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A—12 ¥ TRAFFIC OFFICIALS HELD SOLUTION FOR DRIVING PROBLEMS Judge Gus A. Schuldt Gives, Address Before Road Builders’ Convention. BELIEVES AUTHORITIES COULD CURB ACCIDENTS License Laws Now_;l 16 States Cited to Show Influence for More Safety. | Responsibility for reforming the rela- | tively small group of drivers who are ' causing most of America’s trafic prob- ' lems rests on police and traffic court | Jjudges and police and traffic officials, | Gus A. Schuldt, presiding judge of | ‘Washington's Police Court, told the gen- | eral committee on traffic of the Ameri- | can Road Builders’ Association in con- | vention at Atlantic City. i “In this modern age of motor trans- portation, the progressive citizen desires to move swiftly, but he also desires to | move safely,” said Judge Schuldt. “In| our ever increasing desire for speed we | must not, however, lose sight of the fact | that ‘the race is not always to the swift, | nor the battle to the strong.’ There is no doubt that a large percentage of the 25,000 men, women and children who ; are annually killed in this country by | motor vehicles are victims of careless- ness, selfishness and recklessness. 1 Can Stop Small Class. | “If police and Traffic Court judges, | traffic and police officials will do their | plain duty and face this grave situa- tion with courage and conviction, they will be able to reform that relatively small class of drivers who are causing most of our traffic troubles. If this is done these officials will be sustained by the power of public opinion. “What punishment should be meted | out to the reckless driver, the drunken | driver, or to the cowardly fellow who runs away from the scene after he has | injured or killed a person through his culpable negligence is the question and problem which prosecutors, police and traffic judges and juries must face, The punishment, naturally, should fit the crime. It should likewise be swift and certain. It must be based on reason and justice, and on a careful analysis of all the facts surrounding each case. Leniency may, in some cases, bring about the desired reform. In other y where the culprit is a persistent and repeated violator.” Judge Schuldt said that one of the most effective preventives of traffic| crimes is that of revocation or suspen- sion of drivers’ permits. “To bring about real reforms in traffic,” he de- clared, “we must go to the fountain- head, the source—to the man who drives the car—and see to it that he is quali- fied to drive safely and sanely and if not that his permit is taken away.” Laws Curb Accidents. Sixteen of the States now have driv- ers' license laws which, Judge Schuldt declared, have resulted in a reduction of traffic fatalities and accidents in pro- portion to the population in comparison with the States which do not have such laws. “In the more progressive States, including the District of Columbia,” he said, “permits are revoked automatically upon conviction for certain serious of- fenses, and the authorities are given discretionary power to revoke or sus-| pend for any other cause deemed suf- ficient.” Judge Schuldt recommended that drivers’ permits be withheld from per- sons under 18 years of age without the consent of parents or guardians, and that no permit be issued to & person to drive a public service vehicle unless he is over 21 years of age. He also suggested that 'mits withheld from rsons of questionable moral character, as well as epeleptics, habitual drunkards and Feuons who are con- fined in institutions for mental dis- eases, or who are otherwise physically defective or have poor vision. PRESIDENT FRIENDLY T0 RETIREMENT BILL! Representative Lehlbach Tells ol; Conference at White House on Pending Measure. President Hoover was represented to- | day as being favorably inclined toward the Dale-Lehlbach biil liberalizing the retirement act for Federal employes, according to Representative Lehlbach of New Jersey, chairman of the House civil service committee, following a con- ference with the President today. Representative Lehlbach said after- ward that he went over the main fea- tures_of the liberalization bill with | the President, which bill raises the |, CORCHUTE MEE TR S 0ard s to maximum annuity from $1,000 a year | to $1,200 a year, and which gives | the employes the option of retiring two years earlier than the present re- tirement act permits, provided they |y ino have had 30 years of service. which passed both houses last year, but | | ciation president called attention to {the fact that the school building will | Center Department and asserted that | | since children attend these sessions “it | 1 {in the building.” The [ | needed and it is trusted the board will bill is virtually the same as the one | needed and it 1s UHEted CHe b THE. EVENING RUINS OF PITTMAN HOME AFTER EARLY MORNING FIRE Above: Ridgeland, the Senator's home, on Ridge road, showing how the flames destroyed the upper story. Belo: overheated chimney. SCHOOL MATRONS REHEARING ASKED Head of Ben W. Murch Group | Asks Education Board to Reconsider. Unwilling to bow to the adverse rul- ing of the Board of Education on its request for a matron at its new schoul | building, Mrs, Leslie B. Wright, presi- | dent of the Ben W. Murch Homa and | School Association, has asked Dr. | Charles F. Carusi, school board presi- dment. for a rehearing of the whole mat- | T, In_ her letter to Dr. Carnusi, Mrs. ‘Wright answered the board's objections to the establishment of matrons at elémentary schools and to their salary maintenance by Parent-Teacher Asso- clations, and reiterated the Ben W. Murch Association's arguments .n favor of that policy. Referring to reports of the school board’s action, Mrs. Wright declared in her letter that contrary to the board's belief that matrons are wanted to re- lieve teachers of “recess duty,” a wom- an attendant is needed to cars for the “emergencies, which call for the services of some one with more time than the already overworked teacher.” The asso- be used 3 hours by the Community s not decent to leave only men laborers Continuing, Mrs. Wright's letter et | frown upon the employment of ma- trons by the parenis of tne school children, “then it must necessarily fecl that an appropriation to provide ma. in elementary schools is urgently which was given a vest-pocket veto by | former President Coolidge. | Representative Lehlbach stated that| DR. MORGAN HONOR GUEST the bill is now in his committee and | will be favorably reported shortly. He | has no doubt about it being passed. | 6-STORY FALL INJURIES | BELIEVED NOT FATAL | | > , at which he was elected president His fall broken by some planks on a | Yof; 8t W P platform near the ground floor, Frank Schwaner, 18-year-old water boy, em- ployed on - the new Department of Commerce Building, who tumbled six floors yesterday through an elevator shaft in the partially-completed build- ing, was believed on the road to r covery today. Schwaner was taken to George ‘Washington Hospital, where he was treated for injuries to the spine and skull. Although the full extent of Schwaner’s injuries has not been de- termined, physicians say he has an ex- cellent chance of recovery. The youth was taking some water to & group of workers near the aperture ‘which was to become an elevator shaft, when he tripped and w&plcd through. He broke through the planks near the ground floor, and this probably saved his life, doctors said. Births Reported. hs have been reported f?-}’:-‘x’z‘:‘l):‘l»r:nmn:: in the last 24 The to the ours: 4 Pilomens_Quattrociocchi. Aosn W a3d Vigle af Siessiue, oy Angelo and Anna 5 "Rarkward, girl e ruthe AL . Betchert,. girl wn, Wi ; The International Medical Club of | vice president; AT MEDICAL CLUB FETE Washington gave a dinner at the Carl- ton Hotel, Thursday night, in honor of Dr. William Gerry Morgan, president- elect of the American Medical Associa- Other guests entertained were Dr. Henry Hall Forbes, president of the International Medical Club of New York; Dr. Juan Sacasa, the Minister of Nicaragua; Dr. Carlos Leiva, Dr. Ross Hall Skillern of Philadelphia, Rev. John A. Gipprich, regent of the George- town Medical School, and Dr. John A. Foote, president of the District Medical Soclety and dean of the Georgetown Medical School. Besides Dr. Morgan, other officers elected were: Dr. John A. Foote, first | vice president; Dr. Thomas Lee, second | Dr. Ralph_Lecompte, third vice president; Dr. P. S. Con- stantinople, secretary: Dr. Thomas Cajigas, treasurer, and Dr. Dunlop P. Penhallow, historian. Dr. George B.| Trible, Dr. Francis R. Hagner and Dr. W. Calhoun Sterling were appointed to the board of directors, to serve three | years. MRS. HERT.IS RETIRED. Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, vice chairman of the Republican national committee, has retired as director of the woman's division at Washington headquarters and has returned to her home in Louis- ville, Ky. Mrs. Hert's retirement to non-active political life was at her own Fenet [3 Hattle wkis Flord iad Abbls: Herndon, \ request. She will retain the vice chair- manship. Mrs. Louise M. Dodson was appointed Mrs. Hert's successor as ufrecun- of the woman's division. Mrs, w: Where the flames started from an At right: Firemen injured fighting the blaze. —Star Staff Photos. FIREMEN INJURED AS BLAZE DESTROYS PITTMAN RESIDENCE (Continued From First Page) _ north side, but there was no sign of | fire. He came back upstairs. The smoke seemed to become heavier and he tele- phoned the fire department. Then he awakened me.” ‘When the first fire apparatus arrived. a few minutes later, the blaze had gained considerable headway, having eaten through the outside wall touch- ing the chimney. Soon it ' spread through the entire upper floor, and flames, attacking the roof, shot high into the air. ¢ Immediately after turning in the| alarm Senator Pittman rushed to the | servants' quarters and awakened his three colored men servants, John Ward, Samuel Skeiff and Edward Bass. They were pouring chemicals from three fire extinguishers always kept in the house on the blaze when firemen reached the scene. Ridge Land, as the Pittman estatc is named, is situated in a remote sec- tion of Wesley Heights, more than a quarter of a mile from the nearest firc | hydrant. It was necessary to run two of the five hose lines half a mile through the snow and slush to the house. Police reserves from the third pre- cinct responded to the alarm, but due to the inaccessibility of the estate and the lack of neighbors their crowd-han- dling services were not required. Jones and Cryer were climbing a lad- der whose base rested on the roof of the broad porch when the blast oc- curred. The roof fell with a resound- ing crash and the sudden rush of heat- ed air blew the men from their perch, raised them several yards into the air | and catapulted them clear of the veranda roof to the ground. Jones was rendered unconscious by the fall and it was thought for a time that he was seriously hurt. | Both the injured men were taken to Georgetown Hospital by Policeman J.| T. Nash of the seventh precinct in a| police car. Just a few minutes before Calhoun | had been overcome by smoke while in- | side the house on the second floor. His | companions carried him into the ‘air | and he was taken to the hospital by a policeman. No. 29 Engine Company was the first to respond to the telephoned alarm. Twenty engine and No. 5 truck arrived just behind it. A box alarm brought Nos. 9, 21, 28 and 11 Engine Companies and Nos. 12 and 14 Truck Companies. Jones is a member of No. 20 Engine | Company, while Cryer and Calhoun be- | long to 28 engine. The house, which is almost 60 years old, has been owned by Senator Pitt-| man since 1918. Two years after he| acquired the structure it was gutted by fire originating in the servants' quar-| ters. At that time it was impossible to get water to the burning home, the nearest fire hydrant being too far away. ' SAYS WOMEN WILL SHARE WORK IN FUTURE WARS George Rothwell Brown, Addressing | Students, Predicts Feminine Cor- | respondents Will Serve Press. | “When another war is fought there | will be plenty of women correspondents,” sald George Rothwell Brown of the | evening before the class in journalism of George Washington University, at a meeting held at the Willard Hotel. Mr. Brown also predicted that future battles zould be heard in the homes through the use of the radio. The speaker told of thrilling incidents of the World War, especially those in stories showing the American partici- fronts. were outstanding, he described the tasks 'Declares He Intended to Re Washington Herald, in an address last | ties were sure they could regonstruct which newspaper correspondents were | involved, and presented a series of |ing from a serious operation, pation on_both the French and Italian . In successive battles which | as it had been presumed he would, and offered for those who wrote the stéries of the war. He criticised the arrange- ments for censorship in the various Dodson had been serving as Mrs. Hert's assistant. countries, ‘and told how illuminating stories had beea held up on ~lhe cables. A STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C., SATURDAY, A. E. CALHOUN. YOUTH WHO FLED ID. C. PARK BODY | TOASK OIL WHARF PERMIT BEHELD | Commission Also Decides | Change in Zoning Law Un- wise at This Time. jOPPOSE GREATER HEIGHT TO APARTMENT HOUSES | Chief of Engineers and Arlington Officials Will Be Petitioned in Controversy. Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army Engineers, will be asked by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to withhold the issuance of a permit for the construction of & wharf of the Sun Oil Co. of Phila- delphia just northwesterly of the Kryi Bridge at Rosslyn, Va., which has causea an appreciable amount of con- | troversy on both sides of the Potomac River. In making known this decision today, the commission also made pub- lic during the second day's session of its January meeting that it is recom- mending to the zoning commission that a change in the present zoning law at this time would be unwise and that a proposed board of appeals or adjust- ments is considered unnecessary. By taking this action the commission likewise went on record against any alteration in the height in the con- struction of apartment houses in the city by proposed system of setbacks as urged by builders here, Explains Commission's Views. Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., the commis- sion’s engineer, explained today that the commission recommended that the pro- posed change in the zoning regulations be disapproved. He said that the com- mission appreciates the greater attrac- tiveness and some of the advantages that would be given by the design sub- | mitted, with the requirement for change, but the commission felt that it would entail unsound zoning and turn to be | a detriment of the possibility of apart- ment house development in the old sections of the city. The commission | also opposed any such change with | additional cubage providing for an in- crease in cubic feet content | “With relation to the Sun Oil Co.s application for a wharf, Capt. Chisolm said the commission will not only re- ! quest the chief of Army Engineers to | withhold the fssuance of a permit for the proposed wharf development at Rosslyn, Va. but will also advise the Arlington County, Va., commission- ers as to the recommendation of issu- ance of a permit, and the commission will also ask the county commissioners | to consider rezoning the area affected. | The area in question is now zoned as commercial, and the commission desires | it to be zoned back to residential. Receive Stadium Plans. George Washington University and | the American Institute of Archi- tects submitted a proposed plan in perspective of the proposed Roosevelt Memorial Stadium. The commission was very much interested in this pro- gram, Capt. Chisolm said, and will thank the George Washington Univer- sity authorities and those of the Amer- ican Institute of Architects for submit- ting the study. Capt. Chisolm laid before the commis- sion literature explaining a proposed national church and shrine to be located on some high point in Virginia | overlooking the National Capital. This edifice is planned as an undenomina- tional undertaking. ‘The commission took the subject under advisement. B street can be more advantageously widened in the vicinity of the Capitol Grounds on the south side, the com mission decided, as this course would mean that fewer trees will be dis- turbed. A progress report on all sites for schools, playgrounds —and recreation centers was submitted to the commis- sion, but no further information on them was made public at this time. The commission’s staff submitted a climinary report on the regional alnage and scwerage system in the metropolitan area, embracing not only he District of Columbia but the adjoin- ing sections of Maryland and Virgini 'REFORMATORY TAKEN AT MOTHER'S BEDSIDE Fugitive Tells Police He Fear- ed She Might Die Before His Sentence Expired. turn Voluntarily After Visit- ing Parent in Sibley Hospital. Filial affection which drew 20-year- | old Archibald Lyles through the bar- | rlers of Lorton Reformatory to the | bedside of his sick mother here also guided the strong arm of the law in reaching out to capture him. | ‘The youthful fugitive, who escaped | a week 8go in company with another | young man, was trapped by police last night as he visited his bedridden mother, Mrs. Cora Passman, at Sibley Hospital. He was to be returned to| Lorton today. | When placed under arrest by kind | but firm officers, Lyles explained he planned the escape when he grew fear- ful that his mother might die before his release, nearly three years hence, under a housebreaking sentence. Intended to Return. He said he intended to return volun- tarily to the reformatory after his visit to the hospital. Lyles' companion, James McLaughlin, serving a similar sentence, had no such impelling motive, however, police stated, McLaughlin was trailed by bloodhounds and captured before he had gotten far. i A shrewd bit of reasoning led de- tectives to effect the capture of Lyles. It was known that Lyles' mother was bedridden at Sibley Hospital. By ap- plying a bit of boy psychology authori- the mental process which would direct the boy’s steps after he shook off the bloodhounds. Appears at Mother's Bedside. Accordingly, hospital authorities were notified to be on the lookout for a possible appearance of Lyles at the bedside of his mother, who is recover- Last night they telephoned police that Lyles had come to the hospital, that he had gone immediately to the sick _room. Policemen W. J, Rice and J. M. | Frayne of No. 2 precinct were detailed | to the job. They visited the hospital, | found Lyles talking to his mother and ' __ARCHIBALD LYLES. informed him, as kindly as possible, that he was under arrest. Both officers withdrew for a moment while their prisoner bade his mother farewell, and then Lyle went from the hospital with them, facing a return to Lorton where most of a three-year sen- | tence for housebreaking remains to be served. Lyle was committed to the institution last November. Marriage Licenses. Thomas O. deBeck, 32, this city, Dorothy B. Cooley, 21, Berryville, Va.i Duniap. d B. Uirich. 