Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1930, Page 17

Washington News AERO CLUB SPEAKER PIGTURES CAPITAL AS DIRIGIBLE BASE Builder of Navy “Blimp” De- clares 1,200-Acre Airport Must Be Provided Here. FIRM PLANS SERVICE FROM D. C. TO S. AMERICA Goodyear Corporation Is Also Con- sidering City as Terminal for East Coast. The National Capital was pictured as the great transatlantic dirigible terminal | of the near future by Carl B. Pritsche | of Detroit in an address before the Aeroi Club of Washington at a luncheon meeting yesterday in the Willard Hotel. Mr. Fritsche, president of the Aircraft | Development Corporation, builders of the revolutionary all-metal dirigible ZMC-2 for the Navy, declared in the Ppresence ot members of the House ap- propriations, military and naval affairs committees and Federal aviation offi- cials that the Capital must have a 1.200- acré airport to handle the dirigible trafic which is to come within a few years. Ocean Service Planned. So successful have been tests of the Navy all-metal dirigible that the De-| % " 5\ tion, unanimously adopted, opposed the recommendation of the troit company now is preparing for the | Joint Airport Commission for the pur- construction of a large all-metal com mercial type, suitable for transatlant:: | service. The company also is consider- Mr. Fritsche. | P. W. Litchfield, president of the| Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation of Ak-| ron, Ohio, now building the world’s| greatest airships for the Navy, and| Comdr. Jerome C. Hunsaker. one of the world's leading dirigible authorities, also connected with the Goodyear company, attended the luncheon. The Goodyear company plans con- struction of commercial airships some- | what similar to the Navy types nowi under way. which will be nearly twice | as large as the Graf Zeppelin. This company also is considering the Na- tional Capital as its base on the East ""The only hope of conquering the Atlantic and Pacific by air is with the rigid airship,” Mr. Pritsche said. “There | is_no prospect of success with present | of airplanes over such long dis- o tances without stop as must be met in transoceanic flights. Experience shows | that over transoceanic distances there is a power ratio of 28 to 1 in favor of the dirigible over the airplane. Predicts “Marvelous Development.” -+We are in for a marvelous develop- ment of airshps, and we soon must be- gin to prepare for this development. The National Capital is destined to play a leading part in the airship de- velopment which is coming soon, Mr. Pritsche said. This city, below the smow and ice belt, has favorable cli- matic conditions, and also is near the center of the Atlantic seaboard and within easy access of the principal cen- ters of population from which dirigible passengers will be drawn, he said. ‘The growth of airship transportation, he said. will come as a powerful stimu- lation to commerce and will enrich the Nation. Among members of Congress present ‘were Representatives Burton L. French of Idaho, chairman of the appropria- tions subcommittee on naval appropria- tions; John Taber of New York, Guy U. Hardy of Colorado, William B. Oliver of Alabama, W. A. Ayres of Kansas, Prank Clague of Minnesota and Menal- eus Lankford of Virginia. Motion pictures showing the use of liders and soaring planes and the trial Sl‘hu of the Navy metal-clad dirigible ‘were shown. —. CITES HOOVER POWER IN NAMING JUSTICES Representative Hall Says President Can Shape Policies for Future Through Appointments. President Hoover, by appointing Su- e Court Justices, has the power to ghape the course of great national pol- {cies for many years to ‘come, it was de- clared, last night by Representative Al- bert R. Hall of Indiana in an address before the Y. M. C. A. Forum. Pate already has made it necessary for the President to appoint two new Justices and the man he selects for Justice Sanford’s successor will be watched with interest by those who realize the vast authority of the Su- preme Court, Representative Hall said. One usually thinks of a court as a tribunal where decisions are reached according to the plain facts of the law,” the speaker stated, “but it is well known that even among the members of the highest court there frequently arise dif- ferences of interpretation and shadings of n. A little weight to one side or other may have vast poten- tialitles.” Mr. Hall also discussed other current topics. A showing of The Evening Btar-Universal news reel completed the program. STANFORD ALUMNI ELECT E. N. SMITH Dr. Wilbur, President of the Uni- wversity, Is Honor Guest at Meeting. Ernest N. Smith, executive vice presi- dent of the American Automobile Asso- ciation, was elected president of the Stanford University Alumni Association of Washington at the annual meeting of the organization last night at 2400 Six- teenth street. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior and presiden® of Stanford, and Mrs. Wilbur were honor guests of the annual meeting. “Among the members of the associa- tion are President and Mrs. Hoover, Representatives Arthur Pree and Philip Swing of California, Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washing- ton University; Dr. Vernon Kellogg, Merle Thorpe, editor of Nation’s Busi- ness; Pao Hong Chang of the Chinese educational mission; . E. Dana Durand of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Judge Kenneth Mackintosh, member of the Com- mission on Law Observance and En- forcement, and,Mrs. Mackintosh: Dr. tlon and Dr. andl Mrs. Augustys Murray of Priends Church. Miss Hailcan Jones was elected secre- Wy -trecsurer, The Foening Star Al SHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, Second Collector Collects Pennies Already Collected Edward Hall, jr, and another fellow collected 1,000 pennies yesterday. However, Edward was collect- ing legitimately for a company that owns chewing-gum slot ma- chines, ‘The other fellow was just col- lecting. At any rate, the collectors met in the vicinity of Seventh and R streets, where Hall, not recogniz- ing the other collecter, left 1,000 pennies on the front seat of his automobile while he entered a grocery to collect some more. The other collector collected Edward's collection. LEASE OF AIRPORTS i Chamber of Commerce Dis- favors Purchase, but Ap- proves Temporary Field. | The leasing of the two flying fields at the south end of Highway Bridge, rather than their purchase, until such | time as Gravelly Point can be developed into a municipal airport, was recom- | mended yesterday by the Washington | Chamber of Commerce, acting through its_executive committee. The official action followed the read- ing of a detalled report on the situa- tion by Lieut. Walter Hinton, chairman | of ‘the aviation committee. | chase and development of the site at the south end of the Highway Bridge for either a permanent or temporary airport. It urged the joint commission to prepare and introduce in Congress legislation for the development as soon as possible of a municipal airport at | Gravelly Point and for the financing of the entire project. Arguments Cite Expense, It further advocated the leasing of Hoover Field and the Washington Air- port as a temporary measure, but only on the condition that the owners of the propérty carry out present improve- ment plans. The principal arguments contained in Lieut. Hinton's report were that the site advocated by the congressional commission, headed by Senator Bing- ham, would be more expensive to ac- quire and develop than Gravelly Point and that it never could provide ade- quate aviation facilities for Washing- n. Pointing out that Gravelly Point is already owned by the District of Co- lumbia, while the Bingham site would have to be acquired at a- considerable cost, Lieut. Hinton reckoned that the proposed appropriation of $2,500,000 would produce an airport only 280 acres in extent at the south end of the bridge, while at Gravelly Point the sum would permit the filling in and development of almost 500 acres. He estimated that the land, now under 215 feet of water, could be filled during a two-year period. Dredging Economy Seen. ‘The creation of this new land, he de- clared, would narrow the river and con- sequently accellerate the speed of the current, thus saving the Government considering expense in dredging the channel which costs about $40,000 annually. - One of the chief objections to the Bingham site, as set out in the report, was that it will not provide adequate seaplane landing. As proof of his assertions that Gravelly Point is by far the most de- sirable airport site, Lieut. Hinton called attention to testimony presented at the hearings of the Joint Congressional Air- port Commission. He sald the over- whelming majority of experts chose Gravelly Point as affording far more NEAR BRIDGE URGED |1and__Citizens’ BROOKLAND GROUP FAVORS OVERPASS ON MICHIGAN AVE. Citizens’ Association Recedes From Stand for Closing Thoroughfare. WANTS MONROE STREET VIADUCT RECONSTRUCTED Both Projects Indorsed in Compro- mise Vote After Acrimonious Debate. A triumph in the battle being waged for the proper elimination of the Michi- gan avenue grade crossing near the Catholic University of America by con- struction of an adequate overpass at that point and straightening the thor- oughfare was seen by its proponents last night at the meeting of the Brook- Association, which re- scinded its former action which favored the closing of Michigan avenue. By this action the association, after a lengthy and heated debate of the entire subject, went on record as indorsing, not only the recbnstruction of the Mon- roe street viaduct over the tracks of the metropolitan branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, a short distance away from the Michigan avenue grade cross- ing, but likewise insisted that the menacing grade crossing be eliminated by the construction of a viaduct to care for the growing needs of the com- munity. Pending before the House ap- propriations committee, for insertion in the District appropriation bill, which is expected to be reported about the mid- dle of the month, ds a Bureau of the Budget estimate for an item for $145.