Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1930, Page 17

i @he Foening Starf ASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1930. Society and General FHP THOARE INDETED INWARDDEATHS RESLT OF CRASH J. A. McGowan and R. E.| Martz Are Accused on Man- slaughter Count. SUSPENDED POLICEMAN | EXONERATED IN DRY CASE | Officer Attempted to Resign, but Maj. Pratt Refused to Accept the approved design for the NC-4 medal, commemorating the first trans- flying boat, in May, 1919, to the ury Department for minting. making an official anncuncement , the Navy Department said that s 'Catherine G. Barton of Engle- While He Faced Charge. T | | Manslaughter is alleged in a joint | indictment returned by the grand jury ‘oday against James A. McGowan and Robert E. Martz in connection with the death of James E. Ward December 1929. McGowan is said to have been operating an_automobile owned by Martz, in which Martz was riding when | it struck Ward's car at Sixth and K| streets, inflicting injuries which resulted | in the death of Ward. Theft of an Army automobile is charged in an indictment against Wil- liam C. Longstreet, colored, who is said to have taken the car from a garage | where it had been left by Capt. Gwynn | Conrad, attached to the Washington | General Depot. The machine was re- covered at Bowling Green, Va., Longstreet was arrested. Drug Order Forgery Charged. Forgery of narcotic prescriptions is slleged in an indictment against Pleas- ant Artbur Poling, ‘vho is said to have used the names of one Virginia doctor and two local physicians on drug prescriptions which were filled at local drug stores. i Thomas Henry Hook, suspended thir- teenth precinct policeman, Was exon- | crated by the grand jury of Jones law | violation charge preferred against him Dby police of the fourth precinct. Hook | recently attempted to resign from the force, but Maj. Pratt refused to accept the resignation, declaring that no offi- cer may resign while charges are pend- ing against him. | Similar action was taken by the grand jurors in relation to Paul Hyde, 24, who was a companion of Hook at the time of the arrest. Richard Johnson. the third member of the party, 25 years old, was indicied for violation of the Jones-Stalker law. He was seated, it | Was reported, at the wheel of the rum- | laden car, while Hook and Pyle were on the sidewalk. A Jones-Stalker law indictment was reported against Richard Elmer Rose- berry, and a similar charge against Edward A. Johnson was ignored. Tgnore Several Old Cases. ‘The grand jurdrs went back several years to ignore cases that have been pending. They reporied ignores in 22 cases, among whieh. was a charge of manslaughter against Delores Monroe, | alias Dottie King, alias Margaret Rnb-| erts, who was said have been con- | nected with ™ of Eleafior M. | Lehman, for w] ‘W. Hoffman. a physio-therapist, is serving a term of | 30 years in the penitentiary. | A charge of attempted prison break, | which has been pending since Septem- ber 18,,1928, was ignored today. An- | gelo La Bouna had bsen charged with unlawfully aiding and assisting Prank Durso to escape from the House of De- tention. Other charges dropped by the | grand jurors include; James C. White | and Olive Cameron, bigamy: Walter B. Frix, non-support: James P. Machen, libel: Lawrence Briggs and George W. ! Reed, joyriding: Earl R. Fitzgerald, Mann act violation; William Rosenberg and Irving Kogood, setting up a gam- | ing table; Carl M. Marshall, Robert L.| Dodson_and Charles M. Kennedy, rob- | bery: Harold Reed (two cases), breaking and larceny: Paul Hil bremking: George T. Milstead, embezzle- ment; Walter R. McMillan, false pre- tenses: George F. Ellis and Fred Stro- man, forgery, and Miles Clark, assault | with rdangerous weapon. 35 Indictments Are Returned. ‘The' grand jury reported a total of 35 indictments, among which are inciuded: Herman Walter Balderson, non-sup- port; William Joyce (2 cases), Clarence | Armstronc, Samuel G. Dawson, alias Samuel Colfe; Frank Body and Robert Pox, alias Robert Thomas, grand lar- eeny; Morris Johnson and Howard Tan- ner, robbery; Howard Tanner, assault with dangerous weapon; George M. Quinn, alias Vernon Railey, alias Robert Dalton (3 eases), housebreaking and larceny; Robort Jackson, John Middle- ton and James M. Kelly, housebreaking and larceny; William J. Johnson (2 eases) destroying private property; Charles S. Beal! and Crawley F. Smit receiving stolen property; John W. Ba ber, abandonment of 'child: Frank Sweeffiey, George Wharton, Henry Al- bert Jacobs, James I. Stansbury (2 cases), mssault with dangerous weapon. and Frederick Oliver Rinker, alias Fred- | erick Oliver Cole, and Joseph DeMar, alias Joseph Pagiolo, smoke screen: Katie/ Bruce, alias Katie Warden Burns. alias 'Katie Dorscy, perjury; Owen Hughes Morris, James F. Gilmore (three cas embezzlement. KNIFER WHO ATTACKED THREE MEN' IS JAILED Two Conductors and Policeman En- dangered by Man Who Insisted on Loitering Near Car Barn Money. ‘Emanuel Galloway, colered, of 1000 block of Lamont street, who attacked two street car conductors and Polic: man M. Caussin with a knife last night near the Washington Railutiy & Elec- tric car barn at Eleventh street and Florida avenue, was sent to jail for 60 days in Police Court today. Galloway was driven away from the cashier’s window in the car barn sev- eral