Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1929, Page 17

he Swundwy She? WASHINGTON; D. C CAPLDOVLEFAGES - BOARD TOMORROW FORBACKING ALLE Personnel of Trial Group to Be Same as That for Dis- missed Policeman. 20 DEFENSE WITNESSES SUMMONED TO HEARING Attorneys Say Accused Officer Is Confident of Acquittal on Pratt’s Charges. Capt. Robert E. Doyle, suspended commander of the eighth precinct, will face the same police trial board tomor- row which convicted Policeman Robert J. Allen and sentenced him to be dis- missed from the force it was disclosed last night by Chapman W. Fowler, who, with T. Morris Wampler, will defend the veteran police officer. Allen’s board was composed of In- spector Louis J. Stoll, chairman, and Capts. Charles T. Peck of the eleventh precinct and C. P. M. Lord of the thir- teenth precinct. Doyle has the choice | of half a dozen other officers, but Wampler said he is willing to rest his fate with the same three men who found Allen guilty, although he is more optimistic. over the outcome of the trial than was the policeman who predicted the verdict in his own case. Doyle will appear before the trial | board at 10 o'clock to answer the charge | of insubordination preferred against him by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superin- tendent of police, because of his out- spoken defense of Allen. The trial al- ready has been delayed twice, but there ‘was no indication last night of a further continuance. Fowler announced that je was prepared to go to trial. The cor- poration counsel's office which will prosecute the officer has been ready for & week, Negotiations Denied. 1In spite of the failure of two attempts The Anna, pholographed yesterday from Norfolk under sail power alone. mander, who was found aboard facing his two pet kittens. at Fort Washington after a 3]-day trip Inset: Capt. Frank Giannoni, her com- starvation. - Lower left: Giannoni with Lower right: Miss Sarah Lloyd, daughter of Maj. W. H. o settle the case amicably and thus | Lloyd, post surgeon at Fort Washington, who aided her father in taking food to ‘ pare Doyle the stigma of appearing be- !gr‘e a Doyl.lu disciplinary board for the first time since 1893, there were recur- ring rumors at the District Building terday that these negotiations had n renewed. The reports, however, were met with prompt and emphatic denials from Doyle and his attorneys as well as Maj. Pratt. “Capt. Doyle does not propose to re- cant nor does he intend to seek volun- tary retirement,” was Fowler's answer %o the reports. “He is ready to go to bat and is confident of acquittal. Fowler said he has summoned at least 0 witnesses to testify in Capt. Doyle's | :\ulr, The majority of them are to be | character witnesses, and these include a number of prominent ‘Washington business and . professional men. The jawyer, however, intimated that he would put several “surprise witnesses on the stand, although he declined tc reveal the purpose. Maj. Pn‘:t. the complainant, will be the prosecution’s principal witness. It ic understood that the prosecution alsc has summoned a number of witnesses, most of th#m being authorities on mili- tary discipline. Trial May be Long. e connected with the corpora- tion. counsels office would hazard r | g?dlcunn as to the length of the trial. wler said the defense probably would take one day to present its case, which indicates that the trial most likely will continue through Tuesday. The prosecution, it was said, will base its case entirely on the report which Capt. Doyle submitted to Maj. Pratt upholding Allen for his criticism of the United States attorney’s office for fail- ure to prosecute an investment broker indicted more than a ¥ear ago and ar- yested several weeks Aago on a mew charge. Maj. Pratt contended in his re- port to the Commissioners, suggesting Doyle’s suspension pending trial, that the captain, in sustaining Allen, shared equally the responsibility for the police- man’s insubordinate action and ex- pressed the belief that the situation which has resulted “has a natural tend- ency to the further destruction of the morale of the department.” Capt. Doyle will be the first officer of | his rank to appear before a trial board | since last March, when Capt. Guy EI Burlingame, retired commander of the| second precinct, successfully fought the charges of Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, for- mer Seventh street palmist. Policeman Allen, who is vigorousl'y fighting to prevent the trial board’s sentence in his case from being carried out, came out victorious in his first move yesterday when the Commission- ers voted to entertain his appeal from the board's findings. The Commis- sioners also agreed, at the same