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' Society and General @he Foening Sfar OCTOBER 31, * PAGE 17 ISCHOOL OFFICIALS WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY 1929 JUSTICE AGENTS LUTHERANS HONOR FOUNDER OF CHURCH BROKER'S REGORDS | NOT SURRENDERED 10 GRAND JURORS Evidence Demanded Declared Confidential and of No Use . in Criminal Inquiry. TRUCK HELD NECESSARY TO TRANSPORT CABINETS Motion to Quash Summons Filed by | Counsel for F. H. Smith Co. in D. C. Supreme Court. Declaring that the evidence asked | to be brought before the grand jury in | & new proceeding against G. Bryan Pitts, chairman of the board of the F. H. Smith Co. investment brokers, is contained in cabinets which are so heavy as to require the services of mov- ing men and a van to transport, the F. H. Smith Co today filed in the Dis- trict Supreme Court a motion to quash | the new summons. The subpoena was served yesterday. ‘The company reiterates its claim that the grand jury is on a “fishing expe- | dition” and is infringing the rights of the corporation under the fourth amendment to the Constitution. i The records mentioned in the sum- mons, it is asserted, are on cards num- bering between 18,000 and 20,000, which | are kept in steel cabinets, constituting what is known as a “geographical card system.” Confidential Records. ‘These cards, it is stated, contain, not only the record of purchases througn the F. H. Smith Co., but also other private and corfidential information conveyed to the company by its cus- | tomers to be used as a reference connection with pending or future busi- | ness deals which could not be of any berefit to the grand jury in its inquiry. John H. Edwards, jr., one of the vice presidents of the F. H. Smith Co., in &an affidavit attached to the company’s motion, declares these cards are i daily use in the office and would crij- ple theb usiness of the company if sur- Tendered to the grand jury. Declared of No Use. ‘The company claims that the Govern- ment’s demand is an attempt to procure records disclosing the names of its cus- tomers for the ostensible purpose of using them in an investigation directed against Mr. Pitts, when the informa- tion on the cards could have no per- tinency to any criminal charge against Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney General, acknowledged service of the motion and is expected to oppose it. He has not abandoned the pending question of the right to sum- mons witnesses in John Doe procee ings which are pending and to which he filed a lengthy report. showing rea- sons for inquiry into the affairs of the company. ’I"g: l’¥10u0nx to beh l;fl[l)ed 1?" A?’-‘ torneys Dot ar ouglas, J. P organ, Wilton J. Lambert, R. H. Yeatman and George D. Horning, jr. Brookhart Renews Criticism. Renewing his criticism of the Smith | Co., Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Jowa today inserted in the Congres- sional Record the report recently pre- pared by the Department of Justice re- garding the company. “Some time ago,” Senator Brookha said, “I offered a resolution to inves! gate operations of the F. H. Smith Co. and other like companies in this city.” The Senator said that since that time the Department of Justice has made an extensive investigation and h> requested that a copy of its report be | printed in the Record. RECEPTION TO MARK %5 YEARS’ PASTORATE National Memorial Baptist Officers Will Honor Rev. G. G. Johnson Tonight. /A reception marking the fifteenth | anniversary of the pastoriaté of Rev.| G. G. Johnson as pastor of the National | Baptist Memorial Church will be held | ténight at the church, with officers, | members of the congregation of the| church, friends of the pastor and repre- sentatives of other Baptist congrega- tions of the Capital in attendance. “The officers of Dr. Johnson's church will conduct the celebration in honor ! of the man to whom the credit for the bhilding of the National Baptist Memo- rial is given. Dr. Johnson was born in St. Louis in 1869. He went with his parents in early youth to Hamilton, N. Y., where| he received his early education. He| attended Colgate University, receiving| his academic degrees and later the | degree of bachelor of divinity and the honorary degree of doctor of divinity. He was the first Baptist pastor at] Ballston Spa, N. Y. He left there to take a pastorate in Pitsfield, Mass., later holding pastorates in Buff: and New York City. He was married in 1894 at Hamilton, - ¥ NDr, Johnson has served long on the board of directors of the Baptist