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> A—16 * CLOUDS FATE OF TRACTION MERGER Opinion Differs on Inserting “the” in Bill to Cut Powers of Court. " GLASS SAYS 9 MEMBERS ADVOCATE AMENDMENT ————— Capper Willing for Reconsidera- tion of Measure, but Opposes Making Change. A difference of opinion in the Senate District committee over the insertion of one word, “the,” in the bill to re- strict the power of the courts in re- viewing decisions of the Utilitles Com- mission has left the fate of the bl uncertain, and may also affect the chances for Senate action on the street railway merger resolution. The proposed changes in court pro- cedure originally were made part of the street car merger plan by the Utilities Commission, but the Senate committee several weeks ago decided to handle the court amendments as a separate bill and to seek their enactmeent in ad- vance of action on the merger. The court bill as reported to the Senate contained a provision that when appeals are taken tosthe court from decisions of the commission, “the find- ings of the commission as to the facts upon which such order or decision is based, shall be conclusive, if such find- ings are supported by evidence and if such order or decislon is not confis- catory.” Argue on Right of Review. During the hearings on the bill the utility companies contended the meas- ure in this form would go too far in depriving them of a right to a review by the courts. It was contended that the word “evidence,” standing alone, would mean that if there was a frag- ment of evidence to support the find- ings of the commission as to the facts in a case, such findings would be con- clusive on,the court. Those who took this view urged insertion of the word “the,” to make the findings of the commission as to facts conclusive if supported “by the evidence.” Members of the commission opposed inserting “the,” contending it would destroy the purpose of the amendment. ‘When the Senate committee met yes- terday Senator Glass. Democrat, - of Virginia asked that th: bill be recon- sidered and the amendment inserted. He said he had made inquiry and found that nine members of the com- mittee wanted that course followed. He was supported in urging reconsidera- tion by Senator Kean, Republican, of New Jersey. Capper Opposes Change. Chairman Capper replied that if the bill is to be amended in that way the commission does not want it. He said the comi felt it would be.merely & re-enactment of the present law if the proposed change is made. The chairman’s view was supported by Sen- ator Blaine, Republican of Wisconsin. Senator Capper said he was willing to have the bill brought back to the committee from the Senate cclendar, but made it clear that he was opposed to making the change. The chairman sald he had confidence in the Utilities Commission. Senators Glass and Kean took the wiew that without the change the bill would give the commission too mucl authority. Before the parliamentary tangle de- veloped over the court amendment bill Senator Capper asked the committee if it wanted to act on the street railway merger resolution. Senator Blaine sug- gested that the committee walt to see what the House District committee does with the question. LEWIS WOOD HEADS NEWS WRITER GROUP Member of New York Times Staff Elected President of White House Correspondents. Lewis Wood of the Washington bu- reau of the New York Times was yes- terday elected president of the White House Correspondents’ Association for the ensuing year, succeeding Wilbur Forrest of the New York Herald-Trib- une. Mr. Wood defeated Oliver B. Lerch of the Wall Street Journal by a vote of 88 to 55. Other officers elected were Thomas J. Héaley of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, who was unogpoud. to succeed Carlisle Bargergon of the Washington Post, as vice president; George L. Tarry of the Wall Street Journal, secretary and treasurer, and Thomas F. Edmunds of the United States Daily and Robert 8, Allen of the Christian Science Moni- tor, members of the executive commit- Mr. Wood formerly was president of the Overseas Writers of Washington and formerly a member of the board of governors of the National Press Club. AR — *CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Card party, Home Board, Lebanon Chapter, O. E. S., 808 I street, 8:30 p.m. Card party, District of Columbia De- partment, . United Spanish-American War Veterans, Northeast Masonic Tem- gle, Eighth and F streets northeast, p.m. Dinner, the Wanderlusters, club house, Pranklin Park, Va., 6:30 p.m. Lecture, “Practical Metaphysics,” ‘Hay-Adams House, 800 Sixteenth