Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1929, Page 17

LOWNAN UREES HOOVER'S PLEAFOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. Suggests Border Patrols Be Placed Under Direction of Coast Guards. GIVES VIEWS AT MEETING FOR LAW OBSERVANCE' Deplores “Exaggerated Pictures” Drawn in Newspapers of the Kill- ing of Law Violators, Indorsing President Hoover’s recom- mendation to Congress, Assistant Sec- | retary of the Treasury Seymour Low- man told members of the Committee of 500 for Law Observance and Law En- forcement at a meeting in the First Congregational Church last night that | the border patrols of the United States | should be placed under the Coast | Guard. | The fourth and final of the series of meetings will be held tonight with | Bishop Willlam F. McDowell as the principal speaker. While praising the border patrolmen for the record they are making, Low- man said the men are merely employes of the Bureau of Customs and cannot be punished for any digressions except through the Federal Courts and that the trials in those courts usually are long postponed because of the heavy dockets. Guards Subject to Court-Martial. “Members of the Coast Guard are regularly enlisted men and can be tried by court-martial immediately for any digressions,” Lowman asserted. He also advocated sredy trials for gersans arrested for violations of prohi- ition laws and said the system of the Federal courts is to be revised and in a short while the condition of several thousand cases pending in the courts ‘will be remedied. Lowman deplored the exaggerated pictures drawn by some newspapers of the killing of law violators by customs men, and said there were only five men killed by customs officials in 1929. In each instance, he explained, the patrol- men have been upheld by local authori- ties investigating the case. He added: ““We deplore the fact that any person has lost his life in the enforcement of laws of the land, but we submit that the customs agents and the Federal pro- hibition agents are not the blood-thirsty criminals the newspapers hoid them up to be. “Some well-meaning women have ad- vocated that the customs agents be dis- armed. If they are disarmed, they might as well be withdrawn from the border. “We are struggling with a very smart and desperate set of criminals along the border. Our officers. have been told not to shoot except in self-defense or to halt a felon and we are proud of the record those men are making.” “Women usually are regarded as more law-abiding than men,” asserted, “but in the matter of wearing apparel and fur coats and jewelry many.women seem td feel it is impossible to_resist an attempt to get them by the officials. “If these women are put in the same class with pirates and buccaneers their feelings are hurt. But we should call things by their right names. Let's call these women smugglers and be done with it.” Lowman held up for the audience to see a hollow volume of “Roman His- tory,” which he said had contained enough narcotics when seized by cus- toms men to supply all Washington throughout the holiday season. He also exhibited a small cogwheel in which a valuable watch movement had been concealed behind a setscrew. The tax on the watch movement, he- said, would amount to approximately $4.50, while the tax on the cogwheel was only 3 cents. Many of the cogwheels slipped through before the curiosity of one ob- servant official discovered the trick. Representative Stalker Presides. Representative Stalker of New York, co-author of the Jones-Stalker liquor felony law, presided at the meeting. In kis introductory remarks he advocated the passage of legislation to confer pro- hibition agent powers upon all members of the District police force. Approxi- mately 40 policemen hold that power here, he said. ; Expressing the appreciation of the Metropolitan Police Department, In- spector William H. Harrison said the as- sociation is lending the police a great | service in educating the people to ob- | serve the laws. ; Dr. August T. Murray. minister of the Irving Street Friends Church, declared the majority opinion in America is dry. “We do not have the right to choose which laws we will obey and which we will ignore. That is the way of chaos. It is the money of the decent citizen that makes bootlegging possible,” he sald. POSTAL RECEIPTS SHOW 3.19 PER CENT GAIN B the Associated Press. Postal receipts at 50 selected cities for November showed an increase of $1,010,131, or 3.19 per cent over those for November, 1928. Postmaster General Brown announced today that the total receipts for Novem- ber this year were $32,722,800, com- pared