Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1930, Page 17

Washington News @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1930. FHF PAGE B-1 MLEOD URGES PARK AT GREAT FALLS INjvuens . DEFENSE OF GRANT CHINESE LEGATION ATTACHE IS AWARDED iang, a Secretary, Gets Fellowship in Inter- national Law. Acting House District Com.|IS Included by Carnegie En- mittee Chairman Indorses Cramton Bill. ARCHITECTS SCORE SOMERVELL’S STAND Congress Should Keep Control of ! Power Rights, Institute Says in Joining Conflict. Voicing wholehearted indorsement of the pending Cramton bill, which would turn the Potomac palisades into a magnificent natural park, Representa- tive McLeod of Michigan, acting chair- man of the House District committee, today came to the defense of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, in the controversy over the proposed Potomac gorge power development. Representative McLeod commended Col. Grant for the vigorous stand he has taken against the projected hydro- electric development at Great Falls by private power interests. Col. Grant recently engaged in an acrimontous verbal tilt with Maj. Brehon Somervell, District engineer for the War Depart- ment, over merits of the power plans, the latter advocating use of the Falls and gorge for hydro-electric purposes. McLeod's Statement. In a statement issued at his office. Mr. McLeod sald: “I am heartily in favor of enact-} ment of the so-called Cramton bill to provide for the beautification of the Potomac palisades under an extensive park and boulevard development pro- 1 am opposed to any amendment to the bill to permit private power in- terests to proceed with a project which cannot fail to efface one of the Na- tion's most beautiful scenic attractions, the Great Falls of the Potomac. “Congress should in no wise allow itself to be restricted in the utilization of this great natural park. If, as Maj. Somervell contends, millions in power is being wasted, I am of the opinion that Congress should be the agent to determine if, when and-how this en- ergy later may be put to use in some way that will insure preservation of the Potomac palisades.” Architects Favor Bill. Immediate passage of the bill was urged by the American Institute of Architects in a statement issued today. The statement, prepared by the in- stitute’s committee on the National dowment Among 12 De- serving Students. Yuen-li Liang, third secretary of the Chinese legation, a student at the Graduate School of American Univer- sity, is one of the 12 persons throughout the country awarded fellowships in in- ternational law for the academic year 1930-31 by the Carnegie Endowment | for International Peace. Announcement of the awards, made today by Dr. James Brown Scott, secre- tary of the endowment, shows Liang to be the only person in the National Capital on the list. He recelved a teacher's fellowship, which carries a higher cash award than the -student tellowship. Now on Duty in Europe. Liang now is in Europe, as secretary to the Chinese Minister, Chao-Chu Wu, who is attending a conference for the codification of international law at The Hague. He expects, however, to return to Washington in time to complete his work at American University and re- ceive the degree of master of arts in June. For this degree Liang is writing a thesis on “The Chinese Law of Na- tionality.” He is majoring in interna- tional law at the Graduate School, tak- ing four different courses. Liang is a graduate of the Law School of Soochow University, at Shanghai, Clina, and had been an instructor of law in that university in 1927 and 1928. During the years 1928-1929 he served as secretary to the minister of foreign af- fairs of China, and then came to the United States to serve his country in the Chinese legation here. - The fellowships awarded to Liang and COLLEGE HONOR YUEN-LI LIANG. —Harris-Ewing Photo. 11 others are given annually by the endowment division of international law “for the purpose of improving instruc- tion in international law in the uni- versities and college: fession and students who desire it. The and the fellows are required to register at some American or foreign univer- sity and devote their entire time to the study of international law and interna- tional relations. The other awards announced were as follows: Lawrence Preuss of the Uni- versity of Michigan; Willlam L. Tayler Columbia University; Hardy C. Dillard, | University of Virginia; Miss Dorothy | A. Trautwein, Columbia University; Ed- | ward_Dumbauld, Harvard University; Miss Ruth D. Masters, Columbia Univer- sity; Harold J. Tobin, Louisiana State | University; Lionel H. Laing, Clark Uni- | versity: Eric Cyril Bellquist, University of Caiifornia; Miss Eleanor Poland, Radcliffe College, and Samuel E. Gates, Harvard University. ONE DIES, THIRTEEN HURT IN ACCIDENTS Colored Man Is Victim of Fatal Collision Near Lyon Village, Va. Ore man met death and thirteen other persons suffered injuries in a series of automobile accidents yesterday, many of them caused by the blinding