street, | Bo: Lecturer, Carl Eidhammer. Card party, Good Will Chapter, No. 36, O. E. S. Chestout Farms' dairy, 2107 Rhode Island avenue northeast, tonight. Meeting. Saturday Night Club, Odd Fellows' Temple, 419 Seventh street, 8 pm. 8:1° pm. Entertainment and dance, auxiliary | Los A: home board, Electa Chapter, No. 2, O. E, 8, Masonic Hall, Fourteenth and U streets southeast, 8 p.m. Banquet. George Washington Uni- versity School of Engineers, grand ball room of the Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Aceting, Maoars “Feasant Branch af oun! easan Library, snl'xuenv.h and Lamont 8 pm. FUTURE. Religlous No. 24, O. E. 8., Masonic and Eastern Star Home, tomorrow, 3 p.m. Free lecture, United Lodge of sophists, Building, Bevenwenm 1 streets, tomorrow 8:15 p.m. Subject: “The Great Quest.” - . el Catholic Patriarch Dies. BURSAJOR, Spain, April 12 (®)— Francisco ‘Munox y Roman of the Well§ Indies, Catholic patriarch dizd-here last night. He 62 vears h | southeast, were thrown from a motor streets, | San A services, Bethany Chapter, | Spok: After being wrecked in a collision was necessary to cut the top of this car AUTO WRECK PUTS OUT SIGNAL LIGHTS Collision Pins Young Driver in Car—Four Other Acci- dents Reported. A driver was injured, traffic lights from U street to Florida avenue on Sixteenth street were put out of com- mission, a patrol box was knocked over and an automobile was wrecked in a collision between two cars at Sixteenth and U this morning which sent one of ihe vehicles careening to the side- watk, William Galloway, colored, 18 years old, of 1730 Trinidad avenue north- east, was pinned in his car which knocked over the patrol box and the | light standard, and it was necessary to | cut the top of the machine to remove him. The breaking of the light stand- | ard at the scene of the accident put | out the lights at .he other two in- | tersections. Galloway was driving a car belonging | to Dr. N. Norman Smiler of 1912 Six- teenth street from the Ambassador Garage, 2390 Champlain street, where it had been parked overnight, when the accident occurred. The other car was driven by John Lewis Zlekas of 3314 Mount Pleasant street. Police reported that he escaped injury. Four persons were injured in traffic l?;;gen'.s yesterday afternoon and last night. = | Clinton Lewis, 64 years old, of 1927 | Hamilin street, who was struck by an automobile at Rhode Island avenue and Eighteenth street, was reported most seriously burt. Lewis was taken to Sibley Hospital with &' skull fracture and internal in- juries. The driver of the car, Mrs. Lus- tren Paige, 23, colored, of Baltimore, is being held at the House of Detention pcr:dlnz the outcome of the man’s in- Juries. E Severe injuries were also received by another last night. Mark Ward, ‘43 years old, of 60 K street northeast, was taken to Emergency Hospital with a severe skull injury and lacerations of the scalp after a car operated by Jack White, 35, colored, of the 3100 block of Sherman avenue, hit him at First and I streets. White was taken into custody by olice until Ward’s condition is definitely determined. Albert Leroy Gregg, 22, of 1533 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, and Dorothy Davis, 18, of 2917 Akron place cycle they were riding when it struck a barricade at Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast last night. They were removed to Casualty Hospital. | THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, not much change in temperature; gentle west, shifting to north winds. o Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, not much change tem- perature; moderate west winds. Maryland—Cloudy, slightly colder in extreme west portion tonight; tomorrow cloudy; variable winds, becoming mod- erate north. West Virginia—Partly cloudy, slight- 1y colder”in north portion tonight; to- morrow increasing cloudiness. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 90; 8 p.m.,, 69; 12 midnight, 58; 4 am,, 51; 8 am, 51; noon, 69. Barometer—4 pm., 29.98; 8 pm, 30.03; 12 midnight, 30.10; 4 am., 30.10; am., 30.13; noon, 30.10. Highest temperature, 91, occurred at 2:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 50, occurred at 6:00 am. today. