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4 Washington News WARRANTLESS RAID VIGTIM ARRAIGNED ON NEW CHARGES F. J. Smith Seized Again on Search Permit Given Without “Buy.” MAINTAINING NUISANCE AND POSSESSION FACED Jury Trial Will Be Given After Plea of Not Guilty Is Entered. Frank J. Smith, 23 years old, whom Capt. William G. Stott with some of his third precinct police recently ar- rested in conducting the first experi- mental warrantless raid on an alleged “speakeasy,” was brought into Police Court again today after the same police, this time equipped with the right to search, seized him during & raid about & block from where the other arrest was made. . Smith was charged at court with maintaining a nuisance and possession of whisky. He pleaded not guilty and will be given a jury trial. Two counts of possession and one of nuisance are already pending against Smith. Permit Given Without Buy. The search warrant was given to the police, although they had not made the “buy” usually held necessary for pro- curing such rights, by United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage. The police gave Turnage an affidavit stating that they had seen a number of ns entering and leaving the prem- m?om the 1000 block of Eighteenth street, the front of which carried a “For Rent” sign. They stated the peo- le would arrive apparently sober and ?e:ve in a drunken condition. They reported hearing the clinking of glasses. ringing a cash register and conversation to the effect that “one shot is two bits and four shots one dollar.” ‘The commissioner held this probable grounds for reasonable belief that liquor was being kept in the premises, and immediately issued the warrant. Stott Advised by Hart. Assistant District Attorney David A. Hart, in formally pressing the new charges against Smith, declared that he had advised Capt. Stott to take the course he followed in the last -aid. Hart said that he saw no uase in con- ducting warrantless raids in cases where he believed the United States commis- sioner would issue search warraats. This only arouses needless public animosity against prohibition enforce- ment forces, he said. When Capt. Stott made the warrantless raid in which Smith was arrested, Pre Hart stated that it was his belief the mfl could have i:l!fi‘:l':(g a warrant ey been so incl . i a prohibition Several police and 0SeCULOr | the nt who were present during the raid, :rgnlhe latter part of March, entered the eighteenth street premises yester- day and found the suspected rear room equipped with a large bar and bairi- caded doors. Thorough search of the rear rooms revealed 10 pints of lquor. SEEKS WARRANT - FOR STILL OWNER Little to Ask Papers Following Raid on 150-Gallon Still Tast Night. A warrant for the arrest of the oper- ator of a still at 407 A street southeast was to be sought by Sergt. George M. Little today following a rald in which his dry squad seized a 150-gallon still, 40 barrels of mash and 24 gallons of liquor. Members of ILdttle's squad were in- formed that a still was in operation at the A street address last night, and climbing to a structure at the rear of the house they spied the still in the rear room on the second floor. A warrant ‘was obtained and the raid followed, but the operator had vanished. The entire second floor was given over to the manufacture of whisky, with the still and 10 barrels of mash located in the rear room with the remainder of ‘he mash distributed in the other two rooms stairs. upiem-enp was poured into the mash and the whisky and still were removed to the sixth precinct police station. It will probably be turned over to Charles B. Willlams, custodian of the Treasury Department prohibition forces, today. Police have learned that the operator of the still is'a married man and lived at the A street address with his wife and two children. PUMP WILL SPEED UP HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION Increase of 30 Per Cent in Sand and Gravel Taken From River Is Expected. booster pumping plant, calculated blnpeed up construction of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway by 30 per cent, will be put into operation tomor- Yow by the United States Engineer , under the direction of Maj. Bre- ‘Somervell, District Engineer for the War Department for the Washing- area. new pll.;\mwfll !beml;ook‘ed ol‘i‘x'f discharge e of P e Welatka, to assist in ‘ceer:nung through the line of sand ?fi’d gravel from vS\e bottom of the Potomac River to form the