times and persisted on returning. ‘When several of the conductors ap- proached him the third time Galloway turned upon them with an open knife equipped with a double-edged -blade. One of the conductors’ clothing. W badly cut when he leaped back just in time to avoid a blow from the ‘weapon. | When Galloway also attacked Police- man Caussin the officer felled him with a blow on the head. MAN OVERCOME BY GAS Government Worker Revived byl Rescue Squad. Prank Gardner of Richmond, Va. 21-year-old Government employe, was partially overcome by gas fumes in his Toom at 921 Virginia avenue southwest, about 8 o’'clock this morning. He was revived by a fire department rescue squad. Failure of two jets of & stove to ignite was held responsible , for the fumes escaping. A § s) and Luther C. Bushong, | for an appropriate design and an award ot $1,000 will be made to her. The department said the medal will be 214 inches in diameter and in gold, and that it was authorized by an act of Congress dated February 9, 1929, name of Congress, award appropriate medals to the naval personnel “for their extraordinary achievement.” One of the outstanding mefl to re- ceive this medal will be Comdr. John | | H. Towers, who is now acting chief of | the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy De- partment, and was one of the three men first selected by the service to undergo aviation training. COmdr. Towers was aboard the NC-3 which was forced down off the Azores Islands. but made its way under s own power into port at Ponta Delgada in that archipelago. Comdr. Albert B. Read, now execu-J atlantic flight of the United States | wood, N. J., won the contest.last August | INC-4 TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT MEDAL FORWARDED TO MINT y s The Navy Department is forwarding tive officer of the aircraft carrier. | U. S. S. Saratoga, who was commanding officer of the NC-4, which made the successful flight from Newfoundland to | Portugal and England, via the Azores, | will be another outstanding fiyer to Teceive this decoration. Lieut. Comdr. Elmer F. Stone, the | pilot of the NC-4, will likewise receive the honor. : Walter Hinton, former naval lieuten- | ant, pilot of the NC-4, who makes his home in Washington at 1712 Sixteenth street, will also receive the medal. Lieut. Hinton is chairman of the aviation com- mittee of the Washington Chamber ot i providing that the President, in the | Commerce. | “'Lieut. H. C. Rodd, radio operator of | the NC-4, is another hero of the historic | flight to'be accorded recognition. J. L. | Breese, lieutenant in the United States | Naval Reserve Board, now living at Lake Forest, Ill, engineer of the NC-4, is another aerial pioneer scheduled to receive this gold medal. Chief Aviation Pilot Eugene Saylor Rhodes, now on duty at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla., was engineer Oft;he NC-4, and will receive the deco- ration. its stamp of approval upon the design. now to be forwarded to the United States Mint. NARCOTIC SQUADS UNDERGD CHANGES Federal Forces Throughout Country Being Reorganized to Promote Efficiency. Reorganization of the Federal nar- cotic forces is reaching throughout the | Nation, with many changes in the local | squad in the National Capital. This was learned todey as Harry J. Cherry Buds Survive Chill March Winds As Blossoms Near The cherry buds have thus far survived the chill rain of last night and the blustering March wind of today, Charles Henlock, chief of the horticultural division of the office of public buildings and public parks, said today, fol- lowing an inspection of the cherry trees in East and West Potomac Parks. The buds of the Oriental trees seemed full of life and about ready to unfold their pink and white blossoms, Mr. Henlock said, adding that a full display is now expected about April 1, unless something unforeseen oc- curs, Anslinger, assistant prohibition com- | missioner, recently placed in charge of | narcoties, declared that much “new blood” was being brought into the local | situation here. | Asked if the change locally: gvas a re- sult of any charges against che agents who have been working here, Mr. Ans- | linger explained that there were no charges against any of the local squad. but that it was found highly advisable to make meny shifts, taking men to new territory and bringing in new op- eratives here. 3 This policy is being put into effect throughout the country, it was learned, with a general shaking up of the force “for the godd of the service.” The head of the group operating in ‘Washington, J. B. Greeson, still remains in charge. He has his headquarters in Baltimore. But many of the agents have been changed, it was said. Names of the agents transferred were kept secret, for obvious reasons, looking o the ‘efficiency of the men, it was ex- plained, as their best investigation work depends upon being unknown. TREASURY REPORTS DROP IN COLLECTIONS Unofficial Prediction Places Decline for March at $51,000,000, as | Compared to Last Year. By the Associated Press. | The Treasury reported today that in- { come tax collections for March 24 were 1 514,845,688, making total collections as of that date $532,648,716. L The total for the month, however, | was approximately $34,000,000 less than collected in the same number of days last vear, when $566,284,393 had been received. With