Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1930, Page 17

PINE IS CHOSEN WITH KEAN TOD.C. FINANCE GROUP Replace Senators Jones and Sackett on Appropriations Body for Capital. WASHINGTON LEGISLATOR IS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Also Remains as Member of Dis- | trict Body Which Handles New Laws for Washington. Two new members, Senators Pine, Republican, of Oklahoma and Kean, Republican, of New Jersey, were as- signed today to the District of Colum- bia subcommittee of the Senate appro- priations committee, which handles the annual appropriation bill for the Na- tional Capital. Senator Pine replaces Senator Jones, Republican, of Washington, who a few days ago was advanced to chairman of the entire Senate appropriations committee. Although Senator Jones ‘will not be on the subcommittee which goes into the details of the District supply biil, he will continue to be in touch with work on the measure as chairman of the full appropriations committee. All appropriation bills go before the entire committee after they | have been put into shape by subcom- ‘mittees. Senator Jones also is re- maining a member of the Senate Dis- | trict committee, which handles rew Jaws for Washington. It is customary to designate three members of the Senate District com- mittee to serve on the District subcom- Tmittee of the appropriations commit- | tee and Senator Kean will be one of those three this year. He succeeds for- mer Senator Sackett, Republican, of Kentucky, who has just left the Senate to become Ambassador to Germany. The other members of the local sub- committee on appropriations are Sen- ators Bingham, Republican, of Con- necticut, chairman; Phipps, Republi- can, of Colorado; Nye, Republican, of North Dakota: Glenn, Republican, of Tllinofs; Capper, Republican, of Kan- sas; Democrat, of Vi ia; Kendrick, Democrat, of Wyoming: ‘Copeland, Democrat, of New York: Bratton, Democrat, of New Mexico, and King, Democrat, of Utah. semwnl Capper and King are the other two | fmembers who with Senator Kean will gerve on the appropriations subcommn-' from the Senate District committee. Senator Pine has been a member of the Senate since 1925. of New Jersey was elected to the Sen- ate in 1928 and served on the Senate | District committee throughout last year. He took an active part in the study which the committee made into local traffic conditions last Fal]. PR UL LESTER D. TILLMAN FOUND DEAD IN ROOM Notes Indicate He Took Own Life by Removing Cap From Sealed Gas Jet. The body of Lester D. Tillman, 36| ears old, was found in a gas-filled foom at 1201 Eleyenth street about 6 o'clock this morning.. Several notes, indicating suicide, were found by po- lice in the room. The body was found when Elbert §sley, a friend of Tillman, who also Toomed at the Eleventh street address, went to his room to awaken him. Un- Bhble to get any response to his knocks pn the door, he climbed through a window onto a balcany and opened the year window of Tillman's room. The gas was issuing from a pipe formerly used for a gas jet, which had been gealed. The plyers with which Till- man had wrenched off the cap to the pipe were lying on the floor. According to police, the notes gave despondency because of his wife’s ill- ness and financial difficulties ,as the cause of his act. One note directed the disposition of his body and re- guested that his wife, Mrs. Myra Till- man, in a hospital at Danville, IlL, be notified. b4 C. H.PATTERSON, VETERAN FEDERAL EMPLOYE, DIES Berved During Civil War Worked at War Department for Past 30 Years. Charles Hanson Patterson, 90 years pld, Civil War veteran and employe of | the War Depertment for more than 30 pears, died yesterday at his residence, 391 F street northeast. Born in Alabama in 1840, Mr. Patter- fon passed his early life in Kentucky. for to his enlistment in the 16th e ge Civil War, and ntucky Cavalry, at the outbreak of he had captained a ississippi_steamboat, being known as | the youngest captain on the river. At! the close of the war he held the rank pf adjutant in the 12th Kentucky Cav- Riry. Before coming to 1889, to accept a position in the Adju- tant General's Office of the War De- pertment, he had served as internal Fevenue collector for the State of Ken- tucky from 1869 to 1878. He was re- from the Government service in Washington, in 1920, He is_survived by his widow, Mrs. Mattie Patterson, and a son, Maurice Patterson. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the residence. Burial will be in the [National @emetery at Arlington. 'ARMEI; BANDITS GET $88 IN HOLD-UP OF GROCERY Pewelry and Cash Valued at $150 Reported Taken From Home. men held up the Sani- Store at 111 Thirteenth treet southeast late yesterday, obtain- g $88 from a cash register. Willlam rry, manager, sald the men were ed. Two_young tary Grocery armed. Ernest Marlow, 1606 Fifth street, re- ported to police last night that Jewelry nd cash amounting to $150 were stolen rom his home during the day, while embers of his family were away. Earl T. Lewis, 5315 Thirteenth street, Above: SENATOR PINE. Below: SENATOR KEAN. AIRPORT MEASURE DECLARED BLOCKED Representative Hall Makes Assertion in Address at Central Y. M. C. A. Representative Albert R. Hall of In- diana, -member of the House District committee, last night laid ‘the delay in Conpgress on the Gravelly Point air- port project to “a certain Senatdr who blocked legislation two years ago, and now, strange to say, seems to be sup- porting the proposal in public.”