roadbed of t.hcl highway. A. Schmitt, civil engineer in the office of Maj. Somervell, explained to- day that this booster pumping plant a dredge, but & pump and engine mounted on a scow. The engi ‘horsepower and is known as the vergne Diesel engine type. ARMY MEN PRESENTED Mexican Attaches Meet Assistant Becretary of War. ved ' milif attache ‘The newly arri itary la| C. Ritchie of Maryland and is well komvnbomlnmnm.flctmd McCarl Decision Deprives “Eater” Of Price of “Meal” Another “meal” decision of in- terest to all traveling Govern- ment employes has been decided against the “eater” by Controller General McCarl. The argument over $1.70, the price of a dinner in Grand Cen- tral Terminal, New York City, 'was lost by L. M. Fisher, sanitary engineer of the Public Health Service, when McCarl decided that the Government would not pay the bill, because the meal was eaten at Fisher's official station, New York City. Fisher had been on an_official trip last September 23 to Beacon, N. Y., and returned to New York, his official station, at 6:35. He ate dinner at the Grand Central Terminal, charging the bill to the Government. McCarl disal- lowed the account, and then Fisher appealed, pointing to a breakfast eaten by a Government employe at Alglers, La., a New Orleans suburb, on October 6, 1927, nl:d paid for by the Gov- ent. ernme That breakfast, however, Mc- Carl, said in reply, had been eaten by an emploie on ii - tion work, who left his official station, New Orleans, before 8 o'clock, which entitled him to take breakfast en route at Gov- ernment expense. GENSUS OF CAPITAL ALMOST COMPLETE Enumerators Here Picking Up Loose Ends in Making District Count. Results of the Fifteenth Decennial Census of the National Capital, which will be virtually completed today except for picking up loose ends, probably will be made public in less than a month, according to J. Sterling Moran, super- visor of the census for the District of Columbia. No intimation of the ultimate results can be given in any manner in advance, but, according to Mr. Moran, the figures should be compiled and a report made available in less than four weeks. The exact date has not yet been decided. By tonight Mr. Moran expects to have from 200 to 225 enumeration districts complete, with a few scattering ones to be checked up, and enumerated within the next few days. Formally, he ex- plained, the census for Washington is supposed to be complete tonight, but there is no hard and fixed rule, and the loose ends will be picked up as fast as possible. Wants Those Overlooked. Persons who have been overlooked, or who have been missed by the censur enumerator, may be counted, Mr. Moran explained, if they will write to» him at e Bureau of the Census, or if they will call by telephone National 2082, Branch 109. By this telephone call the name and address of the family may be given and a preliminary schedule will be mailed out to the family, and may be filed out and turned in. “Our real problem,” said Mr. Moran, “has heen to get the people in Wash- ington s big apartment houses, who are seldom home. The enumerators have been call various times, some re- turning as high as 10 to 12 times with- out finding any one at home.” Referring to an enumerator who re- cently complained that he worked three days and was able to get only 11 names and earn 44 cents for his work, Mr. Moran said he had discharged the enumerator, appointed another and this second man had aver: $10.30 a da on the same territory. The second su cessful enumerator, Mr. Moran sal worked 35 hours, enumerated 1,055 peo- ple, got about 100 names on unemploy- ment and listed 17 farms. About 60 homes gave out an absolute refusal to the enumerator, it was said, but most of this was due to ignorance of the census, Mr. Moran explained. All of the material gathered, however, he emphasized, is confidential and would be made public to no one. The unemployment schedule is being filled out along with the population schedule, Mr. Moran said, and will be n. cleaggg m is bel made in the new census of distribution, and this will be completed, he thinks, by May 1. WASHINGTONIAN WINS FELLOWSHIP AT YALE John Ritchie, 3d, Given Bterling Award, Will Take Course in Law Next Year. Ritchle, 3d, son of Mr. and M;Y:h?'ohn Ritchte, jr, 1730 Church street, has been awarded a Sterling fel- lowship at Yale, carrying with it & six, are awarded upon A -graduai - %fly records of uprhunu‘ with- :ge reference to ea “both~ b13 ce! s aii ::m:h Unlm?ynkt :Ind