Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1930, Page 12

SENATE LEADERS PREDICT ACTION ON D. C. DRY LAW Capper and Borah See Early Move to Improve Enforce- ment Machinery. HOWELL COMPARES BILL WITH ORIGINAL DRAFT Move Provides for Two Additional Judges to Speed Up Trial of Cases. The separate prohibition enforcement Bill for Washington, drawn by Senator Howell, Republican, of Nebraska, anc submitted to Congress in revised form by Attorney General Mitchell yesterday, will be among the important legislative proposals before the Senate District committee this Winter. Shortly after the Attorney General's Teport had been submitted yesterday to Chairman Capper of the District com- mittee, Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho expressed the belief that the present session of Congress would act on the recommendations to improve enforcement machinery here. Scnator Borah in recent weeks has taken the lead in calling for more rigid law en- forcement throughout the country. Howell Studies Revised Bill. Senator Howell began immediately to compare the bill as revised by the De. t of Justice.with his original ft to determine the extent of differ- ence. He was not ready, therefore, to comment on the detailed provisions of the measure. He said, however, he agreed fully that Washington needs a local enforcement act and also one or two additional judges. ‘The movemz’nf“heo give the District | Supreme Court two additional justices provide for speedier trial of cases after they have been made Ly the en- forcement officers was under way in Congress before the Attorney General’s was recelved. A bill to accom- In support of the recommendation for an increase in the number of judges, tried during the past few years. also inclosed similar reports from Police Court officials as to the volume of work being handled in that tribunal called attention to the prime need of that court for larger quarters. This will be permamently met in the new Municipal Center program, but the n was made that some addi- tional space might be arranged tem- porarily. and He Stresses Need for Law. the need for passage of Jocal enforcement law to supplement the national hibition act, Senator Howell yest y afternoon declared that Washington is in much the same situation as New York, which has no State enforcement act. The main feature of the local dry bill, as submitted, is that it would qualify all members of the Police De- partment to co-operate in the enforce- ment of prohibition, whereas at present only a limited number of local police- men are prohibition enforcement of- ‘The bill also re-enacts and clarifies parts of the old Sheppard law, which was the dry law in Washington before national prohibition. These sections of the bill define and deal with in- toxication, drinking in public, driving vehicles, other than automobiles, while under the influence of liquor and simi- Jar offenses. Driving an automobile while intoxicated is dealt with under law. m;'hm also extends and defines the power of Police Court judges in issuing search and arrest warrants and sets forth the rules for handling property seized in enforcement work. A feature of the bill is the section dealing with persons who permit prop- erty used by them, or under their con- trol, to be used as a nuisance. VETERAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYE SUCCUMBS @harles F. Eisenstein Served 'in Pension Office and Later With Civil Service Commission. Charles F. Eisenstein, a veteran em- ploye of the Government, died suddenly yesterday at his home, 1209 D street northeast. Mr. Eisenstein first entered the Gov- ernment service as a clerk in the Pen- sion Office in 1882. He resigned in 1889 and served as chief clerk in the office of James (“Corporal”) Tanner, formerly Commissioner of Pensions and then practicing as & pension attorney in Was| n. ummln was reinstated in the Government service on November 13, 1899, and was transferred to the office of the Civil Service Commission, where he served continuously as an examiner in the application division until his re- tirement for total disability on March 6, 1928. He was in his seventy-first year. Funeral arrangements are being completed. POTOMAC RIVER SURVEY BY AIRPLANE UNDER WAY Denounces Judge Cayton From Pulpit of Eighth Street Temple. Court Records Cited in His Reply on “Hebrew Crime Wave.” Judge Nathan Cayton of Municipal Court was denounced last night from the pulpit of the Eighth Street Temple by Rabbi Abram Simon for what Lr. Simon described as the judge's “un- seemly, untrue and cruel condemnation of his own people and religion.” A large audience heard the rabbi speak on “Jewish Self-Criticism, With Special | Reference to a Recent Sermon on ‘The Jewish Crime Wave.’ " Dr. Simon’s remarks were in answer to assertions made by Judge Cayton a week ago in an address at the Adas Israel Synagogue. At that time Judge Cayton declared that “a Jewish crime wave” existed over the country, and that “the Jewish race seems to have produced far more than its share of criminals of all classes.” Pointing out that he “did not ques- tion the motive” of Judge Cayton, Dr. Simon nevertheless insisted the time had come to call the judge “before the bar of America.. public opinion for his unseemly, gratuitous, untrue and cruel condemnation of his people and re- ligion.” “They Are All Americans.” ‘The speaker cited court records of Washington, New York and other cities &3 the basis of his “moral right” to declare that there is no such thing as a Jewish crime wave. “There art no Jewish or Catholic or Protestant crimi- nals as such,” Dr. Simon continued. “They are all Americans of Jewish, Catholic or Protestant communions. ‘Their fall from grace is not due to their religion, and their sins should not be fastened on their church affiliations. “One might dismiss with a smile what Mr. Nathan Cayton says, but what is said by Judge Cayton, a Government official, whose position calls for judi- cial temper, wide reading and an un- derstanding heart, is quite another thing,” he declared. “No article from the Dearborn Independent has been as scathing and condemnatory of Israel and no Ku Klux orator has been more unrighteous than our friend the judge.” ‘While Dr. Simon said he “would not question the motives” that prompted Judge Cayton to deliver “such a care- fully prepared address to the press be- fore the Hoover Crime Commission has reported its findings,” he added that the words “written so nonchalantly” contained “hidden dynamite.” and should have been carefully considered before utterance. “Shocking and Brutal Charges.” “I am not interested in hiding the truth of whitewashing the sins of my people,” Dr. Simon declared, “and I am anxious to learn the facts, however distressing they may be. Yet not every- body is a prophet or the son of a prophet. Many a man has lost his bal- ance in playing the prophet of doom. Judge Cayton, desiring to show that all was not well in Israel in America, has written an indictment which con- signs his people to the gutter of unde- sirability.” Insisting that Judge Cayton's “shock- ing and brutal charge has no refer- ence in statistics or facts,” and that the judge “stepped out of his position to act as a lay preacher in the pulpit and to discover what he has christened ‘the Jewish crime wave,’” Dr. Simon quot- :d statistics in defense of Jewish vir- ue. “With our present Jewish population of 15,000, or 3 per cent of the Wash- ington census,” Dr. Simon continued, “the percentage of Jewish delinquency is far below what its population ratio would expect. “When I want to know the real ef- fect of a crime wave I seek the Juvenile Court records. I wish to know if the Jewish youth and childhood of the land are infected. Quoun! from the Gov- ernment documents of the work of the Juvenile Court in Washington, I find that beginning in 1914, when there were 852 children officially before the Juvenile Court, down through 1929, when there were 1,051, the number of Jewish children who came officially before the Juvenile Court in 1914 was 31, gradually dropping year by year to 18, to 21, to 16, 17, and finally last year to 14. “In other words, the so-called Jewish Jjuvenile delinquency is scarcely a half of 1 per cent. Jewish Community Center Lauded. “In the National Training School for, Boys, out of a total of 495, there are today 3 of our fath. Despite the trebling of the Jewish population, juve- nile delinquency among our people has not only not increased—it has definitely and impressively decreased, and its record is a most complimentary one to us. For this proud achievement, at least so far as the last five years are con- cerned, I believe that the Jewish Com= munity Center merits the largest share of credit, “I have the statistics before me with reference to the penal institutions known as State, county and the city of New York. In the State prisons of New York, where the Jewish State popula- tions would justify a 16.1 per cent of criminality, the Jewish percentage was actually 104 per cent. In the penal institutions of the city of New York, where the Jewish city population would call for 27 per cent proportion of erimi- nality according to its population, we actually find that there was but 19.3 })el' cen:n"‘d J!ewish ofl;nders. I hold in my ind four graphs prepared the Bureau of Jewish Bnclfl &uar:hy. containing in columnar forms the popu- lation of Jewish, non-Jewish (whfl‘e‘) and colored in the correctional insti- tutions of the city and State of New York. Here again in the decade from 1916 to 1926, where the war days of 1916 found a situation quite appalling, the Jewish column of delinquency in Juvenile Court and in State institutions has been dropping and dropping year by year. If this picture is true of such a city as New York, it will prove all the more encouraging if contrasted with other large citles and with thousands of smaller towns. “I realize as does every sensible man that the mounting number of so-called criminal cases consists of thousands of JEWISH DELINQUENCY CHARGE IS DENIED BY RABBI SIMON THE 'EVENING 1 l | | RABBI ABRAM SIMON. instances of violations of traffic rules, of building regulations, of small insig- nificant offenses which have no right to be included in the adjective “crimi- to be included in the adjective ‘crimi- nal’ But in order to clinch my argu- in the United States penitentiaries where crimes of the most hideous na- ture are registered. Again, I say that 1 am not proud of the number of Jews incarcerated therein, but I declare that the exact statistics do not reveal a larger percentage than the Jewish pop- ulation would expect. “If the Jews of the United States number about three and a half million in a total population of about one hun- dred and twenty million, the Jewish per cent should be about 3. And that is what we regret to find in two penitentiaries. There were received in Atlanta Penitentiary in 1928, 149 Jews out of a total of 2,621; in Leavenworth 70 out of a total of 2,581; in McNeil Island 12 out of a total of 659; in Chilli- cothe Reform for persons from the ages of 17 to 30, 11 were received out of total of 490. “He adds: ‘It is idle to say that it is due to post-war let-down in morals. It is futile to say that it is due to prohi- bition, for that excuse has been over- worked already.’ A man who tries to talk of crime wave, and who brushes aside nonchalantly the relationship be- tween the so-called let-down of post- war morals and the question of prohi- bition, may relieve himself easily of the duty of searching for causes, but he really talks like a child. “But if we declare, as we have amply proven, that there is no such thing as a crime wave which can be character- ized by any denominational adjective, there is no evidence of a dispropor- tionate criminality in adults and Jjuveniles on the part of thoss born in the household of Israel. and there is not the slightest scintilla of evidence that the almost four million Jews in the United States have in the past 10 years failed in their duty and loyalty to this country, we Jews, therefore, must resent, with all the power at ourecom- mand, ths unwarranted statements made by an inexperienced youth.” .. HISTORIG EDIFICE BOUGHT BY DISTRICT Metropolitan M. E. Church Site to Become Part of New Municipal Center. The Metropolitan Memorial Metho- dist Episcopal Church, a building which has many historical associations, was ordered purchased by the District gov- ernment yesterday for $190,000. The church will be torn down to make way for the bullding of the new municipal center. Located on John Marshall place and C street, the church was built in 1855, and its first pastor, Bishop John P. Newman, was installed in 1866. Presi- dents Grant and McKinley, Vice Presi- dent Fairbanks, Leland Stanford and Mayor Emory, the last mayor of Wash- ington, are among those who have worshiped at this church. Vice President an Attendant. Vice President Curtis and Mrs. Ed- ward Gann, his sister, are among those who worship there now. Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of tne House, is the present pastor. According to the terms of the bill of sale the church may be occupied by its present congregation without rent until January 1, 1931. At that time the trustees wiil be allowed to remove from it any items such as the stained-glass windows, a statue of Bishop Newman, & memorial stone in the floor of the main hallway, the cornerstone, the organ and chimes and the like, One of Four Properties Purchased. ‘The property one of four pur- chased yesterdn;vainvolvln; 3257560. These transactions bring the total thus far spent for municipal center land to $2,682,000 of the $3,000,000 thus far ap- propriated by Congress for the project. ‘The other purchases were: 329 C street. bought from Louls A. Ludwig for $4,166; 317 and 319 John Marshall place from David H. Moore of the Southern Building, for $54,000, and 456 C street from Mary Brunell, for $9,600. WINS RESEARCH HONOR. NEW YORK, January 4 (#).—Dr. David H. Kling, until a month ago d! rector of the clinical laboratory of the Golden State Hospital in Los Angelcs, has been awarded a fellowship for 1930 to do research at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City. Lewis Straus, chairman of the hospi- tal's board of directors, announced yes- terday that Dr. Kling has by Frederick Brown. Dr. research on the flulds of the body. Aerial Mappers Today Taking Views Between Washington and Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Aerial mapping of the Potomac River from the National Capital to Harpers Ferry, W. Va, and in the vicinity of Harpers Perry and Martinsburg, W. Va., is belng undertaken this afternoon by a rty from Hoover Field, flying in the ver Pield Pairchild cabin monoplane. ‘The mapping is for the Curtiss mn- terests in New York and the purpose is ' not known to Hoover Field officials. Charles Carneal, Hoover Field pilot, will | accompany the mapping party, though the plane probably will be flown while mapping is in progress by Richard Dice ew York, Curtiss pilot. A Curtiss mapping expert will handle the big map- pln, camera. If the clear weather holds it is ex- pected k will be completed to- day, the necessary photographs being made in a single passage of the plane over the area to be mapped. —_— Two Sermons Scheduled. Rev. B. H. Whiting, pastor of the Friendship Baptist Church, Pirst and H streets southwest, will preach tomor- row at 11 am. and 8 p.m. Sunday school, at 10 am.; B. Y. P. U, at 6 p.m.; prayer and praise service, Tues- | day, at 8 pan. WARS INSTALL Veterans of Uncle Sam’'s far-flung fighting forces who have had 30 years’ service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard, will gather to- night for one of the most important functions of their year. A ‘The Retired Enlisted Men's Associa- tion, No. 1, which will hold its annual installation of officers tonight at 7:45 o'clock at the Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street, is one of the most unusual of Washington’s multitudious organiza- tions, embracing as it does men who fought Indians in the early days in the West, who saw service in the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippines, and in the Spanish-American and World Wars, Only enlisted men who have had 30 years' service in the armed forces of | spe the United States can join. The rule of the organization is that when a maa becomes a