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LAID AT CATHEDRAL BY BISHOPFREEMAN $3,000,000 Building Pro- gram Is Launched in Pres- ence of Notable Gathering. PROCESSION MARKS EPOCHAL CEREMONY Leaders Hope for Completio Project for Washington - Celebration in 1932. of TInitiating & $3,000,000 building gram expected to be finished in A Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, officiated yesterday aft- ernoon on the main floor of the Mount St. Alban Cathedral in launching con- struction of the north and south tran- septs. F’Thbl day marks & new and epochal advance in the bullding of this ca- thedral, the foundation stone of which was Iaid on the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, September 29, 1907,” Bishop PFreeman asserted, following the plac- ing of the first of the transepf stones. A company including many high Gov- ernment officials, participated in the ceremony. Gen. John J. Pershing, now in Paris, cabled h\s! regrets at being unable to be present. Members of ‘:he Washington Cathe- dral clergy staff and other Washingten clergymen in vestments marched in the procession that wended its way- from the completed “fl” to the scene of the new construction. A special of- fice was arranged for the stone laying and collects and prayers were read by Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of ‘Washington. Guests Make Tour of Cathedral. Bishop Freeman used a silver trowel, in service since the first bullding con- structed on the Cathedral grounds—the National Cfllfl\edrll School for Girls— was erected years ago. A tour of Cathedral and its grounds was*made. following the cere- mony, and later Bishop and Mrs. Free- man_welcomed t;u guests at a tea in the bishop's’ garden. mlmwtn the day members of the 1 | ve a luncheon in {r‘u recently completed College of Preachers Building, in compliment to members of the national committee, Gen. Pershing. Relerdlgl to construction of Wash- ington Cathedral, Bishop Freeman said in the course of his address: “The ncxt step in the construction of this monu- mental building is the erection of the North and South Transepts and the crossing which unites them with choir and nave, the first stone of which we have laid today. ““The present program marks the greatest step we have thus far « ‘taken, for in volume and extent it con- templates the carrying forward of the Cathedral to a point where it may be used for worship,.And. whete space may ‘be had to n te & congregation of approximately 4. people. The estimated cost of this new construc- tion, together with adequate endow- ment, is $3,000,000. Sees Realization of Hopes. “When once this work is completed it flue?nve the nave and the three towers yet to be done, the great Gloria in Excelsis Tower, which is to rise at the intersection of the nave the cathedral. ~The importance of the present undertaking cannot be over- stated and the urgency of carrying it to completion before January, 1932, is made more evident when we seek to| invision the great national service which it is proposed to hold here on February 22 of that year, in commem- oration of the two hundredth anniver- sary of the birth of George Washing- ton.. It is hoped that this service will be of national and international signifi- cance. Appropriate, indeed, does such a service appear when we recall that in the plans of this Capital City, as conceived by Washington and designed ¢ by L'Enfant, a majestic shrine was to stand as the embodimsnt of the Na- tion's faith in God. Thus on this sig- nificant anniversary will be fulfilled, at Jeast in part, the dream of him whom we affectionately remember as the “Father of his Country.’” A feature of the ceremony was the reading by Bishop Preeman of a poem about Washington Cathedral, written . Dr. Prederick Brown Harris, of the Foundry Methodist h. The block of stone set yesterday is located in the northeast corner of the north transept and is of Indiana lime- stone. The builders estimate that more than 250,000 cubic feet of stone will be uired ‘for the construction of the | two transepts. Provision has been made for the first 50,000 feet and the Cathe- dral committees are now seeking offer- ings for the remainder and the cost of placing Out-of-town guests yesterday in- cluded Gen. and Mrs. Avery D. Andrews of New York City, Col. and Mrs. Prank- }in Q. Brown of New York City, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Converse of Westwood, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gadsden of Philadelphia, Pa.: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Lisle of Providence, R. I: Mr. and Mrs. Rosewell Page of Richmond. Va.: Mr. and Mrs. Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard Randall, jr., of Baltimore, Md.: Mr. and Mrs. Artht “ W, Thompson of Philadelphia, Pa.: C.'I Lattin of Yonkers, N. Y., & afor and Mrs. Jesse H. Providence, R. 1. Washington Guests. Among those from Washington were | Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George Barnett,| Rev. Dr. and Mrs, F. J. Bohanan: Very Rev. and Mrs. G. C. F. Bratenahl, Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brookings. Rev.! Dr. William L. DeVries, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam J.| Flather, jr.. Rev. Fletcher, Right Rev. and Mrs. James E. Freeman, Rev. and Mrs. John W. Gummere, John Hays Hammond, Cole- man Jennings, Rev. George B. Kinkead, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin N. Lewis, Secre- tary of the Treasury Mellon, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. R. Ogilby, Mr. and Mrs. James Parmelee, Rev. Dr. and Freeland Peter, Miss Eligabet Poe, Mrs. Arthur B. Rudd, Mr. and Mrs, H. L. Rust, Mrs. John D. Sherman, Mrs. E. Hope Slater, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, Miss Mabel Tur- ner, Mrs. Turner, Rev. Alfred J. Wilder, Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Wilmey, As- sistant Secretary of State Willlam R. Castle, .jr.. and Mrs. Castle: Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston. Dr. and Mrs. Wwilliam C. Rives, Mrs. Edward Slater Duniap, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mose and Mrs. Prederick H. Brooke. Hosts for the luncheon included Bish- and Mrs. Joseph | W. Mrs. G h Ellicott GENERAL NEWS: WBLEEOF LGS BEGINS TOMORROW Washimj‘ton’s Edison Tribute Promises to Have Some ~_ Spectacular Periods. ‘Washington's celebration of the fif- tieth anniversary of the invention of the incandescent lamp by Thomas A. Edison is to get under way tomorrow, with lighting displays, special motion picture programs. and lectures in the public schools. At the same time the entire country will begin ceremonies commeniorating “Light's Golden Jubilee,” which will reach their peak tomorrow night at. the banquet in Dearborn, Mich., to be at- tended by President Hoover, Mr. Edison, D. Ymm!.n and many other dis- celebration is not confined to this country, several European countries and Japan having made Javish prepa- rations for honoring the great inventor, ;:[l"wmmmlnundmnt Arl' the ceremonies incident to the Dearborn celebration. will be broadcast through a national and international network of radio stations from 7:30 to 7:45 o'clock tomorrow evening. This broadcast will include transatlantic tele- phone messages. It is expected that Dr. Albert Einstein will send greetings hvn|l Germany vl'l‘l, Mr. firmmh ;l;l‘se local m come througl - tion WRE. " Exercises in Schools. Dr. Prank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, has all prineipals of elementary and junior and senior high schools throughout the city to set aside time tomorrow for the presenta- tion of programs on the life and work of Edison. ‘The most spectacular portion of the celebration will begin tomorrow evening at 7 o’'clock, when three huge search- lights will sweep the sky with golden and silver beams, tting . airplanes from Bolling Field, which will maneuver over the city. One of the lights, De- longing to the United States Army, will be placed on the Mall near the Wash- ington Monument. Two others, do- nated by the District National Guard, will be placed, one in the Soldiers’ Home Grounds and the other at.Reno Reservoir in Tenleytown. The Army light will be handled by a detail of en- gineers from Fort Humphreys. A model electric home, equipped by the Electric League of Washington, will g0 on display for two weeks at 6203 Pourteenth street. The house will show the approved applications of electricity to light -and labor conservation. The public is invited to inspect it. In one of the rooms will be an educa- tional exhibit showing many of the first experimental models of the incandes- cent lamp and depicting the history of its development from the first early models to the huge lamps of today, some of which consume as much as 10 horsepower in energy. Show-Window Tributes. More than a hundred Washington ! merchants will pay tribute to Mr. Edi- son with displays in show windows. Some of these displays feature contrasts between clothing and other articles of 50 years ago and of today. Many mer- chants have installed lighting exhibits. All the large downtown motion pic- ture theaters are to include in their programs pietures of Mr. Edison and sketches from his life. ‘The committee sponsoring the cele- bration is representative of the entire city. It is composed of Prof. L. D. Bliss, president of the Bliss Electrical School, chairman; A. F. E. Horn, local manager of the General Electric Co., secretary; E. J. Murphy, president. of the Board of Trade; Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association; Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Assoclations: E. C. Graham, rreulaem of the National Flectric Supply Co.: Joseph T. Kirsch- ner, president of the Electric League of ‘Washington; Capt. Hugh Oram, assist- Ant Engineer Commissioner; Dr. Frank . Ballou, superintendent of schools; Warren B. Hadley, electrical engineer for the District; Charles W. Darr, presi- dent of the Chamber of Commerce, and W. A. E. Doying, chairman Washington section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Confederate Veteran Dies. DOTHAN, Alx., October 19 (#).