law degrees from the versity of Virginia, the former in 1925 and the latter 1927. He was graduated with h&h honors from both departments. For the past year and a half he has been con- nected with Furman University, Green- ville, 8. C., as an associate fessor of law, the authorities of w! granted him leave of absence for a year from the close of ester. ‘ullkr. Ritchie will enter the Law School of Yale in the Fall, his objective being the attainment of the degree of of juridicial scien ce. Mr. Ritchie is a cousin of Goy. Albert —————— B. F. YOHE RITES HELD The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1930. NORTH POLE HELD ONGE TEMPERATE, BUTNOT TROPICAL Johns Hopkins Professor Makes Report on Former Climate of Arctic Regions. FOSSILS ARE EXAMINED TO EXPLAIN COAL FIELDS Theory That Earth Has Shifted Disputed by Scientist Following Study. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘The North Pole never was in the middle of a.tropical jungle, but a few hundred million years ago it might have been a pleasant location for a Summer resort. Such is the conclusion of Prof. Ed- ward W. Berry of Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, whose study of the strange enigma of Arctic climates in the dis- tant past has just been published by the Smithsonian Institution. For a century sclence has been puz- eled by the discovery of plant fossils in the Far North, whose present rela- tives are found only near the Equator. In Spitzbergen and Ellesmere land there are great coal deposits. This means that the lands now closest to the pole must have been covered by dense, rap- 1idly growing forests when the coal beds were formed. But no been able to explain clearly why the pres- ent desolations of snow and ice once should have been more like the Valley of the Amazon. Several Hypotheses. Some have maintained that the posi- tion of the earth has changed with re- spect to the sun. Others believe that when the coal beds were lald down the lands themselves were somewhere else and drifted into their present position. Still others have held that once there was about the same climate all over the earth, due to the heat coming from the cooling globe itself which was pre- vented from escaping rapidly into space by dense clouds which hung low over the surface, through which penetrated a pale, tinted sunlight. Berry's answer is that tropical con- ditions were not necessary for the for- mation of the coal beds, that there is a difference between tropical geography and tropical climate, and that most of the answers to the lxmnlnthegu' “armchair philosophy.’ Berry went back to a detailed exami! tion of the actual fossils of plants, most of which can be identifled, and then studled their actual distribution today He finds that they could have grown very well in a temperate climate and that no wierd hypotheses are necessary to explain their presence beyond the Arctic Circle. Of course, conditions were vastly dif- ferent than they are today, when con- ditions in the Far North are so inhospi- table to life that it required centuries for man to reach the North Pole and vast, thick ice sheets cover what were once flourishing, wet forests. ‘World's Coldest Spot. But, while explaining the transition from ice sheet to hot jungle puts a heavy strain on the imagination, Berry points out, the transition from a cold to merely a cool climate can have been brought about by slow, slight and un- sensational changes in the distribution of land and water. There are still lands close to the Arctic Circle which h| have abundant vegetation, such as Alas- ka and Northern Norway. Other lands in the same latitude are ice covered or 80 cold that they have only dwarf veg- ettion. This is because they happen to be situated fortunately in the land-and- water pattern. The coldest spot on earth is not at the North Pole, but hundreds ot miles to the southward in Northern Siberia. ‘Water heats and cools slowly. Land heats and cools rapidly. They counter- balance each other. The climate of the world, Berry points out, depends on small shifts in ition and amounts of land and water. Western Europe, for instance, is heated by the Gulf Stream and made habitable much farther north than is the case in North of degrees farther north almost half the warm water which goes to make up the Gulf Stream would flow south instead , and Northern Europe probab- 1y would be a desolate waste. Now in the days when the rich Arctic flora flourished, Berry points out, land was