six more business days left in the month, it was predicted un- officially that the fotal of the March lovia Sizemore POLICE SEEK MAN WHO AGCUSED TRIO Ovid Sizemore, Who Caused Arrests, Is Wanted as Hatchet Wielder. The very same policemen who ar- rested three persons yesterday because complained against them are out looking for Sizemore today. Before Sizemore, as the policemen say, decided to use a hatchet on his former boss, he had Fannie Miller, colored, of Bells court, arrested on a charge of pos- sessing lquor, his assertion that he had made a purchase at her home, leading to a search and reputed discovery of liguor, After that Sizemore spruced up visi- bly and yelled for a partolman at Third and F streets when, Sizemore explained, hlem:'ls accosted by a man who begged al _The man, it turned out at No. 6 pre- cinct, was Richard Moran, 38 years old, of Tenth near E street southeast. He was charged with soliciting alms. Sizemore Adds to Laurels. Still iooking prosperous and rather | successtul, as the policemen put it, Size- | more was in that vicinity about an hour | later when another fellow sidled up and asked for a couple of hundred dollars or a dime for a “‘cupzsa cowfee.” Sizemore sized him up and then tele- income tax collections would total less than $550.000,00", a drop of approxi- [mau—)y $51,000,000, as compared with the month last year. | STUDENTS PLAN DEBATE ! Catholic U. Will Meet University of Vermont Team Tomorrow, | Catholic University debaters will en- igage the University of Vermont team tomorrow night in McMahon Hall on | the question, “Resolved,-That the na- tions of the world should adopt a policy of . complete disarmament, except such foees s are required for police protec- on.” The annual oratorical contest for the Rector’s Medal will be held Monday | evening. | Police in Hunt for Stolen Auto. Police are searching for an automo- bile belcnging to Walter A. Wynne, 13223 Kenyos . Baltimore, Md., which was last night while | parked at Twelth and H streets. {phoned for a patrol wagon. At the | precinet they ascertained it was Maurice Connery, 40" years old, of Second street inear Cstreei. Soliciting alms was the charge in this case also. The desk sergeant, at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, rubbed his hands and | remarked that business was picking up. | “Who will Sizemore send us next?” he inquired of the licutenant. Just then, as the story goes, the telephone rang. | The party at the other end of the | wire explained that Fred Meyers, 50 | vears old, had been attacked with a | hatchet while eating supper in his ’ home at 224 H street. Forces Way Into Meyers' Home. \ Meyers accused Sizemore, saying he | had employed him for several months | about a year ago in his paint shop | which adjoins his residence, The intruder, Meyers said, came in through the ceilar by breaking.a bolt, stalked up the stairs with a hatchet in his hand and took a cut at him, gashing his head and necessitating | treatment at Casualty Hospital. | _ Sizemore is 52 years old, lives on | Sixth_street near G street and is a paperhanger by profession. | | | { Ceremony at White House Sale During Week | Five-year-old Louis June Allen, whose | father served with the 310th Engineers iin the expedition to Russia in 1918, | pinned a buddy poppy on her President today, the act inaugurating the annual sale of poppies by the Veterans of For- eign Wars. President Hoover received the little irl at 12:30 o'clock. She is the daugh- ter of Barney L. Allen, formerly a mem- Ber of the Detroit Police Department, who died from wounds suffered in the campaign around Archangel. She lives in {the National Home for Widows and Orphans of Ex-Service Men maintained by dhe Veterans of Foreign Wars at Eaton Repids, Mich. Her mother and | ARCHANGEL VETER:QN’S ORPHAN PINS BUDDY POPPY ON HOOVER Is in Advance of V. F. W. of Memorial Day. ‘?e{hmur and brother also survive the ather, The child made the trip to Washing- ton in company with C. F. Adams, su- perintendent of the home, and Mrs. Ad- ams, in advance of the national sale of the poppies, which is to be conducted the week of Memorial day. The entire proceeds of the annual sale are used for relief work among the disabled and "*Eh% Pinaimg of the first Huda e pinning of irst buddy popoy on the Prulgent's coat and obtaining the Chief Executive's usual indorsement for the 1930 campaign will be followed this evening by a parade of the Veter- ans of Foreign Wars posts in the Dis. trict of Columbia from the Union Sta- tion to the White House, led by the Overseas Military Band, and Bugle Corps. The Fine Arts Commission has placed | PROTEST TRANSFER OF KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS IN CITY Central Labor Union and P.-T. A. Organizations Oppose Move. TRAINING HELD NEEDED FOR ELEMENTARY GRADE Parents’ Groups Fight Proposal to Delay Construction of Assembly Halls. The executive Washington Central committee Labor of the sued a statement today protesting | against provisions of the District ap- propriation bill under which teachers in | the kindergarten group would be trans- ferred to the grades. Colman announced that the Central Labor Union would undertake to urge the House District committee not to cripple the kindergarten work in the schools. At the same time, representatives of | four parent-teacher organizations made |public a statement of their views on | certain provisions of the bill. Strong | opposition was expressed to the provi- sion relating to kindergarten work. P.