Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1930, Page 2

A NEW PHONE LIN LINKS AMERIGAS Hoover Talks With Chilean and Uruguayan Presidents in Opening Service. President Hoover at 11 o'clock today {naugurated a direct telephone service between Nortih and Sdx:h America, when from the cabinet room of the -executive office he exchanged felicita- tions with President Ibanez del- Campo of Chile and President Juan Campiste- guy of Uruguay. ‘This great stride in international communications was made possible by completion of a link between the two continents consisting of a short wave radio telephone circuit of 5300 miles connecting the overseas radio stations of the American Telephone & Tele- graph Co. in this country and the In- ternational Telephone & Telegraph Cor- poration’s stations in the vicinity of Buenos Aires. Immediately following the formal ceremonies in the cabinet room the service was ready for public patronage. Officials Listened in on Talks. Original arrangements also included a conversation between President Cool- idge and President Hipolito Yrigoyen of Argentina, but the Argentine executive last night sent a cable to the White House asking to be excused because of illness. However, following President Hoover's part in the inauguration, Act- ing Secretary of State Cotton conversed with John Cambell White. American ;‘ " rge d'affaires at the Argentine capl- al. In the room with President Hoover and Undersecretary Cotton were offi- cials of this Government and of the telephone company, and representatives of the countries, with the exception of Argentine, included in the telephone conversations. More than a dozen headpieces were placed about the cabinet table, which guests used to listen-in. Gifford Opens Line. President Walter S. Gifford of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co, first called Col. William F. Repp, vice president of the Interantional Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, in Buenos Afres, and informed him that President Hoover had consented to open the serv- jce. It required about five minutes to get things going and after that every- thing worked smoothly. The whole ceremony was over in 15 minutes. ‘The President spoke first to President Ibanez. ‘The responses from the Chilean and Uruguayan presidents were delivired in Spani although President Hoover spoke in English. ‘The scene in the cabinet room was described and the radio conversations repeated over the broadcast systems of the National Broadcasting Co. and the Columbia Broadcasting Co. INCIDENT CAUSES COMMENT. Diplomatic Significance Is Not At- tached to Yrigoyen Refusal. Failure of Hipolito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina, to participate with Presi- dent Hoover and the Presidents of Chile and Uruguay in ceremonles at- tending the inauguration of a trans- continent telephone service occasioned comment in official circles in Washing- ton today. but at the State Department it was said that no diplomatic signifi- cance was attached to the incident. Officials added that it was understood that a cold and a sore throat made it inadvisable for President Yrigoyen to take part in the presidential conversa- tions. The belief was expressed that the proposed tariff on wheat and in- creased duties on flaxseed, opposition to which has been expressed in_the Argentine, did not figure in the affair, MITCHELL OPPOSES JONES LAW CHANGE, ASKING LONGER TRIAL (Continued From First Page.) Miichell wrote, “informs me that he has | 1o _objection to these suggestions.” With reference to the Stobbs bill, Mitchell said that he was fearful that the result of the enactment of the measure “will be to reduce the p.nalties for substantial violations, such as manufacture, sale and transportation, to a point below the penalties - provided before the enactment of the Jones law.” Mitchell said the bill was & departure {from the commission’s proposal because it “undertakes to define a separate and distinct class of offenses,” and takes them out from under the operation of the Jones law. Opposes Jones Law Change. He contended that the Jones law should not be changed because it was enacted only a year ago, and added that ‘sufficient_time has not elapsed to de- termine the efficacy of the increased penalties” under that law, which pro- Vides a maximum fine of $10,000 and five vears' imprisonment. Members of the Law Enforcement Commission had recommended modification of the Jones statute. | “It has been the experience of the Justice Department,” the letter said, “that both United States attorneys and judges have, in general, carefully ob- served the admonition of Congress to deal fairly, according to thc character of the offense. The departures from that policy -consist rather in leniency than in severit; The judiciary committee resumed a study of the measures today, along with & proposal to recommend appointment of ‘additional Federal judges to handle the increased court business. The only commission measure