—Brig. Gen. C. W. Mitchell of Birmingham, Confederate veteran, is dead. having succumbed to heart attack while doing the minuet, the last dance, at & re- union. ‘He was 83 years old. Charles C._ Giover, Arthur B, Lisle of Providence, R. Ralph Lowell of Boston, Willam G. Newbold Noyes, op PFreeman, Very Rev. G. C. F. Bra- tenahl, dean of Washingion; Right Re James DeWolf: Perry, Bishop of Island; Right Rev. Philip M. Rhine- lander, Rev. William L. DeVries, Rev.|Herbert L. Satterlee of New York, Cor- Robert Johnston, Rev. Anson Phelps| cora Stokes, Avery D. Andrews of New York, Philjp H. Gadsden of Philadelphia, of iphia, Dr. C. ves, B. Rust 'of Pittaburgh, n Thom, Arth Philadelphia, ‘Wilmer of Baltimore. TOM BAILEY, ' B e his return home from steam shovel:fellowing r of Cleveland, Undersecretary of ‘Treasury - Miils, a James Parmelee, Willlam Cooper Proc- v. | ter of Cincinnati, George Wharton Pep- Philade), ‘William ur W. Thompson of Charles Beecher Warren Assistant Secretary of State Castle, of Detroit, and Dr. Willlam Holland WASHINGTON, D. C, l —Star Staff Photo. Steam gfiovels Lure Boy to Leave Home 'To W.atch Them Dig| |Mother. Tags Name and | Address on Back So He May Be Returned. Torn Bailey, 415 years old, has been This ' ‘tag.” ‘bearing the inscription “Tom Bailey, 3412 Quebec street north- west,” has been attached to the back of his sweater by his mother, Mrs. Carlos A. Bailey. It is desired by Mrs. Bailey if any one finds Tom a great distance from his home to see that he is returned. It has all come about because steam shovels have fascinated Tom. Wherever a steam shovel is, to be found digging its teeth into an embankment or tear- ing up. streets, Tom is likely 10 be found. Tom disappeared from his home yes- terday morning about 9 o'clock on his sturdy velocipede. Mrs. Bailey thought he was in the neighborhood: playing with other children. When lunch time came, she sought Tom. He was not to be found. Knowing of Tom's fond- ness for watching a steam shovel work, Mrs. Bailey di hed Tom's older | brother, Carlos, to a place nearby where a steam shovel had been working re- cently. Tom was not there, the shovel having been moved. ‘The police of the fourteenth precinct were notified of Tom's absence from home. It was close to 2 o'clock when a policeman, patroling his ‘beat in the vicinity of the Klingle Road Bridge, spied Tom. He was intently watching e big shovel and was much surpriced when the liceman told - him his mother had 'n seeking him. He was taken home. “Tom, didn't you know your e?” Mrs. Bailey inquired. “Sure!” the youngster replied. was watching the steam shovel.” ‘When a reporter attempted to inter- view Tom as to his leaving the vicinity of home, all he said was, “I wanted %o see' the steam shovel work.’ Mrs, Bailey explained the family had but recently come here from California. They resided in a small town and she said she had difficulty there in keeping Tom at home. She devised the scheme of tagging him there and said she be- lieved she would haye to resort to it here. S0 Tom has been tagged. WASHINGTON BOOK COLLECTION MOVED way oy American Historical Review Comments on Public Library Feature. | The Washingtoniana division of the | Public Library is cited as “a model for | the assembling of important material on the history of notable cities” by the American Historical Review Jn its Oc- tober number, which calls ntion to the selected list of books about Wash- ington, compiled by Katherine K. Pat- ten, curator of the collection. The “remarkable Washingtoniana col- lection,” as it is further described, has for many years been known to Washing- | | tonians, both in civil and official life, who have had occasion to draw upon its resources. It represents nearly 30 years of research by Miss Patten, who has gathered together every available bit of information about the city from its in- ception. Scrapbooks a Feature. One of the features of the collection is a group of scrapbooks. The material broight together in this series of vol- umes covers such subjects as “Bio- graphical Sketches of Washington Men and Women,” ‘“Memorials and Monu- and - Restaurants” old “Early Washington,” “Historic Houses” and. “The White House.” The contributions to the liter- ature of Washington history made by James Croggon, who wrote on “Old Washington,” and by John Harry Shan- non, “The Rambler,” are preserved here, along with. the articles by John F. Coyle and George Simmon’s “Roadside Sketches.” Of more recent date are the