. Hall made this assertion in the course of an address on current topics in_the weekly forum in the lobby of the Cen- tral Y. M. C. A. He refused to. divulge the name of the Senator. “Washington in vitally in need of an airport,” the Representative declared. “Other cities as large as Washington have adequate facilities for aviation. The House committee gave long and careful consideration to this matter two years ago, holding extensive heai ings, at which many outstanding avia: tion experts gave advice. “The committee heard these experts recommend Gravelly Point as an ideal site for the port, because of its prox- imity to the city, freedom from fog and so forth, and we had a bill ready to present on the project.. “Then something happened. A Sena- tor sent word to the committee and stopped the whole thing. He was in a key position on a committee through which the measure would have to pass to reach the Senats, and his word pre- vailed. “What surprises me. however, is that this same Senator is listed now among participants in the movement of local organizations to obtain congressional action_regarding the Gravelly Point site. I can't’quite understand it.” Representative ‘Hall was asked by a member of his audience why one Sen- ator was permitted to block legislation favored by many others. He reiterated that the Senator was in a “key posi- tion” and that “congressional courtesy” was involved in not attempting to over- ride his wishes. The speaker also discussed the pro- hibition_problem and told of the aims of the President and his Crime Cem- mission with respect to strengthening dry enforcement. Tne proposal to transfer liquor prosecution entirely to the Department of Jusstice “very likely” will go through, he said, but plans for consolidating Government hospitals under the Veterans' Bureau will precip- itate “a fight.” The people do not want modification of the dry laws, but bet- ter enforcement, he declared. Describing himself as “a progressive- conservative,” the Indianan sald the recent action of the Senate in welcom- ing to its fold the progressive element of the Republican party is an indica- tion , that the G. O. P. is “forward- looking” and “full of life.” Showing of The Evening Star-Uni- versal news reel completed the program. | BUCK SUED FOR $2,050. | William H. James of Petersburg, Va., has filed suit in the District Supreme | Court to recover $2,059 from Benjamin R. Buck, broker, against whom are pending a number of indictments charging the conduct of a bucket shop. James tells the court through Attorneys Whiteford, Marshall & Hart that he di- rected Buck to sell 50 shares of stock of the Fleischmann Yeast Co., July 18, 1929, and, although the sale was ef- fected September 3, no settlement has | assistant aides at the White House. The Foening Star w WORK IS ADVISED AS CHIEF FAGTOR FOR CITY AIRPORT Stressed by Air Leaders in Addresses Before Board of Trade. DIG DOWN IN POCKETS, SENATOR BINGHAM URGES Believes U. 5. Should Pay Large Share of Costs—Gen. 0'Ryan Among Speakers. If Washington wants a municipal air- port its citizens must put their shoul- ders to the wheel and push with all their strength, speakers, representing leading avaition interests in the country, told the Board of Trade at a meeting last night in the Willard Hotel “Get going and they can't stop you,” Maj. Gen. John F. O'Ryan, commander of the famgous New York National Guard World War Division, the 27th, advised. “Aviation as an industry is still an infant, but is rapidly gowxnz and now is the time for Washington to-get an airport, which should be no less than a mile square,” declared Col. Paul Hen- derson, former Assistant Postmaster General, under whom the airmail was inaugurated. * i It remained® however, for Senator Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of the congressional joint committee on airports, to point out just how Wash- ington’s citizens should go about get- ting a city flying field. Urges Big U. S. Share. “If we are to be on the air map of the United States, we must put. our hands in our pockets and dig out larze sums of money as .other cities which have developed municipal airports have done,” he declared. “Of the amount re- quired for the construction work it is my personal opinion that the Federal Government should pay a very large share. “We must not worry about where the airport is to be located. The principal thing is to get one. In selecting the site there are many things to be taken into consideration, such as the terrain, accessibility to the heart of the city, weather conditions and many others. “Washi n is sadly behind every other great capital of the world in air- ‘port F ilif in this country we are far behind. There are 1,000 airports in the United States and 1,500 more in the process of constructioh. We should have at least one, and we should not be contenj until we get the best.” ‘Gen. O'Ryan said the construction of | an airport would take at least three years, and with this in mind the field should be planned to mmmodw ‘trafic on a scale it will have af at that