Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1929, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. (. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1939 JUDGE CITES LACK OF OME TRANIG FORCRIME WAVE Nathan Cayton Appeals for Revival of Ancient Virtues of Jewish Race.. HOLDS PROBLEM MUST BE DEALT WITH AT ONCE Urges Support Ot President and His Crime Commission Address at Synagogue. in In an appeai last night for a revival of the ancient virtues of the Jewish race, Nathan Cayton, young:st munici- pal judge in this country, assured an sudience at the Adas Israel Synagogue that “almost overnight we seem to have produced far more than our share of criminals of every class and descrip- tion.” It was the speaker's opinion that “the Jewish crime wave” has arrived, “like an unwanted child on our door- step.” Judge Cayton. who holds a lace on the District Municipal Court mch at the age of 31 years, blamed the “average Jewish home” for not teaching more "about the Ten Com- mandments.” He pointed out that the inception of the Canukah holidays, or Feast of the Lights, commemorating th> men whose heroism saved the Jewish race and T ligion, was an appropriate time to take stock of dangerous modern tendencics and to consider a remedy. Mother of Great Scientists. At the beginning of his address Judge Cayton pointed out that “the Jewish race has always been prolific of gicat and distinguished men. She is the mother of great scientists,” he contin- ued, “statesmen, philosophers and edu- cators. The names of many are house- hold words throughout the world, and will remain so for centurics and per- haps forever.” 'le‘he speaker called upon his listeners to take fresh joy in the victories of the Maccabees, to “be proud of the em- blems they bore to victory,” and to remember that “something of the cour- age of the Maccabees is needed today. “I truly b:lieve,” Judge Cayton said, “that Judaism today is confronted with a situation no less serious and demanc- ing no less courage than that which confronted the Maccabees Although true, he asserted, that the Jews of this country are living in a “free and fruitful lJand and under pro- tection of the greatest government in the world,” they nevertheless are con- fronting a problem arising from * ‘within rather than from without,” a mb"lem ‘which must be “dealt with at once. I refer,” Judge Cayion said, “to the erime wave—tze Jewish crime wave. “There was a time, not so very long 2go, when the very thought of a Jewish me wave would have been scofted at as an impossibility. There was a tin; when we could rightfully have boa: that a Jewish criminal was a rarity in- deed. There was a time when prison doors were seldom opened to receive a Jewish convict. There was a time when 3 Jewish gunman was unheard of and Jewish citizenship was synonymous wiih good American citizenship. “But that situation seems to have changed overnight. Almost overnight we seem to have produced far more than our share of criminals of every class and description, and today we wake up to find the Jewish crime wave, like an unwanted child on our door- , an actual, shameful, awful real- ity. It stares us boldly in the face, and it is incumbent upon us to repel ni 1o stamp it out, to cf\lshn‘i’(, with all wer we can command. 'h‘cfi'l.;y should there be a Jewish crime wave? Why should we, in this en- lightened age, in this magnificent coun- try., be confronted with this blackest in the history of the Jewish race? are Jewish names spread all over the criminal dockets and Jewish of- fenders in every criminal court in the Jand? Why do Jewish faces fill the rogues’ eries and Jewish finger prints the detective bureaus? Why are Jewish boys—yes, and Jewish girls, too —_prominent in bootlegging, in dope peddling, 4n gun toting, in white slav- and in every racketeering enter- known to the underworld? Why it that right hfl"e in thayfl;:\ga; tal we have only recen! &;fl . le of a .d!:w,hh boy hanged tardly murder? o~ -tdl:lld!e {0 say that it is due to the post-war let down in morals; it is futile to say that it is due to prohibi- tion. for that excuse has been over- ‘worked already. Blames Lack of Training. “The answer and the solution, I be- lieve, are to be found right in our homes and in our synagogues. It seems perfectly clear to me that this situation is directly traceable to a lack | of training of our boys and girls, lack of proper training in our homes, lack ! of proper training in our synagogues. | 1 believe that during the past decade | ‘we have definitely failed to perform our | duty as Jews and as Americans. I be- lieve that something is sadly lacking in | our home life. I have often wondered what has become of the lovely, uplift- ! ing atmosphere which used to prevail in the Jewish home. I wonder what ! has become of the old-fashioned Jewish | ‘mamma,’ who found time to devote all her days and nights to the successful | Taising of her young ones and to the teaching of the all-important lessons | of honor and respect? Can it be that our mothers of today are less inter- ested in their children? Can it be that they are too busy to devote themselves ' to their homes? Can it be that they are so blind to our past, so hostile to our future, that they fail to see the evils which beset us? “I believe that in the average Jew- 4sh home far too little has been said | to our growing children about the Ten Commandments. I believe far too lit- tle has been said about the virtue of respect—respect of God, respect of par- ents, respect of our rabbis, respect of government, respect of laws. And when 1 say laws, I mean all laws, because I recognize that it is the especial duty of a minority people to obey all laws, to so conduct itself that the finger of accusation or suspicion shall never be pointed in its