- 000, designed to widen the “bottle neck” Monroe street overpass and its approaches and also to construct a pe- destrian underpass at the grade cross- ing at Michigan avenue. Closing Evokes Protest. The objectionable part of the pro- posed_legislation is that the Bureau of the Budget program, which has the backing of the District government, is that it provides for the closing of the Michigan avenue grade crossing to traf- fic “forever.” This suggestion has evoked bitter protest from interested citizens in the Northeast section of the city and ranged the citizenry into two camps— those favoring immediate improvement of the Monroe street overpass and those that want the Michigan avenue grade crossing eliminated, as the more dan- gerous, through construction of an ade- quate overpass there, on a straighte! thoroughfare, as suggested by the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission. Last night's meeting brought spokes- men for the opposing camps to the fore ;de staged a long and acriminous de- Dr. Charles Armstrong, in strenuously opposing closing of the Michigan ave- nue thoroughfare, as contemplated in pendin;; legislation, was one of the most outspoken advocates of the elimination: of the hazardous grade crossing through immediate and satisfactory action by constructing an overpass at that point. Miss Anna Burlingame, principal of the Brookland School, opposed the clos- ing of the Michigan avenue thorough- fare, insisting that this course would throw a large amount of traffic onto Monroe street and prove an even greater menace to the school children at Mon- roe and Tenth streets. Sensing that the debate was drifting, Rev. A. 8. Mowbray, chairman of the school committee, appealed to the op- posing groups to come together for the common weal. He was credited with influencing concerted action and bring- ing about a vote so that the matter could be settled and the sentiment of the meeting tested out. Dr. George R. Ellis favored the widen- ing of the Monroe street bridge and T. J. Llewellyn, president of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Association, who is also chairman of the committee on natural advantages than any other location. DR. ALEXANDER AT HEAD OF CHORAL REHEARSAL Experienced Choir Director to Have Supervision of Presentation by Local Association. Dr. Frederick Alexander, who has conducted many successful choirs in various parts of the country, will arrive in Washington tonight to direct the third rehearsal of the newly organized choral group, which has been named the Washington Choral Festival Asso- ciation. The local choir will give a con- cert during “music week” in May. ‘The rehearsal has been set for 8 o'clock tonight at the Thomson Com- munity Center, Twelfth and L streets, and a full attendance is desired, because Dr. Alexander will be unable to return to Washington before April 8. On March 25 the choir’s rehearsal will be conducted by Kurt Hetzel, a local mu- | sician. Dr. Alexander will remain here for the rest of the week to consult with Dr. H. Barrett Learned, president of the association, relative to details of the ap- proaching concert. . E. D. LUPTON DEAD. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 11 (Spe- cial).—Edward D. Lupton, 55 years old, member of the firm of S. H. Frank- lin, clothiers, stock raiser on a farm in Bedford County and president of the Lynchburg Coca Cola Bottling Works, 'i:eg suddenly Sunday of angina pec- ris. He was a native of Bedford County and had been in business here prac- tically all of his business life. He was an active member and deacon ofoRiver- | highways, parks and waterways of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, warned that it is important for the community to secure the best it can now, while the legislation is pending, and the proposal has run the gamut of the District authorities and the Bureau of the Budget. ‘The factor of traffic occupied an im- portant place in the discussion. Some contended that the Monroe street route was a great favorite, while others main- tained that the Michigan avenue thoroughfare was an important artery, which will grow more important with the expansion of the section it serves. Vote Considered Compromise. ‘The final vote was considered a com- promise, in favoring both the Monroe street and the Michigan avenue grade crossing elimination projects, as, both sides were deemed to have sufficient votes to prevent elther faction from having a clear-cut victory on its pro- gram. Both sides conceded that the grade crossing should be eliminated, but the question at issue was whether it should be done now or left until after the Monroe street overpass and its approaches are improved, and, sim- ilarly, both conceded that the present Monroe street overpass, with its camel- like “hump,” should remedied. Marvin M. McLean, president of the assoclation, presided at the meeting, which was crowded and indicative of the keen interest that the situation has aroused among the Brookland citi- zenry. Mr. McLean insisted today that last night's vote was a triumph for the Monroe street overpass project, which his group is insistent shall go through immediately. This project, he said, should go through at once,'on its own merits, and should not be hampered by the 1} ichigan avenue grade crossing proposal, which, he said, is an entirely different program, which is likewise favored by the Brookland citizens. The association’s president minimized the alleged danger to the school children by reason of the improved Monroe street. ‘The resolution, designed to bring about a compromise, was introduced by mont Presbyterian Church. Mr. McLean and C. C. Wolfel. SICKNESS AS WELL AS WEDDING JUSTIFIES SPEED, JUDGE RULES I Court Accepts Personal Bond of Man Rushing to Stricken Aunt in Baltimore. An filiness in the family gives a man a right to s) as well as a wedding, despite contrary police opinion, ruled Judge Gus A. Schuldt at Police Court today in the case of the District against | Stanilus Mickler, | It seems that Mickler received word from Baltimore yesterday that an aunt had suffered a paralytic stroke. He immediately