time, to give “careful” consideration to the policeman’s request for an examination of the trial board members to deter-| mine whether his conduct at the trial | Wednesday had any influence on the | verdict. | Notice Filed Yesterday. A notice of appeal, together with a letter urging lhatp:m-mhers of the trial board be called upon to certify whether | their findings were in any way affected | by Allen’s actions, was filed with the Commissioners yesterday morning by the officer’s attorneys, H. Raplh Burton snd Tench T, Marye. The Commis- sioners acted an hour later. In entertaining the appeal the Com- missioners granted Allen’s counsel the usual 10 days in which to submit a written statement in support thereof. No indication was given, however, whether the Commissioners proposed to call upon the trial board members to fy as to the influence the police- s conduct had on their verdic* Allen’s letter asking an examination of the trial board members called at- tention to press reports of the trial which showed that Inspector Stoll, chairman of the board, suggested that the officer was guiity of insubordination in pleading his own case because of his Viofent attack on Maj. Pratt, and points out that anything he said was privi- leged, thereby eliminating any question of_insubordi jon. The attorneys take the position that they have a right to know whether the statement of Inspector Stoll had any bearing on the verdict. It is their con- tention that whatever Allen did or said at the trial could not be considered in the deliberation on evidence submitted in_connection with the charge of in- subordination preferred by Maj. Pratt. Seat Cushions as Life-Preservers. Seat cushions provided for new long- distance airplanes designed in England can be worn as life preservers in case of forced descent on water ¥ A R Girls to Give Play. Girls of St. Rose’s Technical School, 1878 Phelps place, will give a play at the school hall this afternoon at 3 o'clock. _Sister Mary Gabriel is in charge of the school, which is a mem- Community Chest. ! | traffic have been lessened rather than the impoverished skipper. tar Staff Photos. C.0F C.TOASKAID OF KEYES IN FIGHT Group Opposes U. S. Plan to Cut Off 13th Street at Avenue. The aid of Senator Henry W. Keyes, chairman of the Senate committee on public buildings and grounds, will be sought tomorrow in the Washington Chamber of Commerce's fight to pre- vent the cutting off of Thirteenth street at Pennsylvania avenue by the erection of a colonade between two buildings in the Government's develop- ment of the triangle. | Senator Keyes has granted George V,I Graham, chairman of the board’s spe- cial committee, an appointment for to- | morrow morning, when they will discuss the alleged drawbacks of the present plan, Col. Grant to Be Consulted. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Parks, also is to be consulted by the special group, which represents three standing committees of the parent organization. In an effort to obtain all of the in- formation possible on the plan to han- dle the traffic situation created by the development of the triangle, the com- mitte members plan to interview various other persons on the subject. At an early date the designers and architects and others: responsible for the triangle will be invited to attend a meeting of the committee. The endeavor of the Board of Trade to prevent the blocking of Thirteenth street originated at a directors’ meeting last week, where the matter was pre- sented by Mr. Graham, as chairman, of the committee on streets and avenues. Graham Cites Congestion. At that time Mr. Graham pointed out that the D‘flflniflf the Government de- partments in the relatively small area of the triangle would throw approxi- mately 35,000 rsons into a section where the facilities for handling the increased. ™A proof of this, he called attention to the fact that Eleventh street already is locked by the Internal Revenue Building nd now it is planned to cut off Thir- teenth street at Pennsylvania avenue by a colonnade. He said that the con- gestion would be considerably relieved if Thirteenth street were allowed to run through to B street, which will be an arterial highway. BIDS ON MAYFLOWER. Navy Again Offers Presidential Yacht for Sale. For the second time the Navy will offer for sale the former presidential yacht U. §. 