it has approved is the Christopherson bill to authorize the serving of summonses on absentee own- ers of liquor dispensing night clubs and speakeasies through publication when padlock injunction proceedings are in- stituted. Except for rebuttal testimony, the prohibition hearings, which began Feb- ruary 12, were concluded yesterday when the drys placed a half dozen statements from their leaders into the record opposing measures to repeal the eighteenth amendment. Over on_the Senate side, Senator Brookhart, Republican, Towa, had served notice of an address today denouncing -and practitioner Dr. Barton wrote ex- THE EVENING {OUT OF FUEL, YANCEY LANDED ' OFF ST. GEORGES TO GET GAS Aviat or Describes Night at Sea and Com- pletion of Flight to Bermuda the Next Morning. BY CAPT. LEWIS YANCEY, Navigator of the Pilot. By Cable to The Star and New York Times. HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 3. After spending the night at sea, during which we were never In any immediate danger, we landed at Hamilton yester- day at exactly 9 am., completing the first New York-Bermuda flight. This lv‘ms approximately 8!> hours flying me. We would have arrived much earlier had it not been for the fact that we ran out of fuel after a half-hour’s flight. ‘This brought us down in Murray's anchorage, only a short way from the north shore. ~ After replenishing our supply we took off again, circled over Harrington Sound and saluted Tom Moore’s cottage, Elbow Beach and the Belmont Manor: Hotel and came down in the harbor here, where we under- went medical inspection and received permission to land. We expect to fly back whenever weather conditions are favorable. But in the meantime we have chartered & horse and buggy and will drive. Despite the fact that we were warned Bermuda did not wish planes to land without permission, the authorities were most cordial, Tried to Ask Liner's Aid. We knew at about 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon that we would be unable to ch Bermuda as a result of still head winds and we attempted to make c tact with the motorship Bermuda en route to New York and on our path. We wanted to ask her to stand by while we landed in e of accident, as a big ground swell was running at the time, although the ocean was quite calm. Due to low visibility, however, we were un- able to do given are New York time) we decided to set the plane down. ‘This was not an easy task because of the swells, but it was managed and we made preparations to spend the night at sea. We decided to take three watches 0f four hours each and so put out sea anchors consisting of two 10-quart tin palls and shortly afterward turned up, but, due to the fact that we were afraid of water getting into the pontoons and had to move up forward in the plane to equalize the weight, we didn’'t get much rest. Fortunately, the sea had calmed down a bit and we co good omen, for we had fidence in the pontoons. Along toward midnight we sighted the lights of a vessel. It proved to be the .ady Somers of the Canadian Steamship Co., which had left Bermuda Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock and was on the way to Halifax. We sent up Very flares, o, and at 5:59 (all the times | The vessel had been asked to keep watch out for us and she hove to and we spoke to Capt. Armit. He asked if we wished to be taken off. We told him no, but requested that he report dur position, which was 70 miles north of Bermud: and send news that everything was g ing well. Tighten Up Pontoon Gears, We turned in for slee) About 5 o'clock we started cleaning up ship and tightening up the pontoon gears, which had been loosened by landing in the heavy swell. At 5:45, through skill- ful handling on the part of Alexander, the pilot, we managed to take off, al- though by now the swells were running again and operation was difficult, We immediately established _com- munication with radio station WHD, and maintained cormunication until about 6:45, at which time we an- nounced the sighting of land dead ahead. A few minutes later, however, due to deceptive reading of a defective fuel gauge, we discovered we were out of gas. We used all we had and then made a forced landing at Murray's an- chorage, where ships that are unable to get into the harbor anchor. Comdr. Landman, chief of the pilot station here, was apparently the first to sight us, and within a short time E. P. T. Tucker and W. E. Meyer of St. George put out to us and, discovering our r quirements, went back and brought us ne gas. We took off again and flew o the island and Hamilton and landed safely at 9 o'clock. Throughout the flight the radio worked to perfection. And we dis- covered that picking out a small place like Bermuda is not as difficult as it might seem. Our navigation all the way was perfect. We were never off our line. YANCEY PI OCEAN HOP. Brother-in-Law Says Flight to Europe Will Be Made This Summer. MIAMI BEACH, Fla, April 3 (®).