Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1930, Page 16

A—16 = INFORMER SOUGHT | BY DETECTIVES AS ROBBERY SUSPECT $1,650 in Cash and Diamond Pin Taken From Barber by Three Men. VICTIM SAYS ONE OF TRIO HAD VISITED SHOP BEFORE! Man Taken to Hospital With In- jured Jaw, Lacerations and Bruises. A police liquor informer was being sought by detectives today after he had been tentatively identified as one of the three men who last night slugged George Kapsaly in his barber shop at 30013 ‘Tenth street and robbed him of $1,650 in cash and a diamond stickpin. Kapsaly told headqumrters detectives he was almost ceriain one of the trio appeared at his place of business some time ago and attempted to purchase liquor. He sald that he learned later this man was a police informer, Kapsaly, who is 46 years old, was ar- rested in January, 1927, after he is said to have accidentally shot a woman who was visiting him at his shop. A charge of assault with a dangerous weapon was placed against him at the time, but was dropped when the woman refused to prosecute. Preparing to Close. ‘The barber was getting ready to close his shop last night when the three young men, all well dressed, walked in. They asked him if he was closing up, but be- fore he could reply they attacked him. He was slugged into insensibility and bound with a piece of rope. The money, rincipally in 520 bills, was removed ymm a pouch which he carried under his shirt, and the pin was taken from his tie. His left wrist was badly bruised as a result of unsuccessful attempts to remove a diamond ring. After the men had secured the money and pin they pulled down the window shades in the shop and fled. Kapsaly lay on the floor until he was discovered by a milkman making deliveries. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and treated for a possible fractured jaw and severe lacerations and bruises on the face. Always Carried Money. Kapsaly said he has operated the barber shop at the Tenth street ad- dress for 17 years. He has always car- H!t; his surplus money with him, he said. On March 26 last he was arrested by Precinct Detectives H. D. Carroll, H. C. Wanamaker and A. D. Mans- field on charges of sale and possession of liquor. The sale charge was dropped in Police Court and a jury trial was demanded on the other. ‘When Kapsaly was searched at the station house, the money he lost last night was found in his clothing, and police said they warned him at that time that it was dangerous to carry such a large sum with him. THE WEATHER District of Columbia — Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight; tomor- row cloudy; colder at night; gentle to moderate southeast and south winds. Maryland—Fair, warmer tonight; to- morrow, increasnig cloudiness; variable wmdk.‘s becoming moderate southeast and south. Virginia—Increasing cloudiness, prob- ably followed by rain in southeast and central portions tonight and tomor- row: not much change in temperature; moderate east winds. West Virginia—Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy. Record for 24 Hours, ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 58; 8 p.m.,, 56; 12 midnight, 47; 4 am,, 43; 8 am, 43; noon, 56. Barometer—4 pm., 30.07; 8 pm. 80.14; 12 midnight, 30.22; 4 a.m., 30.23; 8 a.m., 30.28; noon, 30.22. Highest temperature, 58, occurred at 4 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 36, occurred at 7 a.m. today. ‘Temperature same date last year— ‘Highest, 82; lowest, 56. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 6:28 am. and 7:37 pm.; high tide, 12:09 am. and 12:34¢ .m, p'romormw—Mw tide, 7:36 a.m. and 8:47 pm.; high tide, 1:13 am. and 1:42 p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 5:48 a.m., sun sets 6:34 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:47 a.m., sun Believed Dead MISS HELEN MARIE FINK. DISTRICT WOMAN BELIEVED SUICIDE Passenger Thought to Be| Helen Marie Fink Disap- pears From Liner. A woman believed to have been Miss | Helen Marie Fink, formerly secretary to the late Representative W. W. Griest of Pennsylvania, disappeared from the Panama-Pacific liner Virginia while oft the coast of Southern California Wed- nesday night, the master, Capt. James . Roberts, reported when his ship docked in San Diego yesterday. Capt. Roberts said the woman had been suffering from melancholia and presumably jumped overboard. On the ship's records, she was car- ried as Helen Irene Fink of 815 East Capitol street. No one of that name | is known there, but at 812 East Capitol | street, Miss Fink resided until recently, | and friends had been informed that she had sailed from New York for Califor- ;u{u on March 22—the date the Virginia eft. A friend here said her handwriting was such that it might account for the apparent discrepancy in the identifica- tion. Had Led Concert on Ship. Capt. Roberts declared, according to the Associated Press, that before his passenger's disappearance Wednesday night she was leading a concert on the liner. Friends of the Washington wom- an say that she had an exceptionally good voice. Miss Fink is known to have experi- enced periods of depression since an operation