Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1929, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DELEGATES URGED TOBACK MOVE FOR CAPITAL AIRPORT | National Conference Devel- ops Wealth of Material for District’s Guidance. GRANT HEADS APPEAL FOR NATION'S SUPPORT Action by Congress Is Asked to Speed Project—Meeting Dis- cusses Varied Subjects. Many guideposts for the District of Columbia in setting up a model munic- ipal airport here are contained in the minutes of two days’ sessions of the National Municipal Airport Conference under auspices of the city officials’ divi- sion of the American Road Builders' Association and the Aeronautical Cham- ber cf Commerce, which closed at the New Willard Hotel late yesterday. Airport designers, bullders and oper- ators, drainage and paving engineers, aeronautical leaders and city officials of municipalities operating or building airports made of the conference a clear- ing house for all manner of airport ,problems and their discussions are full of -facts, based upon experience in this |new field of civic activity, to communi- tles undertaking the construction of | pirports. Airport Here Advocated. ‘The necessity for immediate construc- tion of a model airport for the National Capital was touched upon by a number of the speakers, and Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, during the course of reading a paper upon the relationship of park and airport management, paused to urge delegates to the conference to appeal to their representatives in Con- gress to enact the necessary airport leg- slation for this city. “Washington,” Col. Grant said, “is different from most other American cities in that it has no municipal air- 'p::t, ‘We hope you will feel as we do t something should be done about it immediately.” Civic and business organizations of the National Capital, Col. Grant said, are a without exception upon the nee?;!llgtyt for an airport of the finest poss! ype. “The delay in providing such an air- rt here,” he continued, “is due to the ct that we have not been able to ob- tain the necessary action from Congress. ‘The matter is out of our hands now and there apparently is nothing more we can do about it that we have not al- ready done. “You undoubtedly have great in- fluence with your Congressmen and we m that you will do what you can to t us in getting an airport.” Discuss Navy Problems. .- During the sessions of the conference, experts threshed out problems of air- port drainage, grading, layout, paving of runways, design and construction of hangars and buildings and a muititude of other more or less technical problems upon which, by virtue of the youth cf aeronautics, there has been no oppor- tunity to build up an like 2 standard code of practices. This mass of information will be studied with a view to t«g working up of recommendations, which may be fol- lowed in the construction of new air- rts and the modernizing of older 1ds. A report on the results of the conference will be compiled by the municipal airports committee of the city officials’ division of the road builders, under direction of Maj. D. A. Davison, Assistant District Engineer Commis- sloner, chairman. This report will be submitted to the American Road Build- ers’ Association at its annual meeting in Atlantic City next January. PLAN FOR IMPROVED STREET CAR SERVICE Committees Formulating Report for Utilities Commission-on Con- ditions in Northeast Suburbs. Decision to inaugurate the work of tabulating a report showing exactly how the street cars in the northeast suburbs run with a view to submitting an in- telligent request for improved service to the Public Utilities Commission was made at & joint meeting of the public utilities committees of the Brookland, Dahlgren Terrace and Michigan Park Citizens' Associations at the home of John E. Bucklin, 2821 Twelfth street northeast, last night. 1t was said the car companies do not observe their schedules and that the only time enough cars are run is dur- ing the rush hours. The committeemen also voted to re- quest the installation of traffic lights at Twelfth and Monroe_ streets and Twelfth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast. An appeal for relief from the smoke menace caused by the trains on the Metropolitan Branch of the Bal- timore & Ohio Railroad will also be made, it was decided. o MRS. E. S NOCK HEADS DISTRICT WAR MOTHERS Elected, With Other Officers, at Meeting of Association Last Night—Reports Received. Mrs. Ethel S. Nock was elected presi- dent of the District of Columbia Chap- ter of the American War Mothers at a meeting_in the Hotel Hamilton last night. Other new officers are Mrs. Kate Morrison, first vice president; Mrs. Emil Walters, second vice president; Mrs. C. B. Donch, third vice president; Mrs. ‘Aline Anthony, fourth vice president; Mrs. Eleanor C. Wagner, recording sec- yetary; Mrs. Jerome Lightfoot, corre- sponding secretary; Mrs. Martha O'Neill, treasurer; Mrs. Wolcott Simmons, cu: todian of the records; Mrs, Robert Stev- ens, historian, and Mrs. Anna Berg, chaplain. ltpwns decided for this organization to ‘co-operate