Publi- cations Soclety and has held other of- fices in the denomination at large. In 1916, while pastor of the Imman- uel Baptist Church here, he initiated the movement for a national Baptist memorial church here. He was able to interest the two branches of the de- nomination, the Baptist Church South and the Baptist Church North, in the projact, and with the money re 1eceived from tnem and the contributions of the Jocal churches, he has virtually com- pleted the memorial edifice. The cburch, « which had about 500 members when Dr. Johnson first came to the Capital, has more than doubled in membe/ship dur- ing his pastorate. RECOMMENDS PURCHASE OF LIGHT ARMQRED CAR On the recommendation of Maj. Gen. C. C. Williams, chief of ordnance of the Army, the War Department will pur- chase one Garden-Lloyd light armored vehicle from the Vickers-Armstrong Co for use as an Infantry carrier of the mechanized force of the Army. Gen. ‘Willlams says the vehicle is of small size, light weight (about 3,000 pounds) and able to move across country or on wheels on the road and capable of re- placing the mule and the cart in the transportation of machine guns and special weapons. It' has a maximum speed of 28 miles an hour, a capacity of two men and one machine gun and LENER POSSESSES FAMOUS VIOLN mstrument Wade by Stradi-| varius in 1309 for Spanish King Nowtin Capital. BY GRETCHEN SMITH, One of the most famous violins | known to the mmusical world was | brought to Washington yesterday by Jeno Lener, first violinist of the Lener Hungarian String Quartet, which made its American debut the Chamber Music Hall of the Cong:ressional Library. ‘The violin was-mady in 1709 by An- tonious Stradivarius, 4 famous “fiddle” maker' of Cremona, Ifialy, whose repu- tation had become so! world renowned that he received-an grder from King Philip of Spain to make a quintet for | the Spanish court—ts violins, viola, cello and bass. According to the notes of Orisi; a monk of Ciemona, and an infimate friend of S#radivarius, the violin maker was so pleased with his work that he could not bear to pait with it and kept the instruments for himself until his death 1737, Son Sold Instruments. Later his son sold the quintet to Charles IV, and the beautfiful inlaid in- struments passed from Italy to the Spanish Court. A missing)link exists in the history of the violin owned by Mr. Lener as to how and when the in- strument passed from its anish own- ers into the hands of two .London col- | lectors—first a John Blow #nd later, J. Adams. When the latter]s collection was dissolved a few years after he had acquired the Stardivarius! violin, it passed into_the possesion of Gount Greff- uehle of France, It rematned with this family for such a long period, that it was given the name of French count and to this day is known through- out the musical world as the “Gref- fuehle Strad. 1 ‘Three years ago, in the workshop of an Italian instrument maker, {Fiorini of Rome, Mr. Jeno Lener saw original sketches of the Stradivarius violin. He | determined, if possible, to trace the in- strument and secure it for his own use. After a long search throughout Europe, he learned that it had passed from the possession of a small town Czechoslava- kian collector to an antique firm of Zurich, Germany. He tried to buy it, but the owners refused to part with it for fear that the precious instiument would be wasted in the hands of a mediocre artist. Mr. Lener finally in- duced the owners of the violin to permit him to play it at a recal in thé con- cert hall of the firm. For the first time in 220 years the old “Strad” was heard in public at that concert, and, after hearing the masterly way in which Mr. Lener played the instrument, its owners | decided to part with it to one whom | they knew realized its value. In his room at the Hotel Mayflower the Hungarian musician opened an: in- strument case and reverently took ferth the lovely old violin, exquisitely infaid in ebony and mother-of-pearl. Varnish Secret Iiever Learned. Calling attention to the coloring)of the instrument, he said, “This violin has never been repaired or retouched in the 209 vears of its existence. The secret of Stardivarius’ varnish, whith is responsible for the wonderful preserv- ation of his instruments, has never been learned. Attempts have been made to produce the same varnish by hun- dreds of instrument makers throughout the world, but they have not as yet been successful. “There exists in ‘Spain a manuscript wrilten by a priest who was a violim maker of the Spanish