-T. A. Opposes Transfer. “Y.e understand,” the parent-teacher organization statement said, “that it is proposed to_transfer before next year 78 teachers from the kindergarten group to the grades, the remaining teachers to | teach both morning and afternoon ses- | sions wherever possible. We believe that | this sudden transfer of so large a group of teachers is a very ynwise step.” | Colman said that fhe Central Labor | Unfon viewed the problem as embody- {ing two grave dangers. “Not only is the | proper conduct of the kindergarten de- | partment seriously menaced,” he said, | “but an even greater danger presents | itself in rtegard to the elementary schools if the legislative provisions in the pending bill become law.” He said the proposed plan would not only require one kindergarten teacher to take charge of two distinctly sep: i rate schools which might be some dis- tance apart, but would also put in the elementary schools teachers who have had practically no training in the work required of them. ethe propesed transfer was attacked by the parent-teacher organizations on three grounds: “ Cite Lack of Training. That teachers selected for transfer have to be the younger daptable ones, thus depriv ing the kindergartens of ! and virile group.” That kindergarten teachers are not | trained for elementary work and will have no opportunity to get that train- That such a wholesale transfer will mean that normal school graduates, | who have spent three years in training in a chosen profession, will have the opportunity for appointments cut off absolutely, even from those with the highest standing. Speaking for the Labor Union, Col- man said: “If, in the name of economy, Congress feels that the number of chil- dren per teacher in the kindergartens must be increased in spile of the ! physical care and close personal super- visfon which is required of the teacher, we feel Congress should inaugurate the policies of economy by evolution and not by revolution.” Assembly halls for elementary schools and the subject of purported extrav- agance in school expenditures also were ent-teacher organizations. The state- committee is~opposed to making ap- have been eliminated. Need for Hall Is Pointed Out. “We do not feel that either of these items is of sufficient importance to jus- tify holding up the building of assem- bly halls,” the statement said. “The need of an assembly hall in a modern | school is great and affects every child in the school. “As taxpayers, we want school build- ing which are architecturally beautiful and well equipped, and we are willing to pay higher taxes, if necessary, for them. We are tired of hearing the criticisms heaped upon our schools. “We feel so keenly the need of beétter equipment and beautification of our schools that parent-teacher associations all over the city have paid out their own funds for equipment for which the Board of Education has not been al- lowed funds.” Expressing disfavor with the “lack of confidence’ and sarcastic criticism.” the organizations said they believed the of- ficials at the head of the school sys- tem were trained educators who are trying to keep the schools abreast of | “the best in the country.” The statement was signed by the fol- lowing: Mrs. Cyrus Whitney Culver, president, Johnson P. T. A.; Mrs. Paul White, vice president, and Mrs. G. B. Willlam- son, secretary; Mrs. Pearl G. Stuart, vice president, Powell Junior High School P. T. A.; Mrs. C. D. Lowe, corre- sponding secretary, and Marie Muse, treasurer; Ethel Curson McQuary, pub- licity chairman, and Naomi C. Roop, chairman of the ways and means com- mittee; H. C. Phillips, president. Hub- bard-Raymond Home and School Asso- ciation; Helen F. Martell membership, Powell P. T. A.; Nellie K. Fernald, treasurer, Johnson P. T. A Pearl E. Seal, president, Powell P. T. A. Elsle M. Pirmin, chairman social com mittee, Johnson P. T. A.; Mrs. A. Lee Thompson, recording secretary, Powell P.T. A.; Mrs. Charles H. Shaffer, chair- man student aid_committee, Powell P. T. A, and Mrs. Horace L. Richardson president, and Lottie R. Grubbs, secre- tary, for the Bancroft Parent-Teacher Association’s executive board. FORCE SCHOOL P.-T. A. PLANS FATHERS’ NIGHT Dean William Ruediger of George ‘Washington University to Ad- dress Meeting Tuesday. The newly organized Parent-Teacher Association of the Force School will start its activities with a “fathers’ night” program Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the school building. The teachers will be present to tell the fathers how their children are pro- eature of the program wi talk by Dean William 'cf Ruu;llil.et;e of George Washington, University. There will be a business ‘meeting, at which the constitution and by-laws of the as- sociation will be offered for ratification ‘-nd plulu F“:‘tfiednfir the forthcom- ing carnival of the trict Congress Parents and Teachers, P Union, | through its secretary, Frank Colman, is- | “that young “ ing between now and September, and | discussed in the statement of the par-! ment said it was understood the House | propriations for assembly halls until all | | portable schools and parttime schools | chairman | WITNESES FINGH ACANST CROTTS [No More