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f PORTABLE SAFETY PROBLEM STUDIED BY SCHOOL BOARD Crane Is Ordered to Weigh Types, Seeking Plan to Strengthen Them. JEFFERSON JUNIOR HIGH STORM THREAT IS CITED Lxoessive Overhang of Roofs of Buildings Is Blamed for Damage From Wind. . ‘The problem of fortifying the portable #chools against wind damage will be kept as the school system’s own, as a zesult of a speclal meeting of the Board of Education’s committee on buildings, ds and equipment, at the Frank- E Administration Building this morn- iny g. Jere J. Crane, first assistant superin- tendent in charge of business affairs and an architect, has been instructed by the board’s committee to study the various types of portable schools now in use, with a view to evolving some feasible plan by which the frail roofs can be fastened more securely in their framing and vertical walls. ‘Today’s committee meeting was the direct result of Charles F. Carusi’s in- structions to Dr. Frank W. Ballou, school superintendent, to request the municipal architect to make a study of the portables. Dr. Carusi, school board president, called for the inspection and an attempt to fortify the portables eagainst d damage when he became concerned over the possible repetition of the narrow escape of 35 Jefferson Junior High School students who were in a portable Monday when a section of its roof was carried away. Commenting on the portable schools, Mr. Crane said that most of the dam- age they suffer in windstorms is due to the excessive overhang of the roofs. The rafters and the roof planking ex- tend approximately 30 inches beyond the walls of the building, providing leverage for sudden gusts of wind. though he did not say he would adopt this plan, Mr. Crane declared he was of the opinion that the overhanging roofs might be cut off flush with the ‘walls of the school buildings and a gut- ter spout adequate to carry off the roof water be substituted. He said fur- ther that, as the portables are con- structed now, the roofs are made in sections and are screw fastened in order to facilitate transfer from site to site. He believes that if the roofs were nailed securely to the framing without regard to future moves of the whole building, still more strength and rigidity would be given. ‘Whatever plan Mr. Crane adopts will be executed on all portable schools by the District Repair Shop with the counsel and advice of Albert L. Harris, municipal architect. The three members of the school board’s buildings, grounds and equip- ment committee who discussed the portable school situation this morning were Dr. H. Barrett Learned, chairman; Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle and Rev. F. 1. A. Bennett. —_— PROPOSED FOR BENCH VACATED BY W’COY J. W. Harmon, Welch, W. Va., At- torney, Suggested to President as D. C. Supreme Court Apopintee. ‘The name of J. W. Harmon, a prac- | ticing attorney at Welch, W, Va, was | given to President Hoover by Repre- | sentative Graham of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House judiciary com- mittee, to take under consideration in glemng & successor to Chief Justice alter I. McCoy, who retired last De- Ember from the Supreme Court of the lamJ“ et of Columbia. dge Graham, in recommending Mr. Harmon, told the President that he had ed_up the stan des uy cc«‘)h' President 1in . picking Judge y's_successor. Mr. Harmon's name and the infor- mation regarding him furnished by Judge Graham will be sent by the President to Attorney General Mitchell for investigation and a report. The Jatter has been looking into the quali- Bications of a score or more of local attorneys who were recommended for sppointment to this bench and is un- derstood to have eliminated all but three or four. He stated today that he had by no means reached a decision in gatter of making a definite recommen- datlon to the President. BABY BROTHERS START 'AUTO THEY CAN'T STOP Father Overtakes Machine as It Heads for Busy Strest Intersection. boys, Tommy, 5 years old, ‘The Downs luiy!. all ind Francis, that age, gave ;n.hu a couple of bad moments yes- terday when they left the Downs resi- dence, at 924 Twenty-second street, in an automobile which they knew how to start, but not how to stop. The two boys grew impatient when their parents delayed taking them to see the much-discussed cherry blossoms about the Tidal Basin and concluded to make the trip without their elders. mm i mm“ubl':l start fiwz;nmo; old cis managed i i away & busy intersec- as the shout of a posserby the ‘]‘th.' Ernest Downs, of ildren’'s M:FDV'M rEc‘t‘d after the automobile | and overhauled it in time to cut off the motor before the machine reached What happened to Tommy and ¢is behind closed door at 924 $y-second street is their. business. BUILDING UNDAMAGED Garfinckel Structure Escaped in Windstorm on Monday. ‘The windstorm of last Monday did the owner. A hurry-in call was sent to the police tower which had. been erected wl m‘w material used in the con- SMITHSONIAN EXPLORERS GET MANY SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS Report Records Numerous Adventurous Expeditions in Far Lands. Arthur J. Poole’s Exploration of Caves in Haiti Among Most Striking. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. From weird, bat-filled Haitian caves to bandit-infested Chinese mountain provinces Smithsonian Institution ex- plorers during the past year have gone to the far corners of the earth in search of scientific s{)eclmem. ‘The annual exploration report, just issued, records many adventurous ex- peditions in search of ani plants, mollucks, minerals and fossils. Among the most striking was the Haitlan ex- ploration of Arthur J. Poole of the division of mammals, who sought in the great caves of the island, held in superstitious dread by the natives, the bones of extinct animals and birds. These underground chambers are lit- erally alive with bats, Mr. Poole relates. Describing one of them, he says: “We flashed on our electric lanterns. Immediately there was a noise resem- bling a hurricane, and bats flashed past our heads by the hundreds. As far as the rays of the lantern would carry great masses of bats could be seen clinging to every available inch of ceil- ing and walls, some of these masses being as large as bushel baskets, while thousands were in flight.” Thousands of Bats in Cave. Concerning another cave he reports: “We had noticed at dusk that thousands of bats suddenly appear among the trees and continued to come for quite a time. So at 5:45 p.m. we stationed ourselves near one of the cave.en- trances. In about 10 minutes a half- dozen bats came out of the inner chamber, flew to the edge of the en- trance and then returned. This was repeated several times, each time with a larger number of bats. Then one or two flew beyond the entrance, circled and returned. By this time the en- trance was a seething mass of bats, although they were not yet flying away. Suddenly we heard a roaring, swishing sound, and immediately, as though by & given signal, they came out of both entrances by the thousands, flying away in all directions at great speed. e natives were very superstitious about cave, and told us that sometimes smoke came pouring out just at dusk. Undoubtedly they referred to the dense clouds of bats, which at a short dis- tance resembled smoke.” ‘The Smithsonian explorer had weird experiences with men as well as bats. “Each day,” he reports, “we would see small processions of men and women marching over the hills, usually with a leader carrying a red and white flag, a drummer, and a native shaking an instrument that resembled a large rat- tle. Sometimes there would be a man blowing a long bamboo flute that emitted a rather weird tone. We heard many rumors about these daily parades, and were of the opinion they were| staged for no good purpose. Honofed by Parade. “On the night before we broke camp a parade was started just about dusk. We could hear the drums and other instruments, together with the almost incessant yelling of the natives. At first it was far away, although we could tell from the increased volume of noises that they were constantly moving and gaining more numbers. We had only a short time to wait before they were WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1930. | ARTHUR J. POOLE. passing within a few feet of our tent. the music now being in great volume. We could see by the torches they car- ried that they were constantly dancing. ‘The next day we were informed that this parade had been staged in our honor, which caused us to feel much relieved.” Collecting lizards and other creatures in the Philippines is described by Dr. Henry C. Kellers, naval medical officer, who was the representative of the Smithsonian on an eclipse expedition last year. He collected more than 14,000 specimens of mammals, birds, re) fishes, crustaceans, insects and mol . “As the date for the eclipse :K; proached,” he says, “the natives of rural districts became rather nervous about the event and made black and white crosses on their houses.” As the result of lectures to allay these fears, Dr. Kellers obtained the assistance of several thousand native children in in- creasing his collections. One of the most adventurous expedi- tions was that of Rev. David.C. Graham into the Moupin district of the Szech- uan province of China, which seldom has been visited by naturalists. This journey was planned for several years, but each year was prevented by the bandit activities in the mountains. Robbers Infest Mountains. 