distributed differently than it is today and some of the present land mass in the Northern Hemisphere was under water. This would have brought about & freer ocean circulation and prevented the formation of so much ice in the Arctic Ocean, although the receipt of heat from the sun may have been essentially the same. ‘Would Mean Changes. “This,” he says, “would mean pro- found changes in the distribution of barom tric pressures and consequent wind circulation and, in fact, of all the elements that constitute climate. It would mean that in Western Greenland be tropical climates in the that the region would not be ice bound in the Winter. The protective effect of snow and cold sufficient to cause a cessation of plant activity during the Arcmm night are a physiological ne- cessity.” As for the tropical plant fossils—Berry have | graj rieties of large plant families, he ex- lains, bound to be. hardier than vm:'-n U. 8. Employe Buried in |y, Rock Creek Cemetery. Funeral services for Benjamin F. Yohe, 76 years old, veteran Government 'd:?m"lw New sH.ImPN:: Tl ice, were held this afternocon at the chapel the {of John R. Wright Co. Interment was Tomorrow morning Wing Comdr. L. 3. E. Twistleton-Wyckham Fiennes, military attache of the Brilish em- bessy, also will be formally -~ “esented. in Rock Creek He is survived John E. Larson John Wolgamuth of City. avenue, | he gamu‘chu.mm JIMMY THIEF ROBS HOME OF RING, WATCH AND PIN Loot Taken by Burglar From Oliver Street Residence—Other Thefts Reported. Forcing open a front window of Horace C. Chandler’s home at 3777 Oliver street with a jimmy, a burgler ransacked the place last night and escaped with a woman's dinner ring, a wrist watch and a pin valued at $100. Forty dollars in cash and $135 worth of clothing was stolen last night the room of Morris Utt of Glendale, Ill, in the Y. M. C. A. Building at 1704 G street, according to a report made to police of No. 3 precinct. ‘Wearing apparel valued at $120 and & $50 ring were reported stolen from the home of George W. Davis at 1621 Varnum street. PORTABLE SCHOOL BRACES INSPECTED Committee Views Reinforce- ments Built in as Protection Against Winds. ‘The Board of Education’s committee on buildings, grounds and equipment is_visiting one of the five portable schools at Wesley Heights today to in- spect the reinforcements which have been built into the room as protection against windstorms. Dr. F. I. A. Bennett was the first of the three committeemen to make an inspection. He visited the structure at 11 o'clock with Jere J. Crane, first as- sistant superintendent in charge of business affairs. Dr. H. Barrett Learned, chairman of the committee, and Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, the third mem- ber, were expected at the school a lit- tle later. ‘True to Mr. Crane's prediction, the District repair shop force had com- pleted the reinforcement of one of the five bulldings. As the work appeared today the wind-bracing has been ef- fected by spiking 2-by-4 stringers to the ends of the extended roof eaves along the whole length of the building on_both sides. Every other eave in turn has been spiked to two-by-fours, which in turn are securely fastened to the vertical wall framing of the structure, thus tending to anchor the broad overhanging roof to the building. Another stringer has been secured to the end gable eaves of the portable, like the bar of the capital letter “A,"™ adding still greater security to the flimsy structure. Dr. Bennett was favorably impressed with the means which the school people had taken to render increased safety to the 65 portable schools, which have been excellent targets for high winds in the past. After its inspection today the buildings, grounds and equipment committee is expected to approve the plan and make recommendations to the full meeting of the board tomorrow for the building of the reinforcements into all the other portables. POPE HONORS PRIEST ON FACULTY OF C. U. Rev. Bernard A. McKenna Ap- pointed Domestic Prelate With Title of Monsignor. Rev. Bernard A. McKenna, interna- tionally known figure in the Catholic Church, has been appointed by the Pope a_ domestic prelate of the Catholic Church. which carries the title of mon- signor, Catholic University officials an- nounced. Mgr. McKenna has gained prominence through his activities in the building of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He has been in charge of the construction and financing of the monumental work. The shrine is