27, and Marie G. Schwer- er, 27: Rev. Charjes J. Trinkhaus. Lorenz Bretz, 35, ‘and Verna 8. Collins, 38, both of Lancaster, Pa.; Rev. Henry W. Tolson. John F. C 27, and Claudia E. Ford, 18, Md.; Rev. Allan F. offey, . both ‘of Baitimore, Poore. A and_Verna Black- Rev. Allan Julian A. Grubbs. 21, burn. 17, both of Richmond, Va.; ., Poore. Denard D. Via. 21, and Eunice M. Lillard, 19; Rev. C. P. Rvland. Mervin 8. Boston, 24. and Emma M. Gor- don, 23; Rev. E. C. Smith. James Lindsey, 22, this city, and Dorothy . 21, Fort Foote, Md.; Rev. John E. s r L. Sparshott, 2! Belva Anderson, 18, Bi A._McCallum. Fank Stevens. 39, and Han 34. both of Fredericksburg, V: Rosenblum. Thomas J. Knight, 45. and Marie Middle- " both of Richmond, Va.i Rev. and Desmer L. er. Helen Lynen, 19 and Laura B. Willia and Rev. . A this city, and allston, Va.i Rev. A. H. Ulman, Rev. W. F. Geori Bradford. 20: ‘Rev, A Jack S. Small, 31, ‘and Rev. H. P. Graebenstein, TLanson _ M. Lu Graham, 26; Rev. Anthony R JANUARY 18, 1930. “PANTHER SCARE" IS REVIVED Worker Reports Seeing Ani- { mal “Too Big for a Cat” Near Benning Freight Station Precinct Officers Trace Strange Imprints Until Early- Morning Snow Erases Them. ; Northeast ~Washington’s “panther | scare” was revived today with the most | tangible clue offered so far that a| wild animal has taken up abode in the | | Benning section. A trackman reported to police of No. | 11 precinct that he had seen an ani- | mal “too large to be a cat and not re- | sembling a dog” in the vicinity of the Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Station | at Benning around 2 o'clock this morn- | ing. And, aithough the police have not seen the animal, there are three police- men of No. 11 who went to bed this morning convinced that some form of wild_animal is within the confines of the Benning section. | This conclysion was reached after the men, Acting Sergt. W. F. McDuffle and Policemen J. E. Glick and E. R. Shoe- maker, had followed tracks of the ani- mal over the hill and valley from 3 o'clock until nearly daybreak, when they | had to give up the chase because the fast-falling snow covered up the tracks | made when the snow first started. Exhausted After Hunt. Exhausted from a hunt .of approxi- | mately three hours during which they | covered approximately five miles, the | three policemen were convinced, in spite of jibes poked at them by their fellow | officers, that they had not been tracking any domestic animal. | “Have you ever seen a dog jump over | a fence and land some 15 feet from | whete he took off, or jump some 15 or 20 feet over a ditch?” Glick sald with | emphasis to fellow officers who ex- | pressed the belief that the “wild animal” | was only a dog. “No, sir, that was no dog,” chimed in McDuffie, who had covered his miles carrying a sawed-off shot gun. Report that the animal had been seen was first received by Policeman | J. E. Hartman, on desk duty at No. 11. He immediately notified Shoemaker, on mounted duty in Benning territory, and then McDuffie and Glick joined Shoemaker. The latter was forced to | abandon his horse to proceed over rough territory, the route taking the men in cirgles from Benning road and Kenilworth™ avenue, where they first spotted the tracks. Over Winding Trail. From the Benning road and Kenil- | worth avenue intersection the tracks were followed toward the abattoir at Benning, from there back across Ana- costia road toward some vacant house, { and then up over a hill and through | | the woods, back down hill over ditches, ACTING SERGT. W. F. McDUFFIE Of No. 11 and the trusty weapon with which_he went on the trail of “wild animal” in Benning section this morn- | ing. —Star Staff Photo. fences and finally to a large sand pit, where the tracks were lost and the searchers quit. The tracks measured some three and a half inches wide and approximately four and & half inches long. Some- times, the policemen said, during the hunt, the tracks would appear fresh in the new fallen snow and then become dim. At about this point they would find & spot where an animal had ap- parently stretched out on the ground and from the latter point the tracks would again become distinct