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 1:37 a.m. and 2:08 pan.; high tide, 7:22 am. and 7:50 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, :57 p.m.; high tide, 136 p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 5:37 a.m.; sun sets 6:41 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:36 a.m.; sun sets 6:42 pm, Moon rises 6:17 p.m.; sets 5:23 am. | Weather in Various Cities. W Temperature.ez 2 8 19j0m04 asamoT Statlons. Abilene, Tex, filb-ny. N. Y. 22 5228882385288228 232523200208 5238588 53858228] -+ qumu 15w, FOREIGN. Greenwich time, Temfllll‘&::dld,“)lm.h THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1930. COMMITTEE FIGHT {[__we ssstir oz & corumon | s with another machine this morning, it out to extricate the driver. —sStar Staff Photo. ‘Oratory Victors Top: Edmund Gullion, Western High School champion. Bottom: Wilson Tyrrell, who will rep- resent Montgomery County in the Maryland State finals. 5,365 JOIN CHURCHES INVISITATION DRIVE New Memberships Said to Be Record for Cities of This Size. ‘With final reports revealing a total of 5365 new memberships in local churches, a campaign result that was said to establish a record among cities the size of Washington, the Kernahan visitation evangelism campaign, after a week of intensive evangelistic activity, was concluded last night at a jubilee meeting in the First Congregational Church, With reports from suburban districts expected during the day, a final cam- paign total of 6,000 was predicted. Twenty per cent of the new members were enlisted through dissemination of church letters. Eighty per cent were persuaded by direct personal evengelism. There were 109 churches engaged in the campaign. Director Goes to Texas. Dr. A. Eari Kernahan, director of the campaign, was unable to attend the meeting, having been compelled to go to Fort Worth, Tex., where he will in- augurate a similar campaign tomorrow. Dr. Kernahan will return to Wash- ington April 28, when he will be ten- dered a testimonial dinner by the Chris- tian Endeavor Union. Addresses commending Dr. Kernahan for his successful leadership were de- livered by Rev. Jason Noble Plerce, pas- tor of the First Congregational Church; Dr. D. A. Robertson, president of the W n_ Federation of ‘Churches, and Dr. J. R. Duffield, chairman of the general campaign committee. Campaign Discussed. An informal discussion and criticism of the campaign was held, eliciting comment from many representatives of campaign districts. . « A resolution expressing appreciation for the co-operation given throughout the campaign by the press was unanimously indorsed. Rev. Wesley Spencer. a member of t;ne Kernahan evangelistic staff, pre- ded. —— BIBLE READERS LEAGUE PLANS EASTER SERVICES Annual Easter eventide services of loudy { the National Community Bible Readers’ League and Auxiliary of Regional Aides wiil be held in the Sylvan Theater, on the monument grounds Easter Sunday, In case of rain the be led persons having ben.mble reading records for the Lenten season. Travel Books Available. IEDMUND GULLION BECOMES FINALIST FOR WESTERN HIGH Son of Army Officer Will Speak in Star Area Ora- tory Contest. WILSON TYRRELL TO GO TO MARYLAND MEETlNG[ Wins Montgomery County Compe- tition Over Seven Other School Pupils. Edmund Gullion will represent West- ern High School in The Star area finals of the National Oratorical Contest, and Wilson Tyrrell, 17 years old, of Be- thesda-Chevy Chase High School, will speak for Montgomery County in the Maryland State finals, as results of eliminations last night. Tyrrell, the son of Edmund E. Tyr- rell of Forty-ninth street and Western avenue, must survive the severe test of the State competition before reach- ing the same stage in the contest Gul- lion attained by his victory in the lo- cal eliminations. Gullion captured the Western orator- ical championship with a brace of speeches that would do credit to an older speaker than this 17-year-old senior. Both his prepared six-minute oration on “John Marshall and Federal Supremacy” and his four-minute ex- temporaneous address, in which he answered the question, “Is John Mar- shall's Conception of Government on Trial in 1930?” were presented with thoughtful precision and poise. Gullion is the son of Lieut. Col. Allen Gullion, U. S. A, and Mrs. Gullion of 3730 Northampton street. He is am- bitious to become a lawyer or a journal- at Princeton University following his graduation from Western in June, Holderness Is Second. Stephen Holderness, Western's alter- [mte, won second honors with a ve- | hemently delivered oration on “The | Citizen; His Privileges and Duties Un- der the Constitution.” In his extempo- raneous address Holderness struck a note of irony to voteless Washington, when, in discussing in greater detail the respective dutles and privileges of a 2itizen under the Constitution, he plead- ed for an informed voting citizenry. Holderness is 16 years old, a junior at Western, and the son of Col. Arthur W. Holderness, U. S. A, and Mrs. Holderness