time. Safety Called Greatest Promise. The greatest promise of the air, he declared, is its safety. By far the great- est property damage annually is the outcome of collision, and in the air col- lisions are much fewer than on the sur- face of the earth. z 1t is incongruous, Col. Henderson said, that Washington should not have an airport, since it is from this city that the Department of Commerce sends agents throughout the country urging municipalities to construct aviation fa- cilities. Other speakers were Capt. Thomas Carroll, vice president of the Federal Aviation Corporation, which is con- structing the Washington Airport at the south end of Key Bridge; F. J. Bishop of the Western Air Express and Law- rence E. Willlams, chairman of the board's aviation comhittee. Capt. Carroll told of the work now in progress for the development of his fleld. Washington needs a system of | airports rather than one large one, he | declared, and the Washington Airport is being prepared to take its place in th;s system which ultimately will de- velop. Mr. Bishop described various Caii- fornia airports. There are 155 flelds now in operation in that State, he as- serted, and 65 others are projected. Los Angeles alone has 18 airports within the city limits. Model Planes Are Flown. The members and guests attending the meeting were amused by the antics of model planes flowen by their build- ers, all of whom have won prizes. The boys were Everett Meeks, Robert Tolls, Otho Williams, Luther Smith and Prank Saulsbury. All the drawings of airports entered in a recent national industrial concern competition were exhibited. ‘The board voted to indorse the Cap- per bill providing for two additional Judges for the District Supreme Court. This action was taken on recommend: tion of Joseph A. Burkart of the com mittee on legislation. E. J. Murphy, president, presided. A buffet supper , was served after the meeting. CAPT.-GEOTTGE NAMED AIDE TO WHITE HOUSE Marine Corps Foot Ball Star Also to Assist Maj. Gen. Neville. Capt. Prank B. Geottge of the United States Marine Corps, who is rated as one of the best foot ball players in the | service, has been added to the array of 1 i i | i He will also serve as aide de camp to Maj. Gen. Wendell C. Neville, comman- dant of the Marine Corps. Capt. Geottge is at present stationed | at Quantico and will report for his new duties tomorrow. He came to the Marine Corps in 1917 from Ohio Uni- | versity and saw service in France. He been made, he asserts. is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. Margaret O'Brien,” unwanted waif who was found on the cold stone floor of the women’s rest room of the Union Station the night before last, ended last night at the Children’s Hospital. “Miss Margaret,” who won her name with her blue eyes and dark, curly hair, had no chance, according to the doc- the loss of two overcoats, of gloves and a scarf, valued . ‘The articles of weal apparel vere taken from his automobile parked ear..Convention . Hall last .night. .. tors and nurses at Children's Hospital, who did their best to preserve the tiny spark of life in the baby" ast. Police are searching f¢ who. abandoned -the baby, but-have few FIGHT FOR LIFE OF DESERTED WAIF ENDED AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL “Mary Margaret O’Brien,” Succumbs to Effects of Exposure. Found at Union Station,! been removed from the infant's cloth- | ing and her history beyond the mo-! ment she was found on the station floor | by Miss Mae Schwartzman, an employe of the Western Union in the station, is likely to remain a blank. The little body was chilled through and was suffering from exposure on {the floor of the station and star when taken to Children's Hospital. The. hospital authorities have turned person | the remains of “Mary Margaret" over to | corner_stone, Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt for burial. ASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, Cheery Writings May Be Key to Life Of Poison Victim Fellow Roomers Know Little About Woman Who - Died From Drug. A mass of manuscripts of bright, romantic and sentimental little poems and cheery little stories, with which she has delighted her fellow roomers at the home of Mrs. Florence Brown- ing, 1310 Belmont street, many times in recent months, today stood as the key to the life of Miss Lillian Rich- ardson, 40, who died late last night in Emergency Hospital from the effects of a drug which she took last Thurs- day night. The writings of Miss Richardson are not being touched, however, until a Mr. Lawrence of Newark, N. J.. who is reported to have been Miss Richard- son's guardian, can be located. Police Probe Death. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt is holding the body of the writer until he receives a full report of the case from police, who have been ordered to investigate Miss Richardson’s death. He has not decided whether there will be an in- quest. Mrs. Browning today knew about Miss Richardson, other than that she had been living in her home for many months, and had said she came to Washington from Virginia and was the daughter of an attorney in the ©Old_Dominion. “She was a woman who kept to herself,” Mrs. Browning said. “She never told us any of her business, but, living in the same house with her as we did, we naturally got to know something of her work. Often she would read us some of her writing and it was lovely. She sold many of her poems and stories, and really made her living by them.” Writings Were Cheerful. Mrs. Browning said that all the writ- ings of Miss Richardson were bright and cheerful. “She brought a great deal of sunshine into my home, and with her writing must have helped brighten the lives of a great many peo- ple,” she declared. “There was one poem in particular, on ‘Mother,’ that was really beautiful.” Mrs. Browning believes Miss Rich- ardson, who had been suffering from a bad cold, got up on the night of Janu- ary 9 and, seeking a medicine to relieve her cold, got the wrong medicine. She says she cannot believe Miss Richard- son took poison intentionally. Knows of No Relatives. . ‘While Miss Richardson was in Emer- gency Hospital police were unable to solve the riddle of the dose of drug. When she was first taken to the he pital physicians reported that her con- dition was not serious. Her condition, however, became steadily worse, and her system was not equal to the task of throwing off the poison. Mrs. Browning says she knows of no relatives of Miss Richardson in or near Washington. She believes that Mr. Lawrence, Miss Richardson’s guardian, was also a distant relative. She said Mr. Lawrence frequently has visited Miss Elc!?:dscn on short trips to the Clml. 3 rts to locate Mr. Lawrence since Miss Richardson’s iliness and death have been unsuccessful. CHEST COMMITTEE SEEKS ECONOMIES Possible Savings in Buying Supplies to Be Studied ‘by Special Group. Possible savings in the purchase of supplies for Community Chest institu- tions will be studied by a special com- mittee of the Chest organization in the year ahead as a result of a recommenda- tion made by its budget committee, of which Corcoran Thom is chairman. “The Community Chest wants every possible dollar to go into constructive service and wanfs to give contributors assurance that not a cent is spent which is not necessary,” Mr. Thom said. “The proposed study of central purchasing 1s in line with the policy of the Commu- nity Gest to find the best methods and to make them available to member or- ganizations whenever possible.” Posters to Be Placed. Economies might be possible through standardizations of purchases, Thom be- lieves, and through combination of pur- chases so that supplies might be bought in large quantities through central bu- reaus. Preparatory to the special-gifts tam- paign, whi¢h opens with the dinner Fri- ay night at the Willard Hotel, arrange- ments are being made to plaster Wash- ington’s windows and automobiles ‘ith posters asking aid for the Community Chest. George Walling, poster chair- man, has arranged to place postors on about 500 trucks, and announced that the American Automobile Association will co-operate in placing bumper discs on automobiles. Best Display to Win Cup. There will also be window displays in at least 25 windows, each representing the work of a separate agency. These will be shown the night of January 27, 24 hours before the 1930 drive opens. Joseph McCann, chairman in charge, has arranged for a silver cup for the best display. All Washington ' radio stations will give time to Community Chest speakers during the campaign, and C. Melvin Sharpe, general chairman of the pub- licity committee, added J. S. Vance of WJSV to the radio committee. Whitney | Leary, president *of the Washington Automotive Trade Association, stated that its members would give window space for displays and would use auto decorations of any kind. CORNER STONE LAYING IS SET FOR TOMORROW Rev. Dr. Weidley to Officiate in Ceremonies at Site for Building Association Headquarters. The ,corner stone for the new na- | tional “headquarters of the Americ Building Association, a modern story structure of Indiana limestone, at Third street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, will be laid by Rev. Dr. John ‘The four-day span of life of “Mary|clues. All the identifying marks had | Weidley of the Church of the Reforma- tion, at exercises beginning at 2 o’tlock tomorrow afternoon. William A. Hettinger, president of the American Building Assoctation, will vreside, while other national officers of the organization will be in attendance. The present headquarters will be trans- ferred from 300 B street southeast to! n | the new building about April 1. Satian, - Pollowing. the' ayiag ‘of the soclation. lowing 2yl o e Dr. Well W\I! deliver a brief address. little | JANUARY DALE L REPORT WL BE PRESSED BEFORE COMMITEE Retirement Measure Hearing ! to Be Held by House Group Tomorrow. ASSURANCE OF EARLY ACTION GIVEN ALCORN Says Leaders Will Speed Measure if Employes Are Satisfied With Provisions at Present. At the House Civil Service committee hearing tomorrow on measures to lib- eralize the Civil Service retirement law; | effort will be concentrated on the Dale bill, which has passed the Senate four times and the House once, and which was pocket vetoed by President Coolidge on the day he left office. The joint conference on Civil Service retirement, which in the conference and with co-operating groups represents 270,000 employes, will urge an eatly re- port on the Dale bill as the one meas- ure that there is