Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1930, Page 17

Washington News APARTNENT 0NN MOVE 10 BE TAKEN UP BY COMMNSSIN Petition for Public Hearing Is Filed With Group by Operative Builders. 8-STORY STRUCTURES FOR FIVE ARE SOUGHT Taller Buildings’ Cubic Content Would Not Exceed That Per- mitted Others. scent Is Detailed by Lieut. Ralph S. Barnaby, U. S.N. | Ground at Lakehurst Heached} in 13 Minutes From Dirigible ‘ Los Angeles, 3,000 Feet Up. | | BY CORINNE FRAZIER. The thrill of climbing down a ladder that dangled into space 3,000 feet above the ground, the momentary uncertainty of a leap from the ladder to his glider. a feeling of intense relief and cold— freezing, biting cold—these were the sensations of Lieut. Ralph S. Barnaby, the United States Navy's only licensed glider pilot, when he made his first test of a descent from a dirigible in a glider over the Lakehurst (N. J.) Field last A petition for a public hearing on a proposed major change in the zoning code of the District which would make possible the construction of eight-story | apartment buildings in areas where five-story structures now are permitted, | with the proviso that the taller build- | ings have a cubic content not in excess | of what is now permitted in the five- | story building, was filed today with the Zoning Commission by the Operative Builders' Association, Ma). Donald A. Davison, executive of | the commission, to whom' the petition | was addressed, said the zoning body | would consider the proposal in an ex-' ecutive session, following a public zon- | ing hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning. i Second Petition on Subject. ‘The petition today is a second on this subject made by the builders, and is a compromise in that in its original pro- posal the association sought permission 1o erect eight-story buildings in 60-foot height areas, having a cubic bulk not o exceed by 10 per cent the volume now permitted five-story buildings. The original proposal was disapproved by the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. i One reason given by the planning | ecommission was that it would tend to | bring suburban apartment buildings into | competition with eight-story apartments | in the downtown section, which location, it held. was more desirable for the | taller buildings. The builders today, ! however, contended that the increased ' height in more suburban apartments would not affect conditions in the down- town area, since there has been a defi- | nite trend already established to the, suburban areas and since five-story | bulldings can now be built there. Larger Building Held Cheaper. | In petitioning for a hearing on the | subject, the builder. contended that “an | eight-story building is more desh‘lbl:: than a five-story structure, that it is | cheaper to build the taller one because | the foundation and the roof are the same, that it is cheaper to operate be- cause 1t costs little more to run eleva tors the additional three stories, that it is more desirable to live in the taller building because there is more light and air and that it permits more light and air for surrounding buildings, since the taller building would occupy less ground area than a structure of the same vol- ume of lesser height. “These statements, we think, cannot be controverted,” the petition continues, “and, indeed, the Planning Commission in its statement to the press after it had decided not to recommend this type of structure admitted there were many desirable features to recommend such buildings.” The petition contained a statement of facts gathered by the builders’ organization in vacancy sur- veys of apartment houses, showing a lesser per cent of vacancy in eight-story buildings than in five-story apartments. Thiss was in spite of the fact, the builders pointed oat, that the rental prices in the eight-story buildings were somewhat greater than in the five-story structures. It was brought out also that at the present time, the major number of eight-story apartment buildings are in the downtown area, where the apart- ments are in smaller size as to num- ber of rooms than in the suburban buildings. DEBATE REPORTER LAUDED IN SENATE Theodore F. Shuey, 85, Still on * Job After 61 Years’ Con- timuous Service. | | | | | Still on the job at the age of 85 and with 61 years of continuous service to his credit, Theodore F. Shuey, one of the official recorders of Senate debate, sat in his accustomed place yesterday | and heard members of the Senate com- | mend his exceptional record. i Senator Hebert, Republican, of Rhode | Island. a new member, called attention | ‘to the fact that Sunday was Shuey’s | eighty-fifth birthday anniversary. Sen- ator Hebert said he understood that Shuey had not missed a day of any session during his career. Senators Smoot, Republican, of Utah, | and Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, | joined in expressing admiration for the veteran official and commendation for | “his work. DRAMA MERIT AWARDS WILL BE MADE FRIDAY| ‘Miss Alma Kruger to Discuss Rela- | tion of Art