with $21,712,669 for the some month last year, The leading cities with their percent- ages of increase were: Denver, 13.16 per cent; Los Angeles, 1 cuse, 10.49 per cent: 10 per cent, and Washington, 9.77 per cent. MRS. NAUGHTON DIES. Mrs. Mary Naughton, 70 years old, widow of Michael F. Naughton, of Westernport, Md., and sister of Rev. Michael J. Riordan, rector of St. Martin's Church in Washington, died at Providence Hospital yesterday fol- lowing a brief illness. Mrs. Naughton, the daughter of Owen Riordan, former mine inspector for the State of Maryland, had been a life long resident of Westernport, Md. Mrs. Naughton was the mother of 11 children, five of whom survive her. ‘They are: John Naughton of Western. port, Md.. and Owen Naughton of Port ‘Townsend, Wash., and three daughters, Mrs, Paul Curran of Wheeling, W. Va.; Mrs. Louis Whitworth of Asheville, N. C, and Miss Mary Naughton of Rockville. She is also survived by two sisters, Sister Assunta of Our Lady of Victory School, Philadelphia, and Mrs. John A. Japson of New York City. Requiem mass services will be sung tomorrow morning in St. Martin’s Church at 10 o'clock. Rev. M, J. Riordan will be assisted by Rev Francis X. Cavanaugh and Rev. Paul Furfey. ‘The sermon will be preached by Rev. Francis Ryan of 8t. Marks Church, Catonsville, Md. Burial will be in 2douny Olivet Cemetery, Photo shows dredge pipe at Four-Mile Run, Va., there across which the new Mount Vernon Boulevard wil The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, which is working on fill Il run. REV. E. L. BUCKEY T0 RECEIVE RANK St. Matthew’s Rector to Be Invested as Monsignor at Ceremony Supday Night. A solemn ceremony of investiture of Rev. Edward L. Buckey, rector of St. Matthew's parish, with the rank of monsignor will be held at St. Matthew's Church Sunday night at 8:30 o'clock, with Archbishop Curley of Baltimore presiding. The brief of Pope Pius X1 bestowing upon Rev. Buckey the rank of monsignor in recognition of his re- | ligious and charitable work in Wash- ington has just been received from P. Cardinal Gasparri, the papal secre- tary of state. Following the ceremony of investiture the new monsignor will tender a recep- tion to his friends within and without his parish at the Mayflower Hotel from 9 to 11 o'clock, at which a number of prominent Catholic laymen will assist a5 members of committees. A general invitation to his friends to attend the ceremony at the church and the recep- tion at the Mayflower has been ex- by Mgr. Buckey. The ceremony will be preceded by an organ recital from 8 to 8:30 o’clock. ‘The papal brief elevating Rev. Buckey to the rank of monsignor has been translated as follows: “Pope Pius XI. “Beloved Son: “The Archbishop of Baltimore, ex- tolling your merits in the strongest terms, informs us that with singular zeal you rule the parish of St. Matthew in. Washington, your church being noted for the attendance of Catholic diplomatic and Government officials; that in the spirit of Christian plety {ou have founded two institutions for he aged poor; that you are active in seconding the work of the propagation of the faith; and that your qualities of mind and heart have ‘earned for you the deepest respect both of clergy and of laity. Wherefore we are pleased to grant the desire of your archbishop and to confer on you a special mark of the pontifical favour whereof you are on every account worthy. Hence by these letters, we choose, constitute and pro- claim you an urban prelate—that is, a prelate of our household, and we grant you the privilege of wearing the purple and, even in the Roman Curia, the rochet, and likewise the use and en- joyment of all honours, privileges, prerogatives and indults which other ecclesiastics of this rank use and enjoy pes le or will in Tuture be able ty | George Roche, H. G. Datling, J. N. Rob- g e o the | ertson, J. C. Read, B, F. Rohrback, use and enjoy. all provisions contrary notwithstanding. “Given at Rome, in St. Peter's, under | Lvin, George Wilson, Charles Webb, the Ring of the Fisherman, on the‘g M. Lumkins, L. W. Stull, J. H. Camp- third day of the month of August, in | the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and of our pontificate the eighth. “P. CARDINAL GASPARRI, “Secretary of State. “To our beloved son, Edward L. Buckey, parish priest." |MRS. ANNA F. EVERETT EXPIRES AT AGE OF 74 ;Lile-Long Resident of Capital Suc- cumbs to Illness of Three Months. Mrs. Anna F. Everett, 74 years old, wife of John T. Everett, and a lifelong resident of Washington, died Wednes- shire avenue, following an illness of three months. Mrs. Everett had resided in the Northwest section of the city for more than 50 years. Three years ago she ! celebrated her golden wedding anniver- | sary. She was a member of the Park View Christian Church and the Daugh- ters of America. three daughters, Mrs. Walter Attleby, Mrs. Howard Cheeny and Mrs. E. Gos- nell. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, with burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. AIR LEGION MEMBERS WILL ATTEND EXHIBIT Charter Busses for Trip to Balti- more Aircraft Show Next Thursday Night. Members of the District of Columbia Air Legion will go to Baltimore in a body next Thursday evening to attend the Baltimore aircraft show, which has set aside that evening as “District of Columbia Air Legion night.” The legion will charter several busses, which leave here at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, returning immediately after the show 15 over. Non-members of the legion who wish to join the party should com- municate with legipn headquarters, room 711, Internationpl Building, 1319 & street, Monday, day at her residence, 3534 New Hamp- | She is survived by her husband, John | ‘T. Everett; a son, John E. Everett, and HARRIS- EWING REV. EDWARD L. BUCKEY. J. W. DARE IS GUEST OF HIGHWAY GROUP Banquet Given at Harrington Hotel in Honor of Department's Long- Time Employe. The District Highway Department held a banquet at the Harrington Hotel last night in honor of the oldest of its employes, J. W. Dare, on his seventy-fourth birthday. Mr. Dare is far past the retiring age, but his serv- ice has been extended from time to time by the Civil Service Commission on account of his extraordinary abilities | as a highway engineer. It is said that Mr. Dare could judge an intricate problem of grading an intersection bet- ter with his eye than most engineers can with the aid of instruments, Dare has served 45 years in the high- way department and 48 in the District service. He will be retired August 20, 1930, when the final extension of time allowable by law expires. Normally District_employes are retired on their seventieth birthday. A. S. Fennell of the highway depart- ment presided at the dinner, which was attended by all of the executives of the department. Among the guests were Assistant Engineer Commissioner Hugh Oram, Capt. Herbert C. White- hurst, C. B. Hunt, L. P. Robertson, D. E. Manning, J. F. Spates, Marion ell, Samuel Harrison, M. Pope, Spiers and R. Holmwood. J. | EQUALITY PROGRAM 10 BE FORMULATED BY WOMAN'S PARTY Biennial Convention Opens Here With Three Subjects on Calendar. OPENING MEETING GETS REPORTS OF DELEGATES Action to Be Taken on Nationality Laws, Women in Industry and Rights Treaty. With “complete equality for women” as their watchword, members of the National Woman's party met here in biennial convention today to formulate their official recommendations with ref- erence to three feminist questions which are being agitated in.many countries. Establishment of independent na- tionality for married women through- out the world.by international agree- ment, of equality for women in indus- try, and of an equal rights treaty, are the three subjects on which the party convention plans to take definite action. The opening session of the conven- tion was held this afternoon in the Grace Dodge Hotel to hear reports of various delegates on State and national work for equal rights. Jane Norman Smith of New York, chairman of the national council, presided; Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont of New York, president of the Woman's party, is in Paris. Nationality Laws Topie. The nationality of married wofhen will be one of three topics considered at the first conference on the codifica- tion of international law to be held at The Hague next March. Women's or- ganizations in the United States and Europe are asking that nationality laws and conventions be the same for men and women. A draft carrying such a proposal will be submitted to the con- vention tomorrow by the party's com- mittee on international action, of which Doris Stevens of New York is chairman, and the national council, and represen- tatives will be chosen to present the draft to The Hague conference. Another matter for consideration is Whether the party will affiliate with the Open Door International, an or- ganization of women in 30 countries, Wwhich has presented to the League of Nations the demand that laws and reg- ulations governing conditions for work- ers shall be based on the nature of the | work and not on the sex of the worker. Ceremony Scheduled Sunday. An equal rights treaty, in support of which' the convention is expected to plan a