8, Mayflower. Announcement was made yesterday that bids for the sale of the Mayflower would be opened December 7 at the Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Recently the Navy Department offered the Mayflower for sale, but only one bid, which was not accepted, was received. The Mayflower, which is now located at the Philadelphia, Pa., Navy Yard was discarded as a presidential yacht by President Hoover, and was ordered de- commissioned. The craft was used by several Presidents. SERVANT HELD IN THEFT. Mrs. Naomi Engelhard, 16, Accused of Taking $300 Worth of Clothing. Mrs. Naomi Engelhard, 16 years old of Orlando, Fla, was arrested la night by Headquarters Detectives C. P. Cox and Bagby King of the clothing squad on a charge of grand larceny involving $300 worth of clothing. She is being held at the Hegse of Detention. According to police,” the girl ‘is said to have stolen the clothing from the daughter of Morris Heartfield, at whose home, at 3012 Thirty-second street, she was employed as a servant. All of MELLON T0 CONFER WITH ARCHITECTS Simon to Report on Archives Buildings Inspected in Europe. Another important step in the public building program here is expected to be made tomorrow, when Secretary of the Treasury Mellon goes into confer- ence with his Board of Architectural Consultants, including Louis A. Simon of the Treasury Department, who has Jjust returned from Europe with a re- port on the archives buildings of the Old World. John Wesley Pope of New York City, who has been added to the board since it last met, will collaborate with Treas- ury Department architects in planning the Archives Building. . Another change in the board, it was learned yesterday, has been the election of C. C. Zantzinger of Philadelphia, of the firm of Zantzinger, Borie & Medary,. to take the place of the late Milton B. Medary of the same firm. Mr. Zant- zinger will carry on the work of Mr. Medary. in designing the Department of Justice Builiing on the site of Center Market. | Mellon Has Suggestions. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has suggestions of his own concerning the triangle, in the area bounded by Penn- sylvania avenue, Pifteenth street and the Mall, which he will present to the Board of Architectural Consultants when it meets at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Treasury. Among the vitally important questions to be considered by the Board of Archi- tectural Consultants during this session is the plan for the Archives Building. In the triangle model it was seen that the Archives Building towered so much further over the tops of the other build- ings that it appeared to some persons to be out of harmony with the general architectural plan. It is known that rome moderation in the original plan of he building will be considered. “Shell” Included in Plans. ‘The archives building is to be erected | in the square immediately west of Cen- ter Market, bounded by Ninth and Tenth streets, B street and Pennsyl- vania avenue. The plans call for a large central structure surrounded by & shell, or outside building, the use of which has not as yet been designated. Plans for several buildings will be pre- | sented by members of the Board of Architectural Consultants, in such form that they can be used as a basis for the Treasury Department to estimate the probable cost. Representative Elliott of Indiana, chairman of the House public buildings and grounds committee, and Senator Keyes of New Hampshire, chairman of the Senate committee on public build- ings and grounds, recently announced | they favored increase in the appropria- tions for public buildings, both in the National Capital and throughout the country. It is expected that this legis- lation will be introduced early in the new regular session of Congress in De- | cember. | Funds Expected Soon. As Congress previously has gone on record in favor of an expansion of the public building program here, by au- thorizing the purchase of all’ land in the Federal triangle, it is anticipated that funds to carry forward the pro- gram will be forthcoming at .the next session. The members of the Board of Archi- tectural Consultants will bring with them from . their offices which thnf' have been developing for the buildings and it is expe: . they will ury-Department, at least in their pre- liminary form. ‘The architects and the buildings they ere planning, in addition to Mr. Pope, Mr. Zantzinger and Mr. Simon, men- tioned above, are as follows: E. H. Bennett of Chicago, chairman of the board, who is making plans for architectural landscaping; Louis Ayers of New York, whose plans for the De- partment of Commerce, now are well under way in construction of this huge building, between Fourteenth and Fif- teenth, B and E streets; Arthur Brown, the clothing was recovered. The girl, who lives in Takoma Park, Md., is said to have told police she took the clothes to go on & party. jr, of San Francisco, who will bring be in shape to turn over to. the Treas- ! SUNDAY MORNIN NOVEMBER 10, 1929—PART 1—SECTION 2. » IAUSTRIAN SEAMAN ISNEARLY STARVED' ONBECALMED BOAT Capt. Giannoni and Crew of One Rescued Off Fort Washington, Md. TELLS PATHETIC STORY OF SEIZURE OF CRAFT | E0.. | Hopes to Make Way to Capital "I.