Persons Will Be Called by Jury in Extor- tion Probe. HUMMEL IS NOT CALLED TO FURNISH EVIDENCE |Man Said to Have Overheard “Shake-Down” Demand Made by Accused Trio. No more witnesses will be questioned in the grand jury investigation of | charges of conspiring to extortion faced by Ardie C. Swortzel, suspended police- man; James Crotts and John Elgin, officials announced today. Examination of 12 witnesses in less than 4 hours yesterday marked completion of the case, On arresting Swortzel, Crotts and Elgin last Wednesday, police charged they had attempted to “shake down” Rose Marie Foster, a resident of an apartment house in the 1900 block of First street. Crotts was shot down by Spottswood Gravely, suspended third precinét detective, when he attempted to evade arrest near the apartment house. Claims Request for Protection Fee. Before_appearing before the grand ! jury the Foster girl told reporters Swori- | zel, Croots and Elgin had called on her | shortly before the shooting. She said Swortzel demanded $30 for “protection.” Hugh C. Hummel of Plainfield, N. J., said by police to have heard the alleged extortion demand, was not among the witnesses, It was explained that he was among the persons who would be called as a witness should the men be placed on trial. He has furnished police with an affidavit telling what he knows of the affair. He is under bond as a Government witness. The charges against Swortzel and Gravely, both suspended as a result of the affair, will be completed ‘in a week or 10 days, Harry M. Luckett, chief clerk of the Police Department, an- nounced. The delay is caused by the fact that Crotts is not expected to be released from Casualty Hospital for about a week. Burke Charges Not Framed. Gravely will be charged with unau- thorized use of his revolver. The charge against Swortzel will be conduet preju- dicial to the good order, reputation and discipline of the police force. | _ Luckett said charges against William F. Burke, suspended third precinct po- liceman, had not been drawn up. The action against Burke was taken after his superiors learned he had attempted to have a case against Miss Foster nolle prossed. BUSINESS MEN HIT CROSBY SELECTION Georgia® Avenue Association Will Join in Fight on Confirmation in Senate. Opposition to appointment of Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby as a District Commissioner was voted last night at a meeting of the Georgia Avenue Busi- ness Men's Association. Plans were ing Senate confirmation of Gen. Crosby ‘The organization voted to afliliate with the Retail Credit Men's Association of Washington. A committee was ap- pointed to make a study of insurance matters and aid members in obtaining policies from reliable companies. A proposal to take part in a move- ment to have all stores in the northwest section observe a weekly bargain day was taken under consideration. The success of the practice in his neighbor- hood was cited by Ralph Wallace of the c':luur’nhha Heights Business Men's Asso- ciation. FIVE ARE ADDED T0 BOOSTER GROUP Capital Enterprise Is Expanded. Five names were added today to the city-wide committee representing Wash- ington’s trade, civic and industrial or- ganizations which is planning an inten- sive campaign to increase patronage of local enterprise. The group was or- ganized Monday. The new members are Charles W. Darr, president of the Washington Chamber of Commerce; E. H. Rosen- garten, president of the Building Trades Employers’ Association; J. R. Skinker, president of the Master Builders' As- sociation; E. A. Rule, vice president of the Mason Contractors, Association, and William J. Eynon, president of the Em- ploying Printers’ Association. The entire group is to meet tomorrow at 1 o'clock in the National Press Club. ‘The committee is authorized to pro- mote patronage ¢f Washington concerns, particularly to Washingtontans, by di- rect, advertising and direct appeals to those contemplating construction ex- penditures. CRAMTON BILL STUDY DELAYED FOR WEEK Senate District Committee Unable to Arrange Meeting Friday Because of Recess. The Senate District committee is ex- pected to whit until next week before giving further consideration to the Cramton park development bill. The committee had expected to meet Fri- day, but with the Senate in recess dur- ing the next few days, it was found a committee meeting could not be ar- ranged The Senate recess also has necessi- tated the postponement until 10:30 o’clock Tuesday morning of the hearing on the nomination of Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby to be District Commissioner. The committee also has before it for action next week the nomination of Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer for the other vecaney about to occur on the Board of Commissioners. TESTIMONY IN CASE made to join other trade bodies in fight- | Committee to Push Patronage of | Preceding a conference tomorrow with Dr. Hugo Eckener, organizer of a giant transatiantic air line, Comdr. Jercme Hunsacker, vice president of the line, a representative of the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation and a former Navy dirigible expert, will discuss with officials of the Washington Board of Trade the feasi- bility of locating the American terminus of the new company at the Hybla Va :ieyl feld, a few miles south of Alexan- ria. The