to Community at Tournament Close. Awards for individual merit and a brief discussion of the drama by a representative of the Civic Repertory ‘Theater of New York will be included ‘in the program Friday night when the four winning dramatic groups of the District’s one-act play tournament pre- sent their plays in the finals at the McKinley High School auditorium, Sec- ond and T streets northeast. A discussion of the drama and its Telation to community life will be made by Miss Alma Kruger, representing the !New York theater. In the finals are the Takoma Play- ! ers, the Jewish Community Center Dra- matic Society, the District League of American Pen Women and the Colum- bia Players. LECTURES ON RUMANIA. Dr. Nicholas Jorga, president of the University of Bucharest, Rumania, will deliver a lecture tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Corcoran Hall of George ‘Washington University on “Rumania.” Dr. , guest of the { Rumanian Minister while in this city, ‘was received by President Hoover at the ‘White House yesterday. This morning he visited Mount Vernon and other places of historical interest. Thursday he will leave for Chicago and other ; cities in the West, where he will de- ¢ liver several lectures in the universities “cf that section. | ody will be open for the inspection cf Friday morning. “Once I had cut loose from the Los Angeles, I realized that the worst was over and the thing had worked,” said Lieut, Barnaby in an interview yester- | day. “My chief sensation was one of immense relief; that is, for the first five minutes of the drop. After that I was too cold to feel anything much. It was midnight before I thawed out thor- oughly. The air was icy, and a keen wind didn’t help matters much.” Heavily Clothed. Lieut. Barnaby was unable to wear an electric flying suit because there is no current in a glider. He was clad in his regular blue service uniform, with a sweat shirt underneath and a wind- breaker on top. He wore two pairs of socks and a helmet. So eager was he to return to Wash- ington to his bride after the test—he has just been married a few months— that he took an airplane back that day, arriving home in the evening. ‘The object of the test, Lieut. Barnaby !said, was to test the practicability of | metal ladder they let down from the attaching gliders to dirigibles as a part of their regular equipment for the pur- | pose of sending down an officer in case | of emergencies to assemble and super- vise landing parties in unknown ter- | ritory. Complete Control Provided. “In the past one of the greatest haz- | ards of large dirigibles has been the| danger of landing where no prepared landing field was at hand,” he said. “Parachutes are not very practicable for such a purpose. as one is more or | less at the mercy of the winds in a parachute, while in a glider the pilot |can direct his landing to the spot he |time for a glider. chooses. He has complete control of | the situation. “The controls of a glider are identical with those of an airplane, so that even an inexperienced officer, if he be an airplane pilot, could effect a landing if the emergency arose. “The idea of adding the glider to| airship equipment originated with Ad-| miral W. A. Moffett, chief of the Bu- | reau of Aeronautics, who called me into | conference on this matter in December. | He asked me if I thought it could be ade practicable, and I said I did. I| was sent up to Lakehurst two weeks ago to work out the idea, and devised my equipment and had it placed on the oM ! Los Angeles during that time. First Practical Use. “Our test, we think, proves conclu- | sively that gliders have a definite and | practical use as aids to airships. It is the first practical use we have found for the glider in the Navy.” | Asked to describe his descent, Lieut. | Barnaby said: | “We took off from Lakehurst at about 10:45 o'clock Friday morning, and! gained an altitude of 3,000 feet by 'First Test of Motorless De- | | The Toening Star Society and General WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, LEAP FROM AIRSHIP TO GLIDER. DANGLING IN SP | ACE, DESCRIBED} LIEUT. RALPH S. BARNABY. 11:25 o'clock. I climbed down the stiff | Los Angeles. It did not quite reach the glider. so I had to jump about 2 feet, landing on top of the glider. I let myself down into the seat, gave a signal, and the glider, which was connected | by a single ring and link arrangement to the mother ship, was released in an; instant. “I do not mean that it was suspended entirely by that one ring. It was sup- ported by a framework, built at Lake- hurst, which held it firmly in place, but which did not check its fall once the ring was released. I began to descend | at the rate of 35 miles an hour—fast It took me exactly 13 minutes to reach the ground.” Took Early Interest. Lieut. Barnaby's interest in gliders dates back to 1909, when as a boy,! fired by the experiments of the Wright | brothers, he had built his own glider in | the back yard of his Summer home, at Roxbury, Conn., and had flown until| he smashed up and injured an ankle. He had to wait