1t required Dr. Graham and his party, consisting of five Chinese collectors, a military escort and 20 coolies, 13 days to get into the mountainous district, crossing swollen rivers and in constant danger of bandit attack. In the town of Moupin he secured the first day the skin of a giant panda, one of the least known creatures in the world, which is practically unrepresented in' museum collections. It is a relative of both the bear and raccoon families, about the size of a black bear, and its fur is al- most entirely white. Leaving Moupin, Graham reports, “10 days of hard, steep climbing brought the party well up in the mountains at an elevation of 13,400 feet, in the midst of forests of rhododrendron and fir.- I would have gone on to a higher and better hunting ground, but the terri- tory was infested with robbers. We -lmcw' literally stepped into a robbers’ nest.” Collecting in some of the least known parts of Siam, Dr. Hugh M. Smith has sent to the National Museum spproxi- mately 4,500 specimens. A large ship- ment of birds was received from the mountains of Northern Siam, including Dol Angka, the highest peak in the country, about 8,400 feet high. Up to about 4,000 feet these mountains are covered with an evergreen forest which abounds in birds of varieties new to science. THREE D. C. BILLS MAY BE TAKEN UP Senate Committee Has Rail Merger, Howell and Market Measures on List. ‘When the Senate District committee holds its weekly meeting at 2 o’clock tomorrow it may decide its course of action on three important measures— street rallway merger, the Howell local prohibition bill and the Capper bill for a new Center Market, % Chairman Capper also intends to di- rect the attention of the committee at this meeting to the recent request of the Commissioners for a law empower- ing them to make municipal regula- tions for the control of outdoor adver- tising signs. A bill recommended by the Veterans’ Bureau relating to guardianship pro- cedure in the District also may be taken up by the committee tomorrow. The street railway merger resolution has been before the committee several times this session for the consideration of various amendments. committee has new plan of court procedure ln'xumy cases and recommended them the Senate as a separate bill. The com- imittee also held a hearing some weeks ago on the question of reduced rates for school children. ‘The Howell prohibition bill was heard at length Tuesday, with nearly all of the discussion relating to how far the search warrant provisions of existing law should be extended. The bill also would con- fer prohibition enforcement authority on members of the police force, where- as only 38 policemen now have this power. The Capper market bill would au- thorize the District to build a new Cen- ter Market when the present one is abandoned. Whether all of these meas- ures can be considered tomorrow will | depend somewhat on how much time each one takes. [ CONSIDER APPOINTMENT Subcommittee Studies Nomination of Marshal Edgar C. Snyder. A special subcommittee of the Senate committee is meeting 2 Fran- ‘Twen- | committee is COMMUNISTS PLAN MAY DAY SHOWING ‘Local Members of Party to! Hold Demonstration Be- fore White House. ‘The local Communist party will stage its part of the Nation-wide May day unemployment demonstration in front of the White House, it was learned last 'night at the party’s headquarters, in the 1300 block of Seventh street. Definite plans for the actual carry- ing out of the demonstration are shrouded in secrecy. It is reported, however, that the workers of the party will congregate at party headquarters and leave in small groups for the White House. Banners denouncing the present unemployment situation and persecution of party work- e:s will be carried by the demonstrators, it is said. At the meeting of the party last night John Porter, self-styled deserter from the United States Army, who was tly released from jail after COL. GUY L. EDIE DIES Retired Army Surgeon Expires at San Francisco. | KEECH PREPARES TOFIGHT AGAINST INCREASED FARES People’s Counsel Is Makino Intensive Study of Efforts of Traction Firms. HEARINGS ON APPEAL ARE SET FOR MAY 12 Public Utilities General Counsel Will Join in Opposing Higher Rates. An intensive study of the history of the futile efforts of Washington's two street rallway companies to get the Pub- lic Utilitles Commission to sanction an increase in fares has been undertaken