in 1923 at Clifton Springs, | N. Y. Her health had been impaired | and she wns forced to resign from Rep- resentative Griest’s employ. For four years she resided in At- lantic City and had lived in New York City since September. At Christmas Miss Fink visited friends here and was said to have been in good spirits. Daughter of Late Oil Man. Helen Marie Fink was the daughter of John Fink, well known Washington oil man, who died in 1919. Her mother died when she was 6 years old. She| attended Force School. She was first | employed by a firm of public stenog- | raphers and later worked for the Amer- ican Federation of Labor for a year| before her employment by Mr. Griest. | Miss Fink's only relatives are an aunt and uncle, living in a small town near Washington, from whom she has been estranged for years. When in Washington she had lived with Miss Marie Louise Weisse at 812 East Capitol street. —_— SUTLIFF FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD THIS MORNING | Veteran Employe of Navy Depart- ment Buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Funeral services for Dr. Hugo H. Sutliff, 64 years old, former Washington physi- cian and veteran employe of the Navy Department, who died yesterday at the Georgetown Hospital, were held at 9 o'clock this morning at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Interment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Dr. Sutliff, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was attached to the division of plan files of the Navy Department for more than 30 years. He was a gradu- ate of the old Columbian University Medical School and a member of the Carroll Council, Knights of Columbus. Besides his widow, Mrs. Julia N. Sutliff, he is survived by two daugh- ters, Mrs. Dean Gundrum of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Miss Eileen Sutliff of Somerset, Md., and two sons, Milo J. Sutliff, jr., and Gerald F. Sutliff of sets 6:35 Moon i 9:51 am., sets 12:51 am. Weather in Various Cities. SIUIH Weather. +*egupINgIE Chicago, Cincinnati, 3 Cleveland, Ohlo. Columbia, 8. C. SER3EEERa5RE553: 0 o Sl 15 30: ndianapolis. % Jacksonville,Fla. 30. City, Mo 30.08 23010 3012 62 30,02 P T et New York, N. 23 Oklahoma City. Omaha, Nebr. 30.10 Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Glear . Clear + Pt.cloudy Cloudy n. Cloudy Clear FOREIGN. it mperature. Weather. ) today.) Greenwich fl'fl'z' sy attctoudy Part cloudy ) Cloudy Part cloudy Clear Havana, Gubs.. Clear Colon, Canal Zoi Cloudy Deaths caused by street accident in|zest London last year totaled 1362, an in- crease of 118 over the previous year. New York City. The Sutliff resi- dence is at 312 Cumberland avenue, Somerset, Md. Births lic_l;ort;i. The following births have been reported to artment in the last 24 hours: Michelina Arcard, boy. A Eimer nd Raymond B. and Jeste Filoyd C. and Helen M. W/ Joseph and G, Frances Edwards, boy. 3 sary A Aldridge, boy. THE EVENING EXPECT RECORD CROWD TOVIEW CHERRY BLOSSOMS Park Authorities Make Spe- cial Arrangements to Play Host to Visitors. ] RAINBOW FOUNTAIN TO OPERATE TOMORROW Special Traffic Regulations Made to Take Care of Sightseeing Throngs. Anticipating a record-breaking crowd of sightseers around the Tidal Basin in Potomac Park tomorrow, to see the cherry blossoms the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks today made special arrangements to play host. For the first time this season, the rainbow fountain, near Seventeenth street, will be turned on tomorrow for ! the benefit of the public and will play from 10 o'clock in the morning until 6 p.m. Capt. Ray C. Montgomery, U. S. A, superintendent of the United States park police, sald today that the same traffic arrangements will be in force tomorrow as obtained last Sunday. The traffic will be anti-clockwise around the Tidal Basin, traveling in one direction only. Traffic coming down Seventeenth street will turn to the right at the fork in the road near the John Paul Jones Statue and continue on around the Tidal Basin, Arrangements for Golfers, For the benefit of golfers in particu- lar, the cinder road between the Rail- road Bridge and the Tourists’ Camp will be made a two-way thoroughfare, en- abling motorists to turn to the left out of the stream of southbound traffic to get to the field house In East Potomac Park. Hitherto this cinder road has been a one-way street. Capt. P. J. Carroll of the United States park police, explained that all his men will be on duty tomorrow to handle the crowd. On both sides of the polo field there will be one-way traffic, all southerly, moving in the direction of Hains Point. This means that reg- ular traffic regulations in that vicinity will be suspended tomorrow to handle the crowds of cars that will travel into Potomac Park. Special Buss Service. ‘The one-way traffic around the Tidal Basin will be in effect from 10 o'clock in the morning until darks Sperial busses will be run by a commercial concern from Seventeenth and B streets tomorrow, Capt. Carrol said, to enable those without automobiles to see the blossoms. Capt. Carroll said that the traffic during the week now closing has been heavier through the week than at any time he remembers. While last Sun- day's crowd did not measure up to that of previous years, the park police are looking for a larger crowd tomorrow than ever before. This is attributed to the increased publicity given the cherry blossoms and the fact that the movies and radio carry the message all over the country. Capt. Carroll has noticed particularly the great numbers of out-of-town cars that are now in Washington and they have been mak- ing trips down to Potomac Park, se that their occupants may view the cherry blossoms, which are considered to be at their best now. 5,062 OUT 0?10,902 HERE STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, *THRILLED TO DEATH." 