then until another vaca- tion time came around and he could build another “ship.” But he was not daunted by that tumble or any of the ones that followed, which were plentiful during the course of his experimenta- s. “Just 20 years and 1 day after I had | taken my first glider flight I received | my pilot’s license.” smiled the air ad- venturer, who holds the first glider| pilot's license issued in the United | States. “Gliders have somewhat the same appeal that a sailboat has” he con- cluded. “They are sporting craits, and it's a sporting game to make them bend | to your will. One must outguess Old | Man Weather, with a minimum of equipment used'to the.nth degree.” BOARD T0 HONOR NOYES AND EDSON Leaders Have Rounded Out 42 Years of Service to Body and District. ‘The rounding out of 42 years of leadership by Theodore W. Noyes and | John Joy Edson in the varied activities of the Washington Board of Trade will be commemorated tomorrow afternoon at 4 oclock with appropriate cere- monies which will also mark the for- mal opening of the new offices of the organization in The Star Building. To each will be presented engrossed testimonials setting out their accom- plishments in almost half a century of unceasing endeavor in the interest of the people of Washington. Both Mr. Noyes and Mr. Edson were original members of the Board of Trade and are past presidents of the body. They have also served as directors during most of the life of the organization. Prominent Men to Attend. , One hundred and fifty invited guests, composing an impressive roster of per- sons prominent in the governmental, civic and business life of the District and the Nation, have signified their in- tention to be present. These wilk in- clude the District Commissioners, mem- bers of the Senate and House District committees, heads of every major civic organization in the city, numerous old residents of Washington, the directors of the board and many other persons outstanding in the life of the National Capital. Following the exercises the new and elaborately furnished offices of the trade members and guests until 9:30 o'clock. All members olgt:,lu Board of Trade are invited to be present. The opening will commence with a brief resume by E. C. Brandenburg of the history of the board. Then Right Rev. James E., Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will recite the achievements of Mr. Noyes and present him with the | resolution expressing the gratitude of the Board of Trade for his work in its behalf and for the citizens of the Dis- trict. William Butterworth, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, then will perform in a similar role in the presentation of the testimo- nial to Mr. Edson. The ceremonies are to be under the | direction of W. W. Everett, immediate past president of the board, and were arranged by a committee of former presidents. The committee includes | Maj. Gen. George H. Harries, Cuno Rudolph, Samuel J. Prescott, Arthur C. Moses, Edward H. Droop, Walter Brcwn, E. F. Colladay, Edwin C. Graham and J. Harry Cunningham. —_— Florida Hotel Is Sold. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Febru- ary 4 (#).—The Hollywood Beach Hotel property was sold yesterday to the Mercantile Investment & Holding Co. for $536,000 at a special master's sale here. The sale was ordered to satisfy a mortgage held against the property by the investment company. The hotel was constructed in 1925 and 1926 at a BOYS FACE CHARGE OF ROBBING RACKS Six, Ranging in Ages From 12 to 15 Years, Go Before Judge Sellers. A band of six boys, ranging in age from 12 to 15 years, will be taken be- fore Judge Kathryn Sellers in*Juvenile Court tomorrow to face charges of rob- bing approximately 80 newspaper racks in the Northeast section of the city dur- ing the past month. According to po- ll;:el,“they rifled 46 boxes in a single night. One of the group was arrested Sun- day night by Detective C. A. Berry of the twelfth precinct while in the act of breaking into the money container of a rack at Fourth and Douglas streets northeast. He is sald to have impli- cated the other boys. They were ar- rested, but all of them later were re- leased in the custody ef their parents, who promised to produce them in court tomorrow. According to Berry, complaints of paper boxes being robbed have come to the precinct for the last two or three weeks. Finally he was assigned to the task of apprehending the marauders a: d was standing guard when he caught the.first boy Sunday night. Berry said the boys told him that their leader, 12 years old, worked for a newspaper and secured a key to the boxes, which he had duplicated. With this they robbed a number of the racks. Where the locks would not yield to the kev they broke them. Police allege that the money taken and damage done b the band amounts to $268. re ", DELAY NARCOTIC TRIAL. Turnage Continues Hearing of Two Chinese Until Friday. Charges of sale and possession of nar- cotics, under the customs law, filed against Lee Gong and Lem Wey Hing, Chinese, recently arrested at 318 Penn- sylvania avenue, were