direction. This is more than the performance of a mere civic function: it is a sacred duty, and we as Americans must not fail to respect and obey all laws. This is no idle preachment; it is a serious appeal. President Has Made Appeal. “Our fllustrious President in his pub- lic utterances has often made this same appeal—the appeal for a better home life in America and for a more rigid and vigilant observance of the laws of the land—and I say that we must re- spect his appeal, we must follow his \Jeadership. We must never forget that America has given us much and that she has a right to.demand much in rn. n""uVIe must not be alarmed. we must not be depressed. I am confident that the Jews of America can solve these problems. I am confident that we can summon some of the courage of the Maccabees and overcome the troubles which beset us. But it can never be accomplished by idle talk or mere epeechmaking. It can only be accom- plished by definiie, intelligent and har- monious action. It can only be ac- complished by a high resolve that we will not fail in our duty as Jews and Americans, ‘We mnst give our great President 141 his Crime Commission our utmost us determine that it shall receive no IDEPUTY JAMES A. WEST CHOSEN ISucceeds Wisdom D. Brown, iWho Headed Blue Lodges Since December 27, 1928. {Vacancy at Foot of Line Is| “Filled by L. P. Steuart in Spirited Contest. Deputy Grand Master James A.| West was elected grand master of Ma- | sons in the District of Columbia at the St. John's day communication of the Grand Lodge, F. A. A. M., last night in Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue. He succeeds Wisdom D. Brown, who had been the head of blue-lodge Masonry in the Masonic jurisdiction of the District of Columbia since December 27, 1928. Appointed to the Grand Lodge official | line as senior grand steward in 1922, Mr. West progressed through the severai places and stations in regular order from year to year, until last night, when he reached the top. The vacancy at the foot of the Grand Lodge line as Junior grand steward was filled, after & spirited contest,. by the election of | Leonard P. Steuart, past master of Washington Centennial Lodge, No. 14. Should he adyance through the chairs in regular order the new junior grand steward will become grand master of Masors in the District of Columbia De- cember 27, 1939. Others Advance in Order. At the election last night, Senior Grand Warden C. Fred Cook was ad- vanced to the office of deputy grand master, Junior Grand Warden Reuben A. Bogley to the office of senior grand warden, Grand Marshal Harry G. Kim- ball to the office of junior grand war- den, Senior Grand Deacon Vernon G. Owen to the office of grand marshal, Junior Grand Deacon George R. Davis to the office of senior grand deacon, Grand Sword Bearer Robert S. Regar to the office of junior grand deacon, Grand Pursuivant Clyde J. Nichols to the office of grand sword bearer, Senior Grand Steward Otto B. Roepke to the office of grand pursuivant and Junior Grand Steward Paul B. Cromelin to the office of senior grand steward. The following were re-elected: Past Grand Master J. Claude Keiper, as grand secretary; Past Grand Master Charles E. Baldwin, as grand treasurer; Past Master Frank M. Roller of St. John's Lodge, No. 11, as grand lecturer; Rev. John C. Palmer, past master of Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15, as grand chaplain; Rev. Charles E. Fultz, as assistant grand chaplain, and Past Master Willlam P. Herbst of Hiram Lodge, No. 10, as grand tiler. West Prominent Here. Mr. West, the new grand master, is prominent in Mascnic circles here and elsewhere. He i3 a member of Pen- talpha Lodge, No. 23, and was its wor- shipful master during the year 1919. He was appointed to the Grand Lodge official line by Past Grand Master Charles Cyrus Coombs, who installed him as grand master last night, in De- cember, 1922. He is a member of Co- lumbia Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons, and was its high priest in 1915. He is also a member of Washing- ton Council, No. 1, Royal and Select Masters. As a Knight Templar, he is a member of Columbia Commandery, No. 2, and was its eminent commander in 1918. He is also a member of Kallipolis Grotto, Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Capital Forest, Tall Cedars of Lebanon; the Gavel Club of Master Masons and of Esther Chapter, No. 5, Order of the Eastern Star. He was patron of Esther Chapter in 1912 and grand patron of the Order of the East- ern Star in the District of Columbia in 1923. Grand Master West is a native of the State of Iowa, but has made his residence in this city for the last 30 years, for 13 years of which, he was in the Government service and the bal- ance of the time engaged in private business. Steuart Mason Since 1905. Mr. Steuart, the new junior grand steward, was made a master Mason in ‘Washington Centennial Lodge in the MASONIC GRAND MASTER OFD. C ILLEGAL PAYMENTS, T0 ANSWER BOARD'S - INEW BILL ALLEGES|TESTIMONY ACTION INE A. WEST. RD _P. STEUART. year 1905. and was its worshipful mas- ter during the year 1914. He has been treasurer of the lodge since 1916. He is a member of La Fayette Chapter, Roya | Arch Masons; of Adoniram Council, Royal and Select Masters: a 32d de- gree Scottish Rite Mason and of Orient Commandery, Knights Templar. He was the first patron of Washington Centennial Chapter, Order of the East- ern Star. He is also a member of Kal- lipolis Grotto, Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm; of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine and of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon. He was the illus- trious potentate of Almas Temple dur- ing the years 1922 and 1923; was chair- man of the Shrine convention com- mittee when