jumped into his automo- bile, hurried across the city and was | broceeding on Bladensburg road in the | direction of the Maryland metropolis at a high speed when Motor Cycle Po- liceman A. C. Moore drove yp and ordered him “to pull over to the curb.” ‘Why so fast?” asked the officer. Emergency,” answered Mickler. “Wedding?" queried the “cop.” ‘Then the apprehended one explained why he was in so much of a hurry. “I'm sorry; & weuulnll Is "t.fn only ergency we can recognize,” the po- fl‘n’:‘em‘-‘n is alleged to have said as he ordered Mickler to drive to a police ‘L:!';ll:'l‘c Schuldt, however, decided that jckler had a perfectly valid reason I%r going so fast. He took the defend- ant's personal bond. SERVICE BENEFIT | COMPARISONS OFF, SAYS ARMY STAFF Counterbalanced by Pecu- niary Disadvantages Suf- fered by Various Officers. CIVILIAN EARNINGS FIGURES ESSENTIAL Cost of Living Not Contained in Bureau of Efficiency Report, Assistant Chief Declares. This is the tenth of a series of articles on the proposal, mow pending before President Hoover and Congress, to revise and increase the pay schedutes of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service and Coast and Geodetic Survey. The mext article will appear tomorrow. BY DONALD A. CRAIG. Benefits received by the officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and allied Government services, exclusive of retirement, are more than counter~ balanced by the pecuniary disadvan- tages suffered by the officers and not mentioned by the Bureau of Efficiency in its report to President Hoover on the pay increase recommendations of the interdepartmental pay board, accord- ll:[flw the view of the Army general | sta “The true comparison,” says a state- ment from the office of the assistant chief of staff for personnel, “should show service compensation plus retire- ment benefits on one hand and civilia earnings plus similar benefits, bonuses, or participation in profits, on the other. Comparisons made by the pay board between service officers’ and civilians® compensation indicate that civilians are receiving on the average much more than officers in similar lines of work. Tables prepared by the Bureau of Efi- ciency, already cited in these articles, indicate. that the salaries of civilians are not as much greater as the board figures seem to prove. After discussing in detail the various comparisons and suggestions made by the Efficiency Bureau, the assistant chief of staff sums up his reply to the bureau report in this manner: i 1. The compensation of the higher grades in the services should be com- pared with the earnings of those who attain success in civil life and not with the average earnings of all who grad-’ uate from college, as cited by the bureau. 2, The earnings of college graduates who attain success in commerce and business, over a period of 40 years, and including their financial returns from all sources, will exceed either present, { proposed or expected compensation in the services. Graduate Engineers’ Earnings, 3. The earnings of graduate engineers ‘afford a reasonble basis for comparison with the services, provided officers in the higher grades are compared with civilians who have attained positions-| of equal responsibility. i 4. Conditions in the teaching profes- sion are so different from those in the services that this group should be elimi- nated from comparison. 5. The rate of advancement in the Army during the past 30 years has been above normal and will decrease sharply | in the future. The graphs prepared by | the services, showing the compensation of representative officers under the present and proposed pay schedules, are a truer picture of the working of those schedules than the curves drawn by the Bureau of Efficiency. “It is unfortunate,” says the assistant | chief of staff, “that the report of the Bureau of Efficiency contains no discus-, sion of the basic factor in the claim of the services for increased pay, that is, the advancement in the cost of living for which no adequate compensating increases in pay have been granted to the services, * * * “The 1908 pay schedule was adopted after careful consideration of all factors which should determine the compensa- tion of commissioned officers. Funda- mental economic conditions have changed since the determination was made and the cost of living has stabi- lized at a level which makes the value of the 1930 dollar about one-half what it was in 1908. This is the most im- portant factor in determining the just- ness of the claim of the services for an increase in compensation.” The Bureau of Efficiency, replying to the assistant chief of staff of the Army, says it cannot agree that the civilian groups used for comparison were “to a larger extent than the military serv- jces composed of persons unsuccessful ; in their careers.” “The figures used” board, “were compiled from returns submitted voluntarily by members of the three groups and were filed by a mi- nority of the total number solicited. The tendency was to produce an aver- age compensation substantially higher than the true average for the entire number solicited. Undoubtedly the re- sponse to the inquiry was relatively smaller from the ‘failures’ and those of only medlocre success. Furthermore, the returns taken for any one of the three groups in fact represented only the successful survivors of a once much large number, * * * ing of this bureau that, if