a good prospect of hav- ing enacted. Robert H. Alcorn, chairman of the joint conference, who for 18 years has been working for a retirement system by the Government that will provide a reasonable and fairly adequate benefit to superannuated and disabled Govern- ment employes, said today that he has assurance that if the employes are will- ing to be satisfied for the present with the provisions of the Dale bill, the House committee anfl the House leaders will permit this measure in the identical form it passed the Senate and in the same form in which it ed the House unanimously last year to be acted upon soon. Mr. Alcorn expressed his belief that President Hoover is entirely in sym- pathy, not only. with the policy of the Federal retirement system, but with the provisions of the Dale bill, and that he is thoroughly familiar with this subject as a result of his own experience | as Secretary of Comerce, under which there are several retirement systems. $145,000,000 Now in Fund. Mr. Alcorn called attention that next May will be the tenth anniversary of the passage of the civil service retire- ment law and that the fund has mul- tiplied far beyond all expectations, as it _now contains $145,000,000. ‘The Dale . bill provides a maximum annuity of $1,200 where the maximum is now $1,000, and increases the average annuity to $741 as at present to $860. There is no change proposed in the retirement age, except that after 30 years of service the employe at his own option may retire two years under the retirement age. Mr. Alcorn today called attention that it is difficult to present the facts regard- ing retirement in such a way that friends of the civil service employes can fully appreciate what it is all about. During recent years a great majority in Congress have seen the wisdom of the establishment of a retirement law “that will in a large way do justice to the civil service workers when they have reached their declining years.” Reviewing the history of the legisla- tion, Mr. Alcorn pointed out that in May, 1920, the Congress passed 'the | drst general retirement system and | since thepn several amendments have been adde The last general amend- ment, on July 1, 1926, “was a step in the direction in which the employes believed the system should be established.” Studied at Great Length. Mr. Alcorn said that “for more than six years the joint conference on re- tirement has been working for the | maximum annuity of at least $1,200, | with optional retirement as to 30 years' | service, and other desirable changes, such as changing the divisor from 45 to 40 in order to give the lower-paid employe a better annuity than he now receives. “The House and Senate committees on civil service,” he said, “have gone into this question at very great length; ex- tensive hearings have been held and aills have been reported embodying these provisions, providing, however, that the optional fmvlslon should apply to em- ployes with 30 years of service at given ages. | “The Dale-Lehlbach bill, which pro- | vides for the $1,200 maximum annuity, :bl’lllglnk the average up from $741 to | something over $800 with an optional provision after 30 years' service of two | years less than retirement age is the measure on which we are now concen- trating. “This bill also carries a change of divisor from 45 to 40; another cfinnge using the last five years for comput- ing the annuity rather than the last ten which is now provided for in the law. While these changes are not all that are desirable in bringing about a better retirement law, they are, how- ever, such as to make a decided im- provement in the law, and would be quite a little help to many thousands of retired em}:loye& and those to be re- tired in the future, and while it is not all that we wish for, it is about all we can hope for Congress to give at this time. However, should Congress feel disposed to give something better, civil service employes will of course be very grateful. “The members on the joint conference on retirement, representing the vast mi jority of those in the Government serv- ice, are hopeful that there shall be no further delay in the adoption of the Dale-Lehlbach bill in order to give some measure of relief to the retired employes, and in that way make a big step toward more efficiency and a better Govern- ment service.” | g R. E. ATKINSON DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Former Manager of W. B. Moses Printing Department Succumbs. Ray Eldren Atkinson, 28 years old, former manager of the printing depart- ment of W. B. Moses Co. died Mon- day at the Tuberculosis Hospital fol- lowing an illness of two years. Born in Washington, Atkinson at- tended Business High School and on | graduation entered the employ of the Moses Co. After becoming ms r of the printing department serious iliness obliged him to relinquish his itlon. Later, becoming & member of the news distribution department of the Wash- ington Times, a recurrence of his ill- ness -Lnln forced him to abandon work. He survived by his widow, his moiher, Mrs. Nellle Atkinson, and a brother, Harold B. Atkinson of the | American Red 14, 1930. BOY REFUSES TO WARM DISPUTE PRECIPITATED Society and General PP EAT BISCUITS: | Teacher's Advice to Eat Dark Bread Might| Have Passed With out Comment, but