by People's Counsel Richmond 8. Keech in preparation for the impending fight in the District Supreme Court where the companies have carried the case on an appeal. Keech with the aid of his assistant, James L. Martin, is going over the 2,382-page transcript of the hearings before the commission last year on the application of the companies for a higher fare, culling cut every bit of in- formation that may be of value when he appears in court to oppose a fare increase. Hearing Set for May 12. ‘The date for the hearing on the ap- peal of the companies was set for May 12 after a series of prel legal maneuvers during which the path was cleared for the court to hear direct arguments on the merits of the case. In these earlier proceedings the court overruled a motion of the commission to dismiss the appeal of the companics and later denied an injunction sought by the companies which would have given them a 10-cent fare pending dis- position of the appeal. Vernon L. West, the commission’s general counsel, will unite with Keech in opposing the granting of a higher fare. The gound on which they will base their fight, has not yet been de- termined, however. Keech indicated that the problem is to determine, by a study of the record of the case before the commission, what additional evi- dence, if any, should be submitted. To Analyze Valuation. Keech plans to analyze thoroughly the valuation claims of the two com- panies which were the principal factors | involved in their contention of a right to a higher fare. The Capital Traction Company claimed a fair value of $26,- 080,144, while the Washington Railway & El’eclrlnw Co. said its mlmmu:n value for rate making purposes amount- ed to $19,210,899. Both insisted that the rate of return upon their respec- tive values is less than the reasonsable erTors account ren- dered inexact the values claimed by the two companies. On the basis of its claimed valuation, the Capital Traction Co. said its return in 1926 amounted to 4.30 per cent; in 1927 to 392, and in 1928 3.64. Some of the trim craft on exhibition at the Motor Boat Show in the Pennsylvania commission merchants’ terminal Water street southwest. PROHIBITION FOES FORESEE REPEAL Active Fight to Place Wets' in Congress Planned by Women’s Group. Two Senators and & woman member of the House joined other speakers in attacking prohibition before an audi- ence of about 600 in the Willard Hotel last night and in predicting repeal of the eighteenth amendment. The meeting was in celebration of the first anniversary of the anti-prohibition campaign launched by Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of New York, who resigned from the Republican national committee and with a small group of women from six States formed the Woman's Organiza- tion for National Prohibition Reform, which has 84,565 members. Seek Changes in Congress. Meeting under the banner of the District of Columbia Council of the or- ganization, the audience frequently ap- plauded asse: that national senti- ment is turning against prohibition. Mrs. Sabin said each member of the organization “has fi:ednd herself to work for a change in the personnel of the present Congress, 50 as to out those members who carry water on one shoulder and gin on the other.” “No candidate for Congress who takes an juivocal tion on prohibition n"d% to elected or re-elected next November,” she declared. “The ¢ en of this country, disgusted with womy try, ‘The application of the companies for financial relief asked for a 10-cent cash fare and a token rate of four for 30 cents. It was denied by the commis- sion ‘after hearings which lasted from | 1*5 July 29 to October 7, on the ground that the evidence submitted by the companies failed to support a basis for financial determination of all issuss in- volved. The commission, however, left the case open for the taking of ad- ditional testimony with respect to cer- tain features, but the companies turned to the court for long sought relief. 3,000 ARE ADDED T0 CHURCHES” ROLL Visitation Evmplilfie Campaign Results Are Announced by Dr. Kernahan. ‘More than 3,000 new church members were obtained in the first three days of the city-wide visitation evangelistic campaign, leaders announced today. Meanwhile Dr. A. Earl Kernahan, rector of the campaigpn, declared “the numbers and enthusiasm of those at- tending the daily supper conferences in the 10 districis becomes noticeably greater at each session. Not less than 4,000 men and women work each day at this business of being a modern visita- tion evangelist and the amazing spir- itual experiences gained thereby are proving to be a great impetus to their own religious lives.” Dr. Kernahan planned to make sev- eral in the interest of the drive today and tonight. The campaign will close Friday night. GAS STATION ROBBERY SUSPECT IS CAPTURED Colored Man Is Being Held at No. 8 Precinct on Charge of Tak- ing $110. hed | Chesley & Harveycutter Mr. and Mrs. George J. Adams of New York in Accident Here. t Fifteenth and U streets of station at Fift o ot James is held at No. 8 precinct @ robbery. and is due to arraigned in Police Court tomorrow. BUYER TURNS BANDIT Colored Man Attempts to Stab Pro- prietor of Store. stein’s coat sleeve, coa 3 then harm. He 1 825 Goldstein bad . 