anything, competition is less keen and the chances of survival greater for those entering the military services than for those entering civilian occupations with which they were compared.” Comparisons “Impracticable.” The bureau says it is “impracticable” to make comparisons between officers and civilians on the basis of relative re- sponsibility, because for the most part employments in the commissioned serv- ices of the United States “have no counterpart in clvilian life” The bureau agrees that perhaps compensa- ton of college instructors cannot be appropriately compared with that of officers, but says this was done by the bureau merely because it has been first cited as a basis of comparison in the Teport of the Interdepartmental Pay ar continues the ‘The bureau says its analysis indicates that the War Department is correct in saying that, due to large increases in the commissioned strength of the Army during the period from 1900 to 1920, advancement in the rank of offi- cers was greatly accelerated and that, therefore, officers with relatively short service have reached higher rank than will normally be attained in the future. Answering the War Department with reference to the increased cost of living, the bureau says: “To give nl‘.’znlnunce to the increase in the cost of living during the period under consideration it would be neces- sary to assume that the pay level es- tablished for commissioned officers at some prior period was the correct and proper level. This the bureau was, of course, unable to do. Since the increase in living costs applies with equal force to commissioned officers and all other groups used as a basis of con‘nlrrmm the rise in the cost of living would nat- these offiters “enter with an advanced .| tirement . benefits—a figure it regards It is the feel- | " 1930. Ten thousand miles away, in Dunedin, New Zealand. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, fresh from his conquest of the frigid Antarctic, talked to the United States this morning in an epoch-making radio rebroadcast. The map_illustrates the course of the explorer’s voice across land, sea and undersea cable from Dunedin to Schenectady, from which point it was relayed over the country by the National Broadcasting Co. urally be no greater‘justmcluon for increasing the compensation of com- missioned officers than for making simi- lar increases in the compensation of the other groups.” The Navy Department has also sub- mitted official comment on the Effi- ciency Bureau’s report. It says there appear to be certain “misconceptions with regard to conditions in the serv- ices themselves and certain factors in- fluencing the comparison between per- sonnel of the services and those in civil employ to' which attention of that bu- reau should be invited in order that they may be considered and evaluated in the “preparation of its final report.” The Navy's reply then goes into some detail to show that the principles fol- lowed by the bureau in making its com- parisons and the actual comparative figures are subject to question. Repetition of Objections. Many objections raised by the Navy Department to the bureau’s report are the same as those raised by the War Department and some new suggestions are made of the same general character. “The advantages cited for the edu- cation at service academies do not seem applicable » the comparison of pay re- ceived in the actual professions, mili- tary and civil” says the Navy in its comment. “While of possible advan- tage to the youth in avoiding expenses at college, they are necessarily not capable of conversion or evaluation after the commencement of their career. In fact, these academies.are maintained solely for the benefit of the Govern- ment, in order that the entrants into the military services may be suitably prepared for-a military career.” To account for the higher compensa- tion cited by the bureau for service offi- | cers, the Navy Department suggests| that the bureau has included incor-| rectly the extra pay for aviation and submarine duty, and also “medical offi- cers, chaplains and other officers from the actual date of their entrance,” when ‘grade under the law and at a normally | later age, and to place them upon a | proper basis with other officials it| should ke noted that their rank and pay is from three to five years ahead of others upon their entrance.” The Navy believes these additional amounts, especially the extra pay for aviation and submarine duty granted by Congress only during such duty, should be either “discounted in the com- putation of the normal pay or some ap- propriate notation made as to their effect upon such comparison.” Also the Navy calls attention to the fact that in computing 17.67 per cent of an officer’s pay and allowances for re- as high—the bureau should remember | that the benefits allowed do not possess ang loan value, surrender value on sepa- ration from the service by death or other cause than ultimate retirement, nor do they constitute a sum which may be transmitted on death to the family or dependents.” The normal service pension, with a maximum of $30 a month for a widow, has small effect, it 1s held, on this phase of the question. “Debate” Goes On. ‘The bureau again ng;lu to the Navy Department, and so the “debate” goes on. The bureau declares it “cannot agree that the civillan group”.with which it made comparisons were “to & larger extent than the military services composed of