of 3320 Rowland place. Only the champion and his alternate ‘were announced last night by Dr. Elmer S. Newton, principal of Western, who conducted the contest. He explained that the five competitors had agreed that the winner would accept only haif of the $100 which The Star awards as a “district” prize and that the remainder of the money would be divided evenly lamong tne other finalists. Others on Ithe Western oratorical program pre- | sented good evidence of their right to i be on the stage as finalists. Other Contestants. Philip Ferris, 18-year-old _senior, spoke on “Our Constitution; A Way to World Peace.” He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Ferris of 3810 Albemarle street. Miss Katherine Ireland, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emory I. Ire- land of 3916 McKnight street, Chevy Chase, was the only girl on the West- ern program. Her oration was on “Pros- perity and the Constitution.” Forbes Burgess, 17-year-old junior, contended for the honors with a well- ordered speech on *“John Marshall and the Constitution.” ‘Tyrrell was victorious in the Mont- gomery contest in the face of close competition by orators representing the seven other secondary institutions of the county. ‘The winner pictured “The Constitu- tion Meeting the Revolving Demands of a Changing Generation” with vividness and conciseness. There was no ex- temporaneous feature to the compe- tition, ea¢h orator delivering a six-min- ute prepared speech. Marion Rueth Second. ‘Marion Rueth, 16-year-old senior of the Takoma-Silver Spring High School, won second place and was named al- ternate. She spoke on “The Origin of the Constitution.” Other speakers and their subjects follow: Doris M. Palmer, 15 years old, Galthersburg High School, “The Con- stitution; a Guarantee of Liberty to the Individual”; Eleanor Cissel, 14- years old, Sherwood High School, “Personalities of the Constitution”; Maggie Rose Stowers, Dickerson High School, “The Constitution and the In- dividual”; Nan Edith Wheeler, 16 years old, Fairland High School, “The Fed- eral Appointive Power”; Alvin Perkins, 16 years old, Rockville High School, “The Civil War and the Constitution,” and James A. Gannon, jr., 16 years old, Georgetown Preparatory School, “The Legacy of the Constitution.” Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The Star, presided and delivered a brief introductory address in which he emphasized the importance of the stabilizing effect of the oratorical con- e youth of the country, espe- cially at this time. There has been no time since the Civil War, he declared, when greater unity and respect for the principles of American Government have been more essential. He said that on every hand we find efforts to under- mine the Constitution, and only re- cently Communism has been an issue In the Washington public schools. Fifth Consecutive Contest. ‘The forensic competition this year marks the fifth consecutive time_there has been an Oratorical contest in Mont- gomery County, the chairman told the audience. “This contest,” he said, “is the great- est advance in inculcat h ideals and interest in the Constitution in our young people ever made. There are more than two million children in the interested in this move- will present a gold medal to the winner when he appeared in the Maryland State finals. The judges were Col. Wallace M. Craigie, director of cadets of the Wash- ington High Schools; Robert Peter, ir., State's attorney for Mongnmery County, and George P. Sacks the Bank of Bethesda. Music for the occasion consisted of two piano solos each by Miss Dorothy Hobley and Miss Jean de Lashrhutt, and a selection by the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Girls’ Glee Club. SHOE STYLES FOR SPRING AND SUMMER DISPLAYED Exposition Is Held Here Under Auspices of Washington Re- tailers’ Association. Shoe styles for the eo‘mln= s) d Summer season were ‘Thursda; ht at a “‘shoe fashion ex- Harringto! ist and intends to continue his studies | TREE PLANTED IN MEMORY OF C. A. R. LEADER and Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart. R National and local officers of the Daughters of the American Revolution yesterday planted a tree in the gro of the Memorial Continental Hall in memory of Mrs. John Rhett Goode of ‘Alabama, past president of the National Officers’ Club and past president of the C. A. R. Left to right, in photo: Mrs. George Hillyer, Mrs. H. C. Grove, Mrs. Mary J. Tarring, Mrs. Frederick Brake, Mrs. Daniel C. Walser, Mrs. George Maynard Minor, Mrs. David D. Caldwell unds —Star Staff Photo. CITIZENS CONDEMN USING NEWS RACKS Brightwood