a landslide caused by the