with the Military Order of the World War for the celebration of Navy aay. The members will meet at the Paul Jones statue, located on the Tidal Basin, at the foot of Seventeenth street southwest, at 11 o'clock on Mon- day. Mrs. Edward Pou, gold star moth- er, and wife of Representative Pou of ‘North Carolina, was selécted to place a wreath at the foot of the statue for the ter, ‘h';'?:e delegates to the national conven- tion at Louisville, Ky., reported on the ‘happenings and the vork accomplished at the convention. Mrs. Mary T. Shan- ahan, the retiring president; Mrs. Mar- tha O'Neill, treasurer and national cus- todian of the records; Mrs. Ethel S. Nock, the new president and the na- tional chairman of the gold star com- mittee, and Mrs. Eleanor V., Wagner, corresponding secretary, were the dele- | Truck Company No. TRUCK COMPANY RECEIVES TROPHY Dougherty Makes Presenta- tion to No. 5, Winner in Recent Speed Tests. The Merchants & Manufacturers’ Trophy for the best speed performance among the fire companies in leaving their quarters was formally awarded to Truck Company No. 5 yesterday afternoon at its quarters, 1342 Dent place. In the recent contests the com- pany got away from its quarters in the good time of 7 2-5 seconds. Capt. F. Chinn, who drilled the com- pany_for its prize-winning effort, was unable to be present yesterday, and the handsome cup given by the Merch- ants & Manufacturers’ Association was accepted from Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty by Lieut. W. H. Nash. He said the company treasured the cup and would try to win it next year. The company was complimented on its effort by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan of the association, who gave the trophy over to Mr. Dougherty, who made the presentation speech. Members of the company stood at ease in two lines alongside one of their large, glistening trucks during the brief ceremony. In addition to Capt. Chinn and Lieut. Nash, members of the company, all of whom were present, were Sergt. C. D. Lyons and C. Quick, S. Valentine, W. E. Coombs, A. G. Guinn, R. H. Por- ton, W. H. Yonce, A. C. Poole, H. D. Shepard, F. F. Ardiga, R. E. Graninger, E. O. Negley, C. Pell, J. R. Laddane, C. W. Rogers and W. A. Gee. COMMISSIONERS ORDER CAB HACK STAND MOVED Transfer to Tenth Street and New York Avenue Directed After Long Series of Complaints. ‘The District Commissioners at their board meeting yesterday ordered a four-cab hack stand removed from Ninth street. and New York avenue to ‘Tenth street and New York avenue, following a long series of complaints from Mrs. John M. McGill of 900 K street, relating to the alleged miscon- duct on the part of taxi drivers at the stand. Mrs. McGill took her complaint to Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland and the Senator took the matter up with ths Commissioners. A long in- vestigation by the Police Department resulted in a recommendation -from Inspector E. W. Brown, in charge of the Traffic Bureau, that the hack stand be moved. The police report said that while the conduct of the cab drivers was boisterous and annoying, they did nothing in violation of the law. MAJ. MANTON' MITCHELL DIES AT WALTER REED Army Officer Won Distinguished Service Cross in France in August, 1918, Maj. Manton C. Mitchell of the War Department general staff, who received the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action near Thibault, France, August 5, 1918, while serving with the 3Sth Infantry, 4th Division, died at Walter Reed General Hospital last night. Arrangements are being made for his funeral by his widow, Mrs, Kathleen Carroll Mitchell, who resides at the Wyoming, Columbia road and California street. Interment will be in the Arlington National Cemetery. Maj. Mitchell was born at Providence, . 1, November 30, 1887, and was graduated from the Military Academy in June, 1909, the General Staff School in 1924 and the Army War College in 1927, Most of his service was in the Infantry arm, in which he reached the grade of major in July, 1920. His last duty was with the operations and train- ing division, general staff, at the War Department. ADDRESSEé'MEN’S CLUB. Dr. Woolever Discusses Palestine Conditions at Foundry Church. Then Men's Club of Foundry Meth- odist Church met recently at the church social hall, when Dr. Harry Woolever, editor of the Methodist Press, spoke on the present-day situation in Palestine. The Crystal Male Quartet sang, with Mrs. Estelle Wentworth as director and pianist. The club is an organization of the ! men of that church, who meet each | month to discuss the problems of the | day and listen to prominent speakers. FIREMEN AWARDED SPEED TROPHY ?yesurdly was awarded the Mer chants and Manufacturers’ Trophy for the best speed—73§ seconds—in getting out of quarters during recent tests. Lieut. W. H. Nash of the company is shown receiving the trophy from Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, on his right, who made the presentation. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan of the manufacturers’ association is on Mr. Dougherty's right. Boy’s New Clothes Cost His Arrest As Housebreaker The suspicions of two second precinct policemen, aroused at the sight of a 16-year-old colored boy dressed in a new suit of clothes sitting in a parked auto- mobile at 3 o'clock this morning, led to the discovery that the tailoring establishment of Nathan Horn at 1137 Fifteenth street had been broken into during the night. The boy, William H. Edwards, is said to have told Policemen E. L. Baker and C. S. Dyer, who found him at Fifteenth and Church streets, that he had escaped from the school at Blue Plains, and last night decided his wardrobe needed replenishing. He is alleged to have admitted breaking into the rear of the tailoring establishment by jim- mying two doors and taking the suit and an extra pair of trousers. He was charged with house- breaking. ‘FOOT BALL' TEAMS START Y’ DRIVE 24 Squads Open 10-Day Campaign to Get New Members in Capital. Given a rousing send-off at a dinner last night at the Central Y. M. C. A, 24 teams of “'Y” boosters today opened a 10-day campaign to greatly increase the number of Y. M. C. A. members in ‘Washington. A paper foot ball, kicked from a plat- form into a cup of coffee half way down the room by R. W. Dunlap, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, opened the drive, which will be conducted after the manner of gridiron contests. The teams, named for leading uni- versities and colleges, are grouped into Eastern, Midwestern and Western divi- sions. Chairmen of the divisions led their teams in foot-ball-like cheers at the meeting last night. The chairmen are John W. Hardell for the East, Charles W. Pimper for the Midwest and ‘W. C. Hanson for the West. Huston Thompson, president of the Y. M. C. A, announced his confidence that the campaign would be successful. William B. Burrus of New York, spirational sales director” for a large motor corporation, spoke on “telling and selling.” Details of the campaign were outlined by C. E. Fleming, secre- tary of the membership committee. The campaign is being led by As- sistant Secretary Dunlap, supported by a committee composed of Dr. E. M. El- lison and Z. D. Blackistone, vice chair- ‘men; Harry J. Miller, publicity director, and Mr. Hanson, Mr. Hardell and S. L. ‘Thomas. First results will be reported at a din- ner meeting Monday evening at 6 o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. . LUTHERANS OF DISTRICT PLAN UNION MEETING Reformation Celebration Announc- ed to Be Held Thursday Eve- ning at Memorial Church. A union reformation celebration of Washington Lutherans will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Memorial Lutheran Church, Fourteenth and N streets. Dr. N. J. G. Wickey, secretary of the board of education, will offer the prayer. The Scripture lesson and creed will be conducted by Rev. E. H. Meuser, pastor of St. Matthews Lutheran Church. Dr. R. E. Tulloss, president of Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, will deliver the principal address. “T IS THE POWER.” Frederick B. Sermon Subject. Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, will preach tomorrow morning on the theme “It Is the Power.” At the evening service the pulpit will be occupied by Rev. Charming A. Richardson of Philadelphia, Pa., mem- ber of the board of home missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rally Day Is Planned. ‘The Epiphany Church School officers are planning a Rally day, to take place November 10. Many of the persons formerly connected with the school are Rev. Harris Gives to be invited. Officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps will soon be wearing a new decoration to be known as the second Nicaraguan campaign badge. Secretary Adams today authorized Rear Admiral Richard H. Leigh, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, to secure the design for the badge and obtain the necessary supply. An unusual feature of this badge is that it will be issued be- fore the campaign has actually con- cluded, the department stating that “this course was taken in view of the fact that the present conditions in Nicaragua may continue for years.” “It is believed that in the best in- terests of morale, the reward for services in Nicaragua, services that have &.tn attending the convention from local c! pter. | Plans were made for the yeer at the ‘A meef with several new members the act justifying it as is practicable,” +ihe_de) A - Second Nicaraguan Campaign Badge Authorized for Navy and Marines The beginning of the campaizn, in commemoration of which the badge is authorized, is marked in naval records as August 27, 1926, the date on which the first landing of the United States naval forces at Nicaragua took place, “through the necessity of protecting American lives and property.” Officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps, who have served ashore in Nicaragua or its adjacent waters during the campaign period, will | be entitled to wear the new badge. The {rule to be followed concerning the ves- }sels. the department said, is that they must have been engaged in protecting American interests in the Republic of Nicaragua under