Court. It seems: that he had received an order to repair! the “Strad” violin. After examining| the instrument, he wrote that it would be necessary to make a new back and top for the violin, which was such a costly repair, that its owner decided not to have the work done. Consequently.” remarked Mr. Lener with pride, “the violin as I now have it, is exactly as it was- when made by Stardivarius over 200 years ago.” v It is interesting to note that the ebony inlaid figures on the side of the violin depict the famous sport of that century —hunting with the falcon and hounds. a delicate inlay of mother-of-pearl decorates the top of the instrument. Mr. Lener states that the viola and the other violin of the original quintet made for the Spanish King are now in bass has apparently vanished, as 1l whereabouts are unknown at the presert time, The Shannon River electricity project in the Irish Free States is expected to ammunition. a crw'sing raduz of 100 and s ai” on 7 ni sad sides, supply by 1932 144000000 kilowatt- the possession of an American collector | The cello is in Madrid and the double | Jeno Lener and his famous Stradivarius violin. —Star Staff Photo. FIVE PERSONS HURT INAUTO ACCIDENTS C. A. Caho, 82, in Serious Condition After Being Run Down at Street Crossing. Charles Andrew Caho, 82 years old, of 2842 Belair place northeast, is in a serious condition at Sibley Hospital as the result of being run down lass | night at Twenty-first street and Rhode Islard avenue northeast by an _auto- mobile operated by Thomas H. Byron, 28, of 3001 Fifteenth street northeast. The elderly man was found to have suffered fractures of the left leg, sev- eral ribs, a broken arm and jaw: and & possible fractured skull. His con- dition was described by physicians this morning as “uncharged.” Byron was held by twelfth precinct police pending the outcome of Caho's Injuries. Policeman Run Down. Policeman Aubrey M. Green of the seventh precinct was the victim of u hit-ard-run _driver last night while di- recting traffic at the intersection of. Thirtieth street and Cathedral avenuw. Although he escaped with minor hurts, the policeman was knocked to tne round by the driver of the car, who alled to stop. Green, who is 51 years old and lives at 3030 Wisconsin avenue, was treated at Georgetown University Hospital for injuries to the left knee and body bruises. He was taken home after treatment. Lillian Stone, 24 years old, of 1104 M pital for injuries suffered last n'ght H street by an automobile operated by James B. Spiller of 3408 Mount Pleas- ant street. The woman received « sprained right knee and possible frac- tured left elbow. She was taken home after treatment. Treated at Hospital. William Grier, 26 years old, colored, of 318 New York avenue, sustainea lacerations to the right arm and a pos- sible fractured leg when struck at Sev- enteenth street and Rhode Island ave- nue by a machine driven by Louis M. Hicks, 22, colored, of 824 New Hamp- shire avenue. He was treated at Emei- gency Hospital and later taken home. Horace E. Nash, 73 years old, of 523 L street was still in a serious condition at Casualty Hospital this morning from injuries suffered last night when run dowr at Third street and Massa- chusetts avenue by a taxicab, whicn, police said, was operated by Earl H. Davis, 23 years old, of 1448 Rhoae Island avenue. ‘The injured man was found to have sustained a fractured skull, in addition to numerous lacerations about the body. After taking him to the hospital in his machine Davis reported the accident to sixth precinct police, DR. WILEY IMPROVES. After an uncomfortable night, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure food expert and former head of the Bureau of Chemistry. Department of Agriculture, was reported slightly better this morning at his resi- dence, 2345 Ashmead place. Dr. Wiley was confined to his home some three weeks ago by a bad cold which sub- sequently had a complication affecting his heart. I Dry Aide , l HARRY T. ANSLINGER. hours of current & yeas. S = Harris Ewing Photo, street was treated at Emergency Hos- | “| ‘Thorpe NOT T0 QUESTION YOUNG MPHERSON Indicate Nothing Is to Be Gained by Interview at This Time. OFFICIALS REITERATE JOB “ALMOST DONE” Examination of 800 Witnesses Completed and Summary Is Being Prepared. The Department of Justice will not question Robert A. McPherson,. ., charged by a grand jury with sigan- belt. The opportunity to interview the man to prosecute was afforded Federal agents through the expressed “willingness” of