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“SPEAKEASY" RAID WITHOUT WARRANT GIVEN SANCTION Assistant District Attorney Hart Assails Kunowski and Berwick, Taken Saturday. CONSTITUTION NOT TO BE USED FOR EVIL Door Containing Alleged Peep- holes Taken From G Street as Evidence. Assistant District Attorney David A. Hart today sanctioned the arrest of Charles J. Kunowski, 41 years old, and Gray L. Berwick, 21, both of Hyatts- ville, Saturday afternoon after Sergt. George Little and his squad made a warrantless raid in the rear room of 126 G street, described by police as a “speakeasy.” ,}){art cfi’nrged Kunowski and Berwick with maintaining a nuisance since Jan- uary 1, besides the police charge of possession. They were arraigned in court “today, demanding jury trials on the advice of Attorney Harry Whelan, Both were released under $1,000 bond. “These people who run speakeasies or store whisky in garages or barns and think they can fall on their self-termed constitutional rights for protection are sadly mistaken. They are trying to use one section of the Constitution to defy another. I will sanction raids on such places where police know could be used only for selling whisky. Speedy Trial Promised. “We will give them one constitu- tional right which they don’t want—a speedy trial. I am for the protection of the private dwellings, but have ab- solutely no sympathy for the person who relies on this section of the Con- stitution for defense when he knows that he is only running a speakeasy. In the case at court today Sergt. Little said that he received a letter describing the premises and ull‘l;ng where “a supply of liquor was kept. ‘When the liquor squad went to the place Saturday they observed many persons entering and leaving. They entered a tin shop located in front of the raided place, and a colored man, apparently the proprietor, rushed out the front door before police could stop him. Policeman Leo Murray went to a rear door, slightly ajar, and observed about a dozen men seated about a large table which held glasses, jars and & cash register. Knock Brings Obstruction. The police knocked. One man rushed | p,;, to the door to close it, while, Murray declared, another carried “two half- gallon jars and a coffee pot of liquor to_the sink and dumped it.” When the police finally entered, they arrested Kunowski and Berwick and seized a gill of liquor. The barricaded door to the rear room was taken from its hinges and carried to the sixth pre- cinct to be held as evidence in the case. It also is equipped with “peepholes.” Police entered a vacant house next to 126 G street, as advised in the Inform- ing letter, and found 24 half gallons of liquor. —_— MASS IS CELEBRATED FOR CATHOLIC PRELATE Ceremony Today for Very Rev. Daniel J. Kennedy, 0. P., Who Died Suddenly Friday. Solemn high mass for Very Rev. Daniel Joseph Kennedy, O. P., 68 years old, nationally eminent scholar of the Dominican Order, who died suddenly Friday at the Dominican House of ! The marriage of Lieut. Ruth Bartlett and Capt. Harold Ingoe (above) will be performed at the Salvation Army auditorium, 606 E street, Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock. Col. Alfred Chandler of New York, chief secretary of the Salva- tion Army in the East, will officiate. SAFETY INCREASES IN CIVIL AVIATION Fatalities Fewer in Relation to Miles Is Federal Report for Six Months. Increased safety in civil aeronautics is revealed in the civil air accident re- port for the last six months of 1929 made public today by Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Aeronautics. The report reveals a decrease in the number of fatal air accidents with re- lation to the number of miles flown. ring the period nearly 179,000,000 miles were flown and 183 fatal accl- dents reported, making an average of 431,367 miles flown for each accident. During the corresponding period of 1928, 54,188,838 miles were flown, with one fatal accident for each 416,837 miles, The safety record of air transport op= erations, covering flying where passen- gers, mall or express was carried on scheduled service, was better by more t!fiu; 100 pe!r éevx!llc than the record for all types of flying. During the last half of 1929 air transport gllnu flew 15,940,161 miles, with only 15 fatal :fi:identa, or one for each 1,062,677 les. In miscellaneous flying, which