Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1930, Page 17

Washington News GOLD AND CROWDS SEE APPLE FETE Warmer Weather Brings Thousands to Winchester for Second Day’s Festival. AERIAL BOMBS SALUTE QUEEN SHENANDOAH SPRING SUN ROUTS | Pageant Depicts Growth of Blos- soms to Tune of Navy Band in Handley Stadium. BY ARMISTED W. GILLIAM, Btaff Correspondent of The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., April 25.—A kindlier sun than yesterday's shone down upon the second day’s celebration of the Winchester apple blossom fes- tival. Overnight Spring came again to * the Valley of the Shenandoah, and with the coming of the warmer weather came thousands who yesterday had dared not brave the biting blasts to partake of ‘Winchester’s hospitality and join in fes- tivities attendant to the crowning of the Queen of the Shenandoah. Busses running in double and triple sections, on expanded schedules; special trains, even airplanes brought gay crowds and renewed enthusiasm to the festival. Early this morning every road leading into Winchester was jammed with incoming traffic. Royal Salute to Queen. Aerial bombs from planes high above the city this morning fired a royal salute to Queen Suzanne Pollard, the first lady of Virginia, opening the second and final day's celebration of the coming into bloom of the apple trees. The sa- lute was fired at 10 o’clock. At 11 o'clock the pageant that yester- day_afternoon followed the coronation of n Shenandoah the Seventh w: continued in Handley Stadium, 501 school en from Handley High School depicting the development of the apple blossom, the progress of America and the history of Winchester. The United States Navy Band, Lieut. Charles Benter, leader, which has pro- vided music for all of the official func- | tions of the celebration, provided music for this morning’s pageant. The pageant opened with an over- ture by the Navy Band. Queen Shen- andoah the Seventh occupied her silver throne at the foot of the steps of Hand- Stadium, surrounded by her maids of honor, Miss Mary Virginia Steck and Miss Louise Baker Glass, and the 45 rincesses of the festival, who came },rom the &pple realms of Virginia, West Virginia, .Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. ‘The overture was followed by a greet- ing from Winchester to the thousands that lined the hillsides about Handley Stadium. It was a larger crowd than yesterday’s. S Theme—Dance of Festival. Then was_present theme-dance of the Mnth“%d‘ uds and the Blossoms,” ~ Lif en in the pic- e green, white and pink of the apple blossoms in the gray of the clouds, the white of the freeze and warm green of the budding Spring, dancing in pageantry the development of the valley’s princi product. The | Handley H!:hmsecho!o thgl;:og“h fnag songs _a] riate o m festi- | “ll].u’l'l?pmp shown the development d | men engaged in unloading the two cars feature nrl.de . Petals,” ‘winding its colorful way | through the streets of Winchester. ! Children in gay costumes, not today darkened by the wraps that yesurdny; took a great deal of color out of the! g:w, and gaily decorated floats formed | ‘There will be an aerial show at Win- chester airport this afternoon, and the grand finale of the festival will be the queen’s ball tonight, beginning at 9:30 oclock at the Shenandoah Valley Academy. Miss Pollard’s nose got red and so mnmot&lmofl‘lmet\rh n. terday morning had left a white blan- ket upon the city of Winchester had been dispelled by the valiant efforts of & Spring sun, but had nevertheless left a chill in the air that, blown across the open valley of Handley Stadium, chilled to the very marrow the chil- dren that took part in the exercises following the crowning of Queen Shen- andoah VIL % *“Cold” Ceremony. Prequently during those lengthy of- ferings in pageantry depicting the de- velopment of the apple blossoms Miss * Pollard drew about her shoulders closely the regal, ermined robes of the queen she had just become. As a mat- ter of fact, so cold was the afternoon Miss Pollard was clearly heard to re- mark over the microphone that stood before the tinseled throne especially erected for the occasion of her coro- nation, “How long is this cold cere- mony to last?” Miss Pollard’s slip went not amiss, however, for she valiantly for half an hour after the coro- nation for sound and still cameramen, scantily clad in only the gold stole in- dicative of her rank and her coronation dress, on the windswept steps of Hand- ley Stadium. All Winchester bundled itself in over- coats yesterday afternoon and last night as it went about the business of cele- brating the coming of the blossom of King Apple. Winchester's streets were bare most