William E. Leahy, to permit the ques- tioning of his client. John E. Laskey, special assistant to the Attorney General, assigned to the prosecution, declared today he had no intention “at the present time” of talk- ing with the man he was appointed io prosecute. When the offer first was made by Mr. Leahy, the prosecutor re- marked he would let the attorney know “jf and when” he desired to accept it. It is understood Mr. Laskey acte with the advice of Federal agents in. | vestigating the death mystery in de- ciding not to interrogate McPherson. It is indicated these agents feel that noting is to be gained by interviewing the prisoner now, although they regret they were called into the case too late to question him at the outset. The Government has the benefit of testi- mony given by the husband before the grand jury, which questioned him at length. Justice officials in charge of the probe reiterated today that their job is “al- most done.” The examination of more than 800 witnesses has been completed, and the agents mow are reading over the transcript of testimony preparatory to formulating a summary of the facts adduced. The review of the testimony has disclosed & number of “loose ends” that require further investigation in order that the report will be complete. For this reason it has been netessary to re-examine a number of persons whose testimony already had been taken. Several such witnesses appeared at the department today, and others ‘T"t interviewed outside the depart- ment. ANSLINGER GIVEN HIGHER DRY POST I Made Assistant Commissioner. Owen Slated for Foreign Control Chief. Appointment of Harry J. Anslinger to be assistant commissioner of prohibition was followed today by prediction that the post of chief of the division of for- eign control, from which Anslinger was promoted. soon will be filled by another promotion, that of Thomas R. Owen, who has been assistant chief of . the division. Anslinger, who took charge as second in command of the Prohibition Bureau | forces of the country, is only 37 years {of age, and came from the State De- | partment. With all important jobs at prohibition headquarters, in the Southern Railway *when run down at Vermont avenue and | Building, filied, this organization for [ the first time in several years will have | a full complement of officers. A further | distinguishing feature of headquarters |is the fact that every one of the new officers, from Prohibition Commissioner James M. Doran down- the line, has been raised from another place within the prohibition organization. Anslinger Takes Charge, The policy of rewarding Government workers and officials by promotion within the ranks is known to be a fa- vorite policy of Sccretary of the Treas- ury Mellon. Anslinger, who was sworn in late yesterday and took charge of his new office this morning, had been chief of the Division of Foreign Control, which he organized two and a half years ago under Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, then Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of prohibition. Anslinger did important work in establishing and directing the activities of this divison, which carries out treaties and arrange- ments with foreign countries for the suppression of liquor and narcotic smug- gling. The division was set up in 1926 after return of Gen. Andrews, Anslinger and others from a conference at Lon- don concerning the suppression of smuggling. The United States has 15 “informal agents” with foreign powers concerning the prevention of narcotic smuggling and 18 agreements, including some treaties and some “informal ar- rangements,” for the prevention of smuggling of liquor. Anslinger par- ticipated in international conferences on smuggling at Ottawa, Paris and Ant- werp. Formerly with State Department. Anslinger came to this work from the State Department « here he had been a United States consul at The Hagte, Netherlands; Hamburg, Germany; La- Guaira, Venezuela, and Nassau, hama Islands. He was 10 years with the State Department. —During the war {he assisted in organizing the “inspec- | tion of equipment” for the Army, a temporary organization in the War | Department. | _Prior to joining the Federal Govern- ment Mr. Anslinger was with the State government of Pennsylvania at Harris- burg. He was born at Altoona. 'BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Bllluikorchulrl. at Stanley Hall, 5:30 o'clock. March—“Sons of Australia”....Lithgow Overture—*“Ttalienne” . ..Zerco Entr'Acte— “A Fanciful Vision” Rubinstein “A Frivolous Patrol Excerpts from musical “Hit the Deck”.... ‘oo Fox trot—"Who Wouldn't be Jealous of You' Fre Valsette—‘“Lady of Love” Finale—"The Great American” (Roosevelt) .... .Lincoln “The Star Spangled Banner.” . Bay, England, has protested he British government against air iding over the town. " Zamecnik ' take advantage of the opportunity to| gling his wife to death with a pajama | whom the Government has been asked | Ba: | 412TH LUTHERAN YEAR CELEBRATED Maryland Synod Sunday School Association Con- venes Here. | the Reformation, the Lutheran Sunday | School Association of ‘the Maryland tion this morning at the Luther Place i Memorial Church, Fourteenth and N streets. The church exercises were preceded by the placing of a wreath at the base of the Martin Luther monument, com- memorating the publication of the heretical 95 theses by Luther at Wittez.- berg, Germany, in 1518. The cers- monies were supervised by Rev. John ‘Weidley, pastor of the Washington Church of the Reformation. Devotional Services. Anniversary exercises in the churcn were opened by devotlonal services, led Rev. S. J. McDowell. Rev. R. S. Patterson, president, de- livering his annual report, reviewed the | educational and spiritual work of the association during the past year. He particularly stressed the need of a reo~ ognized terdependence between the public_school and church systems. In the feature address of the morn- ing program Prof. A. G. Voligt, presi- dent Lutheran Theological Seminary, Columbia, S. C., who spoke on the sub- ject of “Luther and the Catechism,” discussed the significance of the Luth- eran version of the Catechism. Social Reform Topic. | The afternoon session was marked by an address by Theodore G. Risley, s0- licitor of the Department of Labor, who discussed “A Century of Social Reform and Development.” He made a compre- | hensive report on Government and so- clal welfare organizations, | ““Tne remainder of the afternoon busi- | ness was occupied with the reading of | numerous reports on activities and topics relating to the association or- ganization. Short talks were delivered By Rev. R. E. Tulloss, president of Wit- Prof. James C. Kinard, dean of New- berry College, Newberry, S. FaCHE {BOY’S STORY HOLDS TWO FOR MURDER | Autoist Is Acquitted in Child's Death at Inguest Held in Prince Georges. An autoist was acquitted of all blame lin the death of a little girl and two colored men held for the action of the grand jury on a murder charge as a result of two inquests in Prince Georges County last night: The testimony of a 14-year-old col- ored boy, who identified Lester Medley, also colored, as the man he saw near the home of George Gray, colored, the night the latter was murdered, led a coroner's jury at Upper Marlboro to hold Medley and John Moore, colored, for the grand jury. Gray was murdered in his home in Fairmont Heights several weeks 8go. His head had been crushed with an ax which was Iou?d‘ ;oe:rby. The man had been robbed of 3 Edward Glenn Hunter, 3750 Thirty seventh street, Mount Rainier, was ac- quitted of all blame in the death Sat- urday night of Catherine Erhart, 6 years old, when a coroner’s jury, under Justice of Peace Robert E. Joyce, at tributed the child’s death to an unavoid- able accident. 1t was testified that the girl ran in front of Hunter's machine as it was being driven slowly up Thirty-fourth street and was crushed beneath the wheels before the car could be stopped Chief of Police, Eugene Plumer told the | jury he had ‘tested the automobile brakes and found them in “first class’ working order. SHORT-CIRCUIT HALTS {" STREET CAR TRAFFIC Clouds of Smoke Pour From Ground Conductor—No One Is o St arly 50 passengers were forced to nbf:ldog a su’peel car of the Washington |& Virginia Railway at Thirteen-and- a-half and D streets this morning when |a short circuit in the ground conductor caused clouds of smoke to shoot up on both sides of the car. Little damage ‘wnn done and no one was injured. The car, which was in charge of J. C. Newton of Blll!(og,l Vl..dmawrmln.c;l;‘d laude Barnes, Clarendon, 5 (d:ucwr, had almost reached its destina- tion in this city from Falls Church, Va. Trafic on the line was tied up for nearly half an hour. < Observing the 413th anniversary of | Synod opened its third anzual conven- | | tenMerg College, Springfield, Ohio, and | Members of the Lutheran Sunday School Association today placed a wreath on the statue of Martin Luther at | Thomas Circle in celebration of the 412th anniversary of t he nailing of the 95 theses by Luther on the church door at Wittenberg, Germany, Rev. John Weidley placing the wr eath. —Star Staff Photo. { | | WILLIAM H. HOUGHTON. 