member, only death can can- cel his membership. Music, a supper and dancing are on RETIRED VETERANS OF NATION’S CHIEFS TONIGHT Enlisted Men Are Bound to Association Until Death DIES OF IND Terminates Their Membership. tonight's program, which will open with presentation of colors. As one of the major events of the evening these officers, chosen at the last meeting, will be installed: Commander, Charles A. Martin; senior vice commander, Charles Craig; junior vice commander, Thomas Shannon; officer of the day, Thomas officer of the guard, Willam J. Dennison; chaplain, Milton Heckert, and quartermaster, Willlam Wright. Chaplain W. L. Fisher, U, 8. A, will pronounce the invocation, following Presentation of colors. will come the installation of officers. Musical se- lections will be rendered by the Marine Band Orchestra. Representatives Dyer and kllu.l, Republicans of Missouri, will ak. Vocal solos will be rendered by Miss Jeanette McCaffrey, piano Miss Kathryn Baritone solos will be rendered by Fred ’ Y STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY ANUARY 4, 19%. YOUTH IS FATALLY | [y awe ] |HOOVER BELIEVES INJURED IN CRASH WITH AUTOMOBILE Dies in Hospital After Being Hurled Head-First Through Sedan Door. POLICE HOLD INVENTOR FOR CORONER’S INQUEST Four Other Persons Hurt When Struck by Cars Yester- day Afternoon. Thomas J. Kilcourse, 19-year-old messenger for the All American Cables, Inc., died at Emergency Hospital early today of a fractured skull received last night when he was hurled head-first through the glass door of a sedan in a collision at Connecticut avenue and Kalorama road. The bicycle on which the boy was riding was demolished, and the noise of the impact heard for some distance. ‘The youth, who lived at 1322 Fif- teenth street with his mother, Mrs. Rose Kilcourse, was riding south on Connecti- cut avenue and had reached the center of the Kalorama intersection when the accident occurred. His wheel struck the right fender of a machine operated by Herbert Luther Adams, 52 years old, an inventor, of 2116 Kalorama road. The automobile was going west on Kalo- rama road at the time. Young Kilcourse was taken to the hospital by a passing motorist, while Adams foliowed in ansther automobile. Adams himself had been slightly - cut about the face by the flying glass of his door and received treatment in the first-ald room. Undergoes Operation. Kilcourse underwent an operation after last rites had been administered by a Catholic priest. He died shortly after 4 o'clock, about 8 hours after the accident. Adams was arrested by Policeman Arthur Davis of No. 3 precinct and taken from the hospital to No. 8 pre- cinct, where he was booked on a charge of assault and later released under $1,500 bond. When the death of the youth was re- | ported, Adams was rearrested by eighth precinct police and held for the coro- ner's inquest, probably Monday. Witnesses told police Kilcourse was riding his bicycle at a moderate rate of speed, and apparently had the right of way when the accident occurred, a though the amber light had just flashed. Youth Almost Inside Car. ‘The force of the impact threw the boy’s body heavily against the sedan, and young Kilcourse was almost inside the automobile when extricated. The window was shattered and the wind- shield cracked across. The youth's father, Lieut. Thomas A, Kilcourse, U. S. M. C,, is stationed at San Diego, Calif. . Four persons were injured when struck by cars yesterday afternoon. Nine-year-old Everett Jones, colored, 1213 Union street southwest: John Wil- liams, colored, 50 years old, of 723 Fourth street, and Perry Michael, 38 years old, and Lena Michael, 40 years old, of the 600 block of G street norti- east, were the victims, the last two being struck by the same machine. “DIVINE DI§00NTENT,” DR. LAMBETH’S TOPIC Mt. Vernon Place Pastor An- nounces Evening Subject Tomor- row as “What With Jesus?” | At the Mount Vernon Plage Church tomorrow morning the pastor, Dr. W. A. Lambeth, will preach on “Divine Dis- content.” The subject of his evening sermon will be “What With Jesus?” ‘The junior preacher, Rev. H. R. Deal, will preach to the junior congregation in the Sunday School Auditorium at 1L o'clock, on “Jesus Becomes Popular.” A business meeting of the Senior Ep- worth League will be held Tuesday evening. ‘The Woman's Missionary Soclety will meet Wednesday evening. ‘The board of stewards will meet Wed- nesday evening at 8 o'clock and the finance committee in the pastor’s study at 7 o'clock. Mr. Deal will speak at the prayer meeting service Thursday evening. Beginning Monday evening and con- tinuing through Friday a School of Missions for Washington and vicinity will be held in Mount Vernon Place Church. Information and text books may be secured at the church office. MOREY IS RENAMED BY JUVENILE GROUP Protective Association Will Partic- ipate in Annual Community Chest Drive for Funds. Ellwood P. Morey was re-elected president of the Juvenile Protective Association at a meeting yesterday at 1420 K street. Other officers elected were Mrs. Whitman Cross, first vice president; G. Calvert Bowie, second vice president; Mrs. B. Thomas West, secretary, and Joshua Evans, jr., treas- urer. Plans were announced for participa- don of the association in the Com- munity Chest drive the last week of January. The executive secretary will act as secretary for one of the metro- politan units, Thirty-five cases were reported to the assoclation in the last month. These