orders of the com- mander, Special Service Squadron, and will not include vessels merely trans- porting personnel and supplies to and MEMORIAL BRIDGE FOUNDATIONS LAID Contractor Expects to Com- plete Work Before Christmas. ‘The foundations for the Washington terminus of the Arlington Memorial Bridge are fast nearing completion. C. C. Sadler, representative of the Grier- Lowrance Co. of Statesville, N. C, which has the $328,700 contract, said today he expects to have the founda- ticns completed shortly before Christ- mas. About 500 concrete piles, some of them 55 feet long, driven down to bed yock, will make a substantial founda- tion for the water gate, the Rock Creek- Potomac Parkway approach and the spacious bridge plaza. To date 230 piles have been driven, A number of plers and cylinders for the underpass that will carry traffic into Potomac Park have been poured and piles have been driven for the lower steps while the seawall founda- tion has been finished. Piles have been driven for the main steps. Within a few weeks the driving of piles on the parkway approach will be started. Granite for the Jurkway approach, the water gate and the bridge plaza has been arriving from New Hampshire for some time and is being stored at Twenty-sixtk and B streets until it can be set in place. TWO SUFFER INJURIES IN AUTOMOBILE MISHAPS Car Swerves, Colliding With An- other—Boy EKnocked Down by Machine in Alley. An automobile pulling out from the curb in the 1500 block of M street early last night caused an oncoming car, driven by Sam Merando, of 3921 Kan- sas avenue, to swerve and collide with a machine operated by John A. Shaw, 1816 Kalorama road, who was slightly injured. - He was taken to Emergency Hospital in a police car of the third precinct and treated by Dr. John M. Baber for a fractured thumb. ‘Ten-year-old Henry Herald of 120 Seventh street northeast was bruised on his left leg and ankle last evening when he was knocked down in an alley between A and B streets and Sixth and Seventh streets northeast by an auto- mobile driven by Leslie F. Rice, 39, of 722 Massachusetts avenue northeast. Rice took the boy to Casualty Hospital, ;\g'lnerle he was treated by Dr. Louis al. MRS. MARY D. BECKER, 82, DIES AS BESULT OF FALL Native of Baltimore Had Lived in Washington Since Girl- hood. Mrs. Mary Dallas Becker, widow of Willlam N. Becker, and the oldest member of Immaculate Conception Church, died at her home, 1135 Tenth street yesterday at the age cf 82 years. Death ‘was attributed to shock resulting from a recent fall in which she broke her arm and hip. Mrs. Becker was a native of Balti- more but had lived in Washington since girlhood. She was married at St. Aloysius Church, January 28, 1869. Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs, Gertrude Bostic, Mrs. Clara Blake- ney and Mrs. Raymond Breen; two sons, William B. and J. Albert Becker; 11 grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. Funeral services will be held st her residence Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock, followed by requiem high mass at 10 o'clock at Immaculate Conception Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. HEART ATTACK FATAL TO PHILLIP BARKAS Norfolk and Washington Real Es- tate Man Succumbs at Illinois Avenue Home. Phillip Barkas, 72, Norfolk, Va., and Washington real estate operator, died of a heart attack yesterday at his Washington home, 4511 Illinois avenue, before medical aid could reach him. He was pronounced dead by Dr. Aaron Nimentz of 702 Farragut street and a certificate of death from natural causes was issued by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. Mr., Barkas came to Washington about four years ago from Norfolk, where he was in the real estate busi- ness. In the Capital he became asso- clated with Max J. Raine in the real estate business here. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. An- nie Barkas; a daughter and two sons. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. S “AS A MAN THINKETH.” Rev. Henry B. Wooding’s Sermon Text for Tomorrow Morning. Rev. Henry B. Wooding, pastor of the Eckington Presbyterian Church, North Capital street, corner Florida avenue, will speak tomorrow morning at 11 oclock on the theme, “As a Man Thinketh,” and in the evenjng, at 8 o’'clock, on the topic, “Who Is Jesus?” ‘Thursday evening at 8 o'clock the pastor will speak on the Book of the D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1929 SPLINTER PIERCES ENGINEERS HEART, TRAIN IS WRECKED Thirteen, Three of Them Washingtonians, Injured Near Elkton, Md. EXPRESS SIDESWIPES BUCKLED FREIGHT CARS Fireman Applies Brakes, but Is Unable to Prevent Derail- ment. Pierced through the heart by a splinter flying from a crumpled freight car, Lloyd A. Rollins, 1237 G street southeast, was killed instantly last night as the Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train he was piloting from Washington to New York sideswiped a buckled freight train near Elkton, Md., and left the track, plowing up the roadbed for 100 yards and resulting in minor in- juries to 13 persons, 3 of them Wash- ingtonians. The