Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1929, Page 12

* PRISONER ATTACKS - DETECTIVE AFTER VAGRANGY TRIAL Gravely’s Testimony False, Christopher Popalos Tells Judge When Rearraigned. 180 DAYS ARE ADDED TO 6-MONTH SENTENCE Officer. Kicked in Abdomen While Leaving Court, but Returns to Witness Stand. Attacking Detective Spotswood F. Gravely, who had just testified against him in a vagrancy case, as the two were leaving the courtroom today and kick- ing him severely, Christopher E. Pa- palos, 28 years old, of Silver Hill, Md., was retried a few minutes later on a charge of assault and sentenced to 180 days in jail by Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly, the same sentence the court hld!lllzt imposed on the vagrancy| count. Papalos was convicted of vagrancy September 20 and a sentence of 180 days was suspanded by Judge Mat- tingly at this time on the condition that the man would leave this city for- ever, Last night Gravely and Police- man R. F. McCarthy of the fourth pre- cinct arrested the man again and ht him to court this morning. Judge Mattingly sentenced him to serve six months in jail on the charge of vagrancy after Gravely had told the court the Maryland man had no lawful occupation. < Papalos was being led to a cell by Bailiff Richard Hughes, closely followed by Gravely, who was leaving the room to return to his precinct, when the prisoner suddenly whirled out of ths grasp of his guard. His right foot shot out in the direction of the officer’s ab- domen. There was a dull thud and the officer crumpled up in pain. The be- ‘wildered court attache grabbsd the prisoner and with the assistance of se®- eral of his companions escorted Palalos to the lock-up. As soon as Gravely had recovered sufficiently to testify the man was brought back into the court and sen- tenced on the assault charge. ely had delive alse testimon; against him. / PASTOR TO OCCUPY CALVARY PULPIT Rev. W. S. Abernethy to Continue Evening Series on “Prac- tical Wisdom.” Rev. W. S. Abernethy, tor of Cal- vary Baptist Church, 1 occupy the pulpit at both services tomorrow. At 11 o'clock the subject will be “The Pledge of Allegiance” and at the close the ordinance of the Lord's supper will be observed. At 8 o'clock he will con- tinue the series on “Practical Wisdom From the Book of Proverbs,” “Guarding the Source” being ubject. ‘Tte Junior Church will hold services in Baker Hall. Rev. Homer J. Coun- cilor will preach. A circle rally will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock. The meeting will open with the devotional service, led by Mrs. W. 8. Abernethy. Mrs. John R. Thomas will introduce the new study book. This meeting will be held in the new Samuel H. Greene Memorial Building, Burrall Hall. Luncheon will be served at 1 o’clock, at which Mrs, John S. Sowers of Virginia will be guest speaker. The deaf department lwm meet to- Mrs. Grace Weekley will meeting of the Christian Endeavor So- clety Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Topic for discussion, “Ideals Worth Living For.” ‘The Burrall Class will meet' tomor- row morning, at 9:30 o'clock, in the Samuel H. Greene Memorial Building, and the lesson will be taught by Mrs. Jessie Burrall Eubank. The Vaughn also will occupy it snew room in the same building, Rev. H. J. Councilor teacher. o CHURCH TO OBSERVE 54TH ANNIVERSARY | Managers Consent to THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1929. COMMUNITY CHEST FUND DRIVE POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY Proposal by Business Firms to Permit Campaign to Follow Christmas With January 27-February 5 decided on as the date for the next Community Chest campaign, officials mth began making plans for the firing of the first gun in lt’hz annual drive. Decision to postpone the campaign from November 29-December 9 until after the holidays was reached last night at a joint mee! ing of the executive and campaign com- mittees. In announcing the change, John Poole, campaign chairman, revealed it was made on the recomméndation of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants & Manufacturers’ Associa- tion. The members of these organiza- tlons feared they would be unable to give full co-operation in the efforts to Holidays. raise the necessary funds unless the drive was delayed until after the pre- yuletide rush milt SeAE N o Pointing oul port of the merchants which resulted in the success of the last cam , Poole add- ed the same men were counted on “to make the 1930 campaign, with its increased number of organizations and consequent ' need for additional