heard yesterday by United States Commissioner Need- ham C. Turnage, but the case was con- tinued for further hearing Friday after- noon, at 2:30, before the commissioner. The two witnesses against the Chi- nese were J. B. Greeson, narcotic agent, in charge of the Baltimore division, and C. D. Fortner, narcotic agent, working out of Washington. Assistant District Attorney R. Camalier appeared for the prosecution. RITES FOR MAJ. HUGHES. Funeral Services Are Held at Ar- lington Cemetery. Religious and military services were held at the Arli: n National Cemetery this morning for Maj. Richard C. Hughes, Army Dental Corps, who died at Langley Field, Va., last Friday. Maj. Hughes was a native of Illinots, began his military services in 1917 and reached the grade of major in 1929. He served in the World War and was sta- cost of $2,500,000 - tioned at Langley Field when he dled. i{or any other crime to a petty misde- | { meanor. RECKLESS DRIVER IS HELD ENTITLED T0 THAL BY JURY BY COURT ERSION| lustice Robb- Rules Offense Is Indictable and Denial Is lllegal. SENTENCE IMPOSED ON COLTS SET ASIDE‘ 1 Opinion Expected to Play Part in!}‘irst Wife of John L. McGrew Is Congressional Debate on Wickersham Proposal. In a decision seen as having bearing on the proposed change in procedure in trying liquor charges, the denial of a trial by jury in Police Court on a charge of reckless driving was held illegal to- day by the District Court of Appeals in a unanimous opinion rendered by Jus- tice Charles H. Robb. The court set aside a sentence of 30 days in jail imposed on Willlam H. Colts and di- rected a new trial. Reckless driving, the court holds, was an indictable offense at common law for which a jury trial could not be de- nied and Congress is without' power to change the grade of a common law crime to a petty offense no more than it could reduce the grade of murder The seventh amendment to the Con- stitution, the court points out, per- mits a trial by jury in a civil case in- volving more than $20, and remarks: “It would be an anomalous situation, indeed, if in a civil suit against Colts in the District of Columbia involving more than $20 he could demand a jury | trial as of right and yet could be de- | prived of that privilege in & prosecu- tion for a common law offense involv- | ing his reputation and liberty.” | Opinion Held Sigfificant. The opinion of the court is expected to play no little part in the congres- sional debate over the Wickersham pro- posal to try minor liquor cases before United States commissioners without a jury. The Jones-Stalker law permits the imposition of five years imprison- ment for a first offense of sale and transportation and requires an indict- ment, and if Congress may not reduce the grade of a crime it will probably be argued that it may not submit liquor violations to commissioner’s courts. “It was an indictable offense at com- mon law,” says Justice Robb, “amount- ing to a breach of the peace, to drive ‘a carriage over a crowded or populous street, at such a rate or in such man- ner as to endanger the safety of the inhabitants’ The information in the present case charged Colts with oper- | ating a motor vehicle on one of the | public streets of the District ‘recklessly, in such manner and condition so as to endanger property and individuals. He was therefore charged with an indict- able offense at common law and amounting to a breach of the peace. “The third article of the Constitution provides that ‘the trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury’ It becomes necessary to determine whether the 6ffense charged is a crime within the meaning of the | Constitution.” Court Relies on Two Decisions. ‘The court relies on two decisions of the United States Supreme Court known as Callan vs. Wilson, 127 U.S. 540, and Schick vs. United States, 195 U. S. 65. In the Callan case it was ruled that the constitutional provision for trial by jury is to be interpreted in the light of the principles which at com- mon law determined whether the ac- cused in a given class of cases was en- titled to a trial by jury and that there is a class or grade of minor offenses not triable at common law by a jury that may be proceeded against sum- marily in any tribunal legally consti- tuted for that purpose. In the Schick case it was pointed out that a penalty of $50 for violating a revenue statute indicates only a petty offense and is not | one necessarily involving any moral de- linquency. The real test, it was held, is the nature of the offense and the| amount of punishment prescribed. “That the common law offense of reckless driving,” says Justice Robb, “i a crime within the constitutional prov sion for a trial by jury is, we think, plain. Has the inherent character of that offense been changed by the statu- tory provision reducing the penalty for a first offense to a fine of not more than $106 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days? We think not. This offense, being malum in se, necessarily involves moral delinquency. One convicted of driving a vehicle in a crowded street so