of the day, as Valley resi- dents and visitors to the famed apple { blossom festival confined their celebra- | tion of the coming sign of the fruit of | the Shenandoah to private parties in- doors. The more festive of those parties were curtalled by the seizure during| the last two days of more than a thou- sand gallons of whisky and apple jack by Winchester and State policemen pa- trolling the roads leading into Win- | chester. Barrel after barrel of hoarded { cheer for Winchester's big two days of celebration was gathered into the fold y police and ignominiously ‘dumped down Winchester's sewers to flow and mingle with the waters of " Opequon ¥ Creek. ’ Girl Again Disappears. WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 25 (Special).—Maud_Nesselrodt, who dis- appeared from school in Northern New York in 1928, again disappeared from the home of her uncle, near here, last night | after having been pronounced insane by Dr George W. Brown of Eastern State 900,000 IN WHISKY the | tured here yesterday afternoon by Fed- The Poening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1930. CROTTS TESTIFIES MISS SUZANNE POLLARD Yesterday became “Queen Shenandoah, 7th” and, surrounded by dazzling beauty and splendor, she presided over the pageantry in Winchester in honor of the bursting apple blossoms, which came forth in all their glory and in an abundance fo forecast a record-breaking crop of Virginia's leading product. TAKEN FROM TRAN Two Carloads Billed as Chicken Feed Captured by Agents in Alexandria. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Vs, April 25.—Fine whisky of an estimated retail value of one-half million dollars was cap- eral prohibition agents, acting on a tip from Charleston, S. C., when they seized two freight cars in Potomac ‘Yards. The whisky, which consisted of 7,000 gunnysacks, or 42,000 quarts, was camouflaged with of ground oyster shells packed over and around it, and was as scrafch feed. It was consigned to New Jersey feed firms, which firms are believed to be fictitious. Every variety of whisky, champagne and even some wine was contained in the shipment, according to prohibition here today «or transfer by truck to a Federal warehouse in Washington. One brand of the whisky was labeled “King's Ransom.” More Found Today. Last night the Federal men estimated that there were perhaps 12,000 quarts in the two cars, worth $125,000 to $150,- 000, but when the cars were opened today it was found that about four 'c-lanes that amount was contained in em. ‘The two cars are thought to have been loaded at Charleston from ships. Special Agent Warren A, Heddens of the prohibition unit and an assistant formed a reception committee when the freight train carrying the two cars pulled into Potomac Yards late yester- day afternoon. They opened the cars in the presence of railroad detectives and after pulling sacks of the oyster shells away from the door found the whisky. One of the cars was S. A. L. 12491 and was consigned to B. Somonds Scratch Feed Co. of Jersey City, N. J. The other was Western Maryland 24620, consigned to the W. B. Curry Feed Co., Newark, N. J. Both firms are thought to be fictitious, Left to Federal Men. Yard Supt. R. M. Colvin notified Alexandria police after the seizure was made and Capt. W. W. Campbell and Sergt. George Everly responded. Capt. Campbell decided to allow the Federal men to handle the entire matter with- out any interference from him and after a conference with Agent Heddens, since the tip came to the Federal men and also since they are the highest in command of prohibition enforcement. The problem of storing and guarding the whisky here would also have kept the local police from handling it. Last night the cars were re-sealed and Railroad Detectives C. T. Goods, C. E. Cannaday and E. C. Sheretz were assigned to guard them. The cars, which had been a part of R. F. & P. special freight No. 504, consisting chiefly of seaboard shipments, were then moved to a central portion of the yards B.n%hrtesmalnedm!he'l:g overnight. morning the two cars were switched to a siding of the Mutual Ice Co. and Federal agents proceeded with the task of unloading it and trucking it to Washington. By noon approxi- filllulytrhsgg bagn had been loaded on ree trucks and one car was nol half empty. o Crowd Looks on. A large crowd gathered around as the whisky was being unloaded, appar- ently in hopes that some vlaulpd be broken, but the men handling the cargo did not seem inclined to drop any of it. Most of the day was expected to be consumed in unloading the cars. A similar capture was made here last May when a car billed as green toma- toes was captured by Arlington County police. That capture was caused by some of the whisky breaking and the odor led to the selzure. This w] was finally turned over to the Federal authorities, after being held at Arling- ton for some time. —. Wounded in Liquor Raid. EAGLEPORT, Wis, April 25 (P).