campaign, first was presented to an international gathering at the| ban-American conference in Havana in 1928. The treaty is drawn in the same. terms as the Kellogg pact and has as its object the establishment by treaty agreement of the principle of equality between men and women. A feature of the convention program the ceremony arranged for Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when officers and delegates will meet in the crypt of the Capitol Building to hold memorial serv- ices in_honor of Emmaline Pankhurst, the suffrage leader of Great Britain. Various social events have been planned for the delegates. This evening at 8:30 o'clock the District of Columbia branch of the party will entertain at a reception in honor of the visitors. The young women’s council of the party will entertain at tea in honor of the dele- gates tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock and in the evening at 7:30 o'clock offi- cers and delegates will meet at dinner at the Willard Hotel. *The reception this evening, to which all members of Congress ‘and their wives have been invited, will mark the first formal gathering in the party’s new headquarters at 144 B street northeast. g s o Gas Kills Four of Family. PHILADELPHIA, December 6 (#).—A young mother and three of her children were found dead in their home in the Overbrook section last night from gas. The woman was Mrs. Minerva Auer- bach, 28, and the children were Bernard, 3; Carlton, 4, and Josephine, 7. Landscape Artist Dies. NEW YORK, December 6 (4)—Har- old Gregson, landscape painter of New York and Detroit, Mich, died last night at his home here after a brief illness. He was 65 years old. Mr. Gregson was born in Detroit and studied in Chicago, New York and Paris. Two sons and a daughter survive him. Tiny Family Is Starving, Due‘ to Entire Failure of the Acorn Crop. Federal Bureau Official Makes Plea for the Hungry in District Parks. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. | The gray squirrels are facing the | hardest Winter they have ever known. ' These frolicsome little animals that constitute such a notable feature of the city’s parks are starving to death whroughout the Eastern United States, where the acorn crop, upon which they depend mainly for subsistence, was & total failure this year. The Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, recognizing the situation, has laid in double the usual supply of nuts for feeding the animals during the cold weather, but already there are signs of considerable suffering. Emphasizes Duty of Public. ‘To save the squirrels, says Vernon Bailey of the United States Biological Survey, it will be necessary to feed them regularly and plentifully during the | Winter months. Already the number in Washington has diminished greatly, but | so gradually that it has gone unnoticed. | Motorists may have noticed an unusual number of squirrels killed by cars on the highways where the famished crea- tures have been driven as a last resort to salvage specks of grain. For the most part, says Mr, Bailey, they have migrated, hunting blindly for nuts and_acorns which they wiil never find. Once gone they will not come back again, for, driven from the woods into the open’fields, those that do not die of slarvation will fall ag GRAY SQUIRRELS NOW FACING FOODLESS WINTER PERIOD! { | National i} | based upon a combination of the best il | glider designs available, and is plan- easy prey to cats and other carnivorous animals and to the guns of hunters, ‘The cause of the acorn failure may have been late frosts last Whatever it was, Mr. Bailey, on a re- cent trip through Pennsylvania, Mary- land and Virginia, found only one ridge high in the mountains of Western Vir- ginia where there were any acorns at all. Everywhere else the oaks were bare. ‘The supply of other nuts, such as hick- ories and black walnuts, with which squirrels vary their diet, he found very small. Pennsylvania farmers told him that when bringing in their corn they scared up large numbers of nl}) squirrels in the fields, where they either were in the process of migration or were try- ing to live off the corn itself. The mi- grating animals have nowhere to go and probably will keep on searching blindly for food until they die when the snow covers the few supplies they can find. Partial failures of the acorn crop are not unusual, Mr. Balley says, but there are several varieties of oaks and when one fails to bear others are apt to have abundant crops. 'All alike appear to sutl 1 . 