‘ca-1 day to Adjust Losses of Past Two Years. Facing starvation after their short, food supply had become exhausted on a harrowing 21-day trip from Norfolk | against strong headwinds, an Aus'.rlnr“I seaman, his crew of one and two pet| | kittens were found aboard a small| Panaman ship lying at anchor in the | Potomac River just off Fort Washing-: ton, Md., Friday night by Maj. W. H.! Lloyd, the post surgeon at the fort. | " His strength renewed by substantial food which Maj. Lloyd and his daugh- | ter, Miss S8arah Lloyd, immediately ob- | | tained from the Army post, the ship's| | master, Capt. Frank Giannoni, is to| move on up the Potomac to this city | today, where he will seek adjustment for the losses and hardships he says he ! experienced while his ship, Anna, was ensnared in legal entanglements thrown about it at a North Carolina port more than a year ago. A story that his ship was seized and held for one year because he failed to make port entry, during which time his funds and provisions dwindled away un- til nothing remained but the boat and three pet kittens, was told and retold in broken English yesterday afternoon by Giannoni before a sympathetic audi- ence of Army officers and newspaper men, . Will Repeat Story. e ‘The story is to be repeated tomorrow to Representative Charles L. Abernathy and Senator F. M. S8immons, both of the North Caroliha delegation, and Coast Guard officials by Capt. Giannoni, who has letters of introduction to Repre- sentative Abernathy and Senator Sim- mons from North Carolinians whose sympathy was captured by the pathos of the Austrian's strange case. Two years ago Giannoni, then 55 years old, with a record of service in the Austrian navy as a lieutenant, set out from New York with the intention of r&penlnl a short-line passenger boat e between Panama and a nearby land. . Beneath him was a speedy, seaworthy boat—in fact, a converted United States submarine cruiser. He also had a capable crew of seven seamen, $4,500 in cash, six months’ provision in the galley, and 3,000 gallons of gasoline and an ofl ‘supply sufficient to last sev- eral. months in the hold of the vessel. ‘Today at 57 Capt. Glannoni says he has nothing but his craft and two kit- tens to show for the two years of hard- ship that followed his departure from New York and his failure to make known the entry of his ship at the port' of Morehead. City, N. C., when he put in there while beating down the Atlantic Coast on Itis way to Panama. Overhauled Boat. Capt. Glannoni bought his ship from a Philadelphia firm for $4,300 and then spent $13,000 overhauling the boat and converting it into a 100-ton cruiser for his proposed passenger line. Selecting the crew, Giannoni set out from New York with a six months’ registry signed b1y the Panaman consul in his posses- | sion. Reaching the North Carolina coast, Capt. Giannoni put in at Morehead | City, damaged his mechanism in mak- ing port, and decided to await repairs. ‘The captain says he reported to the captain of a Coast Guard cutter when he was informed there was no tustoms- house at Morehead City. It was then his real difficulties began. ‘Ten deffys later the Anna attempted to leave Morehead City and was seized by Coast Guardsmen for failing to report entry. Capt. Giannoni was informed that ships entering Morehead City must. file their entry report at Beaufort, N. C., nearby. This was on June 11, 1928. The Anna's papers were turned over to of- ficlals at Beaufort, who ordered the boat. brought there. Maintaining that he had fulfilled his obligations by mak- ing a report to the commander of a Coast Guard cutter, Capt. Giannoni re- fused to move his ship under its own power and was finally towed away by a cutter. Money Dwindles Away. In the year that ensued, Capt. Gis noni told his listeners, his supplies money slowly dwindled away. He finally became desperate when efforts to ob- tain the release of his ship failed and he was forced to dispense with his crew, Gilannoni then came to Washington by | itrain and made a report to Coast| Guard officials, who started an mmn-\ The investigation Giannoni said. His fun | his gasoline for 13 cents a gallon to ob- | tain” money for food. A Catholic priest finally heard of the Austrian’s plight and advanced him $25. Giannoni told his listeners yes- terday that he lived off that sum for ;hree months, .with oatmeal as his only | | H | Tiring of his efforts to regain the use | of his ship, Giannoni set out on his | own volition on June 5 last, and went to New Bern, N. C., and succeeded in obtaining clearance papers the follow- ing