— Fospital. Since she had returned from her Canada wanderings she had been cousin at Eastraford until recently. She is about 20 years old. Search now is being made for her. Edward Foht, alleged bootlegger, was wounded, probably fatally, yesterday during a liquor raid n&m island in the Mississippi River. A A. Photo. HOPES T0 SOLVE LABOR PROBLEM Federation of Churches Asks Pastors to Discuss Unem- ployment Next Sunday. Next Sunday has been designated by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ as a day for focusing attention on unemployment from the pulpits of the country’s white Protestant churches, and pastors in Washington and vicinity have been requested to lend their aid to the movement. At a recent meeting of the adminis- trative council of the Nation-wide or- ganization it was decided to make a determined effort to persuade all churches which are members of the Federal Council to seek solution of the unemployment situation, and Sunday was set as the day fortglsm through- out the Nation to lay the matter before their congregations in sermons. Has Faith in Moral Influence. It is felt by the council that the moral influence of the churches will bring about a centering of public opin- ion on unemployment and eventually a remedy. The National Unemployment League is co-operating in the mcve- ment. ‘The circular requesting that special | attention be given to the problem of unemployment in services Sunday states, in part: “We urge communities and private organizations, churches and ministers to assist in the relief of the thousands in our cities now destitute as a result of their inability to obtain employment. This can be done in two ways: First, ministers should urge an increase of subscriptions to the social agencies to carry their unusual burdens at this time; and second, ask their congrega- tions to find or create part-time jobs, such as cleaning and repair work in houses and business places, which will help to tide over the unemployed until regular work opens, address of some free employment bureau should be an- nounced and a committee appointed to help the unemployed obtain jobs.” Ultimate Solution Discussed. Looking to the ultimate solution of the whole problem of unemployment, the Federal Council adds the following comment: “These immediate measures will not solve the whole problem of unemploy- ment. This problem waits for its solu- tion upon measures of more far-reach- ing significance, among which unem- ployment insurance, the more equitable distribution of wealth and consequent increase of the buying power of the masses, and the shortening of the work day and week, are suggested as meas- ures which must receive increasingly the attention of thoughtful and socially minded people.” ‘With the letter to the pastors went a proposal by the National Unemployment | League for legislation covering a period of years for public works. This is sub- mitted without comment for the con- sideration of the clergymen. In the Greater Washington area 240 pastors have been requested to partici- pate in the unemployment movement Sunday, while 170 of them are in the District proper. These figures do not include the many other ministers of Protestant faith in Washington, but not at the head of churches. BOBBY JONES DUE HERE BUT NOT TO PLAY GOLF National Champion and Wife to Stop in Capital on Way to England for Match. Bobby Jones is coming to Washington tomorrow, but he will not play golf. ‘The national open golf champion, and former holder of most of the major golf titles of the world, left Atlanta today for Washington with Mrs. Jones, and will arrive in the Capital tomorrow. He will be on his way to New York and England. Jones is captain of the ‘Walker Cup team, which will represent the United States in a match against a picked team of British stars on May 15 and 16, in England. His last appearance in competition here was two years ago, when he played at the Columbia Coun- try Club in a benefit performance for the Olympic fund. 