expect- ed to be completed in a few years. Born in Philadelphia, Mgr. McKenna received his first schooling at the An- nunciation Parish School of that city. He later attended La Salle College and in 1895 graduated with the degree of B. A. Later the same college conferred the degree of M. A. on him. He was ordained in 1903 after study- ing for the priesthood at St. Charles at Overbrook, Pa. In June, 1904, he received the degree of 8. T. B. at the Catholic University here. Later he earned a degree of S. T. L. at the same college. In later years he has devoted most of his time to the Catholic University. In 1915 he became instructor in theology at the college and later associate pro- fessor for the chair of the Immaculate Conception. POLICE CAPTURE AUTO AND 240 GALLONS WHISKY ‘Two hundred and forty gallons of w and an automobile No. 12 precinct early today at a vacant house at 3208 Vista street northeast. Acting on a “tip,” Acting Sergt. John Scheuring led a squad of police to the house about 6 o'clock this morning and found 25 cases of whisky in the house and 15 cases in an automobile in a ga. rage at the rear. Members of the squad which made the seizures hope to trace the owner of the automobile through the license plates today. Elevated by Pope Lo g PAGE B-1 TAXICAB CONTROL | IDETENTION HOUSE BILL IS ADVOCATED BY UTILITIES BODY Commission' Urges Fixing of Financial Responsibility of 35-Cent Lines. QUESTION OF ACCIDENTS AND DAMAGES RAISED Four Firms Announce Change in Policy for Drivers—Engage Counsel in Case. The Public Utilitles Commission, in its appearance before the Senate Dis- trict committee today to urge enactment of a law giving it power to compel all taxicab concerns in the District to be | financially responsible for damage claims, was prepared to present a copy of the form of contract used by one of the flat-rate cab companies with its drivers, seeking to e the com- pany of any liability arising out of any accident in which one of its cabs are involved. This contract, entered into between the company and its drivers, who rent cabs from it, reads in part as follows: “Should the said automobile become damaged while in my possesion or should any accident occur in which said automobile is involved, I agree to as- sume full responsibility for all personal damage, and I further to assume full responsibllity for any legal action that may be instituted as a result of the use of said automobile under this agree- ment; and I further agree to surrender said automobile to (the company) or its accredited representative on demand.” Discusses Responsibility. Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman said that this contract showed the tend- ency of the company to attempt to evade responsibility for damage caused by its cabs. He sald that even with such a contract in force it would prob- ably be possible for an injured passenger successfully to sue the corporation, but that 1t would put the passenger to an unnecessary expense. ‘The bill supported by the commission provides that no taxicab or other motor vehicle operating for hire shall operate in the District without first obtaining a certificate of “public convenience and necessity” from the commission, and that the commission shall have power, as a_prerequisite for granting such & certificate, to require the concern oper- ating the vehicle to satisfy the commis- sion of its ability to respond in dam- fges for any personal injuries caused by use. Exception Is Noted. ‘There is an exception in the case of common carriers specifically exempted from such rules now. is would re- hisky bearing | co-oj Maryland tags were seized by police of | in late to interstate busses, but the bill proposes to take in such cabs as now operate on L tags and claims not to be under the jurisdiction of the commis- sion because they constitute a livery and not a common carrier service. In the taxicab code adopted by the commission last year there was a pro- vision calling for establishment of financial responsibility on the part of all taxicab concerns. An injunction was granted by District Supreme Court against putting this section of the code into effect, and the decision in this case is now before the District Court of Appeals for review. Meanwhile the commission is pressing for enactment ]01 the bill in case the decision of the | Appeals Court should find that under the present law the commission has no jurisdiction over the financial respon- sibility of taxicab operators. CAB FIRMS