recklessly as to endanger human life would merit and receive the lasting condemnation of all right-thinking peo- ple and thus suffer greater punishment than that prescribed by law.” Points to Traffic Act. ‘The court reviews the traffic act and points to it as an apt example of the distinction between petty offenses and a crime. The provision that mo vehicle shall be operated at a greater speed than 22 miles per hour is a mere police offense, a creation of the statute, a violation of which would not nece: sarily involve any moral delinquenc: This was recognized by Congress by fix- ing a penalty for a first offense of speeding at not less than $5 nor more than $25 making such violation clearly a petty offense subject to summary prosecution before a court without a Jury. In answer to the suggestion that it would be more convenient to try all cases involving traffic law violations Be- fore a court without a jury Justice Robb goes back to Blackstone, quoting his “prophetic words: “And, however convenient these (summary proceedings authorized by acts of Parliament) may appear at first (as doubtless all arbi- trary powers, well executed, are the most_convenient) vet let it be again re- membered, that delays and little incon- veniences in the forms of justice are the price that all free nations must pay for their liberty in more substantial mat- ters; that these inroads upon this sacred bulwark of the Nation are fundamentally opposite to the spirit of our Constitution; and that though be- gun in trifles, the precedent may grad- ually increase and spread to the utter disuse of juries in questions of most momentous concern.” Colts was represented by Attorneys Whelan & O'Connell, while the District was represented by Assistant Corpora- tion Counsel Robert E. Lynch and Chester H. Gray. Resigns to Accept Ohio Post. WORCESTER, Mass, February 4 () —Rev. Henry Wise Hobson, rector of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, last night submitted his resignation to the wardens and vestrymen of the ehurch, to become effective “at his pleasure,” to accept the post of Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio. The post was offered last week, and Saturday a committee from Ohio brought the formal tender. He will go to Ohio late in May or early June, he said. FEDERAL WORKER'S WARES PROTECTED District Appeals Court Jus- tice Reverses oOrder for Receiver. EQUITY MAY NOT ORDER * WHAT LAW PROHIBITS Foriidden Federal Receiver to Collect Alimony. The action of Justice William Hitz of the District Supreme Court in appoint- ing a receiver to receive the pay of a Government employe, to be applied to| the payment of a judgment for ar- rears of alimony, was reversed today by the District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Chief Justice Martin. The appellate tribunal held that this would have the effect of permitting a judg- ment creditor to do_in equity what he is directly denied at law and would tend to embarrass the Government in the public service. Brought Suit in Equity. Mrs. Olive McGrew recovered a judg- ment against her former husband, John L. McGrew ‘or $7,629.75 March 30, 1921, whig’ s ..« has not been able to collect. November 3, 1926, she brought suit in equity against the husband and hi: present wife, Catherine McGrew, chargi) fraudulent concealing of as- sets and collusive holding of real estate. She asked that the property, 3168 Eighteenth street, in the name of the new wife be declared in trust for the husband, that he be held to own an au- tomobile purchased in November, 1922; that a probe be made of the contents of a safe deposit box and that a receiver be appointed to collect the husband’s salary of $4,800 annually from the Gov- ernment. . With the exception of the real estate petition the lower court found on all the questions in favor of the former wife and named a receiver to take over all but $100 per month of the husband’s salary. “It is conceded,” says Chief Justice Martin, “that the defendant's salary as a Government employe cannot be reached by attachment or other process issued in an action of law. To permit this at all times would be found embarrass- ing, and under some circumstances it might be fatal to the public service, The funds of the Government are spe- cifically appropriated to certain na- tional objects, and if such appropria- tions may be diverted and defeated by State process or otherwise the func- tions of the Government may be sus- pended. The reason for this rule ap- plies with equal force to a court order compelling a public officer or employe under the penalties of the law to pay over his salary, or part thereof, as and when received by him, to be credited upon a judgment theretofore recovered at law against him." Former Wife to Pay Costs. The appellate court found that the new wife owns the automobile, and the husband may not be required to dis- close the contents of the safe deposit box. The costs of the appeal are as- sessed against the former wife and the case is remanded to the lower court. o FREE BRIDGE OVER | POTOMAC FORESEEN House Leaders