arguments in favor of suffrage for %he District of Columbia written by lore. W.. Noyes. ‘Work of Miss Patten, In addition to her painstaking labor in assemblirig this material, Miss Pat- ten has contributed valuable indexes to_most of them. Housed for many years as part of the eral reference collection, the Wash- ingtoniana division , for the past year, been’ established in quarters espe- clally planned for-its accommodation in the second floor lobby of the central building of the Library. Here its op- “Hotels | iy for service have been great- ryoenllrud. It is open to the public from 9 . to 4 p.m. every week day. Coples of ‘Washin the. list of books about gton may be obtained at the central building of the Public Library or at any of il branches SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER CURB ON LOBBYISTS STYLING SELVESAS LAWYERS IS SOUGHT Bar Delegation From Capital Will Ask Support of As- sociation Convention. FEDERAL LAW IS SEEN | AS EFFECTIVE REMEDY Use of Titles Conveying Impression They Are Attorneys Would Be Made Illegal. Support of the American Bar Asso- ciation for a law prohibiting lobbyists representing themselves as members of the legal profession, will be sought to- morrow by a group of Washington at- torneys at the association’s convention in Memphis, Tenn. Such a law would limit the design: tions of “lawyers,” ‘“attorney-at-law" and other similar terms to bona fide members of the bar, and, it is thought, would do much to curtail activities of lobbyists in Washington, Maj. Peyser Heads Delegation. The delegation is headed by Maj. Julius_I. Peyser, president of the Dis- | trict Bar ‘Association. While the pro- | gram of the convention calls for Wil- liam C. Sullivan, prominent Washing- ton lawyer, to prevent the official state- ment in this matter, it also will be dis- cussed by Maj. Peyser, Roger J. White- ford, chairman of the grieyance com- mittee of the local bar association, and Jesse C. Adkins and John Lewis Smith, former presidents of the Washington Bar Association. “Lobbying in the District of Colum- bia will receive a hard blow if the Amer- ican Bar Association is successful in having Congress pass such legislation,” Ma). Peyser said vesterday. “The sit- uation is particularly acute here, where many persons, sent here for lobbying purposes or who establish offices for such purposes, use the titles ‘lawyer,’ ‘attorney’ or similar descriptive words after their names an their doors and on their stationery. Some of them have, perhaps, been admitted to the bar in their own States at some past time; others have never been admitted to any bar; still others have been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States as a mere matter of form because of their former practice before some court in their home State. Titles Ffleld Misleading. “Their titles are misleading because few of them know the law of the Dis- trict of Columbia and fewer still take the trouble to study. it. They may cost friends or clients thousands of dollars through their lack of knowledge but if they have been admitted to a court in their home State, there is no way to prevent,_their use of the titles in ques: tion. They practice mostly before the various Government courts and because they have never been admitted to prac- tice before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia they are not amen- able to the discipline of sueh courts. “It is hard to trap even those who have never practiced law and who yet describe themselves in such a way as to lead clients to believe that they are! really lawyers. They aré usually lob- byists, receiving their only pay from their ~employers, who, because they know exactly the purpose for which the lobbyist is employed, are in no position to institute proceedings against these ‘lawyers’ because they, the em- ployers, do not part with their money under any false pretenses. “While this situation is particularly acute in the District of Columbia, it exists in all parts of the country in a greater or lesser degree, and local legal bodies are powerless to act because ! most of thelr business is conducted by mail or telegraph and is interstate commerce. In the meantime the et cal and legally qualified attorney-at- law suffers from the stigma cast upon the profession by such persons. business ‘man would give short shrift to a caller who sent in a card labeled “lobbyist,’ but Mr. So-and-so, ‘attorney’ or ‘counselor,’ is apt to receive a hear- ing. Legisiation Held Only Curb. “Only Pederal legislation, closing the use of postal service, telegraph, tele- phone, radio and other means of inter- | state communication to the use of such terms as ‘counselor’ or ‘attorney’ and ! other such descriptive terms except by | duly qualified members of the bar, can | help this situation. We will seek to bar from using these terms any person who has not been admitted to