trade body representatives in- clude Lawrence E. Williams, chairman of the aviation committee, and Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary. Dr. Kiep Arranges Conference. ‘The conference with Comdr. Hun- sacker was arranged this afternoon by Williams and Cottrell through Dr. Kiep, first secretary of the German embassy. Speaking over long-distance telephone to New York they made an appoint- ment to meet the air transport official tomorrow morning between 8 and 9 o'clock in the Willard Hotel. While in Washington Dr. Eckener also is to confer with William P. Mac- Cracken, jr., former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, who is | TRANSOCEANIC DIRIGIBLE LINE TERMINUS NEAR D. C. PROPOSED Trade Board Group to Confer With Rep- resentative of Company Being Organ- ized by Dr. Hugo Eckener. now counsel for the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, representatives of the Ger- man Zeppelin company in this country. The Goodyear Co. is planning to co- operate with Dr. Eckener in the estab- lishment of transatlantic dirigible serv- ice, it is understood. Two giant com- mercial transatlantic dirigibles are to be built at Akron. Ohio, for this service upon completion of two such ships now being built there for the United States Navy. Dr. Eckener Interested. Dr. Eckener is known to be interested in the establishment of an American terminal field for the dirigible service in the vicinity of the National Capital or Baltimore. Lawrence Williams, chairman of the board of trade aviation committee, in a radio address from Station WMAL last night emphasized the necessity of familiarizing Dr. Eckener with the strategic position of this city as the western terminus of the proposed transatlantic air line. Williams also spoke in favor of the Bingham-Nelson municipal airport bill for the National Capital, hearings on which are being held at the Capitol this afternoen. ECKENER T0 ARRIVE IND. C. TONIGHT Commander of Graf Zeppelin Will Receive Geographic So- ciety Medal Tomorrow. Dr. Hugo Eckener will arrive in Washington at 7:35 o'clock tonight to receive the tribute of the National | Capital and the gold medal of the Na- tional Geographic Society for his work in developing ths airship and in making the first around-the-world trip in an airship. Following his arrival from New York | Dr. Eckener will plunge into a whirl of official and social events arranged in his honor by the Geographic Society and the German embassy, which will continue up to the time of his de- parture for Baltimore Friday night or Saturday morning. Dr. Eckener also will visit four Gov- ernment departments and bureaus to make arrangements for another flight of his airship, the Graf Zeppelin, to the United States this Spring. ‘The presentation of the special gold { meda: to Dr. Eckener will take place at the Washington Auditorium at 8:15 | p.m. tomorrow. The medal will be pre- sented by Dr. Grosvenor in the &r;sence of diplomatic representatives from 22 nations, ! rs of the cabinet, Sena- tors and Representatives and others high in the official and social life of the Nation. 4 ‘The medal will bear on its face the following wording: “This special medal of the National Geographic Society is awarded to Hugo Eckener for his work in furthering the progress of airships and to commemorate the first around- | the-world flight of the Graf Zeppelin in 1929 under his command.” On the reverse side of the medal will appear the society’s seal, which also appears on special medals awarded to Byrd, Lindbergh, Peary, Stefansson, Shackleton, Amundsen, Bennett, Goethals, Gilbert and Bartlett, the only other men to whom the medal has been awarded. | Broadeasting of the presentation pro- gram over the networks of both the { National and Columbia systems will begin at 8:30 p.m. Friday noon Dr. Eckener will be the guest of the German embassy at a luncheon and Friday evening he will be the guest of Ambassador von Pritt- witz at an informal dinner. He is to g0 to Baltimore jn time for a luncheon in his honor Saturday. He will be at the Willard Hotel while here. CAPPER WILL ASK SANATORIUM HELP iDeflciancy Bill Amendment Is to Call for Tubercular Fund at Once. Announcement that Senator Capper will propose an amendment to the pend- ing second deficiency bill making $240.- 000 available immediately for the al- ready authorized Children’s Tuberculo- sis Sanatorium was made by Mrs. Ernest R. Grant yesterday to the executive committee, which is planning an “early diagnosis” campaign under sponsorship of the tuberculosis association. Plans for the campaign during the month of April were agreed upon by the committee yesterday, with the ap- pointment of several subcommittees. A committee of physicians headed by Dr. John Foote, president of the District Medical Society, will examine children. |SCHOOL HEADS INVITED TO DINNER BY DR. BALLOU Washington Superintendent and Aides Plan to Encourage Pro- fessional Fellowship. ‘The superintendents of the public schools of Arlington County, Va. and Montgomery and Prince Georges Coun- ties, in Maryland, will be the guests of Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of ‘Washington schools, and his staff at an informal dinner at the Iron Gate Inn, on N street, here at 6 o'clock Friday night. The purpose of the dimner is to pro- mote professional fellowship between the superintendents of the neighboring educational jurisdictions. ‘The guests will include Fletcher Kemp of Arlington County, Va.; Edwin W. Broome . of Montgomery County and Nicholas Orem of Prince Georges Coun- ty. Besides Dr. Ballou the Washington hosts will include Robert L. Haycock, assistant superintendent, and Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintend- ent in charge of high schools. Kiwanians to Hear Dr. Carusi. Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the Board of Education, will address the Kiwanis Club at its luncheon at 12:15 tomorrow in the Washington mm‘l'on “Benefits of Vocational Educa- n. - DR. KEENE FORSTON KILLED BY MACHINE Pvrominent District Physician Is Victim of Hit-kun Auto Driver. Victim of a hit-and-run machine, Dr. Keene R. Forston, 50 years old, of 1731 P street, died early last night at Emer- gency Hospital with a fractured skull and internal injuries an hour after be- ing run down as he was walking from the north to the south side of Dupont Circle at Nineteenth street. Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, District coroner, sald an inquest will be held at the morgue tomorrow morning, PFuneral ar- rangements will be completed after the inquiry. Police investigating the case today said they were unable to locate the driver of the car, which, according to witnesses, halted momentarily after striking Dr. Forston and then sped from the scene. Witnesses described the au- ‘obile as being a small coupe. Detective Sergt. John Flaherty learned today that two women who saw the mis- hap obtained the license number of the car which struck Dr. Forston, but so far police have been unable to locate these important witnesses. They are asked to communicate with the Detective Bureau immediate, R y. o A passing motorist picked up Dr. Forston and carried him to Emergenc Hospital, where he died without regain- ing consciousness. Wife and Brother ‘Survive. Dr. Forston, a general practitioner and well known in medical circles here, was a native of Lexington, Ky., and was a graduate of Georgetown, Johns Hop- kins and Northwestern Universities. A widow, Mrs. Margaret Forston, a brother, George Forston of Lexington, Ky., survive. Raymond Leister, 3 years old, of 1512 Ridge place southeast was reported hurt when he fell beneath the rear wheel of an automobile driven by Miss Catherine Radford. 17, who was driving the ma- chine through an alley in the rear of the 1500 block of Ridge place on her way to a garage. He was taken to Casualty. Hospital with head injuries, possible internal in- jurles, shock and abrasions about the face. Hospital officials said today the boy would recover. Bus Passenger Hurt. Fifteen passengers, riding on a Woodbridge bus, received minor hurts as the machine crashed into the load- ing platform of the John H. Wilkins Coffee Co.’s warehouse, at 523 Rhode Island avenue, late yesterday, after it is said to have struck a truck of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co., driven by Wil- lard E. Foss, 23, of the 1300 block of Belmont street. The bus operator, Louis E. Young, 31. of Fort Myer, Va., was knocked from the wheel by the impact and his bus ran wild for about 60 feet before it struck the platform. Young was treated at Sibley Hospital for minor injuries. Passengers are re- ported to have refused hospital treat- ment. Miss Margaret Myers of 3218 Eight- eenth street northeast and Mrs. Mary Harris of 3909 Twenty-second strdet northeast and Mrs. W. Amann of 1427 Monroe street northeast were among those reported injured. Two Hurt in Crash. ‘Two men were slightly hurt in a tri- ple collision at Fifteenth and N streets shortly before noon today. Arthur Rykert, 22 years old, of Silver Spring, Md., driver of one of the cars, was treated for a cut ear at the Epis- copal, Ear, Eye and Throat Hospital. His mother, Mrs. Martha Rykert, riding with him, was unhurt. Stephen J. Demas, 609 Princeton place, driver of a laundry truck which overturned in the crash, received slight cuts to his hands. A. Ruben, driver of the third car, was unhurt. According to police, the laundry truck was proceeding south on Fifteenth when the other cars appeared simultaneously from the east and west on N street. The cars were not badly damaged. —_——— ALLEN SEES PROSPERITY UNDER NEW TARIFF ACT Senator Predicts Business Progress Will Result Equal to That Un- der Present System. A period of prosperity under the new tariff act was predicted by Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas in an ad- dress at a luncheon of the Washington Round Table in the University Club yesterday. The speaker expressed the belief that a prosperity as great, if not greater, will be enjoyed under the new measure as under the tariff legislation known as the Fordney-McCumber bill, which has been in operation for the past several years. Senator Allen praised the work of civic clubs and the ability of the people of this country to organize such clubs as well as their ability to organize other bodies. “I verily believe,” he said, “that if two men were flying in a bal- loon that burst, these two men, if they could s together in their fall to earth, would organize a new club, with one man as president and the other as secretary.” PAGE B-1 CIVIC LEADER HITS TAXREDUCTION FOR TRACTION: FIRMS Clayton Argues Companies Pay No Franchise for Use of Public