'WILLIAM H. HOUGHTON DIES ON BIRTHDAY | Interior Decorator Expires ‘Washington Grove Home on 74th Anniversary. ‘William Henderson Houghton, for 58 years connected with the firm of W.B. Moses & Sons, by which he was em- ployed as expert interior decorator, and widely known for his church work and | activities with the Central Union Mission, Gospel Mission and Y. M. C. A. in this city, died at his home, Wash- ington Grove, Md. yesterday on his seventy-fourth birthday anniversary. Shortly before his death, Mr. Hough- ton had prepared a biography descril ing many of his activities and telling | of his association with numerous in- dividuals in mission work in this city. | 'Mr. Houghton's death was attributed | to illness resulting from complications | developed following a fall several months ago. Besides his activities with the mission here, Mr. Houghton had long been a member of the Dumbarton M. E. Church, having served as steward and taught Sunday school there. In the later years of his life, he also taught a Bible class at his home. A native of Cleveland, Mr. Hough- ton came to this city in 1871. He decorated the east room of the White | House for the marriage of President Cleveland. He is_survived by his widow, Mrs. Jennie Putnam Houghton; three sons, Dr. M. W. Houghton of Providence, R. I; William Keyes Houghton of Wellesley Hills, Mass., and Norman Owen Houghton of this city; three brothers, Arthur J., J. Albert a Er- nest D. Houghton, and two sisters, Mrs. Hattle Roach and Mrs. Belle Calver. ‘The brothers and sisters all reside in this city. Funeral services will be conducted in the Dumbarton M. E. Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Glenwocd Cemetery. DRAMA GUILD SELECTS PRODUCTION CHAIRMAN William F. Baker of Metro-Gold- wyn Technical Staff to Stage “The Torchbearers.” William F. Baker, who has been as- sociated with the Hollywood Dram Club for two years, and has been on | the. technical staff of the Metro-Gold- | wyn-Mayer studios in Hollywood, has ccepted the post of chairman of the committee on production of the Com- munity Drama Guild of Washington. Mr. Baker will have charge of the stage settings for the guild's forthcomin, production, “The Torchbearers,” whic! is to be presented at the McKinley Au- ditorium, Second ad T streets north- east, November 14 and 15. 4 At a meeting of the ccmmittee last night at the offices of the guild in the Franklin Administration Building, plans for the stage settings of the play were decided upon. Work on the settings will be completed in tim~ for the final rehearsals, which begin November 10. THOMAS SETTLE ELECTED VIRGINIA SOCIETY HEAD ‘The Society of Virginia elected | Thomas Settle president for the com- ing year at a meeting held last night in the Willard Hotel. Other elections were Patrick Henry Drewry, first vice presi- dent; Field M. Lewis, second vice presi- dent; E. M. Blackwell, third vice presi- dent; Fred P. Myers, treasurer; Frances Carter Linfoot, secretary, and J. W. Sommerville, financial secretary. Henry Taylor Mills, J. Cloyd Byars, Miss Elsie Harmon, Mrs. Lena May Mc- | Donald and Miss Mary N. McCabe were | ramed to the executive committee. A meeting of the executive commit- tee was set for Saturday night to dis- lcuss plans for the Congressional ball. [ 4 at ZONE AMENDMENT AGTION DEFERRED Public Hearing Likely to Be Held on Storage Garages in Apartment Houses. A proposed draft of an amendment to the District zoning code to permit stor- age garages to be built in apartment houses for the use of tenants, without the present requirement of consents by adjoining property owners, was consid- | ered by the Zoning Commission in ex- | ecutive session yesterday and indica- tions today were that the subject would be considered in the near future at a public hearing. Formal action on the proposal, urged by the Operative Builders’ Association, was deferred at the meeting yesterday and it is understood the commission members plan to give further study to the matter. A tentative draft of the proposed amendment was before the commission yegterday and this may be offered next shonth for public consid- eration at a hearing. In petitioning for removal of the present_restrictions against such stor- age garages In apartment houses, the operative builders have contended that | the amendment would serve to reduce traffic congestion by reducing the num- ber of automobiles now