GIVE STAND. Some Features of Measure Are Disliked by Them. Four 35-cent taxi companies at a meeting last night unanimously voted to indorse financial responsibility of public carriers. | ~ The companies were the City Cab Co., the Sun Cab Co. the Stop-Me Cab Co. and the Bell Cab Co. William McKay Clayton was retained by the companies to appear for them | board at the hearing in the Senate on a bill giving the P. U. C. power to regulate all_taxis. There are some features of the bill that the companies object to on the grounds that they would not be ade- quately protec against autocratic regulation by the commission. The Cif has bought out the Cab Co. Sun Cab Co. and today took over its management. All of the Sun drivers are working for the companies on s commission basis and do not rent the cars. Under the scheme which in force for several weeks the drivers rented the cars and were re- sponsible in case of accident. This is no longer the case. A H. Ostrow, treasurer of the City Cab Co., in speaking of the necessity of financial responsibility said: “The public must be protected. There is no doubt of that, and we want to rate and to do anything necessary it direction.” — WADDY’S ORATION WINS AT DUNBAR Judges in Contest Award Homor- able Mention to Louise Pinkett. Speaking on “The Constitution, a Guarantee of Freedom,” Joseph Waddy l Marking his assumption of the command of the Hllh‘ School Cadet Corps, Jack C. H. Stearns is shown here receiving his commission as colonel from | Maj. Gen. Charles H. Bridges, adjutant general of the Army.—Star Staff Photo. | OFFICERS OF GAS FIRM RE-ELECTED Board of Directors Takes Ac- tion, Leaving Direction in Local Hands. The full roster of officers of the Washington Gas Light Co. serving under George A. G. Wood of Boston, | who was elected president of the con- cern last week, to succeed Ord Preston, recently resigned, were re-elected for, another term at a second meeting of the board of directors, held at noon today in the Tenth street offices of the company. This leaves the immediate direction, though not the control, of the busi- ness of the company in local hands, since the new president of the concern, lately executive vice president of the Massachusetts Gas Cos., it has been announced, shortly will establish his residence in Washington. ‘The officers re-elected today are: Robert D. Weaver, vice president; George M. Whitwell, secretary; Edward T. Stafford, assistant secretary; Thomas B. Gardner, second assistant secretary; Lawrence Townsend, treasurer; A. Gray Dawson, assistant treasurer; Frank R. Holt, second assistant treasurer; Rich- ard A. Ennis, controller; C. C. Bayly, assistant controller, and John L. Schick, assistant controller. The subordinate officers of the con- cern were re-elected at a meeting of the directors which was adjourned from last Saturday following the election of Mr. Wood as the new president. Mr. Wood was unable to attend the session today because of illness. Directors pres- ent were Wilton J. Lambert, Corcoran Thom, Fred S. Burroughs, George B. Fraser, C. H. Pope and Robert D. Weaver. All the directors are local residents except Mr. Burroughs, who is a New ‘Yorker, and President Wood, who is to establish residence here. The term of the officers just elected will run until after the election of the of directors next year. The di- rectors are elected by the shareholders at a meeting the first Monday in Feb- ruary and the election of the officers by the directors shortly follows this meeting. mm"‘“fi interest in the Washing- ton Gas Light Co. was acquired a year ago by New York interests. PLAN TO HONOR MEMORY OF MISS EMMA GILLETT ‘Washington College of Law Stu- dents and Alumni Pay Tribute to Noted Woman Attorney. Students and alumni of the Wash- ington College of Law are sponsoring a performance Monday night at the Na- tional Theater for the benefit of memorial fund for Miss Emma Gillett, who organized a women's law class here 30 years ago a time when women were admitted to few credited law schools. The memorial to Miss Gillett, who died three years ago, will be the en- dowment in her name of a chair of real property at the Washington Col- lege of Law. Miss Gillett specialized in real property as a practitioner. A committee of local woman attor- neys, headed by Miss Helen Jamison, directing the work of raising the fund. Boy Treated for Dog Bite. Herman Aquilino, 5 years old, of 75 K street, was treated at Casualty Hos- pital yesterday afternoon for minor wounds