Child’s Father Mills White Flour! ‘When Mrs. S. H. Rogers of 1455 Mas- sachusetts ayenue passed her young son hot biscuits at dinner one evening recently, she precipitated a highly tech- nical discussion that appeared today to be finding its way to the desk of Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of Dis- trict schools. “I can’t eat any bread, mother,” said young S. H., jr. His appetite being what it is, there was considerable sur- prise, but the son pulled out a printed card to support his announcement and explained that his teacher at the Force School, where he is a second-grade pu- pil, had cautioned him to eat dark breads only. Other children might make such an announcement safely and take to the dark breads, but not S. H,, jr. His fa- ther is a member of the firm of the Wilkins-Rogers Milling Co. Father Protests “Propaganda.” ‘The manufacture and sale of white flower being the chief means whereby Mr. Rogers, senior, earns a livelihood, he expressed decided views about “prop- aganda” aimed at the consumption of white flour and wrote to Miss Ethyl Clarke, who looks after the interests of the National Food Bureau, a federation of millers with which the Wilkins-Rog- ers Milling Co., is affillated. He sent her the card his son had been given at school. ‘The card was issued by the Tubercu- losis Association, Miss Clarke obtained several cards identical with the one S. H, jr, had won. She then an- nounced that she was going to protest ‘what she termed discrimination against the millers. Dr. Ballou had not received the pro- test this morning, but he has promised it attention. The Tuberculosis Associa- tion officials, assuming responsibility for the preparation of the card, declare themselves amused. b The card in question is a “Watch Me ‘Work for a Gold Star” card, issued by the child health education department of the Tuberculosis Association and is one of the details of a health program. A gold-star child is explained as one of normal weight. Card Hits Tea and Coffee. “To gain my correct weight,” it is set forth on the card, “I must (1) eat slowly. Chew my food well. Eat foods that make me grow—such as eggs, milk, meat, whole-wheat bread, butter, green vegetables, fresh fruit, oatmeal and other coarse cereals. (2) Drink plenty of pure water and safe milk—not coffee nor tea * * *." The phrase “not coffee nor tea” is emphasized in capitals. There are five other “musts.” Mr. Rogers said he does not know who issued the card, but he holds to the opinion that whoever did it is not competent to. express an opinion as to the comparative merits of white and whole-wheat bread. - His company makes whole-wheat flour, too, he says. “I don't think it is the intention to create a distrust of white flour,” he said, “but I do think it is unfair to emphasize the matter to young boys and girls, who are bound to get the impression that white bread is harm- ful. The best doctors say that hot bis- cuits, properly prepared, are exceedingly nutritious. In my opinion, this sort of thing is discriminatory.’ Mr. Rogers is going to leave the mat- ter to Miss Clarke to protest. Dr. Virginia R. Henderson, in charge of the child health education depart- ment of the Tuberculosis Association, declared: Cards Only Show “Preference.” “We have distributed 37,120 of the cards through both divisions of the ele- mentary schools, one to each child, since September 1. A preference for whole-wheat bread is expressed, but neither our suggestions nor the mem- bers of the department say anything about not eating white brud'k You will notice that we suggest to the chil- dren specifically not to drink coffee or tea. Well, the coffee and tea manu- facturers haven't started a campaign.” The report of the Tuberculosis Asso- ciation covering the child health de- partment, made available at another source, contained the following: “Early in the school year of 1928 this department was asked to partici- pate in the health work of the public schools. School officials recognized that they were now ready to handle the details of the health program. Our committee was asked to supply for the present the materials necessary for weighing, measuring and clinic records and to serve as advisers and consul- tants.’ Work Is Not New. Dr. Henderson said that this work has been conducted through the schools for six or seven years and that the this year have taken over the actual weighing and mfeasuring of pupils. Con- cerning the white -whole wheat controversy, Dr. Henderson referred specifically to pamphlet No. ‘12 of the United States Department of Labor Children’s Bureau, which otes Dr. Percy R. Howe of Boston, retiring pres- ident of the American Dental Asso- ciation, as saying “* * * irse ce. reals and dark breads should be used’ by_children. Dr. Ballou commented briefly. His office assumed responsibility for dis- seminating the literature, he said, but did not assume the responsibility for the preparation. If the matter is pro- tested to him he wlil take it under advisement and if he feels the com- plaint is well grounded he will act ac- cordingly, he said. « Meanwhile S. H. Rogers, jr. is eat- ing white bread, at least at home. CHILD SUCCUMBS 0 CAR'INJURIES 11 Are Hurt, One Seriously, | in Accidents Caused hy Heavy Fog. John Lewis York, 7 years