included 14 children whose be- havior was sald to be bad, 11 whose condition was reported unsafe and sev- eral children in ne:d of homes and physical care. IGESTION AFTER CALLING HELP Hayden W. Burroughs, Carpenter, 58, Taken to Hospital by Man From Apartment. Stricken with acute indigestion while alone in his third-floor apartment at 660 Kenyon street about 10 o'clock last night, Hayden W. Burroughs, 58 years old, a carpenter, was taken to the Gar- fleld Hospital when his calls for aid at- tracted & passer-by to his rooms. He died a short time later at the hospital. Lawrence J. McCann of 1210 K street, who took Burroughs to the hospital, said that while at a corner drug a girl companion called his attention to the shouts of the man, whom he located the aj ent. Burroughs is survived by his widow, assisted at the' Mrs. H. W. Burroughs; a son, Roy Bur- McCaffrey. ! roughs, and a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn M. Younfi Funeral arrangements are being completed, store | program. THOMAS J. KILCOURSE. STREET EXTENSION MOVE IS RENEWED Chillum Heights Committee to Present New Hampshire Avenue Plea to D. C. A renewed step to bring to the at- tention of the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia the pro- posal to extend New Hampshire ave- nue from its present terminus at Blair rocd and Longfellow street through to the District line was taken by the Chil- lum Heights Citizens' Association last night at a meeting held at the Joseph R. Keene School. The long-felt need of this residential section for an ate- rial highway to penetrate the region east of Blair road was stressed by the association in appointing a committee to present the matter. ‘The committee named by the asso- ciation, which is composed of John Meiklejohn, Charles A. Langley and Al- fred Hermany, was instructed also to seek improvement of Sligo Mill road from Blair road to the District line. Thomas W. Joy, president of the as- soclation, presided at the meeting. RITES SET TOMORROW Retired Army Officer to Be Buried in Arlington With Full Mili- tary Honors, Funeral services will be held at St. Thomas’ Protestant Episcopal Church Monday morning at 10 o'clock for Lieut. Col. Willlam Baird, U. S. A, retired, who died at the Westmoreland Apart- ments yesterday morning. Interment will be made at Arlington Cemetery with full military honors. Col. Baird was a member of a dis- tinguished military family. He was the son of Gen. Absalom B. Baird, a West Point graduate, class of 1849, who re- ceived the Congressional Medal of Honor for distinguished gallantry in the Civil War; the great-grandson of Absalom Baird, who served as a sur- geon in the Army of the Revolution of 1776, and a great-great-grandson of Lieut. John B. Baird, who died at Fort Duquesne, Pa,, in 1760. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Min- nie D. Baird; a daughter, Mrs. W. W. Hicks, wife of Maj. K. Hicks, Coast Ar- tillery, at Fort Totten, N. Y. and a son, Maj. John E. Baird, Coast Ar- tillery Corps, of 3215 Macomb street, ;who is on duty at the Munitions Build- ng. Col. Baird was born in Philadelphia, Pa, August 22, 1851, and was gradu- ated from the Military Academy in July, 1871. He was assigned to the 6th Cavalry and saw hard service in several campaigns against hostile In- dians, the Philippine insurrection and in the World War until retired for dis- ability in July, 1918. G. R. BRENNAN DIES. C. Resident Buried in Baltimore Today. George R. Brennan, 61, a native of Washington, who in recent years has lived in Baltimore, died Tuesday and was buried in Baltimore yesterday. Mr. Brennan was the son of the late Edward and Catherine Brennan of Washington. He is survived by his widow, a sister, Mrs. Ella C. Brennan of ‘Washington; a son and two daughters. TOPIC IS ANNOUNCED. Rev. George Farnham to Preach on “In the Beginning.” Former D. Rev. George Farnham will occupy the pulpit at the Cleveland Park Con- gregational Church, preachirg on the topic “In the Beginning,” tomorrow momm% ‘The church will hold its annual meet. ing January 9. The Woman's Assocla- tlon will serve supper at 6:30 o'clock. All vacancies in church offices will be filled at this meeting and plans made for the coming year. Dr. Charles Parke Miller is chairman of the nominating committee. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. “The Message of the New Year” will be the subject of a lecture tonight glven by James A. Edgerton, at the League for the Larger Life, 1628 K street, at 8:15 o'clock. Public invited. Admission free. ‘Writers' Rendezvous will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the ball room of the ‘Winston Hotel. Writers invited. Department, District of Columbia, United Spanish War Veterans, will give a 500 party tonight at Northeast Ma- sonic Temple, 8 o'cloc! uary meeting of the West School Parent-Teacher Assoclation will be held Monday at 8 p.m. in the school luglwl.;lulg‘.‘m » T, J. owers of George Wash- ington University will be th? speaker. There will be other interesting features. Red Triangle Outing Club will meet tomorrow afternoon at Cabin John at 2:30 o'clock for a cross-country hike of 5 or 6 miles. No campfire, Bill Greenley, leader. A bazaar will be given by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Southeast Talmud ‘Torah tomorrow at 6 o'clock at Fellow- ship Hall, 1502 Fourteenth street. Ad- mission free. Dancing will follow. Mrs, E. Silver, president, is in charge of Thank Fund Totals $3,270,000. LONDON (#).