Group Would Have Them Taken From Street Corners. Removal of news racks from street corners throughout the city was advo- cated in a resolution adopted last night at the meeting of the Brightwood Citi- zens' Assoclation in the Paul Junior High School. C. E. Borgadus, who offered the reso- lution, incorporated in it approval of the stand taken by Judgs Kathryn Sellers of the Municipal Court that these stands provide temptation for those with a tendency to steal. The association paid tribute to Rep- resentative William R. Coyle of Penn- sylvania for his advocacy in the House on Thursday of a return to the 60-40 basis of appropriating for the District of Columbia and a resolution indorsing his stand was adopted unanimously. For Paving Plan. ‘The paving of New Hampshire avenue from Buchanan street to the District line, as provided in an amendment of Senator Tydings of Maryland to the District supply bill, also was advocated. It provides for the expenditure of $190,000 for paving and an additional $185,000 for the construction of a viaduct under the tracks of the Balti- more & Ohio Rallroad. The land was secured from property owners in 1915 and all assessments pald years ago. H. B. Landgraff presented a resolu- tion, which was adopted, recommending that tax bills be malled promptly to property owners and that all such bills hereafter show any deliquencies for spe- cial assessments, etc. ‘The removal of the center trolley poles on Kennedy street between Illi- nois avenue and Fifth street again was urged. Mrs. Josie T. Prailey and G. W. Haley were elected to membership in the asso- clation. ‘Wants Street Oiled. John Claggett Proctor, chairman of the Memorial day exercises at Battle Ground National Cemetery, on Georgia avenue, reported relative to the program being arrarged for that day. ‘The improvement of Madison street between Georgia avenue and Eighth street and Colorado avenue frfom Mon- tague to Thirteenth street will be taken up with the District authorities. The oiling of Rittenhouse swreet west of Georgia avenue also will be requested. The association was advised by Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian of the ‘Washington Public Library, that the Board of Education had not reached any decision as to the future use of the old Brightwood Public School, which the assoclation requested to be converted into a branch of the Wash- ington Public Library. Owing to the indicposition of Presi- dent Charles W. Ray, Vice President John Claggett Proctor presided at the meeting, with William D. Wilson as secretary. RAIDER’S FOOT CUT KICKING IN DOOR K Street Northeast Visit Called Off When Partners Take Detective Mostyn to Hospital. Detective James A. Mostyn of the po- lice vice squad suffered serious cuts of the left foot yesterday afternoon in kicking in a plate glass door of an al- leged speakeasy in the 200 block of K street northeast after the squad had exhausted its supply of ruses usually employed in obtaining entrance to sus- pected establishments. The raid was called off when Mos- tyn cut his foot, and his partners, De- tectives Richard Cox and Floyd Trus- cott, carried the injured officer to Sib- ley Hospital. A warrant to raid the suspected speakeasy had been obtained by the vice squad after an undercover agent had made a liquor purchase there. Prior to the accident the squad made four arrests on liquor charges. Ed- ward and Mary Turner, both 29 years old, of the 400 block of W street, were taken into cust on s of pos- session of several gallons of liquor, which the squad found in their apart- ment. Lee, the Bryant street, were arrested in raids on their homes and charged with sale and possession of one pint of liquor. GROCER IS SWINDLED BY “RACKET” CUSTOMER George Claggett, proprietor of a gro- cery store mmuflmawfi. sin avenue, became the victim of an anclent “racket” early last night. Claggett received a telephone order for $3.41 worth of ), h in- structions to send it, ther with change for $20, to a home in the 3700 block of Veasy street: The delivery boy was halted’ eutside who said was Driverless Auto Crash at Fire Box Calls Six Engines | A freak accldent at Ninth | | street and New York avenue brought out six fire companies | | last night when an automobile, | | apparently jolted from its park- ing place by apother machine, rolled backward a block down Ninth street and crashed into a fire box, sounding an alarm. A. B. O'Leary of 1204 Massa- chusetts avenue, owner of the machine, told police he parked his car at Ninth and K stree!s | when he went to work shortly | before midnight. It is believed some other machine, leaving