— Capt. Lewis A. Yancey, who arrived in Bermuda yesterday afier an interrupted flight from New York, will attempt a transocean flight during the Summer, according to announcement made he yesterday by C. V. Civello, brother-in- of the fiyer. The proposed flight, Civello said, will be sponsored by a European concern and will begin in the United States with | 8 European point :.s designation. Neither | the date nor point of take-off has been {announced. A special plane is being bullt for the attempt, Civello said. (Copyright, 1930, by the New York Times. All vights reserved.) Georgetown Professor of Medicine Succumbs After Operation. Dr. Wilfred Mason Barton, prominent Washington physician and a member of the faculty of the Georgetown Univer- sity School of Medicine for 33 years, died yesterday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, following an operation for a stomach allment. Iie was 58 years old | and a native of this city. Dr. Barton was an old friend of the | Mayo brothers and frequently attended | the clinics in Rochester. He had been suffering from & slight stomach trouble and went to Rochester about two weeks ago to be examined. Peritonitis set in | after the operation and his condition became ‘alarming a few days ago. Mrs Barton was at his bedside when he dled. Death Shocks Friends. His death came as a great shock to his many friends in Washington and his associates at Georgetown, for Dr. Barton apparently was in excellent health when he left here. A student anc teacher of medicine, Dr. Barton was one of the leading physicians in Washington for many years and was actively connected with many of the natlonal medical socletie: of the country. In 1911 he was presi dent of the District of Columbia Medi- cal Society. He was a great lover of sports, pre- ferring boating and riding, and for years was a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club. He was also well known as an after-dinner speaker and took a prom- Inent part in medical conventions. Dr. Barton was born in Washington, July 16, 1871, He was the son of Wil- llam Henry and Harriet Garrison Bar- ton, who came here from Michigan. Graduated from Central High School in 1889, Dr. Barton obtained his medi- cal degree from Georgetown University in 1892 and joined its faculty four years later. In February, 1928, he was appointed professor of medicine. Receives Master's Degree. In 1925, the occasion of the seventy- fifth anniversary of the Georgetown Medical School, Dr. Barton was made a master of arts. He was an attending physician at the Georgetown Hospital for many years and aiso at Columbia and Gallinger Hospitals. Dr. Barton was a member of the medical advisory board of the District during the World War. He was also a member of the American Medical Association, in whose affairs he took a leading part; the Society of Nervous and Mental Diseases, the Clinical Society of the District of Columbia, the Clinico-Pathological So- ciety of the District, the District Medi- cal Society and the Congress of Internal | Medicine. He was a feliow of the Col- | lege of Physicians also, During his long career as a teacher tensively on various medical subjects, sothe of his works having been published prohibition enforcement under Secretary Mellon and discussing the wet views of | Senator Tydings, Democrat, Maryland. PLAN FOR ARMY DAY Exercises Will Bel Held at Noon Saturday. Army day will be observed in ex- ercises in front of the State, War and Navy Building Saturday noon under auspices of the Military Order of the ‘World War. Rear Admiral T. J. Cowie, paymaster general of the United States Navy, re- tired, who is commander-in-chief of the order, and Capt. George F. Un. macht, come:mnder of the District of Columbia Ci '{ner, will speak. Addresses will deal with the subject ot national defense on the thirteeth an- Jtversary of the ent of the United States into the World War. Robert Nye Slightly Improved. Robert Nye, 8-year-old son of Sen- ator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, ‘who was operated on for appendicitis at Children’s Hospital {lesurdny, Was re- ported to be itly improved con- dition today by authorities at the hos- pital. His condition was announced as aritical yesterday. f W~ in_book form, Dr, Barton was a Mason and a past master of Pentalpha Lodge, No, 23, of this city. Dr. Barton married Miss Mary A. Quinn of Worcester, Mass., on August 12, 1905, His widow and & sister, Mrs. Wilhelmina Gans, wife of Isaac Gans of this city, survive him. Mr, Gans said that arrangements for the funeral would not be made until Dr. Barton’s body is brought to Wash- DIES SUDDENLY | Physician Dies DR. WILFRED M. BARTON. POLICEMEN FREED ON MONEY CHARGE Jury Exonerates Two Officers Accused of Taking Cash During Raid. Second precinct policeman, Claude Evans and John H. Foster, were exon- erated by a Police Court jury this after- noon after a few minutes deliberation on charges of taking money in a num- bers game raid in January. ‘The suspended officers will face other charges of petty