—The British national thank offering for the recovery of King George closed with $3,270,000, contrib- a‘w‘g l(nor hospitals. The fund started donation of $500,000, 1 NEED FOR OFFICES FUTURE PROBLEM Requirement Seen, But Chief Executive Thinks Time Is Not Yet Ripe. PRESIDENT WOULD BUILD FOR DEPARTMENTS FIRST Repairs to Damaged Wing Expect- ed to Be Completed in Two or Three Months, President Hoover feels that the timé will come when a larger and more dig- nified executive office will be erected, probably upon some site beyond the confines of the White House grounds, but he does not think this should be contemplated at present, fn making this known the President pointed out that the present office, dam- aged by fire recently, will be made as fully fireproof as possible and will be ready for use again is two or three mont In his opinion this office build- ing will serve all few years, purposes for the next Moreover, Mr. Hoover is much more anxlous to expedite the erection of the departmental buildings included in the public buildings program, which he con- tends are so urgently needed. While ~discussi President saia: ¢ ‘s Sublect the “It is our intention to re) present Executive offices, mlklpn;‘r',hmu: as fully fireproof as possible, This can be accomplished in two or three molAms. “A number of members of Congress and others have suggested that a new and more imposing Executive office should be erected or some other site, That is a matter that would require two or three years for the development of thought and design. The present offices will serve all purposes for the next few years, and I am much more anxious to expedite the erection of the departmental buildings, which are so urgently needed. The time will undoubt- edly come when a larger and more dig- nified Executive office should be erected, The Charles H. Tompkins Co. of Washington today was awarded the contract for repairing the White House executive offices, damaged in the Christmas eve fire. This announce- ment was made by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, who is directly re- sponsible to President Hoover for the maintenance of the White House. The Tompkins Co. will do-the work for $74,880 and complete it within 90 days under the terms of the contract, which provides for fireproofing above the first- floor ceiling. The local firm was the lowest bidder of six contractors, including Chicago and New York companies, that sought the work. It is expected that the con- tractor will move men and material to the White House offices to get started actively on Monda; MAN HELD BY POLICE ON BAD CHECK CHARGE Posed as Member of Congress While Perpetrating Frauds Totaling $300, Is Report. Posing as a member of Congress, a man who said he is Somerset R. Waters, 48 years old, of the 1500 block of Mon- roe street, was arrested last night by Headquarters Detectives Ira Keck and B. W. Thompson on four bad check charges, totaling about $300 in value. The officers, who had been searching for him for two weeks, took him into custody at Twelfth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue. When he was booked he gave his occupation as a clerk. The detectives quote Waters as admitting he passed the worthless checks at down- town stores, representing himself alter- nately as a Representative from North Carolina and from Maryland. “But I w’lsmonly kidding,” he told them last night. 2 Waters’ father was enga; in the wholesale grocery business here many years ago and was prominent in civic and business affairs. He declared he had been lobbying for increased pay for the Police Department and had made valuable contacts with & number of members of Congress. FATHER’S PROTESTS LEAD TO HIS ARREST Man Objecting to Capture of Daughter Lands in Jail on Two Charges. Strenuous objection registered yester- day afternoon by Delaware Ross, col- ored, to the arrest of his daughter, Ruth Johnson, colored, 25 years old, re- sulted in his arrest on a charge of as- sault and search of his apartment, po- lice reporting the seizure of 1915 gal- lons of intoxicants, which brought an ;flmonll charge of possession against Sergt. O. J. Letterman and Pvts. George C. McCarron, J. A. Mostyn and Richard Cox, members of the vice and liquor squad, who went to an apartment house in the 2300 block of Champlain street to raid an apartment, arrested Ruth Johnson on a charge of uleTII possession and Milton Walker, 22, also colored, on charges of sale and pos- session. It was while they were conducting the ald that Ross is alleged to have as- saulted Sergt. Letterman. His apart- ment was then visited. MAN HURT, WIFE KILLED WHEN AUTO HITS TRUCK Collisoin on Highway in Florida Imperils Party of Vriginians on Way to Florida. By the Assoclated Press. NEW SMYRNA, Fla, January 4.