100-POUND GIRL SAYS ON SOLO FLIGHT Veterans’ Bureau Typist In- structed but Eight Hours. Miss Craig of Air Legion De- scribes Alexandria Air- port Event. Miss Mary M. Craig, 100-pound stenographer in the United States Vet- erans’ Bureau, who is s0 small she must fly sitting on pillows in order to see over the airplane cowling, made her first solo flight today at Alexandria Airport after only eight hours of dual instruction. Miss Craig, who is secretary and a director of the District of Columbia Air Legion, local flying club, said she was “thrilled to death” over her ex- perience. “I had to make two passes at the field before I was able to land,” she said. “The take-off was not hard and it was not difficult to fly. When I came back to land I overshot the field. The plane was so much lighter without the instructor that it did not come down as it had on dual flights.” Lost in Landing. “I had to give it the gun and fly around for another trial. The second | time- I was a little too high, and went around to try once more. I was 80| interested in my efforts to land that I| forgot to keep my mind on where I was going, and for a moment I was lost. Then I located the fleld again, and on | the third trial was able to get down.” | Miss Craig made a very good landing, | according to fellow members of the | Legion. That she has been an apt pupil is demonstrated, according to her in- | structor, Lieut. W. C. Buel, former Army pilot and instructor, by the fact that she was ready to solo after only eight hours of instruction. Not only must Miss Craig sit on pil- lows so she can see out of the plane, but she also flies with two pillows be- hind her back so she can recah the rudder bar with her feet. Miss Craig lives at 1514 Seventeenth street. Two Others Solo. ‘Two other members of the Legion soloed yvesterday at Alexandria Airport. They are Clarence R. Rohr, a director of the club, manager of an automobile branch agency at Clarendon, Va., who lives at 537 Randolph place, and Mar- MISS MARY M. CRAIG. —Harris-Ewing Photo. vin C. Solomon, 5420 Connecticut averiue, an automobile mechanic. Both had less than 10 hours of dual instruc- tion before soloing. Miss Cralg is the second woman member of the Legion to solo. The first | was Miss Frances Jackson, an employe of the engincering section of the aero- nautics branch, Department of Com- merce. More than 30 members of the Legion now have soloed and during the week five members won their private pilot’s licenses from the Department of Commerce. BOLOEST TALKS OF EALE EERET Dr. Herrick, in Address, Dis- closes Family History of | Great American Birds. Family secrets of the American eagle were disclosed to members of the Na- | tional Geographic Society last night by | Dr. Francis H. Herrick, professor eme: itus of biology at Western Reserve Uni- | versity, who by means of tall steel tow- ers has been spying upon nests of the national bird near the shores of Lake Erie, in Ohio. Eagles are long-lived and frequent the same neighborhood for many years, Dr. Herrick said. In some cases their nests | are huge structures. One near Ver-| | million, Ohio, which was destroyed by | a storm, was found to weigh 2 tons. It| had a level surface with a area of ap-| proximately 50 square feet and it was 12 feet deep. When first constructed it had been much smaller, but from 3 to | |4 inches of new construction was added FAVOR DRY LAW APP=AL Literary Digest Poll Shows Only 2,493 for Strict Enforcement, 3,347 Modification. Washington's vote for repeal of the prohibition amendment in the Literary Digest's national poll is more than twice the vote for strict enforcement, the periodical announced today. An incomplete analysis of the vote in the Capital shows that of 10,902 votes tabulated, 5,062 favor repeal. Strict enforcement of existing laws is favored by 2,493, while modificationists flc_l[:g:mt (or‘g,afl ballots. us, as the Digest’s poll enters the fifth week, with additional ballots yet to be tabulated, residents in Washing- ton are expressing disfavor of existing laws in a ratio of more than 3 to 1. While 2,493 ballots declare for strict enforcement, 8,409 favor either modi- fication or repeal. . REV. J. C. BALL RETURNS ‘Will Occupy Pulpit at Metropolitan Baptist Church Tomorrow. Rev. John Compton Ball, who has been out of the city resting for the past two weeks, has returned and will occupy the pulpit of the Metropolitan :Bnpt.gt Church Sunday morning