rain that fell on congested streets. Walter Croxton, colored, 50, died at Georgetown Hospital early yesterday morning an hour after the automobile he was driving collided with another on the Lee Highway near Lyon Village, Capital, of which Horace W. Peaslee is chairman, warns that “the plans to develop the Potomac River area as one of the great sdcen!c assets of the Nation are in jeopardy.” Comi"o\ E)! the Potomac River Valley, according to the institute, is in danger of passing into the hands of a power group, which “would deprive the people of the one great natural par' which should be their chief pride.” Bill Is Before Committee. The Capper-Cramton bill, which pro- vides for the acquisition of Great Falls and the Potomac Valley for park pur- poses by the United States, reserving the right of power development, is now before the Senate District committee and should be passed without further delay, according to the institute’s state- ent. “If the bill is passed as it stands,” the statement points out, “control of the valley will rest with the Congress. If and when the need for power ever becomes pressing, Congress would be able to proceed.” The institute's statement follows, in part: Usefulness Is Cited. “The Potomac River Valley above Washington may be useful to the Nation in many ways—for park, power, navigation, water supply, flood control, etc. To permit development for water- power by private interests now means making all other uses subservient to waterpower and the sacrifice of enorm- ous values. “The frantic efforts of the power interests to amend or defeat the Capper-Cramton bill indicate their realization that if the area is made more accessible as a natural park and its value becomes known to the public, the Congress and people of this country never will permit the sacrifice of park, navigation or other values. “During the last few days Senators, Washington organizations and Wash- ington papers have been flooded with s0-called information, lnrgelz originating with the executive officer of the Federal Power Commission, Maj. Brehon Somer- Vell, but featured by the attorney of the power interests. An effort is being made to create the impression that failure to adopt the power amendment would mean a terrific loss of potential revenue, although, as a matter of fact, | the adoption of the amendment would mean a far greater loss to the people. ‘Those favoring power development appeal to the taxpayers of Maryland and Virginia to kill the bill by stating that ‘under the terms provided in H. R. 26, for the purchase of these lands, it'is necessary for the States of Mary- land and Virginia, or political subdivi- sions thereof, to agree not only to pay one-half of the cost of the lands orig- inally, but to pay the entire cost of the future maintenance and upkeep of the park after the lands are acquired— which is not what the bill provides. “The facts of this matter are that the original purchase of the land is to be financed one-half from the Federal Treasury and one-half from the States, political subdivisions or responsible private sources. The future cost of maintenance and upkeep of th:«ruk is to come entirely from the leral Government.” DRYDEN TO SPEAK Concluding Lecture of Series Will Be Given. Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, chief of the aerodynamics section of the Bureau of Standards, will give the fifth and con- cluding lecture of a series on aero- dynamics before members of the Stand- ards Flying Club at 8 o'clock_tomorrow night in the East Buliding, Bureau of Standards, Connecticut avenue and Van Ness street. The public is invited. Dr. Dryden’s lecture will deal with airplane propellers. Aerodynamics, deal- with the science of wind forces and their effects, applies not only to the fleld of aeronautics, Dr. den has pointed out, but also with wind pres- sures on wudhnl;:'l and other structures, ‘windmills, cs and even ifica- tions for golf balls and bass Va. Two occupants of the other au- tomobile—Pvt. Vincent Amorisi, 22, of Fort Myer, Va., and Mrs. Rachel Davis, 22, of Franklin Park, Va.—were slightly hurt. Karl Voehl, 40, of Seat Pleasant, Md., narrowly escaped death yesterday when the steering gear of his automobile broke and the car overturned at Cen- tral evenue and Forty-ninth street northeast. He was treated at Casualty Hospital for slight hurts. Thrown From Auto. Crashing into a pole at Seventh and Mount Vernon streets, Charles Hayden of the 1000 block of Atlantic avenue ‘was thrown from the automobile he was driving and slightly hurt. He was treated at Casualty Hospital. Marion Croffen, 6 years old, of Capitol Heights, Md., was struck by a hit-and- run driver while playing in the yard of her home yesterday. Police said the driver of the automobile lost control and crashed through the fence. Mary- land authorities are investigating. The girl was treated at Casualty for slight cuts and bruises and later released. Nine-year-old Jean Yodkowsky of 1414 Chapin street was slightly cut yesterday when the automobile in