larceny in court next week, where it was charged that they went & mile from the limits of their precinct, entered a private home with- out a warrant, took $20 as “evidence” for a “gaming case,” and left the house without making an arrest and failed to report the raid to any police precinct. Will Face Trial Board. After the outcome of the second court trial, police officials said that the two men will be called before the Police Trial Board. Th complainant in the trial today, Alphonso Brooks, colored, testified that Evans and Foster entered his home near the intersection of Florida avenue and North Capitol street, on January 11, without & warrant. Charging that he, Brooks, would be arrested for permit- ting gaming, the witness said that one of the officers took $26 from his pocket., He said he heard no more of the alleged charge and upon inquiry at the precinct station discovered that the police had made no report of the incident. Ques- tioned by Defense Attorney E. Russell Kelley and W. B. O'Connell, Brooks ad- mitted that he hurled several numbers slips into the stove, but denied that he had permitted gaming in the house. He declared that he did not report the case to police for six weeks because he “wanted to get his money back.” Straightforward Stories, Both Evans and Foster told straight- forward stories to the jury. The tes- timony of a Government witness con- !flicted slightly with that given by Brooks, which proved to be the decidin; factor in the case. The police explainet the fact that they had made the raid while off duty by saying that they were on their way to court when they saw the complainant enter his home. ington.” It will arrive here at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning. - REED WILL BROADCAST Former Senator Speaks Tonight Over Hook-Up. Former Senator James A. Reed of Missourt will ‘discuss “Nationalism Ver- sus Internationalism” when he broad- casts over the National Broadcasting Co. hook-up tonight at 7:30 o'clock, under the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Senator Reed will the sixth speaker on the D. A. R. patriotic radio program. Participation in senatorial discussions which followed the World War and the Paris peace conference, as well as in- tensive. study, have qualified Senator Reed to discuss subject internat ‘The new charge sets forth that Evans and made a second warrantless raid into a private home while off duty and attired in plain clothes, Assistant District Attorney Charles B. Murray ex- plained that -the facts will be placed before & jury next week, o Four Plays to Be Given. Four one-act plays will be presented tomorrow night in_the auditorium of the E. V. Brown School, Connecticut avenue and McKinley street, under auspices of the Drama Club of the Chevy Chase Community Center. Miss Ruth Kentzler, the suj director of the drama work of the Chevy Chase Center, will be assisted in staging the plays by members of the Drama Club, presentations. STAR, WASHINGTO ATTACKS GRANT'S ENGINEER REPORTS Somervell Statement in Re- ply to Criticism Questions Colonel’s Knowledge. (Continued From First Page,) sons for his failure to reply, when be- fore the proper committee, seem ob- vious. “I am very sorry not to be able to take Col. Grant's remarks concerning flood control, power, etc., seriously, I did take them seriously at first, but have been unable to do so since I saw his report to Gen. Jadwin, in which he stated that the flood of 1889, which reached its crest on June 2 of that year, was due to an ice jam at Long Bridge, this in June, with the tempera~ ture in the scventles. Silllarly, with regard to power, his remarks’ concern- ing the collapse of dams to be built and the destruction of the Lincoln Memorial are too far-fetched to claim the atten- tion of any thinking person, much less an engineer who is supposed to know about such matters. . Says Real Points Omitted. “The figures presented by me to the Senate committee were not only those arrived at as the result of my own ca culations, but those secured after a careful review by & number of eng:neers and an economist. None of the real points at issue was covered in Col. Grant’s article, the idea evidently being to becloud the issue with references to inconsequential and irrelevant matter more or less in the vein of a previous newspaper release by the park con mission in which we find the following: ‘In the cool shade below the steep cliffs on the south bank are to be found animals, insects and plants in unusual variety. Here the fauna and flora of the upland mountain regions meet and hobnob with those of the costal plain, ‘The river has brought the seeds and animals from the hills and cut a ccol gorge for them to develop in. Capt. Joan Smith found in this vicinity Bea.es, Deere and other beasts * * * and Argoll described an animal which pre- sumable was a bison." 