Confident Construction Near Great Falls Will Be Authorized. House leaders who are particularly active in supporting the Capital devel- opment program said today that they |. feel sure that legislation will soon be passed authorizing a specific appropria~ tion for erection of a free bridge across the Potomac River near Great Falls, ° In the Cramton bill authorizing the parkway development along both banks of the Potomac River from Fort Wash- ington and Mount Vernon to Great Falls an amendment was pased in the House prohibiting the erection of a toll bridge at Great Falls, for which a per- mit had previously been given to a pri- vate construction company known as the Great Falls Bridge Co. The same legislation which is now pending in the Senate includes a provision for a free bridge at Great Falls. A separate bill, however, will soon be introduced author- izing an appropriation to carry out the provision for a free bridge. ‘The House late yesterday passed the Swanson and Moore bill authorizing the Great Falls Bridge Co. to erect a toll bridge between Maryland and Virginia at Dahlgren. This bridge would run between the districts represented by Representative Moore of Virginia and Representative Gambrill of Maryland. The latter made the principal speech in the House yesterday in favor of this project. The House passed the bill which now goes to the Senate. RAIN AND WARM SPELL PROPHESIED TONIGHT Disturbance of “Considerable In- tensity” Reported Sweeping From West Tennessee. Rainy and somewhat warmer weather probably will prevail here tonight in the wake of a disturbance of “considerable intensity” which is sweeping toward the Atlantic Coast from Western Tennes- see. Simultaneously with the Weather Bu- reau's prediction for rain here tonight and tomorrow, followed by colder weather tomorrow afternoon or night, a storm warning was issued for the At- lantic Coast from Cape Hatteras to Sandy Hook. . Three days of thawing weather vir- tually had disposed of the ice and slush today, and the temperature tonight is not expected to get below 40 degrees. ‘The minimum last night was 36 degrees. The disturbance in Tennessee, the forecast said, “will move northeastward, probably with increasing intensity, and cause strong south, probably mlmnfi‘m southwest, winds late tonight from Hat- teras to Sandy Hook.” Only moderate winds are anticipated here, however. FEBRUARY 4, “The Fairy Queen,” a tiny English lldfi of many years ago, was but 16 1nc' f\’r high and only four pounds in waight, 1930. | | MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM JEFFRIES CHEWNING, Photographed at Norfolk, where they have been honeymooning since their elope- ment and marriage at Baltimore last Saturday. The bride is the former Margo Couzens, daughter of the millionaire Senator from Michigan.—Underwood Photo. FLOPERS, I FORD DEPART ON TOUR Chewning and Young Bride Visiting Historic Places in Virginia. In a small, mud-bespattered Ford coupe, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Jeffries Chewning, son-in-law and 19-year-old daughter, respectively, of Senator James Couzens, today are touring the historic places: of Virginia following a short honeymoon stay at Norfolk after their elopement Saturday to Baltimore where they were married. The couple is reported to be returning to Washi n by easy stages, through many little towns in the Old Dominion, where the bridegroom, a native of the State, has relatives. Not to be overlooked in the honey- moon plans are visits to the famous horse country of Virginia, about Mid- dleburg and Warrenton, where Mrs. Chewning, a daring horsewoman, is well known. The daughter of the multimillionaire Senator, and her 26-year-old bank-clerk husband, will make their first social ap- pearance in the Capital next Monday evening at the Bachelors’ Cotillon, an organization of which the bridegroom is treasurer. ‘The Couzens family, without definite word as to when the couple will arrive in the Capital, expects them to come home for the warm parental welcome that awaits them Saturday or Sunday. Margaret Chewning (nee Couzens), who is better known to the Capital by her nickname “Margo,” was listed among the season's debutantes of the Capital, and long before her wedding had shelver her distaste for such things and consented to a ball which was to be given in her hpnor on Feb- ruary 12, -While it was not designated as such, it was to have been, in a sense,” her ‘presentation to Capital so- clgl';{; s e elopement has not changed the plans for the ball. It will be at this af- fair that Mrs. Chewning will be pre- sented to the friends of Senator and Mrs. Couzens, not as a debutante, but as the newest addition to the ranks of young society matrons. The bride- groom will be presented to hundreds of the friends of Senator and Mrs, Couzens at that time. GORGAN WILL LECTURE. Bowie P.-T. A. Will Be Told of Coast Guard Activities. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOWIE, Md., February 4.