of the legs suffered when attacked him. The animal was captured by police and turned over to the Health tors | Department for examination, was the HEARING ON LOAN MEASURE IS HELD District Committee Gets Data on Bill. Aimed at “Loan Sharks.” The judiciary subcommittee of the House District committee held a hear- ing today on the Bowman bill, sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation, which proposes to license and regulate the business of making loans in sums of $300 or less, secured or unsecured, and designed to force out of business “loan sharks” in Washington. This legislation is the same as was offered by Representative Gilbert of Kentucky in the last session of Cong- ress when he was a member of the District committee, at which time it was_favorably reported. ‘When Mr. Gilbert appeared to present proponents of the legislation _today, Representative Lambert asked that he state what organizations he fepresented. Mr. Gilbert said that he had previously been employed by the Russell Sage Foundation to secure passage of this character of legislation, but that sub- sequently he had been elected to the Kentucky State Legislature and had re- signed from the Russel Sage Founda- tion employment. Representative Gilbert said his work with the District subcommittee had dis- closed to him a bad situation here re- garding loans and the need for such legislation. The only other witness was Leon Emerson, director of the department of remedial loans of the Russell Sage Foundation of New York, who explained | at length the work of the foundation | for improvement of social and living conditions covering the last 20 years. | The witness insisted that a rate of 315 { cent a month is necessary in order | to® encourage the loaning of small | amounts to people without adequate security, and er.ynasiged that it is this class of borrowers who desperately need small loans at times and must pay whatever the cost. ‘The hearing will be continued Thurs- day morning at 10:30 o'clock. Repre- sentative Lampert, Republican, of Wis- consin, served notice that he will de- mand a hearing for opponents of the legislation two weeks hence. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. KATE R. WELCH Woman, 86, Had Resided in Wash- ington for Nearly Half a Century. Funeral services for Mrs. Kate R. Welch, 86 years old, a resident of ‘Washington for nearly half a century, who died Saturday at her residence, 1477 Newton street, were held this afternoon at the funeral parlors of S. H. Hines Co. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Welch, a native of Baltimore, was the widow of Benjamin T. Welch of this city. She is survived by three sons, Harry S. Welch of Washington and Ben T. Welch and Clarence Welch of Phila- delphia, and three daughters, Mrs. Sam- uel W. Foster of Jersey City, Mrs. Al- bert Buckler of Staten Island and Miss Helen B. Welch of Washington. Two Women Robbed of Purses. ‘Two woman employes of the Depart- ment of Commerce were robbed of their a dog | Ella Lineham o‘t’o'm purses by sneak thieves yesterday #fter- noon, it was reported to police. Miss Eighteenth street and Winifred Moroney of 1650 Harvard street, were the victims. Each said her pocketbook contained approximately $15. HOOVER TO MEET ADULT PUPILS OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL Group Will Present Play Here Under Federal Education Bureau's Auspices. President Hoover is to meet on Thursday the products of what is de- scribed by the Bureau of Education as the most remarkable it in e o, lc schools of Ro and Guilford Counties, North Carolina, -rg' coming to Washington by bus. will arrive tomorrow WA%MMM alone & population of 7,000 whil illiterates, & large part of the entire m;lflnn. Since then experimental ls established in connection with the State public school system have been so successful that 6,000 of them are. well advanced in common school education. The pupils will be accompanied to Mrs. Elizabeth Morriss, 1 layed a large REMAINS PROBLEM FOR LOGAL POLICE Efforts Being Made to Have Item for Rent Put Back in District Bill. INSTITUTION MAY BE PUT IN MUNICIPAL CENTER Two Suitable Structures There, but Neither Is Owned by Government. ‘The Police Department has not yet made up its mind where to move the House of Detention if the item for $11,- 000 for rental of the present building is omitted from the District appropriation bill. The item was left out of the House bill and strenuous efforts are be- ing made to have it