money, as great a success.” ‘The attitude of the business leaders was_explained in letters from Charles 'W. Darr, president of the chamber, and Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the mer- chants’ tion. Resolutions were adopted deploring the recent death of Charles J. Bell, financial figure. SAYS TARIFF LEAGUE DOMINATES SENATE Senator King Attacks Admin- istrative Provisions of Measure. By the Assoclated Press. A charge that the administrative pro- visions of the tariff bill were written to give “domestic manufacturers what some have denominated as a strangle hold on the domestic market” was made in the Senate today by Senator King, Democrat, Utah. A careful examination of the bill, King said, would convince any one that from beginning to end it was “aime against imports whether made by brokers, foreigners or American citi- zens.” Both imports and exports would diminish under the measure, he said, adding that all efforts to build up a merchant marine also would prove abortive. ‘The Utah Senator’s attack came at the opening of a three-hour session es- pecially set aside to dispose of all re- maining committee amendments to the administrative sections of the measure and clear the way for consideration of the rate schedules. In “Grip” of League. King said the Senate was “in the grip” of the American Tariff League in the preparation of the Hawley-Smoot bill. This organization, of which Jo- seph R. Grundy is vice president, he added, “threw_itself into the breach™ against the Borah resolution which would have limited tariff revision to ag- riculture, in the hope of swelling the profits of American manufacturers through increased industrial rates. King asserted the “reactionaries” won a notable victory when they put through the amendment drafted by Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, looking to_future abandonment of the foreign value method of assessing ad valorem duties and were seeking now to “rivet that victory.” “Reaction” Is Questioned. Senator Shortridge, Republican, Cali- fornia, had an extensive exchange with King over the definition of “reaction,” asking if . he (Shortridge) could be termed a reactionary because he stood with Washington, Jefferson and others for adequate tariff protection. “Am eactionary,” the Californian asked, “when I plead for protection to Florida_as earnestly as I do for Cali- fornia?” King said he had not used the term offensively but merely to characterize a group In this country which stood for_“stand-pat policies.” Beyond the few minor proposals be- fore them today, the Senators saw the way opening toward a closing or widen- ing of the greatest breach in Republican ranks the chamber has experienced in ears. 7 Republican regulars hoped for a dis- solutgm of the victorious group of Dem- ocrats and ‘independent Republicans that beat them in their effort to con- tinue the fiexible tariff policy indorsed by President Hoover. Belittle Predictions. Democrats inclined to belittle ma- Jority predictions that the thrice-tested coalition—twice victorious in the export debenture farm relief contest—would break under the weight of conflicting interests in many of the numerous in- dustrial rate proposals. The customary Saturday recess was discarded today for a special three-hour session intended to clear the amend- ments given right of way ahead of the rate schedules. Possibility of delay in starting the Friendship Baptist Congregation ‘Will Hear Special Sermon Tomorrow Morning. fifty-fourth birthday anniversary the sec- he pastor, sermon will be deliv- e pestor at 11 am. Rev. Aqui Sayles, pastor of the Provi- dence Baptist Church, will preach the anniversary sermon at 3:30 p.m. Rev. J. I Lo , secretary of the Baptist ‘Ministers’ ference, will preach at pm. Services during the week will be as follows: Monday, 8 p.m. sermon by Rev. J. H. Randolph, pastor of the mllnt nlg,orhh Baptist church‘: T;:les- , anniversary prayer and praise meeting; Wednesday, sermon by Rev. L. T. H of the Mount “Jezreal Baptist Church; Thursday, ser- mon Rev. G. O. Bullock, tor of Baptist Church; y, ser- mon by Rev. W. A. Gray, of the Mount Salvation Baptist Church. —_— ‘LIVING CREED” IS TOPIC. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris to Have Dr. Reynolds as Guest. Fredérick ' Brown Harris, tor of Methodist Episcopal Church, will preach _tomorrow morning on the theme, “A Living Creed.” At the eve- ning service the pulpit will be occupied Dr. Fred Coombs Rzynold.:i :}";'a'fi' of U e otq':e DENVER PASTOR HERE. Rev. R. B. H. Bell to xnld_ Mission at Trinity Church. Rev. Robert B, H. Bell, rector of St. J Denver, Colo., and as- Soclety the auspices. of this Church and parish hall, streets, from October 28 to November 1, inclusive, The services will be at 8 p.m. t Heg ’ge llhe'mplrhhdeufil. m’" “ufl; ures at 10-a.m. .” There will be a charge for ad- mission to those lectures. For further 8 to Rev. George P, propriate manner. 