'MRS. ALICE NICHOLS HE FLED SUPPOSED BANDIT WHEN SHOT Police Court Hearing Marked by Severe Grilling of Wound- ed Man in Gravely Case. CONTINUANCE GIVEN FOR ANOTHER WITNESS Occurrences in Home Where Extor- tion Is Alleged to Have Been Attempted Omitted. James Crotts of Silver Spring, feared a hold-up when he ran away from Detectives Spottswood F. Gravely and W. F. Burke of the third precinct, for which he was shot by the, former, he testified today in Police Court in his hearing of charges against Gravely which were continued to Tuesday for the summoning of additional witness after the court had also heard from John C. Elgin. Crotts said he went to the 1900 block of First street where the shooting sub- sequently occurred with Elgin and & policeman whom he did not know, to see some girls, about 1 o'clock in the morning of March 19. At this point, testimony about what occurred in the home of Rose Marie Foster, from whom Crotts Elgin and Andre C. Swartzel, suspended policeman, are alleged to have attempted to extort money, was omitted on objection of the Crotts defense. Flight to Save Money. ‘When questioned relative to what happened when he and Elgin reached the street, Crotts said he was seated in an automobile on First street when an- other machine pulled up behind. He declared that Elgin said it looked like a hold-up and added that he didn’t have much money anyway. Crotts con- tinued that as he was carrying con- siderable cash, he climbed from his car to run. Some one cried, “There he goes; catch him.” Crotts sald that be- fore he had taken two steps, something hit him in the back and he fell to the ground. He testified that he did not know who fired the shot and did not see Gravely until the detective placed him in his automobile and drove him to Gallinger Hospital. The only words that Gravely uttered were: “I'll get you there as fast as I can.” Grilling Is Severe. Crotts, who had been in a critical condition at Gallinger Hospital since recelving a bullet wound through chest, was severely grilled by both As- sistant District Attorney Charles Mur- ray and James A. O'Shea, attorney for Gravely. Judge Mattingly overruled the | objections of ~Raymond Neudecker, counsel for Crotts, that his client would { incriminate himself by giving testimony. Crotts was recently “indicted by the grand jury along with Elgin and Swort- zel, for attempted extortion. The charge states that the attempted extortion took place immediately before the shooting. It gave this and the fact that Crotts was running away from the scene as the reason Detective Gravely used his revolver. Elgin, in his testi- mony, declared that a taxi driver by the name of McVey directed them to the Foster woman's home when he, Elgin, had asked the driver to show them to “some girls.” Upon arriving at the Foster house he said they de- cided not to stay. Summons were issued for McVey and Swortzel, who will be heard on Tuesday. After their testimony Judge Mat~ tingly will decide whether Gravely should be bound over to the grand jury. DEAD AT AGE OF 861 Widow of Civil War Veteran to Be Buried Tomorrow in Arlington. Mrs. Alice Nichols, 86 years old, asso- clated with local church welfare work for nearly half a century, died early this morning at her residence, 450 Q street, after a long cently discharged from the Union Army. After a 10-year residence in New Mrs. Nichols. ' period of 46 years, Mrs. Nichols maintained an unremitting interest in the welfare work of the Hamline Methodist Church. She {s survived by a son, Harry H. Nichols, and two daughters, Mrs. Alice M. Speakes and Mrs. Maude N. Jack- son, all of this city. Eight grand- children and four great-grandchildren also survive. | Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the John R. Wright funeral parlors. Interment will | be in Arlington National Cemetery. | TRANSOCEANIC FLYERS MEET IN WASHINGTON Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Miss Ear-| hart, Miss Nichols and Walter Kleifel at Hay-Adams House. An impromptu convention of famous transatlantic flight heroes was held at the Hay-Adams House this morning just prior to the departure of Col. &huflfs A. Lindbergh on a flight to In addition to Lindbergh there were Clarence Chamberlin, who followed Lindbergh on a hop from New York to Berlin, and Miss Amelia Earhart, who flew the northern transatlantic route. Hay-Adam House also played host last night to Miss Ruth Nichols, noted American woman flyer, and Wal- ter Kleifel, German aeronautical expert, who is in’this city in connection with the coming flight of the German dirigi- ble, Graf Zeppelin, next month. . Student Pilot Dies in Crash. ARKANSAS CITY, Kans, April 25 () —John Lawson, 20, a student pilot, was killed in lane crash sou of here yesterday. Feared Hold-Up JAMES CROTTS. —Star Staff Photo. PLANES 70 BATTLE NEAR WASHINGTON Air Maneuvers to Be Held in Vicinity of Capital Week Starting May 12. ‘The National Capital will become the base for an Army Air Corps attacking force, composed of crack bombardment and attack pilots from the 2d Bom- bardment Group, Langley Field, Va., and the 3d Attack Group, Fort Crockett, Galveston, Tex., in