which she was riding collided with another at Four-and-a-half and L streets south- west. She was released from Emergency Hospital an hour later. An accident on Highway Bridge dur- ing the heavy rain yesterday resulted in the injury of two women and a child. Mrs. Louis Oppenheim, 59; Miss Eva Bloom, 29, and Buddy Bloom, 4, all of Jersey City, J., were treated at Emergency Hospital for minor cuts and bruises. Their automobile skidded into a bridge support. Arrest Follows Chase. Following a chase of several blocks police arrested Henry W. Brooks, color- ed, of the 1500 block of Swann street and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident, which occurred at_Seventh. and N streets last night. John Cunningham, colored, of the 400 block of O ‘street and William Gibson, colored, of the first block of Fifty-third place, occupants of the automobile struck by Brooks, were treated at Freed- man’s for slight facial cuts. Helen Colodny, 19 years old, of the 3400 block of Warder street, whose sen- sational charge that numerous school children were taking active part in the Communist movement here, stirred edu- cational circles recently, was slightly hurt last night when the car in which she was riding overturned on the Wash- ington-Richmond Highway near Alex- andria. A companion, Nisha Sahima of the 3200 block of N street, suffered minor injurfes, They refused hospital treatment. TIME CUT BY NEW . AIRMAIL SERVICE |7-Day Schedule Between | New York-Washington and | Buenos Aires-Montevideo. Seven-day airmail service between , New York and Washington and Buenos Aires and Montevideo will be inaugu- | rated April 26, it was announced today by W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General in Charge of Air- mail. This service will reduce the time four days. The time saving is due to the estab- lishment April 1 of double-schedule service between New York and Miami, via the National Capital, by Panama Canal, Mr. Glover said. Under the new schedule a letter sent from New York or Washington aboard afternoon. will be on the way to South America. plane will arrive at Montevideo at 6 26, to inaugurate the service, and will next Saturday. American cities, the west coast. The new service, Mr. Glover said, is expected to result in increased tal especially those on to other countries on the route. believed that banks and commercial houses in this country will use the afr- The airmail rate from New York and Buenos Aires and Montevideo is 5! thereof. To other countries in which Pan-American Airways operates the rate varies according to the distance from points in the United States. {HARVEY’S RESTAURANT Charles Picard and Elisie Picard Fisher, former proprietors of Harvey's Restaurant, must pay $10,000 damages to Mrs. Stella Adams Smith, widow and administratrix of Kenneth M. Smith, a chief machinist in the Navy, who died April 29, 1926, from eating fried oysters, according to a decision A jury in the District Supreme Court awarded the maximum penalty permit- ted by the District code, and the ap- pellate tribunal affirmed that decision. made “immediately and serlously 1l eating a small number of oysters.” bad condition and had not received proper care and treatment, which con- stituted negligence on the part of the defendants which resulted in the death of the officer. INFIDELITY DEPRIVES WIFE OF JOINT INTEREST IN HOME Appeals Body Reverses Action of District Supreme Court in Suit to Force Vacation of Woman's Claim. Infidelity forms a sufficient basis for divesting a wife of joint interest in the home purchased by the husband but placed in both their names, according to a decision of the District Court of Appeals, rendered by Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel. The court re- versed the action of the District Su- preme Court, which had dismissed a suit brought by Jerome B. Osborne against Ruth A. Osborne to vacate her interest in premises 766 Fairmont street. Osborne, granted an absolute divorce Jul” 12, 1927, based his suit on the ground that his sole consideration for wite Was upon con= dition that she remain ithful to_her martial vows and that the premises should be occupied as & home, . “That the acts of infidelity,” said the business both to the United States and | the SPaniards, was the apricot. 1t is| likely that choice vareties were left MOORISH GRAPES HOLD OUT HOPE T0 AMERICAN GROWER Table Varieties May Revive Demand Checked by Prohibition. U. S. AGRICULTURAL MEN STUDY FOREIGN CROPS Alfalfa and Melon Seeds From Turkestan and Persia Collected by Investigators. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. It's a long call from the conquest of Spain by the turbaned Moors, more nd are bestowed | than 1,200 years ago, to the twentieth both upon teachers already in the pro- | century American breakfast table—and prohibition. stipends range from $1,000 to $1.800, But there happens to be such a close connection between the two that the Department of Agriculture has just sent Prof. F. T. Bioletti, one of the foremost American authorities on grape culture, to the homeland of the Moslem hordes in North Africa. ‘The Moors were grape growers, Ac- cording to the dictates of Islam they presumably were total abstainers. For generations in the hot African valleys they had been growing grapes primarily for eating instead of drinking. Brought Choicest Varieties. When they conquered Spain they brought with them some of their choicest varieties. Those that could be acclimatized in the new country the conquerors retained and improved dur- ing the 500 years of their occupation. After the Moorish dynasty was over- thrown these grapes remained side by side with the Spanish wine grapes or in scattered monastery gardens. Almost 300 years later the Spanish were pressing westward through the forests and deserts of a new world, the padres with their crosses and fruit trees following hard in the path of the con- quistadores. They brought with them the seeds and cutting of their table grapes some of which, at least, they had inherited from the Moors. More centuries passed. The twentieth century found California, where the padres had developed their monastery garden agriculture, the home of the table grape. It was an important in- dustry. Varieties had been greatly im- proved, but the stock remained funda- mentally that which had been brought to Spain by the Moors. California also was interested in an- other type of grape, primarily adapted for making wine. Vast vineyards were established. Then came prohibition, and the grape growers were faced with ruin. Even the wide-spread home wine-making industry only flared up temporarily and then subsided. Grapes became a glut on the market. A partital solution seemed to be the development of the grape as & table fruit, along with the raisin and un- fermented grape juice industries. But ern Air Transport, and to the saving| there w: t h variety h of an entire day in service through the | grapes and they were ton ssasonat Many Varieties Left Behind. Now the Moors retained in Spain the evening airmail plane on Friday| only those varieties which did well in will reach Miami at 1:45 Saturday|the Spanish environment. But the old Fifteen minutes later it} varieties of grapes continued to grow on in the isolated villages, unknown On Friday of the following week the|to the rest of the world. In recent years travelers in Morocco p.m. The northbound plane will leave | have happened upon delicious grapes Montevideo at 6 a.m. Saturday, April|of varieties unknown in America. They thrive in hot valleys similar to those arrive in New York at 5:15 am. the| of California. Some of them, it is believed, may be equal to any present- The fast service between Miami and | day American grapes and at the same the South American citles will be put|time bear much earlier. into effect, Mr. Glover said, by the| Bioletti is combing the country for Pan-American Airways System, which | every variety of grape he can find to holds the contract for carrying the| bring back and test in the United mails to Mexico, Central and South | States. So Prof. Apricots to Be Sought Out. Another fruit brought to Spain by the Moors, and thence to America by It is behind in North Africa, which, in the Southwest, will bloom ahead of the mall to Central and South America|Prown rot infestations, the bane of the much more extensively than heretofore, | 8Pricot growers. Discovery of these is the secondary object of Prof, Bio- other cities in the United States to|letti’s explorations. Increasing the production and keep- cents for each half onmee. ox Grastios | ing the balance of American. agricul- ture is responsible for another expedi- tion which has just returned from ‘Turkestan and Persia. H. L. Westover of the office of forage crop investiga- tions and W. E. Whitehouse of the office of foreign plant introduction probably were the first men on an offi- cial mission from the United States LOSES N $10,000 SUIT | O rnescar. ‘5 Sone e "ot aufaita. There are to be found wild varieties and some under cultivation. Of late years a queer disease, the alfalfa wilt, has added to the burdens of the far- mer. It strikes quickly and ruins a In some areas in the Middie down as much as 60 pe: right in the middle of some of the worst infected belts are fields of alfalfa which remain immune. The seed with which these flelds were planted, it was learn- ed, came from Turkestan. Alfalfa and Melons Studied. ‘Westover brought back seed of sev- Six officers visited the restaurant and | eya] hundred kinds of alfalfa, some of three of them ordered oysters and were | which, it is hoped, will produce immune by | crops,” It will probably be crossed and The | recrossed with court finds that the oysters were in | rieties in the hope of obtaining a high- popular American v producing type free trom disease. Better melons for the American ta- ble may result from the work of Mr. Whitehouse, who scoured Turkestan and Persia for wild and cultivated varietie: growing there. He also collected va- rieties of pistachio nuts and various fruits which are found