includ- ed student instruction, experimental flying, general commercial and pleasure flying, & total of 63,000,000 miles were flown during the six months, with 168 accidents, or an average of 375,000 miles per fatal accident. The largest number of accidents were caused by errors of judgment on the part of pilots or crew or other factors due to the human element, totaling 55.75 per cent of all the accidents. En- gine failures caused only 18.95 per cent of the accidents, while airplane struc- tural failures accounted for 11.26 per cent. The report shows that 8.47 per Studies, was celebrated this morning at St. Dominic’s Church, Sixth and E streets southwest. Interment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. After a period of infensive study and teaching in several Catholic universities in Europe, Dr. Kennedy was appointed to a professorship of theology at the Dominican House of Studies, at Somer- set, Ohio. In 1905 he came to Washington, occu- ying a chair at Catholic University for 5 years. For the past 10 years he had been a member of the faculty at the Dominican House of Studies in Brook- lan d. A sister, who is a nun in the Domin- ican Order at Knoxville, Tenn., survives him. SON SUES HIS FATHER TO END PARTNERSHIP Harry 8. Welch, Jr., Files Action Charging Differences in Con- duct of Realty Business. Harry 8 Welch, jr, 3831 Garfleld street, today filed in the District Su- preme Court a suit against his father, Harry S. Welch, with whom he has been connected since July 1, 1928, in the conduct of a real estate and loan business known as Welch Realtors, 719 Fifteenth street. Two banks where the funds of the concern are deposited are Joined as defendants. ‘The son charges that differences have arisen between him and his father which jeopardize the conduct of the business. His father has told the banks, he says, not to honor his checks on the accounts and has told others that he is no longer connected with the business. He informs the court that he was assistant secretary of the Colum- bia Title Insurance Co. when his father uaded him to join forces with him E“Lhe management of the business. Young Welch asks for the dissolution of the partnership and sale of the assets, He is represented by Attorney William C. Sullivan. —_— OLD BILLS STILL ouT $1,336,000,000 in Big Bills Never Turned In. Almost a billion and a half dollars in the old, large-size currency has never been turned into the Treasury for re- P hetic-up i, ‘the. Treasury today check-up af showed that $1,336,000,000 was out- Of this, almost $60,000,000 is in 81 standing. bills and much of it represented by large denomina , such as $5000 and $10,000, which “X;nmdl held by banks mouggah ..;2 t experience had past N shown that a substantial part of the redeems it had ben:nnem o ed, since various ways, and some will be held as_souvenirs. When the old Civil War notes were returned, nearly a third of those in cent of the accidents were due to mis- cellaneous causes, including weather, landing _flelds, darkness and ther causes. There were only 5.57 per cent of all accidents in which the causes could not be definitely determined. DR. HAAS’ FUNERAL HELD IN ARLINGTON Full Military Honors Are Paid Veterans’ Bureau Council on Appeals Member Dr. Carlton Daniel Haas of the United States Veterans' Bureau, who died Sat- urday at Garfleld Hospital, was buried in Arlington Cemetery today with full military honors. The service was con- ducted at 2 o'clock at the grave by Rev. Calvert E. Buck. Dr. Haas was a member of the council of appeals of the Veterans' Bureau, and had served throughout the World War in the Medical Corps of the Army. A statement issued on behalf of his associates at the Bureau this morning said of him: “Dignified in bearing, and of a studious and retiring disposition, he exhibited in his work, conscier.tious care and skill, and in , 1y in the latter days, a calm philosophy and courageous fortitude.” Dr. Haas leaves a wife, Mrs. Mary E. Haas, who resides at the Wi y 1830 K street. GRAY PLEADS GUILTY CF LIQUOR VIOLATION $500 Bond Required for Man Ar- rested After Chase by Police on Fourteenth Street. Joseph Lee Gray, 25 years old, of the IMMck of wlleunllnnnunue pleaded m:: when ::nl“:nz in Po’lnd ce Court this morning and was held on $500 bond on the latter charge, Attracted the sagging springs ot Gray'’s car, en D. J. Murphy and L. A. Wahlre of the tenth precinct gave cl hase. ‘The liquor car, careening through the street car up Fourteenth Woman Dies of Auto Hurts. FRONT ROYAL, Va., April 14 (Spe- :l;lz.