4 ‘The debate on the imposts themselves seemed lessened by the attitude of Democratic leaders toward the desire of Senator. Thomas, Democrat, Oklahoma, to move for limitation of revision to farm products as soon as the rate schedules are reached. Democratic and Republican _inde- pendent leaders felt that his resolution, similar in intent to that of Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, which was defeated before the Summer recess by only one vote, could not marshal such strong support. Thomas Is Determined. Senator Thomas, however, said he was going ahead, ignoring the warning of the Democratic leaders and a belief that the Republican independents were not ready to revive that controversy. Although Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, opened the subject of a tax on stock transactions, Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, sponsoring such a proposal, did not indicate that he would press for immediate action. The Senate voted to retain a bi- |1 T5 in disposing o 1 Jact Lmporiant POs| Of e N administrative amendment, thus reject- ing the House plan for a commission of seven members chosen without re- gard to party affiliations. Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, ‘was successful in "t{fmg again to take the tariff out of politics” with the addi- tion of a clause declaring it to be the intention of Congress that the com- mission, in “all its official matter sub- mitted to it. no consideration whatever given to pai ip or party It was added to the amend- h the consent of Republican Another disagreement with the House was foreshadowed with adoption of an amendment _eliminating a House pro- vision to make the Secretary of the ‘Treasury instead of the Customs Court the court of last appeal from appraisers’ ggmma regarding assessment valua- BIRTHDAY SERVICE. Shiloh Baptist Institutional Church Plans Program. Bhfloh“!lpfilt Institutional the pastor, th officers and members celebrate this occasiol Church 10, and are planning n in an ap- services tomorrow will be :re— this event and Dr. Waldron h at 11 am. m} “The Fruit GRANT TO ARRANGE OIL PLANT PARLEY Writes Presifient of Sun Com- pany Regarding Arling- ton Project. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, cxccutive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning. Commission, which is inter- ested in any development touching park expansion, has written to .J.’ Howard Pew, president of the Sun Oil Co. of Philadelphia, which proposes to erect tanks and wharves just north of the Virginia side of the Key Bridge, on the Potomac River, and Rosslyn, Va., advis- d | ing him’ that he will be glad to ar- range a conference on the subject. Mr. Pew had previously communicated with the colonel, suggesting a conference, the date for which has not yet been set. The first conference will b2 held with Col. Grant, but it is considered that the matter will be brought to the atten- tion of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, as developments proceed. Attitude of Co-operation. Col. Grant made it clear that he does not take the position that the oil com- pany should be attacked, inasmuch as its officials have shown a disposition to co-operate, and modify their plans, so as to fit in with the Government's program. The suggestion has been put forward that the company might conceal its oil tanks in the wooded area north of Rosslyn and that the Government's parkway project up to Chain Bridge might proceed uninterruptedly. " Question of Ownership. ‘The question of who has the legal title to the land on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River, in the vicinity of Rosslyn will likely loom large in the picture, the Government’s claim being based on the position that its title rests on the old 1791 high-water shore line, and that wharves and docks may not be built there without a permit from the War Department. The Government may be able to show that it has riparian rights there. Tentative plans call for develo) of a parkway from Arli Memorial Bridge terminus northerly along the Virginia shore of the Potomac River up to Chain Bridge. Later, it is proposed to extend this riverside boule- vard up to Great Falls on the Old Do- minion side, but the cost at this time is deemed prohibitive. DR. PIERCE RETURNS 70 ALL SOULS’ PULPIT Plans to Preach Series of Sermons on “The Coming Faith” in October. ment After a Summer spent in England and Holland in connection with the work of the International Congress of Religious Liberals, Dr.