persons unsuccessful in their careers,” and makes suggestions similar to those in its reply to the Army. ‘The criticism that “the bureau did not take into account retirement and other similar benefits for the three civilian groups named” is admitted to be “partially justified,” but the bureau says that only a “negligible proportion™ of civilian employes get such benefits. ‘The bureau denies that its figures use in comparisons with civilian com- pensation included “special allowan: for hazardous duty”—aviation and sul marine service. It does not “consider that the fact that retirement benefits take the form of an annuity, termina tion to the value of these benefits made by the bureau,” and insists that if the law provided for continuation of the annuity after the officer’s death to his family or dependents its value would “substantially greater than the 17.67 per cent of pay arrived at as the worth of the annuity under existing law.” ‘These examples of the comment and counter-comment of the Efficiency Bu- reau and the two services serve to in cate the nature of the “debate” that has been going on. All of these docu- ments and others which the special joint congressional committee has asked for will be available to Congress when it decides the pay question. When the complete or final report of the Bureau of Eficiency will be avail- able, and whether the Army and Navy departments will be given opportunities to answer it, are only conjectural mat: ters at this time, but presumably Presi- dent Hoover will not stop the “debate,” since he was responsible for starting it. IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT Thought to have been despondent over her recent estrangement from her husband, Mrs, Nellie V. Clay attempted suicide this morning, according to police, by drinking poison while in her | room at 1303 B street southeast, where she and her 4-year-old daughter, Eliza- beth, are boarders. ‘The young woman’s cries aroused other residents shortly after midnight, - and they administered first aid while waiting for an ambulance from Cas- ualty Hcspital. Her condition was d JOWOMENTOLOSE JOBS IN TREASURY Temporary Employes Have| Been Used in Exchanging Types of Paper Money. ‘With their work completed on count- ing the old paper money taken in ex- change for the new small-size curren- cy, 90 woman_temporary employes of the Treasury Department will be dis- missed March 31, it was learned today. The women were given employment | last July and August, with the under- | standing they would probably have work up to February 1, so, it was em; ized by Treasury officials, they ved two months’ longer employment in the tem- porary positions than had been ex- pected. The women now are employed in what is known as the National Bank Redemption Agency of the office of the ‘Treasurer of the United States, who is Walter O. Woods. This cut in the force of the Treas- ury is an indication of the end of another important phase of the huge task of changing from the large to the small size paper money, and means that the temporary heavy work is over and the bulk of the exchanwe accom- plished. There are still outstanding some Jarge national bank notes, but they will come in during the course of redemption and the regular force of women counters located in the Treas- ury Department Building will be ade- quate to handle the subsequent turn- over. ‘The new small-size paper money has proved popular with the public, a cording to reports reaching the Tre: ury, and the few complaints due to two different sizes of currency have faded out as the new smaller money has displaced the old. In Washington it 1s now unusual to get large-size bills. MESSENGER MOURNS DEATH OF EX-CHIEF Colored Custodian of White House Executive Office Feels Loss Keenly. Probably no one outside the family of Willlam Howard Taft mourns his death more or experiences more profound grief than Willlam Marshall Pannell, colored custodian of the White House executive office. Pannell was closely associated with Mr. Taft as his personal messenger while the latter was Secretary of War, and was his valet and messenger during his Presidential campaign in 1908, and assistant doorkeeper at the executive | C1AD: office while Mr. Taft was President. During Mr. Taft's last illness Pannell frequently was at the Taft home, mak- ing inquiries as to the condition of his old chief, and to offer his services to the family. He was in a group of old friends who attended the services at the church and who will go to Arlington Cemetery for the interment. TRADE BOARD WILL HOLD MARCH MEETING TONIGHT ‘The March meeting of the Washing- ton Board of Trade will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the Willard Hotel, with three men, prominent in national and local transportation flelds, scheduled to speak. ‘They are Elisha Lee, executive vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad; John J. h, former chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and John Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co. Mr. Esch is a member of the trade body. As special features the Pennsylvania Rallroad Quartet will render several vocal selections and sound moving pic- ONE GRASH VICTI DIES OF INJURIES Ivan J. Pond Fatally Hurt on Highway Bridge—Other Se- rious Traffic Mishaps. Death last night claimed a 50-year- old man hurt in an accident on High- way Bridge riday night, while a serfes of traffic mishaps