—nden Williams, 36- col- @he Foening Star ; WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1930. IARMY PENSIDNERS | APANESE MAIDENS —=Star Staff Photo. CATHOLIC ALUMNI WILL GATHER HERE 40 Colleges to Be Represent- ed in National Conclave April 25, 26, 27. Several hundred faculty and alumni representatives of more than 40 colleges in all parts of the country will attend the annual convention of the National Catholic Alumni Federation at the May- flower Hotel April 25, 26 and 27. Among the distinguished visitors will be the Very Rev. Dom Bede Jarrett, O. P, prior provincial of the Domin- icans of England. He will discuss “The Federation of Catholic University Students in England” as the conven- | tlon draws to a close with a banquet | the night of April 26. Among the other banquet speakers will be Repre- sentative James M. Beck of Pennsyl- vania and Dr. William Kerby of Cath- olic_University, editor of the Ecclesias- tical Review. College Heads to Participate. Among the dozen or more college presidents expected to take an active part in the meeting are Mgr. James H. Ryan of Catholic University, Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., of George- town University; Rev. Florence Sulli- van, 8. J, of Loyola University, New Orleans; Rev. Robert Kelley, S. J., of Loyola University, Chicago; Rev. John McNichols, S. J., of Detroit University, and Brother Columbia, O. 8. F., of St. Francis College, Brooklyn. Numerous college deans also are expected to attend President Hoover will receive the delegates at the White House at noon on April 25. Rev. W. J. Lonergan, S. J., of St. Ignatius College will lead the openingdiscussion. | 'he speakers the opening night will | be Michael Williams, editor of the Com- | monweal; Dr. Edward A. Fitzpatrick,| dean of the graduate school of Mar- | quette University, Milwaukee. and Wil- fred B. Shaw, director of alumni rela- tions, University of Michigan. Papers will be presented at a sym- posium Saturday morning by James Armstrong, University of Notre Dame; Timothy J. Canty, St. Mary's College; John F. Cremen, district manager, Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co., and Charles N. Lischka, professor of education, Georgetown University. Solemn Vesper Service Planned. ‘The most colorful ceremony of the convention will be the solemn vesper service to be held at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on_the camj of Catholic University April 27. Father Nevils will preach and Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, rector emeritus of Catholic University, will preside. Edward S. of New York is presi- dent of the federation. The general committee in charge of arrangements is headed by J. Harold Kilcoyne. Dr. Thomas H. Healy of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service is vice chairman, and Peter A. Drury treas- urer. Subcommittee chairmen include Rev. Maurice Sheehy, faculty reception; Basil Kelly, publicity; John Saul and . A. Flynn, banquet; William E. , Teception; George O'Connor, en- tes ment, and Frederick V. Murphy, decorations. LEMMONS ASKS $20,000 IN CROSSING DEATHS Road Charged With Negligence for Accident at Landover Fatal to Wife and Child. Douglas Lemmons, & member of the 1 District Fire Department, whose wife and child were killed by a Pennsyl- vania train at Landover, Md., | October 22. 1920, when his automobile was struck at a grade e it et e 3 S lamages as T of the estates of Edith Lemmons, hi wife, and Milan, his young son. | 1t is claimed in the petitions filed by carelessly invited the automobile to cross the tracks when the fast-travel- ing express was nearing the crossing. GIRLS AT WHITE HOUSE Mrs. Hoover Receives Scouts From Massachusetts. A group ton and Mrs. Hoover entertained :flf an hour, after whicl GET BIG PAY FROM VETERANS' BUREAU List Benefited by Measure Coolidge Vetoed Made Public by Rankin. PASS ON COMPENSATION PLEAS OF ENLISTED MEN 191 From District Included in Names of Emergency Officers Put in Record. ‘The names of 191 District of Colum- bia men who are drawing compensation from the Government under provisions of the emergency officers’ retirement bill passed by