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce returns to the pulpit of All Souls’ Church (Unitarian) for the Sunday morning service. During the month of October he plans to preach a series of sermons on “The Coming Faith.” The subjects for the individual sermons are as follows: Oc- tober 6, “The New. World and the New ; October 13, “Witnesses to the Coming Faith”; October 20, “The In- spirations of the Coming Faith,” and October 27, “Our Obligations to the Coming Faith.” On Sunday evening at 7:30, in Plerce Hall, the tenth series of the motion pic- ture hour will be inaugurated witl “The Student Prince.” A reception in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Plerce will be given at the church next Wednesday evening. ‘The first meeting of the Women's Al- liance will be held October 11 at 11 o'clock. —_— BROOKLYN RECTOR TO LEAD SERVICE St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Plans Quiet Day for Oc- tober 18. Rev. Granville Mercer Williams, rec- tor of St. Paul's Church, Brpoklyn, . Y., will conduct. the Quiet day at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Washing- ton circle, October 18. It is being sponsored by members of the parish, with tho co-operation of the Dm&hwn fimemngolmdlwueot ‘ash- ‘There will be a meeting of represent- atives of ‘all organizations of the church Monday evening to for the coming season. The week-day services are being' resumed with serv- ices at 7:30 o'clock on'Tuesday, nudfig r;gd Priday and at 11 on lursday. - The plan for the Sunday school has rna o bl o : To lve e Cl mlr parents at the 11 o’clock service. While the sermon is be! ched, the children go to the , where they are taught. “PRESENCE OF GOD” TOPIC OF DR. JOHNSON’S TALK Pastor of National Baptist Memo- rial Church Outlines Services for Tomorrow. old October J. Milton Waldron, and | G. J h | ple’s Missionary Soclety da Rhodes IMASKED MAN ROBS HOTEL NIGHT CLERK TAKING $43 IN I}ASHI Enters Deserted Lobby and| § Makes Escape in Automobile ! Waiting .at Curb. { DETECTIVES BROADCAST SUSPECT’S DESCRIPTION, $300 Diamond Ring Reported' Stolen From Apartment House ! Wednesday. ‘ A masked colored man held up and | robbed the night clerk of the Capitol Park Hotel of $45 about 4:30 o'clock this morning while companion waited in a machine outside ready to give warning ‘of the approach ot police or to make & quick get-away. Milton Plowman, .31 .years old, of 1717 R street, the clerk, told Head- quarters Detectives James Springmann and Michael Dowd that he was behind the counter in the deserted lobby of the hotel this morning shortly’ before daybreak when a colored man with a handkerchief concealing the sower part of his face and a gun in” his hand walked through the door .nd ordered him to throw up his hands. Fled in Automobile. He said he obeyed and the hancit walked over to the counter, ordered him back, and then reached over and opened the cash drawer, taking the $45 or $50 that was in it. ‘Warni him not to give the alarm, the man. backed to the door, where he turned and fled to the machine waiting outside with motor running. Plowman said that he saw him through the window jump into the car beside the colored driver and speed away. Plowman was able to give the detec. tives a fairly good description of the robbers, which has been broadcast to all police precincts. * ‘Thefts of wearing apparel, cash and {:w;’elry were reported to the police yes- rday. Miss Gertrude Schrock, apartment 807, Lombardy Apartment, 2019 I street, said a diamond ring valued at $300 disappeared while she was in the lobby of the apartment house Wedncs- day evening. Dr. George B. Trible, room 308, 1801 T street, reported the taking of a metai box containing $5.85 and papers from his office yesterday. Money Disappears. Marian Sager, 1404 L street, reported the loss of $40. She said the money disappeared while her effects were being moved. Mrs. Jennie B. Bronson, 1359 Taylor street, said a pocketbook was taken from a desk in an office in the Earle Building yesterday. The pocketbook contained $24 in cash, registration card and automobile drive: Tmit. Radford Moses, 3839 Livingston street, reported a burglary in an apartment on the second floor of 4707 Connecticut avenue yesterday, in which four floor lamps, bedding and table