again. This, the police believe, indicated that the animal would lie down and' hear- ing them approach in the darkness or seeing their flashlights would get up and run again. Report Is Verified. The report of the trackman was verified late this morning by Edward Phillips, track foreman stationed at Benning, who said that a number of trackmen told him today that they had seen the strange-looking animal in the vicinity of the freight station. Day- light there revealed additional tracks. The theory also was advanced by the policeman that the animal might have been attracted to the neighborhood by the slaughter house there by the scent of blood and raw meat. In the meantime, residents of the neighborhood have decided to venture out, with care only, after dark. CONFERENGE VOTES | | | FOR PEACE MOVES Women to Carry Messages Against War Home to 12 Million Co-workers. | Voting resolutions tentatively pledg- ing the 12,000,000 women represented at the conference to work for the de-i mobilization of the war systems of the world and to replace them with peace machinery, the fifth annual Conference on the Cause and Cure of War closed its four-day session at the Washington Hotel last night. Delegates, who represented 11 out- standing national women's organiza- | tions, this morning started back to their home in the 48 States to offer for final action by their organizations the re- sults of the deliberations of the con- ference. The final action of the convention was a resolution to the effect that “the | conference reafirms -its purpose—to work for the strengthening of all peace machinery in order that security against war may be assured—to work for the demobllization of the war system as rapidly as, bit by bit, it can be replaced by well operating peace machinery.” At yesterday’'s afternoon session two officers were added to the list elected at the opening session, They were Mrs. Lillie Rhoads of Washington, named fourth vice president, and Miss Amy Maher of Cleveland, named chairman of the readers, to have charge of the reading course which the women will follow between now and next year's conference. In an international discussion yes- terday afternoon upon the part women are playing in the cause of peace, two women, representing victor and van- quished in the World War, told how French and German teachers are co: operating on text books in their coun- try, which emphasize peace instead of Wwar. Mi Marie-Louise Puech of France said: “Young people of 20 in France, even those who lost parents in the war, have almost forgotten the conflict. We must educate them along lines of peace instead of war. Fortunately, French teachers can reject text books they do not like, so books that invest war with too much glamcur do not find their way into the schools.” Frau Dorothee von Velsen of Ger- many declared that while many of the scars of war in her country have healed and the people are going about their work bravely and with hopes of peace and not war before them, it has been hard to keep up their courage in the face of the heavy reparations demanded. ‘The conference will be held in Wash- Ington again next January. i |NAME ARTHUR B. HEATON | TO BOARD OF ARCHITECTS | | The District Commissioners yesterday | appointed Arthur B. Heaton a member | of the board of examiners and registrars of architects for a five-year term be- ginning January 17. He succeeds Ed- ward W. Donn, whose term expired Jan- uary 2. ‘The Commissioners approved a recommendation of Traffic Director Wil- liam H. Harland to close certain streets near McKinley High School to allow their use for drill by the school cadets on Mondays and Thursdays. The streets which will be closed on these days be- tween 3 and 4:40 o'clock are First, be- tween R and Q; Quincy place, between Lincoln road and Eckington place, and Q, between Lincoln road and Eckington place, all northeast. The Commissioners sent to Congress an unfavorable report on a bill to strike out that portion of the District code limiting to $10,000 the damages payable as a result of death from an accidental injury. ENGINEER IS KILLED. PALESTINE, Tex., January 18 (#).— John Nall, engineer, was killed Thurs- day when passenger train No. 4 of the International Great Northern Line col- lided with a locomotive two miles west of Buffalo, Tex. None of the passen- gers was injured. The locomotive, traveling alone, was in charge of E. M. Daniel, engineer. M. CLAUDEL LAUDS WORK OF LENFANT French Ambassador Sup- ports Movement for Memo- rial to lllustrious Architect. M. Paul Claudel, the French Am- bassador, yesterday voiced his support | of a movement to erect in Washing- ton a national memorial to his illus- trious countryman, Maj. Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the author of the L'Enfant {plan for the Federal City. More than 200 patriotic societies of Colonial origin, with engineering and technical societies, were represented at a meeting held this morning in his- toric Fraunces’ Tavern, New York City, for the purpose of sounding out rpublic opinion among the membership of their respective organizations relative to honoring in this manner the memory of a great architect, whose genius likewise manifested itself in Philadelphia, New York, Buffalo and other Eastern cities. Ambassador Claudel, who lauded the last work of L'Enfant; Representative Hamilton Fish, jr., of New York, and others addressed the meeting in favor of the proposed national memorial to L’Enfant. “I should like myself to see in some appropriate place of Washington the statue of my countryman, L'Enfant, that I might take my hat off to him,” said_Ambassador Claudel. “For he is the man who from the model of a_monarchic capital had the genius to draw the plan of a demo- cratic one,” M. Claudel continued. “In fact, he is the man who erected the first city entirely inspired in its form by the new idea of democracy, of re- sponsibility and of publicity.” The French Ambassador spoke as an honorary member of the French So- clety of Cincinnati, having just re- ceived, he said, advice from Prince de Broglic of his right to “carry proudly on my breast the beautiful badge de- signed by Maj. L'Enfant.” Everywhere in America, he said, may be scen pictures of Lafayette and even of Rochambeau, but “many of the heroes of our common cause in the name of American independence remain Iorlgtt‘en n’nd unrewarded.” “Only a few years ago,” he reminded, “the body of L’Enfant was taken to Arlington, and we may fancy that his shadow enjoys the beautiful vista of the American Capital, of which he drew the plans on the bank of the Potomac. T hope that for the object of this memorial many dollars will be added to the 48 silver coins which were the whole inheritance of the great city builder when he died in 1825, and was burfed under a tree. It is perfectly evident that it does not pay so well to speculate on ideas as in real estate.” Ambassador Claudel referred to the activities of the French-American In- stitute, a new society created to give publicity to all facts relating to the activities of French pioneers on the American Continent. That society has published, he sald, a series of books and collection of letters of L’Enfant, preceded by an introduction by former Ambassador Jusserand. Due to the fact that Maj. L'Enfant, who was an engineer officer in the Rev- olutionary Army, was a charter member of the Society of the Cincinnati, or- ganized in 1783, Winslow Warren of Dedham, Mass., the president general of that society, has been elected na- tional president of the L’Enfant Me- morial Association, which consists of the various organizations that attended today's meeting in New York. The meeting was held in the old Colonial tavern at Pearl and Broad streets, built by Fraunces, the personal steward to Gen. Washington while liv- ing in New York. Mr. Warren presented to the Sons of the Revolution in New York a bronze of Maj. L’Enfant, and the meeting was followed by a luncheon. John V. Bouvier, jr., president of the Sons of the American Revolution in | New York, presided at the meeting. Two Drowned 'in Car. OBION, Tenn., January 18 (#).—Mil- dred Crockett, 16, and Evelyn Fields, 16, drowned in the Obion River near Trimble last night after their automo- bile went over a levee into the flooding stream. Three other occupants of the car swam to shore. E- 4 ISOCIETY OF NATIVES AS POLICE FOLLOW TRACKS| URGES D. . PRORL FOR DISTRET POSTS Resolution Passed Carrying Request to President and Attorney General. RETAINING OF SCHULDT ON BENCH ADVOCATED Police Court Judge Is Named Exec- utive Committee Chairman at Meeting. | Approval was expressed in a reso- lution adopted by the Society of Na- tives last night on the appointment of actual residents of the city to local administrative and judicial offices and of native Washingtonians to all less important_positions. The resolution follows: “Resolved, That the Society of Wash- ingtonians, District of Columbia, be- lieving in the demonstrated wisdom and | ability of residents of the National Cap- | ital, favors the appointment of Wash- ingtonians to all local judicial and administrative offices within the Dis- trict; that the President and Attorney General of the United States are re- quested to conform to ths policy in respect to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and all inferior courts in the District, and in respect to Commissioners of the District; “That the society, in