the practice of law in the trial court in the place | from which he is so representing him- self and also to have forbidden the use of such descriptions by persons in any business outside the legal profession. “We would have the law permit per- sons admitted to practice in a given jurisdiction 'before coufts other than trial courts to so state on their office doors_and stationery, without describ- ing themselves as attorneys at law, or | similar terms, and would also permit persons practicing before governmental departments to so state without describ- ing themselves as lawyers. ‘We believe that the passage of such ation by the Federal Government | be a great step forward in putting an end to lebbying of the type that is fast becoming a national scandal and it will leave with the local courts and bar associations the opportunity to hold the entire legal profession up to its hlqhut standards and ethics. “"Most of ‘these facts will be presented by Mr. Sullivan in his talk before the American Bar Association and we are hopeful of having that body take some decisive action looking to action by the Federal Government.” | TWO MEN PAY PENALTIES FOR ASSAULTING CRIPPLE| Court Orders Fines or Jail Terms| on Several Charges Which Grew Out of Attack. Charged with assault on a 17-year- old cripple and his companion, Charles Lipton, 700 block of Seventh street, and J. E. Smith of the same address were convicted yesterday before Judge Jobn P. McMahon. Lipton was sentenced to pay $25 or serve 15 days in. jail for assaulting BEdward Reamy, cripple, living at 61 K street northeast. He also received two sentences of $10 or 10 days: for being drunk and disorderly. Smith, convicted of assault on David Mooney, 17 years old, 500 block of Third street, who came to Reamy's assistance, was fined $10 by the judge. He was also fined $10 for disorderly conduct. Reamy sald he was standing -by lamp-] at Third and P streets Pri- day night when Lipton struck him in the face and knocked him down with- out reason. A general fight followed. An unidentified girl, who was a tator, was knocked down and slightly injured liceman J..A. precinct arrested - | settlement house. CORONER'S VERDICT JUSTIFIES SLAYING IN REVELER CASE Policeman Howze, Who Shot Boilermaker, Only Eye- Witness to Testify. MAN AND TWO WOMEN REFUSE TO TAKE STAND Inquest Lasts Two and a Half Hours Before Finding Is Made by Jury. A coroner’s jury yesterday exonerated Policeman Benjamin F. Howze of the eighth precinet in the fatal shooting & week ago yesterday of William Douglas, 40-year-old bollermaker, of 708 Seventh street southeast, when he went to an apartment at 1321 Belmont street to quiet a party in progress there. The inquest, lasting two and a half hours, was featured by & procession of witnesses to the stand who could tell | nothing pretaining to the actual shoot- ing, and then by the refusal of the three eyewitnesses of the slaying to testify on the ground that they might incriminate themselves, Heard Disturbance. ‘Witness after witness was put on the stand in repetition of testimony that they heard a disturbance in the apart- ment. in. which Douglas was killed, after he had severely beaten Howze on the head with the officer's night stick. Then when the time came for the testimony of the two young women who were at the party, Margaret Elizabeth Frye of the Belmont street address, and Virginia Mae Campbell, 1617 Riggs place,. it was found they had gotten tired of waiting and had left. That | necessitated the sending of their at- torney, James F. Reilly, and a police- man for them. After waiting about 10 minutes. Cor- oner J. Ramsay Nevitt put on his hat and coat and ordered a recess, and just then in walked two young women. Re- fusing to expedite the then long-drawn- out proceedings by taking their testi- mony at once, the coroner stood by his order for a recess and it was 2:30 o'clock before the hearing was finally completed. Counsel Interferes. Reilly, who represented the women, nd Thomas Edward Smoot, 24 years old, of Ballston, Va., the fourth mem- ber of the party, now charged with assault with intent to kill, refused to let any of his clients testify, citing the charge. against Smoot and saying that testimony by the two girls might show them to be accessories before or after the fact. Howze, with his head still swathed in bandages and his eyes discolored, was put on the stand and allowed to give the only account of what actually hap- pened. He. told how he was attracted to the party by the noise coming from the | apartment and how once inside the ! place he was set upon by Smoot and | Douglas and it was necessary for him to shoot the latter to preserve his own life. He sald he was admitted to the apartment and did not force his way in. 20, 1929—PART 1—_SECTION 2. * | \ | | | [ | | | i Above (left to right): May Campbell and Margaret Frye, witnesses to the | fatal shooting of William Douglas by Policeman B. F. Howse (below), —Star Staff Photos. FRIENDSHIP HOUSE PLANS OBSERVANCE Tablet to Be Dedicated on| Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Institution. A three-day program in connectit with the twenty-fifth or silver annive sary of the founding of Priendship | House, the center for settlement work {in the Southeast section of Washington, will open Tuesday afternoon. Featuring the program, a representa- tive gathering of District officials and citizens on Wednesday will witness the unvelling of the tablet placed upon the quarters of Friendship House, 324-326 Virginia avenue, by the permanent committee on marking places of his- torical interest in the District of Co- lumbia. This historic house was erected in 1800 by Dr. Prederick May. Later it was owned and occupied by Col. Sam- uel Nicholls Smallwood, twice mayor of ‘Washington, from June 14, 1819, to June 14, 2, and from June 14, 1824, until his death, on September 30, 1824. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty is expected to attend the exercises and the tablet will be unveiled by Elizabeth Dougherty, his 12-year-old daughter, The program will be under the auspices of the committee which marked the house. . In honor of the anniversary. of Friendship House a program done in silver-foil has been printed and dis- tributed. , ‘The . pr m opens with a buffet luncheon, from 1:30 to 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, followed by exer- cises at 2:45 o'clock. Dr. John L. Elliott of Hudson Guild, New York City, will speak on ‘“Settlement Ideals at Work in the Life of Today.” Music will be furnished by the Children's Glee Club and Toy Symphony. Preceding the tablet unveiling exer- clses Wednesday there will be “open house” at the settlement home at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon, at which tea will be served by members of the Betsy Ross Club. The unvelling exercises begin at 4:45 o’clock. John Clagett Proctor, chairman of the permanent committee, will preside. The Marine Band Orchestra will fur- nish the music on this occasion. After an invocation by Rev. Moses R. Lovell, Dr. Prederick May and Wash- ington Topham, the latter secretary- treasurer of permanent committee, will make addresses. Miss Dougherty then will unveil the tablet and after an address by Henry P. Blair, who will tell of the history and work of Friendship House, there will be a vocal duet by Miss Mary Apple and Miss Jean Munn. The exercises will close with the benediction by Rev. Mr. Lovell. Visitors will have an opportunity dur- ing the tea hour to inspect the settle- ment house and get acquainted with the work it is doing for the children and mothers of the neighborhood. Miss Lydia Burklin, the” superintendent, will explain it to them. e formal opening of the new open- alr gymnasium at ashlt House will be celebrated at 8 o'clock Thursday evening with community singing. This gymnasium fills an urgent need of the Earlier in the eve- ning, at 6 o'clock, supper will be terved by the Mothers' Club of Priendship ess of the sixth!House, followed by reminiscences and of the premises, which is ‘and Smith. informal talks. " owned' Elwood W. Mc! VICTIM OF LEAP - DECLARED SUICIDE {Coroner’s Verdict Given in Case of Mrs. Cleveland Sioussat of Texas. A verdict of suicide was returned by a coroner’s jury yesterday in the death ;n( Mrs. Alma Cleveland Sioussat, 49 | years old, who plunged to her death ! from a tenth-story window of the 1 Raleigh Hotel Friday night. Yesterday and last night police | headquarters was kept busy answering | inquiries of friends of the dead woman ;IR to the manner of her death and | the location of her relatives. Mrs, Sioussat, wealthy, cultured, much traveled and of prominent Houston, Tex., family, was well known here and in Baltimore, the former home of her husband, St. George L. Sioussat, college professor, who him- self is a representative of a family of hl]t!yh social standing in the Maryland city. Brother and Sister on Way. William D. Cleveland. jr. Houston cotton factor and wholesale grocer, brother of Mrs. Sioussat, and Mrs. S. H. Schoolfield of Mullins, N. a sister, are expected in Washington today' or tomorrow to take charge of the body. Meanwhile Dr. Benjamin F. Weems of 1746 K street, upon telephoned request of Mr. Cleveland, had it removed from the morgue to Hyson's undertaking establishment. Yesterday Dr, Weems told a coroner's jury that Mrs. Sioussat’s physical con- dition was such as might easily lead to despondency and desperation. He sald she had been suffering from a stomach ailment which there was little chance to cure. Since May, when she underwent an operation, she had been a patient at the Washington Sanitarium. Moves to Hotel. On October 6 she left the sanitarium and moved to the Carlton Hotel. She went to the Raleigh Hotel about 