Congress over the veto ot former President Coolidge are in- cluded in a list by States made public today for the first time by insertion in the Congressional Record by Repre- sentative Rankin, Democrat, of Missis- sippi, a member of the World War Vet- erans’ committee. Eleven District men are included in another list of several score of these beneficiaries who are now employed on salaries by the Veterans' Bureau. These are: Winthrop C. Adams, medical director; l'lll;‘;'y. $8,000; monthly retirement pay, Joseph V. Byrne, chief of certified accounts division; salary, $4,800; monthly retirement pay, $150. James W. Donnelly, medical super- visor; salary, $5,600; monthly retire- ment pay, $125. Martin J. Ferguson, contact repre- sentative; salary, $2,700; monthly re- tirement pay, $150. s ‘Thomas Foster, consultant in G. M. to council on appeals; salary, $5200; monthly retirement pay, $150. Edmund Lee Harrison, rating special- ist (medical); salary, $4,000; monthly retirement pay, $125. Edwin M. Johnson, physician; salary, $4,400; monthly retirement pay, $150. Bernard A. McDermott, medical mem- ber, Emergency Officers’ Retirement Rating Board; salary, $5,000; monthly retirement pay, $125. Charles Edwin Schaeffer, technical assistant; salary, $3,600; monthly re- tirement pay, $150. George Coleman Skinner, chief of di- vision; sala: $6,500; monthly retire- ment pay, $150. Harry Linden Wilson, survey clerk; salary, $1,920; monthly retirement pay, The compensation received by these emergency officers, as disclosed by Rep- resentative Rankin. runs from a little over $100 to $312.50 a month. Men given the benefit of this legislation re- ceive pay, in most instances, for life— that is, they go on the retired list of the Army, with all the pay privileges of such a position. Few veterans' bills Wwere more strenuously opposed than this, but, in spite of the veto by Presi- ldent Coolidge, the measure became a aw. There are many former disabled World War officers who are drawing salaries of from $4,000 to $8,000 under the Veterans' Bureau in addition to their monthly retirement pay. Regard- ing these Representative Rankin said: “These are the men who are passing upon the applications of the enlisted men who are now disabled, many of whom are being denled compensation when they are just as much entitled to it, and in greater need thereof, than these high-salaried officlals who are drawing these enormous pensions under the head of ‘retirement pay.’ “The Veterans’ Bureau can refuse, reduce or even cancel the compensa- tion of an enlisted man; but one of those retired emergency officers drawing these compensations, even though he be drawing a salary of six or eight thousand dollars a year, as some of them are, is assured that only Congress can_reduce his retirement pay. “Before we turn all of these activities over to the Veterans' Bureau we had better take some steps to equalize the nsation which veterans are now receiving.” L R STATE SOCIETY HEADS TO BE ENTERTAINED Indianans Will Give Reception To- night at Hotel After April Meeting. The Indiana State Society will have as honor guests the presidents of vari- ous State societies at a reception this evening at 8:15 o'clock in the Wiliard Hotel. The reception will follow the April meeting of the society at 8 o'clock and will be featured by an entertain- ment program. Miss Alice Roberts, daughter of Judge and Mrs, R. E. Roberts of Rocl 3 Ind., will appear in recital at the invita- tlon of Representative Harry C. Can- field of Indiana, who is president of the society. Miss Roberts returned re- cently from Hamburg, Germany, where she studied voice culture under Prof. Bachner. A program will be presented by the younger members of soclety under the direction of Mrs. Cecil R. Crittenden. Dancing and bridge will engage the members and guests at the conclusion of these features. MTSS ALICEEROBERTS. ARRIVE IN CAPITAL ON FOUR-DAY VISIT Ambassador to Entertain for Envoys of Gratitude Tonight. SPEAK OVER COLUMBIA RADIC CHAIN TOMORROW Round of Social Engagements Faces Girls Here to Thank U. 8. for Quake Aid. Japan’s four young woman envoys of gratitude to the United States ar- rived in Washington at 11:40 o'clock this morning and tonight are to begin a four-day whirl of social engagements with an informal entertainment at the Japanese embassy by the Ambasador and his