'omen’s Clubs, who told the committee she re] ted 12,000,000 women who wanted prohibition retained, Mrs. Sabin said the majority of women'’s clubs had not polled their members on the sub- ntative Mary T. Norton, Demmmlt. of New Jersey asserted that sentiment in the House has changed. Tydings Predicts Repeal. Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- land said that conditions under prohi- hibition are as bad now as they were 10 years before it was passed. He said for ‘each of the 1,365 prohibition agents dismissed for corruption up to 1927 one had been killed. Pleading the heory of State's return to State an ernment and that the prol forcement is a failure is that the law “does not appeal !AP_ the conscience of the average person. J‘gm\flly, ‘who served Presi- dent as secretary, applauded the activity of the women. Referring to suggestions in Congress that the Presi- dent call out the Army and Navy to enforce prohibition, he said the Presi- dent didn’t dare, and that “if Congress di- | dared to formally ask it lamp posts all over the country would be decorated with the bodies of Senators and Rep- resentatives.” ‘The District council of the organiza- tion is headed by Miss Belle Gurnes and Mrs. Norton is vice chairman. Mrs. William B. is secretary and Mrs. John F. Dryden treasurer. COMMITTEE INSPECTS MUNICIPAL PROJECTS Group Headed by Senator Bing- ham Visits School and Via- * duct Site. te ' subcommittee in charge of the District aj tion bill today began a series see of trips to at first hand the condition of the school Gordon Files First Opinion as Member Of Court of Appeals Justice Peyton Gordon today filed his first opinion as a mem- ber of the District Court of Ap- als, where he served recently the absence of Justice Robb. Justice Gordon- reverses a deci- sion of his associate, Justice Wil- liam Hitz, who had granted American citizenship to John Nickoloan Kreticos, a native of Greece, who as & seaman had de- serted his ship and filed a decla- ration of intention April 12, 1922, to become an American citizen. ! ‘The United States, through As- sistant United States Attorney Rebekah Greathouse, took excep- tion to the ruling allowing the naturalization and the case was heard in the Court of Appéals. In reversing the decision of the lower court, Justice Gordon points out that no alien has a right to naturalization unless all statutory requirements are com- plied with and that the entrance of Kreticos into the United States was a mere landing, and he has never begun a residence here and cannot begin to reside continu- ously except by entering in ac- cordance with the requirements of the immigration laws. Natu- ralization laws, the court declares, must be inl and con- strued in connection with the im- migration laws. ARONE ACQUITTED IN ASSAULT CASE = Shoe Polish Salesman Freed of Charges Preferred by Girl Models. Arrested in February on complaints of | several girl models, George Arone, 55, shoe polish salesman, was acquitted by a Police Court jury late yesterday after deliberating two hours. Police sald Arone, lly charged with five assaults, salesman Louise Schnader, who called in Detective Charles Weber for the arrest after she had made a visit to Arone’s office, said that the man jumped at her and grabbed her three times. She said that she went into the office and applied for the “job” armed Miss Jacqueline Swift, pretty model, who went to police with the first complaint, was excused from testi- fying by Assistant United States Attor- ney Charles Murray, while Miss Bent- ley Noel failed to appear yesterday. Arone was represented by Attorney Denny Hughes. SUSPECTED CAR ESCAPES . BY USE OF SMOKE SCREEN Automobile Unable to Eiude Motor Cycle Policemen in Chase From Bridge. ingerie | side. street » |8t $1,800 were dropped by Mrs. J. R. Cope of Stroudsburg, Mrs, —Star Staff Photo. TWO WOMEN HURT WHEN AUTOS CRASH Both Cars Turn Over in Col- lision at Intersection of Streets. Mrs. Bessle P. Jones, 47 years old, of 4227 Ingomar street, suffered bruises of the knees and