linen valued at $112 were stolen. Raymond Williams, 1003 Florida ave- | nue, told of the taking of an overcoat ) from the Miner Normal School. and Edward S. Henson, 908 First street southwest, told of the theft of a suit of lothes. o FTERNAL PURPOSE SERNON SUBECT Mount Vernon Place Church Announces Program for Entire Week. At the Mount Vernon Place Church tomorrow morning the pastor, Dr. W. A. Lambeth, will preach on “Emphasis at Conference.” The junior preacher, Rev. Haskell R. Deal, will preach at the evening service, his subject being “An Eternal Purpose.” ice for the junior congregation i Sunday school auditorium at 11 o’clock on “A Life Pattern.” The Epworth Junior Soclety will meet at 7 pm in the primary room. ‘The mission study class of the Wom- an’s Missionary Society will meet Tues- day at 10:30 am. for the discussion of the first two chapters of “Roads to t! City of God,” by Basil Mathews. The Sewing Circle of the Young Peo- will meet with Mrs. Ida Groover, the Burling- ton Hotel, Wednesday evenln,‘. ‘The pastor will speak at the prayer meeting service Thursday evening. At a meeting of the board of stewards last Wednesday evening the officers of the board for last year were re-elected: D. C. Roper, chairman; Col. A. R. Brindley, vice chairman; R. T. Buck- ingham, secretary, and C. M. Stoy, urer. D. C. Roper, chairman of the board of stewards, was one of the eight lay delegates elected at the recent meeting of Baltimore Annual Conference to represent the conference at the next ' general - Conference 1 Church of the Methodist Ep South, to be held in Dallas, Tex., in,_May, 1930. —— REVELATION SERIES. James H. Miers Announces Sunday Topic. | Dr. James 1. Miers, pastor of Pourth Presbyterian Church, will begin a Ties of sermans on the Book of Revela- tion' tomorrow night. His MOTTOW is Dr. . Wed=| E o'clock e 'l:: ject of the ‘Thursday evenin, afimfi"m«y in the Secon HOMECOMING PLANNED. will be observed to- ‘Homecoming day s | “LANGUAGE OF CALVARY.” g3 officers and committee chairmen Men's Club of St. Stephen and carnation Church, Six- and Newton streets, have te program TR &8 ok e oo ‘Feagesas he | life,” Mr. Calvert said, “there is the ele- be- | day in the ‘The A scene during the mimic warfare which is featuring the military exhibition tonight. [BALLOU CHARGED at the Army War College, which ends —Wide World Photo, BRITON URGESD.C. ABOLISH DEATH LAW ogist, Addresses Mass Meet- ing at Auditorium. With the assertion that civilization is rapidly outlawing capital punish- ment, speakers at a mass meeting in the Auditorium last night urged that the District of Columbia set an exam- ple to the rest of the country by rele- gating its electric chair to a museum beside other symbols of barbarism. The principal address was made by E. Roy Calvert of London, British penologist. In answer to the strongest reason for the death penalty, that it is a deterrent to crime, Mr. Calvert asserted that Norway, Sweden, Den- mark, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal and other European countries had abol- ished capital punishment without any increase in murder. “In no single instance did the mur- ders shultiply,” Mr. Calvert declared, “and in most_cases they showed a de- cided drop. I believe that England is about to follow the lead of other Eu- ropean countries and do away with the death penalty. England and Amer- ica should stand together in this humanitarian reform.” Introduced by Darr. Mr. Calvert was introduced to the meeting, arranged under auspices of the American League to Abolish Capital Sunishment, by Charles W. Darr, presi- dent of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, which recently went on record against the death penalty in the District. Mr. Darr pointed out that any penal reform in the National Capital would assert a powerful influence over the country at large and nr%ed public- spirited residents to join the band of “pioneers” whose cause would soon be carried to the whole world. The English visitor, who has just completed a six weeks’ inspection tour of American prisons, pointed out that English criminal courts have a more desirable effect because their penalties are swift and certain rather than severe. On the contrary, the speaker said, this very effectiveness would be crippled should the punishments be increased. He expressed the opinion that much of the dgty in criminal trials here can be blamed on the severity of punishment and the reluctance of courts and juries to convict when consequences were s0 grave, Influence of Publicity. Another reason for abolishing the death