the largest aerial battle maneuvers ever held in the vicinity of the National Capital, for a week beginning May 12, The maneuvers are to simulate the defense of Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., which will be defended by the famous 1st Pursuit Group, Selfridge Field, Mich,, and the 62d Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft Regi- ment, from Fort Totten, N, Y. Forty-one Army airplanes of the latest types will be involved in the maneuvers. All of these planes now are in Cali- fornia, completing a month of maneu- vers. The local maneuvers, as were those in California, are a part of the regular training program of the Air Corps. Latest Tactics to Be Used. All the newest forms of aviation tact e to be employed in the local “battle.” The anti-aircraft batteries at Aberdeen will be aimed and fired by the “robot” gun crews, which have been developed by the War Department dur- ing the past few years. These “robots” are sensitive to the sound of airplane propellers and motors and keep the batteries of guns trained on the spot from which the sounds come, making allowance automatically for windage, distance and other factors entering into the firing. Extensive use of radio will be made by the defending and attack- ing air forces to co-ordinate the move- ments of detachments of the squadrons, which may be flying miles apart. Night bombing attacks will be a fea- ;u:e of th&n exgckes, h'l.(haeh defending forces resorting to searc] ts and the robot-trained guns to beat off the at- tacking forces from the ground and to the pursuit squadrons to engage the “enemy” from the air. The offensive maneuvers will be launched by the attack and bombard- ment squadrons from Bol Field. This will be the first opportunity Eastern- ers have had to see in action the fa- mous attack planes, which are a post~ war development and which are regard- ed as the most destructive military ma- | chines yet devised. Operate at Low Altitude. Attack aviation operates at altitudes of 75 to 200 feet on all tactical mis- slons, relying upon the cover of hills and trees to come upon their targets without warning. Each plane carries six machine guns and from 10 to 2! small fragmentation bombs. Their at- tack is sald to result in the most terri- ble concentration of fire the mind of man yet accomplished. During the few seconds of its direct attack on a concentrated target, an attack squadron is said to have the fire power of the machine gun and artillery units of a full infantry division of 30,000 men. ‘The 3d Attack Group will be repre- sented here by nine Curtiss A-3 attack planes, man: by nine officers and nine enlisted men. The 2d Bombard- ment Group is to send nine bombard- ment planes, probably including several of the new Condor B-2 heavy bombers, the largest planes used by the United States military forces, with 18 officers and 18 enlisted men. The 1st Pursuit Group will send to Aberdeen 20 pursuit planes and three transport planes, manned by 23 officers and 21 enlisted men. The defending forces at Aberdeen will be commanded by Lieut. Col. Gerald C. Brant, Army Alr Corps, of Mitchel Field, N. Y. The offensive operations will be directed by Maj. Hugh J. Knerr, commander of the 2d Bombardment Group, who will make his headquarters at Bolling Field. CHORISTERS TO GIVE CONCERT AT Y. W. C. A. Vesper Program by 85 Voices Sun- day to Be Conducted by Mrs. Dorothy Radde Emery. The Capital City Choristers, a group of 35 mixed voices, will give a vesper concert Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Young Women’s Christian Asso- clation Bullding, Seventeenth and K streets. ‘The concert will be conducted by Mrs. Dorothy Radde Emery and has been arranged under direction of Miss Lucy Street, Y. W. C. A. national sec- retary of music. Two compositions of Mrs. Emery, which were awarded second place in the recent composers’ contest conducted by the League of American Pen Women, will feature the program. Concert arrangements have been supervised by Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee, former conductor of the choristers. Society and General EDUCATION BOARD RUSHES ESTIMATES FOR SCHOOL FUNDS District Heads Demand Budget Requests Be in by May 5. PENDING SENATE ACTION MAKES TASK DIFFICULT Officials, in Dark on 1931 Appro- priation, Are Called Upon to Out- line Needs for 1932. Called upon by the new on- ers to have their estimates at the Dis- trict Building by May 5, a month ahead of schedule, the school officials and the Board of Education are working dili- gently in the preparation of their share of the 1932 appropriation requests. The task this year is made difficult by the fact that the school officials are