4 [ Spring. | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, $1.10D. C. TAX RATE FOR 1332 ASSURED, OFFICIALS BELIEVE | Little Likelihood Is Seen of Change in Levy for Four or Five Years. FINANCE PLAN IS BASED ON CURRENT RECEIPTS | Continuance of Lump Sum Con- tribution of Government Also Factor in Forecasts. Aroused by reports that the unprece« dented size of the District's 1931 budget would result in an increase in the tax rate in the 1932 fiscal year, District officials were ?uick to respond today with a prediction that there is little likelihood af a change in the current levy of $1.70 within the next four or five years. The entire five-year financial program of Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, which includes the 1931 fiscal year, it was pointed out, is predi- cated on continuance of the existing $1.70 tax rate and the present annual $9,000,000 lump sum contribution of the Federal Government. This program contemplated the expenditure of $230,- 616,000 over the five-year period, or approximately $46,000.000 a year—an amount which Maj. Donovan believes the District can provide on the esti- mated revenue availability and the Judicious use of the surplus revenues to the credit of the District in the United States Treasury. 1931 Budget Largest. Maj. Donovan's - program allocated $48,662,000 to the 1931 fiscal year, which is about $670,000 more than the | amount approved by the Bureau of the Budget. Moreover, the 1931 budget is put down by the auditor as the largest in any one of the five years, the totals for the other years ranging from a minimum of $44,662,000 to a maximum of $46,607,000. The 1931 budget, therefore, will draw heavily on the surplus fund, and yet Donovan estimates that at the close of that fiscal year there will be between $700,000 and $1,000,000 still available | to take care of appropriations which may exceed the revenue availability in three subsequent years covered by his program. The inmpriatlon suggested for the 1932 fiscal year in Donovan’s program | is $44,662,000, but certain revisions are likely in view of adjustments made by the Budget Bureau in framing the 1931 1929, NEW D. C. sentative Wright Patman, Texas. COMMITTEE MEMBERS Upper (left to right): Representative Vincent Palmisano, Maryland, and Representative Malcolm C. Tarver, Georgi: Lower (left to right) : Representative Robert S. Hall, a. Mississippi, and Repre- —Harris-Ewing Photos. budget. “Donovan, for instance, had included an'item of $500,000 in his | program for 1931 for beginning con- | struction of a courts building, the first | unit for the municipal center to house | the Police, Juvenile and Municipal | Courts and the office of the recorder | of deeds. | The Commissioners asked for the $500,000, sbut the Budget Bureau | eliminated the item, and it may be added to an item of $1.500,000 which | Donovan put in the 1932 program for | continuing construc:ion on the building, thus making $2,000,000 available for beginning work on the building. The size of the item will not be determined, however, until it is definitely known how much money could be spent in one year on construction of the building. The total cost of this building is es- timated at $5,000,000, and Donovan originally planned to spread the financ- ing of it over a period of four years. Several other less significant changes Wwere made by the Budget Bureau in the 1931 unit of Donovan's five-year pro- gram, but, as a whole, it was substan- Hally followed in molding the budget which_went to Congress this week. .In fact, Donovan did not intend for h} program to be a definitely fixed outlind, for unforeseen changes in conditions would preclude that, and in submitting it to the Commissioners he suggested :'l.g\e!fl;slrlblhty of its revision from time e. Costly Major Improvements. ‘The 1931 budget is the highest in the five-year period covered by the pro- gram, Donovan explained, because of the unusual number of costly major improvements it provides. Among these he cited the $3,065,000 item for the municipal center, a $356, 000 item for elimination of the dange ous Chestnut street and Michigan ave- nue grade crossings, an item of $250,000 to begin the replacement of the narrow Connecticut Avenue Bridge over Klingle Valley and $300,000 for establishment of the farmers’ market. v The outstanding improvements con- templated for the 1932 fiscal year, how- ever, will fall short of the cost of those provided in the 1931 budget, it was said, thus keeping the 1932 budget under the $46.000,000, an amount which Donovan declares the District can provide with- out raising ‘the existing tax rate. GLIDER CLUB IS GIVEN CONTEST SUPERVISION Meeting of Washington Group Will Be Held Tonight at Thomas Community Center. The