penalty, Mr. Calvert said, was the evil influence of sensational pablicity attending murder trials. “When a crim- inal goes into court to battle for his ment of drama, of gladiatorial combat which captures public attention. “Men with morbid tendencies brood over published details of the crime. Often are prompted to similar atro- cities. has been proved frequently lnllhe trials of a certain type of crimi- nal.” The speaker recited figures contra- dictory to a popular conception in this country that England executes a large per cent of her murderers. Of some 150 murders committed in the British Isles each year, only about 14 murderers pay the death penalty. Mr. Calvert said the real deterrent to crime lay in the greater percentage of convictions of the English courts. He pointed out that 85 out of a hundred murderers were ar- rested by police, and only about 19 are acquitted of the crime for which they were charged. Capital punishment was denounced as unchristian and contrary to the oldest concepts of the faith by Rev. George W. Dow, head of the Episcopal City Mis- Another speaker, Dr. Fran 3 that legalized yer a contributor to the ex- m"um of his fellow man. ——— REVIVAL PLANNED. Mount Olive Baptist Church Bills Nightly Services. Mount_Olive Baptist Church, Sixth between L-and M streets northeast, Rev. A. E. Willlams, pastor, will have re- vival services each night from October 6 to October 20, inclusive. These serv- ices will be conducted by Rev. N. W. B. Colston. “War Against the Devil” will be the subject of a sermon at the 11 o'clock At the communion Rev. Homer A. Kent Announces ° Sermon Subject. - Rev. Homer A. Kent, pastbr of the Pirst Brethren Church, Twelfth and E streets southeast, will preach at 11 o'clock tomorrow on the subject, “The Langyage of Calvary.” It will be Rally Sunday school ard church. ‘missions off will' be made | slon at 9:30 a.m. under the superin- Blease Advocates Curb on Arrests For Minor Offenses Senator Cole Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, newly ap- pointed member of the Senate District committee, believes that the Washington police make too many arrests for minor offenses. ‘The Senator said he thought a policeman’s record should _be Judged more on what he does with important cases than on the total number of arrests he makes. Senator Blease sald, for in- stance, that if a person has been drinking a little, but was going along quietly, it would be as well to allow him to go home. Very often, Senator Blease declared, a word of warning to a minor offender was better than dragging him to a police station. OFFICER'S RECEIPT RELEASES FARMER Policeman Is Accused of Ac- cepting $100 to Have Acci- dent Case Dropped. William Pumphrey, Cedar Hill, Md., farmer, was exonerated by & Police Court jury yesterday of charges of driv- ing while drunk filed by Policeman S. Preston Smith on the night of Septem- ber 9 after his automobile had collided with that of the policeman at Sixteentn street and Good Hope road southeast. The case was marked by testimony by the wife of the defendant that Smith promised her he would change the charges against her husband from driv- ing while drunk to reckless driving if she would pay him $200 damages. The officer denied this. She said that she paid Smith $100, all she had, when her husband was re- leased. A receipt was given to the jury as evidence by defense attorneys, George F. Boden, and John J. Sirica, which read: Presents Receipt. “Received from Wm. B. Pumphrey $100 as part payment for damages to Oldsmobile, ch. In full receipt of $200 I promise to bring no further suit for damages to car. “(Signed) S. PRESTON SMITH, 1332 H street.” “I asked him (Smith) at the time I paid him the $100,” Mrs. Pumphrey testified, “how much the damages were. He replied that he would not be satis- fled with damages. He said that he wanted $200. I gave him $100 and he said that he would have the charges changed. Later he came back and said that he could not get the prose- cuting attorney to change them.” Smith admitted taking the $100, but said that it was for damages to his car, which, he told the jury, were far excess of this . He denied to change the charges 4 to collect damages were defended by Assistant Corpora- tion Counsel Stanley De Neale, who prosecuted the case. DR. SMITH TO PREACH. Holy Communion to Be Held at 11 AM. Thursday. Dr. Herbert Scott Smith, rector, will preach at the 11 o'clock service tomor- row at St. t's Church, Connecti- cut avenue and Bancroft place. There will be celebrations of holy communion at 7:30 a.m. and sermon at 11 a.m. The