written in again by the Senate. Assuming that these efforts are not successful, the House of Detention must be moved to one of the buildings acquired by the District in the new municipal center area bounded by Third and Sixth streets, Pennsylvania avenue and Judiciary Square. Only two buildings in that area are regarded by the department as suitable, according to Harry M. Luckett, chief clerk, and the District has not yet ac- Quired title to either. It is probable that title will not be acquired when the ap- propriation act takes effect on July 1. The two in question are the building at 324 Indiana avenue, used by the Christ Child Society, and another at 311 C street. Either of these could be used with very slight alteration, Mr. Luckett said. The remaining buildings would require extensive alterations, remodeling :glde repair before they would be avail- Nevertheless, he said, if it appears certain that the $11,000 for rtntal%r; the present building will not be within the law one of these unsuitable buildings g:elényzczge:h Trhe fianmem has not el y for this pu ) are % unsultable, he e le present House of Detention 1s lo- 3::1;& Sixth street and Louisiana BINGHAM URGES CLEAN-UP OF LOTS Holds Unsightly Spots Leave Bad Impression on Visitors at This Season. A clean-up of unsightly vacant lots in Washington was urged on District officials today by Senator Hiram Bing- | ham, Republican of Connecticut, chatr- man of the District subcommittee of the Senate appropriations committee. The Senator sald that in riding around the city recently he has no- ticed rubbish and other debris piled on | vacant spaces and pointed out that | these spots mar the appearance of the Capital at this season of the year when | hundreds of visitors are in the city, The Senator said that some of the jpropen;' belongs to the District, He i‘:!mm?&g“z:!{:;' th;t whatever steps posst en -1 Di_s‘_f}ll’ieflDTl’;g‘ private lo‘g.‘ g strict subcommittee - ceived a delegation of repregeog'uyzx;:s of women's organizations, requesting that funds be provided in the appropric ation bill to enable the House of De- tention to avoid moving again during the next year. As passed by the House Tental for the House of Detentfon was eliminated for the purpose of having gfi:cl}ll’lstlfiugalb:novnlnw property being ased by the District - pn’}}::tn:cr HLS in the munici e two new Commissis Luther H. Relchelderfer and Ma;, Gen: Herbert B. Crosby, made their first a) pearance before the Senate subcommit-~ tee today to meet the members. With all hearings completed, the sub- committee ‘today began considering pro- posed amendments in the House bill, but changes to be recommended wili not be announced until the bill is re- ported by the appropriations committee. BACK-TO-DISTRICT PLAN BEING DRAWN Arlington Group Preparing Reso- lution for Capper to Give Congress. A resolution to get before Congress the proposal to bring back into the District the original area which is now Arlington County, Va., is being prepared for Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee by members of the Back to the District Association of Ar- lington County. Senator Capper said he had not been Elrmululy interested in the question, ut indicated he would introduce the resolution being prepared by the com- mittee that called on him for the pur- pose of getting the matter up for dis- cussion. The Senator said members of the association who called to discuss the matter with him told him they were having such a resolution prepared. ‘Those who brought the question to the attention of the chairman of the Sen- ate committee were J. Cloyd Byars, gen- eral counsel of the asso £ lin Smith. KRSoaIREa MRS. VAN WIE BURIED Funeral services for Mrs. H Young Van Wie, 44 years old, “ge::’? Clarence E. Van Wie, who died Sunday 8t her residence, 2827 Twenty-seventh ;mzl?ome:;t.‘dwem hg‘d this after- esidence. ":"mfi"— }; 3 ce. iterment was native of Albany, N. Y., Mrs, Van Wie came to Washington in 1918, be- m'l’! M:Etll;;ely affiliated with local . was a member Chapter, No. 5, O. E. 8., and “10: l':;lh:!l: . Columbia Comman 3,F.A LM Ob Besides her husl the Pension Office, shete Breabig%e, daughter, Mrs. George brother, Adam Hinman. ‘Will Address @irl Scouts. A talk on current events by Mr: George F. Howard will feature a socia) meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4:3¢ o'clock at the Girl Scouts' headquarters, 1825 M street. Local troops 4, 9, 25, 3C and 3¢ have been invited as special guest groups. 'Y