yesterday afternoon .and last night brought injyries to five other persons, two of whom are be- lieved to be in a serious condition. ‘The victim of the bridge collision, Ivan J. Pound of Alexandria, Va., died at Emergency Hospital, where he was taken after an automobile driven by James Smith, 56 years old, of Mine Run, Va., hit him while he was repair- ing a punctured tire. An inquest will be held by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt at 11:30 o'clock to- morrow morning at the District morgue. Smith, who was arrested by police of No. 4 precinct on a charge ot recklcss driving, is at liberty on $500 hond. ,He has ben araigned in Police Court, but demanded a jury trial and the case was postponed. Children Hurt While Playing. Two children who were struck down in front of their homes while playing are the most seriously injured of those hurt yesterday. ~They are Esther Groves, 7 years old, of 421 Sixth street, and James W. Adams, 4 years old, the latter colored, of 642 I street southeast. The Groves girl was treated at Emer- gency Hospital after being hit by a machine operated by Virginia F. Eley, 24, of the Kenesaw Apartments, Six- teenth and Irving streets. The child ‘was reported in a serious condition to- day from contusions of the knees, head ;mg abdomen and possible internal in- uries. The mother of the Adams child, police reported, removed her son from Provi- dence Hospital against the advice of staff physicians, who said the child was badly hurt, suffering from shock and a possible skull fracture. He was run down by an automobile driven by David Pel:lmulkr, 22, of 473 F street south- west. Pearlmutter was arrested by Police- man G. M. Patton of the Traffic Bu- reau and booked at No. 5 precinct on a charge of operating an automobile with faulty foot brakes. Senator's Secrefary Injured. Miss L. Rosamond Crace, 26 years old, secretary to tor Hatfleld of West. Virginia, suffe; minor cuts and bruises when an automobile in which she was riding with Charles Pollard of 1706 Ninth street, who was at the wheel of the machine, was hit by a car driven by Royal Crafton of 1201 N street. Miss Crace was treated by a private physi- Frank C. Neuland, 30, of 644 Massa- chusetts avenue northeast, suffered lacerations of the scalp and bruises about the head when his car was struck at Maryland avenue and Seventh street northeast by a machine operated by Charles G. Carson of Riverdale, Md., who was taken into custody by No. 9 precinct police for reckless driving. Neuland was treated at Casualty Hos- pital by Dr. J. R. Young. Joseph Rowen, 20, of 1432 Trindi- dad avenue northeast, received a frac- tured knee cap when his motor cycle struck a fire hydrant in the 300 biock of C street southwest. He was taken to Casualty Hospital for surgical aid. o Divorce Suit C)urgelAD-e'uertion. Desertion is charged in a suit filed by Rebecca Baker, 901 B street south- east, against Edward Baker, an employe of the navy yard. After they had been married 24 years, the wife says, her husband Jeft her last September. She is represented by Attorney David L. Riordan. - Citizens Postpone Meeting. ‘The meeting of the East Washington Heights Citizens’ Association lchedmd tures of the Liberty Limited will be shown. for last night was canceled because of the death of former Chief Justice Taft. [UNKNOWN URCHI LOST FROM HOME EIGHT HOURS |4 | Police Search for Irving N RETURNS BOY Fleishman, 4, Futile, but Youngster Comes to Rescue. . Police hunted high and low yesterday for Irving Fleishman, 4 years old, of 6223 Sixth street, but it remained for an unknown urchin to find the young- ster and return him to his parents after Irving had been missing for more than eight hours. ‘The boy told his mother, Mrs. Mor- ris Fleishman, about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, that he was going out to play with some neighbors’ idren. When he did not return at noon, Mrs. Fleish- man became worried and requested scribed this morning as serious, al though physicians believe she will re- cover, The patient was treated by Dr. John C. Collins. Ciay and her daughter came to live at the B street address several months rgo, following her separation from her husband. police to search for her son. ‘The lookout was flashed to the police- men of all nearby precincts and a search was instituted, but at 5 o'clock Irving was still missing. Friends joined in the hunt and the neighborhood was scoured. Still no Irving. | Shortly before @ o'clock a 10-year- | old boy knocked at the door of the Fleishman home. Trailing along be- hind him was the missing Irving. “I heard you were looking for a little :::"1’"““ unknown emmn:d. ‘Is this Evelyn Fleishman, Irving’s {4-year- old sister, who had been 1:n a¥ {nme while her ents were looking for the missing , answered the ques by bbing her brother n & fofid em- rh?'w “Mr. X lmd'l:d away. as 50 excl 't Irving back that I forgot to ask the.:oy his game." Evelyn told her weary parents when they returned home. Irving could not tell where his wan- derings during the day had taken him and_sli into slumber atter saying he had been “playing down street.