and evening. He will speak in the morning at 11 o'clock on “The Allness of Jesus.” The sermon will be followed by the recep- tion of a number of new members and the administering of the Lord's supper. In the evening he will speak on “The Question of the Month.” The ordi- cach year and at the time of its de- | struction it had been in use for 36 years. Birds Know Family Home. After the collapse of this great nest with its half-hatched eggs the birds began building a new one nearby and within a few weeks were occupying it. It was near this and a succeeding nest that Dr. Herrick erected his observation tower. From a tent which surmounted a platform on top of the tower Dr. Her- rick and his assistants kept continual watch on the nests and made motion pictures. The resulting film is one of the most complete records ever made of the development of young birds. Dr. Herrick’s observations showed that in the well regulated eagle family the two parent birds co-operated fully, working together in the building of the nest, sitting on the eggs by shifts, and | bringing food for the young eaglets. Fish is a favorite food of the American eagle and his nests are usually in neigh- borhoods near lakes and oceans. In ad- dition to fish the eagles bring to their nests rabbits, rats, muskrats, chickens and small birds. Now and then, it was found, incom- patibility develops in an eagle family. In one case the male became lazy and failed to do his share of the family work and was driven away by the female, who completed the rearing of the family. In another case a ne'er-do-well male tired of his family obligations and left. Later he returned and sat through an entire morning on a limb beside the female and then disappeared for several days after which he paid his old home another passive visit. Female Not Inclined to Widowhood. ‘When a male eagle dies the femals immediately goes in sedrch of a suc- cessor and brings him to the old nest. When a female dies the male remains nance of baptism will be administered. RECTOR TO PREACH Dr. Herbert S. Smith to Occupy St. Margaret’s Pulpit. ‘The rector, Dr. Herbert Scott Smith, will_preach at 11 o'clock tomorrow at 8 and rd G. and Delores M. Taylor, boy. Roland J.'and Madeline McIntyre, ooy. Aristotes and Mary Vrahoites. boy. Joseph und Ethei Edwards, boy. Felix and Lizzie Stevenson, boy. Waiter M. and Lottie Ford, boy. Frank and Lu tai, girl, William E. and Touisa M. Barnes, girl. George and Katherine Chambliss, girl. PARK POLICEMEN St. Margaret’s Church. The day's ap- pointments are: Holy communion, 7:30 am.; Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; holy communion and sermon, 11 a.m.; even- song with sermon at 4:30 pm.; Young People’s Society at 6 p.m. Lenten services will be held daily at 4:45 pm. Holy communion will be celebrated at 11 am. OUTWITTED BY REYNARD IN TWO CHASES Fox Takes Refuge Beneath Boat House, but Returns Later to Outdistance Pursuers in Dusk. Park police, awheel, yesterday after- noon treated the visitors to Potomac Park's cherry blossoms to two first-class fox hunts, wtih a real fox for the chase, but failed to get the brush. Mr. Fox, who xenzx:ilz demnd ds pink coats, peadic stex an hounds torehge will allow him:iy!mtg be chased, dispensed with all of the traditional formalities yesterday after- noon and accepted as pursuers somberly- clad minions of the law astride snorting | the ‘motor cycles. The quarry handled himself in a highly fox-like manner, however, bound in merrily along in front of his pur: e to add to the chase, but not so close as jeopardy the bushy tail so to put in mllfibytbjehun ‘The chase started near the old bathing beach of the Tidal Basin, and :;.tu“m: lruum; the l}:-nhfia! tl!,:ler basin , weary of such antics, A took to the water by the flood gates at Fourteenth t, swam under the rail- [ has streef road bridge and holed up beneath the flood gate boat house. There Reynard spurned a ion of inducements to come out of his hole, so the park police and small boys, who had taken part in ' the hunt. htfall, while the park was visit Mr. Fox again took in the neighborhood until he is sought out by another female. When the young eaglets have learned to fly they are driven away from the region by their parents. Dr. Herrick made inquiries from old settlers near Vewnillion and found that the present nest of the pair of eagles near that town is the sixth which has been built in a small area since 1840. It is believed that these six nests were all built by the same birds or successive mates. Eagles have been known to live for more than a hundred years. — MAJ. JOHN. KILPATRICK TO PRESIDE AT DEBATE Princeton and American University Teams Will Clash on Local Campus Tonight. Maj. ‘John Kilpatrick, president of the Princeton Alumni Association of the District of Columbia, will preside at the debate tonight between Princeton Uni- versity and American University at Hurst Hall, on the local campus. ‘The debate will start at 8 o'clock and is expected to attract a large number of Princeton alumni, each of whom in this city has been personally invited. Interest in the debate is spirited be- cause of the fact that