in the mountain valleys and which may possess qualities of value to American agriculture. DEBUCHI PRAISES U. S. IN SPEECH OVER RADIO Japanese Ambassador Cites Aid of America in Development of His Homeland. The United States and its citizens have played “the most prominent” role in the development of Japan in less court, “occur subsequent to the convey- | than half a century into one of the ance of the property is of no impor- tance. The consideration for the con- veyance is based not only upon the present but the future fidelity of tl grantee. Nor is it material whether conveyance is procured by the impor- tunity of the grantee, or through the faith which the grantor has in fidelity of the grantee. that the state of ness is not only present, but that it will continue as long as the martial relation exists.” m‘l‘he gufl, ruled lieving the wife from of en- cumbrances on the that the husband |an to give & bond re- | mutu great powers of the world, Katsuji De- buchi, Japanese Ambassador, declared yesterday in a talk over the Columbia Broadcasting System, which was heard the | hiere through Station WMAL. ‘The diplomat, whose talk was one of the Conclave of Nations series, was in- the | troduced by Gen. Charles McK. Saltz- tion is | man, chairman of the Federal Radio . The condif fidelity and faithful- co}"';‘;'lrm almost a century Japan and the United States have maintained without interruption the most cordial nl-mdn..”—’ intercourse signally character! al understanding, high respect and sincere regard,” Ambassador Debuchi CHURCH EVANGELISTIC D GRAND JURY OPENS SECOND PROBE HERE OF SMITH COMPANY Weed, President, Is Among Witnesses Called in Investigation. 50 ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUESTIONED Evidence Is Believed to Indicate Irregularities on the Part of Certain Officials. With Theodore L. Weed, president of the F. H. Smith Co., as one of approxi- | mately 50 witnesses from whom testi- mony will be taken, grand jury today began its second investigation in Wash- The directors of the evangelistic campaign of Washington churches formally launched their membership drive |ington of the Smith compan: - today. In the photo, left to right, standing: Rev. Frank L. Smith, Rev. C. O. Morong and Rev. Charles F. lhnnllln(. tain of its officials. R Seated, left to right: Rev. Wesley Spencer, Rev. Earl Kernahan, who is directing the drive, and Rev. J. H. Graham. CHURCH LAYMEN VISITING HOMES Open Campaign for Increase in Membership From Class Not Now Affiliated. ‘A vast army of church laymen began yesterday afternoon a week of house- to-house visitations to gain active mem- bership among the more than 60,000 men and women in the city recently found to be unaffiliated with any church. Churches were filled to capacity at all of the several District meetings when the workers prepared to begin their evangelistic campaign of “taking the church to the people.” Dr. Kernahan Is Adviser. Dr. A. Earl Kernahan and his staff giving final instructions of the work to be accomplished to his thousands of workers said: “If you cannot win the man you go to seek, at least leave him with a far more friendly feeling toward the church and active Christian dis- cipleship than he ever had before.” Final instructions were given at the morning session of more than 40 churches and at the six large after- noon gatherings. Dr. Kernahan and his staff were ac- companied from church to church by & police escort arranged by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, chief of police. Despite the congestion caused by the rain and the crowds that came here to observe the cherry blossoms, the churches were visited and Dr. Kernahan last night expressed the belief that it would have been impossible without police assist- ance. Churches Omit Evening Service. Practically all evening services were omitted by churches last night in order that the visitation campaign of evan- gelism might get under way. It is hoped that before the lapse of the week a definite decision will be had from each unaffiliated person visited, making, according to Dr. Kernahan, “the Capital City definitely more Christian than it has ever been in its entire history.” | ‘Supper conferences will be held each evening, beginning tonight, to be at- | tended by the workers of the campaign. The conferences will be held at United Brethren, North Capitol and R streets, at 5:30 o'clock, and at 6 o'clock at the following headquarters churches; Metro- politan Presbyterian, Fourth and B streets southeast; Calvary Baptist, Eighth and H streets; National Memo~ rial Baptist, Sixteenth street and Columbia road; Hamline Methodist, Sixteenth and Allison streets; Epworth Methodist South, Thirteenth street and North_Carolina avenue northeast; Pil- grim Presbyterian, Twenty-second and P streets; Wesley Methodist, Connecti- cut avenue and Jocelyn street; Central Methodist, Ballston, Va., and at 6:30 o'clock at the headquarters church for colored workers, the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, Vermont avenue and