Sunday school will hold its opening ses- tendency of Rev. Robert Shores, assist- ant_minister. There will be holy communion Thursday at 11 am. —_— “ARMLESS GODS” TOPIC. Rev. Henry B. Wooding, pastor of the Eckington Presbyterian Church, North Capitol street. and Florida avenue, will speak tomorrow morning, at 11 o'clock, on_the theme “Armless Gods.” u’l;?:ldmnw l:n:ueomlnlasoc‘i’:l will Friday at 8 p.m., under the aus- pices of the Aid s«c: the session. A special young people’s ty and members of | o'clock. service will be held tomorrow at 7 p. Telephone Calls Tell But They Discover Craps Game Instead v believe EASTERN AIR LINE EXPRESS OPERATED Miss Elinor Smith Assistant Manager of Washington- Miami Service. ‘With Miss Elinor Smith, holder of the women'’s airplane endurance record, and Lieut. Walter Hinton, first pilot to fly across the Atlantic, as passengers, the first passenger plane of the new Eastern Air Express line from New York to Miami left Hoover Field this morning. The plane left New York at 7 o'clock, stopping at Philadelphia and Baltimore before arriving here shortly after 9 o'clock. Miss Smith was appointed assistant operations manager of Eastern Air Ex- press this week. The plane was piloted by Charles D. Stoffer, chief pilot of the line and former Western Air Express pilot and movie stunt flyer. The fourth occupant of the plane was P. G. B. Mor- riss, vice president and general manager of the line. Congratulations to Cities. Lieut. Hinton, who boarded the plane at Hoover Field, carries messages of greeting from the Washington Chamber of Commerce ‘o presidents of the Cham- bers of Commerce of Richmond, Ra- leigh, Camden, S. C.; Columbia, Sa- vannah, Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Daytona Beach, all stopping points along the line. The plane is scheduled to reach Miami tonight. The operations sched- ule for the next few months calls for departures from Holmes Airport, New York, southbound. at 7 a.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays. The northbound plane will leave Miami every Monday and Thursday at 6 a.m. Text of Message. ‘The message carried by Lieut. Hinton | and signed by Charles W. Darr, presi- | dent of the local Chamber of Com- merce, reads as follows: “On the occasion of the official open- ing of the new air passenger secrvice connecting our respective communities, I take great pleasure in extending to you and to the members of your or-i ganization the cordial greetings of the ! members of the Washington Chllnbfl‘“ of Commerce. | “This message of good will from the : business men of your National Capivui is brought to you by Lieut. Walter Hin- | ton, the first man to fly the Atlantic, | who, as chairman of the aviation com- ! mittee of the Washington Chamber of | Commerce, is a {lest on this initial fiight. “It is the earnest wish of this body that the splendid new air service of the Eastern Air Express will knit still more firmly the ties which bind your citizens and ours.” BAPTISTS ANNOUNCE 2-DAY CONVENTION Mount Bethel Body Will Meet at McKinley Memorial Church on October 16. The Mount Bethel Baptist State Convention of Washin, will meet at the McKinley Memorial Baptist Church, Fourth and L streets, October 16 for a two-day session. The meeting will be a continuation of the annual ses- sion held last' August in the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. Rev. W. C. Wheeler, president, will preside. The culty for many colored peo- ple to secure employment will be one of the important discussions. The first day and part of the second will be taken up by the convention proper. The entire afternoon of the second day will be in charge of the ‘Woman’s uxiliary convention of %mmt Bethel Baptist State conven- n. There will be & joint session October 17 at 8 p.m., at which time the several committees and the will make their reports. EmT MEMORIAL SERVICE. Dr. Richard Schmidt, pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sixth and P streets, will conduct memorial services for Dr. Gustay: Stresemann, foreign minister of the Reich, who died in Berlin this week, tomorrow at 10 'cl Members of the staff of the German expected to attend. Police of Murder, s.ig;iig i WITH ‘UNFAIRNESS IN SCHOOL FIGHT Park View Citizens’ Group President Writes to Edu- cation Board. EXPLAINS RESOLUTION ON PUPILS’ ADMISSION Denies Accusation That Association Is Attempting to Build Barrier. When the Park View Citizens’ Asso- ciation executive committee adopted a resolution to the effect that any child living in that community be permitted to enroll in that