that body met in this city in 1923 and is now the imperial cere- monial master, Imperial Council, Order of the Mystic Shrine of North America. The new junior grand steward is president of the Northeast Savings Bank, a director of the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co., a member and di- rector of the Congressional Country Club and a member of the Columbia Country Club. Mr. Steuart is married and has two daughters. He was born in Branchville, Md., but has resided in this city for the last 35 years. During the evening the retiring grand master, Mr, Brown, was presented with & Masonic ring of platinum, set with diamonds, a gift from the 44 constitu- ent lodges of the jurisdiction. The ad- dress of presentation was by Ralph M. Wolfe, as president, on behalf of the Association_of Worshipful Masters of 1929. Mr. Brown made appropriate re- sponse. Mr. Wolfe also announced that a room had been endowed in the Ma- sonic and Eastern Star Home by the Association of Worshipful Masters of 1929, to perpetuate the name and rec- ord of Past Grand Master Brown. ‘The retiring grand master also Te- ceived the customary gold, diamond- studded jewel of a past grand master, engraved, a gift from the Grand Lodge. The presentation was made by Past Grand Master Charles J. O'Neill, who during his term of office appointed Mr. Brown to the official line. RUM PARTY PROBED INMYSTERY DEATH Victim Believed to Have Died | of Skull Fracture—Three Held for Grilling. Following the death at Gallinger Hos- pital last night of Bernard Canavin, 45 years old, 1027 South Capitol street, of injuries received during what police said was a drinking bout on Christmas day, a blind brother of the dead man was being held at No. 4 precinct for ques- tioning, together with a colored couple at whose home the drinking was sup- posed to have taken place. Canavin is believed to have died of a fracture of the skull, exposure and a fractured collar bone. The brother, John Thomas Canavin, 43 years old, said he found Bernard in an areaway behind the home where they lived together. Supposing the other was merely drunk, the blind man said he brought him in- side and put him to bed. He became alarmed, however, when his brother failed to regain consciousness and had him committed to a hospital. The in- Jjured man never recovered conscious- ness. Police investigating the case say the Canavins and several others had been at the home of Reginald Mosby, 44 years old, and his wife, Rebecca, 45 years old, both colored. The pair live in the first block of I street southwest, where they were arrested last night and brought | to the station for questioning. All three deny that there was a fight. ‘There are some outside steps near where Canavin was found, and police consid- ered it possible that he fell dawn them. Lieut. Prank Dent of No. 4 precinct and several detecti began an in- vestigation of the case after Canavin's death was reported by the hospital. TAKES BRIEF VACATION. Lieut. Col. U. §. Grant, 3d. director | of public buildings and public parks, | !left Washington late yesterday for a brief holiday in New York. He is ex- pected to sp>nd a few days at the home | of his father-in-law, Elihu Root, and will be absent from the National Capi- tal until after the New Year. While Col. Grant is away his assistant, Maj. | V. L. Peterson, will be the acting | director. f H not let it be said that we, who have in the past given America leaders in | science, leaders in art, leaders in com- merce and the professions, are now content to provide leaders in crime. “Let us never forget that in this country we have been afforded greater opportunities than ever before in the history of the world. Let us never for- get that we owe a debt, a patriotic debt of gratitude to America, and th: there is no better way to begin to r pay that debt than by good citizen- ship, by respect of our Gov=rnment, by obedience to laws, by upright conduct and by showing a good example to those surrounding us. “Our country demands no more. Let co-operction and support. We must less.” MEMORIAL BRIDGE SCULPTOR CHOSEN Fine Arts Body’s Selection Will Be Passed on by Commission. ‘The Fine Arts Commission has rec- ommended the name of a sculptor to execute the figures that will grace the Washington terminus of Arlington Me- morial Bridge, but opportunity will be given the Arlington Memorial = Bridge Commission, which is headed by Presi- dent Hoover, to pass on the selection before it is made public. Instead of having pylons at the Washington end of the bridge, as at first planned, the Fine Arts Commis- sion decided that statues should bs placed there to obviate any effort {c compete with the Lincoln Memorial. Four statues will occupy the Washing ton terminus of the bridge, two at the end of the bridge proper and two at the entrance to the Rock Creek and Poto- mac Parkway, leading off the Arling- ton Memorial Bridge plaza northward. Two of the figures will represent the ef- forts of war and two will portray the victories of peace. The members of the bridge commis- slon comsprise President Hoover as chairman and these members, Vice President Curtis, Speaker Longworth, Chairman Keyes of the Senate public bulldings and grounds committee and Chairman Elliott of the House public buildings and grounds committee. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, the organization’s executive officer, and his assistant, Maj. J. C. Mehaffey, are arranging to poll the members of the commission regarding their opinions on the choice of a sculptor for the statues. The sculptor was picked after a | selective competition, in which previous work of the artists formed the basis of the examination, DR. GROSVENOR HOST TO VISITORS IN CITY Entertains at Luncheon for Dele- gates to Annual Meeting of Geological Society. Delegates to the annual meeting of ihe Geological Society of America and its affiliated societies will be the guests at luncheon today of Dr. Gilbert Gros- venor, president of the National Geo- graphic Soclety, and the trustee of the society, at 12:45 o'clock at the society's headquarters at Sixteenth and M streets. After the Juncheon there will be an inspection of the society’s library, carto- graphic department and its collection a material brought back by its expe- ditions. Then the delegates will be taken to the printing plant of Judd & Detweiler, at Eckington, to be shown the processes of printing the society's National Georgraphic Magazine, The affillated socleties of the Geo- ZIHLMAN APPROVED Authorized Dividends Con- I trary to Statute, Latest Re- ceivership Suit Declares. LEGISLATOR ONLY USED AS BAIT, SAYS CHARGE Delaware Complaint Regarded as Attempt to Throw Smith Com- pany Into Bankruptcy. Special Dispat*h to The Star, WILMINGTON, D:l, December 28.— Charges that Representative Frederick N. Zihiman of Maryland, and Daniel R. Crissinger, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, as directors, authorized unlawful payment of div made yesterday in a bill for a recciver for the company filed in the Court of Chancery here by a group of stock- holders. Filed in the name of Morris A. Stewart. the bill is in effoct a weapon intended to throw the company into involuntary bankruptcy. In addition to the company, Zihlman and Crissinger, the defendants are G. Bryan Pitts, chairman of the board, and Samuel J. Henry, president. Though the offices of th> company are in Washington and New York, the petition was filed here because the firm operates under a Dela- ware charter. The complainants charge that the officials of the Smith Co. had pro- moted the sale of approximately $50.- 000,000 worth of securities, “a great majority of which are still outstand- ing, unliquidated and unpaid.” The bill alleged that dividends were paid contrary to the statute with the income rom the sale of bonds instead of from #tual earnings of the property in- volved. The payment of these divi- dends was authorized by Zihlman, Crissinger, Pitts and Henry, it said. It was contended that prior to Sep- tember, 1927, Pitts and Henry were the active heads of the Smith company and were selling bonds of doubtful security. ‘The petition added that “they sought to employ and did employ the defendant, Daniel R. Crissinger, a former chair- man of the Federal Reserve Board of the United States, and the defendant, Frederick H. Zihlman, a member of Congress from the sixth district of Maryland and "then chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the District of Columbia, and did cor- ruptly intending and designing, reck- lessly, wrongfully and wastefully agree to pay large sums of money to said employes for the use of their names and reputations and not for their actual services on behalf of said defendant corporation: to use said names for ad- \-e;tlllsing purposes on an unsuspecting public.” Zihlman Called Unnecessary. Crissinger, the bill charged, was paid $30,000 a year; Zihlman was given a large amount of common stock in the company with the understanding that he would be abl2 to convert it into cash, it was added. It was argued that the services of Crissinger and Zihiman were known to be unnecessary in conducting a legitimate business. ‘The bill charged that the company, through high-pressure sales methods, disposed of bonds “equal to and in ex- cess of twice the value” of the property involved. The buildings covered were located in Washington, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Buffalo and New York. Much of the proceeds of the sale of these securities are alleged to have been fraudulent profits and commissions.” Postal Violations Charged. The petition charged the company had defied postal regulations by dis- tributing_false statements through the mails. It was specifically alleged in this connection that literature of the company represented it had been in business more than 50 years without a loss to an investor when as a matter of fact the States of Ohio, Pennsyl- vania, Indiana and Minnesota had de- nied the company the privilege of sell- ing securities within their boundaries. Pitts and Henry, the bill alleges, re- ceived as much as $90,000 a year each in salaries alone. As a result of these and other expenditures, the company was claimed to be insolvent. The bill demanded an accounting of the firm's funds and the issuance of an injunc- tion to prevent the transfer of title to any of its property. No action was ex- pected to be taken in the case until next week. ‘The stockholders are represented by a group of New York and Washington lawyers headed by Senator Daniel O. Hastings. SMITH INVESTORS ORGANIZE. Preferred Stockholders Announce Formation of Protective Committee. Application for a receiver for the Smith Co. was denied in District Su- preme Court last week by Justice Wheat. The petition was filed as an outgrowth of the concern’s coming un- der grand jury investigation. Another step in the litigation sur- rounding ihe concern was taken today with the announcement that preferred stockholders have formed a protective committe: to safeguard their interests. Samuel J. Marshall of the E. A, White & Co., 225 West Thirty-fourth street, New York, has been elected chairman. ‘The other members of the stock- holders' committee consts of business men declared identiticd with large in- terests in New York City and New Jersey. Col. Lewis Landes, an aitor- ney, of 233 Broadwav, is the Tepre- sentative ¢f a majority of the stock holders residing .n New York City. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. FUTURE. ‘Wanderlusters' hike tomorrow will start from East Falls Church, Va. The party will meet at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue at 2:30 o'clock and hike to the Wanderlusters' Club House, at Franklin Park, Va. Bring «lunch. Mr, Mason will lead. Christmas carols will be sung by the Sanctuary Choir of St. Augustine’s Church at the church, Fifteenth street between L and M northwest, tomorrow at 4:30 o'clock. An all-day hike will be taken tomor- row by the Red Triangle Outing Club. Total distance about 15 miles, over entirely new territory, from Fairfax to Broad Run. Midday campfire near Chantilly. Meet at Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue at 7:15 a.m. for Luray bus. Bring midday and early evening lunch, cup, spoon, flashlight. John Smith, leader. Regular monthly meeting of the Jowa-Thomas Circle Citizens’ Associa- tion will be held Monday evening, at 8 o'clock, in the lecture room of North- minster Presbyterian Church, Rhode Island avenue and Eleventh street. Members and friends invited. Request; ed to note change of date from Tues- day, the regular night, to Monday. Raoul Lizaire, charge d'affaires for Haiti, will lecture on “A Black Man's Republic” before on the Washington Open Forum, 808 I street, tomorrow dends by the F. H. Smith Co., were! devoted to the payment of “secret and ! 2 JURORS ORDERED |Men Must Appear Monday to Show Cause Why They Refused to Talk. | — s PROSECUTORS OF POLICE | | FILE WRITTEN PETITION| Judge Schuldt Makes Ruling After Formal Citation in Shelby- Kelly Case. Samuel P. Agnew and Baxter M. Davidson, members of the July grand jury, must show cause Monday in Po- !lice Court why they should not be di-| rected to testify before the special po- | lice trial board investigating charges of inefficiency against Police Inspector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly. s Judge Gus A. Schuldt this afternoon ordered that subpoenas be issued re- quiring Agnew and Davidson to come into court Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock after the police trial board, through Chairman L. E. Atkins and Acting Police Supt. E. W. Brown, had presented to the judge in his chambers & formal petition citing the pair for re- tusal to glve testimony. ‘The petition, signed by Atkins and Brown, was taken to Police Court by the chairman and the acting police super- intendent in company with Assistant Corporation Counsels Walter L. Fowler |and Robert E. Lynch, prosecuting the charges against Shelby and Kelly. Set for Monday. After reading the petition, Judge Schuldt announced he would order Agnew and Davidson to appear before him Monday and reply to the action filed by the municipal officials. The petitions to the court were drawn up this morning by Assistant Corpora- tion Counsels Walter L. Fowler and Robert E. Lynch, prosecuting the ac- custations against Shelby and Kelly, The municipal authoritles drew up the petitions at the direction of Judge Schuldt, who refused yesterday after- noon to consider the matter unless a formal citation against Agnew and Da- vidson were signed and presented to the court. The action today will lay the foundation for what is expected to become an important test, not only of the power of the trial board to force witnesses to testify, but of the right of a grand juror to divulge secret proceed- ings of a grand jury. Agnew and Davidson were members of the grand jury which indicted Rob- ert A. McPherson, jr., on a charge of murdering his wife, Virginia, and which, in a supplemental report, caustically criticized the police and the district at- torney's office for their conduct of the {McPherson investigation. | Petition to Court. ‘The petition to the court in Agnew's case, which was identical with that filed against Davidson, follows, in full: “Comes now the special Police Trial Board of the District of Columbia, by its chairman and the major and super- intendent of the metropolitan police force, and shows unto the court the fol- lowing facts: “That on December 5, 1929, the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia promulgated the following order ap- pointing a trial board to try the charges against Asst. Supt. William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly (the order is here quoted in full). “That the chairman of the said trial board on the 16th day of December, 1929, caused to be issued to one Samuel P. Agnew a subpoena attested in the name of the president of the Board of Commissioners and signed by the chair- man of the said trial board, and the said subpoena was personally served on the sald Samuel P. Agnew on the said 16th day of December, 1929. That the said subpoena directed the said witness, Agnew, to appear before the said police trial board on the 18th day of Decem- ber, 1929. Said witness appeared before the said police trial board in response to the subpoena as aforesald, and was called to testify before the said trial board on December 26, 1929, Refused to Testify. “That said witness subpoenaed as aforesald, after being directed by the chairman of the trial board to be sworn and to testify, refused to be sworn and refused to give testimony before the said trial board. ‘“‘Wherefore, the premises considered, { petitioners pray: “1. That this court cause a sub- i poena to be issued to the said Samucl P. Agnew, commanding him to appe: before the said court. “2. That the court direct and order the said Samuel P. Agnew to appear and testify before th: Police Trial Board constituted as aforesaid. “3. And for such other and further relief as may seem just and proper.” Judge Schuldt's decision yesterday afternoon was preceded by a lively wrangle between the prosecutors and counsel for Agnew and Davidson. The counsel, Harry T. Whelan and Robert I Miller, argued that they should have an opportunity to answer a formal peti- tion outlining