1 do not claim to be a park expert. ‘The park laid out around the power development proposed by this office follows exactly the report of the prev ous Senate committee under the chall manship of Senator McMillan, which investigated this matter. This com- mittee had as its adviser Messrs. Daniel H. Burnham, Charles F. McKim, Augustus St. Gaudens and Frederic Law Olmsted, jr. They state: “‘Without interfering with the fu- ture utilization of the waterpower, the surroundings of Great Falls on both sides of the river. should, in our opinion, be converted into a national park to be connected with the city by a continuous river road.’ ‘Power Firm Called Beneficiary. . “Mr. Olmsted, it seems, once advo- cated the development with power and | once withou (Mr. Olmsted is now a member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the majority of which favored the development of the Great Falls area as & park, leaving the ques ton of power for future determination of Congress.) “The greatest single beneficiary from the Cramton bill, as it was originally written, would be the Potomac Electric Power Co., as it would be able to dis- pose of the property, which it has been holding at & million dollars, to the Government, and keep out all competi- tors in the District, which has evi- dently been their purpose in buying and holding the lands. If I am the spokes- man for the Potomac River Corporation, as suggested by Col. Grant, Col. Grant must be the spokesman for the Potomac Electric Power Co. “As I stated in the beginning, how- ever, this is no place for a debate on the merits of this proposition. In the event that the District committee should take Col. Grant's remarks seriously, I have written the chairman of that com- mittee to suggest that he call on the chief engineer of the Federal Power Commission for the result of the review of the power development made by the engineers of that commission. ‘Their investigation was made independently of this officc and by the highest authority on these matters in the Gov- | ernment service. “Their statements will be the facts in the case, and whether they substantiate or do not substantiate the conclusions reached by this office, I will be willing to accept them. Their views should set the question of the economics of the development at rest. The park com- mission, 1f it wishes to be fair in the matter, must likewise accept the con- clusions of the power commission as to the economics of the power develop- m t. ‘Since the completion of the report made by this office on the power de- velopment, we have assembled & great many data bearing on navigation and flood control and some on further power development. All that we have are available to the proper authorities and all show an increasing value to the de- velopment, COMPANY ANSWERS GRANT. Potomac River Corporation Counsel Cites Jadwin’s Report. A reply to the statement of Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, chairman and executive of- ficer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, who yesterday challenged Maj. Brehon Somervell's report in support of a combined park and power project at Great Falls, was issued today by attorneys for the Po- tomac River Corporation, which op- poses the pending Cramton bill. Citing a report made by Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin while chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Elisha Hanson, attorney, said in a letter to Chalrman Capper of the Senate District committee, that Gen. Jadwin stated a combined park and power project was feasible and that “waste of more than $48,000,000 D. C, THURSDAY, in" the Virginia hills and which forced FOG SLOWS HAWKS AT TULSA TAKE-OFF Low Ceiling Also Helps Delay Start for East St. Louis, Tonight’s Goal. By the Associated Press. ‘TULSA, Okla., April 3.—Continuing Frank Hawks took off here at 10:45 am. today for Springfield, Mo., with East St. Louis, IIL, his goal for tonight's stop. His departure, planned for 7 a.m. was delayed by fog and low ceiling. pound glider at the Tus 6:15 pm. yesterday. Lfter the glider pilot, holder of both' the East-West and West st transcontinental flight rec- was the honored guest at & ban- A distance of 1505 miles has been flown by the “glider train,” which is en route to New York and which left San Diego, Calif., Bunday morning. Capt. Hawks said the primary pur- pose of his flight across country at the end of a 500-foot cable was to stimulate interest in gliding and through that create an eventual interest in com- mercial aviation. DIVORCED WIFE SUES. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 3.