month. Shortly afterward he left | New Bern with Washington and Coast Guard headquarters here as his ob- | ve, For 23 days Giannoni played a lone hand in operating the boat under sails, having no money to purchase gasoline for the engines. He finally gained Nor- folk after nearly losing his life in an effort to save one of his kittens which fell overboard at Elizabeth City, N. C., and drowned, d with the loss of his only lifeboat, which was later swept overboard by a heavy sea. Giannoni was rescued from the water by two men after he had become ex- Eubwd by his futile efforts to save the Seaman Signed On, At Norfolk he enlisted the aid of a only for “a crew of one,” meaning Giannoni, An open porthole caused the flooding og 3:; ub’l:rol the thfl; :}I:dulhe nllnmm( of the major portion of their provisions | at Norfolk. ‘Their supplies gone, the men finished the last 10 days of their }l‘fi" 'l: Fort Washington on onions and entels. Maj. Lloyd has arranged to have the Anna towed to Washington this morn- ing by the Army boat, Capt. Rucker, which operates between ‘ashington Capt. Charles officer of the night that he | soctation; The six Carmody Dancers as they will appear 'I'lllihully night. Left to right: Dorothy Cates, Dorothy Buck, Mary Welsh, Betty Lou Perron, Murel Cowsill and Hazel Baiarsky. TALENT ASSURED FOR FOOD SHOW Carmody Dancers and Ma- sonic Glee Club WilF Pro-.; vide Entertainment. ‘ ‘With 67 booths under construction for the display of practically every house- hold supply, plans were being completed last night for the entertainment pro- gram of the District Grocery Society Food Show which opens in the Wash- ington Auditorium Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock. Plans include a varied array of musi- cal and dancing talent, so that audi- ences each night may witness a different program. In addition to singers and dancers, a series of contests will be staged throughout the 10 days of the exposition. Among the first of the entertainment troupes whose performances are assured | be are the Carmody Dancers, Washington, | high school age. p Glee Clup Js gq.u;n. \ The Masonic Glee Club, under direction of Clark Middleton and Chester Hutchinson, will be the featured entertainers November 18. This organi- zation is composed of 50 singers, with James A. Madison as president. ‘The show will be opened next Wed- nesday with a motion picture screen contest with visitors as judges. As each young woman contestant is presented to the audience, her share of applause will determine her standing. Winners will be photographed by motion picture ogenmrs and, if successful pictures are obtained, the reel will be shown in Washington theaters. List of Exhibitors. ‘The booths will be stocked with food- stuffs. Demonstrations in home eco- nomics will be hourly features. The exhibitors, nationally known manufac- turers among them, include: Anheuser Busch, Inc.; N. Auth Co.; Brewer Snyder Co., Inc.; Browning & Baines; Burger Bros, Inc.; Clorox Chemical Co.; Chestnut Farms Dairy: the Carpel Co.; Corn Products Co. Curtice Bros.; Eisenbrandt Radio Co. Fishback Co.; France Milling Co.; Gundersheimer & Sons: Hollywood Motion Picture Studios; Hussman Case Co.; Kirkman Sons; Libby, McNeil & Libby; Krumm & Son; Maple Grove Candies, Inc.; A. R. McChesney Co.; Morton _ Salt Co.; Mountain_ States Honey Producers’ Association: National Biscuit_Co.; Rock Creek Beverage Co.: | Royal Baking Powder Co.; C. F. Sauer Co.; A. T. Schroth & Sons: Steuart, Son & Co.; Van Camps Products Co.; Joseph Tetley Co.. Inc.; Washington Gas Light Co.; Wilkins Rogers Co.; Washburn Crosby Co.; Washington -Re- frigeration Co.; Chevrolet Dealers' As- ‘Terminal Refrigeration. & Warehouse Corporation: Walker Hill < | Dairy; J. H. Wilkins; Allen Degrverd & Co.; Loffler Provision Co.; Service Co.; Puritan Malt Co. & Marty General Baking Co.; Flash Chemical Co. and S. O. 8. Manufac- turing Co. TREASURY EMPLOYES TO INSTALL OFFICERS J. W. Ginder Again Will Head Local of Federal Workers as President. J. W. Ginder, superintendent of the architectural engineering division of the office of supervising architect, Treasury Department, newly-elected president of the Treasury Department Local No. 262. Federal Employes’ Union, will be -in- stalled tomorrow night with other offi- clfl‘! tat a meeting at 710 Fourteenth street. Mr. Ginder has been president of the Treasury Local several times. For years he was president of the District of Co- lumbia Federation of Federal Employes’ Unions. Other officers to be installed tomor- row night include: First vice president, Miss Sophia Weber; second vice presi- dent, Miss Roberta L. Lindsey; third vice president, Lucien F. Powell; finan- clal secretary-treasurer, E. C. Hooper; recording secretary, R. O. Hundley; chairman of ways and means commit- tee, A. D. Sartwell; chairman of the membership committee, W. E. 