hands and a lacerated forehead last night when an automobile driven by Joseph H. Breen, 29, of 3827 Livingston street, collided with her ma- chine at Thirty-ninth and Harrison streets, both cars overturning. An occupant of Breen’s car, Miss Frances McClellan, 20 years old, also of 3827 Livingston street, received a deep cut on the nose. Both women were treated by private physicians. Ambulance in Crash. ‘Two persons escaped with minor hurts when a Casualty Hospital ambulance and an sutomobile crashed into each other at Thirteenth street and Pennsyl- vania svenue. The injured, Francis J. Cleary, 28, of the 1100 block of Fourth street, and a woman who refused to give her name, refused hospital treatment. The driver, who was the only occu- pant of the ambulance, Mahlon Ellis, colored, was unhurt. Bewildered by the late afternoon traf- fic rush at Sixteenth and Upshur streets, Mrs. Janet Rice, 62 years old, of 3121 Sixteenth street sustained a minor injury when she walked into the side of an automobile operated by Robert J. Pinucane of 4124 Thirteenth street yesterday. was treated at Emer- gency Hospital. Pedestrian Knocked Down. Another lestrian, John C. Eiden, 22 years old, of 52 S street received lacerations of the face when a car down in the 1300 block of R street. Ellg‘ef was treated at Emergency Hos- pi Seven-year-old Samuel Huffberg of | 127 L street was injured when he walked from behind a parked machine into the path of an automobile driven by Walter H. Espey of 128 B street northeast. The boy was treated by Dr. J. C. Brady at Casualty Hospital for bruises of the left The accident occurred on First near K. $12,000 LOST JEWELRY SOUGHT BY POLICE Mrs. J. R. Cope of Stroudsburg, Pa., Reports Disappearance of Gems, Including $10,000 Pearls. More than $12,000 worth of jewelry, including a $10,000 string of pear! reported lost yesterday, is ‘The pearls and other jewelry valued told police that she believed she dropped her chamols jewelry bag when sh opened her purse for a handkerchief after stopping here car near Fredericks- burg. Va,, to assist three women from a wrecked machine. A $300 diamond pin buckle was lost by Mrs. W. Woodward Cook of the Somerset House, 1801 Sixteenth street, | shij shopping ‘while downtown yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Adele Zapponia of 3601 Con- necticut avenue reported that she 8 jade uoek'lz:t.tvuued hl': $100, while riding on a eet car yes- terday. WOMAN ASKS DIVORCE Cycle the | 888 She Overhead Husband Tele- l Bri sout Clty 5o Eleventh street and Florida ave. | nue northeast. —_—— KEITH CO. LOSES SUIT Damages Assessed for Detaining SETS EASTER RECESS Justice Siddons Announces Court ‘Will Close From April 17 to 28. owner ] $3, hm it phone ‘“Honey.” Mrs. Frances D. Hubbard, 919 De- catur street, in a petition for a limited Richard C. Hubbard, the | inspiration; to work and to married June 6, 1926, and child. The wife asks custody the child and alimony. She is rep- resented by Attorneys Lavine & Lavine. $300 WINNINGS MISSING Money Won at Bowie Track Is PAGE B—1 ICHLDHEALTH WORK OVERLAPS, WILBUR TELLS CONFERENCE Secretary Says Confusion Results From Duplication by Government Bureaus. CENTRALIZED CONTROL PROPOSAL OPPOSED Interior Department Head Favors Co-ordination of Local Wel- fare Agencies. ‘The various governmental bureaus working for the promotion of child health, education and welfare overlap in their activities, resulting in confusion, Becretary of Interior Wilbur told the May Day Child Health committee chair- man from ea-n of the 48 States, meet- ing today at the Carlton Hotel. Secretary Wilbur expressed himself definitely against centralized control of child health work and hit the lack of co-ordination which he said exists among the various Federal agencles. The meeting this morning, sponsored by the American Child Health Associa- tion, of which President Hoover for- merly was the head, is for the purpose of planning local celebrations through- out the country May 1, in connection with President Hoover’s proclamation designating May day child health day. There are two viewpoints of the proper development of the child health movement, Secretary Wilbur declared. One, he said, is that we should have a great national organization, embracing every American town and regulating the care and education of children. He said the other vision was coming together of local forces in each community, con- stantly growing in power and adapted to tlhebg?ul needs. “I belong to the county seat group,” Secretary Wilbur asserted. “I am wlpth the local crowd. Whether the children of the country are properly cared for depends not on some official