—Mrs, New ell Vaughn, former wife of Capt. Frank Hawks, aviator, who is attempting a transcontinental glider flight, appeared in_Superior Court yesterday, seeking to collect $6,200, and interest since 192 which she said she loaned him during their two ars of married life to pro- ‘'mote his first aviation ventures. Mrs. Vaughn has remarried since their divorce in 1921. HIT-RUN DRIVER RUNS MAN DOWN John W. Tucker Injured While Standing in Safety Zone. | John W. Tucker, 35 years old, of 1420 | Young street southeast, was injured last | night_ when an automobile struck him while standing in a safety zone at Penn- sylvania avenue and Four-and-a-half street and continued on without halting. A passing motorist, Miss Grace Bush to Providence Hospital, where he was treated for lacerations to the left hand and knee and contusions of the body. He was later dismissed. ‘Tucker gave police a description of the car and 1t was found shortly afterward parked at Tenth strc»t and South Caro- lina avenue southeast. Police of No. 6 precinct later received a telephone mes- sage from an attorney, who stated that ‘tihe driver would surrender himself to- ay. Mrs. Nathalie D. Haines, wife of Maj Edgar F. Haines of the Washington Barracks, suffered minor cuts of the face yesterday afternoon when an auto- mobile in which she was riding collided at Seventh street and Pennsylvania ave- nue with a Capital Traction Co. street car. She was given first ald treatment by her husband, who is a physician. Raymond Hall of the 900 block of B street southeast, driver of a Washing- slightly hurt last night when the bus he was driving collided at Union Station Plaza with a machine operated by Francis R. Langley of the 1300 block of F street southeast. Hall was treated by & private physician for lacerations of the hand and face. scenic consideration is mneither neces- sary, desirable nor sound.” Referring to Col. Grant's statement and to that of the American Civic As- sociation, which also attacked the Somervell report, Hanson wrote Sena- tor Capper that “it is a remarkable fact” that both statements rely on the Jadwin report. “This is particularly remarkable, Hanson wrote, “In view of the fact that Col. Grant, as executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, suppressed the Jadwin re- port when he transmitted the conclu- slons of that commission to Congress n December.’ MARRIED FIFTY YEARS of 922 F street northeast, drove ‘Tucker | ton Rallway & Electric Co. bus, was| of potential values for debatable minor | < : APRIL 3, 1930, Prisoners from the Dh(rlr‘l of Columbia Reformatory who were called to hel, several families to flee from their homes. | | | | | { | | | | his transcontinental glider flight, Capt. | Capt. Hawks landed his fragile 300- | Alrport at| | p fight the forest fires which broke out —P. & A. Photo. | Smoke-scarred walls were all that remained of the old lock house at Great Falls, on the Maryla d side, this morning, after a 1,000-acre fire swept the wood- | 1ands of the park and threatened the Anglers' Club last night. flames may have been started by a pyromaniac gre being invesl Reports that the ated. —Star Staff Photo. 1 Mrs. Hoover Leaves | Capital to Attend | Meeting of Friends i Mrs. Hoover left Washington 1 this morning for Philadelphia, accompanied by Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, widow of the late secre- tary of the Smithsonian Institu- tion. They are attending the | annual meeting of the Society of Friends being held in the Quaker City. HOUSE COMMITTEE - FAVORS WOOD BILL i | | \ | Action Follows Hearing on | Plan to Build Roads to i Tomb of Unknown. ‘The House military affairs commit- tee today made a favorable report on the Wood bill to authorize the Secre- | tary of War to construct approaches. | | surroundings and roadways to the tomb |of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington | Cemetery. The first deficiency appro- ‘prlnllon bill carried $415,686 for the | work. Action was taken after a brief public | hearing at which Maj. Gen. John L. De Witt. quartermaster general of the Army, explained the purpose of the bill. He declared the legislation necessary because the deficiency appropriation act | ‘fmled to give the Secretary of War work. Gen. De Witt said a contract already had been awarded for completion of the tomb of the Unknown by-the capping |of the marble sarcophagus and that it is desirable to construct the ap-| proaches and surroundings &s soon as possible so that the entire project can be completed at the same time. The contract for capping the tomb proper, he explained, calls for its completion in March, 1931. Representative Speaks of Ohio pro- tested against a provision in the bill giving the Sccretary of War authority to award contracts for the work with- out advertising. He declared such pro- cedure would be contrary to the method of awarding public contracts. Gen. De Witt explained, however, that the bill was so phrased to permit the employ- ment of Lorimer Rich, a New York architect, who designed the tomb and its_approaches. The War Department, Gen. De Witt said, wants Mr. Rich to prepare the specifications and to supervise the work of the contractors. PLANS ARE BEING MADE FOR ADVERTISING SESSION| " Federation to Hold Convention in|, | ‘Washington for Four Days Next Month. James W. 5. Hardey, director of advertising for Woodward & Lothl’fir‘& Department Store and second vice president of the Washington Adver!u-‘ ing Club, who was named by Ernest S. Johnston, president of the latter body yesterday to head the reception com- mittee for the convention of the Adver- tising Federation of America in this city, May 18-21, is meeting with the personnel of the committee in the Na- tional Press Club this afternoon. At the meeting plans are being dis- cussed by Mr. Hardey and the commit- tee members for the comfort of some 3,000 delegates expected to attend the!