a parking place, backed into O'Leary’s automobile and started it down the slight incline to New York avenue. NON-RECOGNITION - OF RUSSIA LAUDED Dr. Walsh Says Soviet’s Pol-‘ icy Confirms Wisdom of American Attitude. | Russia’s public record of the last 13 vears in its dealings with other nations demonstrates the wisdom of the un- wavering policy of the United States in withholding recognition, Dr. Edmund A. ‘Walsh, 8. J., vice president of George- town _University and regent of the School of Foreign Service, declared in an address last night which concluded his series of public studies of the Rus- sian question. Contending that only the malicious and uninformed complain that the American policy is based on an atti- tude of unfriendliness to the Russian people, Dr. Walsh said the reason for non-recognition is solely because the principle of international law and seeks to destroy every form of government opposed to its own. Referring to the experiences of other nations which have recognized Russia only to “regret it,” Dr. Walsh said that if a few more imitated the courage of the Mexican government in recalling the Soviet envoy, “there might be a return to sanity in Russia.” Dr. Walsh denounced the propagan- dists in this country who are seeking to stir up revolt and undermine Amer- ican traditions and declared that, while Russia knocks on the door for recogni- tion, it announces in the same voice its avowed intentions to repudiate the ac- cepted usages of international law. PLAN P.-T. A&SOCIATION McKinley High School Parents and Teachers to Organize. At the insistence of many fathers and mothers of students, a parent- teacher association will be formed at McKinley High School. A committee of parents and teachers appointed at a preorganization meet- ing consisted of J. E. Zearfoss, Mitchell, | Miss Selma Kause, Miss Kray, Miss Clyde Roberts, representing the faculty, | and Mrs. T. H. Young, Mrs. E. R. Kalm- bach, Mrs. W. Edwlrd Denton, Dr. €. Willard Camalier and Cyrus T. Bright, representing the parents. ‘The initial meeting will be held Mon- day at 8 p.m., in the school auditor' .. All interested in the organization are invited. —_ OLD BLOCKHOUSE BURNS MONTREAL, Quebec, April 17 (#)— Vaudreuil Blockhouse, erected on St. Helen's Island, in the Montreal Harbor, in 1760, yesterday was destroyed by fire which caught from burning grass. The blockhouse, constructed of cedar logs, had been carefully preserved. It was used by the French in their'un- successful defense of Montreal against the British after their capture of Quebec. | repaid by the District over a per Soviet government has violated every | | descendants of Jefferson, took part in | the tableau. | Chamberlain, CHANCES T0 PASS AIRPORT BILL GAIN Enactment at This Session May Result From Pre- ferred Status. The action of the Senate steering committee yesterday afternon in giv- ing preferred status to the Bingham- Nelson bill, for the establishment of the District airport near the south end of Highway Bridge, will increase the chances of this legislation for enact- ment at the present session. The airport measure was placed third in a list of bills selected by the steer- ing committee for special consideration, it was announced by Senator Goff, Re- publican, of West Virginia, steering committee chairman. The two other questions that must be disposed of first are a proposed amendment to the Sen- ate rules and a bill to reorganize the Federal Power Commission. Under the pending bill the airport ‘would be developed by acquiring Hoover Field and Washington Airport, the two flying fields across the river, and com- bining them with adjacent land already owngd by the Federal Government. The cost ot developing the project would be met by a loan of $2,500,000 from the Treasury Department, to be of years. The amounts advanced woul be refunded within 10 years, starting one year after being ‘expended. When the Senate District commit- tee held hearings on the measure sev- eral weeks ago the Board of Trade, through Lawrence E. Williams, strongly supported the bill, while Lieut. Walter Hinton of the Chamber of Commerce, and Charles 1. Stengle of the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Associations spoke against it. SOUTHERN SOCIETY PAYS TRIBUTE TO JEFFERSUN| Tableau and Liberty Ball Cele- brates 187th Birth Anniversary of Noted Statesman. ‘With a tableau and Liberty ball, the Southern Society last night celebrated the 187th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. The ceremony in the Willard Hotel last night was pre- liminary to additional celebrations to- morrow, the