family. ‘Tomorrow morning the Japanese | maidens will speak over the Columbia Broadcasting System at 11:15 o'clock, following which they will lunch with the Japanese Ambassador. A reception in their honor will be given by the American Red Cross to- morrow afternoon between 3 and 5 o'clock. Chairman John Barton Payne will preside and will welcome the young wmen—the first of their nation ever to undertake such a mission to a foreign country, They are Miss Kimi Ashino, Miss Su- | miko Tokuda, Miss Yoshiko Matsudaira and Miss Kellko Nakamura. They are chaperoned by Mrs. Toshiko Matsudaira, & sister of the former Ambassador to Washington and mother of one of the | young women. H. Yokayama of the Japanese newspaper Fiji Shimpo is ac- companing the party which landed in San Francisco April 2. The envoys were met at Union Sta- | tion this morning by several members | of the staff of the Japanese embassy and escorted to the Mayflower Hotel where they registered. While in Wash- ington the young women will be chap- eroned by Mrs. John K. Caldwell. Kosaku Midzusawa and Kwan Yoshida | of the embassy staff are handling ar- rangements here. | Wednesday Judge Payne will enter- tain at luncheon in honor of the en- voys at his home, 1601 I street. His guests will include Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi, Mrs. Tashiko Matsu- daira and the five envoys, Mr. Yoko- yama, Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck, Col. and Mrs. Ernest P. Bicknell, Mrs. Cald- ;flh Mrs. H. C. Corbin and Hideomi Mori. Mrs. Lars Anderson will entertain the young women later in the afternoon at | her hom Expressing Gratitude. ‘The purpose of the visit is to express i the gratitude of the Japanese nation for | the assistance rendered at the time of the great earthquake and fire of 1923. In the various cities visited the young women are being tendered courtesies by the Red Cross chapters. It was through the American Red Cross that a fund of $8,000,000 was contributed by | citizens of the United States toward Japanese earthquake relief. i Japan has just celebrated a national | thanksgiving,” March 26 to 28, com- | memorating the completion of a vast program of reconstruction. In the work | of rebuilding Tokio alone the Japanese | expended $350,000,000. Thursday, the last full day the en- voys will spend here, they wili be en- tertained at luncheon in the Mayflower Hotel by the Washington Chamber of Commerce, and a reception in their honor will he held between 4 and 6 o'clock the same day at the Young Women's Christian Association Build- ing. They are to leave Washington | Priday morning. Woods to Receive Tuesday. Cyrus E. Woods, attorney general of | Pennsylvania, Ambassador to Japan at | the time of the earthquake, will receive with Judge Payne Tuesday afternoon, together with the following members of the reception committee: Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Merritte W. Ireland, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Charles E. Riggs, Mrs, Ogden L. Mills, Solicitor General and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, jr.; Col. and Mrs. Ernest P. Bicknell, Mr. and Mrs. James K. McClintock, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Pleser, Miss Isabel Cot- ton, Hon. and Mrs. Charles Macveagh, Miss Clara D. Noyes, Miss Elizabeth G. Fox, Miss Clyde B. Schuman, Mrs. Isabelle W. Baker, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Frank R. Keefer, Mrs. Theodore W. Richards and Hon. and Mrs. Lars An- derson. Japanese flags will be flown with the American flag on the outside of the American Red Cross Building and i Will be used for decoration in the as- sembly hall. Forty members of the Junior Red Cross from District of Co- lumbia Schools will greet the envoys, presenting flowers and souvenirs, and members of the various services of the District of Columbia Chapter will be present, wearing the distinctive uni- forms of their services. The Marine Orchestra will play. Judge Payne and others of the reception committee will escort the young women over the Red Cross Building and through the museum. May Meet Rescue Workers, The delegation will have the oppor- tunity to meet two American naval offi- cers now on duty in Washington who with the earthquake. Lieut. Comdr. Ellis M. Zacharias, in the office of naval intelligence, Navy Department, in charge of