—Technical Alde Gorgan of the United States Coast Guard will give an illustrated lecture on the life-saving and vessel-salvaging activities of the Coast Guard before a meeting of the Bowie Parent-Teacher Association at the school February 11 at 8 pm. Members of the Bowie Boy Scout Troop will attend in a body in honor of Mr. Gorgan, who was a Scout com- missioner during the World War. PLANE RADIOPHONE TESTS SUCCESSFUL |New Invention Employs An- tenna That Eliminates In- terference From Motor. Employing a portable, self-contained | radio telephone outfit, with new type interference-free antenna, Dr. C. Fran- cis Jenkins, local radio inventor and aviation enthusiast, has just concluded successful tests of the apparatus by holding plane-to-home communication with his wife. In a final test flight in his private cabin plane, Dr. Jenkins maintained uninterrupted telephonic communication with his laboratory here throughout a trip to New York City, and on his re- turn, while flying over Pennsylvania, called his wife at home and told he what he would like for supper. Mrs. Jenkins, knowing that her hus- band was suposed to be in flight be- tween New York and Washington, was taken wholly by surprise and scarcely T | chief of the homicide squad at t| PAGE B—1 CHICAGD BROKER MAY BE SUMMONED IN DREYFUS PROBE Sister of Dead Woman, Wit- ness Today, Declares She Saw Beating. TWO SAID TO HAVE SEEN CHOKE MARKS CALLED Former Homicide Chief Recalls Investigation Which Leéd to Accident Theory. Several new witnesses from Chicago and New York may be subpoenaed soon to appear before the grand jury in- vestigating the death of Mrs. Aurelia Fischer Dreyfus, young divoreee, of- ficials revealed today. Included, prob- ably. will be James E. Dowd, Chicago broker, quoted in press dispatches as saying he possessed startling informa- tion. Nell Burkinshaw, assistant United States attorney, announced all the wit- nesses already summoned probably would be examined today and tomorrow. He added the grand jury might then spend a week or 10 days on other | cases before resuming the Dreyfus in- quiry. Morgan Defends Investigation, Meanwhile Lieut. Joseph Morgan out- lined the police investigation conducted after Mrs. Dreyfus was fatally injured the night of October 20, when she plunged from a 20-foot baicony at the Potomac Boat Club. Lieut. Morgan, he time, explained before entering the grand Jjury room that the police investigation convinced all those who participated in it that death was accidental. The detective said he intended to exhibit numerous pliotographs to prove the woman had fallen from the balcony Lieut. Morgan told newspaper men he was confident Edmund J. McBrian, New York broker, had no connection with Mrs, Dreyfus' death. He said persons questioned by detectives had declared the young divorcee was seen sitting alone on the balcony shortly before she fell. He added there was no reason to doubt that McBrian had gone for Mrs. Dreyfus’ wraps and his hat just before the woman was injured. The_second witness of the day was Miss Freda Fischer of Washington, a sister of Mrs. Dreyfus. Miss Fischer was one of the relatives who submitted af- fidavits to United States Attorney Leo A. Rover which caused the investiga- tion to be reopened. Miss Fischer told reporters she had seen McBrian beat Mrs. Dreyfus and otherwise abuse her. She declared Mc- Brian had threatened Mrs. Dreyfus “be- cause she knew too much about the murder of Dot King." Claim Victim Knew Too Much. Various relatives of Mrs. Dreyfus have charged McBrian was afraid Mrs, Drey- fus would make damaging statements about the slaying of Dot King, a Broad- way character, Relatives have contended that Me- Brian prevailed on Mrs. Dreyfus to es- tablish_an alibi for Alfred Guimares, Porto Rican, after he was taken into custody by New York police in connec- tion with the King murder, Summoned to Testity. Among the witnesses also today were Mrs. Maude Davis and her daughter, Suzanne Davis, of the 1800 block of could believe her ears. She managed to prepare the requested supper, however. The new antenna, Dr. Jenkins states, is revolutionary in character and wholly eliminates interference from the igni- tion system of the plane's motor, with- out necessity of shielding the engine as at present. Instead of the hanging, lead-weighted wire now i common use, requiring elaborate shielding for effi- clent operation, the pew antenna flies horizontally from the tall of the ship, held taut by a wind-resisting “sock.” The wire may be flown at any length, its release from a reel and its drawing- ;: el;eing controlled by the press of a ver. The horizontal position of the an- tenna, Dr. Jenkins asserts, places the wire automatically in an “electric shadow,” or “blind-spot” created behind the motor by the metal fire partition between the pilot and the motor com- partment. “Static” of the motors is thereby avoided, he says. By thus increasing the operating ef- points out, much simpler sets, using only portable batterles, may be employed successfully. In his recent experiments Dr. Jenkins used a small sending and receiving apparatus contained complete- ly in a metal “suitcas=” no larger than a large briefcase. Since