Washington Glider Club has been chartered as local member of the Glider Association, giving the club supervision of glider contests | held under official sanction in the Dis- | trict of Columbia and vicinity, it was | announced today by Edward Young, | | president. The regular meeting of the ‘Chlb will be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the Thomson Community Center, | Twelfth and L streets. Membership 1s open to those interested in gliders ana the meetings are open to visitors, ‘The club s building a primary glider 1ning three other gliders, designs or which will be based upon the initial glider, with changes suggested by ex- | perience gained in flight. Members of the club will go toBal- | imore in & group next week to attenc the Baltimore aeronautical show, be- | ginning Monday. | SEVEN ARE INJURED INAUTO ACCIDENTS Man in Serious Condition as Result of Hurts Suffered When Truck Skids. One man is in a serious condition at Emergency Hospital, while six others were treated for minor injuries, suffered in traffic accidents reported to police | last night and early today. Frank Smith, 27, of 1737 P street is 1)in an undetermined condition at Emer- FLORENCE ENGEL, Elected president of the Dental Hy- gienist Association of the District of Columbia at the annual meeting of the organization Wednesday. —Star Staff Photo. 400,000 SEALS SOLD IN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Ten Times That Number Is Goal in Drive for Funds to Fight Tuberculosis. Payments for Christmas seals con- tinued to pour into the headquarters of the Washington Tuberculosis Associa- tion yesterday by mail from all sections of the city until at the day’s end the counting room. had sale of a little over 400,000 of the life- saving tokens, and still not all the let- ters opened and re- corded. This is just one-tenth of the number that must be sold before Christmas in order to make the goal of 4,000,000 seals, or $40.000 toward the coming year’s budget of expenses in the a!ht against tuberculosis in Washing- n. The Tuberculosis Association intends to use the funds from the sale of the Christmas seals in continuing and ex- panding its newly organized clinic for the examination of children in co-oper- ation with the Health Department, carrving the message of health habits into the homes as well as the schools, continuing the Children’s Health Camp another Summer for children suffering from childhood tuberculosis, caring for patients at the Tuberculosis Hospital who are making a good fight to re- cover, providing free lunches for chil- dren in the open-air schools and giving Iree information and health literature to thousands of children and adults. MASONIC FU;\IERAL RITES With Burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Masonic funeral rites for James G. McQueen, 71 years old, well known resi- dent and Mason of Washington, who died Tuesday at his home, 930 M street, | were held at the residence at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Services were conducted by Dr. John C Palmer, grand chaplain | MISSIONARY AND WIFE RECOVER FROM FEVER| Rev. E. C. Boger, director of mis- sionary werk for the Seventh-day Adventists in & large part of Centra! Africa, and Mrs. Boger are at the Wash- ington Sanitarium, in Takoma Park, | recuperating from malaria contracted lduring their seven-year, sojourn in Africa and from hardships of the trail | incident to'the journey from the in- | tel:ll-?-rg'y are in America to attend the ! world’s general conference of Seventh- day Adventists, which opens in San Francisco next May, and to spend some | time with Rev. Boger’s father, David ' Boger, at Morensi, Mich. They later will visit other relatives on the West Coaste . L., J. Milton and T. Warren McQueen; of Washington Masons. Burial was in | Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr, McQueen, a native of Michigan, had conducted a grocery business in Washington for 40 years. He was a widely affiliated Mason, being a member of Benjamin B. French e, No. 15; a Fayette Chapter, Esther Chapter and he Masonic eVterans' Association. He is survived by three sons, Harry ) two brothers, J. B. and H. L. McQueen, ‘ and two sisters, Miss Katherine Mc- Queen and- Miss Hattle McQueen. Scientist Will Lecture. Prof. B. R. Baumgardt, F. R. A. S, scientist and explorer, will lecture on “An Fyening With the Stars” at the Washigton Missionary College Monday evenwg. This lecluse ia Wustsatody GIVEN JAMES G. McQUEEN; Services Conducted at Residence ! | Rust, chairman of region No. 2, | gency Hospital and Donald Allen, 25, of 703 Minnesota avenue southeast was treated at