'rery: trustee elected for three years, G. RSJ. Newman. has heard of Giannoni's case and re- called the seizing of the vessel. Capt. Root sal officials, realizing that Giannoni .was destitute, overlooked his failure to re- port his entry at the ports of Elizabeth City and Norfolk on his way up the coast and also for removing his boat from Beaufort while in custody of the authorities but said that if Giannoni fails to report his entry when he reaches here tomorrow the boat will again be seized. The law provides for a fine of $1,000 ‘when foreign vessels fail to report their entry or departure from a port. Giannon! says his wife and three children died In Hamburg several years ago. et - |leadership of Mrs. Philip J. Ryan, that Coast Guard’’ Butcher Mistakes ‘Hands Up’ Order And Balks Hold-up Starts Cutting Pork Chops, Delaying Bandit Trio situation when three shabbily attired young bandits, one of whom is believed o have been a girl dressed as a man, walked into Willie's Market 1620 A street southeast, last night saved $50 for the proprietor, William Glassman. “Hands' up,” "gruffly commanded one of the trio. Glassman walked behind the meat | counter, obtained a knife and cut two | pork chops. “Hands up,” again came the com- mand. Slowly raising his eyes from the meat he was cutting, Glassman saw a re- volver was leveled at his head by the ,personlh‘e afterward said he believed to a girl. “I thought you ordered pork chops,” Glassman explained. 0! had .hal to St snenthe began cltfing the at, continued toward the cash register, containing $50. Just as they prepared to open the register a customer walked through the ay and,all three fled. Search of the neighborhood by police proved R | o+ CHASE OF SITE {Commissioners Authorize Ac- | quisition of Chinatown Prop- erty. at Cost of $57,260. | The District Commissioners yester- day authorized purchase of 321, 323 and | | 333 Pennsylvania avenue, in the heart | | of Washington's Chinatown, as part | | of the site of the new municipal center | project. ‘The properties, comprising |an area of 9,000 square feet, will be| acquired at a cost of $57,260, which represents 140 per cent of the assessed valuation. The purchase was arranged | throught Attorney M. F. Mangan, repre- senting the estate of James K Shea, deceased, owner of the property. The Commissioners also awarded a contract to the Peter D'Adamo Con- struction Co. for construction of the E street replacement sewer between Twenty-sixth street and New Hamp- shire avenue at a cost of $3,146.79. ‘The bids submitted for this job by the winning bidder and by Joseph P.| Maher, a competitor, were identical, but District authorities were relieved of competitors agreed among themselves | | which should get the contract. | BAZAAR TO RAISE FUNDS IN AID OF EPIPHANY HOME Women’s Organizations to Open Annual Church Event Tues- “ day, November 19. Under the auspiers of all the women's | organizations of E)iphany parish, the | annual bazaar for the benefit of the Epiphany Church Home, 1221 Massa- chusetts avenue, will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, November 19 and 20, at the parish house of the Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street. Luncheons for business men and women which have been a feature of the bazaar for a number of years, will A cafe- y nl‘-Adeedneodly apd a dinner Tuesday meeting will have of the luncheons under the chdirman of : the committee on ar- rangements. -The Thursday Morning Club, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Edgar Snowden, will give the dinner. ‘The Women's Auxiliary, the Young People's Society, the Church Periodical \Club. the Board of Lady Managers of the Home and Girls' Friendly Society ‘will assist. . Berlin Has 222‘ Labor Papers. Of the 147 newspapers and 2,486 periodicals published in Berlin, 222 rep- resent the interests of political or eco- nomic labor organizations, according to data recently made public in the Ger- man capital. The regular trade unions, affiliated with the General German Failure - toimmediately graps the | FOR CENTER 0X.D necessity of making an award when the | no: | morrow night are as follows: CITIZENS T0 WEIGH VARIED SUBJECTS Ten Association Meetings Are Scheduled to Take Place Tomorrow Night. | | Abolition. cf capital punishment in the District, the proposal to elect the Board of Education, the request of the street railway companies for an in- creased carfare which is now pending before the Public Utilities Commission, and street extension and improvements are among the many questions of local interest