| convention. MRS. SWIFT RITES HELD Wife of General Buried in Arling- ton Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Susan Palmer Swift, 72 years old, who dled at her residence, 2230 California street, ‘Tuesday after a brief illness, were con- ducted at the Fort Myer Chapel tod: at 11 o'clock. Interment was in Arling- ton Cemetery. Mrs. Swift was the wife of Brig. Gen necessary authority to carry out the A THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Rain tonight and _possibly tomorrow morning, not much™ change in temperature: mini- mum temperature about 38 degrees; gentle to moderate southeast winds. Maryland—Rain tonight and possibly tomorrow morning, not much change in temperature; moderate to fresh east and southeast winds. Virginia—Rain tonight and possf | tomorrow morning, not much change in temperature; moderate to fresh | southeast and south winds West Virginia—Cloudy with rain to- night and possibly in extreme East por- tion tomorrow morning, not much | change in temperature. Record for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 53; 8 p.m., 50 12 midnight, 42; 4 am, 36; 8 a.m. 43; noon, 41. Barometer (inches)—4 p.m. 29.96: 8 pm., 2995, 12 midnight, 29.95; am. 29.90; 8 am. 29.85; noon, 29.77. Highest ' temperature, 55, occurred at 5 p.m. yesterday. Lowest tempera- ture, 36, occurrcd at 4 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 75; lowest, 42. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 4:55 a pm.; high tide, 10:49 a. Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:36 am. and 6:37 p.m.; high tide, 11:37 am. ‘The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 5:51 a.m. 6:32 pm. Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:50 am.; sun sets 6:33 p.m. Moon rises 8:56 am. Weather in Various Cities. sun sets Stations. Weather Buffalo, N. Charleston. §.C. 2t Chicago, Tl Cincinnati, i Cleveland, Ohio Colum C. as0. Tex. Galveston. Tex. Helena, Mont. on 3 Indianapolis.Ind 29.7 Jacksonyille Fla. 29,92 3014 N. Orleans, 29.90 New York, N.Y.29.88 Qkiahoma_ City: 29.04 San _Antor Antonio. . .. 20.94 San Diego, Cailf 30.12 Francisco.. 30.12 Forsy Cloudy FOREIGN. Greenwich time, today.) ‘Temperature. Clear (7 am. Par Berlin, B ) Part cloudy Rain Clear an_Ju Havana, Clear . Cubi Colon, Canal Zone. CAPT. 0’DONNELL DIES Probably Will Be Buried at Arling- ton National Cemetery. Capt. Georre A. O'Donnell. 5th United States Cavalry, died at Walter Reed Hospital yesterday afternoon after a prolonged illness. He probably will be buried in Arlington Nauional Cemetery. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y.. June 26, 1884, Capt. O'Donnell entered the Army as a private in the 15th Cavalry, April, 1907, and five months later was com- missioned & second lieutenant. During the World War he served in France as & captain of Infantry, National Army. In July, 1920, he was made a captain in the regular establishment and subsequently was graduated from the Cavalry school. His widow, Mrs. Mae M. O'Don here ararnging for the funeral servic — Peru boasts that it has one of the highest railroads in the world, that crossing the Andes at 15,000 feet elev: tion, and that it was built by an Ameri- can, § g el nell, is NAME DELEGATES 10 FEDERATION Theodore W. Noyes and James F. Duhamel Chosen by Oldest Inhabitants. Election of delegates to the Fedara- tion of Citizens’ Assoctations and dis- cussions of the Washington bicenten- nial celebration and sites for a muni- cipal afrport in the District engaged the attention of the Assoclation of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia at the April meeting last night in the old Union Engine House, Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, The association having joined the Federation of Citizens’ Associations at its last meeting, it electcd Theudors W. Noyes, president, and James F. Duhamel, 'corresponding secretary, as delegates to the federation As president of the federation, Dr. George C. Havenner, welcomed the As- sociation of Oldest Inhabitants “into {the fold.” The association, | marked, is the first city-wide body of its kind ever admit to membership jin the federation { Dr. Havenner, who recently ®as | elected a member of the Oldest In- habitants, explained that the federa- | tion has affiliated with it 54 neigh- borhood associations and eight cit | wide organiza'ions, representing a”. | active membership of 38.000 taxpayers. “We are working to make Washington a better place in which to live and I | know that is one of the aims of t | Association of Oldest Inhabitants,” said. “That 