actual anniversary of the great statesman'’s birth. The life of Jefferson and the signifi- cance of his contributions in the realm of enlightened politics were discussed b‘y ‘J. Cloyd Byars, president of the so- ciety. Miss Margaret Sumner, Miss Dorothy Morris and Mrs. Thomas Betts, direct Others who participated were Frank Wolpert, Mrs. Willlam Frederick Murphy, J. Rogers Flannery, Mrs. Willis D. Crit- tenberger, Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews, Mrs. Thomas Payne and a group of girls from Arlington Hall. As a tribute to Admiral Richard E. Byrd, the soclety adopted a resolution expreseing pride in his achievements. —_— Narcissus Show Closes Tonight. Jwing to the interest in the fifteenth a. ugal narcissus show, which opened Thursday in the Takoma Park branch of the Washington Public Library, cor- ner Fifth and Cedar streets, officials of the Takoma Park Horticultural Club announced that the exhibition would continue until ‘9 o'clock tonight. Exhi- bits set a record in the history of the club and the officials are highly elated. Entertains Boys’ School. Speaking in- 14 dialects; Stanley Hall, “the man -of a millon stories,” enter- tained . more than 100_students of the Woodward School for Boys in @ speech yesterday at the Young Men's. Christian Association. Hall was engaged to speak before a public meeting Tuesday night, at 7:30 o'clock, in the “¥” assembl hall. The former radio entertainer and vaudeville performer will tell stories on subjects suggested by his audience. PLANES WITH 1,000-MILE AN HOUR SPEED PREDICTED BY WILLIAMS Navy Racing Pilot Declares Aviators Will Reach 400- Mile Mark Within Another Year. It should be possible for human beings to fly at speeds up to 1,000 miles an hour without ill effects, Lieut. Alford . Williams, jr., famous Navy racing pilot, told members of the aviation sec- tion of the Women's City Club at a meeting last night. He predicted that before the end of next year the 400- mile-per- hour mark would be passed by racing pilots. The airplane must be made to fly faster than it does today if it is to be successful, Lieut. Willlams declared. The only future for aviation develop- ment is based on the fact that the air- le and their goods on the ground. on_ aviation and that they hereafter look upon it only as a hobby. If aviation can’t develope enough speed to make a really decisive showing over all other forms of transportation, every factor considered, then we should drop aviation.” Lieut. Williams told of high-lights in his 12 years' career as a Navy pilot, during which he ploneered in_flight- testing work, acrobatics and high-speed development. Mrs. Edgar T. Brown, chairman of the aviation section of the club, an- nounced that the section is organizing an aviation ground school course, to be ut in charge of an instructor a) gy the untmnuflu bnn.cn!;?.t the De- partment of Commerce, planning the In* of a flying club, for which a numl members aiready have been MERCHANTS ASK COMMISSION O FISCAL RELATIONS Support Moore Measure Ask- ing Study on Proper Division of Costs. APPEALED TO HOOVER FOR BODY LAST FALL | Association Also Formally Ap- proves Senator Bingham's Airport Bill. Full-fledged support of the measurc introduced in Congress by Representa- tive Moore of Virginia calling for the appointment of a commission to study and report periodically on the proper division of the cost of development and maintenance of the National Capital as between the local and National gov- ernments was voted yesterday by the board of governors of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association. The plan was indorsed by the mer- chants’ board as a means of arriving at a settlement of the long dispute over the $9,000,000 lump-sum appropriation made in recent years by Congress for the National Capital, which has been dwindling with the growth in the budget of the District. The act presented by Representative Moore calls for the appointment by President Hoover of a commission com- posed of the chairman of the Diswrict committees of the House and Senate. the chairmen of the appropriations committees of the two houses, ons of the District Commissioners, the diréctor of the Bureau of the Budget and three bona fide residents of Washingtoh, all to serve without pay. Last Fall the merchants’ board wrotr to President Hoover appealing fér the appointment of a similar commission. and received a reply stating that the Presider:t felt that this was a fhatter which should be left to the discretion of Congress. Approve Bingham BilL ' The merchants’ organization 9ester- day also went on record formaily ap- proving