making th's pronouncement, is not actuated with respect to any political party or any individual, but in the interest of the welfare of the District of Columbia; “That the Commissioners of the Dis- | trict are asked to conform to the same policy in respect to appointments nfade | by them, giving preference in respect | thereto to native Washingtonians.” Plans for a dinner to be given in April were announced. The dinner, ac- cording to Fred Emery, president, will bs given both as the tenth anniversary and the annual dinner, and “in tribute to Theodore W. Noyes. The outstanding features of the presi- dency of Andrew Jackson were reviewed by James F. Du Hamel, historian of the soclety. s | . A communication from Lawrence Richie, secretary to President Hoover, thanking the soclety for its interest in the reappointment of Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presiding judge of Police Court, was read. The society recently adopted | a resolution favoring the reappointment without the knowledge of Judge Schuldt, | Mr. Emery pointed out. | _An hour of entertainment completed | the program. Miss Senna Parks gave a recitation, Miss Irma Beall played several plano solos, Mrs. Ruth Dowling Halstead, contralto, sang and Mrs. Charles B. McInnis enacted a sketch. Appointments of committee chairmen | were announced by Mr. Emery, as fol- lows: Judge Gus A. Schuldt, executive committee; Ralph L. Hall, membership; | Mrs. Ella C. Robinson, entertainment; Miss Etta L. Taggart, auxiliary mem- | bership extension; John A. Saul, way: and means; Willlam McNair, auditing; Judge Schuldt, reception; Perc; | Israel, welfare; Evan H. m“'chm‘- | lative; Mrs. John C. Kondrup, - mas celebration; Mrs. Kondrup, preser« | vation of society property; Lee D. Lati- | Pubiieftv, “and \Washington ~Topham, publieity, anc Vas! n 1932 bi-centennial. il FALL FROM HORSE INJURES WOMAN ’Mrs. Carolyn D. Finch Second | Victim of Riding Accident | in Hospital Here. i Mrs. Carolyn D. Finch, 38 years old, of 707 Roxboro place, remained in semi-conscious condition at Emergency Hospital today, almost 24 hours after she had been thrown from her horse iwhfl! riding in Rock Creek Park. Mrs. Finch may have a fractured skull and her condition is regarded as serious. A passing motorist took the injured woman to Walter Reed Hospital, where she was given first aid and later trans- ferred ergency. Mrs. Finc horse shied while passing along Military road near Joyce road early yesterday afternoon, throwing her to the und. Another woman—Mrs. Gwendolyn Ca- | fritz, wife of Morris Cafritz, builder— lies in a coma at Emergency Hospital as_the result of a riding accident. Mrs. Cafritz was thrown from her horse Wednesday morning, when the animal slipped on the wet cobblestones at Thirteenth and B streets. Her skull was not fractured, but physicians fear she may have hemmorhage of the brain and other complications. For more than 72 hours Mrs, Cafrits has been in a semi-conscious condiiion, although on several occasions physicians isaw indications that she was reviving. I oo 'K. OF C. OFFICIAL TALKS AT MEETING Luke Hart, Worthy Supreme Advor vate, Addresses 800 Members Last Night. Achievements of the Knights of Columbus within the past few years were described by Luke Hart of St, meeting under the auspices of the Si Council District of Columbia, Knight of Columbus, in the Knights of Colume bus Hall, 918 Tenth street, last nllh‘; Approximately 800 members were attendance. Mr. Hart spoke in place of Martin H. Carmody, worthy supreme knight, who was {o have addressed the meeting, but was prevented from doing so because of the death of his sister-in-law. An address also was delivered at the meeting by Bishop John M. McNamara. Ovations were given Mr. Hart, Bishop McNamara, Admira! Willlam 8. Benson and the supreme treasurer, Danlel J. Callahan, when they were introduced before the assembly. Willlam G. Feely, State deputy of the District of Colum- bia Council, presided and introduced the speakers. Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been revorted o the Health' Department in the st 5 ours: Clara E. Luscombe, 77, 612 p Bt & iCo e, e, St Elleavativs “Husted. 69. Gallinger H L Margaret & Fortweneier. o5, 140% Borry pl. Jesse M. Shre ;o5 rgvidence Hospital on, 47, Emergency Hos- sila Richard Daughton. 42, Gallinger Frank N. Willoughby, 36, in 1:!1' CTeter S, Ailiman, 35, 1201 11t st e . 35, st. Annie Mills, 33, Providence Jon L York 7 r'mvlngoncg::fi,%:%‘amfi months. A t. ol i e Ml Fillmen, 4 months, 618 North Il 74, Pr 8 .g o] nlcf{r,ns.va ;' Hospital. n a"hg!m ..'1‘:‘1 Bummers. 22, Walter Reed Gen: ree Alton P. eral Hospital, piciariotte Crutchfield, 12, Freedmen's Hose Hospital. o2 3106 i ¢ » 1