* 2 WASHINGTON HEARS BYRD TALK FROM DUNEDIN T0 U. §. Admiral and Publisher Carry on Two-Way Conversa- tion in Rebroadcast. INTERFERENCE SILENCES HIS VOICE AT TIMES “Getting Along Fine,” Admiral Says—*“Feels Good to Hear From America.” Another epoch in transoceanic rebroad- casting was written today when a two- way conversation between Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, in Dunedin, New Zealand, and Adolph S. Ochs, pub- lisher of the New York Times, in the studios of WGY, in Schenectady, was distributed throughout the country over a coast-to-coast network of National Broadeasting Co. stations. Washington listened-in through Station WRC. Though static and magnetic dis- turbances chopped up and at times drowned the conversation in a mighty sea-like roar. the voice of Admiral Byrd was quite distinct during brief lulls in the interference. ' Glad to Hear Voice From U. S. Although fresh from his conquest and hardship in the frozen Antarctic, Admiral Byrd told Mr. Ochs he felt “quite well.” “I am getfing along fine,” he added, “and it certainly makes me ‘fe!l good to hear a voice from Amer- ica.” Several times Admiral Byrd also was heard to laugh heartily. “Ha, ha, ha,” he chuckled when Mr. Ochs told him he had made the “Dickey Byrd the greatest flyer in the world.” ‘The atmospherics apparently did not interfere as seriously with reception in New Zealand as it did in the United States, as Admiral Byrd, in response to @ question, said he heard “every word” of Mr. Och’s congratulatory message. Once Out Completely. ‘The major portion of the interference was believed to have been between Wellington, New Zealand, and Sydney, Australia. Once during the conversa- tion, the Dunedin station faded out completely, and Sydney eut in with an announcement that was heard clearly. Aside from the atmospheric dis- turbances, music was heard faintly at times during the conversation, and en- gineers of the National Broadcasting Co. expressed the belief that this was picked up from an unknown Australian radio station broadcasting on a wave band near that used to hurl Admital Byrd's voice across the Pacific. Undersea, oversea and overland, Ad- miral Byrd's voice traveled 10,000 miles to reach Schenectady, before it was rebroadcast. The most elaborate hook- up of communication circuits ever at- tempted for rebroadcasting purposes brought 1t to the United States. Tele- phone wires, submarine cable and long and short waves played a part. Land Wires Relay Voice. Admiral Byrd spoke before a micro- phone in the studio of Station 4YA, at Dunedin. From that point his voice was relayed by land wires and cable to Wellington, New Zealand, a dis- tance of about 500 miles. From Wel- lington the signals were transmitted by Station 212YA on long waves to Sydney, Australia, about 1,500 miles away. Station VX2ME, in Sydney, flashed it across the Pacific on short waves directly to WGY's short-wave transmitter, W2XAF, in Schenectady, where the N. B. C. picked it up and rebroadcast it over a transcontinental network. In Dunedin, it was 12:35 a. nesday morning when Adm responded to Mr. Och’s greetil In ‘Washington it was 7:35 a.m. Tuesday. The difference in time was one of the fascinating features of the experiment, which began at 7:30 o'clock with a transpacific roll call. The announcer in Schenectady first called Sydney and after establishing communication with the station there asked the operator the time. “It “t; 10:33 p.m. -Tuesday,” he re- sponded. “What season of the year is it there,” the Schenectady operator queried. “Autumn,” came the reply. Wellington Station Called. ‘The station in Wellington was next called, and when the rator there answered, the Schenect: announcer asked him the time. “It is 12:25 a.m., Wednesday morn- ing,” the New Zealand ufenwr‘upned. The communication line was then extended to Dunedin, and with an an- nouncement that Admiral Byrd was there before a microphone, Mr. Ocl epened the conversation, which- contin- ued until the N. B. C. cut out its re- broadcast circuit at 8:13 am. - Russell Owen, newspaper correspond- ent with the Byrd expedition, also talk« ed with newspaper men and General Electric Co. officials in the WGY studios. Ochs Congratulates Byrd. Mr. Ochs, speaking to Admiral Byrd, said, in part: B “How are you? I am glad to hear your cheerful voice. We have this op- portunity, through the generosity and enterprise of the General Electric broadcasting station, WGY, to welcome you back to civilization and express to you our appreciation of what you have done, We thank God that Richard Byrd and his gallant crew are back safe and sound. The people throughout the world have watched with ever-increasing in- terest your heroic, epoch-making adven- tures. We congratulate you on the com- plete success of your enterprise. You have made the world small by increas- ing our knowledge of it. You have added an empire to the territory of the United States and have planted the Stars and Stripes both at the North and South ‘You have won a place among the immortals, and America numpers you among the bravest of its Admiral Byrd was able to hear all that was said, he told Mr. Ochs and others, adding: “We are tickled to death to speak to Mr. Ochs on his birthday.” Modern Ben Turpin In Hands of Police On “Rum” Charge Ben Turpin fell into the toils of District Police last night. Not the Ben Turpin of motion picture fame, but one just as cock-eyed as his more famous namesake ever dared be. Ben is colored and 26 years old and makes his home at 2324 Ninth street northwest. He was arrested while sitting in a parked machine at Fourth and Elm streets by Policeman W. T. Storm and F. F. Tysen of the thirteenth precinct and charged with transportation and - sion of 72 quarts of whisky.