which will be discussed and passed upon by various citizens' asso- clations at their monthly meetings to- morrow night. Ten meetings are scheduled to be held in different parts of the District. James G. Yaden, former president of school board at the izens’ Association lfi' Plnbog «School, Fifth sl ts nortieast, at 8 o'clock. | sentatives from the Petworth and | bring greetings from their organiza- | tions and are expected to deliver short addresses. Pian Membership Drive. At a meeting of the Northeast Wash- ington Citizens’ Association tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the Ludlow School, Sixth and G streets northeast, the re- quest of the street railway companies for increased fares will be considered. The association will also consider means for bringing about the extension of New York avenue. Standing commit- tees for the ensuing year will be ap- pointed and plans will be discussed for membership drive. Refreshments will be served at the close of the meeting. The annual election of officers of the Piney Branch Citizens' Association will take place at a meeting tomorrow night in the Hamline M. E. Church, Sixteenth and Allison streets, at 8 o'clock. The proposal to abolish capital punishment in the District, which was considered at the October meeting, will again come before the assoclation for action. Herbert S. Wood, president of the District of Columbia Public School As- sociation, will address the Takoma Park Citizens’ Association at the Takoma Park Branch Public Library, Fifth and Cedar streets, tomorrow night at 7:30 o'elock. Will Award Prizes. Prizes will be awarded to the three persons having the best kept premises and prettiest yards during the past Summer at a meeting of the Congress Heights Citizens' Association tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the Sunday school room of the Congress Heights Baptist Church, Esther street and Brothers place southeast. The awards committee has been kept secret and prizes will be given to persons which it designates, and ciation or not. A committee to nominate new officers for the ensuing year will be named at ’n meeting of the Edgewood Citizens' Association tomorrow ni coln Road Methodist Ej Lincoln road and Rh rtheast. ht in the Lin- copal Church, le Island avenue Other meetings scheduled for to- ‘The Brookland Citizens’ Association, in the Masonic Hall, Twelfth and Monroe streets northeast; Lanier Heights Citi- zens’ Association’ in the Cooke School, on Seventeenth street near Columbia road; the East Washington, Heights Citizens' Association in the Bradbury Heights Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Hillerest Citizens’ Asociation, in the East Washington Heights Baptist Church, 3308 Alabama avenue south- east. PHILADELPHIA MASONS TOHOLD EXERCISES HERE War Veterans of Lu Lu Temple Will Gather at Unknown Boldier's Tomb Today. More than 500 World War veterans, who are members of Lu Lu Shriners' Temple, Philadelphia, will arrive here at 10:50 o'clock this morning and go to Arlington National Cemetery, where exercises will be held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier between 11 and 12 o'clock. About 150 of the visiting veterans will be in their briliant uniforms, with rifies, bands and bugles. They will he received in the south grounds of the White House upon their return o ine city and have their picture taken ihers. After a visit to the Scottish Ritc Temple, Sixteenth and S streets, they will go to the Washington Monument, where exercises will be held and a pic- ture taken. Judge McCoy to Place Wreath. Judge Walter I. McCoy of the Su- preme Court of the Distriot of Colum- bia will place a wreath on the 1st Di- vision Monument, just south of the Federation of Labor, control 90 of these Ppublications, Tow morning at 9:30 o'clock. the Federation of Citizens' Associations, will speak on the proposed elective Stanton Park Cit- tomorrow night” at pre- uth Washington Citizens' Associations will whether they are members of the asso- | G- L- PAGE 17 ROBERTS ISNAMED VIGECHAIRMAN OF LAWS COMMITTEE Elevation of Conduit Road Man Is Only Major Change in Federation. HAVENNER ANNOUNCES TWO NEW GROUP HEADS Miss G. W. Hallinger and J. L Gammell Assigned to Police and Fire Body. The principal change in committee assignments in the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, announced by President George E. Havenner yester- day, was elevation of William A. Roberts of Conduit road to the vice chairman- ship of the law and legislation com- mittee, replacing Ralph Cusick, who is no longer a delegate. For the second year in succession Roberts remains off the public utilities committee, where as | vice chairman in 1927-1928 he con- ducted a campaign