southbound freight train buckled while abreast of the speeding express at Iron Hill, 3 smiles north of Elkton The derailed box car was forced into the side of the express and ground to splinters. The locomotive, tender and 10 Pullman cars were knocked off the track, but did not turn over. The top- pling Pullmans sideswiped and derailed 15 freight cars as the expressed lurched wildly over the ties before stopping. Pinned to Seat by Splinter. Rollins, who was leaning from the locomotive window at the time of the impact, was pinned to his seat by the large splinter from the freight, which plerced his heart. His fireman leaped across his body and applied the brakes, but he was not (iuick enough to keep the express from leaving the tracks. The names of the injured Washing- tonians, as announced by officials of the road, are: Mrs. J. F. Kuntz, 900 block of Florida avenue. road A Mrs. Kurtz, 700 block of B street. All three were said to have been bruised and cut slightly. Others injured included Harold Ep- stein, Brooklyn, N. Y.; E. H. Douvrier, Stratford, Conn.; Miss Frances Carbox, New York; Mrs. Samuel Gray Boels, Brooklyn, N. Y.; C. F. Scudder, New Haven, Conn.; L. S. Aaron, Bethlehem, Pa.; F, W. Moore, New York; Miss May Brownwell, New York; Miss Alice Jack- C. C. Trigg, 1700 block of Columbia,| ! poetical justice has led her to prove to | | Mary Louise, the lamb, in her master’s antomobile. R. E. Mathers of Chevy Chase has raised Mary as a pet and she eats blueberry pie. Mary’s‘Lamb Piker In Comparison to Modern Pet Here Blueberry Pie and Ice Cream Favorite Diet of Chevy Chase Baa, Baa. ‘This is the tale of Mary Louise, erudite lamb of Chevy Chase, who sense of the world that everything said of Mary's lamb was possible, and more so. In fact, Mary Louise is not at all sheepish in declaiming that Mary's lamb of nursery ryhme fame was a piker, really. Mary's lamb went to school and made son, Detroit, Mich., and James Flanner, train dining car employe. Senator Escapes Injury. United States Senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough and Galen L. Tait, collec- tor of internal revenue for this district, were on the train. They were shaken up but not otherwise injured. Mr. Tait said he and the Senator were in one of the coaches when, about 600 | yards from the Maryland-Deleware line, they were thrown forward. There was a grinding, ripping sound, he said, as their car left the tracks with five other rear coaches. Mr. Tait said it was be- lieved one woman, apparently the most seriously injured, had suffered a broken collarbone, : He said the roadbed was torn up for about a train's length, while the heavy steel rails were twisted into fantastic designs and bent like ribbons. Six wooden freight cars of the 106, com- prising the train, were smashed to bits and scattered for nearly a mile along the tracks. The steel passenger cars were not wrecked, but several were bad- ly damaged. Windows were knocked out and a number of the coaches were leaning far over, but they did not topple. Injured in Dining Car. Most of the injured passengers were in the dining car at the time of the crash and were thrown from their seats into the aisles. They were treated on the scene by Drs. W. T. Morrison and J. J. Greenwall of Elkton and later sent to Wilmington on another train. R. P. Russell, superintendent of the Maryland division of the road, was supervising the work of 600 laborers this morning as they struggled to clear away the wreckage. All night long they worked by the light of fires built along the right-of-way and today the tracks were cleared. Rollins, who was 38 years old, is survived by his widow and two sons, Lawrence, 14, and Arthur, 16 years old. He had been employed by the Pennsylvania for 19 years, 7 as fire- man and 12 as engineer. TEMPORARY STADIUM FOR SCHOOL HALTED Construction at Dunbar Deferred Pending the Consideration of .. Permanent Concrete Structure. W. H. Lewis, chairman of the educa- tion committee of the Federation of Civic Associations, told that body last night at its monthly meeting at the District Building that through the com- mittee’s efforts the proposed award of a contract for construction of a tem- porary stadium at the Dunbar High School had been deferred and that the Board of Education had asked for a new estimate on a concrete stadium of superior durability at small extra cost. The federation authorized the same committee to request preliminary draw- ings of a proposed colored senior high school in the Benning Road school development at Twenty-fourth street northeast. The Southwest Civic Assoclation asked the federation to assist in se- curing electric street lamps and traffic lights in its section, stating that there are no traffic lights in the southwest section east of Fourteenth street. —— = REPORTED TO POLICE Coat Valued at $75 Is Taken. Playground Recreation Room Is Scene of Robbery. Theft of a black plush coat from a line in rear of the home of Roy E. Landon, 1434 F street northeast, was reported to the police last night. The coat wag valued at $75. John C. Ritter, 1511 G street south- east, reported