parked all night in the streets. Action on Others Delayed. ‘The commission deferred final action | on the amendment, considered at the | public hearing yesterday, which would permit alterations and remodeling of “non-conformifig” dwellings without & change in zoning, not permitted under the existing regulations. The commission also deferred action on a proposal for a change in zoning of the rear part of property on the east side of Connecticut avenue between Ordway and Porter streets from resi- dential to first commercial classifica- tion, where a commercial development is planned. Zoning Changes Refused. Four other petitions for zoning changes heard yesterday were refused. classification of property east of Con- necticut avenue between Quebec and Rodman streets to permit erection of a large apartment structure planned by Harry M. Bralove, builder. The petition was opposed by a number of nearby residents, including Henry A. Berliner, Henry A. Willard, 2d, and Arthur Moses. Other petitions which were rejected were for a change from first com- mercial to second commercial clas- sification for the property at the southeast corner of Ivy and Canal streets southeast, where the, Am-t- ican Instrument Co. planned to erect a light manufacturing plant; a change from residential “B” area to residential “C” area for the property facing Grant Circle and New Hamp- shire avenue, where the Petworth Methodist Episcopal Church planned to erect a Sunday school of a size not now permitted by restrictions on the percentage of lot occupancy, and a change from residential “A” restricted area to “B” restricted area for the property between Twellth and Thir- teenth, Rittenhouse and Sheridan | streets, where the Willlam H. Saunders | Co. planned to erect a group house de- | velopment. WAKEFIELD REMEMBERED; IN WILL OF MISS DAVIS | Map of Washington, Flag and Shield Bequeathed to | Washington's Birthplace. o map of Washington, worked on| an American flag and a tapestry American shield have been bequeathed to Wakefield, the birthplace of George Washington, in Westmoreland County, Va., in the will of Miss Josephine Davis, who died on November 6 last. They will be given into the keeping of the Wakefleld National Memorial Associ- ation until the historic home can be re- stored. The assoclation is also to receive a mahogany sideboard that once w among the furnishings of Hayfield, the manor built by George Washington on a portion of the Mount Vernon estate and occupled by his cousin, Lund Wash- ipgton. It will be presented to the me- morial body by Miss Blanche S. Hoopes of this city. It was announced this morning by Mrs, Howard L. Hodgkins, regent of the District of Columbia Wakefield Soclety, that the Wakefield exhibit in the Dulin & Martin Bailding on Connecticut ave- American out of courtesy to the delegates attend- ing the thirty-third annual convention of the Virginia Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution at Alexandria. Not Injured in rlln: Crash. Felix Kennedy of 36 K street north- east has completely recovered from the ne crash at College Park, Md., Sun- While flying the plane of Gerald Hennessy it was .at first thought that he was seriously injured in the smash- up. It was discovered, however, that | he was only badly shaken up. S, One of these called for a change of the | two paragraphs requiring the nue will be kept open until tomorrow | 50! T0STUDY MOVETO HOLD UP DIPLOMAR Rules Committee of Boafd i Meet With Principals Tomorrow. AMENDMENT WOULD PENALIZE DISHONESTY Gilligan Requests Careful Delibera tion When Proposal Was Made Last May. The proposal to withhold high school diplomas from pupils guilty of certain offenses which at present merit suspen- sion will be considered by the rules committee of the Board of Education at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in ex- ecutive session with the principals of the high schools at the Franklin Ad- ministration Building. The proposed amendment to the ex- isting school board rules, which was offered last May by Mrs. Phillip Sid- ney Smith, includes “uncleanly condi- tion of person or clothing,” habitual tardiness and untruthfulness. When the amendment was proposed at an open meeting of the board on May 1, Henry Gilligan, board member, opposed its immediate consideration and recommended that the “radical” amend- ment be adopted or refused only after careful study by the rules committee. ‘Wording of Amendment. As proposed by Mrs. Smith, the amendment which has stirred up con- siderable discussion in school