R street. > ‘Workers Facing Problems. Daily problems of workers will be discussed and further instructions given at these conferences. Reports will be received each evening by pastors from members of their working corps. Dr. Kernahan's staff, augmented for the week, now comprises, in addition to Rev. C. O. Morong, Rev. J. Harlow Graham, Rev. Wesley Spencer, Rev. Frank L. Smith, Rev. Charles F. Ban- ning and Mrs. Charlotte M. Smith. MARKET MEASURE IS RECOMMITTED Representative Moore Seeks Delay of Closing, as Site Will Not Be Needed July 1. At the request of Representative Moore of Virginia the House today sent back to the District committee a joint resolution providing for closing of the Center Market by July 1 of this year. Delay in enactment of this legislation was asked by Mr. Moore in view of the fact that the Center Market site will not be needed in the public buildings development program until late this year or early next year. A deficiency appropriation to continue the market until such time as it may be needed by officials in charge of the triangle project will be sought. ‘The Senate already had passed the resolution calling for abandonment of the market at the end of the present fiscal year and the House District com- mittee had reported favorably on it. Mr. Moore was advised recently, how- ever, that there had been a delay in plans for using the site, due to a pro- posal to exchange sites for the Depart- ment of Justice and Archives Build- ings, -and he immediately wrote to Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, sug- ‘mln’ the advisability of extending the life of the market until the prop- erty actually is taken over as a new building site. Fire Auxiliary to Meet. HERNDON, Va., April 7 (Special) — ‘The Women's Auxiliary of the Herndon Fire Department will meet tonight in Bt b s o il e o |- — Navy Men No Longer Face Guam Service For Disobedience Men in the naval service who have lived in fear of being sent to the lonely Island of Guam in the Pacific or to the equally deso- late Samoa for infractions of the regulations may now breathe easier. Rear Admiral Richard H. Leigh, chief of the Bureau of Naviga- tion, Navy Department, in a cir- cular letter to all ships and sta- tions has this to say: “Except when they so request, men who have served a recent cruise on the Asiatic station at Guam or at Samoa will not be reassigned to one of these sta- tions unless the bureau specifical- ly authorizes such action. Men with unsatisfactory records of such nature as to indicate the probable necessity of returning them to the United States be- fore completion of regular tour of duty should not be recom- ;x‘\endrd for duty on outlying sta- ons.” ANACOSTIANS FEAR GENSUS NEGLECT Enumerator Claims 44 Cents in Three Days Is His Wage for Work. Public spirited residents in the Ana- costia section, concerned lest they not be counted in the 1930 census, breathed easier today. But they had a close call. Five days after the census taking was initiated by 402 enumerators, the four hundred and third, a man, presented himself at headquarters this morning and surrendered to J. Sterling Moran, District supervisor, without a struggle. Man With Car Sent Out. He had canvassed 11 persons in three days and what he wanted to know was how a man could make money writing down 11 names in three days at 4 cents per name. Mr. Moran didn't hazard an opinion. Instead, he accepted the sur- render and forthwith assigned to the Anacostia district a man with an auto- mobile who will undertake to give Anacostians their due. Several other enumerators have quit for one reason or another, Mr. Moran disclosed this morning. A number of the enumerators are averaging from $5 to $7 per day, he said, and enumerators who drop out are supplanted by persons drawn from a reserve group of about 3100, who are ready to step in at any me. : Displaying the tact which is the chief requirement of those now asking Wash- ingtonians intimate questions, Mr. Moran smilingly declined to say whether men or women are making the most efficient enumerators. To even up mat- ters, perhaps, he let it be known that the man who fled the field in Anacostia had been preceded by a woman, or two. Work Progressing. The work is progressing satisfac- torily, he said, with 8 or 10 districts complete and the half-way mark a prospect for Wednesday. Among those who reported their districts complete today was Col. William L. Peak, su- perintendent of the District jail. It might be supposed that Col. Peak took the census of his institution by thumb- ing his card index system. Not so. “We interviewed each prisoner,” he said this morning. “It took us two or three days, but we found them all at home. Our return shows 480 names.” o AUTO AND RUM SEIZED An automobile and 97 half-gallon jars containing liquor was seized yesterday by Sergt. George M. Little and members of ‘his prohibition squad. The machine was found parked at Thirteenth and C streets southeast. Police said sagging springs on the machine attracted their lltt.ention. i