against adoption of the Wilson merger plan by the Public Utilities Commission or Congress. In general, the membership of the committees remained unchanged, except through changes in the personnel of delegations to the federation from its membet citizens’ associations. New Chairmen Announced. New committee chairmen are: Miss G. W. Hollingér of Friendship, on the public welfare committee, and Joseph L. Gammell of Lincoln Park, on the police_and fire protection committee. Miss Hollinger replaced Mrs. May D. Lightfoot and Mr. Gammell replaced N. F. Jenney, neither of whom are now delegates. The new committees, in full member- ship, follow: Law and legislation—Thomas E. Lodge, chairman; W. A. Roberts, vice chairman; B. Bishop, Col. ‘Willilam G. Henderson, . M %‘-3";3""‘1“&'5’;.& Wales. an . Wales. Public utilities—William McK. Clay- ton, chairman; M. M. McLean, vice chairman; B. A. Bowles, E. J. Brennan, H. K. Jflulhl;nlrf'n. M.’il R”%‘wfl‘ Emig, Josep! Gammell, R, - land Gates, Willlam G. Henderson, Gen. H. Oden Lake, J. W. 8 A. F. E. Scheer and Prank Van Sant. Public health—Allan Davis, chair- man; Dr. W. P. Kenealy, vice chair- man; Dr. A. B. Bennett, George B. Bishop, Dr. J. Albert Bonnette, E. J. Dr. C. B. Campbell, Dr. A. A. Col. William R. Davis, Mrs. Hig] ks and waterways— Thomas J. s,vqllgn irman; Gen. H. Oden Lake, vi an; E. F. Blanchard, Herbert” L. Brooks, H. K. Dierkoph, George E. Eckendorf, W. G. Gath, J. Louis Gelbman, D. L. James, er, h R. M. Lewis D. Pe] hways, par] L ler, Wil- orst, F. D. Paul Schmidt and H. F. Welsh. Yaden Heads Education Group. Education—James G. Yaden, chair- man; Harry N. Stull, vice chairman; Walter D. Beller, Herbert L. Brooks, F. Tracy Campbell, J. A. Clark, A. H. Gregory, Maj. A. M. Holcombe, J. B. Hopl F iam V. Lewis, M. G. Lloyd, Frank C. Merritt, E. F. Neagle, Mrs. H. S. Parsons, George H. Russell, Jacob M. Schaffer, D. N. Shoemaker and L. S. Trundle. Public celebrations—Selden M. Ely, chairman; L. 8. Trundle, vice chairman; G. W. Ayres, Robert E. Lynch, Miss Edna J. Sheehy and Capt. G. L. Shorey. Membership—A. H. Gregory, chair- man; Mrs. H. G. Doyle, vice chairman; D. H. Cole, H. C. Grove,C. E. Lavigne, J. P. Leake, C. W. Sheriff, J. H. Thomas. Public Welfare—Miss G. W. Hollin- ger, chairman; Burt W. Andrews, vice chairman; Mrs. M. Z. Baughman, Dr. A. B. Bennett, George J. Cleary, Col. Willlam R. Davis, W. G. Gath, Mrs. Edna L. Johnston, C. M. Maize, T. I Mallon, E. J. Newcombe, H. M. Phil- lips, Mrs. C. W. Sheriff. Police gnd fire protection—Joseph L. Gammell, chairman; A. F. E. Scheer, vice chairman; Roy C. Bowker, W. A. Clark, G. Howard Dunnington, -E. P. Hazleton, E. S. Hobbs, H. W. Lynn, J. ‘W. McGarry, Lewis Radcliffe, C. L. Scott, H. Claude Turner. Zoning regulations—E. B. Hender- son, - chairman: Henry 1. Quinn, vic chairman; G. W. Ayres, H. K. Dier- koph, George § Fraser, Maj. A. M. Hol- combe, R. L. Jennings, M. G. Lloyd, George Middleton, Georxe F. Mitcheil, H. C, Phillips, William A. Roberts and . L. Rodier. Stengle on_ Relations Committee. lations—Charles I. Stengle J. Louis Gelbman, vice chairman; C. A. Barker, B. A. Bowles, Hugh M. Frampton, Edwin 8. Hege, Col. Arthur O'Brien, Joseph E. Oliver, W. 1. Swanton, A. P. Thom and George R. Wales. if City planning — Maj. Clayton E. Emig, chairman: H. K. Bush-Browr, vice chairman: C. A. Barker, Capt. B. B. Bierer, R. Woodland Gates, J. Clin- ton Hiatt, William A. Horn, L. M. Leisenring, Col. E. P. Pendleton, John Whalker and Col. G. G. Will. National . representation—Edwin 8. : Guilford S. Jameson, Mrs. H. G. Doyle, E. B. Henderson and Frank Van Sant. Local suffrage—Hugh M. Frampton, ; E. M. Richardson, vice chair- Willlam MCcK. Clayton, Selden M. Ely, Charles I. Stengle and James G. Yaden. Delegates to interfederation confer- ence—President Havenner, alternate, Vice President Bowles: Maj. Clayton E. Emig, alternate, L. M. Leisenring; E. 8. Hege, alternate, M. M. McLlean; Yaden, alternate, J. Delegates to trafic council—J. W. McGarry and A. P. E. Scheer. COLORED MINISTER HELD ON CHARGE OF FORGERY Julian A. Taylor, Said to Have Confessed, Sentenced ‘to Jail for One Year. Julian A. Taylor, 28, colored, whese cecupation wes given as a clergyman, was sent to jail yesterday by Justice Gordon for one year for forgery. The court turned a deaf ear to the plea of Attorney Joseph Kelly that he place the clergyman on probation. The law- yer decl Taylor could be of more service to his flock than to the District by doing time in jail. ‘The court pointed out that the pris- oner had admitted the theft and forgery of checks from mail boxes in State, War and Navy Building, tomor- a very good example to set be: flock. apartments and suggested that was not fore his {