called upon to estimate school needs for 1932 before they know definitely what items are contained in the 1931 appropriation bill, which has not yet been reported out by the Senate. This phase of the difficulties is illustrated chiefly by the moot kindergarten re- organization, over which the District’s citizenry has made such a concerted fight before the Senate committee. Large Equipment Funds Included. It was made known at the Franklin Administration Building today thatu the 1932 estimates automatically will in- clude large equipment funds, necessi- tated by the unusually large number of new school houses included in the 1931 appropriation bill by the House, which probably will be passed by the Senate. Chief among these building furnishing items is the new Roosevelt High School, which is to replace the present Busi- ness High School. In view of the bit- ter criticism of the school authorities for the furnishings installed in the new McKinley High School, it is expected t requisitions for the Roosevelt equipment will be very carefully studied. The equipment items will include also the furnishings for the new four-room unit which has been authorized by the 1931 bill as an innovation in school- house construction here, through which it is hoped that the use of portable schools will be limited in the District. In connection with the building equipment item, Jere J. Crane, first as- sistant superintendent in charge of business affairs, has announced his de- termination to formulate standardized equipment lists, for specific types of school buildings. This is an innova- tion to the local schools. Crane hopes to reduce the necessity for detailed de- | fense of every item before the subcom- | mittee House appropriations Senate. May Upset Plans. As the estimates for 1932 are con- sidered, the school ple, it is under- stood, are prwreum on the theory that the kindergarten reoorganization ordered by the House and estimated to result in the assignment of approxi- mately 76 kindergarten teachers to grade school work, will be passed by the House. Acting on this assumption, the school people may reduce the num- ber of new teachers they would ask for for elementary school classes. If the Senate, however, strikes from the 1931 bill the legislative clause calling for the reorganization of the kinder- garten, it would probably then be neces- sary for additional teacher salaries to be incorporated in the 1932 estimates to staff the new schools. ‘The school officials already have held one meeting with the finance commit- tee of the Board of Education, of which Dr, Abram Simons is chairman. With the rapid shaping of the estimates, an- and school board finance committee is in a few days. BOY’S NOSE IS BROKEN IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH Two Men Are Bruised as Street Car Hits Machine; Both Are Taken to Hospital. A broken nose was sustained by Wil- liam Downey, 5 years old, of 519 Ninth street, when a machine driven by his father, Thomas J. Downey, and a car operated by Stanley F. Long of 1706 A street southeast were in a collision at Eighth street and Massachusetts avenue northeast late yesterday. The boy was admitted to Casualty Hospital. Two colored men, Eddie Proctor, 33, and his brother, William, both of La Plata, Md., escaped with bruises about the face and body yesterday when their machine was struck by a Washington Electric Co. street car at Four-and-a- half and E streets southwest. Motorman T. House and_Conductor A. M. Giles, both of the car barn, were in charge of the street car, while Eddie Proctor was operating the automobile. The injured men were treated at Providence Hospital. White House to Get Only 2 of New Type Dial Control Phones Ten of 12 Trunk Lines to Keep Present Form of Instruments. Special consideration is to be given the White House in the matter of in- stalling the dial telephones. It has been learned t of the 12 trunk lines opera at the White House only 2 of them will be included in the dial arrangement. The others d operators. to continue the hand operation of all but two of the White House trunk lines is said to have been &mpted by a wish on the of the lephone company to avold causing the President and his secretaries any unnecessary labor. It was determined that these Government servants are busy enough without having to take time to manipulate dials every time they have occasion to talk over the telephone. ‘The White House switchboard, with its four operators, will be continued in force just as though the dial system had never been heard of. This switchboard, which has been located in the State, War and Navy Building since early in January, when temporary offices were h“bumad there