Before seizing the machine, Sergt. iLittle said he saw two well known Washington bootleggers in the neigh- oorhood. The automobile was watched for two hours before the seizure, Little said, but neither of the two men made & move toward the machine. MAN WHO HIT WIFE “JUST LITTLE” —=Star Staff Photo. TRADE BODY PLANS 10 PICK DIRECTORS District Educators to Speak at Thursday Night Meeting. New directors will be elected by the ‘Washington Board of Trade Thursday night in the Willard Hotel. The meet- ing also will be devoted to a special educational program. The new directors will meet Friday | morning and elect officers for the com- ing year. Retiring Officers Listed. ‘The retiring officers are E. J. Murphy, president; George Plitt, first vice presi- dent; George W. Offutt, second vice president; Ben T. Webster, secretary; J. Harry Cunningham, treasurer; Frank P. Leeich, assistant treasurer; Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary; Edwin C. Brandenburg, general counsel, and Frank R. Strunk, sergeant-at-arms. Fourteen men have been chosen by a nominating committee as candidates for directorships. They include Samuel J. Prescott, Theodore W. Noyes, J. Harry Cunningham, Odell S. Smith and Paul B. Cromelin, all of whom are at pres- ent members of the board of directors and John Joy Edson, W. W. Everett,| William R. Ellis, George W. Offutt, T Brooke Amiss, jr.; Fred J. White, How- ;ghMoun, Edgar Morris and John J. The speakers on the Thursday pro- gram are Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, pres- ident of George Washington University; Rev. Dr. W. Coleman Neville, S. J., pres- ident of Georgetown University; Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of American University; Rev. Dr. James H. Ryan, rector of Catholic University, and Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of Washington public schools. Culture of City Is Sabject. The general subject of all the addresses will be the National Capital as an edu- cational center and a seat of culture. ‘The George Washington University Glee Club will be present and render several selecctions. Among the guests of honor will be the District’s two new Commissioners, Brig. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby and Dr. Luther Reichelderfer. i “LIVING TRUST” UPHELD BY COURT OF APPEALS| ‘The action of the Washington Loan & Trust Co. in refusing to rescind a “living trust” agreement where possible unborn beneficiaries had been named was upheld today by the District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Chief Jus- tice George E. Martin. The court af- firmed the District Supreme Court. John W. Craddock May 25, 1925, exe- cuted a declaration of trust by which certain bonds were placed with the company to pay the income for life to Fannie P. Hurt and at her death to re- duce the bonds to cash and distribute the money among the three sisters of Mrs. Hurt. In event any of the three sisters be dead, leaving issue, their chil- dren were to take their shares. Later he changed his mind and with the beneficiaries named joined in a request to the trust company to resign and re- turn the securities, but the company demurred on the ground that it had as- sumed responsibility to prospective chil- dren of the three sisters of Mrs. Hurt. Craddock and Mrs. Hurt brought suit and after losing in the lower court noted :;lxe n:ppel.l, which is decided against — SHOOTS SELF IN LEG Candy Co. Employe, Searching for Burglars, Accidentally Wounded. Elias Weinstein, 31 years old, employe of the Arlington Candy Co.,.Seventh and K streets southwest, accidentally shot himself in the right leg last night while searching for burglars in the | store. Weinstein noticed a rear window partly open and suspected burglars were in the store. He obtained a pistol and started on his investigation, which ended when the pistol exploded, wound- ing him. Weinstein told police he did not know what caused the gun to go off. He gave his home address as 5715 Colorado avenue. JAILED “JUST LITTLE”—SIX MONTHS Judge Rules Lack of Warm Water for Shaving Cannot Justify Throwing Buckets. Just because a wife fails to have hot water to facilitate the morning shave, & husband has not the right to strike her, Judge Ralph Given ruled in Police Court today on sentencing Frank Carlo, 40 years old, 727 Second street south- ;lfif, to spend the next six months in a. So despondent was Mrs. Mary Carl with her failure to satisfy her spouse’ whims, that officials of the Women Bureau reported finding the wife con- tempiating suicide. A policewoman took Mrs. Carlo into the ' little,’ arrest of Carlo on an assault charge. Mrs. Carlo testified that her husband arose rather early this morning, which was the reason, she explained, why the customary bucket of warm water wasn't in its usual place. Carlo became “violent, she declared, and when she entered the bath room he said, “No hot water, eh,” and struck her over the head with the cold and empty pail. “I socked her on the head, f\m a lm..