circles i since its proposal follows: “In view of the fact that the diploma from a public school attests to the honorable completion of a course of study, and believing that character training should be an inherent result of the completion of every educational program in g public school, the Board of Education’ will consider withholding a diploma from any junior high, senior high or normal school pupil who is guilty of any one of the following of- fenses: Immoral conduct, indecent language, violent or pointed oppesition to authority, persistent disobedience or disorder, dishomesty or untruthfulness, habitual tardiness, unauthorized ab- sence or uncleanly condition of person or clothing, notwithstanding the fact sald pupil may have earned all neces- sary credits in studies prescribed for a diploma.” With the exception of the offenses “dishonesty or untruthfulness,” e items certified as grounds for withhold- ing of diplomas are identical with those now in a School Board rule which sets forth grounds for suspension. T is rule has been in force for 50 years. May Remove “Temptation.” In the same meeting tomorrow the committee will consider Mr. Gilligan's proposal to discontinue the practice of Tequiring students to sign pledge cards to the effect that they are not members of any unauthorized fraternity. At present high school pupils are required to submit to their principals cards on which they attest théy are not members of clubs which have not the approval of the school officials and these cards are countersigned by the parents of the children. Mr. Gilligan contends that the abolition of the signed cards will remove a definite “invitation to delib- erate falsification” which should not be placed before any pupil. The language in which the pledge card requirement is expressed is con- tained in two paragraphs of a section of ‘School Board rules. The section deprives students from participation n all special student activities if they are members of associations, orgam- | zations, clubs, fraternities or sororities which lack official authorization. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superiztendent or schools, has held the view that i{ ‘t’lxr pledse cards are stricken from the section the 1 whole section becomes useless, since i leaves no means for disdovering mem.- bership in the forbidden organization. ‘The rules committee, which will co:.- sider these amendments, will incluae Mr. Gilligan, Isaac Gans and Mrs. Mary A. McNeil. The principals who have been invited to sit in with the com- mittee tomorrow are: Harvey Smitn of Central, Dr. Elmer S. Newton ot Western, Charles A. Hart of Easte Frank Daniel of McKinley, Allan Da- vis of Business, Walter Smith of Dun- bar, G. David Houston of Armstrong and R. N. Mattingly of Cardozo. WILL MERGE CASES IN LIQUOR CLEAN-UP | Attorney Believes One Stronger Accusation Better Than Many Small Ones. In an effort to dry up the District by closing many former “speakeasies,” David A. Hart, assistant United Statcs attorney, has decided to roll all of the smaller charges which are pending against various alleged bootleggers into one big case, with &s many counts as there are offenses charged against the men, and the addition of a nuisance count. Hart announced that there are a large number of persons on his books with several cases of possession against them Quite a few of the individual cases are very weak and would be hard to prove before a jury separately, but taken as one case and tried at one time tne strong counts will bolster the weak ones. Hart also says that a nuisance cnarge by itself is hard to prove, but t- charge brought before a jury, with tae “evidence” seized in_several different arrests present, it will be much easier to get convictions on this, too. . Hart does not agree with the police statement that bootleggers remain in business for only a comparatively short period of time. He says that in most in- stances a rule of “once a bootlegger always a bootlegger” will apn! e BAND TO BROADCAST. The newly organized Citizens' Band will broadeast a program of old-time ngs tomorrow night over Station WJSV from 9 to 10 o'clock. At a meet- ing at the Central High School armory last night the band was address by Isaac Gans, who discussed plans to raise a fund of $5,000 to provide uni- forms, music cnd other necessary equipment. 1t is the intention of the band to en- tertain at some charitable affair at least once a week during the Winter months. Manchester, England, hes ordeved 60 buses to replace street ca pal lines.