10 o'clock Friday night and took a room on the tenth floor. Jesse Irvin, night copy editor of The Star, from The Star city room, saw her sit on the window sill of the hotel room with her back to the chasm between the two build- ings and lean backward until she tumbled down to roof nine stories below. Her skull was crushed and her neck broken. P “PADLOCK” ORDERED. Temporary Injunction Is Issued Against Building. A temporary “padlock” injunction has been granted Justice Stafford against premises 946 Lettie street south- west on a petition of United States At- torney Leo A. Rover and Harold W. Orcutt that the property was being con- ducted as a nuisance within the mean- l;: of the national prohibition law. iward Nelson, Annie Howland and Isabella Howard are named as tenants sald to be Intire, PLANS FOR SEASON jGroup to Be Incorporated Soon as Preliminary to Broadening Field. The Community Drama Guild of Washington will be incorporated soon as preliminary to the broadening of its activities, it was announced last night. | Under the terms of the new charter | the guild will have the following definite ! purposes: ~ To assist members of the community who are seeking cultural development . through drama; to promote the use of Government-owned buildings and grounds for educational and recreational development of the drama, and to obtain funds for the | earrying out of the general purposes of the guild, provided that the association shall continus as a non-profit-making y. The certificate of incorporation is to be signed by Cuno H. Rudolph, Judge Mary O'Toole and William 8. Corby, consti- tuting the board of trustees; members of the board of governors, Mrs:. Marie Moore Forrest, executive secretary; Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Bulldings and Pub- lic Parks, and Miss Sibyl Baker, direc- tor 8( the community center depart- ment. Program fo Open November 14. The guild’s program for the coming Winter will open with the presenta- tion at McKinley Auditorium Novem- ber 14 and 15 of George Kelly's satir- ical comedy, “The Torchbearers.” The production will be under direction of | Denis E. Connell. The cast virtuall o i} | has been completed and rehearsats. will | begin soon. | The one-act play tournament which formed an outstanding feature of the | guild’s activities last year will be re- | peated late in January with finals at | McKinley Auditorium ‘Pebruary 7. | On February 28 and March 1 ,a nov- elty is planned by the guild, probably | taking the form of a classical revival. | . The second annual drama conteence |is to be held the first week in April, | with distinguished speakers taking part {in the discussions. The climax of the conference will be the production of an experimental type of drama. | Out-of-Doors Production. | _The final event of the guild's seasor | will be an out-of-doors production of | one of the classics at the Sylvan Thea- ter June 26 and 27. Season subscription tickets may be ordered at the offices of the Drama Guild in the Pranklin Administration Builaing, at $5 each, entitling the hold- |er to two reserved se for all 1929-30 | productions by the Drama Guild. Res- | ervations may likewise be made now for “The Torchbearers.” Reservations may be made also at T. Arthur Smith's | Bureau, both for season and for single | performances. The Community Drama Guild an- nounces the following committeas: Membership — Mrs. Pulton Lewis, chairman; Mrs. Merrit O. Chance, Clif- ford K. Berryman, Miss Fay L. Bentley, Mrs. Grace Hayes Riley and Mrs, Karl Fenning. Business—Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, chairman; Mrs. Frederic E. Farrington, Miss Lillian V. Keathley, James Otis Porter, George T. O'Dell, Ralston Lyon and Miss Sibyl Baker. g < Play recommendation —J. Milnor Dorey, chairman; Mrs. Alfred Brooks. Frederick C. Oechsner, John Jay Daly, Mrs. William J. Peters, Mrs. Miriam Bangs Hilton, Will Hutchins, Lee Som- ers, Miss Mabelle Jennings and Mrs, Maud Howell Smith. Community co-operation—Mr. Petet . Drury, Aline Solomons, Mrs. Florence Keys Willard, Miss Betty Rids- dale and Mr. De Witt C. Croissant. Casting committee—Ma). Philip Hayes, Mrs, Albert Baggs, Mrs. David Kushner, Miss Anne Ives, Rev. J. L. Kilkenny, Rev. Earle Wilfley and Capt. Ray C. Montgomery. Play production—William F. Baker, chairman: Miss Caroline McKinley, Miss Ethel T. Prince, Harold Snyder, James E. Lamb, Robert M. Miller and others to be announced later. Costumes—J. P. 8. Neligh. chairman: Miss Mildred Merrill, Mrs. Rose Gouv- erneur Hoes, John D. Long and Marje Moore Forrest. Publicity—Bess Davis Schreiner, England Lists 38,000 Patents. Of the 38.000 patents listed in Eng- | chairman; Mrs. Anne Tiilery Renshaw, | PAGE 17 SENATE PROBERS AWAITING REPLIES I OF D. C. OFFICI Ask Justice Agent Be As signed to Aid Inquiry Inte Local Government." : CALL ON MAJ. PRATT ' FOR REPORT ON ALLEN