the Far East- ern section, and Lieut. T. J. Ryan, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his - ork, now on duty in the office of the judge advocate general here, were at the time of the earth- quake nthg:ed .;n mmeirlcan embtuyd, studying the Japanese e wel?zy Sn. Yokohama at the e of the earthquake. Comdr. Zacharias carried on rescue work in Yokohama in the darkness, act- wit Asiatic fleet of the United States Navy in Yokohama. He assisted mate in lldidn&et'ha foreigners isolated in the coast 3 Lieut. Ryan obtained the medal of honor for rwmln: a woman from the ruins of the Grand Hotel in Yokohama, 1t e shocks mfll\mm to national representation for District. Mr. Kramer sald he would forward mmmmwmmmvm spenkers. rendered yeoman service in conjunction | Ing BRING JAPAN MISS KIMI ASINO. Society and General S GRATITUDE MISS SUMIKO TOKUDA. i T 4 & MISS YOSHIKO MATSUDAIRA. KINGMAN ORDERED 10 CAPITAL DUTY Officer Mentioned as Possible Engineer Commissioner Is Called to Washington. Lieut. Col. John J. Kingman, Army by | engineer, now assigned at Milwaukee, Wis., who has been mentioned promi- nently as the possible successor to Col. William B. Ladue as Engineer Commis- sioner of the District of Columbia, will come to Washington August 5 to as- uum: new duties with the office of the chief of engineers, U. S. A., according to orders issued today by the War De- ”W’fi‘er the assignmeny of Col. Kingman to the new post in ‘Washing- ton has any relation to the desire President Hoover is understood to have held recently to appoint an entirely new Board of Commissioners for the District could not be ascertained today. President Hoover has been represent- ed as wishing to assign a new Engineer Commissioner here, to start his service with the two new civilian Commission- ers and not because of any criticism he had of the work of Col. Ladue. The term of Col. Ladue with the District government will expire next January. Col. Kingman is known to have de- sired some assignment that would bring him to Was! n. In his new tour of duty he will come to Washington s chief of the river and harbor division of the office of the chief of Engineers. The post of district engineer at Mil- waukee will be filled by Maj. Harry M. Trippe, now serving with the 1ith En- gineers at Corozal, Panama Canal Zone. In his new post here Col. Kingman will relieve Lieut. Col. Edmund L. Daley, whose four-year tour of duty here will expire August 17. e W. R. LYNCH, FORMER WRC ANNOUNCER, DIES New York Appendicitis Victim De- scribed Hoover Inayguration Ceremonies From Airplane. ‘William S. Lynch, 22 years old, of New York City, radio announcer for the National Broadcasting Co., formerly connected with the local station of WRC, died at noon today in Prospect Hill Hospital, New York giltgy‘,ulollnw- ing an operation for appendicitis. %l.r. Lynch, during his eight-month connection with WRC, broadcast the in. auguration of President Hoover, describ- the ceremonies from an airplane. He had been with the National Broad- casting Co. for the past year. Last month, while representing the National Broadcasting Co. at the Mardi Gras at New Orleans, Mr. Lynch g froi wn ill last Wednesday, suffering acute dicitis. m&een is survived by his widow and one child. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. TOUR TO INTEREST U. S. IN PHILIPPINE CAUSE Dr. Hilario C. Moncado, Editor, and of Organization, to Make First Stop at New Orleans. give the American public the regarding oy ple"“ Islands, His first ition the Welch bill to class ippines as aliens and hmmmkfimfivlflw‘h’ UMMB&M&. do during his ted Nemesio ‘Washington H , to be resideut Jason, late of N at the E&Mum of America. WHITE HOUSE EGE- ROLLING PLANNED Public to Be Admitted to Grounds for Marine Band Concert. Official announcement was made today by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d,, director of public buildings and public parks, of TEACHERS DENIED SALARY REHEARING BY SUPREME COURT Writ of Certiorari Is Refused After District Tribunal Rules Out Demand. 