exactly what their clients are charged with and under what laws they are being cited. Prosecutor Lynch insisted that defense counsel would have this right after the court had laid the basis for a legal argument by ordering Agnew and Davidson to testify. Whelan contended that the course suggested by the assistant corporation counsel would involve a judgment of the issues by the court in advance of any argument by counsel. Miller ob- Jected vigorously, too, claiming that his client, Davidson, had not been legally served and declaring that Judge Schuldt would be in contempt of the District Supreme Court if he ordered a grand Jjuror “to violate his sacred oath, sworn to in the higher court.” Judge Schuldt at one time seemed inclined to grant the request of Lynch that a preliminary opder against the defendants be issued a legal founda-, tion for later determination of the merits of the case, but on _listening to the heated arguments of Whelan and Miller he decided there should be a formal petition filed. Petition Is Ordered. “This case may be appealed to other courts,” Judge Schuldt pointed out. “It seems to me there should be a complete written record of the proceedings in the case, starting with a formal citation against these men by the corporation counsel. “Important questions are involved. There is involved not only the power of the trial board to compel a witness to testify but also the right of a grand juror to disclose what goes on in grand jury room. I must rule that a petition be filed.” The judge then acted in the case of Joseph H. Batt, another grand juror, who failed to ap- pear before the board when summoned | yesterday. The court directed that Batt be brought before the board on De- Fepector B th nspector Brown, acting superinten- dent of police, informed the court that Batt had answered the o al sum- mnf'nz:" 'xu excuz:g gfi yesterday. He fa answer nam n it was called, however, i) The corporation counsel informed the graphical Soclety include the Mineral- at 3 o'clock. Music by Mrs. Emma M. court that he understood Batt was out ogical and Paleatological Societies, Marsh. Public invited. town. - This new sanitary garbage truck has just been put in use in Berlin, Ger- many. The body of the truck is raised perpendicularly for the automatic empty- ing of garbage cans into it with less escape of odors. There is also an automatic device for compressing the refuse, which increases the capacity of the truck. d Underwood. DLD-AGE PENSIONS URGED BY SWING Californian Declaress U. S.| “Machine Age” Brutal and Cold-Blooded. Declaring the “future will look upon the present machine age as the most brutal and cold-blooded in its treat- ment of old age,” Representative Philip| D. Swing of California_advocated en- actment of Federal legislation to care for the aged at a breakiast meeting of | the American Association for Old Age Security in the Occidental restaurant today. “The Federal Government ought to be the leader in all humanitarian move- ments, instead of which it is a lag- gard,” Mr. Swing said. The speaker asserted that a number of States have old-age pension laws, and that if it is not socialistic for them to have them, it would not be socialistic for the Fed- eral Government to enact such a law. Congress was criticized for its fall- ure to enact legislation to provide funds for the care of the aged in an address at the meeting by Abraham Epstein, executive secretary of the association. “With the exception of China and India, which amply provide for the aged through the family system, the United States today stands aloag among the civilized nations in its utter neglect of the dependent aged,” Mr. Epstein declared. The association, it is pointed out, stands for Federal appropriations for State old age pension systems. Bishop Praneis J. McConnell, president of the Federal Council of Churches, is the head of the organization. VICE SQUAD RAIDS GAMBLING OUTFIT Stages Surprise Visit to O Street Cigar Store and Makes 20 Arrests. Mora than 20 persons were arrested late yesterday when Sergt. O. J. Letter- and his vice squad paid a surprise visit for the third time within a month to a cigar store in the 700 block of O street, where, they sald, they found & quantity of gambling paraphernalia. Michael Parello, 27 years old, who gave his address as Ninth and K streets, and who is said by police to have conducted the place, ‘was ar- rested on a charge of setting up a gaming table and released in bond for his_appearance in Police Court today. ‘The attracted a sizable crowd and it required two police patrols to transport the prisoners to the first precinct station house, where all but Parello were forced to deposit $5 col- lateral on a disorderly conduct charge. The raiders trapped the twenty-cdd patrons of the place in a room on the second floor of the establishment, and Letterman posted men in the front and rear of the place to prevent possible attempts to escape. Detectives Richard Cox, J. A. Mostyn and G. C. McCarron, who assisted Letterman in the raid, sald an attempt by a man to press electric button to warn of the approach of the raiding parly was frustrated. ‘The raiders next visited a house at Eighth and U streets, where Thomas Pye, 40 years old, colored, was ar- rested on a charge of sale and S session of liquor and permitting gam- ing. and about 15 men and women, white and colored, were arrested while engaged, police said, in playing a num- bers game. Pye was released after posting bond at the eighth precinct station house for his appearance in Police Court this morning. The others were permitted their freedom after giving their names and addresses as Government witnesses. FALLING TREE KILLS BOY | AS HE RUNS FOR SAFETY Youngster, 9, Helping Relatives Cut Down Poplar, Was Struck ‘When He Fled in