old, 1244 C street northeast, died at Providence Hospital shortly before 8 o'clock this morning as a result of injuries received Saturday when he ran against the automobile of Pvt. Andrew, George Cronk of No. 1 Engine Company at Tenth and C streets northeast. ‘The child was playing in the street, police reporttd, and ran against the right front fender of the fireman’s auto- mobile, falling to the roadway and in- Juring his knees. He was also severely shocked. Driver to Appear at Inquest. Mrs. Helen York, mother of the child, took him home after he had received first ald at Casualty Hospital and later the injured boy was taken to Providence Hospital. Cronk appeared at the ninth pre cinct police station shortly after hea ing of the boy's death and tomorrow he will appear at an inquest Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt will conduct at the morgue. Eleven persons were injured, one serfously, as motorists and pedestrians groped their way through the heavy (l;lhlzllnkeUnz ‘Washington streets last night. d Two Cars Are Damaged. Marvin J. Payne, 26, of 715 Fifteenth street northeast, was hurt _seriously when the taxicab he was driving figur- ed in a quardruple collision in the 300 block of Pensylvania avenue. Walter T. McClaham, 24 years old, of Bailey's Crossroads, Va., nger in the taxi, received bruises and after treatment, was arrested by sixth precinct police on a charge of intoxication. At Emergency Hespital, where Payne was taken in a passing_automobile, Dr. J. E. Lewis of the staff, sald his skull was probably fractured. Two Parked Cars Are Damaged. Police report that Payne collided with a car driven by Wade H. Bennett, 5860 Twenty-ninth street, causing Bennett's machine to strike a car parked at the curb, owned by Alfred Dudley, 1764 Columbia road, which in turn rammed another parked car, belonging to Har- old Jackson, 1201 Orren street north- east. The first two machines were damaged. Rob.:rb C. Rice, 9 years old, of 1413 Park avenue, was struck by an automo- mile as he was coasting at Colorado avenue and Montague street in a small wagon. James H. Jones, 644 Acker street northeast, driver of the car, took the child to Walter Reed Hospital, where he was treated for minor lacerations. A similar accident at Sixteenth and V streets resulted in minor scratches and bruises to two colored boys coast- ing down the Sixteenth street hill. They were Joseph Payne, 16 years old. of 1136 Twentleth street and Paul Koger, 14 years old, of 2306 M street. The automobile was operated by Robert L. Brown, colored, of 1841 Twelfth street. " ‘Woman Walks Into Car. Miss Mary Norris, 21 years old, of 1908 Pirst street, is said to have walked into the side of a taxicab, driven by Charles H. Lynch, 43, of 721 Fourth street northeast, at Connecticut avenue and K street. She was treated at' Emer1ency Hospital. | While crossing New York avenue at Thirteenth- street Miss Genevieve Jen- | Cross. | Puneral sgrvices will be held tomor- row afternoon in Hysong's funeral home, 1300 N street, at 2 o'clock. will be in Glenwood Cemetery. kins, “3! old, of 1483 Newton ! 5 street, truck by the automobile Burial of O. J. | 2020 K street, and slightly S B TARIFF HELD DOOM OF SUGAR INDUSTRY Senator Borah Favors Boun- ty System to Aid Domes- tic Producers. By the Associated Press. Senator Borah of Idaho declared in the Senate today that the domestic sugar industry was “doomed to extinc- tion” if the United States continued to deal with this product from a tariff standpoint. Borah is a leader of the Republican independents and one of those inclined to favor a bounty to domestic sugar producers in place of a higher tariff. He sald the sugar tariff policy of this country had placed the domestic beet and cane grower in direct competition with the greatest and potentially great- est producers in the world—Cuba and the Philippines—and that it was im- possible to meet this competition. He described the 20 per cent preferen- tial tariff granted Cuba as equivalent to a bounty to American capitalists in- terested in Cuban production, and as- serted Philippine production, now per- mitted free entry into the United States, could be expanded tremendously. For Bounty Plan. The independents, among whom Borah is a leader, have about determin- ed to support the bounty plan as applied to sugar, and it has been incorporated in an amendment offered by Senator Howell of Nebraska, one of their num- ber. Senator Borah believes that with sugar coming 4nto the United States duty free from the Philippines, there :_a. ;oo;;lu‘q,):e n anreutnl t.hue present .76 _cents per pound on im- ports from Cuba to the 2.30-cent fig- Comumiisee o the 2.40-cent Fae approve or the 2.40-cent rate approv- ed by the House. & Under the Howell amendment, sugar producers of the continental United States would receive from the Govern- ment three-quarters of a cent for every ! })ound of their output, as compensation or any loss that might be suffered through the competition of the duty- {ree Philippine product. Against Cuba the existing tariff barrier of 1.76 cents | a pound would stand. Three-Fifths to Growers. Three-fifths of the bounty would go to the growers of both cane and sugar beets and the remainder to the re- finers. Money for the bounty would be taken from tariff