1924 ACT CONSTRUCTION SOUGHT BY ATTORNEY Petitioners Charge Law by Subor- dinate Officials Is Result of Liti- gation Brought to Conclusion, ‘The United States Supreme Court to- day denied the application of & group of District school teachers for a re- hearing on their petition for a writ of certiorari, by which they sought some time ago to have the highest court con- sider the decision of the District Court of Appeals relating to the interpretation of certain sections of the teachers’ sal- ary act of 1924. The application for the writ of cer- tiorarl was turned down recently and the tition w W soun?cel reheum:cxl? ety Construction Sought. In the petition for rehearing Paul E. Lesh, attorney for the neach:rs, ex- i)lalned that the construction of this aw of 1924 determined the rate of salary to be paid these petitioners, and that the disposition of these cases will govern several hundred others, each small in amount, but “each of great importance to the individual plaintiff.” Counsel for the teachers told the the detailed program for the annual Easter egg-rolling, to be held on the White House lawn a week from today. Col. Grant sald: “By authority of the President, the south grounds of the White House will be opened on Easter Monday, April 21, 1930, at 9 o'clock a.m., for the annual egg-rolling. “From 9 am. to 3:30 p.m. only children 10 years of age and under will be admitted to the grounds, ex- cept that small children may be ac- companied by one adult guardian. Adults, other than those acting as guardians for small children, will not be admitted between the hours men- tloned, as this function is exclusively for children. There will be children’s dances between 11 am. and 12 noon and between 2 and 3 p.m., for which music will be supplied by the United States Marine Band. “A concert will be rendered in the grounds by the United States Marine | Band from 3:30 to 5 p.m., to which the general public will be admitted. The grounds will be closed immediately after the concert.” UNIQUE SERVICE HELD IN BAPTIST CHURCH Worship Rites, First of Kind, Staged in Falls Church Edifice. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., {—A unique service, the first of its kind to staged in Fairfax County, was held yesterday afternoon in Colum- bia Baptist Church when young people of all Protestant denominations in the county gathered for a worship service. The program was planned by Miss Isabel Latimer, director of the week dayv school of religion in Fairfax and Ar- lington Counties, under the general rection of Rev. S. Y. Craig of Fairfax, superintendent of the young people's work of the Fairfax County Council ot Religious Education. The auditorium and lecture hall of the church were filled to capacity, all parts of the county being represented. Miss Ruth Cloyes of Falls Church presided as leader and made the open- ing address, with Clarence Shotwell of Falls Church at the organ. The open- ing prayer was offered by Glenn Myers of Clifton. Miss Dorothy Dodge of Mc- Lean gave a recitation. Miss Reba Cupp of Fairfax read from the Scrip- tures the story of Christ's triumphal entr- into Jerusalem. Stewart Ogilvie of Falls Church, gen- eral chairman of the young people's committee which planned the rally, delivered an address on consecration. Miss Isabel Latimer then conducted an impressive candle lighting consecration service, assisted by Miss Thelma Speer of Oakton, Miss Ellen Fenwick and Clarence Hartman of Falls Church and Charles Magarity of McLean. Miss Latimer told the story of the return of the lighted candle from Jerusalem to Florence in the days of the Crusaders. Music was furnished by Miss Martha Bowen of Falls Church on the violin, with vocal selections by Miss Charlotte Hagin of Arlington County. The bene- diction was pronounced by Rev. 8. Y. Cralg. CADET COMMISSIONS TO BE GIVEN TODAY Ceremonies at Wilson Stadium, Central High School, Twice Put Off by Bad Weather. A third effort since the originally scheduled date will be made at 4:30 a'clock this afternoon to present com- missions to the Washington high school cadet officers in the Wilson Stadium of Central High School. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Bridges, ad- jutant general, U. S. A, will make the presentations and inspect and review the cadet brigade. presentation originally was set for April 3, but inclement weather forced postponement for several days The second attempt likewise was de- layed by bad weather and at noon to- day school officials were casting wary April 14, glances at the mounting clouds. MAJ. PRATT IS ILL . Henry G. Pratt, superintendent L;:{Ice. today was confined to a sick bed at his apartment at the Cordova :rsnmenu. Twentieth street and a avenue. . g;’ld. Pratt has a slight cold and was for to leave his work yesterday aft- ernoon. He hopes to be back at his desk tomorrow morning. s Card Party at Surrattsville. SURRATTSVILLE, Md., April 14 P e barent. Teacher Aciation. of Phe “local ‘school in the achool audi tortum_ April 23. & court that although these cases were started to determine the construction of the act of 1924, they will not have re- sulted in getting a construction of the act if the petition for certiorari be denied. < Claim Lower Court Favorable. The court was told in the petition for rehearing that the net result of the litigation is that the rule of con- struction based on the iaw by the subordinate and county officials re- mains the rule of decision in these cases. The petitioners said they were denied a ruling by the controller gen- eral because these claims were against the District of Columbia. The petition further stated that the Municipal Court of t‘};e Dl,strl% agreed with the con- sruction placed on the salary law the petitioners. i e The petitioners on whose behalf the rehearing was requested were Madeline Padgett, Edna E. Hilton, Edith W. Ely, Flora G. Steinberg, Marian A. Newman, Laskey W. Johnson and Evva M. Herron, g {INCREASED RAYON YARN DUTY IS AGREED UPON Conferees Accept House Tariffs on Silk Clothing and Also on Photographic Paper. Congressional conferees on the tariff bill today agreed upon the higher House duties on rayon yarn and all manufactures of this synthetic textile, with a few exceptions. The conferees also accepted the higher House duties on silk clothing, and the |lower House rates on photographic paper. | A charge that the “Cuban sugar mo- | nopoly” was attempting to destroy all | competition on this continent was made |in the House today by Representative Montet, Democrat, Louisiana, in urging higher sugar duties. The Louisianan favored the House i- | rate of 2.40 in the bill now before con- | ference ~ of the | branches. two congressional o GEN. HARRY F. RETHERS TO RETIRE TOMORROW Assistant Quartermaster General Ends Four-Year Term and 87 Yéars in Army. Brig. Gen. Harry F. Rethers, assist- ant quartermaster general of the Army, completes his four-year term in that office tomorrow and will be transferred to the retired list, on his own applica- tion, after 37 years' active service. During the Spanish War he served as a second lieutenant of Infantry and was cited for gallantry at San Juan Hill, Cuba. Later he was cited for gallantry in action against the Boxers at Tientsin, China, in 1900, and then served in the Philippine Insurrection and on the Mexican border. During the World War he was chief quartermaster of the base section in Great Britain and following the armi- stice had diiect charge of the liquida- tion of war stocks and the cancellation of war contracts in that country. For that work he was awarded the Dis- tinguished Service Medal by the United States and made a member of the Order of St. Michael and St. George by the British government. Later he served with the graves reg- istration service in France. CAYWOOD BURIAL HELD Lifelong Washington Resident’s Body Interred in Congressional. Funeral services for William E. Cay- wood, 69 years old, a lifelong resident of Washington, who died suddenly Sat- urday at his home, 5503 Eighth street, were held this atternoon at the resi- dence. Interment was in Congressional Cemetery. He was a charter member of the Seneca Tribe, Independent Order of Red Men; Old Glory Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, and Naval Lodge No. 4, F. A. A. M. Besides his widow, Mrs. Sarah Cay- wood, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Alice Hayes, and a sister, Mrs. Harriet . Dent. T RECEIVES PIANO PRIZE Miss Helen Calvert MacGraw, & Washington girl, today received notice that the Naumburg Foundation prize for 1930 had been awarded to her for the best plano performance. The finals were held in Steinway Hall, New York, on April 11, Miss MacGraw, chosen from more than 100 contestants, will be expected to make her debut in the New York Town Hall next Fall. She was & pupil of Alexander Sklar- evski of the Peabody Institute of Bal- timore for the last six years and at- tended the master classes in Paris last Summer. She has played for the Arts Club of Washington several tmea ¢