— Mrs. C. Bassett of Bassett, Va., was killed and her husband seriously in- jured here late yesterday when their automobile collided with an ice truck. Witnesses said the Bassett sedan was traveling at a rapid rate when the chauffeur applied the brakes and the machine skidded on the wet pavement, mtnx into the rear of the parked ck. Accompanied by their daughter and daughter-in-law, the Bassetts were en route to their Winter home at Olym- pia, Fla. Bassett was taken to a hospi 'r‘l‘l,eln ’Ph!llcllnl said his condition critical, Road Funds to Be Divided. —The _Australian ital, was CANBERRA (). government has decided to apportion | s among the states of the commonwealth nearly $5,000,000 from federal road unds to relieve unemployment, l Shot in Fight POLICEMAN VAN D. HUGHES. CITIZENS URGED 10 JOIN GROUPS Organizations Necessary to Get Results, H. N. Stull Says on Air. ‘The citizen assoclation movement is tightly bound with the future growth and betterment of living conditions in the Capital, and for that reason all public-: &rlted citizens of the Capital should members of their neighbor- hood organization, Harry N. Stull, vice chairman of the committee on educu- tion of the Federation of Citizens' As- sociations, told a radio audience over Station WMAL at 5:30 o'clock yester- day afternoon. Speaking on “Why You Should Join a Citizens’ Association,” Stull declared the association action to be the most effective and dignified way in which to bring to the attention of the proper officials any recommendations for the betterment of living conditions. He said, 1n part: Need of Improvements. “No one will deny that Washington is a very beautiful city, but there are many things here that need improving, and ‘n some sections of the city you will find outstanding citizens who ‘will tell you that conditions in their neigh- borhoods are little short of intolerable. Our miles of unimproved and dimly lighted streets, inadequate car and bus service, our unfinished school program, the failure of proper law enforcement and other matters of equal importance rather negative the impression that we are living in a modern Utopia. These associations strive to improve condi- tions that need improving. “This movement into citizen groups is not new in Washington, but since we are denied any right to express our opinions through the ballot box and are helpless otherwise to indicate our de- sire as to how the tax money we pay is to be spent, it is incumbent upon us to work in the most effective way pos- sible to bring about the things we de- sire. A permanent organization of cit- izens is an absolute necessity when the time arrives for action. “We ask you to investigate this movement. Get from the officers of your local body & list of improvements which it has succeeded in obtaining. ‘Then consider whether you can further permit yourself to be served by an or- ganization of this importance without lending your personal assistance and counsel in furthering other matters of equal importance.” BURGLARS ACTIVE THROUGHOUT CITY Householders on Fifth Street Are Among Those to Report Losses. ‘Two householders on Fifth street, living within two blocks of each other, were victimized by burglars this morning. At No. 1315 $50 in currency and a change purse were stolen from the home of Louis Deckelbaum, while at No. 1521 the home of Solomon Rosenberg was robbed of $40. In the first case entrance was forced through a rear door. The Rosenberg home was entered by breaking a glass panel from the back door. Miscellaneous jewelry valued at $545 was stolen last night from the home of ‘Wilton Boteler, 76-A Bates street. The valuables were taken from a jewelry box in an upper floor bed room, and in- cluded a stickpin worth $300. " A saxophone valued at $100 was stolen from the home of James Webb, 1341 Q street, by a duplicate key worker who visited there yesterday. Bernard Hargrove, another occupant of the house, was robbed of $5. WIFE OF DR. KENDALL DIES AT MAINE HOME Mrs. Ida W. Kendall, wife of Dr. W. C. Kendall, a sclentist, who for many years was attached to the Bu- reau of Fisheries here, died on New Year day at her home in Freeport, Me. Mrs. Kendall was born here, the daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aschenbach. Funeral services were in Maine, Mrs. Kendall moved with her hus- band to the New England city about five years ago. She was active for 23 years in the affairs of the Order of the Eastern Star, being a member of the Areme Chapter. Mrs. Kendall, in addition to her hus- band, is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Laurence F. Gould, Miss Margaret Aschenbach and Mrs. George Davidson, all of Washington; a daughter, Mrs. Harrison Warner of Freeport, and two grandchildren. S. W. HENDRICK FUNERAL RITES THIS AFTERNOON Funeral services for Sypret Warfield Hendrick, 49 years old, construction en- gineer and contractor of Washington, who died in Asheville, N. C., Wednes- day, were held this afternoon at 1 o'clock In the Church of the Covenant, with Dr. John D. Gregory officiating. Burial was in Arlington Cemetery, Mr. Hendrick, a resident of Wash- ington for 36 years, had maintained a home in_ Asheville for the past three years. During his residence in Wash- ington he was well known in the con- struction engineering fleld. He served as a first lleutenant in the air force during the World War. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Clementina Carroll Hill Hendrick; two brothers, J. Thilman Hendrick, former WOUNDED GAPTIVE TAKEN IN SHOOTING OF POLICE PURSUER Colored Youth Captured After Alley Gun Battle With Officer’s Partner. CARS ARE ABANDONED NEAR “MURDERERS’ ROW” Two Companions of Gunman, Ar- rested at Homes, Are Held Without Charges, A gun fight last night in “Murderers’ Row” resulted in the shooting of g- liceman Van D. Hughes of the second precinct by a colored youth, who was finally cornered in an alley and seri- ously’ wounded by Hughes' partner, Al- though struck three times by bullets, the officer’s condition is not considered Cflllclk Hughes was shot while pursuin, George Wharton, colored, u,pol lhg 2700 block of P street into the L street entrance of Logan's court after Whar- ton and two companions abandoned their moving automobile, allowing it to crash into a parked truck. The other two, both colored, were arrested early this morning and booked at the second precinct as James Stansbury, 23, of the 400 block of Pranklin street and Henry Jacobs, 23, of the 1100 block of Hol- brook terrace northeast. The neighborhood where the shoot- ing occurred, long considered one of the most dangerous sections of the city, is dubbed “Murderers’ Row” by police. Hughes and his partner, Policeman Robert S. Bryant, were patrolling their beat in a police car at First and L streets about 9 o'clock last night when they sighted a roadster, reported to contain three men, proceeding along L street without lights, Three Leap From Car. As the officers headed for the car the driver speeded his motor and hali- way along the block the three occu- pants jumped out and the car crashed against a parked truck, badly damag- ing it. One man ran west on L strees, another north on First street and Wharton east on L street in the direc- tion of Logans Court. Hughes and Bryant pursued Wharton on foot, with Hughes leading. When they reached the entrance to the alley Wharton is sald to have turned and fired seven shots from a .32- caliber automatic. Three of the bullets found their mark. As Hughes fell to the ground he drew his revolver and sent a shot after the fleeing youth. He thinks it struck Wharton in the ankle. Bryant, who was close behind, con- tinued the chase and cornered Whar- ton behind a packing box some dis- tance down the alley. Here there was another exchange of shots, with the policeman firing three times and kick- ing Wharfon’s gun from his hand after arton had fired twice. Hughes was hurried to Sibley Hospital in the second precinct patrol. There physiclans said one bullet entcred the lower portion of his back, another his left thigh and a third his left wrist. He explained that the first shot hit his wrist, the second his ankle, bringing him down, and the third struck him as he lay on the ground. Two Others Taken in Homes. ‘Wharton, wounded in the neck, shoul- der and left leg. was taken to Emergency Hospital in, the detective bureau car n‘-n':lh transferred to Gallinger Hos- pital. Wharton's two companions esca at the time, but Stansbury, recotnm by Bryant, was arrested at his home by J. H. Calks, R. E. Williams and C. R. Bremmerman, all of the second precinct, 20 minutes after they came on duty at midnight. Stansbury is said to have admif he was in the car and impli- cated Jacobs. who was found at home in bed by the three policemen and Head- uarters Detectives Howard Ogle and ‘harles J. P. Weber. According to the officers, a_gun was found in Jacob's possession. He is the owner of the car. As yet none of the trio has been charged. Police are at a loss to account for the flight of the three men. A search was made of the car about an hour after its collision with the truck, but at that time there was nothing of an illegal nature in it. Neighborhood in Uproar. ‘The colored neighborhood in the vicin- ity was in an uproar following the shoot- ing and a number of headquarters de- tectives and a detail of police from the second precinct were required to quiet the residents. Hughes lives at 602 Tuckerman street with his wife and 7-year-old daughter, Mary Ethel. SISTER MARGARET DIES IN PHILADELPHIA Nun, Born in Washington and Graduated at Convent of Notre Dame, Pneumonia Victim. Sister Margaret M. McCarthy, & na- tive of Washington and a graduate of the Convent of Notre Dame, at North Capitol and K streets, died yesterday of pneumonia at the Convent of Notre Dame, Rittenhouse square, Philadel- phia. Funeral services will be held at the convent Monday at 9 a.m., and burial will be in the churchyard there. ‘The nun was the daughter of the late William A. and Johanna McCarthy. She was the valedictorian of her class when she was graduated here in 1904. Four years later she entered a con- vent in Cincinnati and then was trans- ferred to Walthon, Mass., from which city she went to Philadeiphia. She is survived by four brothers, James A. McCarthy, Willlam J. Mc- Carthy, Edward F. McCarthy and Francis X. McCarthy, and a sister, Mrs. Anna M. Rapp, all of Washington. —— REVIVAL BEING HELD. Metropolitan A. M. E. Church Is Scene of Meetings by Dr. Jeltz. Revival meetings are being conducted in_the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church. Dr. Nathaniel Hawthorne Jeltz, pres- ident of the Evangelistic Union, will preach tomorrow at the 11 o'clock serv- ice on “The New Birth.” He will de- liver a lecture at 3 p.m. to married peo- ple only, the subject “Fifty-Fifty.” He will also preach at the evening service on “The Cost of Salvation.” Meetings will be held every night during the week. . LECTURE TO BE GIVEN. “Caves of Thousand Buddhas” Sub- Ject of Sir Aurel Stein, K. C. I. E. Sir Aurel Stein, K. C. 1. E, will give & lecture, with lantern slides, on Mon- ;uy IL'C:AS&. o‘clnck.T ;I u&e Freer Gal- ery of on “The Caves of t) ‘Thousan - d Buddhas,” at Tun-huang, |.n' District Commissioner, and David Stew- art Hendrick, jr.; his mother, Mrs. David Stewart Hendrick, sr., and three TS, Mrs. E. D. Edmonston of Bal- timore, Mrs. Franz von Matsch of Vienna, Austria, and Mrs. Royal Thomas McKenna of this ci A ™ The. pubie s tnvited, pul V] , no by cards being i, Farmers are to be given medical at- tention and nursing .mre at CIo'h-er. Ireland, for $250 week, r