the loss of an_electric drill valuéd at $100 taken from his shop at 1524 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Mrs. Susie Murdock, superintendent ol Mitchell Playgrounds, Twenty-third and S streets, told Paucc of the eighth precinct of the robbing of the recreation room at the playgrounds this week. Six balls used in different games, valued at $25, were stolen. An unidentified individual yesterday afternoon broke the lock on the door of the apartment of James Ford, 330 Mis- sourl avenue, entered and stole clothing and a razor valued at $10. o 01d Testament Series, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, pastor of the Gunwn-TemPle Memorial Presbyterian Church, will continue tomorrow his series of sermons on Old Testament characters, tak! as his subject “The Magof g«sns'&?gm S the children laugh and play and all that sort of thing, but what did she do outside of that, asks Mary Louise. Did Mary’s lamb go shopping? Did she have blueberry pie served her? Did she eat ice cream? Did she ever go motoring? Or get out and walk in the buslnessl section? Mary Louise, pet lamb of R. E. Mathers of 3501 Thirty-sixth street, has her doubts. But no one can deny that Mary Louise has done all these things, and a few more. Mary Louise Goes to School. Mary Louise went to school the other day and precipitated the same kind of excitement as greeted the lamb of the fable. The visit was made to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase School, in com- panw with her master and pal. Being extremely fond of children, Mary Louise let them crowd around her in the yard and even in the classrooms, and tol- erated their recital of the old verses about the other scholarly lamb. The youngsters themselves were shy at first, but after a while they were pat- ting Mary Louise on her head and ad- miring her long fleece, as white as snow, and kept so by frequent soap and water baths. Mary Louise enjoyed her scholastic adventure immensely. She enjoys every- thing she does immensely. Her young life has been just one thrill after an- other—ever since she :aw the light of day a year ago at Olney, Md. Enjoys Motoring. ‘There was the thrill first of following her master around the yard and then of going with him on automobile rides. Now she needs no coaxing to jump in the car and go shopping. When the machine is parked in front of a neigh borhood store, she jumps out with Mr. Mathers and walts for him at the door until he emerges. Then she will jump back in again and ride home. One of Mary Louise’s best friends is a ccllie dog, Sport, another member of the Mather household. The lamb and the dog play together on the lawn like a pair of kittens. In Summertime Mary Louise feeds on the luscious green grass of the Mather lawn, occasionally venturing a ways down the street in search of other tidbits. She always returns home in proper time. Eats Pie and Ice Cream. On speclal occasions Mary Louise is treated to Blueberry pie and ice cream. Her wish is that these special occasions were more frequent. There is nothing she likes better than berry pie, topped off with vanilla ice cream. All of these things, Mary Louise con- tends, prove her to be a very extraordi- nary lamb, far surpassing in accom- plishments the record of a certain other mythical sheep No wonder it gets her goat to hear folks scoff at the supposed achievements of the poet’s heroine. Film Program at City Club. “The Big Killing” is the movie to be shown as the weekly Sunday feature to | the members of the City Club by Robert Smeltzer, vice chairman of the club’s entertainment committee. ¢ In addition a cartoon comedy, entitled “Companion- ate Mirage,” and another picture en- titled “Coco's War Dogs” will be shown. These pictures are shown for members and their familles, and are given with- out cost. Brakeman Injured in Fall. Garland Ridgeway, 24-year-old brake- man of 1811 Third. street northeast, fell from a moving train on which he was working last night in the Eckington freight yards, fracturing his right ankle. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. “Mystery of Dreams.” There will be a free lecture on “The | Mystery of Dreams” at the United Lodge of Theosophists, Hill Building. Seven- teenth and I streets, tomorrow at 8 p.m. | Thursday evening the study class will consider the subject of evolution. —_— Bethel Baptist Services. At New Bethel Baptist Church, Ninth and S streets, Rev. Willlam D. Jarvis will preach tomorrow morning and eve- ning. At 11 am. the subject is “Our Lord and the Man at the Pool of Beth- esda.” Sunday school, 9:30 am.; 3 pm., sermon by Rev. Mr. Bucker. R Soviet Ship Bringing U. S. Dead. LENINGRAD, U. S. S. R,, October 26 (#).