House Will Be Ready to Act on Reorganization Proposals in December. The Senate subcommittee inve gating the police department, district attorney's and _ other Ilocal agencles is awaiting receipt of answers to the letters sent out PFriday to several officials, calling for certain information, before taking any further staps. It is probable the subcommittee will have another meeting when all of these replies are received. One letter was to the Department of Justice, asking if an agent of that department could be assigned to the subcommittee to inquire as to what basis there may be for the rnenl charge of inefficiency in the local ~government, set forth in the investigating resolution. Pratt Asked for Report. ‘There were three other letters mailed to local officials, calling for informa- tion on specific questions raised in had concluded it was suicide. Allen since has been restored to duty. Another letter was to the district attorney’s office, inquiring whether there was delay in han of indict- ments growing out of the death of Lee King, & Chinese, who was found shot on the street last Summer. Another l::"'" ul%e': l&r a report on the issuance perm! wea) District during 1925, "o Ready to Act in December. The House will be ready to act promptly in the December session n Pproposals for reorganization of t.henlg;- trict government, especially a change in the Police Dej it Until the new session in 3 which is the first regular session of the Dot ach Deekinetpe Dlowriet oot use has not _been o L The Gibson subcommittee of the Dis- trict committee, however, which has _ been conducting a comprehensive ‘sur- Fovermment “with “the, ca-operatint ! wi e co-operation of the United States Bllrelu-:(”mduc'y. has authority to file a report om its hearings and studies already made Chairman Gibson has been working on this report for some time, and has an- nnm:iceg tha’l it will - contain recem- mendations for a thorough reorganisa tion of the Police Department with pro- visions for making the police foree of the National Capital a model for the entire country. | Representative Gibson has repeatedly announced his intention of introducing a bill for this propased reorganization iof the Police Department. 3 | Represenative - Holaday. Republican, { of Hlinois, who is a member of the sub- | committee on the District budget of the House, appropriations committee, has also announced that he intends to in- troduce a bill for establishment of 2 special bureau of experts for seientifi~ detection of crime. Chairman. Simmons of the subcom mittee on the District budget and Rep- resentative Holaday have during the re- cess of Congress been making personal surveys of many activities of the Dis- trict government and will he ready te co-operate with- the House legislative :gmu;f” dnlgn L P;gt.ll’i" . own_appro, ns com- mittee in any unsatisf: | conditions that may be found and ir ! develoning & more efficient munieips” lldmlnmnflm. 15 YEARS ORDERED FOR THREE BREAK. Similar Cases Before Court Ar Disposed of With Light Sentences. i | i i i { | | John Cooper, colored. who escap: ! from the cellroom in the eourthou while waiting to be returned to jail, an: was at liberty for several weeks befor | being picked up in Maryland, was sen to the penitentiary by Justice Peyto: Gordon yesterday for 15 years, follow- ing his conviction of three cases o. | housebreaking. R. L. Ludlow, colored. | convicted with him, received a term o five years, and M. J. Hickerson, wh pleaded guilty, was let off with a term of . years. Marvin L. Harlow was sentenced tc & term of six years in the itentiary | following his conviction with Thelme H. Sizotsky on two charges of house- breaking and larceny. David Brenner. jointly indicted with them, guilty and is serving ! years. Harlow told the court that he had met Brenner while serving a term jat Lorton, and that he had led astray by the other convict. On the statement of Assistant United | States Attorney Walter M. Shea that |the woman had merely .acted as. a | “lookout” for the robbers, sitting in an automobile while the two premises were ransacked by the men. Justice Gordon referred her case to Probation Officer | Steele for investigation and report. RETAIL FOOD PRI L FOOD PRICES SHOW SMALL INCREASE | District Reports One-Third of One Per Cent Rise for Month. By the Associated Press. Retall food prices for the month end- ing September 15, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced yesterday, showsd an increase of one-third of 1 per cent over the previous month and of 2 lpn cént over the corresponding period last year. At the same time the whole ' prite index exi & recession of one- 214 For the, 51 Teporting. cities land last year most of the applications dealt with “talkies.” television or air- craft.—Providence Jourpal. During the ber 15 32 out of howed increases in the averags cost with the preced-