1s what all of us ol timers want to do.” To Aid Bicentennial. | Fred A, Emery, vice president of the association, who presided in the absence ‘uf Mr. Noves, called attention to the plans for the Washington bicentennial { celebration two years hence and upon his suggestion the association agreed 1 to co-cperate with the bicentennial committee and all other bodies working {in behalf of the event. In this con- nection, Mr. Duhamel told of three his- toric places in the District intimately associated with memories of George Washington which he suggested the Government should preserve. Washington had planned to build a home in the Pederal city, he said, on the site of what is known as square 20, near the Naval Hospital. He made frequent mention of these plans in his diary and letters, Mr. Duhamel ex- plained, and they called for a large comforiable mansion, cow barns and other structures. “That ground is now occupied by a few shanties and should be purchased by the Government,” he said. Washe Ington had his mind on t site, he explained, because it commanded a broad view of the Potomac River from Alexandria to Georgetown. Two other old residences where Washington frequently visited, he said, were the home of Robert Peter, a son- in-law of Martha Washington, located on K street between Twenty-sixth and Twen reets, and another at Sixth ‘and M ects southwest, now community center. Plan Visit to Historic Sites. Mr. Dul invited the members lof the a N to take an historical tour of c of Washington in | the general ne'ginborhood of the Capitol | Sunaay atterncon at 2:30 o'clock. They | will visit the homes of Henry Cla: | Danie! Webster, President Fillmore | Gen. John A. 'Dix, Andrew Bradley land others whose names are intimately linked with the efrly history and growth | of the National Capital. ! " 'Mr. Emery opened a discussion of {the proposed municipal airport in | Washington by reading a recent com- | munication to The Evening Star from | H. M. Proctor proposing the acquisition | of a site on the high filled ground be- | tween the District Jail and the Benning road bordering the Eastern Branch of the Potomac. Dr. Havenner stated the position taken by the Federation of Citizens’ Associations in_opposition to the pro- | posed site on the Virginia side of the | Potomaé near Highway Bridge. He de- | clared he was opposed to the money of | local taxpayers being paid for an air- port site outside the District. | Attention was called to the fact that | the oldest member of the association, Maj. Willard S. Saxton, will be 101 years old on August 13. On motion of Percy Israel, the association voted to extend to Maj. Saxton its felicitations jon his forthcoming birthday and to | wish him many mort | " Two new members were admitted last | night. They were Albert P. Williamson and Fred H. Ogle. As an addition to the museum maintained in the Old | Union Engine House, Frank W. Dowling | presented_the _association with & belt | worn by Gen. Winfield Scott during the | Mexican War. | Announcement was made that Joseph | I. Keefer would deliver an_fllustrated lecture on George Washington and | Mount Vernon at the next meeting. amel 5,000 PROTESTANTS TAKE FIELD SUNDAY Representatives of 150 Churches to Carry Evangelistic Mes- sage Into Homes. More than 5.000 members of 150 Protestant churches of Washington and the: nearby States will take the fleld Sunday afternoon to carry an evan- | gelistic message into the homes of the | city. The united efforts of the various i churches in_this direction will be su- pervised by Dr. A. Earl Kernahan, who has_organized the_territory into' nine districts. Headquarters for each district has been designated and there super- conferences will be held nightly during the coming week for the instruction of the workers. The work of enlisting the church volunteers and or organizing commit- tees to arrange for transportation of the workers is well under way and ever thing is expected to be in readiness for the opening of the campaign. At 7:30 tonight the second instruc- tion meeting for district 1, South Wash- ington, will be held in Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, Fourth and B streets southeast, with Rev. Freeley Rohrer, chairman, presiding. At the same hour, at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, the instruction meeting will be held by Dr. Kernahan for hundreds of colored workers. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra this evening at Stanley Hall, at 5:30 o'clock (John 8. M. Zim- e) ; Anton Point- ner, assistant leader) March, “Molly” Overture, “Le Re! Hath Said) Dell Four Negro Spirituals, Clarence Caneron hite 1. Chant (“Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Been.”) 2. Lament (“I'm Troubled in Mind"). 3. Slave song (“Many Thousand 4. Negro dance (“Sometimes I Feel ike a Motherless Child"), Selection from Irish comedy, “Ma- wc;ltshll" i biass altz song, “I'l 'ways B With You” . P Fox trot, “I" Finale, “Lucky M “The Star Spangled Banner.