following a: eueuwm‘: est &hmvmuhmm ua E: T8 executive of- other joint meeting of the official staff | | urgent and probably will be called with- ; Claims He Was Beaten am BERNARD CLARK. ~—Star Staff Photo. BEATING OF CLARK CHARGED TO THREE Dry Agents Named—Alleged Victim Faces Court Tomorrow. Charges of assault on Bernard Clark, 1900 block of M street, were filed against three prohibition agents at Police Court today. Meanwhile Clark was taken be- fore United States Commissioner Need- ham Turnage on two charges of assault’ on the agents and will appear in court tomorrow to answer charges of posses- sion of a gill of liquor and maintaining a nuisance. Attorney Harry Whalen, counsel for Clark, asked John R, Fitzpatrick, assist- ant district attorney, this afternoon for arrest warrants, naming Agents John T. Wiegel, Harry L. Doyle and M. E. Thompson, who, Clark declares, as- saulted him yesterday afternoon during a raid on his apartment. After the raid Clark was escorted to Emergency Hos- pital, where six stitches were taken in his head and five over the- eyes. Investigation to Be Made. Fitzpatrick reported that he had taken the complaint under advisement and would render a decision only aft- er thorough investigation. Attorney Whelan declared that if refused a warrant by the district attorney, he would carry his client’s complaints be- fore the grand jury. Explaining their actions, Doyle said that he and his fellow officers went to swered by George Allen, 32, of R street near Eleventh, and when at this time { Clark entered from the street, Allen | slammed the door. Clark tried to ke from said, and was “slightly battered in melee which followed.” Declares Liquor Dumped. Despite Clark’s resistance, Doyle sald that he broke down the apartment door in time to see Allen dump a pitcher of liquor into the sink and smash a large gh.:la‘inr. A gill of liquor was reported sa; v “He was really a hard and tough little f}“h!{-; was the way Doyle described hg]h'rk, who appeared in court with “I told them that if they let me go I co lick the lot of them,” Clark sald. “Until they clamped the cuffs on me I didn’t know they were agents.” Affidavits of complaint against the officers on_behalf of Clark were also filed with Fitzpatrick by R. B. McLen- don, 31, of the 2100 block of H street and B. L. Chambliss, 33, of 1800 block of Kilbourne place, described as wit- nesses to the raid. DR. YATER ASSUMES CHAIR OF MEDICINE Succeeds to Position at G. U. Left Vacant by Death of Dr. Barton. Dr. Wallace M. Yater of Washington has assumed the chair of medicine in the Georgetown University Medical School in which a vacancy occurred as & result of the death of Dr. Wilfred M. Barton early this month. In announcing the appointment of the new professor of medicine, who is completing his second year on the Georgetown faculty, President W. Cole- man Nevils explained that Dr. Yater was_ the unanimous choice of the hos- pital and medical school executive staffs. H. was first appointed chief of the medical clinies at Georgetown Hospital and will continue in that capacity along with his new teaching duties. Dr. Yater obtained his A. B. degree at George Washington University and later took his medical course at George- town, graduating in the class of 1921. After serving his internship, he was connected for five years with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Although a comparatively young man for the chair of medicine, one of the most important in, the school, he has had a wide expe- rience. Dr. Yater resides at Alban Towers. HELD TO BE BANKRUPT Charles Daly, jr., & Teal estate sales- man, with offices at 812 Seventeenth street, was held a bankrupt today by Justice Wheat of the Supreme Court. Through Attorney Godfrey L. Munter, Mr, Daly filed a petition stating that he owes debts which he is unable to pay in full and that he is willing to surrender all his property for the benefit of his creditors, except his exemptions by law. He did not state the amount of his assets and liabilities, but, according to the petition, detailed schedules will be filed within 10 days. KIWANIS CLUB GUESTS ‘The District Commissioners, Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer and Maj. Gen. Herbert L. Crosby, were guests at a meeting of the Kiwanis Club yesterday at_the Washington Hotel. In a brief address, Dr. Reichelderfer commended the club for its promotion of welfare work among lnflent children. James B. Edmunds, president, presided. new members, Nathanel Mountford, R. Bates Wi and Arthur J. Harnett, were admi to the club. A PAGE B-1 HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARS PROPOSALS FOR D. C. AIRPORT Nelson and Bingham Favor