collections on sugar imported from Cuba and other places. Howell estumated that the scheme would cost approximately $18,000,000 a year as compared with $54,000,000, which he said would be added to the outlay of the consumer should the inorease pro- in' the pending bill be approved. Borah obtained the floor late day to begin his address. So much time was consumed in assembling a quorum, however, that he postponed its delivery until today. In addition to the Idaho Senator, four or five members wished to speak on the sugar issue, m: it bable that a vote would not be rea un- til some time tomorrow. Borah said that while the United States sugar growers had “stood still” under the protection given in 1922, “these islands have sprung forward al- ‘most magically.” only change now is that the schools | by PAGE B—1 LAWYERS PREPARE FIGHT T0 RELEASE BOMBING SUSPECT Opposing Counsel Expect to Wage Vigorous Battle When Brady Faces Court. RELEASE OF BROTHER UNDER BOND SURPRISE l Arraignment on Murder Charge Postponed for Week When Wit- ness Refuses Testimony. Opposing counsel prepared today to wage a vigorous battle Thursday at the arraignment in Marlboro of Leroy Brady, young automobile mechanic, on a charge of murder as a result of the Seat Pleas- ant bomb outrage. State’s Attorney J. Frank Parran was pleased by an announcement of the de- fense attorneys revealing that Herman Brady, Leroy's brother, had been in- structed to testify freely at the automo- bile mechanic’s preliminary hearing be- fore Justice of the Peace Harry W. Gore. The hearing originally was postponed last week after Herman, acting on ad- vice of counsel, declined to testify. Herman’s release from the Marlboro jail last night under $1,000 bond as a State witness marked the culmination of a lengthy legal battle. He had been held since his arrest with Leroy more than a week ago. Herman was greeted on his release his mother, :Il::' Ella R. Brady, of Mitchellville. . dy went to Marlboro wxmhohsr son, Emmett Brady, to Tmu the bond. freeing of -Herman was a dis- tinct surprise. Parran previously had indicated Herman would be held with- out bond indefinitely. Bail was ar- ranged after a I conference be- tween Parran, M. pton Magruder, L.asmrmflnmu.mg.a fense attorneys. disagreed .c. al While ~attorneys whether Herman's prel at a trial, graphic report would be made of all testimony. > It was expected that Herman will be asked to identify statements he made shortly after his incarceration, in which he x‘; alleged to have directed suspicion at Leroy. HALL FUND OVER $1,500. Judge Mattingly Writes From Florida to Help Stricken Maryland Family, With the receipt of $263. in addj- tional contributions, the fund spon- sored by The Evening Star Newspaper Co. for the relief of John Hall and other survivors of his family, three of whom were killed by the bomb that exploded in his Seat Pleasant, Md., home on New Year day, had reached a total of $1,511.70 today. One of the contributions, a check for $10, came from distant Florida, where Judge Robert L. Mattingly of the Municipal Court is staying at Lake- worth, with his convalescent wife. ‘ Judge’s Letter. “May the Hall fund, through your great kindness, mount into the thou- sands,” Judge Mattingly wrote to The Star, “and may the anarchist who sent the death-dealing bomb soon be brought t they prate contin- P ‘Let's abolish capital pumlnhmem; it's barbarism and too cruel.’ “I wonder what the ‘capital pun- ishment abolishers’ would say if this scoundrel had destroyed their home, and the lives of their dear ones, as was donte to the poor, honest, harmless grave digger's family?” he added. Among the contributors to the fund today was William P. Ryon, owner of the Marlboro Hotel, which has been the headquarters for the Baltimore detec- tives, and Wi n and Baltimore :‘le“"m men- during the investiga- jon. Leslie Hall, 16, and Thomas, aged 8, two of the surviving children, are still in Providence Hospital with their mother, Mrs. Nora Hall, who also nar- rowly escal death in the New Year tragedy. The sum contributed by sym- tehtic persons and other sums raised friends and symipathizers in Seat P{eumt, will be used in paying hospital | expenses and giving the stricken family a new start in life. List of Subscribers. Contributions to the fund reported today by the cashier of The Star are as follows: Acknowledged ..$1,248.70 Alfred and Ci . 5.00 H. C. Hibbs.. M. McNamara . M. D. prudons e S58onmmponne 233333332833333338 Cash . Marlboro Hotel A Friend . A Friend . F.B K . Joseph Bittoni H. E. K. A Sympat Cash ... A Priend . Mr, and Mrs. E. E. H. Mrs. John Ogden .. E. H. Carlin o %] 2 3 oo g 33 22 -4 .$1511.70 MERGER HEARING CALLED A public hearing will be held some time next week by the Senate District Committee to get the street railway merger resolution started on its legis- lative journey *hrough Congress. c'l'hlx l:!ll 'mt:‘iub};: (i‘hl"lrmln ‘apper late yes! T he had con- ferred with two members of the Utili- ties Commissic - ._Mason M. Pat- rick and Harleigh H. Hartma: ‘They 300 Per Cent in Six Years. Pointing to an increase of 300 cent in Philippine sugar the last six years, he no reason why they can't duction 300 per cent in' another years.” had called on- thei Senator to discuss plans for the % Unless present D will