no generator was required, it was possible to com- municate with the home station after the plane had landed and the motors had been cut off, an asset of great value in time of forced landings, it was ex- plained. “The time is near when every passen- ger transport plane will be flown under the direction and responsibility of a general traffic dispatcher, who will be in radio communication with the pilot at all times,” Dr. Jenkins said today. “The dispatcher, constantly informed of general and field weather, can ground a threatened ship and release her again when safe flight can be re- sumed. - Or he may change the ship's flight course to avoid a storm or to 80 around a fog area.” Dr. Jenkins’ device has been inspect- ed by Government and private aviation interests, and negotiations for its nse on commercial shi made, it is unders ps now are being tood. WILL OF HENRY LANSBURGH UPHELD BY APPELLATE COURT Last Testament of Leader in Masonic and Civic Circles Makes Bequests to 23 Charitable Institutions. The will of Henry Lansburgh, former head of Lansburgh & Bro. and well known in Masonic and clvic circles, who died November 29, 1925, was up- held today in a decision of the District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Jus- tice Josiah H. Van Orsdel. It provides for annual payments of $100 for 10 years to 23 charitable institutions of every creed in this city and gives $500 for a room at the Masonic and Eastern Star Home to be known as the Henry Lansburgh room. Specific bequests are made to friends, and the remaining estate is left to his surviving sisters and brothers. Some of the legacies were mentioned in the will as being a charge on the stock of the Lansburgh & Bro. Cor- poration, belonging to the estate and L] executors and trustees asked the court to construe the intentions of the testa- tor. The Appelate Court finds all the legacies are payable out of the income and corpus of the stock and trust cer- tificates of Lansburgh & Bro. and the mere declaration that as to certain gratuities they shall be a charge upon the stock is not sufficient to establish ong the s is one of $21,000 to zfl? general endowment fund of the Shriners’ Hospitals for Crippled Children and $5,000 for a mausoleum in Rock Creek Cemetery, to ficlency of the radio set, the inventor | to Bilimore street. They are said to have seen fingerprints on ‘the neck of Mrs, Dreyfus the day of her funeral. Other Wwitnesses have declared they exam- ined the body and saw no such marks, COMMITTEE DEFERS ACTION ON CLAIMS Body Discusses Cable Bill and Measure to Provide Relief for Fireman's Widow, After a lengthy hearing on two claim bills today, the judiciary subcommittee of the House District committee de- ferred action until an executive session be held Thursday at 10:30 o'clock. The subcommittee discussed the Cable bill, which proposed to amend the code so as to remove the limit of $10,000 which may be sued for in case of a wrongful death. The committee also discussed the bill for $10,000 re- lief to Jennie Bruce Gallahan, whose husband, a lieutenant in the Fire De- partment, was killed by being thrown from a piece of fire apparatus. Representative Lampert declared em- phatically that he was in favor of granting this relief. Chief Watson of the fire department said that while he favors this bill, at the same time the committee should grant similar re- lief to 12 other widows whose husbands had been killed in service with the fire department. Corporation Counsel Bride explained to the committee the safeguards that have to be taken to protect the Dis- trict revenues from such individual re- lief measures and how they are taken care of under other existing laws. The House District committee will hold its regular weckly session tomor- row, with the bill regulating the sale. possession. and carrying of dangerous weapons as the order of special busi- ness. Representative Reid of Illinois, chair- man of the insurance subcommittee, has called a meeting for Monday to con- tinue hearings on the new insurance code bill. BURGLAR GETS DOLLAR IN PENNIES AT STORE ‘Woman's Screams Frighten Away Intruder Who Appears at Bedside in Night. Mrs. Nathan Cohen of 1601 Twelfth street reported to police of the second precinct today that a man she could not identify robbed her husband of a h:x;mred pennies and got away last night. | Mrs. Cohen sald she was awakened by the sound of a person’s movements and that on discerning the outline of an_ unfamiliar figure standing at her bedside she screamed, whereupon a mmm ged gown thel-wn and out ugh a door opening on Q street. With her hu.nun& who slept in an adjoining room, she made hasty inven- wx;ly of their store, on the first floor, and found that a cash drawer was minus be inscribed with the date of his birth and the words “Call Me Henry.” Mr. Lansburgh owned real estate ap- praised at $15,087.65, and had personal property estimated at $220,314.17. $1 in pennies. Mrs. Cohen told the police she thought the intruder was a colored man. A rear window on the first floor had not been locked last night.