the bill of Senator Bingham of Connecticut providing for the develop- ment of an airport for the Naticnal Capital to be located near the Virgina end of the Highway Bridge. This proj- ect, as outlined by the congressiofal joint afrport commission, of which Sen ator Bingham is chairm: proved in principle by the merchanis. The action yesterday was approval of the wording and purposes of the bill now before Congress. Approval was given also to the bill introduced by Senator Capper which would empower the District Commis- sioners to make and enforce regula- tions governing the erection, hanging, painting, display and mau‘unlnce of outdoor advertising signs, afid providin for the licensing of sign painters an hangers. The city heads recently held public hearings on a pi drastic regulation covering this activity, ‘The proposed law presented to Con- gress by Senator Copeland of New York providing for more strict interpretation and enforcement of the smoke nuisance regulation also was indorsed. This measure would place the administration 3! this regulation with the engineering lepartment of the District, rather than the Health Department, and would de- fine smoke nuisance as being the emis- sion of dense smoke from a chimney lasting one minute or more during any period of eight minutes. Indorse “Parking Survey.” ‘The board of governors indorsed the “parking” survey of Wasington to be made to determine the relation of traffic regulations to local business. The work would be done by Dr. Miller McClintock, chief of the Erskine Bureau for Street Traffic Research of Harvard Univer- sity, under a fund being raised by local merchants. The suggestion for the sur- vey came from Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The proposed new ferry from Chesa- peake Beach to Cambridge, Md., on which hearings recently were held be- fore the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, was indorsed. It was pointed out that such a ferry would shorten the distance to Washington by 24 miles. The position of the trade body will be outlined in a letter to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Breaking a_precedent of 20 years’ standing, the Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association will not hold its an- nual Washington boosters’ outing this year. ‘The board of governors voted yester- day to abandon the outing this season because it would not be possible to charter the S.S. Southland for the tra- ditional three-day cruise on the Poto- mac River and Chesapeake Bay this year. The ship, which for years has carried the merchants on their cruise, will be taken June 15 for coastwise serv- jce. Since a suitable date for the cruise could not be obtained prior to June 15, the outing was abandoned. ‘This decision was reached on recom- mendation by Charles H. Frame, chair- man_of the booster committee. Sol Lansburgh, president, presided. PLANS FOR CONDUIT ROAD SOON KEADY Engineer's Report on Straightening “and Widening Thoroughfare to Be Submitted Next Week. and straightening of Conduit mnd.{q fast nearing _ completion.' . Maj. Brehon Somervell, District engineer for the - The report on the widenin y | War Department for the Washington area, who has charge of the .conduit that carries hington’s water supply down from the Potomac River in the Great Falls region to the Dalecarlia Reservoir, just inside the District line, expects to forward this report to Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army Engi- neers, late next week. ‘The replacement of Cabin John Bridge by a larger and more modern structure is expected to be an outcome of the study that has been completed under_Mai. Somervell’s direction. Wil- liam T. Partridge, consulting architect of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, has been assisting in the study with reference to the archi- tectural features of this bridge. Maj. Somervell will submit the report to Gen. Brown, who will later forward it to Cony . The report will not be made public until it reaches Congress, Maj. Somervell explained today. The Cabin John Bridge was at one time the longest masonry arch bridge in the world and one of the best knoygn in the country, the major asserted. ?t has a 220-foot span and a 57%-foot irllu.mp[::’figoof the dwlgflh:ld to which it uit road are noF available ’:);p;unbunm“. SIRAEEY Boys’ Club to Dance Tonight. A Spring dance for the senior mem- bers of the Boys' Club of Washington will be given tonight at the club - nasium at 230 C street. The evening's entertainment will begin at 7 o'clock with a roller-skating contest. The dance begin at 9.0'clock, o