iceton was defeated twice last year by American University, and the Princeton varsity come down to Wi hoping to turn the tables. The seasoned American University team, which has won nearly all of its debates so far this year, consists of Bruce Aitchison, James Swan and Ar- thur Murphy, while the Princeton var- [ Mand sity consists of J. M. Tunnell, C. Olcott, jr., and W. W. Hl&nfl. The visitors the affirmative of the question, “Resolved, that the of o it is & college of liberal arts educa h school students who seek charge for admis- CONFEREES SEEK EXPERT ADVIGE Senate Group Ask Complete Information on New Retire- ment Measure. ‘The Senate conferees on the civil service retirement bill conferred with a group of Government experts today to get more complete information on the new retirement plan adopted by the House before holding further discus- sions with the House members. Senators Dale, Republican, of Ver- mont, author of the original bill passed by the Senate, said, following today's meeting, that he and his two colleagues, Senators ~ Couzens, _Republican, of Michigan, and McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, would hold another meet- ing Monday to consider the problem again. Although no time has been fixed for the next joint conference between Senate and House groups, it is expected they will get together as soon as the Senate members have all of the infor- mation they desire. “We still are conferring and getting all the information we can from ex- perts,” said Senator Dale, “made neces- sary beocause there is a radical differ- ence between the present retirement law and the House biil. I consider the House bill the establishment of a new system, to which we ought to give care- ful consideration.” Officials of the general accounting office, the Civil Service Commission, the budget co-ordination department and the joint conference on civil service retirement were present this morning to give the Senators technical information as to how the Hiuse retirement plan would operate. FRIENDS ARE PRESENT FOR BARTON FUNERAL Prominent Washington Physician Laid to Rest in Rock Creek Cemetery. Attended by a host of friends from professional and fraternal circles, funeral services for Dr. Wilfred Mason Barton, prominent Capital physician, who died Wednesday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., were held from the auditorium of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1718 M street, at 10 o'clock this morning. Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, pastor of All Souls’ Uni- tarian Church, officiated. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Active pallbearers, all intimate friends of Dr. Barton, were Dr. John M. Ladd, Dr. Matthew E. Donohue, Dr. F. G. Ready, Dr. Leon A. Martel, Dr. W. M. Yater and Dr. J. F. Crowley. Honorary pall bearers included Dr. George M. Kober, dean emeritus of the Georgetown University Medical School; Dr. L. H. Reichelderfer, recently nomin- ated District Commisioner; Dr. Daniel K. Shute, Dr. Louis Mackall, Dr. John B. Nichols, Dr. Frank Leech, Dr. E. Y. Davidson, Dr. Willlam Gerry Morgan, Dr. Francis R. Hagner, Dr. H. C. Mac- atee, Dr. John D. Thomas, Dr. Charles GM. Hammett, Dr. Thomas A. Groover, Dr. Joseph S. Wall, Dr. Charles 8. White, Dr. H. H. Kerr, Dr. John A. Foote, Dr. Jessie Reeve, Dr. E. B. Behrend, Dr. George Tully Vaughn, Dr. | P! el Prentiss Willson, Dr. Thomas Lee, Dr. J. A. Gannon, Dr. Watler Wells, Dr. ‘William A. White, Dr. Reginald Walker, John E. Laskey and George X Dr. Barton, a native of Washington, was a member of the Georgetown Uni- versity M School faculty for near- ly 35 years. A former president of the District Medical Society, he had been prominently associated with practically every medical organization of Wash- ington. The Barton residence is at 1718 Rhode Island avenue. _Besides his widow, Mr. Mary A. Bar- ton, he is survvied by a sister, Mrs. Isaac Gans. Lol MEAD FUNERAL IS HELD Services Conducted at Arlington for Retired Admiral. Military funeral services for Rear Admiral Willlam Whitman Mead, U. 8. N., retired, 85 years old, who died at leville, Jamaica, March 6, were held at 10:30 o'clock this morning in the Arlington National Cemetery. A native of Burlmwn Ky., Admiral was gradua from Academy in 1861. Following a maflmtflmem,he o in 1907. His home was in APRIL 5, 1930. BOOTH TARKINGTON WINS YEAR'S FIGHT T0 SAVE EVESIGHT Creator of “Penrod” Soon to Leave Hospital for Indianapolis. NOVELIST PRODUCES TWO | BOOKS DESPITE TROUBLES | Dictation Found Much Easier Than | Noted Author Had Anticipated. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Lifelong darkness is a threat of the past for Booth Tarkington, celebrated American novelist. A little more than a year ago it seemed likely that the observant and | sympathetic eyes of the creator of “Pen- rod,” through which the whole world had looked upon the homely beauties of Midwestern boyhood, soon would be closed. Mr. Tarkington entered the Wilmer Institute at Johns Hopkins University Hospital with an advanced case of cata- T Operative procedure was, at the best, uncertain. He Is back egain, after a year of strenuous literary work, for what, the | surgeons hope, will be the final step in the treatment. His sight has been re- stored nearly to normal, and there is little fear that the cataract growth will | return, Depends on Observations. ‘The eyes of a novelist, with which he must gather from the world around him the details to be transformed into litera- ture by his interpretative imagination, are indispensable. This is particularly the case, Mrs, Tarkington revealed here today, with such a creative writer as her husband, who depends on his own ob- servations of life and nature to such an extent that he deliberately refrains from | reading the fiction of other men lest he should allow unconsciously some of their ideas to creep into his own work. But Mr. Tarkington left Johns Hop- kins Hospital last Spring with strict in- junctions to spare his eyes as much as | possible. His mind was full of ideas | which had come into bcing during his weeks as an invalid—and to Mr. Tark- | ington ideas mean work. Even within a few days of the operation he had been working. A business man can call his stenog- rapher and dictate his letters. Even a | producer of cheap fiction, built up en- | tirely on the plot, can dispense with | the eye-straining labor of writing. Such men are not required to put into words nuances of thought and character in- | terpretation such as distinguish the work of Mr. Tarkington. Must Visualize Work. But the artist in words must visualize | syllable with his eye and brain. And this was essentially what the author of | “Penrod” had been forbidden to do. Somehow he must adapt the procedure of the unimaginative business man to the purposes of the imaginative artist. It was like restricting a landscape painter to the brush of a whitewasher. Her husband, says Mrs. Tarkington, frankly looked upon the prospect with fear. Neither his mind nor his work were the mind or work of a “dictator.” He could not see the place of the stenog- ’ l'l&her in art. et during the single year, with the result of the operation in doubt, Booth | Tarkington not only conquered this hard condition but practically completed two books. One of them was a re- arrangement of “Penrod” stories, which before had appeared only in magazines. It required much rewriting to adapt them to book form with a continuous thread of narrative running through them. The other was a full-length novel, yet unpublished, based on the lives of his Summer neighbors along the | Maine coast. of whom he has made an | | intensive study during the last few | years. Dictating his novel, Mrs. Tarkington | says, really came easier than the author had any reason to anticipate. He usu- | ally calls his stenographer about 10 a.m. and works pretty steadily until 4 or 5/ pm. Of course, there is a good deal of revising to be done, but the sub-| tlety of thought does not seems to suf- fer from the new method. Probably Funniest. ‘The revision of the Penrod stories are perhaps the funniest of all, and the new novel delves deeply into the psychological nuances of the New Eng- land Coast people. Mr. Tarkington's intensive eve strain all his life, his wife reveals, may have had a good deal to do with his threat- ened blindness. His production has not come into being out of thin air. From school days on the novelist has pored far into the night over history, biography and science, everything, in fact, but the fiction of other men. He will leave Johns Hopkins in a few days to return to Indianapolis, the scene of so many of his stories, and thence to his Summer home on the Maine Coast. His eyesight has so improved, the physicians have assured him, that it will be safe to resume this his favor- ite sport of motor boating, acting as his own_pilot and engineer. It is like a new lease on life for the novelist, whose imagination responds to the roll of the motor_ boat. He has plans for a great deal of work, and Mrs. Tarkington says he has arranged for a new place to write this Summer. It is the interior of an old sailing ship drawn up before their house, where he can be alone to think out the problems of constructing plots, characters and realistic pittures of Iife. INVESTMENT IS TOPIC Rev. Bernard Braskamp to Preach at Presbyterian Church. “A Dividend-paying Investment” will be the subject of the sermon tomorrow morial Presbyterian Church by Rev. Bernard Braskamp. The subject of the | astor’s sermon at Worth While.” ‘The Women'’s Missionary Society will meet in the parlor of the chapel on Wednesday at 11 o'clock. Moving rlc- tures of scenes taken in Alaska will be given by Mrs. Blake and Mrs. Creager. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 morning_in the Gunton-Temple Me-|™ the 8 o'clock evening | 23 service will be “Things That Make Life | Lewi: His Eyes Saved BOOTH TARKINGTON. WOOD MAKES PLEA FOR KINDERGARTEN Letter to Bingham Asks That Item Be Restored to Ap- propriations Bill. Opposition to the proposed reorgani- zation of the District of Columbia kindergarten system and an appeal to the Senate appropriation committee to restore the kindergarten item to the 1931 appropriations bill which the House eliminated was contained in a letter addressed to Senator Hiram Bing- ham of Connecticut by Herbert S. Wood, president of the District of Columbia Public School Association. In the letter, dated April 3, Mr. Wood presented’ the resolution which the association adopted last Wednes- in which it was contended that by transferring 78 kindergarten teach- ers to graded work the entire educa- tionai system would be menaced. It turther was pointed out that since the new plan would establish a great num ber of afternoon kindergarten sessions the children would be handicapped be- cause 5-year-old children should at that time be resting or sleeping. Concluding. Mr. Wood's letter declares that “the Public School Association be- lieves in the kindergarten, and holds that its work should be expanded, not his work step by step—must weigh each | curtailed. More than ever before ‘edu- | cators are emphasizing the value of early training in developing the child’s character and abilities, and in our judgment, that emphasis i5 not mis- placed. We feel that Kkindergarten training is especially valuable in de- veloping the social attitudes that are the essence of fine character.” FINAL RITES TODAY FOR MRS. H. R. DAVIS Services Held at 2 0'Clock, Fol- lowed by Interment in Glen- wood Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Harriet R. Davis, a resident of Washington for 69 years or more. who died Wednesday in Sibley Hospital after a long illness, were conducted at 2 o'clock this after- noon at W. W. Deal's funeral home. 816 H street northeast. Interment will follow in Glenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Davis was a great-granddaughter of Katrina Van Tassel, made famous as one of the chief characters in Wash- ington Irving's “Sleepy Hollow.” She and her twin sister, Miss Kathrine M. Ellis, also of this city, were born in Glen Falls, N. Y., and came to Wash- ington with their parents about i870. Cabina Ellis, their father, was for many years a disbursing clerk in the auditor’s office of the Post Office De- partment. He was a gallant Union sol- dier during the Civil War and his five sons also served with the Union Army. Their mother was Mrs. Katherine Ellis. Mrs. Davis is survived by her hus- band, John Fisher Davis; two sons and | two daughters, a sister and a brother, who lives in_Ogden, Utah. They are John Fisher Davis, jr.; Walter Burdett Davis and Mrs. Katherine Granby Noel, all of this city, and Mrs. Douglas Nolan of Pulaski, Tenn. Mrs. Davis resided at 633 Ninth street northeast. Tariff to Raise Pri—cel. MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia, April 4 (#)—Australian agricultural implement companies have agreed to reduce prices 5 per cent immediately after the government’s new tariff measure goes into effect. gl Marriage Licenses. Paul J. Be 38, this city, and Carl Santelmann., 3 Chevy Chase, Md.; Re Charles Enders. ‘Theodore T. Meyers, 24. and Edith M. Jenkins, 19; Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett. Clarence E. Blair, 32, and Anna E. Bailor, 7: Rev. W. L. Washington. Paul _J. Soash, 21. Kansas City, Mo., and Ellen L. Rogers, 19, Annapolis, Md.; Rev. i g Rater Harry R. Sherman. 27, and Bessie Levy, 24, bflll“l hnf tBII(lmDI’P. Md.; Rev. G. Silverstone. " ert Shipman. 25, “this city, and Rosalie E. McCall, 21, Hyattsville, Md.} Rev. R._Y. Nicholson. Horace E. Peacock, 23, and Lola B. Robin- Réy. Rober S. Barnes d. iret Weid- : Rev. J Kearns, 321 v a M. Hans- ohn' C.' Palmer. Joseph P Tnoff, 24, and Fra n. v a v. Rev. The ces R. Holtze an, 22; Rev. M. A. Horowitz. Burton E. Grose, 35, and Beatrice Hutton, o'clock, followed by a meeting of the Ladies’ Aid Society at 1:30 o'clock. Fatal Double In perfect health, Rev. Aquila Sayles, cols 3 tor of Providence Baptist 33{ southwest, stood the minister | body will 41; Rev. Charles H, Simms. James R. Hall, 25, and Fannie M. Mundy, ; Rev. Cornelius Brown. les L. Taylor. 21. and Alberta F. 3 . Smith, d Vera E. Tomlin- son, 32, both of New York City; Rev. G. B. Harrington. Raymond Carter, 21, and Lillian Swain, 5: Rev. . Froelich, Clarenice T. Hause, and Blanche A. McGhee, 19, ‘both of Richmond, Va.; Rev. Allan F. Poore. John A Friedman. 23, and Mary V. Wal- ters, 17: Rev. Benedict J. Hanaemann. bert R. Bradley, 37, and Carrie Barcal, 44; Rev. L. . 1. McDougle. DEATH FELT CREEPING ON HIM CALLS PASTOR WHO WARNED FLOCK Sermon Sunday Followed by Cold Which Develops Into ‘Prieumonia. flock, however. It was on the r“rmh his sermon at prayer me it Tuesday night that the minister contracted the cold it re- Rev. Mr. Southwest Wi it was stated at hi lle in REPORTTOLENVE POWER IEM OUT OF CRAMTON BIL Senate Committee to Favor Measure Next Week With Memorial Park Project. FOR PRESERVING SHORES IN NATURAL STATE More Than 40 Amendments Include Several on Park Extension Procedure. Leaving the question of power devel- ll | opment near Great Falls for futurs | settlement, the Senate District commit- g | tee early next week will file with the Senate its favorable report on the Capper-Cramton park development bill, the main feature of which is the pres- ervation of the shores of the Potomac in its natural state as