the same hospital for lesser hurts, sustained early today when the truck on which they were riding skid- ded off the road and overturned on the Lee Highway a short distance below Rosslyn, Va. Hospital physicians said Smith, who was driving the truck, suffered a possi- ble fractured pelvis, multiple contusions to the body and severe shock. Allen escaped with minor cuts and bruises to the body and went home after receiv- ing hospital treatment. Pive-year-gld Raymond C. Gibson of 216 Twelfth place northeast was treated at Casualty Hospital for shock and a few hours later was treated at Emer~ gency Hospital for a possible fractured right hnmr ‘which, police said, he sus- tained last night when run down at Twelfth and C streets northeast by an automobile operated by Albert L. Young of 821 Hamilton street. The child’s condition is not regarded serious. Thomas Clemens, 6 years old, of 411 Buchanan street was slightly injured yes- terday when knocked down on Illinois avenue at Webster street by a truck driven, police said, by Fred Stekney of 1671 Montello avenue northeast. ‘The child was treated at Garfield Hospital for lacerations' over the right eye and later sent home. Louis Grazano, 33, of 748 Twentieth street northeast was injured last night when_run down at Nineteenth street and Benning road northeast by a po- lice car driven by Policeman Charles E. Ripperger, 20, of the Eleventh precinet, Who was chasing a speeding automobile. Although thrown forcefully to the ground when struck, the injured man when taken to Casualty Hospital was found to have suffered only minor bruises to the head and body. He went home after treatment. Mrs. Amelia Johnson, 36, of Welling- ton Villa, Va., suffered a broken left rib and body bruises last night, when the machine in which she was riding and driven by Mary Proctor, 40, of 4615 Lin- nean avenue, skidded off the road and turned over on Broad Branch road near Beach Drive. Mrs. W. L. Kerby, 50, of 217 Buffalo avenue, Takoma Park, Md., sustained injuries to the spine and ribs late yes- day, when run down at Cedar street and Blair road by a machine driven by Mabel W. Thestlewaite, 42, of 114 Holly avenue, Takoma Park. COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE PLANS ARE DISCUSSED Chairmen of Division Units Are Guests of R. L. Rust at Dinner Honoring Workers. Community Chest campaign plans | were discussed last night at a dinner| at the Willard Hotel given by R. L. in vision chairmen under’ his honor of di supervision. Am(ng speakers were Elwood Street, director of the chest, and Leonard De Gast, general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association and sec- r;larty of the metropolitan unit of the ches Division chairmen or their represen- tatives at the meeting were Chauncy Parker, jr., representing Coleman Jen- { nings of the Dupont Circle divisio John W. Hardell, fowa Circle division: Charles R. Denny, North Capitol divi- | sion; Rev. Lawrence Shehan, repre- i senting Leon S, Ulman, central division; Frank A. Birgfeld, west end division, and W. C. Hanson, mideity division. Film Actor Divorced. LOS ANGELES, December 6 (#).— Wheeler Oakman, film actor, was di- vorced yesterday by Virginia May Jen- nings, dancer, who charged he had re- fused to live with her since the birth of their child 10 months ago. Oakman agreed to pay $100 a week support of the mother and child. A cut on the hand from barbed wire caused the death recertly of W. K. Me- Guilogh. at vl PAGE 17 ZIHLMAN EXPECTS 10 GONTINUE AS COMMITTEE HEAD Tilson Discloses There Is No Effort to Oust Him From Body. DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF D. C. BOARD NAMED Garner Believes New Appointees Add Strength Because of Ex- tensive Experience. Representative Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland will continue to be chairman of the House District committee. Mr, Zihlman has said that he has no inten tion of resigning and that he expects to be chairman. House Leader Tilson, chairman of the Republican committee on committees, disclosed that there is no effort in that committee to oust Mr. Zihlman because of his former associa- tion with the F. H. Smith Co., since he ma resigned from the board of direce TS, The Republican committee on com- mittees is endeavoring to find strong men in whom the House membership has confidence to serve on the District | committee and Mr. Tilson said he be- | lieved that they would be successful. Democratic Slate Approved. The Democratic slate for the District committee was approved in the party caucus late yesterday, with four new members assigned: Representative Vin cent