in Wash- ington, but on the neighbors. The con- trast of these two viewpoints in gov- ernment is not new. But I believe that true democracy can be attained only by local control of affairs.” There is a need, however, he said, for a central organization which would supply mental leadership as well as necessary funds. At present this lead- ership, exercised by Federal bureaus in Washington, results in considerable confusion in the fleld. There are sev- eral bureaus doing the same work in different ways, he said, and they must co-ordinate their efforts if they are to be efficient. Explains Work of Conference. The meeting this morning also was addressed by Dr. H. E. Barnard, direc- tor of the White House Conference on Child Health, of which Secretary Wil- bur is chairman. He explained the work of the conference, which he said was progressing satisfactorily. Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Chil- dren’s Bureau; Dr. C. C. Plerce of the Public Health Service, and Dr. Walter L. Treadway, who only this morning was notified that he has been appointed as- sistant surgeon general, also spoke. Mrs. Aida de Acosta Breckenridge, na- tional child health May day chairman, presided, and said a few words of greet- ing, as did Dr. 8. J. Crumbine, general executive of the American Child Health Association. The general committee for Washing- ton’s part in the Nation-wide observance of May 1 as Child Health day, was or- ganized yesterday afternoon when rep- resentatives of public and voluntary health agencies and of the public and parochial schools met in the District Building in response to a call from the chairman, Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, chief medical examiner of the public schools. Dr. Murphy presided and Miss Mary E. Gordon, public health nurse, was chosen secretary of the committee. Other offi- cers named were Dr. E. J. Schwartz and lDr. Hugh J. Davis, vice chairmen, and Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, treasurer. Hoover Issues Proclamation. President Hoover yesterday called upon all people and all agencies inter- ested in boys and girls “to assist every reasonable effort of their communities to make this a day for organizing and co-ordinating interest in child health.” ‘The text of the proclamation follows: “By the President of the United States of America. “A proclamation. “Whereas the Congress, by joint reso- lution, has authorized and 'requested the President of the United States of America mflprocla!m annually that May day is Child Health day; and “Whereas all the States of the Union, together with Alaska and Porto Rico, through their health officers, medical socleties and other agencies of good will, with the support of their respec- tive governors, are now actively sup- porting organized child health pro- . | grams; and “Whereas the White House Confer- ence for Child Health and Protection, composed of groups distinguished in all the vital phases of child life, is mobiliz- ing knowledge in practical application fordaubml.sslun to the country at large; an “Whereas, while applied science and invention have given us world leader- in mechanical processes, we shall fall short of our highest aspirations if we fail to practice all that science can give in service of our fundamental e | asset—our children; now “Therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby designate May first of this year as child health day, and I do in- vite all our people and all our agencies interested in boys and girls to assist every reasonable effort of their com- munities to make this a day for organ- izing and co-ordinating interest in child health. “Our children have the right to be born in health, to be well throughout babyhood and the pre-school years: to be surrounded with moral and spiritual play through ary school with well minds based on well bodies; to enjoy and to profit to the utmost by their higher schooling because of wholesome habits of thought and deed; thence to graduate into adult life, strong in body and inculcated with the sense of fair play and of responsi- bility for the rights of others. “In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the O one ot the ity of Washington this “Done af of n thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred ‘and thirty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hun- dred and fifty-fourth. 'T HOOVER. . ton. “Acting Secretary of State.” o s inieny Files Bankruptcy Petition: Prederick Charles Keller, operator of a tire, battery and radio shop Geo avenue, yesterday filled a peti- tion in voluntary hnkn?k:y He lists his debts at Miglfi.flxl.r uunum his y b i Wi Prosent "\