Fright. Frightened when a tree started to fall at the blow of an ax, 9-year-old James Yuills Jones of 3615 Raleigh street southeast yvesterday ran from a place of safety and was killed by the tree. Dr. J. Ramsey Nevitt, District cor- oner, issued a certificate of accidental death after learning the child was killed when the tree toppled down on him after his playmate, George San- ford, .8 years old, of 114 Portland street southeast, struck a telling blow with the ax. ‘The Jones and Sanford boys had been helping relatives of the former cut down trees on a lot near the San- ford boy’s home. James stood nearby as George hewed away on a ‘6-inch poplar. The tree gave way suddenly and James was pinned beneath the trunk as he ran. The boy, one of seven children, died of a fractured skull before being re- moved to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. HEADS M. I. T. SOCIETY. Kenneth P. Armstrong, a former member of the Citizens’ Advisory Coun- cil, was elected president of the Wash- ington Society of the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology at the annual meeting of that organization at the University Club yesterday. Several undergraduates of the school, home for the holidays, were guests at a luncheon held in connection with the business session. Other officers elected were Francis P. Sllsbee, vice president; James Y. Houghton, secretary, and O. H. God- bold, treasurer. A short address was BUILDING PURCHASE PRICE IS APPROVED Treasury Agrees to Acquisi- tion of Hill & Tibbets Prop- erty for $330,127. Agreement for the purchase at pri- Yate sale, of the Hill & Tibbetts Build- ing, northeast corner of Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue, for a consid- eration of $330,127, has been signed by Treasury Department agents and the owners, it was announced today by R. Marbury Stamp & Co., representing owners of the property. ‘The property is a part of the great triangle area being acquired south of Pennsylvania avenue for the Federal building program. This, it is sald, con- stitutes the largest property owned by individuals or private business concerns which has been contracted for to date. The largest deals, including proper- ties purchased from public utilities, to ing, Thirteenth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, and the present home of the Potomac Electric Power Co., south- east corner of Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue. ‘The Hill & Tibbetts property consists of 11,742 square feet, fronting 90 feet on Fourteenth street and 102 feet on Ohio avenue, and is improved by a three-story brick and concrete bullding, used as an automobile sales room and arage. Hiil & Tibbetts, under the agreement just signed, will obtain a lease on the building for a year, awaiting the taking | of actual possession by the Government. 'OIL TANK PROJECT - FIGHT IS PLANNED Persuade Firm to Abandon Plans. | Decision to endeavor to persuade the | Sun Ofl Co. of Philadelphia to abandon plans to construct a whart and storage | tanks on the Virginia side of the Po- tomac River near the Key Bridge was reached late yesterday at a meeting of the committee on city planning of the Federation of Citizens' Associations. The committee decided to suggest to Virginia organizations that efforts be made to convince the oil company officials that the proposed wharf would mar the beauty of Washington. It was pointed out that Col. U. S. Grant, 3rd, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, has express- ed o'ppoeltum to the proposed develop- ment. The application of the oil company for a permit to construct the wharf has been pending before the United States engineer office. Maj. Brehon Somer- vell, district engineer of the War De- partment, has agreed to withhold action until the National Capital Park and Planning Commission has made & recommendation. The commission is expected to make its report next month. At the suggestion of Maj. Clayton E. Emig, chairman, the committee went on record as favoring a suggestion of the Interfederation of Citizens' Asso- clations of Maryland that an airport be constructed in nearby Maryland to sup- plement the proposed Gravelly Point station. ‘This site would have a two- fold value. It would care for overflow trafic from Gravelly Point and permit flying with safety when fields closer to the river were covered with fog. It was announced that Earl V. Pisher, secretary of the Public Utilitles Com- mission, would speak at an early meet- ing of the committee, when the city's transportation system comes up for dis- cussion. - ELIPHALET BUSHNELL DIES AT HOME HERE Post Office Inspector Was One of First Civil Service Appointees of President Cleveland. FEliphalet Tucker Bushnell, post office inspector and for many years in the Government service, died at his home, 1765 Church street, last night. Iliness resulting in his death was attributed partly to injuries sustained when he ;llpped and fell during the recent sleet ere. Mr. Bushnell was one of the first appointees under the civil service dur- ing President Cleveland’s administra- a division in the Treasury Department. Subsequently he was for a time chief clerk of the office of the First Assistant Postmaster General. He was a member :‘A’( the Sons of the American Revolu- jon. He is survived by his widow and & son, John P. Bushnell. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. U. S. PLANE TOHONDURAS to Washington Turn Back. A transport plane of the Marine Corps, which early this week left Managua, Nicaragua, for Wash! n, today was on its way to Belize, It- ish Honduras, after being held at Qela, Honduras, for two days by bad weather, the Navy Department announced. delivered by Frank W. Noxon, secretary | of the Railway Business Assoclation, Second Lieut. John N. Hart and Staff Sergt. Claude Laurens are the pilots. ] date, were the Southern Rallway Build- | i Planning Committee Will Seek to; tion and rose to & position as chief of | S Marine Pilots Originally Ordered | }s [10HN B. COLPOYS HEADS VOCATIONAL ADVISORY GROUP Labor Editor Named as Chairman, With Lusk as Secretary. DR. BALLE[] IS ASKED TO FURNISH STATEMENT Data on Trade Schools Sought for Presentation at Next Meeting. John B. Colpoys, editor of “Labor” and a spokesman for the Washington Central Labor Unlon, was elected chair- man of the advisory committee on Vo- cational Tralning for the District of Columbia at its organization meeting in the Franklin Administration Bullding yesterds Rufus S. Lusk, representa- tive of the Operative Bullders' Assoeia- tion, was named secretary of the group. Committee’s Initial Meeting. The meeting, which was the first assemblage of the committee of 13 members appointed by Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the Board of Edu- cation, was marked by a full' at- tendance with the exception of one substitution, and & general discussio. of the problems conironting the com- mittee. It was the consensus of opinion at the meeting that because of the great divergence of opinion on vocational training much time in the immediate future must be spent in gleaning data upon which will be predicated or- ganization's study of the program it is assigned to frame. » Queries Addressed to Dr. Ballou. ‘Toward this end the advisory com- mittee requested Dr. Ballou to furnish statement at its next meeting to be held on January 10, on the following propositions: What are the graduates of Wash- ington's present trade schools doing now? What are the courses of study now offered in the trade schools? What vocational opportunities are provided in the night schools? The committee also asked Dr. Ballou for any information contained in his own reports or those of his ofcial staff pertaining to vocational education. Round Table Discussion. In the round table discussion which marked yesterday's session the various propositions of vocational education in the District were discussed, including the supply and demand for young people educated in the trades, the ex- tent to which subnormal children are allowed to study in the trade schools and the general subject of pupil coun- seling in regard to the various trades. Charles H. Le Fevre, representing the Washington Chambzr of Commerce, de- clared that the committee first should detzrmine exactly what the objectives of vocational education are and that the committee's effcrts be directed along that c:eursm Herbert S. Woods, president of the District of Columbia Public School Association, who attended the meeting in the absence of Mrs, Fred T. Dubois, the associaticn’s regular representative on the committee, pointed out that despite the fact that suggestions had been made at previous meetings of the Board of Education that subnormal children .should not be shunted into trade schools, they must be trained to { make a living. If skilled trades are . not suitable for them, he said, it was the responsibility of the District and of the committee to provide some other training for them. _ Employers’ Ald Needed. Mr. Colpoys declared that the com- mittee in its studies will be obliged to counsel with employers in their efforts to frame a vocational training pro- m, In a comprehensive statement to the committee, Dr. Ballou reminded the group that vocational education is “an education” and must, therefore, be made available just as any other phase of pu:fl: school education is offered to pupils. Commenting upon the general dis- cussion of supply and demand, the superintendent of schools declared that the framing of the vocational educa- tional program must not be based upon any such limitation because the inter- ests and abilities bf individual pupils must be considered as well as the pos- sible fluctuations in labor conditions by the time the pupils are graduated from the trade schools. Besides requesting statements from the superintendent, the advisory com- :rll’ltte’e“llag ddecldeg (lo v.!lrl: personally 2 four trade schools al Distriet. e The meeting was called to order by Dr. Ballow, who presided until the election of & permanent chairman. E, C. Graham first was proposed, but when he explained the probability of pro- longed absence from the city during the study period, his name was with- drawn. Subsequently James J. Yaden, xg:sl:aggx' thcd: Seo.lientlnn of Citizens' an were proposed, Colpoys was emefi"%} a 'l-rg-s vote. Members in Attendance. Those who attended included also Frank J. Coleman, representing or- ganized labor in the District; Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter of the D, C. Congress of Parents and Teachers, A. S. Pinkett of the National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People, A. I. Cassell, an architect of the Howard University faculty; Capt. John E. Smith, representing the printing trades, and J. A. G. LuValle of the Federation of Civic Associations. Marriage Licenses. Maleolm M. i y Kans..*and’ L Oplayto 5o RN B A I ner. 31 . 18 Both of Baltimore, Md.: Rev. G. Bilver: Herekiah Jackson, 59, il zh, Higliey Aol 303 _"-n;luA:-n:ru r:‘ " Garve 5 r. Md.. an Elisabeth ' 8. A 3 Bty 5, Biees, " 23, this’ city; Rev Cloukey, eola N. ! aty Walker, E. Wiseman. g Foole, 20, and Ellen Lisner, 17: E 5. ond R. Walker, 39, Mitchellville, Md., oo M. Canter, 28, Hughesville, Md.; B. Franck ierick * D. Parker, Brown. 40, Mitchell, inkner, 23, Jro 43, this ey Wilmington, Del.; A d 11, R 20 o and " Katie Wit i :is;.a:xbl'a'::ll '3‘(;.’:'-11 gz, and ger- "'z'-'n’nfl"@:'olir;u.”;ln:'- 3 xu.l" .‘a. jeannetie, Byington. Y. Wellésress Tieatn Adys owood, 23, Wiliwya. Va.i Rev.'John el o 2 M i, er; 55 and sailie Cliamens,