[% Ju Carlo told J'lgifiu Gi Ient. “Well, suppose you go ‘Just & ; Six months,” = Although the Department of Justice has revealed nothing of the nature of the probe begun today, it is belleved it will present to the grand jury evidence which it contends wil] show that eer- tain officials of the company have been guilty of irregularities other than the alleged improper use of the mails. It is believed that Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney Gene eral, who has conducted all of the de- partment’s investigations of the Smith company, expects to consume this week in presenting his witnesses to the grand Jjury. To assist him in this task he has had Frank E. Powell and Henry W. Syfrig designated as special assistants 80 that they may have the required au- thority for entering the jury room. Accounts Are Called For. Mr. Weed, who succeeded Mr. Henry as the Smith company's president, came to Washington voluntarily from New York this morning and was served with a subpoena by John J. Clarkson, deputy United States marshal. The subpoena calls upon him to pro- duce the accounts of Henry and Pitts, records dealing with the operation of | the Hilltop Manor in Washington and other buildings in Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Philadelphia, and the check stubs of the F. H. Smith Co. and the F. H. Smith Investment Co. for the years 1926-29, inclusive. These are believed to be some of the records which Mr. Dodds experienced considerable difficulty in obtaining in New York for presentation to a grand Jury there. Approximately 20 persons now living in Maryland and New York, who at one time were employes of the Smith com- pany, have been served with subpoenas to appear before the grand jury. The other witnesses live in Washington. They are: Others Who Are to Testify. Mrs. E. M. Ross, Charles Wolf, the Merchants Bank and Trust Co., J. Thom Sasscer, Arthur L. Phillips, F. W. A. Sommers, Emile Leindorf, F. B. Keech & Co. the firm of Murphy, Lanier & Quinn, J. R. Matthews. Mrs. Verona Rouse, H. G. Giovanetti, Charles E. Bishop, Richard G. Davis, James Bundy, John S. Farquhar, James H. Brown, John W. Hurley, William Frank Thyson, John S. Warrington, Edwin L. Pearce, John Whaley, Pearce P. Smith, William D. Brown, LeRoy Mann, Lewis E. Thomas, Isadore Brill and Paul J, Dundon. Indictments charging use of the mails to defraud were returned by the De= cember grand jury against seven men identified with the Smith company, They are: Representative Frederick N, Zihlman, Daniel R. Crissinger, G. Bryan Pitts, Samuel J. Henry, C. Elbert Anadale, John H. Edwards, jr, and Henry C. Maddux. \UNIVERSITY SHOP WINS COURT APPEAL District High Tribunal Reverses Lower Body's Decision in In- fringement Suit. The University Shop, at 506 Ninth street and 1350 G street, today won its appeal from a decision of the District Supreme Court dismissing its suit for infringement of its trade name, when the District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Justice Charles H. Robb re- versed the decision of the lower court. The plaintiff brought suit against University Clothes, Inc., 1201 Pennsyle vania avenue, but was denied an injunce tion in the lower court. In reversing this action Justice Robb points out that the word “University” is the distine guishing and most striking feature of each mark and a mere ocular examina= tion of the two marks leads to the con= clusion that, being devoted to goods of the same descriptive properties, they are sufficiently alike to cause confusion in trade and deceive purchasers. The plaintiff had been using the name University Shop since 1921 and this was known to the defendant when it opened its store on Pennsylvania ave- nue, the court points out. . BURGLAR SUSPECT CAUGHT IN STORE Jewelry Declared Found Pockets of Man Who Sounded Alarm. in Police fingerprint experts today were comparing the “prints” of Samuel Jones, colored, of the 1800 block of H street, with fingerprints photographed at recent jewelry robberies, following Jones' arrest last night at the Schwartz jewelry store, 708 Seventh street. Jew- elry valued at $2,000 is alleged to have been found in the man's pockets. Jones accidentally walked on a con- cealed burglar alarm wire, which sent headquarters detectives to the scene. The police were about to leave the store when Hugh Robey, headquarters chauf- éeur, saw Jones hiding under a show- ase. It was only after police threatened to shoot him, that Jones was subdued. During the scuffle Detective H. H. Car- DerAtln-‘ll‘lel;eg hl:zuhand‘ 1t quarters, ce 5 emptied his pockets 0f oot censissing of watches, rings, mesh bags and other valuables. Detectives 'Charles Mansfield and ‘Thomas Nalley questioned the man last night in connection with other jewelry robberies, ~ Entrance was gained by throwing a cushioned brick through the front door. Jones is said to have given informa- tion which led to the urrg:lt of Willlam Powell, colored, of the 600 block of G street. Powell denied any connection with the robbery. He is being-held for further investigation,