Acquisition of Private Fields in Virginia. STALKER URGES ADOPTION OF GRAVELLY POINT SITE Underhill Suggests Legislation Be Reported Authorizing Plan of Private Ownership. ‘The House committee on public build- ings and grounds had presented to it today several proposals regarding the establishment of & municipal airport in the course of a hearing, which was con- tinued until next Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. Representative Nelson of Maine, a member of the joint committee of five members of the House and five mem- bers of the Senate who made a special study, covering a year, on the needs for a municipal airport, spoke for his bill, which provides for acquisition of the two privately owned air flelds on the Virginia side of the river—the Wash- ington Airport and Hoover Field—with adjoining land, to give an eight-way airport of 280 acres, Senator Bingham, chairman of the Joint committee, spoke for his bill, which carried the unanimous support of the committee, covering the same sites to be joined into a municipal ai port. The Bingham bill, however, dif- fers from the Nelson bill in that it provides for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission negotiating for control of this property, while the Nelson bill provides for straight-out acquisition. Favors Gravelly Point Site, Representative Stalker of New York, a member of the public buildings and grourds ‘committee, pressed for adop- tion of the Gravelly Point site, about a half mile farther down the river on the other side of Highway Bridge, which is being gradually filled in by the Gov- ernment in dredging the river channel. Representative Underhill, Republican of Massachusetts, a member of the joint committee, suggested that the committee might report some legisla- tion under which the same land could be thrown into a joint air field to be operated by private interests under a guarantee that it would be kept open for aviation purposes during the period required for economical development of the Gravelly Point site. While he offered this suggestion as perhaps more economical for the Dis- trict and to keep commercial develop- ment of aviation terminals in prival industry rather than under a Govern- ment ownership and operation, Repre- sentative Underhill said that he stood firmly with the joint committee in its recommendation if the committee on public buildings and grounds thought that the Bingham plan was preferable, Private Ownership Favored. Representative Wright of Georgia, also & member of the joint committee, sald he was inclined to favor private ownership and operation, but also stood unitedly with the joint committee. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city planner, of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, expressed the opinion that under the more flexible authority to negotiate specified in the Bingham bill be kept open for a municipal airport. Mr. Eliot read from the annual report of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission in 1929 favoring the eventual use of Gravelly Point when crippled and | fire it had been economically—that is, gradually—filled in, as practically 'is now under water and it will require years to make the water fill by dredging processes. He also read from the 1930 Teport quoting approval of the other site proposed in the Bingham bill temporary municipal airport until Gravelly Point site had been filled Mr. Eliot believes, however, tha Practically all members of the com- mittee showed a ‘decided interest in the complicated question and asked g 'mbers o e committee on public buildings and grounds were u:ddp that the cost of developing either the Gravel- ly Point site or the joint airfield site on the other side of Highway Bridge would be approximately the same. Both Senator Bingham and Repre- sentative Nelson stressed the point that in acquiring these two privately owned the National Capital would have an air terminal nearer to the center of the city than any large city in the world except perhaps Berlin. Chairman Elliott laid before the com- mittee a petition from the District of Oolu;l’:lbllpbepnrtae’nb of the American Legion opposing proposed Bingham location, signed by Howard S. Pt;’.k'} de- the department, on the ground that planes from the airport would disturb memorial services at Arlington National and other witnesses. In reply to questions, Senator Bing- ham said that approximately 140 acres, or one-half of the proposed site, would have to be bought under a written agreemeht made by the owners to sell at cost plus 10 per cent, and that the other 140 acres is now owned by the ‘Government. 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