school and remain there until he is graduated, it “contemplated that such pupils should be admitted to the Park View (or any other) school only if there is room for them,” it was declared by Fred S. Walker, president of the as- soclation, in a letter addressed to Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the Board of Education, and made public today, in reply to interpretations of the reu;lutlon which school officials have made. Mr. Walker contended that the state- ment of Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super- intendent of schcols, before th> School Board meeting Wednesday, that the adoption of such a policy as the Park View Association proposed would “erect a wall around every school in the Dis- trict,” and the statement yesterday, attributed to_ school officials, to the effect that the resolution induced a brand-new issue in the Park View-Mon- roe School dispute, was highly unfair to the Park View position. Explains Resolution. “Our resolution contemplated that such pupils should be admitted to the Park View School only if there is room for them,” Mr. Walker wrote. “Nat- urally, there could not be if all the seats were filled. And it seems to me highly unfair to attempt to confuse the board with such misinterpretation of our resolution. The first issue before the board is the return of the 57 pupils transferred to Monroe. The board can permit this without violating any sacred precepts and without changing any ex- isting policies.” Citing the second and third points in the executive committee’s resolution: That new pupils of families in which older children are attending Park View School be also permitted to attend that school, and that since the Park View School is the only platoon schocl in the District, that any parents in the Park View community be permitted to enroll their children in that building. Mr. Walker contends these points should be allowed because “both have been done in the past and there is nothing unreasonable in either.” Placed in Incorrect Light. Mr. Walker told the school board president that school officials reported yesterday place “our side of the con- troversy in an incorrect light,” and added he sees no reason why “our side of the case should not receive as much prominence as that of the offi- cials at the Franklin School.” ‘The Franklin administration officials today, however, stood by their conten- tions and interpretations of the Park View Association executive committee. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent, declared they had not sought to introduce added heat in the controversy involving the transfer of the 57 children, but were anxious cnly to present to the board a true state- ment of the real import such action as that proposed by the association. 350 VIOLENT DEATHS HERE IN 12 MONTHS Coroner's Annual Report Shows 103 Suicides Also Docketed—$3,552 Paid Jurors. ‘The coroner’s office investigated 1.318 deaths from natural causes, 350 violent deaths, 103 suicides and 76 homicides during the fiscal year ended June 30 last, according to the annual report of g;fl\:mer Ramsey Nevitt, made public y. During the year 214 inquests were held and 323 autopsies were performed. e expenses of operating the office were $6,188.95. of which the greatest expense was $3,552 for jurors’ fees. — ELMER E. COVERT DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Had Been Manager and Treasurer of Printing Company Here for Many Years, Elmer E. Covert, 65 years old, for many years manager and treasurer of the Rufus H. Darby Printing Co., died at his home, 1301 Massachusetts ave- nue, yesterday, after an illness of more than three years. Mr. Covert was a native of Fayette, N. Y., and came to this city 38 years ago. Funeral services will be conducted at the Ascension Episcopal Church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In- terment will be in Abbey Mausoleum. Mr. Covert is survived by his widow, Mrs. Antonette B. Covert, and two brothers, Seward T. Covert of this city and Albert R. Covert of Port Rich- mond, New York. ST. THOMAS’ SERVICES. Dr. C. Ernest Smith will preach at St. 1 1 Church tomorrow on the subject “Why Men Do Go to Church.” He will conduct a Bible class “8t. Mark’s L” This class followed by questions either on the subject of the lesson or any other subject relating to it or to religion in general. It will be in the nature of an open forum. SUPERINTENbENT NAMED. Hermine J. Galloway, istan General, hu:gn - A ‘The Men'’s Club will meet October 16. communion ibers HOWARD U. SERMON. it Mordecal W. Johnson will sermon of the Sun-