— The Soviet steamer Lieut. Schmidt sailed yesterday for Havre with 28 of the 86 bodies of American —Star Staff Photo. JUSTICES ATTEND CENTRAL BANQUET Alumni Honor H. A. Smith, New Principal, in Affair at City Club. The third annual banquet of the | Central High School Alumni Associa- tion, attended by two justices of the | Supteme Court of the District of Co- | lumbia, was held last night in the City | Club in honor of Harvey A. Smith, new | principal of the school. | Among the speakers and guests pres- | ent were Justice Peyton Gordon, an alumnus of the school; Justice Alfred ‘Wheat, at one time a teacher at Cen- | tral;” Sylvan King, president; Paul E. | Lesh, toastmaster; Joseph Marr, Mrs. Alvin W. Miller, widow of a former principal of the school: Mr. Smith, principal, and Mrs. Emory M. Wilson, widow of a former principal. A feature of the | presentation to Centrat-of a portrait of l‘the late Emory M. Wilson by Mr. Marr, | representing the “C” Club. Tribute Paid Wilson. Mr. Marr paid tribute to Mr. Wilson, under whose regime the present school building was erected, em ing his influence on the pupils who studfed un- der him. Mrs. Wilson made a short address, thanking the “C” Club for what was said of her husband and expressing her appreciation of the fund that was raised for the education of her children sev- eral years ago. Judge Wheat told of his life in Wash- ington as a young man, when he was a teacher of bookkeeping and arithmetic at Central 40 years ago while he was studying law. New Principal Speaks. The new principal, Mr. Smith, was the last speaker, He complimented the faculty on their efficlency and made the suggestion to the alumni organization | that they make an attempt to enroll | more of the recent graduates. Ray Miller, who was graduated from the school last year, read an original poem written in memory of Alvin W. Miller, the principal who died recently. Miss Emilie Margaret White, an Eng- ligh teacher, led the alumni in school songs. The music was provided by Miss Helen William, pianist. The committee on arrangements was headed by Mrs. William E. Chamberlin. President King presided. Among those present were two former principals of the school, Robert Maurer and Stephen A. Cramer, now assistant superintendent of schools. - WOMAN IS ARRESTED. Faces Mental Observation After Being Taken at Hotel. A woman who told police she was living at the Mayflower Hotel and who tried to engage a room at the Carlton Hotel early this morning was arrested and removed to Gallinger Hospital for mental observation. A check-up at the Mayflower disclosed that she is not registered there. She was booked as Miss Lillian E. Weippert, 55, of New York City. Third precinct police say that she entered the Carlton about 3 o'clock this morning and asked to be shown a room. Seeing that she had no baggage, the night clerk inquired whether she had any money. She replied that she had not. After being refused the room she for half an hour, Jptil the police arrived. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Federal Post, No. 824, and auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will give a | card party tonight at the Thomas Circle Club, 8 o'clock. Card party will be held tonight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Redmon, 1316 Irving street, for the benefit of Bethany Chapter, O. E. S., 8 o'clock. Matthews Dawson, affirmative, and William Mahoney, negative, will debate the subject. “Resolved, That astrology is an exact science,” tonight at the Lfflg;le for the Larger Life, 1628 K street. A Halloween party also will be given ;or;‘ljght at the league's headquarters at A 500 card party will be held tonight at the home of Mrs. Slaughter, 930 Six- teenth street, 8:30 o'clock. FUTURE. Annual communion mass of the Visitation alumnae (Connecticut ave- nue) will take place at the Visitation Monastery, Bethesda, Md., tomorrow at 9 o'clock. Right Rev. John R. Mc- Namara will be the celebrant. A buffet breakfast will be served by the Alumnae Association in the guard of honor room after the mass. University of Maryland Women'’s Club will be entertained at a tea tomorrow afternoon by Dr. Jane Sherzer at her home on R street. Red Triangle Outing Club will meet at Fifteenth and New York avenue to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 for a hike affair _was the | wandered about the lobby of the hmel, AGENTS ELIMINATE GROVES AS LINKED INMPHERSON CASE Operatives Say Physician Was in No Way Connected With Nurse’s Death. 3 POSSIBLE SUSPECTS REMAIN IN MYSTERY Mass of Several Million Words of Testimony Being Sifted From Report. Confirming predictions made by The Star several days ago, the Department of Justice today announced it was con-, vinced that Dr. George H. Groves, proginent local physician who com- mitted suicide shortly after the mys- terious death of Mrs. Virginia McPher- son, was not implicated in any way in i the nurse’s death. The department investigated care- fully reports published in other ne: papers than The Star linking the name of Dr. Groves with the McPherson trag- edy. Thomas F. Cullen, in charge of the McPherson investigation, announced that these reports were wholly without foundation, and he expressed regret that the name of an innocent man, now dead, had been brought into the Park Llnl; méstexy. e “Dr. Groves has n definitely elim- inated as a possible suspect in tybe Mc- Pherson case,” Cullen declared, “We have run to the ground every rumor tending to connect him with ‘the Mc- Pherson tragedy, and in fairness to Dr. Groves and members of his family the department wishes to say that we have proof he had nothing to do with thej || case.” Three Suspects Left. ‘This reduces the list of alleged sus- pects already mentioned in the investi- gation to three persons, one of these being, of course, the husband, Robert A. McPherson, jr., who is in jail await- ing trial on a grand jury indictment .