Thoroughfares. HANNA CLAIMS LEVY ON EARNINGS IS FEE Federation Representative Presents Three Amendments to Pro- posed Merger Bill. ‘The suggestion of Chairman Mason M. Patrick of the Public Utilities Com~ mission that the tax levy against the street railway companies be reduced in return for establishment of reduced fares for school children was assailed last night by William McK. Clayton, representing the Federation of Cit- izens’ Associations, at the hearing of the railway merger bill before the House District subcommittee. The civic leader argued that the traction companies pay no franchise for using the public thoroughfares, and as- serted they were taxed lightly at pres- ent. To further reduce their taxes, he said, would be unfair to the other tax- payers. Hanna Answers Clayton. John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co. answered Mr, Clayton with the contention that the companies do pay a franchise tax, in addition to the regular real estate tax. He declared the 4 per cent tax levied on the gross earnings of the companies constitutes a tranchise fee. While not opposing the fare reduction plan for school children, Mr.. Hanna vigorously opposed making the traction companies bear the burden, claiming that their earnings now are low. Mr. Clayton presented to the sube committee three amendments to the merger bill proposed by the federation. One would give the Public Utilities Commission the right to approve articles of incorporation of the merged company, & second would not only au- thorize but direct the Utilities Com- mission to give reduced fares to stu- dents, and the third would provide free transfers not alone between street cars buy between cars and busses and be- tween busses. Mr. Hanna, the only other witness to testify last night, approved the amendment giving the Utilities Com- mission authority to epprove the in- corporation papers, but he opposed the other two recommendations. To direct members of the commission to institute reduced school fares, he said, would be unfair to the commission, restricting them in the exercise of their rate- making powers. The commission should be allowed to use its own good judg- ment as to the amount of the reduc- tion and to whom it should be extend- ed, he stated. Explains Bus Transfer. Busses: were specifically eliminated from the free transfer plan of the bill, the company head explained, because of the varying rates of fare on the bus lines. It would be unfair, he said, to give a street car passenger, who pays 8 cents, a free iransfer to one of the de luze bus lines, on which the fare is 25 cents, or to lines where the fare is 10 cents. Mr. Clayton interjected that the federation did not intend to include the de luxe lines. In response to a quesiion by Acting Chairman Bowman of West Virginia, Mr. Ilanna estimated the eventual sav- ings to be realized from the merger at half a million dollars a year. The costs of revaluation and rerouting dur- ing the first year or two of operation would reduce this saving to about $116.000, he thought. “What hope does the merger hold out for cheaper fares?” the chairman in- quired. “None whatever, in my opinion,” Mr. Hanna replied. “On the contrary, I think the companies are not getting enough fare now, and that eventually the fare will have to be raised. I see no possibility of any reduction at all.” “Then just what will the car riders— the strap-hangers—get out of this mer- ger?” Mr. Bowman asked. “They will get improved more comfortable equipment, transfers, better routes,” the official said. “Will there be a seat for every pas- senger?” “I don’t think that is possiblé here or anywhere else” the witness de- clared. “The public is not willing to pev for it.” The hearing will be continued to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock. CHURCH CAMPAIGN PLANS UNDER WAY Speaking Engagements for Dr. Kernahan, Evangelist, Arranged by Local Clergy and Laymen. free Arrangements are being completed by local clergy and laymen for speaking engagements for Dr. A. Earl Kernahan when he arrives here Saturday for the forthcoming campaign of visitation evangelism. Dr. Kernahan is to speak not less than 15 times at different churches on Sunday beginning at 7:30 o'clock in the morning, when he will make his first talk at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Among the assemblages he will address are the congregation at the Columbia Heights Christian Church at 11 o'clock; a meeting of workers at 3:30 o'clock in Constitution Hall, and young peoples societies and churches in the evening. The individual churches which tool part in the recent religious survey are enlisting their visitation workers in preparation for the instruction meeting Sunday afternoon. Four thousand -workers are expected to be present. The colored churches of the city will officially end their survey tonight with a supper meeting in the Mount Carmel Baptist Church. SPROUL TO SPEAK Kansas Representative to Address Howard U. on Frohibition. Representative W. H. Sproul of Kan- sas will g.eak at the Howard University Foru at 6:45 o'clock tonight on “Is Prohibition a Success or a Failure?” Sproul, who will be heard in Library Hi at the university, was invited as an advocate of the prohibition amend- ment. University ofi.cials plan to have a member of Congress speak for the opponents of the near future.