a George Wash- ington Memorial Parkway. Advocates of a combined park and power development on the upper Po- tomac have indicated, however, that they expect the battle to be revived when the measure is taken up for action in the Senate. While the Senate committee did not disturb the House provision, which leaves for future determination by Con- gress &ll questions relating to power and navigation on the river, it made a num- ’b’:‘;(’&l (;!herl' ;r’n;ndm!n , the most ant of which was that proposed by Senator Glass of Virginia dennpmly authorizing the Federal Government to bulh: & $1,500,000 free bridge near Great Amendments Exceed 40. The Senate group made more tha; 40 amendments, but a number of zhe; are changes in phraseology that are not expected to lead to much discus- sion. The amendments include sev- eral requested by the Maryland park authorities and relate to procedure in establishing park extensions in the area surrounding the District. In the final consideration of the bill in committee yesterday afternoon, there was no mention of the contro- versy which has gone on during the week between Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and Maj. Brehon Somervell, Army engineer for this area. Maj. Somervell believes park and power development can be combined, and that there would be a large economic waste in preserving the upper Potomac | for park purposes only. Col. Grant has vigorously defended the position taken by the House, of providing for | immediate preservation of the upper Potomac as a natural park of excep- | tional scenic beauty, leaving to some | future Congress the decision as to Wwhether power should later be de- veloped on the river. The decision of ;;4'1;1: g:’r‘muccun:miue: was a victory . Grant and Representative | Cramton in this respect. ¥ e Says Fight Will Continue. That the contest is not over, how- ever, was the prediction made follow~ ing the meeting by Elisha Hanson, at- torney for the Potomac River Corpora- tion, one of the applicants for a private ?ivfiiroslecmc development. Mr. Hanson “The problem remains for the Sen- { ate to dispose of the hydroelectric de- velopment, which would result in give ing to the people of the country a free recreational park containing all of the | major features approved by the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, and also taxable assets suffi- cient to support all of the other parks proposed by this measure.” The Glass amendment, insuring a free Federal bridge below Great Falls | when the park is established. contains | authority -also for the condemnation in !ccnnectmn with the bridge project of any land or franchise owned by corpo- | rations or individuals, Authorized by House. [hoArszggssed I:z'tfle HBE“ the bill au- i a a rk program of $23,000,000, of whnflh u%,og;,ouo 15 to spent within the District, and reimbursed to the Federal Government by the District gov- ernment at the rate of $1.000,000 a year. The Senate did not change the District portion of this total. Addition of the bridge amendment, however, in- creased the total outside the District to $9,000,000. Of this sum, $7.500,000 is allocated to the George Washington Memorial Parkway, along both sides of the Potomac, including the new bridge at Great Falls. The remaining $1.500.- 000 is for the extensions to Rock Creek, Anacostia and other parkways into nearby Maryland. Another Senate amendment insures preservation of the historic Patowmack Canal as an engineering project of the days of George Washington. Still an- other amendment authorizes purchase of Chesapeake & Ohio Canal as far as Point of Rocks, the committee hav- ing been informed it would cost no more to secure the canal up to that point than to Great Falls. Acquisition of Land. ‘The Senate committee struck out a House proviso that would have re- quired the title to lands acquired by donation or otherwise to be uncondi- tional, indefeasible and in fee simple. Congress has enacted a separate law defining the various ways in which the Farg commission may acquire title to and. The amendments made with regard the park extensions in nearby Maryland would do the following: Allow ! eight instead of five years for the re- | payment of advances for Maryland's part of the cost; vest title to these lands in the State of Maryland instead of the United States; require the National Park Commission to pass on the plans rather than the regulations for development of the Maryland ex- tension. After hearing an explanation from Col. Grant, the Senate committee de- clined to include the amendment asked for by the District Commissioners, un- der which the park commission would have to get approval of the city heads before purchasing lands for strictly municipal g:rm such as local play- grounds. ey worded the bill to have the park commission consult the Com- missioners in such cases, but without requiring approval of the is- sioners, LEHLBACH BILL FIGHT TO BE PLANNED TONIGHT Civil Service League Meeting An. nounced, With Preference for Dale Measure. Plans to fight e of the Lehl- 8 o'clock at headquarte: WG gt QBT announc! e me , Mrs, Hl = eeting, s et o et bon- 2 - employes only,