| charging him with strangling his wife with a pajama belt. There was nothing that officials would say concerning their findings with regard to the other suspects. In- deed, the department investigators will not_even say they are convinced Mrs. McPherson did not commit suicide, as , contended by a coroner’s jury. b Testimony clearing Dr. Groves’ name came from relatives and friends of the dead man and from others who knew him. This testimony, it is understood, showed that Dr. Groves remained at home all of the night of September 12, when Mrs. McPherson is_supposed to have come to her death. One state~ ment was made showing that the physi- cian was in bed early that night and was seen in bed long after midnight. Other rumors tending to bring discredit upon Dr. Groves also were found to be without basis in fact. 700 Persons Questioned. Approximately 700 persons have been questioned by agents of the Depari~ ment of Justice since the Federal in- quiry opened more than a month ago. Several millions of words have been taken down stenographically by court Freporters. The vast mass of testimony is said_toshave contaired statements so conflicting as to render the work of the investigators most difficuls. 3 Many valuable hours have been wasted in checking on the wildest sort of reports concerning the case. All un- important data will be eliminated and on the remaining facts, when they are turned over to John E. Laskey, special prosecutor of McPherson, will hinge the Government's decision in the sensa- tional investigation. The conclusions will be drawn by Mr. Laskey, and not by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Bu- reau of Investigation, or Mr. Cullen, who is working under the director. SONS OF D, C. FIRE ; CAPTAINS VICTORS Fly Model Planes Longest in Comy test, Featuring Industrial Exposition. I ‘The sons of two District Pire Depart- ment captains provided entertainment for a crowd of 1,000 at the model plane endurance contest last night at the Washington Auditorium held in con- junction with the industrial exposition, when their tiny craft soared dangerous- 1y close to the large eletric globes at the very top of the building to win silver cups for them. John Sullivan, 15-year-old second= place winner in the junior class of thé United States, son of Capt. P. J. Sulll- van of the District Fire Department, proved his championship caliber when he flew his trim hand-launched model for 2 minutes and 12 seconds to win first place in the contest. He was awarded the Chamber of Commerce trophy. Second place and the trophy donated by the Boys' Club of Washington was given to Everett Meeks, 15-year-old son of Capt. George "C. Meeks of the Dis- trict Fire Department. Everett's ship sailed realistically about the top of the auditorium for one minute before it crashed into the pipe organ on the wallg of the building and made a forced land- ing on a spectator's head. His official time was 1 minute 274-5 seconds. Everett established a world record dur- ing the Summer contests here, when his ship took off from Bolling Field and soared over the Potomac Riv . into the+ Northeast section of the city and was finally picked up in a freak wind cur- rent and carried back to the field again. The official flight was recorded as 8 minutes and 20 seconds. Lieut. Walter Hinton, pioneer trans- atlantic flyer, and Dorsey W. Hyde, sec- retary of the Washington Chamber of Commerse, acted as judges. John H. Williams of the Community Center De- partment was official timekeeper. Other model plane pilots who made good records in the contest were Frank Salisbury and Robert Swope. . PLAN HOLY LAND TALKS. Page McK. Etchison to Lecture During Winter Months. ‘ Page McK. Etchison, rtuglt)cl%work director of the Young Men's istian Association, will describe his Jfecent pilgrimage to the Holy Land in & series of lectures to be given at ¥arious churches during the Winter. &4 ‘The first of the lectures will given tomorrow evening at 7 o' Luther Memorial Church. will be illustraied, many of the having been taken by Mr. Etchison. . Plans for the succeeding lectures will be announced later. Auxiliary Speaker, through the woods via Tuxedo, ending at Mount Rainjer. Campfire party Miss Frankle Ross, leader. | soldiers who perished during the Arch- angel campaign in 1918 and 1919. The ‘Wanderlusters’ hike tomorrow will Miss Elizabeth Congdon of New ‘lo.\ City will address the Washington Mc- All Auxillary next Wednesday at 11 o'clock at the Church of the Covenant, Connecticuit .avenue and N southeast. Her subject will be the cole remainder of the bodies, which were re- ) start from the end of the Mount Pleas- | jes of la cently recovered by an American com- ant car line at 2:45 o'clock. Dr. m-vumummt‘g