L. Palmisano, Maryland; Malcoim C. Tarver, Georgia; Robert S. Hall, Mississippi, and Wright Patman, Texas. The hold-over Demoerats reassigned to the District committee are: Representa~ tives Christopher D. Sullivan, New York; Mrs. Mary T. Norton, New Jers sey, and Joseph Whitehead, Virginia. ority Leader Garner expressed the opinion that in these new ap- pointments the 'District committee is strengthened by men who have had extensive exparience in life, municipal affairs and im important public office. “We aimed w build up the District committee and we desire to co-operate I1n getting sincere and sympathetic |considermun of all the proper appeals of the residents of the National Cap- ital for legislation,"” said Mr. Garner, Palmisano’s Second Term. Representative Palmisano is serving his second term in Congress. At the age of 11 Mr. Palmisano, whose home is Baltimore, went to work in a box fac- tory. At the age of 15 he was a stone mason’s helper, and at the age of 21 he went into the real estate business. For the last 20 years he has been a practicing lawyer. "In 1914 he was elect~ ed to the Maryland House of Delegates. In 1923 he became a member of the Democratic State central committee. In 1925 he was appointed by Gov. Ritchie as_one.of the police examiners. Representative Tarver, seventh dis- trict of Georgia, has been practicing law for 25 years and is now serving his sec- ond term in Congress. After serving on the Circuit Court bench, he became & member of the Georgia General Assem- bly in 1908 and of the State Senate in 1912. He was elected judge of the Su- preme Court, Cherokee circuit, in 1916, and re-elected in 1920 and in 1924, Hall Serving First Term. Representative Hall, sixth district of Mississippi, has been a lawyer for 29 years and is ‘serving his first term in Congress. He was a member of the State Senate in .1906 and 1908, prosce cuting attorney, . 1910 to 1912, dis~ trict attorney, 1912 to 1918, and cir- cuit judge from 1918 for more than 10 years until he entered Congress. Representative Patman, first district of Texas, has been a lawyer for 13 ye: and is serving his first term in Congrs He was reared on a farm until he was 22 and was a tenant farmer from 1913 to 1915. In 1916 he became assistant prosecuting attorney. During the World War he served 2 machine ’un officer, following which he was for four years in the Texas Leg- islature. He served as a local school trustee and was district attorney for five years. D. C. REPRESENTED AT BOYS’ CONFERENCE Youths Attend Three-Day Inter- state Session at Fred- erick, Md. ' More than a ‘score of Washington boys, reresenting various clubs, asso- ciations and Sunday schools, motored to Frederick, Md. today to attend & three-day interstate meeting of the Older Boys' Conference of the Young Men's Christian Association. Under guidance of Y. M. C. A. offi- cials from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Delaware the boys will discuss nmon{ themselves such™ probe lems as selection of a vocation, home relationships, responsibility to the chureh, etc., according to an announce- ment by J. C. Ingram, local Y. M. C. A, boys' director, who is in charge of are rangements. The boys will attend sessions of the conference tonight, tomorrow and Sun- day afternoon, returning home Sunday evening. Mr. Ingram will be in charge of the Washington delegation, assisted by John F. Bergner, assaciats director of the boys' department of the e and M. M. Young. The local representatives Louis Allen, jr.; J. Furmage, jr.: included: Harry Balthis, William Gaines Homer Gough, Dan Bryan Hull, Griffith Johnson, Nore ris E. Ruckman, J. Don Thomas and Theodore Leland Willis, all of the local high school Hi-Y clubs; Champ Carter and Leon Clark of Lincoln M. E. Church, Frederick Cook and Irving Schuyler, New York Avenus Pre terian Church Sunday School; i Mannakee, Petworth M. E. Church; Lawrence A. Pyle, jr. Central Hizh School; Grant Van Demark, Metropoli= tan Baptist Church; Willlam Stephens, Llncolndet. Chllr;lh&ellild Ralph Ruff- ner and Warren eler of Douglas M. E. Church. 3 j One Hurt in Truck érnh. One man was injured this morning when a truck of the Baltimore "iransfer Co., loaded .with granite for the new Department of Commerce Building, collided with a heavily-loaded cos truck of the W. B. Willlams Coal Co, at the intersection of Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. William Archle, 43, colored, of 1335 Fifth street, who was driving the transfer truck, re« celved contusions about the head. He was treated at Emergency Ho:pit Cornell Robinson, 39, colored, of 512 W - driver- of- the- coal- truck,. escapeds”™